Warlord: King of All Clans

While Leo was hosting the spring broadcast, Olivia was not idle either.

At this time, the north and south winds fought day and night, and it was the peak season for influenza. The strong people in the north could withstand it, but the infants and young children could not.

The birth rate of people in the North is not low. As long as there is no war and they have food to eat, they will have children all day long. There is no other entertainment anyway.

Moreover, women in the north who have been engaged in farming for a long time have physical fitness that is no worse than that of men, and they can still work in the fields even after seven months of pregnancy.

Unfortunately, babies born may not necessarily survive. The cold climate and shortage of supplies greatly reduce the survival rate of infants and young children.

A small outbreak of influenza can cause the death or injury of more than half of the infants and young children in a village.

Even if they do not die immediately, the parents of infants and young children who become stupid or disabled due to fever will be unable to afford their growth.

So Olivia took advantage of the Spring Planting Ceremony to tour the major settlements, summoning all new mothers to bless infants under the age of three.

In the Knight Village of Knight Karl's territory, young parents from seven or eight villages in the entire Knight Territory brought their newborn children to the lord's house in the village.

Many people here have received blessings from the Mistress of the River Bay and are very familiar with it.

However, there are also many newly joined citizens who are not familiar with this operation. Instead, they are full of anxiety, worrying that the lord will perform some evil ritual such as "blood sacrifice".

There were not many infants and young children participating. There were nearly 3,000 people in seven or eight villages, but only more than 100 infants.

The oldest of these babies are two or three years old, and the youngest are just two months old. They are all huddled in their mothers' arms, wrapped heavily in clothes to prevent them from catching cold.

Not far from the team of the baby's parents, a thinly dressed girl, holding her child, stood under the eaves on one side of the big house.

It was still a cold spring day, and he was only wearing a thin, worn linen shirt, which was rare in the United Knights.

She hesitated and wanted to join the group of young parents, but she didn't dare to step forward.

The mother of another United Knight leader saw this and walked over to ask, "Why don't you come over?"

The young mother hesitated and dared not tell the truth.

The older mother who was walking over already had two sons and was a mature mother. She knew at a glance that the girl in front of her did not look like a mother and couldn't help but become suspicious.

The Riverbend Lords Law prohibits the sale of children!

Without further ado, she demanded, "Whose child is it? What's wrong with the child? Give him to me!"

Normally she wouldn't mind such trivial matters, but now that she has just given birth, her maternal instinct is at its strongest.

The young mother holding the baby saw more and more people looking at her, even the guards noticed her, she panicked and quickly lifted a corner of her clothes to reveal the baby's face, "I found it on the street, it was almost frozen to death, I raised it for two months but couldn't keep it alive!"

The older mother was shocked. It was a wolf cub!

After all, the people of the United Knights were not as open-minded as those of the Riverbend. When they saw the werewolf cub, they immediately cursed, "Why did you pick up this thing? Why don't you throw it away quickly? Why do you keep it?"

At this time, a guard saw the commotion and came over with several colleagues.

"What's going on?"

Although these guards were only guards of the United Knights and belonged to the River Bay Militia rather than the regular army, they were also equipped with heavy chain mail, wearing fur cloaks and carrying steel swords at their waists.

The armed militia, who have a good diet and regular training, are already at the level of second-class regular soldiers, except for their lack of combat experience.

In the traditional northern knighthood, such armored guards are the knight's personal guards, and they have a great sense of oppression on the lower-class civilians.

Seeing the burly, fully armed guard approaching, the young girl was so frightened that she could hardly speak.

She repeated it tremblingly, and then begged, "We have been taking care of him for a long time. He was able to run and jump, but he became delirious again in the past two days due to fever. If we don't save him, he will die..."

In order to show the werewolf cub in her arms, she hurriedly tore off her linen blouse, revealing her beautiful upper body.

The guard was amazed by her young body, and then he saw the werewolf cub in her arms and couldn't help laughing, "Why did you raise a werewolf?"

Several of his colleagues also laughed and looked at him obscenely.

The young girl turned pale with fear, and frantically took out her savings, which were two silver coins, "I, I have money!"

The young girl who had just joined the River Bay United Knights worked as a hired worker in the cassava plantation of the lord's mansion. She ate in the cafeteria, lived in a shed, and received a salary of two hundred copper coins a month. Her life was not bad.

In just three months, she bought winter clothes and had some savings.

But after having this "son", she used all her saved salary to buy food and potions for the werewolf cub.

On the way of escape, her parents and brother died one after another, leaving her alone to come to the river bend with her still breastfeeding younger brother.

But this winter, her malnourished brother also died in her arms.

After burying her brother's young body, the girl heard the cry of the werewolf cub on her way back to the shed.

She herself didn't know when this werewolf cub came into her arms and accompanied her through the winter.

When I go to work, I tie it on my back, and when I sleep, I hold it in my arms.

Several hired boys who were originally interested in her lost interest in her and even started cursing at her after being bitten repeatedly by the little jackal in her arms.

But the gnoll was frozen and sickly, and could not walk on his own.

Upon hearing the news of the mistress' blessing, the young girl sold her winter coat for two silver coins, hoping to be saved by the mistress of the river bay.

If she had not seen the rules of Hewan, she, a lowly refugee, would never dare to come to the lord's house and offend the mistress.

Seeing several guards blocking the way ahead, the girl fell into despair.

But the guard laughed at him, then straightened his face and asked, "Are you a citizen of the River Bend? Have you registered?"

The girl immediately responded reflexively, "My name is Helin, and I am a citizen of Village No. 4 in Knight Karl's Territory. My labor number is 2504-0428."

The guard nodded and said, "Okay, go directly to the big house to register."

As he said this, he glanced at his companion who was laughing obscenely beside him.

Seeing the captain staring at him, the guard immediately shuddered, took off his bearskin cloak and put it on Helin.

With the warm bearskin cloak, Helin, who was holding the werewolf cub, finally stopped shivering and followed the guard to register.

As they walked, Helin couldn't believe it and whispered to the guard, "Two silver coins, is that enough?"

The guard who lent the bearskin cloak to Helin shook his head and said, "The mistress's blessing does not require money, but requires piety."

The old mother was very nervous when she saw this, and asked the guard stumblingly, "Sir, can the wolf cubs also receive the blessing?"

The guard glanced at her and resumed his usual arrogance: "What are you talking about? As long as his mother is a citizen of the River Bay, then it complies with the rules. As for whether it is allowed, it depends on the order of the mistress."