Mountain and Forest Kingdom

In the early morning, Lawrence got up and started washing his face and brushing his teeth and went out to warm up.

As he practiced swinging his sword with a stick, Lawrence thought about what had happened when he woke up this morning.

"Don't witches snore? Kehalan doesn't snore after drinking, and Delen doesn't snore after drinking and sleeping. Is this accidental or inevitable?"

Lawrence, who was thinking about strange things, quickly ended his exercise and washed his face again, feeling much refreshed.

The sun rose early today, and there were no traces of snow on the nearby hillsides, but traces of winter could still be seen at a glance.

Reglo came over.

"Master, we are going to Uge Mountain for hunting today. How about the new guy?"

Lawrence saw that Reglo was concerned about Delenn's affairs, so he wiped his face with a towel and said: "Her name is Delenn, and she lives with me now. You don't have to doubt her strength. She is stronger than Salil."

Reglo put away the idea of ​​​​competing, "Yes, I understand."

Lawrence comforted: "Her father seems to be as powerful a person as Andrew."

Reguero felt much better. She recognized this comfort and felt that if the other party had a strong father, this kind of strength would be acceptable.

Just like when raising a dog, everyone also cares about what the puppy's parents are like.

Lawrence said: "Every time the hunting team sets out from now on, they can get an egg. I will ask the kitchen to cook the eggs for you later."

"Yes, kind master." Reglo thanked Lawrence happily.

Due to the lack of feed in winter, hens are generally reluctant to lay eggs and produce very few eggs.

The Uge Mountain where the hunting team went is where the Uge people lived before, and the winter there is warmer than here.

Although they are all in the north, sometimes if you are a little closer to the south, the temperature and climate will be much more comfortable.

The Vakiri and Binghai are in the east, the Xuedong people and the Dumu Village are in the north, and the Wugeshan, Pumixiu Town, and Cloda people are all in the south, and there are big mountains nearby to withstand the cold wind and cold air. .

There are many oak trees in Ugo Mountain, and there are not only corpses under the oak trees, but also many fallen acorns.

The animals and plants that were originally supposed to be hunted by the Ug people are rich in nutrients, so the hunting team can always get some prey such as foxes, deer, and badgers from there.

It takes too long to go out hunting. It takes a whole day to go back and forth, and if you are unlucky and don't encounter large prey, it will be a waste of time.

Navia came to fetch water, and Lawrence stepped aside so that Navia could fetch water by herself.

Watching Navia put the special bucket into the well, the well did not freeze because it was deep enough, and it was covered with a wooden lid when not in use.

"Navia, together with Ai Ali, drive the goats and pigs into the forest today to find food, and let Ai Ali and Brick take care of these livestock."

"Yes, Master." Navia has long been accustomed to life here.

In addition to being colder here, it is more relaxing than the monastery most of the time. You don’t have to get up in the morning to pray and chant scriptures, and there are no nagging deacons to find fault with you. The food is okay, and you can get off work early. There are legal and compliant services. free time.

What makes Navia happiest is that she can discipline the three new women in their work. These stupid, lazy and disobedient people have to use whips to become obedient.

Lawrence now has enough maids in the house. Too many maids take up too many people. Right now the manor needs labor the most.

"Navia, although Kenny is dead, our contact with the West will not be reduced. You will be free in two years, or your family can come to pay the ransom and you can be free in advance."

Navia looked uncomfortable and embarrassed, "I haven't contacted them for a long time. I think they have forgotten me a long time ago. How can they pay for someone who appears out of nowhere?"

Lawrence asked: "What will you do when you are free?"

Navia looked at Lawrence sheepishly, "Maybe... I can continue to be a maid here?"

Lawrence nodded, "I will consider it. When that day comes, if no one takes you back and you don't want to go back by yourself, then continue to be a maid here."

Navia breathed a sigh of relief. She had already had enough life in the monastery, and now Navia wanted a comfortable and different life.

"Thank you, Master!"

Lawrence quickly returned to the house to prepare for today. Today he would go to the forest to check on the swamps and the conditions of the rivers upstream and downstream to see if the rivers downstream had thawed.

Spring is almost here, and that’s something everyone can feel.

Although the snow is still there, although there are still ice cubes on the riverside and on the eaves, even though we still have to go down the mountain and into the woods to find some food for the livestock.

However, under the calm winter day, the hearts of a group of people are gradually becoming restless.

After dinner in the morning, three nuns with whips began to patrol the manor, checking the livestock pens and the conditions of various residences.

In order to prevent someone from sneaking back to sleep, or from unruly men and women coming to cause trouble when everyone was away, the three nuns came up with the same management methods as in the monastery.

"Did he really say that?" Colin thought about Navia's words.

Navia held a whip in one hand and lifted the quilt in the women's dormitory with the other. The smell on the bed made her very dissatisfied and said: "I will stay, you don't have to listen."

Colin didn't want to stay, "Navia, you don't miss your family? They spent a lot of money to send you to the monastery, but look at you, you have forgotten them a long time ago."

"I don't have your mother who is the dean, nor my grandfather the Count." Navia showed a sarcastic look on her face, making it clear that she was not afraid of Colin's mother and grandfather.

Let alone Colin, even if the earl's daughter is captured, the other party will not go to all the trouble to come here for revenge.

The earl of Durila was just an old man with a large manor and land, and could not let the farmers and knights in the territory go to sea to fight.

Even for a unified dynasty, when coastal areas were attacked by Japanese pirates, they only fought back locally and did not organize national forces to attack other people's nests.

The nobles of this era were even more disorganized. It was already very difficult to defend their own territory from pirate attacks, and they had no strength to organize an expeditionary force.

Colin's noble status and bloodline are of little use in this area. Only here can Navia refute Colin unceremoniously.

Colin retorted: "I'm just a devout nun."

Navia smiled and said: "Stop pretending, there are no other believers here, and our master does not object to our marriage. Do you really want to be a nun for the rest of your life? And then have an illegitimate child like your mother?"

Colin said angrily: "You are not allowed to insult her!"

Navia showed a look of disdain and looked at Brielle who was silent.

"Brielle, do you want to go back or work as a maid here?"

Brielle, the daughter of a knight, hesitated at this time: "I can't make a decision. Maybe... I can write to my brother and father to ask for their opinions?"

Navia asked curiously: "What kind of nobleman is your father?"

Before Brielle could answer, Colin, who knew these things very well, responded first.

"Her father is an old knight who has a knight's manor of twenty people. He is the old lover of the previous abbot. In order to send her to the monastery, he donated 200 sticks of wood, two carts of wheat, two pigs and five wooden beds to our monastery. .”

Listening to Colin's words, Brielle looked ashamed.

Their family was very poor and did not have much land, so they could only donate these things.

Navia quickly pointed out a problem, a real problem that made Brielle give up going home.

"The monastery has been burned down. If we go to another monastery to become nuns, do we have to... donate again?"

Although they all feel more or less nostalgic, the cold and ruthless reality makes most people accept their current life.

After leaving, their land, wives, husbands, livestock, and status were all transferred to other people's names.

What lies before us is a ridiculous yet realistic problem: if we go back, we have to start over.

If we go back, there will be no food to eat.

If I go back, I will become a serf.

If I go back, I will still be a slave.

If I go back, I may not even have a place to live.

When Lawrence came back with a hoe at around eleven o'clock, he saw Navia talking to a group of Western slaves.

"Colin, what is Navia doing?"

Colin lowered his head helplessly and replied: "She is telling those people what they will encounter when they go back, to dissuade those people from thinking about going back."

"Good job. I'll add an egg to her lunch." Lawrence walked over with a smile. "She won't have to work anymore. She will be promoted to a manager who specializes in managing people. She will be in charge of thirty people first."

Prophets - nobles - stewards - free people - serfs - slaves.

Nowadays, Navia has become the master of a serf!

Soon Navia ran over quickly holding her skirt and asked nervously: "What did the master say? I just took a rest."

Colin didn't want to speak, but Brielle said with a smile: "The master said you did a good job and asked you to be the manager and take charge of thirty people!"

"Really?" Navia looked at Brielle in disbelief, and then at Colin who looked very unhappy.

Colin said disdainfully: "People like you are definitely not good at managing things."

Navia was stunned, is it true?

She has a flamboyant and aggressive personality, but she has always been an ordinary nun. Even when she was on patrol these days, she only thought of herself as a nun.

And now I suddenly got a position! !

Whether it is in Durila or the monastery, whether it is promotion to the nobility or promotion within the monastery, it all depends on blood status.

Navia, who has always been envious of Colin, suddenly got a huge surprise!