Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 14 12. Moving on
Rand knew that he would not be able to run around with more than 80 sheep. Whether it was for barbarians or human races, the black-scaled horse was a fighting partner, the pack animal was a means of transportation, and the long-haired sheep was a source of meat and fur, so he decided to Concentrated sausage making and bacon.

Among the barbarians, the non-magic people are responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the entire tribe, and they are very good at slaughtering and skinning sheep.

On a new day, Rand led his people to pick out 80 of the 30-odd sheep that were the oldest or that seemed unable to survive the winter, and slaughtered them to make air-dried meat and sausages.

After the slaughter, Lante also asked the demonless to separate the small intestines of the sheep, clean them, chop up the viscera, fat, and boned meat, marinate them with salt, wine, and spices left over from the barbarian tribes, and then mix them The good meat stuffing is put into the casing with wheat flour, and then put into the pot to cook.

First made a few sausages, and after they were cooked, Rand tried it himself, adjusted some ingredients, and then proceeded to large-scale production.

The whole piece of meat can be smoked or dried to make jerky, and the leftovers and internal organs are made into sausages. After all, the official term of some sausages is almost called emulsified high-fat offal tube. provide protein to the people and reduce their need for grain food.What makes Rand a headache is that there are too few spices in this world, and the taste level is very single.

I found some cumin, cinnamon and thyme in the camp of the barbarians. The stock of spices is more than that in Lant’s house, but the types are similar. Albert said that cumin and thyme can be produced locally, but cinnamon is from the southern forest. Not even Rand's family had any of them.

It can only be said that the life of the barbarian leader is generally much better than that of a small noble like Lante.

Aside from spices, fuel has also been troubling the rand.In Alivia, there is a very important point of view: you can't cut down trees at will.This kind of post-modern environmental protection concept in his hometown made Rand quite surprised. However, after thinking back, Rand found that whether it was his own castle, the residence of the leaders, or the Maned Wolf City he had been to, there were indeed no wooden houses. They are all stone houses or even brick houses.

There is a very widespread belief that tall trees provide a better magical environment, and this is something that almost all races, barbarians, orcs and elves know.

Albert said that before 1000 years, each race defaulted that trees could bring more magical elements, but in the last 1000 years, the Tower of Purity was found in the trees, and large trees over 100 years old would be in the A certain kind of natural magic pattern is formed in the trunk, which can adjust the proportion of surrounding life elements in a small range.

Although the effect produced by a single tree is not obvious, the overall effect produced by a forest is very impressive. Therefore, the human empire protects all large forests, and nobles cannot mine them at will.

When they were in the territory, because they were close to the big forest, the non-monsters of the Benma family would go to the forest to collect firewood or cut branches and bushes for fuel.But now Lant and the others were on the prairie, so Lant asked Joh what the barbarian camp used to light the fire.

"It's mainly the reeds by the river. There are several kinds of reeds that are very resistant to fire. We use them as dyes. If the reeds in one place are cut down, we will camp in another place, but when the leaders are around recently, they will use a kind of magic. The rune version can directly light fire," Yoch introduced.

"Isn't the Galloping Horse Plain an area of ​​magical turbulence? How can you use a rune board to start a fire?" Rant was a little strange, but what was even more strange was that Rant had never seen the rune board of the barbarian leader before, so he didn't believe it. His own knight hid the board, but wondered if something was left behind during yesterday's search.

Rand returned to the original tent of the barbarian leader, searched again, and even asked the gray dog ​​to bring red sand to ask again, and finally found a newly excavated trace under the carpet of an open hood.

After opening it, Rand found an iron box with a length of one meter, a width of 30 centimeters, and a height of 30 centimeters. Inside the iron box was a wooden box. The wooden box was made of a special kind of wood, and there were some magic circles on the outside.

Albert knew that this kind of box was made by the Jinyue elves in the southern forest. The box was made from the branches of a tree, and it was very effective for storing magic materials.

The medium-sized wooden box that Rand sees now is called the magic box. In the capital, it is used by small and medium-sized nobles to store valuables such as magic crystals and rune board materials. There are also smaller but more delicate ones. It is used to store ladies' magical jewelry, and there are larger boxes used to store rune armor, magic weapons or materials of advanced monsters for advanced professionals.

From the magic box Rand found 3 rune plates, 8 magic crystals, and an enchanted knife. The three rune plates have the functions of making fire, gathering water and freezing respectively.

Now Rand knows what the magic rune board relies on as energy, but considering that the magic spar is worth at least 10 gold coins, is it too expensive to burn the magic crystal.

But Albert said that there is a simple magic circle on this rune board, and a magic crystal can last for 7-8 hours of burning.According to Joch's introduction, this rune board is not used alone, but to assist the combustion of fuel. Under the joint combustion of rune board + reed, the burning time of ordinary dyes can be doubled, and the residue after burning is basically Only fly ash remained.

And a magic crystal can continue to burn for several days.Rant felt that the magic pattern plate seemed to play a certain role in catalyzing or improving combustion efficiency.

The rune board was found, the fuel problem was solved, and the whole sausage-making business began. In addition to making mutton sausages, some non-magic people processed more than 30 sheepskins, and other captured non-magic people helped the people in the original territory The Demonless make or modify clothing to make the realm look more like a barbarian camp than a fleeing Terran camp.

In the afternoon, Greyhound, who was on patrol, returned on horseback. According to his investigation, there were still some small tribes upstream.

The information brought by Greyhound made everyone a little impatient. Now these small tribes are the granary and treasury of the Rand group.

Every knight is jumping, hoping that Rand will agree to attack.

But Rand was a little hesitant. After all, barbarian tribes are not NPCs in the game. It is impossible for them to wait in place for them to rob, and even if they are waiting in the camp, each barbarian will have a few barbarian cavalry left behind. These cavalry are not low. Only by taking advantage of the sneak attack can there be no damage.

The loss of any of the knights or knight apprentices in front of him will lead to a structural loss of strength.

But there is also a problem if you don’t attack. The food in the camp is limited. On the one hand, the barbarians who go out don’t know when they will come back.

No matter how many difficulties there were, hesitation could not solve the problem. Rand decided to continue the investigation himself. It would be best to choose one of the weaker ones to eat first, at least to complete the armor of all the low-level knights.

Rand took Greyhound and Roll to the north and then to the east, and first encountered two small neighboring tribes. These two camps, which Rand called the Twin Tribes, were separated by a river, less than a kilometer away in a straight line. .

According to the number of horses, it is estimated that the barbarian cavalry of these two tribes are about 4-5 each. They belong to the smallest tribe, but the two tribes are separated by a river. Although they are very close, they cannot reach the other immediately from one tribe. not much.

Rand was a little hesitant when he saw this scene. Once the night attack started and one camp was attacked, the other would definitely respond.Although it is impossible for the two tribes to support each other, it is very difficult to eat them at the same time.

After more than ten kilometers to the east, they saw a small tribe. The size of this tribe should be about 5 barbarian cavalry. Rand thought it was worth a try, but such a small tribe is far away, and now Rand is a bit tricky , I don’t think it is necessarily worth a special trip.

Going further east, after walking more than ten kilometers, I can see a medium-sized camp. There are estimated to be about 10 people in this camp. Regardless of the size or the number of horses, it shows that Rand cannot eat this tribe at all.

"It seems that there is no need to choose. Let's pack up tonight and prepare to take down the second camp." Rand made a decision on the way back.

"Okay, my lord," the knights responded, and the hearts of the few people were extremely excited.Rand will really share the spoils generously. As long as they win another camp, each of them will have a pair of armor, which is wealth that can be passed on to future generations.

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In the evening, Lant brought all the low-level knights and knight apprentices in the camp again. This time Walker did not stay, and Lant brought out all his strength.

A group of people still headed westward along the tributary of the Benma River. On the vast grassland, the river is a very good landmark.

However, when Rand saw the double camps on the way, he found that one of the camps was having a bonfire party, and it was that kind of carnival party.

Under the firelight, nine tall barbarians were drinking and having fun. What was even more rare was that the horses in the two camps were all gathered around the bonfire party. The dogs in the camp were barking wildly, but no one cared.

Rant looked at the barbarians who were carnival, and muttered, "Or, we'll be late in the camp behind?"

Obviously, the most troublesome point in the Gemini camp before was that there were less than ten barbarian cavalry who were separated, but now they all gathered together happily.

The previous two bites of meat can now be eaten in one bite, and the twin camps have become a ready-made delicacy for Rand.

"Let's wait until these savages get drunk," Luo Er said.

These barbarians will not be drunk for a while, but start messing around in a slightly drunk state. Now Rand's eyes are also healed. Seeing a barbarian run into the sheepfold, I feel that my eyes have too much karma . "The sheep will be slaughtered first"

As the barbarian camp carnival entered the second half, 7 knights and 3 knight apprentices from Rand mounted their horses, followed by a few ordinary demon possessors, and slowly ran towards the barbarian camp.

Once the barbarians are happy, they will be very selfless, and they will be very selfless. It is true that when the rand group was only 100 meters away from the camp, no one had discovered them.

It wasn't until the flames reflected Rand's iron armor that a barbarian saw Rand from the corner of his eye. At first he even thought it was someone from some tribe coming to join in the fun, and then he saw a tall horse carrying Rand in iron armor across the road. After entering the camp, a saber shining with cold light arrived later.

Bringing down the first barbarian with a white saber, Rand took the first kill again, and several knights who entered later also achieved results.Within tens of seconds of entering the barbarian camp, more than half of the opponents had been dealt with.

But Rand knew that this time they had more enemies and greater uncertainty.For example, after the barbarians next to the bonfire were settled, there were at least four more. Rand rode into the largest camp, and he saw a larger barbarian, who was having a friendly conversation with the non-monsters in the tribe on a huge carpet. exchange activities.

Lant's blade accurately avoided the other non-monsters, sliced ​​through the neck of the barbarian leader, and sprayed hot blood on the girl beside him.

Screams sounded from inside and outside the tent at the same time, and the last barbarian was dealt with by Rolle in the sheepfold.

There was no time to count the loot, so a few demon possessors could only watch over the non-magic people in the camp. A few people patrolled around, gathered 27 non-magic people together, and then immediately went to another camp to kill them.

After leading the horse through the icy cold river, although Rand felt that there would be no barbarians in the second small camp, there was no abnormality in this camp until now, and there was no inspection in the open hood, which surprised Rand.

After rushing into the small camp, I saw an elderly non-demon come out.

"Masters, all the masters in our tribe have gone to the neighboring tribe for a party."

"I know, they're having a blast now," Rand added.

"Then what are you guys doing here?"

"Pick up the relics for them," Rant said, "Are there any other demon possessors in this camp?"

"What? A relic?" The Demonless asked in surprise

"Yeah, I told them they're crazy"

"There are no other enchanters in this camp"

"Okay, tell all the people here to come out and move to that camp!" Rand's words could not be questioned.

Fortunately, the two camps were indeed very close. Under Lante's strict order, no demons dared to hold back. They all got up from their tents and packed their things.

This camp also has a living tent and three smaller tents. Rand found a package of animal skin under the living tent, which contained 3 magic cores that had not been dug up and a water-gathering rune board.

The 21 non-magic people in the camp quickly assembled and moved to another camp with 6 pack animals and 20 sheep.

After about an hour or so, the two twin camps merged, just like Lante thought, and the twin camps were very familiar with each other.

According to Wumozhe, the leaders of these two camps are two brothers. The two brothers just separated this year. Recently, the main forces of the two families have gone to the alliance, so the children of the two brothers got together to take care of each other. .

Today, the two camps agreed to have fun together, but the barbarians who could fight were busy and happy, and they were directly attacked by Rand.

There are 2 "older" non-magic people in the Twin Camp, 13 adult males, 22 adult females, 11 children, 10 black-scaled horses, 14 pack animals, 47 long-haired sheep, and 4 pairs of iron armor. 17 kilograms of salt, 370 kilograms of rice, 15 kilograms of monster meat, and less than 30 gold coins in total, as well as a total of 2 rune plates and 7 magic crystals.

For the Wright group, the most important things are armor, population and horses.

Rand was very satisfied with the current harvest. He even restored the bonfire and roasted the sheep that the barbarians hadn't eaten before, preparing to have a supper for himself.

At this moment, Albert followed Rolle over and asked, "My lord, do we want to set up another camp?"

"Then take two bites to replenish your strength." Seeing the somewhat greedy eyes of Luo Er and Albert, Rand beckoned his subordinates to have some supper.

(End of this chapter)