At the moment of seeing Manda, chief wodia fell on his back and howled.


    Manda ignored him. To tell the truth, he is not interested in the chief now. He is really asking for the price. What he cares about most at present is the business.


    The paiwu scholars did not grow grain, but they ate grain, which meant that they had to buy grain.


    Bayer is their only neighbor, which means they can only buy food from the Bayer people.


    This means that they are not only bullied by the Bayer people because of their poor military strength, but also have a strong dependence on the Bayer people in living materials.


    The young man in front of him didn''t know who Manda was, and like all Bayers, he spoke loudly and liked to point out his fingers to people.


    Manda jumped off the roof, cut off his finger, and then asked, "what''s your name?"


    The young man covered his hands and cried and howled. A dozen soldiers rushed up behind him.


    Dozens of guards rushed in outside the door.


    The young man shouted: "cut off his hand, don''t kill him, I want to live, I want to kill him..."


    Manda wiped the blood on his finger on the young man''s face and asked, "what are you going to do to me?"


    Dozens of guards had their heads cut off by Manda, and the young man had not finished saying a word.


    There was still a guard. The young man trembled behind him. Manda didn''t want to kill him for the time being. He had other uses.


    The young man''s expression was stagnant and his face seemed to cramp.


    There are unidentified mush at the foot, with an amazing number.


    Manda covered her nose and stepped back for several steps. She exclaimed, "I didn''t expect you to have this move. You''re powerful. I won''t touch you again in a short time. Tell me your name first?"


    "I am the son of grand duke bayev. Neither my father nor my brother will forgive you!"


    "Do you still have a brother?" Manda''s face was not very good-looking. "That is to say, Archduke bayev has more than one son?"


    "I have six brothers and one brother, each of whom is a strong general who can fight well!"


    "There are eight sons..." Manda shook her head. "It''s a little complicated."


    Wardia chief shivered and said, "baikuga, every son of grand duke bayev is very tough..."


    Manda pointed to the young man in front of her: "including him?"


    "Mr. ekwen was just careless..."


    Manda said with a smile, "he was careless. You are very careful. Tell me how you helped him avoid patrols and Rangers?"


    The patrol and ranger troops trained by Roma have been put into actual combat. The Wadia tribe is in a special position. The patrol troops come at least once every three days, the Ranger team comes at least once every ten days, and the secret Sentry is deployed nearby. If the old chief hadn''t mastered the law, the son of ekwen wouldn''t have escaped all the sentries so skillfully.


    Chief wodia knelt in front of Manda and cried: "Mengda baikuga, I just want my people to survive. Winter is coming. My people can''t eat without food. Baikuga, please forgive us and give us a chance to survive."


    Manda sighed, "you just knelt down to him and now you kneel down to me. Aren''t you used to standing and talking?"


    "For my people, I don''t care about my dignity."


    "You are very much like a man." Manda wanted to say King Ramses, but it''s not easy to say it directly on this occasion. The puppet king is also a king, and he should be given at least respect.


    Mr. ekwen may have eaten too much just now, and the paste in his trousers hasn''t stopped. Manda doesn''t want to ask any more questions. The air in the cabin is very bad.


    He grabbed the guard behind the childe and said with a gentle smile, "I want to talk about business with your eldest brother and buy some food from him."


    "If you want to talk about business, please, please let our childe go first!"


    "How can we talk about business if we let him go?" Manda asked the chief. "Did you just say whether the skin is deer skin or sheep skin?"


    "It''s deer skin and wolf skin. Bear skin can be worth one and a half, fox skin without mottled color can be worth one and a half, and wild boar skin can be worth half."


    "It''s so complicated," Manda said to the guard. "Please go back and tell the Archduke that I can exchange his son for 10000 skins, 20 skins for a cart of grain, a total of 500 carts. He can exchange his son with leather first, and I can exchange my skin for grain, or I can directly exchange grain for my son. What do you think?"


    The guard''s face was as pale as earth. Childe Ike wailed and ran away. Manda reached out and pulled the childe back. Her fingers trembled and cut off one of his ears.


    "This is my gift to Grandpa. It''s worth 20 skins. Please convey my sincere respect to Grandpa."


    ……


    In the middle of the tribe were the bodies of the Bayer people. Prince aikewen knelt next to the bodies and covered the place that originally belonged to his left ear. He couldn''t help crying, but he didn''t dare to cry.


    Sheikh Wadia knelt beside him, crying more miserably than he did.


    The whole tribe of missionaries surrounded and knelt on the ground, praying for Manda''s forgiveness.


    "Mengdabaikuga, I just want my people to survive. You haven''t seen the winter of the sect sergeant. The heavy snow for dozens of days will engulf all the roads, and the snow will not cross our chest. We can''t go hunting. Without food, we will starve to death. I beg you to forgive me. Even if you don''t want to forgive me, please forgive my innocent people..."


    The paiwu scholars were crying and praying for Manda''s forgiveness.


    Manda''s face was expressionless. Manda could never forgive a collaborator. The old chief was dead.


    But now he must confirm another thing, whether the defense system he built himself is so vulnerable.


    He lit a wolf smoke and waited for news of patrols, secret sentries and Rangers.


    The snow field is very big. It''s understandable that one or two Bayer people sneaked into the tribe.


    But now there are not one or two Bayer people, but dozens, and they don''t sneak in, but brazenly drive a carriage.


    As for the current situation, the duty sentry should be punished. If the Ranger team is nearby, it should also be punished. This is a serious dereliction of duty!


    Now Manda lights a wolf smoke around the tribe. The secret Sentry can certainly see it. The secret sentry should inform the patrol and the patrol should inform the Rangers. If the secret sentry, patrol and Rangers can''t respond within one day, not only will they be punished, but Roma should also be whipped! From the afternoon to dusk, Manda finally waited for a team of patrols. When the sentry commander saw the wolf smoke, he first sent someone to inform the Ranger team and left a mark to try to contact the nearby secret sentry. After the failure of contacting the secret sentry, Manda quietly went to explore near the tribe. He was careful enough, but Manda found out.


    Manda severely questioned the sentry commander, but the sentry commander didn''t do anything wrong. He saw the wolf smoke, informed the Rangers and tried to contact the secret sentry.


    The sentry commander is very familiar with the patrol route of the Ranger team. According to his calculation, the Ranger team is at least 200 miles away from here.


    The Rangers were too far away to see wolf smoke, which proved that they were right.


    Then it''s the secret sentry.


    Where''s the secret sentry? What''s the sentry doing?


    It''s hard to prove this. The location of the secret post is extremely hidden. Even Manda doesn''t know the exact post.


    In desperation, Manda sent a letter to Roma through Styx island. When Roma replied, Manda speculated about the beginning and end of the matter.


    The secret Sentry is very close to the tribe. It''s impossible not to see wolf smoke.


    The Sentinels are very loyal. They were carefully selected by Roma and have nothing to do with the Wadia tribe.


    That leaves only one last possibility.


    Manda picked up the old chief and took him to the sentry post. The sentry post was in a pine forest. Under a huge pine tree, there was an almost imperceptible tree hole.


    The tree hole is very spacious. There are food, bows and crossbows, short knives and a blowpipe commonly used by paiwu scholars. It seems that the sentry still likes the ancient weapons of paiwu scholars.


    All the furnishings were neat. There seemed to be no fighting here. Manda checked around the tree hole and didn''t see any footprints.


    He lit a pine tree as a torch, carefully observed the mottled inner wall of the tree hole, and found a knife mark under a tree tumor.


    The knife marks are not too new, but the time is not too long. There are seven scratches in total. They are carved in a hurry, but the order is very particular.


    The three in the middle, two on the left and two on the right, are like a flying swallow, which is obviously left by the sentry, because this is the sign Roma taught them. This move was learned from Toka.


    Under no circumstances should a secret whistle leave a mark, except at the last minute of life.


    He left this mark to prove that he was in danger. If he could survive, he would erase the mark. The mark remained here to prove that he did not survive.


    Manda touched chief Wadia''s bald scalp and whispered, "tell me where his body is?"


    "Corpse?" the chief said in surprise. "What corpse do you mean?"


    "Tell me, listen, tell me now."


    "Baikuga, I don''t know what you want to ask?"


    "His skill is good, isn''t it? You can''t deal with him alone. Tell me how many people you sent? Ten? Twenty? Tell me who these people are? Tell me!"


    "I, I really don''t know. I''ve never been to this place..." the old chief''s voice trembled.


    Manda continued to touch his scalp: "tell me honestly that I will make your death less painful, including those who work with you. Tell me if there are other chiefs involved?"


    ……


    Under the organization of chief Wadia, the chiefs of six tribes secretly colluded with the Bayer people. He made an appointment with the Bayer people, took advantage of the patrol and ride away from their tribe, and led people to kill the hidden outpost lurking near the tribe.


    The body of the sentry was buried in the snow with more than 20 scars. According to the description of the party concerned, he resisted to the last minute.


    Manda buried the sentry. In front of his grave, in front of all tribal members, he killed chief Wadia and 30 factionalists involved in the assassination of the sentry.


    Wadia begged before he died. He said it was for the whole tribe.


    The missionaries involved in the assassination were also pleading. They said they were only acting under orders.


    There are so many excuses in the world that Manda doesn''t bother to listen. What he cares about now is how many similar situations have not been found out. The remaining six chiefs will be executed by Manda one by one, but apart from them? How many paiwu scholars continue to be willing to be slaves of the Bayers.


    Grand Duke bayev has just suffered a great loss on the battlefield. Hard is not soft. He has grasped the weakness of the factionalists, which will sooner or later disintegrate the determination and courage of the factionalists.


    It seems that I underestimated the Great Duke. It seems that I know him better.


    Of course, the problem of food must also be solved, which depends on the childe''s value.