Chapter 216 Eating
Chapter 216 Eating
"You must remember that power is taken from the hands of those below you."
Li Mosi lifted the ink block by pinching it between two fingers.
"Ziyi, can your people not live without you? Of course they can, but they can't hunt wild boars alone, let alone deal with trolls."
What does that mean?
The saint secretly turned her eyes back to look at Li Mosi.
Ziyi and Zian nodded.
The forest is so big, how can it be that it can't survive without someone?
But they'll definitely be living worse lives.
Zi'an has a deeper understanding of this.
After all, bear-beastmen have to leave their families when they reach a certain age.
Otherwise, the whole family would go hungry.
Li Mosi shook the inkstone.
"You have taken away the right to use violence at will from your people, so they can no longer attack their own kind at will, but they can hunt powerful beasts, and individuals are safer. The same principle applies to other aspects."
"They give you power, so you must give them something in return."
"Although the lord on the human side has great power, he cannot suppress his people indefinitely."
"The slaves' escape a few days ago was the consequence; I don't need to repeat that."
Li Mosi gave a simple example of both positive and negative examples, and the two disciples understood.
"Therefore, we still need to start with the people."
Zi'an finally managed to answer first.
Ziyi nodded.
"Is that so, Master?"
"That's right."
Li Moss agreed with their answer.
"More specifically, they targeted the people on a manor-by-manor basis."
"Since it's difficult for the people to gather in town, let's go to the manor."
"Since we cannot guarantee the complete obedience of the town's administrators, we will send soldiers to the manor."
"Since the clansmen are not suitable for management, let them participate in the operation of the manor first."
"As long as we control the other manors, the town in Baron Stern's territory is no different from those manors. Whoever we say is the administrator is the administrator."
"I see!"
Zi Yi stood up with a smile.
Zi'an also stood up.
"So what's our first step?"
What else could it be?
That, of course, is to feed the people.
……
"Get up and get to work! Get up and get to work!"
Zi Yi gave orders to his people in two languages.
The tribespeople, who had just taken a short rest, were woken up.
"You guys, go to the kitchen and bring out the big jars and the racks."
"You guys, go and move the firewood over and stack it up."
"You guys, go to the warehouse entrance and get some food."
"Each of you teams should find a member of the tribe who is busy guarding the people and ask them to come and rest while you take over the guard duty."
"You lot, come work with my sister."
As Zi Yi issued his orders, the clansmen sprang into action.
Seeing twenty-one goblins and a dozen or so new tribesmen gather around, Zian and Li Mosi led them toward the bound tribesmen on the south side of the open space, and the Holy Maiden quickly followed.
The citizens, who had been starting to feel sleepy, were instantly awakened.
What are they going to do?
Zi'an and Li Mosi walked to the front of the bound servants and soldiers, and several tribesmen took the lead in going forward to find people of their own race.
"Let's switch shifts, I'll keep watch for you."
"Great! Finally, I can rest!"
"You go and rest first, I'll watch over them."
"Okay, thank you."
The tribespeople who had been replaced walked towards the open space.
Zi'an walked up to the nearest soldier.
The soldier stared blankly at her, instinctively wanting to look up and meet her gaze, but then quickly stopped himself and looked down.
Zi'an spoke up.
Do you have family in town?
What does that mean?
The soldier was filled with doubt.
"Um."
But his body moved first.
The soldier nodded, realizing it was too late.
"My home is in town."
He practically spat those words out between his teeth.
Zi'an turned to look at a new member of the clan beside him.
"Untie his vines and take off his equipment."
Although the soldier only wears an inner lining, the inner lining is also part of the armor set.
She then looked at the soldiers.
"Take off your gear, and come with me to your house later."
"Yes, sir."
The soldiers didn't know what she was going to do.
Faced with Zi'an's physique and the armor she wore, he had no choice but to submit.
Li Mosi nodded, then turned to look at Haji Saint.
For some reason, Hagi Saint was grinning secretly.
Stupid.
And so, Zi'an asked them one by one.
The family members who lived in the town were untied and removed from their professional attire, while the rest were taken back after removing their professional clothing.
Then, Li Mosi, Zi'an, and the clansmen who were not responsible for shift changes led the unbound soldiers and servants out of the main house.
These soldiers and servants made up half of the manpower in the main residence.
The majority of them were servants.
There weren't many soldiers.
It seems that Zivan's statement that someone from a respectable family like him would become the captain is true.
Zi'an walked out of the courtyard gate and turned to look at the soldiers and servants.
"When you get to your house, just let me know and I'll let you in."
Should we let them in?
"Yes, sir."
They felt puzzled, and the town was eerily quiet today.
But once the first person spoke up, the others weren't so afraid anymore.
But once the first person spoke up, the others weren't so afraid anymore.
"Sir, my home is right here."
Before we had walked more than a few meters, a little girl pointed to a workshop by the roadside and spoke.
She was probably only twelve years old, with commoner brown hair and eyes.
Zian stopped, turned around, and waved.
"Then go home."
"Thank you, sir."
The girl ran to the workshop entrance in a few steps as if fleeing, and the tribesmen guarding the entrance made way for her.
She pounded on the door twice.
"Dad, Mom, open the door, it's me."
The door opened, and a strong arm reached out and pulled the soldier inside.
"My honey."
The shoemaker held the girl tightly with his large hands, which were not as rough as those of the other villagers.
"Dad, I'm okay."
The girl also hugged her father tightly.
But the shoemaker loosened his grip first.
He looked his daughter up and down to make sure she was really unharmed.
"It's alright, it's alright."
Suddenly, a duck-like voice cut in.
"If anything happens to my sister, I'll kill a few goblins even if it kills me! Ouch! Mom, what are you doing?"
The boy, slightly older than the girl, was in the middle of a passionate moment when he was suddenly hit on the head by a shoe.
"Don't speak recklessly! God of Light, please forgive this child."
The sharp female voice suppressed her words.
"It's good that you're alive, stop talking about death all the time."
A thin, middle-aged woman wearing large leather gloves walked up to the girl.
"Little honey, I'm so glad you're alright. What's going on outside? Did they say anything to you?"
The girl shook her head.
"No, Mom. I was suddenly grabbed and tied up while I was sleeping, but they just asked me if I was a town resident, and then they let me go home."
The thin woman and the shoemaker exchanged a glance.
"Oh, right!"
The girl suddenly thought of something and then spoke.
"Lord Aison, Lord Trittan, and Lord Calbin all entered the main house, and then they all came out! But the butler and his two sons were killed!"
"Well done!"
The thin woman gritted her teeth and spoke again.
"They never paid us for the shoes they took from us! And they even charged us random taxes! They should be killed!"
The shoemaker's focus, however, was elsewhere.
"You mean Lord Aison went in and came out again? They didn't argue?"
The girl shook her head.
"No! Only Lord Calbin and Lord Tritan were arguing!"
The shoemaker looked at his wife.
"My love, perhaps we should change lords."
……
It remained quiet on Zi'an's side.
"Keep up."
She gave the order casually and then continued forward.
Seeing that she really just wanted them to go home, the rest of them breathed a sigh of relief.
While Koyasu was still some distance from the church, everyone had already gone home.
In addition to the servants and soldiers in the main house, she did the same to the soldiers in the two watchtowers and the soldiers in the fortress.
Then, she brought out more food and clean empty buckets from the warehouse.
The aroma of the first dish of food quickly wafted through the air, and Ke Ziyi instructed the tribesmen to put the food into buckets.
The clansmen didn't understand, but they did as instructed.
Time quickly came to noon.
After Zi Yi counted the food in the barrels, he spoke to the newcomers.
"Call the people out."
It's time to eat.
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