Chapter 88: 88. Offering a Strategy

Luoning had already gained a certain understanding of the scale of the Purple Fruit Tribe during their previous conversation.

Although the tribe's population was under three hundred, it exceeded his expectations—including Jennie's family, the Purple Fruit Tribe had a total of 242 people and had cultivated 806 mu of land.

Aside from planting some vegetables, the majority of the land was planted with barley and wheat.

The reason the Purple Fruit Tribe had such a large area of farmland was mainly due to it having been cleared when the population was higher; it is said that in its peak period, four or five hundred people lived here.

Now that the number of people had fallen to under three hundred, although the grain yield was not high, they were eating relatively more.

According to Jennie's estimate, this year's autumn harvest would yield over thirty thousand jin of barley, and with the previously harvested wheat and the stockpiled wild vegetables, there should be no problem for the people in the tribe to survive this winter.

Before deciding to convert the wheat fields into mulberry fields, Luoning decided to wait until dawn tomorrow to see the condition of the mulberry forest first.

Although he had silkworm cocoons in hand now, how to turn the cocoons into silk was still a matter of great difficulty.

Boiling cocoons and reeling silk—he knew these steps, but he had no spinning wheel and no loom, so how to weave was a difficult problem.

However, the territory raised flocks of sheep, which produced wool every year. Many women at home would do some simple spinning and weaving work, and there were tools like spindles and looms here (though they were relatively simple).

Although these machines and tools could not be used to weave silk—after all, the latter was more refined and complex—sometimes cognition is more important than tools.

As long as they could understand that silkworm silk could also be used to weave cloth, he believed that after Along period of trial, they should be able to weave silk.

Luoning remembered that Tangmu's mother ran a tailor shop, and she should be quite proficient in weaving; after returning, he could consider letting her research the matter of silkworm silk.

Of course, Luoning would help.

He possessed unique knowledge of sericulture, and the method of boiling cocoons and reeling silk, once proposed by him, would be a leap from zero to one.

That evening, Luoning enjoyed a "sumptuous" dinner at Jennie's home.

Luoning, Maiken, and the other Transcendentalists each had a plate of White Fruit in front of them; the subordinates were eating quite happily, but Luoning could not bring himself to take a bite.

It was mainly the preconceived notion that influenced him, making him feel that this thing was too strong in flavor, to the point that associating it with black, wriggling pupae gave him a sense of discomfort.

However, under Ailin's eager gaze, Luoning still reluctantly ate one.

Unexpectedly, he didn't know until he tried it; once he ate it, he discovered that the fried silkworm pupae had a crispy texture, tasted soft and fluffy, and were full of fragrance.

"How is it? Delicious, right?" Ailin asked with a smile.

Luoning nodded and laughed: "Setting aside its appearance, fried silkworm pupae are indeed a delicacy. I hear that not only does it taste good, but its nutritional value is also very high."

The subordinates sitting around were also nodding while eating; they had never eaten such food before, and coming to the Purple Fruit Tribe this time counted as tasting something fresh.

After they were full of food and drink, two servants cleared away the tableware, and all the Transcendentalists gathered in the living room.

The dim candlelight vaguely illuminated everyone's blurred faces; they knew that next, the Baron would be formulating the next combat plan.

It had been less than two days since they left Shanlin Town, and they had already taken down two savage tribes; the speed was very fast.

"Our next target is the Huitu Tribe."

Luoning looked around at everyone, "However, you also know that they have built defensive fortifications, and they possess a greater number of Transcendentalists than both the Purple Fruit and the Qingzhu tribes. If we launch a frontal assault, it will certainly not be without losses like it was yesterday and today."

His gaze finally landed on Jennie, "Ms. Jennie, I remember you said before that you had a way for me to take down the Huitu Tribe with less time and effort. I wonder what that method is?"

Ailin, who was 1.42 meters tall, sat next to her mother, quietly listening to everyone's conversation.

Her gaze kept shifting among the people.

Before today, she would not have imagined that so many older big brothers and uncles, and even her parents, would show such respect to this young man who looked like he was not much older than her; for the first time, she truly felt that status and position sometimes have nothing to do with age.

Finally, her gaze rested on Luoning; this silver-haired youth was too attractive.

Jennie did not know what her daughter was thinking at this very moment; what she was thinking about was offering a strategy to this newly sworn master, which could also be considered her pledge of allegiance.

"The leader of the Huitu Tribe is named 'Sileiyin'. His father's generation were just ordinary people who fled together, but he awakened a Battle Qi Seed, and his strength has not grown slowly over these years; he is a thirty-eight-year-old Advanced Knight, and his combat power is a bit stronger than Huoen's."

Luoning could not help but look at Hong Knight; the other party was only an Intermediate Knight, yet he was only a little bit weaker than an Advanced Knight. It seemed that this Huoen was either about to break through, or his combat experience and techniques surpassed the other party by a notch.

It seemed that the cultivation talent of both Huoen and Jennie was not too bad; no wonder their daughter's aptitude was so good.

Jennie continued: "My Lord, you should know from Wodun and Dandi that our three tribes formed a Three-Party Alliance. When it was first established, we clashed with the Heiling Tribe several times; at that time, the three parties in the Alliance communicated quite a lot."

She paused, glanced at her husband, and then continued: "During our cooperation, Sileiyin confessed to me more than once, asking me to leave Huoen and live in his Huitu Tribe, but I refused every time."

Luoning could not help but rub his nose; sure enough, affairs between men and women happen everywhere, even among savage tribes with poor living environments.

He could not help but size up Jennie again.

Although her appearance was a six out of ten in his mind, she could not be considered beautiful.

But placed in the Wubei Woodland, she could definitely rank at the very top.

And don't forget, Jennie came from a Viscount family; although the Frank Family was now in decline, she came from a true noble family.

A decent appearance, a noble background, plus the fact that she herself was an Intermediate Mage—such a woman's attraction to others was very great.

It was indeed very reasonable for the Huitu Tribe leader Sileiyin to want to be with Jennie.

And the fact that the latter did not agree—perhaps it was because her feelings for Huoen were very deep and they had a daughter, or perhaps she simply looked down on someone like Sileiyin.

Luoning glanced at Huoen; the other party's expression did not change, clearly knowing about this matter, and perhaps Huoen had even fought with Sileiyin.

After all, Jennie had just said that Sileiyin's strength was a bit stronger.

Without comparing, without fighting, how would they have reached such a conclusion?

Returning his gaze to Jennie, Luoning asked with a smile: "So, you are prepared to use a 'honey trap' on Sileiyin?"

A honey trap?

Everyone's ears twitched; it was the first time they had heard this term.

"Thank you for the compliment, My Lord!"

Jennie was a bit embarrassed, "Although it is my first time hearing 'honey trap', your meaning should be about the same as my idea."

For a moment, Luoning did not understand why the other party had suddenly become embarrassed and suddenly thanked him.

After thinking about it, he realized that Jennie thought he was complimenting her beauty.

"My Lord, the relationship between Huoen and Sileiyin is very bad."

Jennie continued: "Perhaps I can write a letter to Sileiyin, saying that Huoen has advanced to an Advanced Knight, is dissatisfied with having been subordinate to him all these years and the humiliation received from him, and has become like a madman, imprisoning me and Ailin; I hope Sileiyin can send people to rescue us mother and daughter."

Huoen looked at his wife helplessly from the side; he was such an honest, simple man who loved his wife and daughter—how did he become a pervert?

Maiken, however, could not help but feel secretly shocked upon hearing these words; indeed, a woman's words should not be easily trusted, for this strategy was far too devious and ruthless.

Luoning nodded; he had known that the other party's strategy would be like this.

It was just that he still had some hesitations, "Will Sileiyin believe it?"

"He will!"

Jennie was very certain, "Sileiyin has always considered himself the leader of the Three-Party Alliance; he is an arrogant, conceited, and stubborn man. Most importantly, he not only covets me, but has even set his sights on Ailin."

Her gaze was slightly cold, which was only natural given that her daughter's safety was being threatened.

"After receiving my distress letter, he will be able to kill Huoen, annex the Ziguo Tribe, and take both mother and daughter under his command; he will absolutely be unable to resist."

Luoning frowned and could not help but look at Ailin, who was shrinking into her mother's arms; he had not expected there to be this layer of the story involved.

Thinking about it now, the reason Jennie and her husband surrendered to him so readily was partly out of consideration for Ailin's safety, right?

However, regardless of the reasons or motives behind their surrender to him, Luoning highly approved of this strategy of theirs.

"Very well!"

Luoning expressed his affirmation, "We can try following the strategy you described."

(End of this chapter)