One Piece: In the Name of the Father

Chapter 118 Population Expansion Part Three

"Melon, you really gave me a big surprise. Apart from being a shipbuilder, your people know everything else, and you said everything in one breath."

What Mellon said was originally thought of by Matsurizawa, but because of the lack of a boatman, he had no choice but to give up this idea, and could only look at the Ayane River and Daolanglin drooling.

Matsuri Zeben was just asking casually, but Mellon gave him another big surprise, which was even more surprising than their being shipwrights.

It all started with Mellon's background. Mellon was the son of the leader of an indigenous tribe, and there was nothing special about it.

The special thing is that the island where their tribe is located is an island full of swamps and rainforests, and there are rivers and rivers everywhere on the island.

It is for this reason that everyone in Mellon's tribe is a good shipbuilder. Like the old people bought by Matsurize this time, they are all old people with rich experience in shipbuilding.

In Mellon's hometown, these things alone are not enough. The island is full of wild beasts. Although it is not as strong as Songbai Island, it should not be underestimated.

The reason why Mellon's tribe can survive is because they have a set of skills in domesticating wild animals.

It was this ability to tame wild beasts that made Matsurize's thinking diverge and he thought a lot.

Matsurize thought of the sword wolves. Originally, the next difficulty for Xiaohe leader was the sword wolves in the sword wolf forest.

However, Matsurize didn't worry too much about this before, and he settled the payment slowly, and there will always be a day when he can defeat them.

But now Matsurize's thinking has changed. He not only wants to conquer the sword wolf forest, but also wants to conquer the sword wolf pack.

Not to mention that if the sword wolves are successfully domesticated, they will become a barrier for Xiaohe collar. The most important thing is the sword wolf's horns, which can be used to improve the quality of Xiaohe knives and boost Xiaohe collar's economic income.

Bailey, Bailey, this is the most important thing. After Matsurize took charge of the family, he realized that Bailey was needed for everything.

It was only then that Matsurize realized how lucky he was to have bought Melon and more than 20 of his clansmen this time. The deal was so worth it.

In Xiaohe Territory, many strange faces have appeared here in the past month.

They are all people from big and small forces on Songbai Island who have heard of the name of Xiaohe Dao and come to trade.

In order to buy and sell the Xiaohe Knife in Xiaoheling more conveniently in the future, some forces even bought the shop under the guidance of the consul of Xiaoheling, Baritu, as a stronghold in Xiaoheling.

In the past month, Steward Abin has also made new progress in his intelligence work on the more than 4 mountain people in the wilderness.

There are good and bad news about this information. The good news is that there are some people in the mountains, about [-] in number, not far from Xiaoheling, so it is very convenient for Xiaoheling to absorb them.

The bad news is that it's not just Xiaoheling's pioneering family who are eyeing these mountain people, these mountain people are the subjects of various pioneering nobles.

Now not only their original masters are eyeing them, but also many pioneer nobles are eyeing them, especially the Earl of Megan.

Logically speaking, the earldom's population limit is 2, and Megan's earldom can still absorb a maximum of [-] people.

It can be added to the absorption of other pioneering nobles, or the earldom of Megan has made some small moves, regardless of the ban on the population limit of the earldom, etc.

In a word, the Earl of Xiaohe can't wait any longer, and must act immediately.

Originally, all the preparatory work for Xiaohe collar has been done, so it is not difficult to act immediately.

At the order of Matsurize, he split the 100-man Xiaohe army into groups of ten, plus forty young and middle-aged men from the Xiaohe collar.

50 people form a road, led by the ten captains of the Xiaohe Army, there are ten troops, a total of 500 people.

These 500 people are actually the embryonic form of the Xiaohe Army in the future, and this time is also a preview and exercise for them.

The task Matsurize gave them was very simple. They were divided into ten routes, and followed the route drawn by the intelligence personnel to recruit these mountain people, mainly the 1 people near Xiaohe.

Matsurize gave the order to die, no matter what method he used, sneaking and abducting, any method would do, in short, one purpose was to bring people back.

These mountain people are struggling to survive in the wilderness. They are hungry and full, and they can't see the hope of the future every day.

Matsurize learned from Steward Abin's information that the gathering points of some mountain people were under the control of some ambitious people, and they resisted being reincorporated into the pioneering nobles of the Songbai Kingdom.

Therefore, in view of this situation, Matsurize set two standards. One is that no matter whether they are cheated or voluntary, they are all civilians who join the Xiaohe collar, regardless of their original identities.

But as long as they fought with force, were defeated by the Xiaohe army, and were brought back as prisoners, the leader would be killed on the spot, and the rest, whether voluntary or coerced, would be brought back, starting as slaves.

This time, although the Xiaohe leader was divided into ten groups and set off to the wilderness to absorb the people of the mountains, the ten groups also had a commander-in-chief.

Originally, Ayane was planning to lead the team, but Ke Songrizawa invited a doctor from his home territory, and when Ayane found out that she was pregnant, Ayane's going out was broken.

Later, it was Mellon who took over this important task.

This kind of going out is unusual, and a certain degree of force is required, especially the commander-in-chief.

However, Matsurize is still very relieved of Mellon, especially of Mellon's strength.

Although Mellon has now broken a leg, his ten fingers are gone.

But Matsurize had had a tentative fight with Mellon, and Matsurize found that even if Mellon was so crippled, he could not defeat him.

Matsurizawa guessed that when King Yagyu and his party dealt with Mellon, they must have used some despicable means, otherwise Mellon would not be like this.

Matsurizawa himself estimated that if Mellon hadn't been disabled, his strength should be no worse than that of King Yagyu.

Mellon is now very concerned about the development and growth of the Earl of Xiaohe.

Logically speaking, this Xiaohe collar can also be counted as his enemy, after all, it is also the earldom of the Pine and Cypress Kingdom.

Not to mention revenge, it is also possible to respond negatively, but Mellon doesn't do anything about it today.

Why is this?

This is because Mellon found the hope of revenge, and found the hope of revenge from Xiaohe County.

The high-level leaders of the Earl of Xiaohe, especially the Earl of Xiaohe, Matsurize, found hope for revenge.

He inspected the Earl of Xiaohe, which has a superior geographical location and broad prospects for development. As long as the Earl of Xiaohe continues to grow, one day, under his promotion, Xiaohe will break with the Pine and Cypress Kingdom.

Sooner or later, he will take revenge on the Yagyu family, the royal family of Songbai King.

(End of this chapter)