Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 32 Jackal

Meat can be hunted in this wilderness, and the endless grassland is not only a natural pasture, but can also be used to grow crops with a little modification.

Although there is not so much wood and stone, there is a way to solve the problem. This land can provide most of the materials needed by mankind.

Only population!

It is at least ten days' journey from here to the Kingdom of Debe. There is no human habitation in this section of the road, not a single person. The only humans that can pass through Gaoyabao are caravans.

Moreover, population is the cornerstone that allows the nobles to maintain their luxurious life. Anyone who is not hopelessly stupid will not easily allow the population to slip away from his territory.

Simply put, thinking of trafficking people from the Kingdom of Derby is just a pipe dream.

Fortunately, there is always a way out. After studying the map all night, Levi found a solution.

One hundred miles west of Gaoyabao, there is a mountain range called the Kaas Mountains.

In this mountain range lives a group of northern savages, also called the Ancients.

They were subjects of the previous kingdom of the Kingdom of Derby. In order to avoid being hunted down by the royal family of Derby, they hid in this vast mountain range.

It is said that the ancestors of this group of ancestors were descendants of a princess of the royal family.

As for how Levi knew this, it was thanks to the knight novel he read.

Rather than a novel, Levi feels that it is more like a travelogue. Perhaps the protagonist Abin is the author himself.

After so many years of development, if there really were ancestors in this mountain range, Levi couldn't imagine how many people were hiding inside.

If all of them were recruited as subjects, he, with his people and land, would be able to become a duke no weaker than Florina.

"Boss, the pit is ready."

At this time, Mutuo ran over, still emitting heat from his body, obviously having just done some physical work.

"It's only been less than half a day, right?"

Levi was a little surprised when he heard this.

You know, the pit is not as easy to dig as you think. It is so easy to dig a pit that is more than 20 meters long and more than 5 meters deep.

These orc barbarians are really born to work on construction sites.

When he arrived at the location, a pit that was almost the same as he described had already been dug.

It is located at the foot of the hill, half a mile away from the river that flows down from above.

Even if you have diarrhea, you can get there by jogging for about six or seven minutes, which is considered the best location.

Of course, Levi couldn't build a dry toilet on the hill, because when the wind blew, a foul odor that was difficult to describe would be emitted.

"The four sides of the inside were compacted with wood, and then a simple toilet was built on top..."

Li Wei briefly introduced the toilet method to Muto.

Fortunately, he was a civil engineering student in his previous life, so he was quite proficient in construction and had no problem building a toilet.

Soon, a hut with a very orcish style rose crookedly from the ground. Half-human-high logs formed a circle, and four thick round logs supported the roof.

The ground inside was covered with gravel, and wooden boards were placed across the pit.

Although it looks a little ugly, it can still provide shelter from wind and rain.

But this also made Levi realize the lack of talent in his territory. Not to mention anything else, he had to find a carpenter who could build a house.

"Alas, there is nothing missing."

Levi sighed.

As mentioned earlier, pioneering behavior is not as romantic as described in knight novels. It is an extremely serious military activity.

……

When the sun set and the afterglow of the setting sun fell on the wooden house, a group of muscular men walked out from the light on the horizon. The Zats returned just in time for dinner at High Cliff Castle.

"Boss, I have checked it out."

"There are three tribes around us. Two of them are goblins and kobolds, which are not to be feared. The last tribe is gnolls."

Zat took big bites of a pancake as big as his head while talking about what they had discovered today.

"These wolf cubs have very sharp noses. They spotted us from a long distance away. It was just that they were unsure of our purpose for a while, so they didn't clash with us."

"But I estimate that there are about two hundred people in their tribe."

"Gnolls?"

Levi fell into deep thought.

Compared to the weak goblins and kobolds, gnolls are a force that cannot be ignored even in the wilderness.

The gnolls are generally about two feet tall, with arms longer than their knees, and are cruel and bloodthirsty by nature.

They never graze or plant, and rely entirely on plundering other tribes to survive. They are famous robbers in the wilderness.

It is obviously not a wise move to allow this force to stay around their territory, especially since they have already discovered the existence of the orcs.

There are usually no elderly people in a gnoll tribe. Excluding women and cubs, there are only about seventy young and strong people among the two hundred people.

Not very difficult to deal with.

"Tomorrow morning, everyone will gather together and flatten them!"

……

Early the next morning, except for the ten orc barbarians who stayed behind to guard Gaoya Castle to prevent their home from being robbed.

The remaining forty were all ready to go, holding giant axes or war hammers and carrying five fine steel javelins.

The only drawback is that they have no armor, and they all wear loose linen short sleeves.

But even so, their equipment crushed 99% of the tribes in the wilderness.

Selling iron weapons to the wilderness is strictly prohibited by the Kingdom of Debe. The ignorant wilderness does not know how to make iron tools by itself, which leads to the fact that the equipment of most tribes in the wilderness is still in the bone or stone age.

Iron weapons are extremely rare, let alone those made of fine steel.

Levi rode a simple horse in the front, and a group of orcs followed behind, measuring the land with their feet.

The morning breeze brought a slight coolness, but it could not extinguish the fire in the hearts of the orcs.

They want to experience the "Gift from the God of War" and can't wait to fight.

Not long after, Levi smelled a scent that was very different from grass and soil. He continued to move forward in the direction of the scent and soon saw the werewolf tribe that Zat described.

He lay in the grass half a man's height and observed secretly.

Although the barbarians behind him didn't understand, when they saw their leader lying down, they all hid in the grass one by one.

Jackals are known as bandits in the wilderness; they value plunder and never stay in any one place for long. These two points make it difficult for them to carry out any construction.

The tribe was built on the leeward side of a mound of earth, covered with scattered stone huts, like pimples on a human face.

This is obviously what they stole from someone else.

Although the team from Gaoyabao moved secretly and were in a dominant position, Levi forgot one thing: their position was right upwind.

The jackals have extremely sensitive noses.

Some gnolls discovered their location and rushed towards them, howling and calling for their companions.

(End of this chapter)