I led the Goblin Culture to victory.

Chapter 135 Local Noble Council

"Master, Master, lunch is ready!"

Li Mosi opened her eyes in pain, and all she could see was the cave ceiling and Zi Yi's green head with two dark green eye circles.

"Uh~~~"

He stretched vigorously and stood up.

"How's the preparation going?"

Zi'an, who also had dark circles under his eyes, came over.

"That should be enough. The wood and stones have been piled up, along with the soil. I just don't know if it'll be sufficient."

She had just woken up and had only peeked into the cave entrance.

Li Mosi looked around.

A large group of goblins with dark green eye circles stood up, while Hagi Saint remained asleep.

Li Mosi scratched her hair, trying to sort out her thoughts.

After they returned this morning, they had Zian take half of the new slaves and goblins to transport the goods back to the tribe.

He and Ziyi first inquired about the reason for the last battle from several new slaves.

These slaves were unimportant members, and they didn't know anything about it.

However, encouraged by him, they still revealed some information they had heard from conversations during their journey.

It seems that some goblins are very clever, so we need to catch them.

Moreover, it was Baron Talis who wanted to capture him and enslave him.

This is what is meant by Li Mo's lack of understanding.

Could the baron be so depraved as to want to use goblins as slaves to pay off his debts?

That's insane!

But no matter what, he has to be careful.

Behind him... was teaching the goblins how to build wooden-framed mud walls.

However, he didn't teach them the specifics, only instructing them to place the materials at the southernmost point of the passage, which is the top of the steep downhill slope leading to the southern depression.

There's nothing special about it; it's just about cleaning the fresh tree trunks and adding some soil and stones.

It wasn't difficult for the well-rested prisoners and the remaining overseers.

Then, halfway through catching up on her sleep, Zi'an came down and said that she had led the new slaves and goblins to stuff everything from the wagon into the chief's cave, and also took care of the wolf cubs.

Then Li Mosi had the donkey carts lined up in the south to form a temporary wall, tethered the livestock, and everyone took a nap together.

Then they slept directly in a cave at the foot of the mountain.

Next came eating and building the wall.

After a few minutes of silence, Li Mosi finally cleared her mind.

He first opened the [Leshan Water] map to scout out enemy positions.

Good, no enemies.

Once she was sure it was safe for the time being, Li Mosi grabbed the vines off Hagi Saint.

"Get up and eat!"

"Um?"

The saintess, who also had dark circles under her eyes, was shaken awake.

"Ah, I don't want to eat, let me sleep."

We've certainly made a lot of progress in the past few days, but we can't let her live like this forever!

Haki Saint, who had never stayed up all night, felt extremely painful, but Li Mosi kept shaking her because she wouldn't get up.

She eventually got up.

After eating the hot porridge, the group, who hadn't slept much for the past four days, finally became a little more awake.

"Wow! Finally, something hot to eat!"

"So comfortable!"

"I'm sleepy."

"I shouldn't go out today."

"I heard someone rode over on a big donkey again this morning."

"So the new elders are going to lead us to rebuild the wall."

"Humans are so annoying."

"What have you been doing these past few days? You've brought back so much..."

"Wow! I'm telling you! Doors made of iron! Eight of them..."

The goblins seemed to suddenly regain their energy, and with dark circles under their eyes, they began to chatter and discuss.

The prisoners were naturally curious about their fate.

However, they were asking about the seven newly returned slaves.

Kaken, holding the bowl, moved closer to the old man.

"Hey, you old folks. How did you get so badly injured? Did the adults beat you up?"

Another safety officer couldn't help but ask as well.

"How did you end up running into adults?"

Li Mosi did not tell them the specific reason for her departure, leaving them to guess for several days.

The old man glanced at the other new slaves, who were just focused on eating and doing nothing else.

He said helplessly, "This wasn't done by the adults. We tried to escape after our defeat, but those bastards caught us and brought us back, where we were beaten."

"The adults returned to the base before us, and I have something to tell you..."

"what?"

"Hiss~"

Hearing the prisoners' startled cries from not far away, Zi'an couldn't help but look over out of curiosity.

"What are you talking about?"

This caused the small group of regular employees, who had been facing away from the safety officer, to turn around.

Soth shrank back, and Lacas slapped him hard.

"Don't panic, they're not talking about us."

"Nothing much! We were just catching up on what's been going on these past few days!"

The old man answered loudly.

"He was curious about our injuries. I told him about what I had been through these past few days."

Zi'an gulped down the meat porridge in his bowl and walked over.

"How about it? Didn't I tell you that following us was the right thing to do?"

"Yes, that's right."

The old man grinned and nodded.

"I never imagined I could eat meat every meal and have three meals a day."

Zi'an nodded: "That's how it is when things get busy. Work hard, and our late master will never let our efforts go unrewarded."

"That's good..."

Eating won't take long.

Li Mosi, who had just woken up, did not take a lunch break and immediately told people to start working.

Zi Yi called everyone to gather at the entrance to the depression on the south side.

In front of everyone, Li Mosi drew a frame about thirty or forty meters long and three meters wide using charcoal.

This blocked the entire gentle slope leading up.

Beyond that, the slopes become steep, making it naturally difficult to cross.

"First, dig this side open, dig down to my calf."

The team immediately got to work.

This certainly doesn't require everyone, and they don't have that many digging tools.

However, the pine tree trunks that the prisoners pulled down in the morning only had their branches removed, not cut off.

They can't possibly build a wall that's twenty or thirty meters high.

Three to five meters is enough.

In addition, there weren't enough stones and soil, so we had to move more.

The cattle and horses that were used to pull the carts back can no longer be used; the tribe can only use the ones that were previously captured.

And the felling of trees cannot stop.

As a result of these tasks, manpower was scattered.

Looking at the frame, which was several times larger and wider than before, Zi Yi couldn't help but look at Li Mosi.

"Master, why is the wall so much thicker this time?"

The purpose of building a wall is indeed to plug the entire gap.

But why is it so thick?

Zi'an was also puzzled.

"Yes, the previous single-layer wooden wall was enough, wasn't it? Is there anything different this time?"

No matter how much work is done, it won't go very deep. If it feels like a single-layer wooden wall will be shaken, then thickening it won't make much of a difference.

My teacher must have had a different approach!

After listening to the two disciples' questions, Li Mosi subconsciously looked at Haji Saint.

"Phew~"

She fell asleep standing up!

He looked around at the people working and took out a new piece of paper.

He unfolded the paper and began to draw on the ground.

"The wall we're building this time is different; it's not just a simple wooden wall. Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed them to prepare stones and mud."

As he spoke, he sketched a rough top-down view of the wall using simple line drawings, and then drew a side sectional view.

"This type of wooden wall can be called a timber-framed mud wall, but it's not quite the same. Simply put, it's made by sandwiching stones and mud between two log walls, which greatly enhances their stability."

Ziyi and Zian tilted their heads and looked at it.

"But you didn't bury the wooden wall inside either?"

The sudden female voice made the three of them turn their heads to look.

Hagi Saint woke up at some point.

Li Mosi continued drawing his own, adding annotations as he went.

"That's why I said it's different."

He only realized after he finished drawing that what he had done was not so much a "wooden frame mud wall" as a "rammed earth wall with logs as templates, stones added, and the templates preserved."

The only difference is that the rammed earth step was omitted.

Making rammed earth would be too troublesome.

The wall structure is simple, but it is by no means easy to build.

It wasn't until half an afternoon had passed that the pit was dug and the wood was erected.

Li Mosi watched as everyone erected the first layer of wooden wall, then opened the [Leshanshui] map again to check the situation.

[Target is actively approaching! Please be vigilant!]

Holy crap?

Da da da da...

Just as he was surprised, he suddenly heard the faint sound of horses' hooves.

He looked at Ziyi, and the two of them made eye contact.

"Prepare for battle!"

The goblins immediately prepared for battle.

Before Li Mosi could examine the scene closely, the sound of hooves grew louder, and an enormous figure that could not be ignored appeared in the depression below the slope!

"Oh, Sun!"

Upon seeing a group of goblins standing on the slope, Knight Valos turned and ran on his dragon horse!

"Master! Let me chase after them!"

"Don't go."

Zi'an wanted to chase after her, but Li Mosi stopped him.

"You can't catch up with Ryoma, don't expose yourself."

Damn it, the nobles are still causing trouble!

……

"I want to see the Baron!"

In the evening, the soldier guarding the gate of Baron Talis's mansion saw the anxious Knight Valos again and opened the door for him.

Knight Valos dashed into the Baron's study like a gust of wind.

"Sir! Those goblins have gone back! I saw at least a hundred of them! They're building a high wall again!"

"You actually dare to come back? Very well!"

Baron Taliss, who was sitting behind his desk, suddenly stood up.

"You go ahead, never mind. You get some rest first. I'll have the soldiers call Puddle and Knight Randall over as well. Tomorrow, you can summon Kumo for me."

Cuomo also called for a rally?

Knight Valos was surprised.

The territory of the Knights of Kumo is quite special; although it belongs to Baron Talis, it is located five days' journey to the southwest.

That was an enclave used to sell slaves!

This means the Baron is going to go all out!

Knight Valos racked his brains, intending to fulfill his duties as a vassal.

He asked, "Sir, are we going to send out the entire force this time?"

Baron Talis frowned: "Of course."

Why not catch the walking silver coin?

"My lord, please forgive my presumptuous thoughts."

Knight Valos watched as Baron Talis gestured with his chin and continued speaking.

"Why don't we enlist the help of the surrounding nobles? If we mobilize them all, there will be hundreds of mounted warriors, and our movements will be impossible to conceal. But you have been slandered by the church and invaded by goblins, so you have every reason to launch this slightly offensive attack against the church."

That makes sense.

As long as they are captured and evacuated immediately, the nobles can't say anything.

In addition, there's the value of clever goblins...

"good!"

Baron Talis nodded.

"Then I will convene a local noble council."