forest kingdom

The cold winter of the new year is coming, and there is still a long period of quiet and nothing to do before the cold winter comes.

Except for the workers and sailors at the docks and the craftsmen in the mountains, most people can stop and relax a little without having to rush back and forth for food and drink for the family.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that the whole family does nothing. The adults still do things that seem to never be finished.

The men would go out drinking and discuss the war on the front lines.

Women would gather together and knit threads to knit hats and socks for children in winter.

Lawrence is receiving guests from various countries in the town of Pumexiu.

Renovation and construction of houses have already begun in Dummhamn, but it will take some time to start, preferably in the spring.

We still have to discuss it slowly for a while. Lawrence doesn't have much time to take care of this kind of thing, and the efficiency of the people below is very low. It's normal for it to drag on for half a year.

It won’t take longer because the housing issue is an intuitive issue.

The main birth force in the Ice Land are the slaves who first followed the prophet. These people will definitely raise their opinions if their own houses are not enough.

They won't go to Lawrence directly for advice, but they will find ways to solve the problem.

When there are many people, opinions will be reached.

Lawrence paid little attention to the war and left the fighting to his men.

If you win, there will be a reward. If you lose, as long as you don't make some stupid mistakes and the losses are not big, no one will investigate it further.

Regardless of whether he wins or loses, he will select some outstanding talents for training. Lawrence doesn't like to give orders, but he likes to watch the replays of the entire battle.

Because Lawrence has a sandbox that occupies the size of a room, it is very interesting for Lawrence, who lacks entertainment, to review the entire battle.

"Master, the envoy from Pig Trotter City has arrived."

"Ah."

Lawrence asked Ruth, the sea maiden and maid, to go down, and he changed into regular clothes.

Salil and others were resting in Oak City. This year they did not go back to Snow Mountain Castle due to the war and had to spend the New Year in Oak City.

Laurence was accompanied by sisters Catherine and Cassandra, while Heidi and Sophia shared their knowledge at the academy.

Catherine and Cassandra were both dressed in elegant clothes.

There is no silk here, but there are many fine cloths and strange plants.

There are some very tough vines in the Elf Forest, which can be kneaded into silk threads to make soft and breathable clothes. However, the output is extremely low and there is no possibility of promotion. Lawrence only uses it for underwear.

Catherine and Cassandra were wearing fluffy leather coats. Both of them were tall and beautiful, with a cool aura.

Catherine is a beautiful lady with long straight black hair, and Cassandra also has long black hair, but it is a little wavy.

Both beauties are female knights who are good at swordsmanship and riding. Although they have basically never fought since they were with Lawrence, their foundation has not fallen off over the years, and they will exercise regularly to maintain their figure and health.

Catherine and Cassandra wore golden crowns given to them by Lawrence.

Lawrence gave everyone a different tiara. Catherine had a white tiara made of leather and metal, with the top mainly made of platinum and a unicorn pattern.

Cassandra's crown is the Star of Wisdom, a golden radioactive-shaped metal ring similar to the Statue of Liberty's crown, with patterns of stars and books.

Salil is a forehead protector that represents hard-working women and women, with a flame pattern on it.

Sophia is a metal tiara like a corolla with a flower pattern on it.

Heidi is a decorative headband made of white pearl strings and silver pendants. The pendants are precious gems obtained from the ocean. Because Heidi came to this place from the sea, her own abilities are also related to water, so Decorate with pearls and ocean gems.

Lathander's crown is simpler, a regular metal crown, heavy and solemn, representing order.

Khalan's crown is a relatively light metal ring, similar to a cheap paper birthday crown, but made of gold with a pattern of golden wheat ears.

The rest of the people's tiaras were also carefully decided by Lawrence. Lawrence's own hat was more casual, an ordinary ruby ​​tiara.

Over the years, Lawrence has gradually improved order and systems, established standard wages and working hours for all walks of life, and also clarified promotion and reward mechanisms.

In addition, Lawrence did a lot of things for his own convenience and for the convenience of others.

The envoy from Telandatho City quickly arrived at the meeting hall of Pumixiu Town.

The population pressure at Dumu Port is too great, especially in autumn and winter when outside businessmen come.

Lawrence did not interfere with Dumu Port. He not only asked some wizards who might be in the way to leave there as soon as possible, but also let some trouble-making officers and young people go out to fight. He also led a group of people to Pumexiu Town.

Pumixiu Town is better than Dumu Port. It can continue to expand and use water sources from nearby mountains to solve the water problem.

In these years, Dumu Port has mainly developed economy, and Pumixiu Town has mainly developed industrial, military and educational issues.

The envoy from Telangtahoe City is Lawrence's old friend, Earl Rodney.

Durand was dead, killed in a duel with a young boy who was just starting out.

This kind of thing is common in the barbarian world.

The older people will eventually make way for the young people.

The protagonists in each story and the legendary warriors are basically young people.

It is no longer known who was given the title of First Knight of Sidel. In a few years, no one will remember this former First Knight.

Lawrence looked at Rodney, who had grown much older.

"Rodney, it's nice to see you again."

Rodney was an old knight when he first met Lawrence, and now more than ten years later, he is even older.

The former Earl of Sider and the current Duke of Telland City are middle-aged men who are less than forty years old.

"Yes, merciful prophet, I am also very happy to be able to stand here and meet you."

Rodney responded with a smile, becoming more familiar and more respectful at the same time.

The barbarians in the Ice Land have always been very reverent to the gods.

From the early sacrifices to the later attitude towards the prophet, as well as the fawning attitude of the entire Luofen Kingdom towards the church, this is constantly proven.

Lawrence changed everyone's views because he founded a church on his own and defeated the Western church.

But it only changed a goal and concentrated the faith of the barbarians, but did not destroy the faith and awe of the barbarians.

The closer Rodney came to death, the more awed he became by Lawrence.

When you are young, you will challenge gods and order, but as you grow older, you will slowly accept it.

Lawrence didn't put on any airs in front of his old friend. He asked the woman beside him to leave, and he and Rodney sat down at the small table on the balcony. "Does the Duke have any questions? I will handle the matter with the Holy Church so that it will not affect you as much as possible, and I am also willing to provide a certain amount of financial compensation."

Rodney quickly said: "No, the Duke and the nobles in the territory are willing to cooperate with your battle and do not find it troublesome. This is a sacred battle to prove our bravery and wash away the shame of the past!"

Lawrence suddenly remembered Luofen III’s subordinates.

Although nearly twenty years have passed, and although he was the actual person who defeated the Luofen Kingdom, the barbarians in the entire Barbarian Kingdom do not feel that they are enemies.

On the contrary, all the savages in this land felt that the Southern Church was the enemy.

Most people actually have no hatred towards the West, only towards the South.

This kind of hatred comes from the long-term plunder of the South. Although they are the invading party, many people have received this kind of education and want to attack the South.

Especially after Luofen III was killed by the southerners, hatred developed.

Most of Luofen III's men are in the south and Pig Trotter City. Lawrence has not taken the initiative to accept these people in recent years. That is to say, some people think that their side is better and come here on their own initiative.

Now the Kingdom of Stars is at war with the South, and Pig Trotter City has been at peace for ten years, and it does want to fight.

"I have a lot of people here who are going to fight. Is it the same with you over there?"

"Yes," Rodney replied, "my sons and grandsons want to go to war, they want the southern territory, they want more women and more fields."

Lawrence nodded, "The fertile land in the south has indeed attracted many people."

Compared to the land of ice, the south is indeed much more fertile.

If we capture the south, not only will there be a large number of people available, but we will also have more fields and land to solve the population problem.

"Does the Duke have any suggestions?" Lawrence asked Pig Trotter City what he thought.

Rodney explained: "The Duke is willing to cooperate with your battle plan and is also willing to personally lead troops to fight against the Holy Light Church."

"Very good, but you must also pay attention to safety." Lawrence responded with a smile.

Rodney smiled and said, "No, we bought twenty cannons from here. Those cannons can kill the church bastards."

Lawrence smiled and said nothing, thinking about these people's attitude towards mixed races.

Bastard is a curse word. In the eyes of barbarians, hybrids are not a good thing. Like wizards, they respect pure blood.

Lawrence also admires pure blood, but most of his children are mixed blood. In addition, the territory has absorbed a large number of immigrants from the outside world, resulting in many people being mixed blood.

At present, most people in the Ice Land won't say much about blood, but they just have this understanding in their hearts.

Lawrence didn't want to change either. If the main nation tolerated the mixed blood from outside, it would be a betrayal to the barbarian warriors who had provided huge help in the rise.

Lawrence has always viewed the savages as a whole, rather than as individuals like Beow and Fleiss.

Many rewards were also given to these individual berserkers, but in terms of cognition and thinking, all pure-blood barbarians were still regarded as a whole, and whether it was preferential treatment or compensation, they would all proceed from the whole.

In the normal system recognized by Lawrence, pure-blood barbarians should be respected, but they did not want everyone to discriminate against mixed-race people.

Lawrence listened to Rodney's nagging. Rodney was a diplomatic talent. He was not very good at fighting, but he was very successful as a noble.

As a close associate of the Duke, Rodney's status has always been much higher than that of the dead Grande.

Those who can fight may not be trusted, and it is often the other way around.

After roughly understanding the thoughts and expectations of Pig Trotter City, Lawrence gave a clear answer.

"We have worked together for many years, and we both have a foundation of trust, and I am willing to continue to do so."

"In this battle against the Church of Holy Light, our warriors and wizards from the Kingdom of Stars are the main force, but we are also willing to share some of the fruits of victory with friends who are willing to cooperate."

Rodney received a satisfactory reply, "Yes, thank you, prophet of mercy!"

Lawrence plans to purchase territory from Pig Trotter City in a few years.

Selling territory is not uncommon in this era.

In this era, if you lose a war, you will cede territory and compensate for it.

The relationship between Pig's Trotter City and the Kingdom of Stars has always been very good. Lawrence is willing to purchase the territory and provide compensation that everyone is satisfied with, so the matter is actually easy to handle.

The barbarians have no attachment to the old land at all, and they have no history of using one place as their royal capital for a long time.

Ever since the barbarians came out of the mountains and forests, they have been heading south.

Lawrence helped Sidel take down Pig's Trotter City, so they went to Pig's Trotter City and gave Lawrence their original home.

These armed savages thought their territory could be sold, or they could conquer better land by force.

It sounds ridiculous, but people have always been here like this, and it was others who were beaten to death.

There is no problem with purchasing the territory. As long as the south is conquered, the people in Pig Trotter City will be willing to go to the south.

It’s okay if you don’t want to, since the Kingdom of Stars is not an outsider anyway.

Just like if the capital wants to buy a piece of land in a nearby province, everyone here will change their household registration.

When they heard the news, people here would just laugh and cry, and no one in their right mind would object.

The nobles in Pig Trotter City were all considered to be Lawrence's subordinates. They did not have the guts to oppose Lawrence's proposal. Instead, they wanted to become nobles of the Kingdom of Stars.

What Lawrence wanted to do was not an immoral thing, nor was it a sneaky and dirty thing.

Lawrence soon told Rodney his thoughts.

"I will write a letter to the Duke later, but the letter may not be understood clearly, so please help me and the Duke explain what I mean."

"I will provide a territory that is bigger and better than Pig Trotter City."

"A duke can become a king, that's what's allowed."

"Because my wife is an aboriginal from the Kingdom of Northenri in the south, I hope to take back those few places, and the rest of the better land, or the original kingdom and church residence can be used."

Lawrence didn't like the land that was too unfamiliar, and he didn't want to spread the land too thinly, so he decided to use a small country as an agricultural area.

Rodney lowered his head respectfully, "The Duke will agree. He doesn't want to be just a Duke."

Lawrence looked at Rodney, "What about you? Do you plan to go to the south, or continue in Pig Trotter City?"

Rodney said carefully: "I am too old to fight anymore. Now I just want to be closer to the God of the Stars and the Great Prophet."

(End of this chapter)