Chapter 89 89 Inspecting Sandy

Chapter 89 Inspection of Sandy

After Ronin affirmed Jenny's plan, the next question was who to arrange to deliver the letter.

First of all, this person must be from the Purple Fruit Tribe. Secondly, it would be best if this person could be recognized by Slaine as Jenny's confidant, so as to deepen the credibility of the other party's request for help.

Jenny recommended a suitable candidate, that is Lauren, the descendant of the butler who followed the Frank family from the previous generation. The other party has always been loyal to Frank and now serves as a servant and a political official in the Purple Fruit Tribe.

Lauren is loyal and smart. In the Purple Fruit Tribe, apart from Horn and Jenny, he is the most suitable person to deliver the letter.

After the meeting, Ronin was arranged to rest in a clean room that was temporarily cleaned.

It is said that there are several such empty houses in the Purple Fruit Tribe that are still well preserved. They are all left by those who once belonged to the Purple Fruit Tribe and now live in the Gray Earth Tribe.

"You will arrange a few guards to rush to the Qingzhu tribe at dawn tomorrow and notify Redar and Tom to come over."

In the room, Roning instructed McKen.

"Are you afraid that I can't beat that Slaine?"

McKen couldn't help but straighten his chest, "Sir, although I always lose to Commander Redar in sparring, it's because Redar is strong, not because I'm weak."

"I can guarantee that this Slaine is definitely not my opponent. There's no need for the commander to take action against him!"

Roning smiled, "Of course I know your strength, but it's better to be safe than sorry. If the Gray Earth Tribe hides its strength and several high-level knights come out at once, we will be very passive."

McKen was stunned for a moment, and then he understood Roning's intention, "Okay, I'll make arrangements now to ensure that Redar and others can arrive at the Purple Fruit Tribe before tomorrow evening."

"Remember to keep it secret."

Watching McKen leave, Roning stretched and lay down on the bed to rest.

In fact, the reason just mentioned is only one aspect. He is also worried about Jenny and Horn of the Purple Fruit Tribe.

Although both of them expressed their loyalty to him, they had only known each other for less than a day, and Roning still understood the principle that you can know a person's face but not his heart.

Jenny's strategy was very good. It could lead Slaine and his subordinates out of the Gray Earth Tribe's fortifications, saving Roning the trouble of attacking the city and definitely reducing losses.

But there is one thing to note. If Jenny and Horn were only superficially loyal, and after Slaine brought people over, the two sides would cooperate inside and outside, and Roning would be the one who fell into a passive situation.

Although this possibility is very low, who can guarantee that this possibility will not happen?

When he can avoid himself from falling into a passive situation, Roning will certainly choose to avoid it. As he said, it is better to be safe than sorry.

One night passed quietly, and the next morning, the three guards arranged by McKen left the Purple Fruit Tribe at dawn and headed for the Green Bamboo Tribe.

At the same time, Jenny asked the housekeeper Lauren to take her letter and set off for the Gray Earth Tribe.

Although Lauren would rush over as fast as possible, it would probably be afternoon by the time they arrived at the Gray Earth Tribe.

Even if Slaine immediately dispatched people to the Purple Fruit Tribe, they could only arrive around dusk.

This period of time was enough for Redar and Tom to come from the Green Bamboo Tribe. After all, Ronin's side was much closer than the distance between the two sides.

After breakfast, Knight Horn gathered all the people from the Purple Fruit Tribe, specially introduced Ronin's identity, and stated that in the future, these people would serve the young noble in front of them.

After the people of the Purple Fruit Tribe learned that the leader had surrendered to Ronin, they had no more objections. They immediately knelt on the ground and offered their loyalty to the new lord.

The benefits of actively recruiting Jenny and others to surrender were reflected.

Ronin did not need to spend time and effort to implant his identity and image into the hearts of these people. He only needed to tell Jenny and Horn to arrange things, and they would arrange them in place.

However, the people of the Purple Fruit Tribe had recognized Jenny and Horn as their leaders for so many years, and this phenomenon still needed to be changed.

After the siege of the wild tribe, Roning needs to migrate and exchange the population of several tribes to weaken their perception of the old leader and establish the image of Shanlinbao and him.

"Jenny, I hope you can help me make a census of the Purple Fruit Tribe."

After the meeting with the tribe members, Roning went to Sandy to check the mulberry trees accompanied by Jenny's family.

"Census?"

Jenny asked in confusion: "What do you need to know?"

"It's very simple, just count the names, genders, ages, and marital status of all members of the family, and mark out some craftsmen with special skills, such as carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, etc."

The reason why Roning asked Jenny to do this was that she was born in a viscount family and her knowledge was definitely much better than Wilson, so she could complete this task;

Second, he also saved some time for Wilson so that the population registration could be completed as soon as possible.

At this time, Irene jumped out, "Lord Luo Ning, let me help you with this!"

"You?"

Luo Ning looked at the little girl in surprise, "Are you sure you can do it well? Can you write?"

"I can do it!"

Irene patted her chest, very confident, "My mother taught me to read and write when I was six or seven years old, and I know a lot of things!"

This is quite rare.

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you."

Luo Ning smiled and said: "If you do well, I will reward you. Well, just call me Brother Luo Ning."

He originally wanted to reward him with a silver or gold coin, but he felt that it was not appropriate to give money to a child, so he might as well do something gimmick.

"good!"

Irene agreed, turned around, and ran home to get pens and paper to get started, not planning to accompany her to inspect the mulberry forest.

"Ms. Jenny, I didn't expect that in this deep mountain, your cultivation of Erin has not diminished at all."

Luo Ning turned around and said, "Maybe when she grows up a little bit, I can get her help in many places."

“It’s our honor and it’s Erin’s honor to serve you.”

Jenny smiled and said, "This child has a lively personality and loves to learn. He should gain a lot of knowledge following you."

"Then let her follow me from now on."

Luo Ning said: "You two can also live in Shanlin Town, but I still hope that, Knight Horn, you can help me manage the sericulture industry, so I hope you will continue to stay in the Ziguo Tribe."

"Maybe I can rename this place 'Purple Fruit Village'."

Luo Ning looked up towards the mountain, and many mulberry trees came into view.

Autumn has officially entered for nearly a month, and the leaves of some mulberry trees are still a little green, but more of them have turned yellow.

Obviously, these mulberry leaves were enough for Horn to expand his breeding scale. The reason why he did not breed more silkworms was probably because of insufficient manpower.

"When we conquer the Gray Earth Tribe and the Black Collar Tribe, these villages will be opened up. Although I will let you stay here, you can go elsewhere at any time."

"Everything must be obeyed, sir."

Horn smiled. When people reach middle age, they will always have some strange hobbies. Although he is a knight, besides charging, his biggest hobby is this.

"Actually, I quite like studying these things here. I just didn't expect you to be interested in these things, sir."

"Silk cocoons can be used to make silk, and silk can be used to make fine fabrics and comfortable clothes."

Luo Ning told about his knowledge about sericulture, which made Horn and Jenny confused. They really couldn't think of any connection between ginkgo and cloth.

They really can't understand, otherwise they wouldn't just eat the pupae in the cocoons.

Several people walked into Sanglin while talking.

According to Horn's introduction, Luo Ning knew that the current mulberry trees of the Ziguo tribe were scattered over several acres of land, with one tree here and one there, without any planning at all.

Most of these mulberry trees grow naturally, and only a few of them grow from mulberry seeds. They are not very tall yet.

Luo Ning made some calculations in his mind. Based on the fact that one mulberry tree can support 20 silkworms, the current 345 mulberry trees in the Ziguo tribe can support 6,900 silkworms.

Theoretically, it is only enough to make four or five silk dresses.

"There are still too few trees."

After the inspection, Luo Ning said to Horn: "Our first step is to expand the planting of mulberry trees. I suggest you plan ten acres of land to plant mulberry trees to increase the yield of mulberry leaves."

"It's okay, but sir, what about the food in Ziguo Village?"

Jenny was worried. The food of the Ziguo tribe was not enough, and it would be even worse if there was less land.

"Don't worry about this, I will bring food from Shanlin Town."

Luo Ning said: "The people living in Ziguo Village, like the Qingzhu Tribe, all serve me, so I will naturally provide them with food."

In the past, Shanlin Town would sell grain to Sainling every year, but now there is no need to sell it. There is no problem in transferring some of it to feed the more than 200 people of the Ziguo tribe.

"That's no problem!"

Horn agreed to the matter, "But sir, we don't have mulberries now. If we want to expand our planting, we have to wait until June or July next year."

Um?

Luo Ning was stunned for a moment. Do we have to wait until next year to expand planting?

Suddenly he understood. It seemed that the other party had not mastered the cultivation method of mulberry trees.

“You can expand your crops without using mulberries.”

Luo Ning walked aside and took out McCann's long sword and cut off a mulberry branch. "When the mulberry trees grow green leaves next spring, choose strong branches like me, and control the length of each branch to a few dozen centimeters. At the same time, Leave two or three leaves on the top, insert them into the soil and keep the soil moist, and the mulberry branches will grow into mulberry trees.”

Horn scratched his head. The meaning was obvious. Is this okay?

Jenny knew little about planting, and asked in disbelief: "Is this really... possible?"

"sure!"

Luo Ning smiled and said, "This method is called 'cutting method' and can be used in the cultivation of many plants. When the time comes, plan the land. The distance between each mulberry tree should not be too close, but also not too far apart." , one acre of land would be enough to plant a thousand mulberry trees.”

Horn exclaimed: "Sir, you know so much!"

Jenny couldn't help but sigh, "My lord, you are worthy of being a member of the noble Wushan family. Your knowledge impresses us!"

Luo Ning laughed and said modestly: "The more you read, the more you will know a little bit about everything. But many people only know a little bit about it, and we still need everyone to work together."

"Come on, Knight Horn, I'll take you to cook cocoons."

"Cooking cocoons?"

Horn followed Luo Ning, "Is it a new way of eating?"