Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 37 The storm is coming
From the end of July to the middle of August, the weather became hotter and hotter.

However, the summer in the wilderness is not as harsh as that in Derby. Even at noon, as long as you hide in the shade, it is cool.

After wiping out all the tribes within a radius of twenty miles, there was no more war in Gaoya Castle.

During half a month, the orcs were divided into two teams, one team was responsible for hunting, and the other team was sweating in the planned training ground, and the two sides took turns.

The werewolf tribe was also successfully led by Hogg under his iron-blooded wrist.

After all, the law followed in the wilderness is that the strong are respected.

There are a total of 120 members in the Gnoll Tribe, of which more than 90 are strong and young female Gnolls, and among the remaining 30, there are 10 young female Gnolls.

The other twenty little gnolls were only one or two years old and had not yet reached the reproductive standard.

In the entire werewolf tribe, only Hogg and his other two brothers - Scarface and Lamefoot - met the fertility standards.

Levi, who desperately wanted a group of werewolf scouts, ordered the three wolves to take on the responsibility of breeding model soldiers.

This resulted in the three jackals having to hand in food at least twice every night for the past half month.

Of course, the effect is also significant. Among them, more than a dozen female werewolves have become pregnant and will give birth to a bunch of wolf cubs in a few months.

In just half a month, Gaoyabao has changed a lot.

Wooden houses rose from the top of the hill, so the orcs no longer had to sleep in tents.

Gnolls also live among the orcs.

Due to various reasons, the two get along well and no conflicts occur.

For these things, Levi only needs to give a general direction, and he doesn't have to worry about the details at all.

When he had some free time, he got a simple recliner and lay under a crooked tree every day, then took out "Knight Abin" to appreciate it.

"Sir, is this strength okay?"

Old Neil, wearing a straw hat, looked like an old farmer in the fields. He stood beside Levi and fanned himself flatteringly.

"Not bad, keep it up." Levi yawned and looked at the plain not far away.

A group of dog-headed men were working hard in the fields with hoes in their hands, turning over patches of grass so that the hot sun would burn the grass roots to death.

In half a month, with the hard work of this group of gnolls who worked from morning till sunset every day, they reclaimed 500 acres of wasteland.

However, these reclaimed wastelands cannot be used directly. They have to be exposed to the sun to kill the grass roots, and then reclaimed before crops can be planted.

Levi has calculated the time and found that the best season for growing wheat is from October to November.

There is still more than a month before wheat planting, so there is still enough time.

Farming is not something that can be done by just talking about it. It is a technical job. There are strict requirements on when to plant, when to weed, when to harvest, etc.

Applying farmyard manure can increase crop yields by several percent. In this world where fertilizers are never used, farmyard manure is undoubtedly a killer weapon!
Levi naturally took it out and used it without any doubt.

Fertilizer cannot be obtained by simply picking up animal manure. It must be fermented before use, otherwise it will have the opposite effect.

The first step is to ferment the fertilizer and make the farmyard manure before it can be used.

Levi gave this job to the dozen or so goblins.

Don't tell me yet.

After these dozen goblins were castrated, they became much more obedient. Every day they worked, ate, and slept, and they didn't even think about escaping.

What impressed Levi the most was their vitality. After the root of evil was cut off, only two or three of the goblins, who had not received any treatment at all, died, while the rest survived. They really were like weeds.

This also gave him the idea of ​​developing a slave business. After capturing these goblins and castrating them, and then training them for a period of time, they could be sold as serfs to those nobles who even needed them to work in the fields.

In the previous life of Game of Thrones, there was the Unsullied Army, and Levi also wanted to create a group of Unsullied goblins.

But Levi was just thinking about it. Perhaps only a lord like him, who had neither people nor money, would be so crazy as to use goblins to do the work.

Other nobles would definitely not use creatures like goblins out of respect.

Under his instructions, the goblins gathered the collected manure in a prepared place, crushed the dry stems of weeds and added fine soil and a certain amount of water, and mixed the four together thoroughly.

Then cover it with weeds to avoid direct sunlight, and then you just need to wait until it’s time to plant wheat before you can take it out and use it.

At this moment, a cavalryman rushed down from the high cliff fort in the distance, and then stopped steadily in front of Levi.

"Your letter, my lord."

Hogg jumped off the wolf, knelt on one knee, and handed the two unopened letters in his hand to Levi.

Compared to half a month ago, Hogg has changed a lot. Not only has his height increased from 1.3 feet to 1.5 feet, he is also much stronger than before, and there is a murderous look between his eyebrows.

Among the gnolls, only Hogg and his other two companions have wargs.

Therefore, the task of patrolling the territory of Gaoya Castle fell on the three of them. In the past half month, the three gnolls killed countless lone goblins or ogres that wandered into the territory.

"Oh, from Bailiu City?"

Levi looked at the wax seal on the Martell family emblem and roughly guessed who sent it.

Levi unfolded the rolled parchment letter and began to read silently.

As he guessed, the letter was sent by Leah.

The first half of the letter was about asking him whether his pioneering work was going smoothly, and the second half was about telling him about what she had experienced during her time in Bailiu City.

After he left, Florina began to put pressure on the South Territory, asking the current Grand Duke of the South Territory to release Leah's mother.

Unfortunately, the effect was minimal, as the Grand Duke of Xiaonan Territory rejected the request firmly, considering it a usurper.

He also said that Leah was also a usurper and hoped that Florina would send her back to the South and give her the punishment she deserved.

This was within Levi's expectations. If the South Territory really released Leah's mother, Levi would have to suspect whether this group of people had a close relationship with the goblins.

When Daemon and his men decided to seize the throne, they were doomed to fall out with the Martell family in the North, and this was irreversible.

When the two sides have become enemies, having Leah's mother in hand is obviously a powerful trump card that can make Leah and others hesitate to act rashly.

Levi smelled the scent of impending storm.

Whether for the sake of the Martell family's face or to keep the southern border under the control of the Martell family, war between the two sides is inevitable.

Although Leia did not explain in detail in the letter, Levi could tell from the clues that the North was preparing for war.

Originally, the North was located in the wilderness and was the poorest province in Derby. Florina had long wanted to plan for other rich territories. Now that she had a reason to launch a military operation against the South, she would definitely not miss this opportunity.

After all, from ancient times to the present, no matter what you do, you must have a legitimate reason.

Now, not only does Florina have an excuse to send troops, she also has strong military strength and will definitely not miss this opportunity.

(End of this chapter)