I led the Goblin Culture to victory.

Chapter 285 Memories of a Cold Winter

"Snow?!"

"It's snow!"

"It's really snowing!"

In the territory of Baron Talis, on an open field outside the town of Baron Talis, a group of citizens looked up at the sky.

As they watched the white particles dance in the breeze, landing in their hands only to melt and disappear with a chill, they understood the situation before them.

Snowing!

"It's snowing!"

Winter is coming!

"Getting ready for winter!"

"Should we go back to our tribe?"

The tribespeople realized the current situation and began to discuss it loudly.

For a moment, the surrounding noise was so loud that Zi Yi couldn't hear anything.

He opened his hands, watching the tiny snowflakes fall into his palm, and thought of the time Li Mosi had mentioned.

Twenty days left.

The tiny snowflakes weren't cold.

Or perhaps it disappeared too quickly; it melted into water almost the instant it touched my palm and then vanished.

Ke Ziyi's heart couldn't help but jump.

Snowing.

Winter is coming soon.

The people here have only been working for six days.

It took them three days just to widen the road.

Next, Zi Yi arranged for them to spend two days digging the pit.

He had originally planned to have those people gather at the lake tonight so they could start collecting clay tomorrow.

He made this arrangement because he wanted to learn from his teacher's methods.

That is to first select intelligent people from among the townspeople and clansmen, and after he teaches the intelligent people, then let these intelligent people teach the townspeople.

Otherwise, if we let him teach everything like we did in the first few days, he'll really be exhausted.

In short, he planned to take the townspeople to the lakeside to gather after dinner.

but……

It's snowing now.

This means that it will gradually get colder starting today.

They only have twenty days left at most!

If we follow what our teacher said, it will take twelve days for the people to finish building their houses...

Even if removing the bricks and collecting the clay each took only one day, the people would not have ten days left to wait for the heated brick beds to dry after building their houses.

Not to mention going back to the tribe to build a city!

Zi Yi became nervous.

His raised hand trembled slightly, and he felt a bit confused.

All the jumbled thoughts eventually came down to one conclusion.

There's not enough time!

"Chief, shall we eat now?"

The greedy man asked when it was time to eat.

It didn't quite understand why it was making so much noise around it.

Who cares if winter comes or not? I've been following the leader for so long, and I have an endless supply of food anyway.

It's not afraid of winter, let alone just one winter!

Zi Yi turned his head to look over.

Greedy Meat has performed exceptionally well in the past few days of study and has now become the brigade leader.

He believed that the meat lover was also aware of this.

But seeing it like this, it didn't seem scared.

Zi Yi felt a little relieved.

He brandished his spear at everyone.

"Stop looking! Eat!"

"yes!"

"OK!"

"Hurry up and eat!"

After finishing his meal, Zi Yi instructed the old man to load the convoy with its cargo and head north.

The snowfall was pitifully light.

It wasn't even enough to wet the ground; it only added a little more mud to the surface of the dirt road underfoot.

Ke Ziyi felt that every time she stepped into the mud, a chill would rush from her feet straight to her brain.

He really didn't want to think about it anymore.

But he couldn't help it.

Having taken on the responsibility of leadership independently for the first time, he couldn't help but consider the worst-case scenario.

That means the people on one side would build it together, while the tribe on the other side would simply abandon it.

In that case, where should the tribesmen live?

Not to mention there's hardly any meat in the warehouse here...

Time passed as he pondered.

Just as the sky began to turn blue and was about to darken, a lake came into view.

Looking around, the people of the nineteen manors had already gathered here.

Upon seeing the convoy appear, Ziwan immediately stood up and led the heads of the other eighteen manors to gather before Ziyi.

He began to report on the situation.

"My lord, everyone has arrived."

The other manor leaders then spoke up.

That's right.

"We also brought those who had difficulty moving around in carts."

"The things have been moved over too..."

Upon hearing their report, Zi Yi came to his senses.

He raised his head, looked at the group of manor leaders in front of him, and then glanced at the nineteen groups of people gathered according to the manor.

"Alright, gather everyone together. I have something to discuss with the people."

He had already made up his mind.

"Yes, sir."

Soon, the convoy found a place to settle down.

Zi Yi found a horse-drawn cart piled high with grain, climbed onto the roof, and used it as a temporary platform.

"ignition!"

Following his command, the tribesmen divided themselves into teams and carried the dead tree stumps to the leaders of each manor, setting them ablaze with fire.

The previously dim scene was suddenly illuminated by the firelight.

As the flames grew larger, the people all looked toward Ziyi.

After lighting the fire, the tribespeople stood nearby.

Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Zi Yi took a deep breath.

He spoke.

"I need managers, I need smart people!"

"Next, I will have someone teach you how to say numbers and how to calculate."

"Study hard."

"After you finish learning tonight, I will test you tomorrow night!"

"After you finish learning tonight, I will test you tomorrow night!"

"Those who pass the test tomorrow night will be able to learn from me."

"I will put you to the test again after some time has passed."

"The person who passes the test next time can become a captain, leading one of the three teams in their manor to work, and will receive enough food to last them three days!"

"If you pass the test again, you can become a squad leader. There will only be three squad leaders in each brigade."

"The squad leader can earn enough food to last him two days for a day's work."

"The next time, those who pass can be called vice-captains. Each squad has only one vice-captain."

"The vice-captain can earn enough food for a day's work, plus one more meal!"

Zi Yi looked into the distance and explained the system that had already been established and implemented in Baron Stern's territory.

After explaining all the rules, he looked down at his subjects.

"Do you understand?"

"Understood, sir!"

Ziwang spoke loudly.

At the same time, many residents also spoke up in response.

"Understood!"

"We will definitely study hard!"

More and more residents were inspired by them to speak up and respond.

"Thank you, sir!"

"Follow your will!"

Most of them failed to understand the rules that Zi Yi had explained.

But they knew one thing.

If we do it well, we'll have more food!

Faced with the responses from his followers, Zi Yi felt that something was amiss.

But his mind was filled with chaotic thoughts, even more confused than when he had occupied Baron Talis's territory a few days earlier.

Amidst this chaos, he ordered the previously selected intelligent individuals to take the teaching materials and instruct the people.

The light snow stopped earlier than the people went to bed.

As long as you remove the thin layer of soil that's been soaked by snow and then cover it with dry grass, it won't affect people's sleep.

"It's so cold..."

"How much food do we have left?"

"The snow will stop soon, then we can go hunting..."

Cough—cough!

Amidst the chirping of birds, Zi Yi opened her eyes.

He knew why he was confused.

Those are memories from past winters.