Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Lawrence looked at Kenny and said, "The women here need someone to help them deliver letters back."

"You can help them take the letters back to their families and tell those people where this is."

"If anyone is willing to come and pay the ransom, I allow them to be freed in advance."

"Thank you, kind Mr. Lawrence," Kenny said.

Lawrence looked at the dull Kenny, "Just like the church also collects thanks and donations, you should receive some reward for doing things for them. After all, this is a dangerous thing that many people can't do. From us to you Not close."

Kenny said awkwardly: "Their relatives should thank me."

Lawrence suggested: "I don't think you are a noble. Those three nuns are all daughters of nobles. They are living with you outside your kingdom. There are still one or two months before you set off."

"You should take the initiative. I can let them make wine with you in the house down the mountain, so that you can have enough time together."

Lawrence's plan was to keep Kenny and the nun, and it would be easier for the nun to stay here after she had a child with the missionary.

I also learned from the nuns that the standard of living outside is actually not as good as here. Instead of going out and being oppressed by the nobility and the church, it is better to live in seclusion here.

Kenny was stunned and quickly and hurriedly defended: "No! God! This is disrespectful to God!"

Under Lawrence's gaze, Kenny angrily rebuked: "They are the brides of God! They are women who dedicate everything to God. They are the brides of my master. I regard them as my mistress!"

Lawrence asked: "Then they lost their virginity after being captured. How will you treat them?"

Kenny paused and said quickly: "It's not their fault, but for the sake of the reputation of the other nuns in the convent, the abbess will persuade her to quit the convent and become a nun elsewhere or go home to marry."

Lawrence became even more interested, "So your culture and religion don't prohibit divorce?"

Seeing that Lawrence was interested in this, Kenny thought that the other party did not mean to humiliate him, so he patiently replied: "Yes."

"The king can divorce, the nobles can divorce, and the nuns in the monastery can also leave their homes. But unless the nun who leaves provides a large dowry, other monasteries will not accept her."

"In some places, cheating on a nun is considered a shame, and the family will be shamed, which will affect the family's reputation."

Lawrence nodded, "That's it. When you go back, you can tell their families that these three people have not been possessed, and they can still be nuns after they go back."

In this way, the value of the redemption will be more, the probability of paying the ransom is greater, and the pot will not be broken.

Kenny bent down, "Thank you, kind Mr. Lawrence."

Lawrence said: "I don't like verbal thanks, I am more willing to accept substantive benefits. What medicine does your monastery usually use to treat injured people?"

Kenny explained: "Our bishops have the magical ability to heal wounds and broken limbs. This magical ability requires constant devotion to God to hold, and is only allowed to be used once a year."

"In addition to divine magic, the church also has methods to help people eliminate sins from their blood and body, but I'm very sorry, I don't understand this."

Lawrence nodded, "It doesn't matter, as long as you know how to make candles, you can brew two barrels of ale for me as a thank you during this time. I don't ask for your skills, I just want ale."

Kenny said: "Brewing is not a troublesome job. I can make wine for you, but the wine cannot be sold. Even if the wine is sold due to financial constraints, part of it should be used to satisfy the followers of the God of Dawn with food and water. "

Lawrence said: "I respect your beliefs and rules. As long as it's not cannibalism, killing or some rules that I can't stand, I think people with faith can live more peacefully."

"The premise is that it does not interfere with my life, does not have a bad influence, and does not delay the work I have planned for them."

"As long as these are met, I allow everyone to have some relaxing entertainment."

"The materials for these wines come from my reserves, using the few precious grains left. I will reward them based on their work performance."

"In your place, I don't think most of them would have had the opportunity to drink this wine."

Kenny lowered his head and said, "Yes, kind Mr. Lawrence."

Lawrence quickly asked Kenny to go down to work. Judging from what Kenny and several nuns knew, the Morningside Church did not set the rules too strictly.

Some of the dogmas can be said to be quite loose, and it is not the kind of barbaric dark church where you will die if you make a mistake.

This is normal. It is indeed difficult for an organization that does not understand tolerance to grow.

When power is concentrated and interests are damaged, it is time to take action. Normally, such non-threatening things are basically not dealt with too strictly.

Take the nuns for example. These nuns are all aristocratic women and are not suitable for strict supervision. They often turn a blind eye.

Noble ladies do not enter the monastery to live a hard life. Their daily life is no different from secular life, and they can still manage their own assets and land.

As for hard work such as cooking and cleaning, it was naturally done by secular nuns with poor backgrounds.

Some nuns could not bear the loneliness and fled the monastery with passing poets or knight merchants.

Some nuns can even openly quarrel with the bishop and oppose the dogmatism.

The main reason is that all places have been scattered. The ruling class of this world is the local nobles.

These landowning models, mainly manor-based, are self-produced and sold.

Protect the territory by yourself and suppress the rebellion in the territory by yourself, without any need for outside intervention.

If anyone wants to unify, it will be to take away the rights of these local nobles, or even interfere with their management rights of the territory. There will definitely be no shortage of assassinations.

Each country operates on its own, and there seems to be more than one religion. Whoever becomes big will have people around him trying to pull him down.

All in all, it's just a mess.

Lawrence was not worried that Durila's nobles would come to conquer him.

There is not enough harvest in this rotten land to make up for the military expenses of those people, not to mention that if they dare to come over, the people around them will not miss this opportunity to attack them.

Lawrence had already given face to the other party. If the other party believed that others should be tolerant like the barbarians, then Lawrence... couldn't imagine what that group of people could do after crossing the mountains and ridges from the seaside to come to this rotten place...

As locals, the Valkyries and Phumexiu had to lose several members during the sea journey. It was simply unimaginable that those Western kingdoms would send conquest armies.

Lawrence was not afraid anyway. The first people they encountered after they came over were the people from Dumu Village, and then the Pumixiu people. By then, he had already hid.

Lawrence believed that people in the Western Kingdom would not be so inclined to reason, and their thinking was mostly bandit logic.

But the logic of robbers is that they will not provoke robbers in the first place...

Andrew and Redbeard went to fight those people one after another. The real robbers were actually on their side.

Now that he, a bandit, is willing to make peace, if he thinks according to bandit logic, Lawrence feels that the people in the Western Kingdom will accept this kindness.

Regardless of whether they are in the East or the West, peace talks are given priority to bandits. Peace talks will be given up only if they cannot make peace, or if they cannot find anyone in the other side's camp who can talk to them.

Lawrence felt a little irritable. He obviously just wanted to live a good life, but now he had more and more things to do.

Mainly if we trade with the West, we can obtain stable goods and supplies from there.

The output here in the north is very little, the livestock growth rate is slow, the land is barren, and most of the time it is freezing and snowy, making it impossible to work.

When there are more people, there won’t be enough food for the wild animals in the mountains. If we don’t think of a solution early, it will be too late.

If you can export ore and exchange materials with the outside world, your life will be much easier in the future.

"Oh, everything has to be done slowly."

Lawrence walked out of the house and quickly found a board and started binding.

The board was one meter long and one arm wide. Lawrence fixed wooden sticks on both sides of the board and made a pair of triangular brackets to maintain balance.

He placed this big wooden sign next to the public kitchen, knocked it on the ground with a wooden hammer a few times, and then wrote his plan for the next half month on it.

build fence

Collect wood fuel

making charcoal

Gathering berries

wine making

Lawrence wrote the corresponding responsible person after each plan, and then the remaining people filled the vacancies according to the situation.

These are the things that most people in the manor have to do. Lawrence's own schedule these days is to go to the Cloda people to present honey, study seasonings, and learn the language.

Going to Pig Trotter City will take a while, and it's still too early now.

The toilet paper issue has been solved. As long as you develop the habit of going to the toilet before taking a shower every day, the need for toilet paper will not be so great.

This habit can be developed, the human body is so magical.

It doesn't matter if you have a stomachache occasionally, and it's not something you can't bear if you occasionally use wood chips and leaves to wipe your butt.

Lawrence stood in front of the sign and thought about his short-term plans, wondering if there was anything else he had missed.

"There is also the negotiation with the poisonous witch. We are not anxious about this for now. After all, it is a bit dangerous. It is still a bit too naive to just rely on Lathander's statement."

"What if I get poisoned if I go to visit?"

"Let's wait until after the Fried Chicken Festival. Then we can send some fried chicken to the mountain and see if she eats it."

"If she doesn't eat, she must be a strong person and not afraid of loneliness."

"When we get back from the Cloda people, we're going to prepare fried chicken! Make jam and fry it!"

"Fried chicken! Fried fish! Fried pork chops!"

The wish you made on the day you turned fourteen must come true when you turn fifteen!

Use a pot full of oil, dip the marinated tender chicken legs in a bowl with egg whites, then coat with a layer of flour, then put them into the oil pan and fry until hot.

Lawrence was very motivated just thinking about it. He happily performed a set of charging punches in the open space behind the house, and did fifty push-ups before suppressing the desire in his heart.