Mountain and Forest Kingdom

After the banquet, the people from the Sider territory began to load their cars and go back.

Along with them are the knights who have stayed with the bloodline for three months. Most of these people never want to come back in this life.

But there is no other way. After all, the pregnancy is almost done. Now that I and the Sider territory are in the honeymoon period, I can't really kill people.

Through this cooperation, the two parties have established a foundation of trust, and Lawrence also promised to consider selling Aru's armor back after the next cooperation.

Rodney brought a group of people back with a full load. This time, in addition to the population and treasure, all the food on the ship had been eaten, and the car was full of valuables.

Lawrence noticed this and went to check the food in the town after the people left.

This year's wheat harvest in Pumixiu Town is bumper, and there are many bags of grain transported by caravans from outside. Even if there are more than 300 people, there will be enough food.

Before the calculation, Lawrence had always thought that he had more food than he could eat.

After simply calculating the daily consumption and reserves of food, the calculations become more and more pessimistic.

If we eat normally, there will be enough food to last until next summer.

But based on the food consumption in the past few days, it feels like it is not enough at all.

For example, more than 700 kilograms of flour were used in the celebrations yesterday and this morning.

Different people have different appetites. A slave in the Water City only needs one piece of bread a day, and the rest can be eaten by sea vegetables.

Of course, this was in the past in the West. These people would definitely be able to eat bread after coming here, and they could eat two meals a day!

There were more than 100 people in the previous period, and with the addition of more than 300 people this time, the number of people in Water City was already close to 500.

These people consume very little food, and the main food consumers are the Pumixiu people and the knights from the Sidel territory.

These people are strong and have a bigger appetite!

Because the bread and pancakes are both delicious, there is no need to waste them as they can definitely be eaten.

Even if you can't finish it, you can give it to your servants, or feed it to chickens and dogs.

It’s not a waste as long as it can be eaten, whether by humans or dogs.

Lawrence thought about the food.

"There is still a little bit of food now. There is too little arable land here. The main resources are wood and minerals. The main resources in the West are livestock, wool, and dairy products."

"The main resource in the south is food. There are large tracts of fertile fields there, while in the east... there should be many spices and art works, right?"

Next, everyone returned to live in the cave. Lawrence rode a sheep to conduct an accurate count of the population in the territory and came up with an accurate number.

Manor: 335 people

Mining area: 206 people

Uge Mountain Stronghold: 22 people

Pumixiu Town: 458 people

Dumu City: 497 people

Forester Stronghold: Don’t count

Staff composition: According to proportion

Water Man (Water City Man)

Durila people

Phumexiu people

cloda people

Southern barbarians: slaves compensated by the south + people from three villages including Fleiss + a small number of hard laborers who came to work

South Kingdom Northerin slaves

Night elf mixed blood 12 people

Dom people

Kur people

Ug people

snow cave people

Valkyrie (Reglo)

Total: 1518 people

If you include the forest people, you can steadily break through 2,000 people.

"Emma, ​​go down the mountain and tell Seravan, allocate a hundred people to cultivate the fields, and then arrange for the people in Water City to use our big boats to go fishing. If you want to eat, you have to work!"

The possible food crisis made Lawrence unable to lie down and quickly arranged various preparations before the arrival of winter.

Emma nodded and said: "Yes, Master."

Lawrence added: "By the way, you can also tell Seravan that we have too many sheep this year. We can kill a few sheep now and sell them, and then divide the chickens as well to pay the soldiers' wages in advance."

Salil was knitting socks and said happily after hearing this: "It's almost Fried Chicken Day!"

Lawrence was busy with all kinds of troublesome things, but Salil's mind was filled with happy things.

Lawrence was interrupted by Sariel and quickly said: "The food given to the new people cannot be more than that of the original people. Dumu Port was not built by them. They cannot give them the same food every week." Eat shrimp and crab for four days!”

If it cannot be improved, it can only be lowered.

Emma quickly went to deliver the order.

Soon only Lawrence and Saryl were left in the cave room.

Delenn and Lathander were busy carving in the hall outside. When they had nothing to do, they liked to scribble on the walls and stones.

Kehalan and Drum had a drinking competition yesterday, but they didn't compete. Now they are sleeping in the house.

Sophia was playing with the lamb outside.

The little sheep Sophia is now 1.23 meters tall and cannot ride yet. She is taken good care of by Sophia and the maids every day, like a little princess.

Lawrence saw Salil knitting socks there, so he walked over and sat next to Salil.

Just when he was about to harass Salil, there were footsteps again outside.

Lawrence could only stand up again.

Bull walked in and said to Lawrence: "Master, Turaka has brought back four thousand kilograms of potatoes. There are more potatoes to eat over there, and there are still fifty thousand kilograms of potatoes in the ground, which can't be dug out at all."

Only then did Lawrence think of the forest man.

I used to think that these forest people couldn't do anything well, were lazy and weak, and were not suitable for growing pampered wheat, so they were asked to grow potatoes.

As his expectations for this group of people diminished, Lawrence forgot things about these people.

These people are indeed lazy and weak, but potatoes are not!

Other vegetables, millet, must grow in a suitable temperature and humidity environment, and they also need various nutrients, otherwise they will go bad and rot.

Potatoes are different. Even if there is no soil at all, they can still grow strong roots and vines, just like alien plants.

Especially the three generations of potatoes cultivated in Kehalan, combined with the fertile forest land where ancestors and animals and plants of all generations are buried under the feet of the forest people, the yield of two to three thousand kilograms per mu is not a problem at all.

There are about three to four hundred people on the Forester side, and it's definitely not possible to rely on the Forester to dig potatoes.

Lawrence quickly said: "Send people over to dig potatoes and store them. We will rely on these potatoes to survive the winter this year!"

"Yes, Master." Bull agreed and then said, "Do you need to call Brielle back?"

"Okay." Lawrence found that there were still too few available people.

Especially knowledgeable and educated people.

It is always a bit slow to cultivate on your own, but it is also difficult to find it from the outside.

Lawrence soon went out and saw the old knight outside the cave.

Turaka knelt down respectfully and said: "Prophet!"

Lawrence said: "Tulaka, I'm glad to see you are in good spirits. Let's go for a walk. How is it going with the Foresters?"

Turaka followed Lawrence and said respectfully: "I am teaching them to speak your language, and some of the children have already learned some of it."

Lawrence said happily: "That's good. Knowledge is a very important thing. I used to be busy with things here and paid less attention to there. You can spread knowledge there, which helps me a lot."

"Now do you want to build the manor there, or continue to build it over there in Uge Village? I can help you change the location."

Turaka said quickly: "Thank you for your kindness, but the forest is not suitable for my children. I still hope you can give me the flat land on Ugg Mountain."

Lawrence nodded, "Yes, I respect your choice. Currently, the Foresters still need a trustworthy person to take over. If you stay there for another two years, I will exempt you from the taxes there as compensation, and you will pay taxes every month." You can go back to the manor and rest for four days."

Turaka's territory is not the former Ugian camp. It is on the mountain between the town of Pumixiu and the manor. It is actually very close to the manor.

Seeing that Lawrence did not force the decision, Turaka said gratefully: "Thank you for your generosity. I will faithfully complete your instructions when I return."

Lawrence said: "You should rest for a day first. Brielle will be back soon. It will be much faster to go back by boat."

"I also know too little about the forest people. I want to hear the specific things there. Let's go to the church to talk."

Lawrence withdrew his prejudice. We are all the same people. Every race has savages, cowardly people who run away, and lazy people.

The same goes for the forest people. Lawrence is willing to spread civilization there and is also willing to help them integrate into the collective through hard work.

Turaka and Lawrence entered the church and sat down on the bench to chat about the various habits and cognitions of the forest people, as well as the geographical environment there.

From beginning to end, Lawrence never went to the forest people.

It was Reglo and others who discovered them, and it was Mandekru, Beow and others who conquered them.

Then the one who managed them was Seravan, and the one who helped them avenge the other forest tribe was Lathander.

Later, Turaka came to manage it.

Hearing is better than seeing, so Lawrence quickly decided to go there in person and see the emperor in person!