The fire in the barbican burned until midnight before it gradually extinguished. The fire burned the surrounding walls and ground until it was hot. It was not until the next morning that Suhlen dismantled the barbican and began to clean up the corpses inside.
After seeing the scene in the barbican, although Suhlen was already mentally prepared, he still felt the urge to vomit. The barbican was filled with all kinds of charred corpses, and the air was filled with the smell of barbecue.
This situation caused no one to eat meat in the camp for the next few days.
He dug a big hole and buried all the corpses. Then he let the slaves clean the ground with water. Even so, there was still a faint smell of blood at the east gate of the camp.
After dealing with the monster army, the camp ushered in a period of rapid development. This time, the native army they destroyed was the most powerful Gnoll tribe in the area. The destruction of this tribe made the other tribes in the area feel a lingering fear.
The rules in the wilderness were very simple: the strong were the king. If Suhlen wanted the ownership of this land, he had to defeat all the forces around the land. This way, he would be the ruler of this land.
Now that the largest tribe around Suhlen's territory had been destroyed, no one dared to provoke him for the time being.
With more than a thousand slaves, the construction of the camp sped up again. Three days later, the construction of the port was finally completed. The port was built, and the fish provided every day increased.
Next, some of the slaves continued to cultivate the farmland, while others built the blacksmith shop and the lord's castle. During this period of time, there were frequent battles. Many people's armor and weapons were seriously damaged and needed to be repaired before they could be used.
However, there was no iron ore in the territory. If Suhlen wanted to build a blacksmith shop in the territory, he had to solve the source of iron ore. Although the wilderness looked barren, there were still many resources, such as iron ore. Most of the Gnolls who attacked Suhlen's territory had metal weapons.
These metal weapons looked rough, and many of them even had a lot of slag left, but they were still metal weapons. These crude weapons were better made by human blacksmith apprentices.
In fact, these weapons were all produced by the Jackalan tribe. The Jackalans were also intelligent beings with high intelligence. They also knew how to smelt steel, but their level was too low.
If they could make metal weapons, then where did the raw materials come from? Humans had long since sealed off the wastelands, and iron ore weapons were not allowed to be sold to these monsters. Therefore, the most reasonable explanation was that the Jackalans in this camp had discovered an iron mine. It just so happened that they knew some smelting techniques, but they themselves were half-baked. The weapons they made were naturally very crude.
Because of the iron ore discovered by the Jackalans, Su Lun was not worried that there would be no raw materials after the blacksmith shop was built. As for occupying the iron mine now, he also wanted to occupy it, but he only had a little more than a hundred people now. He was simply powerless to do so. Only when his camp had more people would he go and take the iron mine.
In addition to iron ore, Suhlen also needed to find a coal mine, which was the fuel for making iron.
Temporary Lord's Residence.
"How many supplies do we have now?" Suhlen sat on a recliner, squinting slightly as he asked his clerk. This clerk was chosen from the slaves. He could read and count. Although his standard was average, he had to make do until there was no better one.
"Monseigneur, we've used up a lot of supplies. You've also captured a lot of slaves recently. Our food consumption has doubled. We don't have much money left. We only have 300 Kinnar left. We've already paid the mercenaries their commission. We don't even have enough money left to buy supplies in Calt, "the clerk said with a book in his hand.
"We need to build our territory and buy slaves to increase the population. 300 Kinnar is just a drop in the bucket," Suhlen said as he rubbed his chin.
The territory's development had reached a bottleneck. The reason was the population problem. Although there were thousands of slaves, if there was no one watching over them, they wouldn't work obediently. Once Suhlen's manpower was spread out, he would be faced with the problem of not having enough manpower.
"Johnson, Johnson!" Suhlen shouted.
"I'm here, Boss." Johnson walked in from outside the door.
"Go back with some men and bring your wives and children here. It's safe here now, "Suhlen said with a smile.
"Really? I'll go arrange it right away! "Johnson was indescribably excited when he heard that he could bring his wife and children back.
"Go and come back quickly." Suhlen waved his hand impatiently.
The barbarian's wife and children should be doing well. Although they were old and weak, the fighting strength of these women should not be underestimated.
"By the way, when you go back, spread the news that Sir Suhlen has successfully built his territory in the wilderness. He needs all kinds of resources now," Suhlen said after thinking for a while.
He planned to lure the merchants to trade with him. As for the trade, he hadn't thought about it yet.
Johnson left the camp with two Giant Axe Warriors. Suhlen didn't go out to capture any more slaves. In fact, the monster tribes around his territory had already noticed, and many of them had already left the area.
After a few days of construction, the blacksmith shop was finally completed.
"The blacksmith shop is completed. Importing equipment data! Importing metal smelting technology, metal casting technology … Import completion 10%, 20%, 50% … Import complete. The weapon and equipment section of the system store has been opened. "
Just as the blacksmith shop was completed, the cold voice of the system rang in his ears. Suhlen was overjoyed. He quickly checked the Rise of the Empire system in his mind.
[Blacksmith Shop: The Blacksmith shop can forge higher quality weapons for the warriors in the territory. The skills of the blacksmiths working in the Blacksmith shop will be improved. The quality of the blacksmiths will also be improved. Blacksmith learning speed + 2, production speed + 1, quality of blacksmiths + 1.]
In addition to the basic introduction, the gray shop button in the system interface lit up. When he opened the shop, a dazzling catalog of items appeared in front of him. There were bows, iron swords, spears, armors, and so on. Not only were there normal items, but there were also many high-quality weapons. Of course, there were no divine weapons like the Firmament Emperor's Sword, Emperor's Sword, Snake Spear, or Sky Halberd.
However, when he thought about it, it made sense. If they weren't even sold in the game, it would be difficult to get them in the real world.
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