Chapter 205 Murlocs, Mermaids, and Nagas

The fiefdom obtained by the second son of Earl Feihu borders on the inland sea.

This inland sea is very large and is connected to the open sea.

More than a dozen countries border the inland sea.

There are also countless marine creatures living in the inland sea.

Some of these intelligent or slightly intelligent marine creatures have had serious impacts on coastal countries.

At least fishing and trade on ocean routes will be affected by these aquatic intelligent creatures.

Some powerful coastal countries will form special maritime patrol self-defense forces to hunt these wet aquatic intelligent creatures that can move on land for a period of time.

And now, a human visitor appeared among a Naga tribe.

This is a bard wearing a feathered hat and holding a musical instrument in his hands.

Whether it is the mermaids, the naga, or the fishmen, their relationship with humans is not very good. From the human perspective, they are harassing human fishing boats and trading ships.

But in their eyes, human fishing boats don’t care whether they catch ordinary fish, or even them.

Human merchant ships have always been sailing on the sea, and their impact on their lives is far greater than that of the dangerous creatures in the ocean.

Moreover, compared to mermaids, creatures that basically stay in the sea, Nagas and murlocs have even worse relationships with humans because they occasionally move around on the shore and look for food.

However, among humans, bards are the type that are barely immune to being attacked by Nagas.

Most bards have a good talent for languages, and sometimes they trade with the Nagas, such as exchanging some tools or precious coins for some sea objects, or just for some stories.

The leader of the Naga tribe met the bard, glanced at him calmly, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Most bards were bold and daring. Facing the covetous eyes of the Nagas around them, they were not nervous and performed a courtesy that might not be standard, but certainly not offensive: "Sir, I came here this time to represent the goodwill of some human nobles..."

On the other hand, Fenris arranged for the barons who were loyal to Rand to return to their own territories.

And he was assigned some troops to guard some hideouts.

As for what the baron of the Turan family is supposed to do specifically, whether it is to turn against their own side in the middle of a battle, or just pass on information, or even lead the way secretly.

Rand's instructions to Fenris were to act according to circumstances.

Fenris is actually under a lot of pressure. Rand trusts his abilities so much, but he is actually not very sure of himself.

Originally, he had some confidence after learning it, but since he last saw Rand standing between flesh and blood and weapons like a banner and leading the army to defeat an enemy twice as large as his own, he was no longer so confident.

Moreover, Rand's trust could not increase Fenris' confidence, because compared with his military level, Rand's ability to judge people was very poor in Fenris' eyes.

So far, no one has discovered that Taner is from the Torch Church. As a mole who is completely incompetent at undercover work, they only suspected him for a while, but later they no longer suspected him at all.

Although it was good not to be discovered, I couldn't feel happy for some reason when I was so sure of my ability by the lord who had no ability to judge people.

But he doesn't want to fail either.

After the baron of the Turan family deployed some troops, Fenris began to prepare to further expand the influence of his base on the surrounding forces.

Nowadays, the villagers, bandits, and soldiers and knights of nearby nobles who were forced to work by Fenris no longer had any thoughts of resistance.

Due to the shortage of manpower and the great pressure from the busy spring farming season, these people are under great work pressure. After working so intensively until now, they simply do not have enough energy to even think about resisting.

Moreover, although the work was hard, their life was not miserable. At least the food was good, and although the living quarters were not very good, at least they would not be cold.

Fenris finished reading today's work summary with some fatigue, pulled a chair from the side, and motioned Tata to sit down: "You don't have to stand, just sit down."

Tata didn't refuse and sat on the stool that Fenris pulled over.

Fenris asked, "Have the supplies and money arrived?"

"Sir, the supplies have arrived, but the money is gone," Tata said. "Sir Rand said there is no extra money now."

The lack of money mentioned here does not mean that there is really no money. The economic cycle of the hidden forces is very good now, but most of the coins have been exchanged for materials, or are circulating in people's hands or in the market. There is not much money in the warehouse.

In fact, the hideout already has a lot of coins. The money in this world is only copper coins, silver coins and gold coins, which means copper, silver and gold are needed.

Moreover, coins will wear out during circulation.

The speed at which money is produced in this world is slower than the speed of deflation and the speed at which coins are worn out.

However, most of the time, materials can be used to make up for the lack of currency when trading and paying taxes, so the impact is not particularly large.

At present, Rand has no good solution to this problem. Issuing paper money now is tantamount to seeking death.

"Lord Rand asked you to send some things to deal with it." Tata continued, "And Lord Rand said you can consider selecting some people to be promoted to labor team leaders."

Fenris did not think about the logic behind it. He would obey Rand's orders anyway. So far, it seemed that Rand's instructions had not gone wrong in any way.

It can even be said that it always works wonders in inexplicable places.

For example, because of the labor camp, the baron of the Turan family decided to inform him.

It's not that he didn't try to interrogate the baron at first, but even with the threat of death, the baron was unwilling to say anything. However, after being sent to a labor camp, he was willing to tell the truth and even planned to swear allegiance to Rand.

"Then distribute some food." Fenris ordered.

Because he was worried at first that he would not be able to fulfill his promise, Fenris did not make any promises to the captured villagers. He only asked them to work and guaranteed that they would not starve or freeze to death.

Now it's time to give them a little surprise.

As long as they do not resist and the den forces can continue to occupy this land, these villagers will become the strength of the den forces.

However, there is still a problem, that is, there are still not enough people. The villagers and prisoners now are barely enough for agricultural production, but it is impossible to repair the city walls, mend the roads, or even build engineering equipment.

Now Man Yue Ling needs more people.

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Fenris needed to solve this problem himself. Before Fenris set out, Rand made it clear to him that there was no extra manpower in the hideout for him.

There has always been a shortage of people in the hideout, and Fenris is well aware of this. There is a shortage of people in the construction of the hideout, there is a shortage of people in all aspects of the holiday villa, there is a shortage of people in the fields and infrastructure of the Crescent Moon Territory, and there is also a shortage of people in the village of the New Moon Territory.

There was always a shortage of people in the hideout, so it was obviously impossible for Rand to arrange manpower for him.

If you solve it yourself,

The war has caused enormous damage to this land. The burning, killing, looting, and the cold winter that has passed have caused the population of this land to drop by at least two-thirds.

Now, the population that can be found in Full Moon Territory is basically under the control of Fenris. If you want to gain more population, you can only look elsewhere.

"Show me more information about Viscount Pero's territory." Fenris said to Tata.

The person in charge of intelligence and criminal investigation is Elsa, but recently, in order to adapt to the situation, some intelligence personnel have been serving Fenris exclusively.

Now, at least Fenris has been very clear about the situation of several neighbors.

As stated in the latest revision of the compulsory course on war studies, the acquisition of intelligence cannot rely solely on scouts, and war is a derivative of politics and economics.

The means of war can also be a derivative of politics and economics.

Missionaries nearby, potential village believers, merchants, and bribed lower-level aristocratic officials can all be sources of intelligence, and the role of intelligence in war is self-evident.

Tata took the documents out of the organized cabinet and handed them to Fenris.

Fenris looked around again. Now, their neighbor, Viscount Pero, had basically occupied the main buildings in his territory, but there were still many enemy troops in the countryside, as well as villagers and bandits who had organized resistance.

There are also some followers of the God of Struggle.

It would be impossible to put it into production in a short period of time.

Moreover, these people who are not used by Pero may not be unable to be used by the Full Moon Territory. They are all human beings, right? Now Fenris is not so disgusted with cultists. Now he thinks that cultists can also do jobs.

The damage to the nearby roads was not serious, and the territory from Full Moon to Pero was not far, so Fenris felt that he could do it.

Fenris stroked his chin and said to Tata, "You said we should help Viscount Perrot. Just tell him that if he is willing to pay, we can help them deal with some enemies in the wild."

"The relationship between Earl Feihu and Viscount Rand is very bad, and it can currently be defined as a hostile relationship." Tata reminded.

Fenris smiled and said, "But I don't think this will affect our ability to make some money from Pero. We are short of money anyway, so we can go to his territory to plunder and collect money. I think it's a good deal."

And Fenris felt that Pero would definitely agree. Judging from the intelligence, the threats in the wild must have made the second son of Count Flying Fox very worried.

Although Pero's military strength currently seems to be far stronger than that of Man Yue Territory, Pero's enemies are also far more numerous than those of Man Yue Territory.

Perot must be very anxious now.

In fact, Pero's speed of occupation and suppression of the rebellion was not slow, but Fenris was faster, and Fenris did not hide the situation of the Full Moon Territory.

There was naturally competition among the three viscounts who were pioneers in the early stages. It was obvious that whichever side was faster would gain more.

But as nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom, they have a common enemy and can cooperate, so the choice is up to the individual.

"I'll arrange it right away." Tata nodded, stood up and left.

(End of this chapter)