Mountain and Forest Kingdom

"Cave, oak tree, seaside."

After thinking for a long time, Lawrence still couldn't make a decision, "Where should I go..."

Sofia sat in the sun and groomed the lamb, and quickly said to Lawrence: "Master, what are you thinking about?"

Lawrence also needs help and advice.

"The cave is too small, the big oak tree is too far from the sea, and the sea is too cold."

"I was wondering where would be the best place to build a castle."

Sophia said: "Didn't you agree to stay at the big oak tree?"

Lawrence had his own considerations.

"Our main business now is trade. Whether it is ocean trade or land trade, it has to pass through Pumixiu Town. Big Oak is too far from Pumixiu Town, and many things cannot be responded to in time."

Sophia said: "Isn't it just an extra hour of walking? It used to take us a long time to go down the mountain, but after you repaired the road, master, it was faster. The big oak tree is much easier to walk than our previous road. Master, please repair the road and say It might be faster than here!”

Lawrence felt that what Sophia said made sense. Both distance and time could be changed. If a road was built directly between Phumexiu Town and Dumu Port, it might be faster than now.

"I have always wanted an outlet to the sea. Our big river in the north is very likely to be connected to the sea. With this port, it will be much easier to transport the goods from our mountains."

Sariel, who was knitting a sweater on the side, said directly: "But we don't have many things now, right? We will get a lot of things soon after going to the big oak tree, and now the people in the southern territory will give us more good things. "

"We can also have things from northern merchants transported to where we live."

After being reminded by Salil, Lawrence thought carefully about what he had now.

I have collected a lot of things in the past few years. I always thought that there were a lot of things, but now that I thought about it carefully, I found that it was just some food and wool.

Most things are not scarce, and even the fruits in Talim Mountain have gradually returned to their original appearance after two or three years of picking.

The land under our feet has a limited carrying capacity. Although great efforts have been made to change this over the years, it must be admitted that it is not suitable for too many people to gather here.

Go out... Lawrence suddenly remembered that what he wanted to do was to lead the barbarians out of barbarism, out of this barbaric land that was not suitable for human life.

If you are poor, you can only take care of yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world.

Since you have the ability, why not take everyone to a better place?

He is the representative of civilization, why should he let a group of barbarians and feudal slave owners around him occupy those fertile lands, while he endures misery in this bitter and cold place?

In the past, I didn’t have enough strength, but now I have enough strength, so I have to find a way to get out!

This is a barbaric era. Whoever brings down the countries outside is their father!

Looking at the history books of another world, a successful invasion is called fusion, and a failed one is called invasion!

Human beings themselves are creatures that value strength and class. The stronger the ability, the greater the rights.

"I figured it out. It's true that Big Oak is more suitable for us."

After Lawrence opened his mind, the pattern also became bigger, and he saw dangerous things that he had not paid attention to before.

"We need to conquer some of the unclaimed lands in the south as soon as possible and integrate all the forest tribes."

Salil didn't understand Lawrence, "Why are you so busy again? Didn't you mean to build a house next year?"

Lawrence explained: "I need to be on guard against attacks from the west and the south. The south is currently slow to react and will not be able to react in a few years. Because of my interference, the west may attack us in the next few years."

"How dare they?!" Salil frowned, "If we don't fight them, how dare they hit us?"

Lawrence was sure of his judgment.

"Our place used to be a barren land, and there would be no income from attacking us."

"But those people have figured out our location, and because of my previous mistakes, they mistakenly believed that our place is a fertile land."

"The land here is actually very barren and not suitable for survival and reproduction, but that's not what others see."

"They saw that here we have flocks of cattle and sheep, bees flying around, abundant beeswax and honey, sweet fruits, a large number of oak trees, inexhaustible iron ore, and many precious medicinal materials."

"What they saw is that our land is more fertile than that of the Western Kingdom. They heard that an acre yields thousands of pounds of potatoes, hundreds of pounds of wheat, and the production of various spices."

"Especially after seeing that there are only a few hundred people here, or more than a thousand at most, I feel that their greed will not allow them to be willing to do business."

Both Salil and Sophia became solemn. The reason why this land is so fertile is because of Lawrence's efforts.

But as those people saw, it was not wrong for the nobles of the Western Kingdom to think that the land here was better.

"Our details have been discovered, and we must prepare for it in advance. The defense at Dumu Port must be strengthened as soon as possible to prevent Western pirates from sneaking up on us!"

Salil's expression was extremely complicated, "It's so strange...are we being robbed?"

"Strength is king." Lawrence affirmed: "No matter what, we must improve our strength as soon as possible and absorb more people, especially the soldiers and land from the south."

Sofia asked: "Is this okay? I feel like those forest people are of no use."

With the situation opened up, Lawrence has clear thinking and begins to consider things from an overall perspective.

"I'll go find Andrew and ask Andrew and Reglo to take a few people to see Count Valkyrie."

Salil quickly said: "Alliance with him to fight against the pirates in the west?"

Lawrence thought for a few seconds.

In fact, he would rather send someone to assassinate the earl directly, which would save a lot of trouble.

But now he has a relatively good relationship with Count Sider, and there is no obvious conflict with Pig Trotter City.

Others don't know, but the barbarians themselves know where the North is.

These barbarians believe that this land is blessed by God and does not belong to them, so they are not very motivated to fight for it.

The nobles of the Western Kingdom did not believe in this god. Lawrence had a very bad impression of those greedy nobles. They were definitely not as weak as they appeared.

Now is not the time to start a war on multiple fronts. Because of the existence of the Luofen Kingdom, the South cannot interfere here.

If he hits Count Valkyrie, the situation will become complicated.

Currently, the territory of 2,000 people does not have the ability to fight on multiple fronts, so a temporary alliance with the earl is necessary.

"I will send some food and clothes to Count Valkyrie, and invite him to come with us to the West next spring to make a fortune."

Sofia asked: "Will he agree?"

Lawrence thought for a while and added: "Then give him an offer that he can't refuse. For example, when there is a rebellion in the territories of Earl Sder and Earl Valkyrie, we will help suppress the rebellion."

"Count Valkyrie's biggest worry is that his men will rebel and not listen to him."

"The condition we give is that whoever opposes the count, we will kill the rebel for the count."

"The premise is that the Earl is willing to join the church, join the Church of the Stars like Earl Sider, and believe in the Lord of the Stars."