Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Time soon came to summer, and Lawrence stood under the Oak City looking at the ring building that had begun to be topped out.

There is nothing to say about the mansion. It is larger and more comfortable than the original wooden house, especially the bathroom has been enlarged a lot, and the house is enough to accommodate thirty or forty people.

"Master, what are you thinking about?" Sofia looked at Lawrence curiously. Lawrence had been looking at this building for more than a minute.

Lawrence was really thinking about something. The four-story ring-shaped building in front of him could accommodate five thousand people, and it was a problem for these people to eat, drink and relieve themselves every day.

"I'm thinking about the water problem on the mountain. Our house has a well made by Delen. We usually get water from the underground well for food, laundry and bathing."

"We already use a lot of water every day. There will only be more people here in the ring building. Excessive water extraction from the ground is not a good thing."

"There are many large oak trees near here that are absorbing water from the groundwater, so regular water use is very problematic."

Sophia didn't understand Lawrence's difficulty, and she didn't even think it was a problem.

"Master, do you have any idea?" Sophia looked at Lawrence.

Her owner has always been trustworthy.

Lawrence looked into the distance and already had a rough plan.

"Water can be brought in from nearby rivers, or a reservoir can be created."

"I plan to build a hand-operated water pump similar to a pressurized water well, which can be spliced ​​into a large water pipe with many iron pipes to connect the building and the reservoir."

While Lawrence was describing the project he was going to do with Sophia, Dora came to the roadside riding Dom the sheep.

"Master, envoys from the Green Forest Kingdom and the Io Kingdom are here, bringing compensation."

Lawrence nodded, "Let them go eat first, I'll go there later."

Dora quickly rode Dome back to deliver the message.

Lawrence went back into the house and found the ledger.

Haisenli Kingdom: Thirty cattle are provided every year, and ten have been provided this year.

Hokuriku Kingdom: Compensation for walrus tusks, animal skins, pearls, gems, 500 slaves, and 40 square kilometers of territory, (settled)

Kingdom of Durela: Two thousand barrels of red wine per year (unpaid)

Kingdom of Glen: three thousand pounds of wool per year (unpaid)

Green Forest Kingdom: Provides 3,000 baskets of wheat, 500 jins of honey, and 1,000 jins of beeswax every year (unpaid)

Kingdom of Io: One Hundred Domu Sheep (Unpaid)

Deco Kingdom: Ten thousand baskets of wheat (five hundred baskets have been paid)

Kingdom of Kojako: Three thousand gold coins, a piece of land. (Closed)

Compensation varies from country to country and is measured based on the size of the population and the degree of risk.

The situation at that time was to squeeze a little more, and to increase the compensation, but that time was not like now, and it was not squeezed too hard.

If it had been on the scale it is now, the compensation would have been even greater.

For example, the future king of the Kingdom of Haisenli took the initiative to come over and gave a lot more, and the couple also joined the Church of the Stars together.

Even if they occupy Haisenri and the Hokuriku Kingdom now, there are not enough personnel to manage these places. It is better to develop slowly and steadily now.

Now that the nobles of the two places have begun to move closer, assimilation is only a matter of time.

After getting the account book and looking at it, Lawrence changed into formal clothes and rode the black unicorn slowly over.

Sophia and Delenn were both there, and Salil also took the initiative to follow.

Salil was in a very good mood because she could collect money. It was still the wonderful behavior of others coming to deliver money, food, livestock and treasures.

"Lawrence, we don't have to farm at all now. We can't even finish the wheat that those people outside give us."

Getting something for nothing is not a shame. The hard-working Salil's face was full of joy at this time, and she especially liked this kind of harvest day for nothing.

"Food always has a use. If you can't finish it, you can save it for next year. As our population grows more and more, our food consumption will also increase."

"Yeah!" Salil responded happily.

Everyone walked along the paved dirt road, with rows of oak trees on both sides, leaving large gaps between each oak tree.

A road has been paved from Oak City to Pumexiu Town, and the obstruction in the middle has been blasted away by workers. The obstructing stones have been removed by using fire water, log collision, etc., and then a dirt road has been laid.

When encountering a place with too many rocks, Delenn will use his hands to help solve the problem.

The terrain here is high in the north and low in the south, high in the west and low in the east. In fact, the altitude of Pumixiu Town is higher than that of Oak City on the hill.

After riding the sheep for more than 20 minutes, everyone slowed down and walked slowly. After resting for more than ten minutes, they started running again.

After going back and forth like this several times, we soon arrived at the town of Pumixiu.

The envoys who came this time were Bosman, a noble from the Snake family of the Kingdom of Aio, and Kuoye Liland, the human envoy from the Green Forest Kingdom.

When Lawrence arrived near the Colossus, he saw groups of brown Dom sheep, as well as bags of grain and a large number of pots and baskets on the ground.

The thing in the jar should be honey, and the thing wrapped in cloth in the basket should be beeswax.

In addition to these there are some boxes, and it is unclear what they contain.

"Prophet!" Everyone saluted Lawrence, including the envoys and entourage of the two countries.

Lawrence found that there were many well-dressed men and women in the envoy team, and he also saw two male elves in the Green Forest Kingdom team.

Among the two elves, one is a white-haired elder who looks like a prophet druid, and the other is in his prime and looks like the leader.

"Welcome here. I'm glad to see you all again. You can walk around the town as you like, as long as you don't cause trouble here."

"But before that, let's take stock of this shipment."

After Lawrence finished speaking, Brielle stood up and said to Lawrence: "Merciful prophet, I have already counted these goods."

"In addition to those that should be given this year, the Green Forest Kingdom has given an additional thirty bows and five hundred arrows."

"The Kingdom of Io gave additional gifts of winemaking, bread and domestication technology, and provided three sheep tamers."

Lawrence was overjoyed when he heard the extra gifts from both sides.

"Very good. The benevolent God never neglects the sincere goodwill of others. I feel your sincere goodwill and will also provide you with the technology to make the land harvest abundant."

"Please come with me to the church and sit down and talk. Here you can express your opinions freely."

Lawrence quickly separated the people, some of them went to carry the goods and arrange the emissary team, and some of them followed Lawrence to the conference room to talk.

Li Lande, the envoy of the Green Forest Kingdom, took the initiative to introduce the other two elves.

"This is the Green Tree Elder of our kingdom. There are four elders and one king in our kingdom."

"This is the martial arts master of our kingdom, Green Hardwood."

Elder Green Tree has a beauty like a willow branch, and his eyes are full of wisdom and vicissitudes of life.

"Prophet, are you a wizard or a human?" Elder Green Tree directly asked the doubt in his heart.

Lawrence smiled and said, "I am a believer in God. In the Church of the Stars, I will not distinguish myself as a wizard or a mortal."

"For outsiders and strong people, there is a huge and insurmountable gap between people, just like a giant tree and a small grass."

"For gods, flowers, plants and trees are all life. Whether wizards or humans, they are entitled to a full meal in this land, and they should also have time to sleep, grow, work, and rest."

"You don't need to define my identity, just know that I am not your enemy."

"I also hope that you will not become my enemy. For this reason, I have always wanted to be friends with all countries."

Elf Green asked: "The way to treat your friends is to allow those pirates to plunder the coast?"

Sariel was angry at the elf's tone, "Are you saying we were wrong?"

The nearby barbarians looked at these outsiders with unkind expressions.

Elder Green Tree defended: "That's not the case. We hope to maintain peace."

Lawrence nodded, "I know what you are thinking. You want to know when I will launch an attack. Only by knowing my bottom line can you feel at ease getting along with me without worrying about what you have done to cause a war."

Elder Green Tree did not have such thoughts, but he still nodded and admitted.

Lawrence continued: "Mere prayers will not gain friends. Friends should be equals."

"We were not friends before we formed an alliance. In order to survive, we need to expand."

"After forming the alliance, not only did I not continue to attack the nearby kingdoms, I also took the initiative to restrain the people nearby."

"The reason for attacking the Kingdom of Waves is because these people are themselves a group of trouble-making pirates. You don't dare to provoke them. I will teach them a lesson for you. I don't think this is an evil act."

"If the Kingdom of Waves is willing to coexist peacefully with me, I am willing."

"If I hadn't taught the Kingdom of Waves a lesson, I think no matter how much kindness I showed to those bandits, I would only get humiliation and ridicule in return."

Elder Green Tree accepted Lawrence's words, which was good for the barbarians.

This time after Lawrence attacked the Wave Kingdom, both the Green Forest Kingdom and the Io Kingdom felt the crisis.

Bosman, the envoy of the Kingdom of Io, said: "The Kingdom of Gran is attacking the Kingdom of Waves recently. Do you know about this?"

Lawrence didn't know about this. "This is the Kingdom's own business. I will not interfere. If he initiated the attack and was retaliated against, it would not be considered an evil invasion. I will not care about such things."

"Only if you live a good life and are invaded by foreign countries, I will help fight off the invaders."

Bosman asked: "If the Kingdom of Gran invades other kingdoms and conquers other countries, does the alliance with the Kingdom of Stars still count?"

"It doesn't matter." Lawrence affirmed: "As long as it is the land controlled by the Kingdom of Stars, it will count if it is an alliance with you."

"Similarly, no matter whether the territory of the eight of you expands or shrinks, as long as you continue to bear the original name, or continue to recognize the exchange of goods and various treaties between us, then it will not matter."

"I don't want to get involved in the internal affairs of your country, but if they flee because of the failure of the political struggle, I can provide them with protection and allow them to live near me."

The three parties quickly discussed more specific rules and agreements, and it was tacitly accepted that the big fish would eat the small fish.

For Lawrence, the West did not need fifteen languages.

Diversification is meaningless and will only increase the difficulty. If the end of the world really happens, how can people with hundreds of languages ​​unite?

The Western Kingdom must have a lingua franca!

Anyone who cannot speak the common language is backward and a stubborn force who will be eliminated!