Although the banquet was a little simple, at least the spices used in the food were enough. It was several times more expensive than before Li Ke left. However, the people of Pi City, who had been baptized by the luxurious food of Noxus, were rather reserved because they couldn't accept the coarse food with snowflakes falling from the sky and the inferior wine filled with murky liquid during the short journey. Therefore, even though they had expended a lot of stamina, they didn't eat much. Some of them even took out the desserts they left behind in Noxus and started eating.
These exquisite desserts made the children of Freldrod envious. The adults of Freldrod who hadn't seen much of the world were also envious. Fortunately, the maidservants who noticed this immediately distributed the desserts and prevented this small matter from escalating into a serious conflict. However, the conflict still happened. The young scholar who looked down on the Freldrod people and made a fuss over the 'ordinary' desserts made a warrior who only knew how to slash and slash. The young scholar was almost slashed to death on the spot. This matter naturally attracted Li Ke's attention. Therefore, the two unlucky fellows were summoned by their respective leaders to be punished.
However, even though this was the only conflict, the atmosphere between both sides became even stranger. The pride of the Freldrod people and the knowledge of Pi City prevented them from interacting well. Even though the scholars who were curious about Freldrod and were overflowing with enthusiasm, they effectively dispelled this oddity. However, the workers and scholars who weren't successful stuck to their pride of knowledge and held on to the Freldrod Barbarians.
"Arrogance and prejudice. It's the same in every world."
Li Ke shook his head slightly because this matter couldn't be rushed. As long as there was a fair leader, they could slowly resolve this conflict. However, Li Ke wasn't interested in boiling the frog in warm water. Therefore, he decided to use another method.
"Aichy, don't hold back on the people I brought. Let them experience the cruelty of Freldrod. Of course, there was no need to be stingy with rewards and benefits. And it's best to use military management. If they can be trained as soldiers, I'll be even happier … As long as they don't die, it's fine. I don't believe that they can still look down on each other when they eat, sleep, and face danger together. "
Aichy nodded. She originally planned to use a gentle method to integrate these people into Freldrod, but since Li Ke said so, then she would do as Li Ke said.
"No problem. It's the method you told me about to train the soldiers who are out of work, right? This method is very effective. After training, the furnace owners can even compete with the Ice People's soldiers. But without the food you left behind, Li Ke, I wouldn't have been able to do this. "
Yes, originally, Freldrod didn't have soldiers who were completely released from work. But with the food left behind by Li Ke and a large number of Ice People's warriors joining Aichy's camp, an army made up entirely of Ice People's soldiers appeared. Moreover, after obtaining the trade channel with Demacia, the originally small scale Furnace Owners and Demacia soldiers began to appear on a large scale, completely breaking the power structure and customs of the icy plains.
At the very least, Eich's army had learned how to form several thousand people to charge and cooperate with each other in battle. And on this battlefield where the nomads were the majority and only a few dozen elite squads fought, such a force was doubtlessly a dimensional attack.
"Army … I don't see Cherna. Is she helping you?"
Li Ke looked at the people around Aichy and didn't see the female warrior he was familiar with, so he asked casually.
"Yes, she's now in charge of helping me recruit and train soldiers. Sometimes she has to fight with me, so she's very busy. The next time I came here, she was helping me solve a small problem. "
Aichy took a sip of wine, and Sejuani beside her continued the conversation.
"She'll be even busier in the future. When we get there, I'll also let her train my soldiers. After all, those bastards don't want to hunt and fish anymore. They just want to train all day long so that they can eat and drink their fill and get paid."
Sejuani's words were full of resentment. Because before Aichy established a professional army, the Battle Mother didn't need to spend any money to train soldiers, and an Ice People's soldier was also a superb hunter and fisherman while being a soldier. But after she established the Ice People's army that didn't need to hunt and do chores, the situation changed subtly. After all, no matter how you looked at it, soldiers who didn't need to do anything were stronger when facing enemies. Which Ice People's soldier didn't want to become stronger? Not to mention, Aichy also used the fact that she had food to reward the soldiers. Every day, the soldier who trained the best would receive extra food and rewards, which directly ignited the enthusiasm of her soldiers. After all, before this, the Freldrod people didn't have the concept of private property when it came to food.
Driven by enough benefits, the Ice People's off-duty training was almost an inevitable project. But the tragedy was that the other Ice People's soldiers didn't have as many soldiers as Aichy, and their forces didn't have the ability to support so many off-duty soldiers. If they forced themselves to participate in the training, they would only starve to death. So after seeing the off-duty Ice People's soldiers fighting, many tribes in remote areas gave up resistance and chose to surrender.
And the ones who were the most affected were naturally Sejuani's tribe. After all, although customs and traditions were important, the most important thing was still the stomach.
This was also one of the reasons why Sejuani gave up resistance, and it was also because of Li Ke. So Aichy sharply noticed that Sejuani's mood had turned bitter again. She couldn't help but chuckle and pat Li Ke's shoulder, asking him to go greet the Demacians who came to Freldrod because of him.
"Everything will be fine … Dear, can you help me take a look at the Demacian mages? I think you have a lot to say to them, right? And a few of them have been wanting to thank you. "
"Thank me?"
Li Ke felt that this was very interesting. He also wanted to know why there were so many Demacians here. Coupled with Sejuani's bitter gaze, he naturally took his cup and went to the table of the Demacians who were literally mingling with the people of Freldrod. But when he passed by the big pot, he saw a very interesting scene. Lilia was holding a bowl of meat soup and queuing up with Little Tanuki in front of it. It was obvious that Little Tanuki had forced her to do so. But when it was Little Tanuki's turn, although the head chef hesitated for a moment, he still gave Little Tanuki a bowl full of meat soup. But when it was Lilia's turn, there was a problem.
The head chef who saw Lilia was first stunned for two seconds, then gave up thinking about it. He took a kitchen knife and pulled the confused Lilia to the back kitchen.
Seeing this, Li Ke's nose twitched.
"It really is venison soup."
He didn't care about the silly roe deer, but brought the silly fox to eat the venison soup. With Lilia's strength, it was impossible for her to be made into soup. Moreover, Little Tanuki was there. When he sat down beside the Demacia Magus who came with Sejuani, he heard the fearful and high-pitched screams of the slow-witted fox.
"Lilia —!"
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