Chapter 478: First Arrival at the Tribe
This fjord is not very deep, about seven or eight kilometers, and ends at a beach. There are many fishing boats maintaining it on the beach, and fishing nets are hung on the racks to dry.
A long pier has been built in the middle of the beach. There are several watchtowers next to the pier. A wooden wall can be seen in the distance, and further away are dense forests and snow-capped mountains.
The Bear Claw Tribe is some distance away from the port. It is located on the top of the cliff on the south side of the fjord. You will have to walk there when you get off the boat.
Frederick had become familiar with the people on the ship in the past few days. He asked Jason: "Are there any pirates here?"
He found that the watchtower behind the pier and the wooden wall behind it could just protect against enemies from the sea. There were many watchtowers on the top of the cliffs along the way. Only pirates came from this direction.
Jensen shook his head and said: "We stopped doing this business a few years ago. Of course, if adults want us to help, we can still go back to our old business."
Frederick blinked, it turned out that he was afraid of being sought for revenge.
A large group of people, both men and women, suddenly ran out from behind the wooden wall and kept waving to the boat.
Jensen pointed to a woman wearing a red dress holding a child and told Frederick that it was his third wife and sixth child.
Frederick asked him curiously: "How many wives and children do you have?"
Jensen said calmly: "The first wife died together when she gave birth to the third child, and the second wife and fourth wife died together." They disappeared together, and now it’s the third one. She came with Lao Wu.”
He asked Frederick again expectantly: “I heard that women over there have fewer children and die. Is it okay to let the second child go to study to be a doctor?"
Frederick thought for a moment and said, "Of course."
"Well, I'll go to Cedar this time. The cathedral raised this issue when meeting the first priest and asked the church to organize students who are willing to study. I will pay the tuition fees and the students will pay for their living expenses. ”
"If this matter is negotiated, you can ask your second son to sign up."
Jensen said: "Actually, I can pay for it myself. Skins are expensive over there, so the boss and I will go hunt some firecrackers." The fox's return will be enough for her tuition and living expenses for a year."
Frederick let him.
The ship quickly docked at the shore, the gangway was lowered, and the sailors disembarked carrying large and small bags to reunite with their families.
They don’t have much luggage of their own. The bags are full of goods, some for their own use and some for sale.
There are also some public goods of the town on the ship, which several elders took people to move away. The rest are goods to be transported to Nidros.
“Huh?!” Frederick was startled by the strange creature that appeared next to him.
Peterson smiled and said: "Scared you?"
He was now wearing a white bearskin cloak, with the bear's head on top of his head and the skin hanging behind him.
Frederick said: "I didn't expect you to be Elder White Bear."
Several other elders who boarded the ship wore cloaks made of animal skins like him. He wore a bearskin to represent the elders in charge of military affairs, the elder with a deer head was in charge of law, the elder with a fox head was in charge of finance and commerce, and the elder with an ox head was in charge. Related to agriculture, the elder in charge of medical treatment wears an owl head on his head, with a feather cloak behind him. The same bird cloak also has the raven elder in charge of internal affairs. The elder in charge of diplomacy wears a rabbit head with two ears held up by wooden sticks. .
Peterson introduced the elders of the town to Frederick one by one. Together with a wolf-headed elder who was in charge of hunting who did not come, and the priest of the Church of Nature, a total of nine elders formed the town's elders. The highest authority in the country, all government affairs are decided by their votes.
The next person on board was Lassen, the local priest of the Church of Nature, who was responsible for receiving Frederick.
Larsen is in his thirties, wearing a dark green robe, a crown of thorns on his head, and his figure is like a ball.
He was holding an object that was as tall as a person and looked like a magic wand, but the metal bear claws on the top made people think that this thing could hit or stab people. "Welcome our good brother to the ice forest!" Larsen hugged Frederick warmly. "I received a letter from my sister not long ago, saying that you have given them great care."
After greeting him, Frederick asked curiously: "Who is your sister?"
After Larson explained, Frederick understood that he had blocked him in the In Val Qiulei's room, the aunt who shouted loudest outside turned out to be Larsen's sister.
The two got off the boat and walked toward the Bear Claw Tribe. The journey was more than a kilometer long, all climbing mountains. There were winches and wooden rail pulleys for transporting goods on the roadside leading to the port.
This town has six to seven hundred households and is the largest residential area in this area. Beans, pasture and ice silk flax are grown in the farmland behind the dock.
What Frederick didn't expect was that there was actually a standard football field here, where many children were playing local baseball, competing to see who could hit the ball farther.
After the two walked to the mountain, Larson pointed to the football field and said: "You came just in time, we have two games the day after tomorrow."
"The boat came back today, and there is a market there the day after tomorrow. City."
Frederick asked curiously: "Do you like football very much?"
It can be seen from the height that the football field occupies a piece of land that used to be farmland. .
"Of course!" Larsen's eyes started to shine, "Football is the best sport!"
"First of all, playing football requires endurance, strength and flexibility, which are all necessary for a warrior. ”
“And football is the most similar sport to hunting. ”
“Hunting requires teamwork. Hunters with different skills must be placed in different positions. If everyone works together, is it good? Is it the same as playing football? "
"Is it not just about hitting the ball, but also the confrontation between the players? "
"When hunting, you have to kill with one hit. All tactics must be formulated around killing the prey. Is it the same as formulating tactics for scoring goals?"
"There is also the final celebration. Everyone does the same after hitting the prey. Celebrating together, do you think it is the same as celebrating when you score a goal?”
Frederick nodded, which made sense. Similar views were also held in the Principality of Wesson, which promoted football. Movement development.
Larson said with certainty: "So football is the best sport to cultivate warriors, and it is also a weapon-less war between tribes."
"We will fight against the Tauren tribe tomorrow. Competition, this year the church has more places to select young people, but it is limited. The surrounding tribes have divided them equally according to their population and there is still some leftover. Whoever wins the two places will get it.”
Frederick nodded. The Wesson Wheat Cup was organized to grab high-quality wheat seeds. Each village sent out the strongest people in the village. Generally speaking, those who lose in football cannot win in fights.
The football match between the Principality of Wesson, the Principality of Mainz and the Principality of Bain is also like this. It is regarded as a competition between the three principalities. In the 1033 game, the Wesson team due to a large number of The main force participated in the battle to regain Constantbulo. In the end, the Byrne team won. Grand Duke Byrne rewarded each player with 300 gold coins, and Mingxing City held flowing seats for three days.
Larsen brought this up with Frederick for no reason, because he was the head coach of the Bear Claw tribal football team and wanted to learn from the inventor of football.
Frederick scratched his head and said: "I don't know what the level and style of your players are like, so I can't give you specific opinions."
Larson said: "No problem. I’ll arrange a training match tomorrow morning, please help.”
(End of this chapter)