Mountain and Forest Kingdom

In the cold winter, the sun is shining brightly.

After eight consecutive days of cloudy weather, the sun finally came out of the sky.

People from Oak City climbed to the top of the ring building, basking in the sun on the flat roof and drying clothes, sheets, diapers and other items.

In the open space in the middle of the circular building, there were also women holding their children, and many lively children playing on the grass.

The ring building is called the Ring Building, and everyone here calls it that.

In the middle of the ring building is the place where the prophet lives. There is a large lawn, a very large oak tree, and a big house where the prophet lives.

The ring-shaped building has a total of four floors. The first floor is for shops and markets, the second floor is for living quarters, the third floor is for the cafeteria and school, and the fourth floor is for colleges and universities and the library.

At present, people are simply not satisfied with their housing, there are a large number of vacant rooms, and many people are concentrated on the first and second floors.

No pets are allowed here, and no domestic animals are allowed.

There are eight passages, four entrances and four exits on the first floor of the ring building.

The eight passages are all facing the outside, all on the outer buildings, while in the inner ring facing the central holy land, there are only two passages, one in and one out.

Children can come in and play under the guidance of an adult. They need to check the adult's identity card, as long as they do not go near the big oak tree and the Prophet's Cabin.

Jade entered the wooden house from the outside and quickly took off the wool cloak she was wearing.

Jade has lived here for almost a year and currently serves as the principal of the college, responsible for providing intellectual guidance to maids, nuns, and some educated men and women.

There are too few people here who are interested in knowledge, so most of the time there is nothing to do. The main thing is to sort out books that no one is interested in, and copy and copy these books obtained from the west, south and noble tombs to the library.

"It has been more than half a year, but only three books have been copied. It would be troublesome for the prophet to ask."

Jade is a little worried. There are too few literate people here, and many people are busy with various things. As a result, there is no one to repair and maintain the books in the library.

As soon as he entered the large living room, he saw several witches and Lawrence sitting casually in the living room.

Some people are lying down, some are sitting, and some are playing chess while lying down.

Salil, who has long brown hair and wore a red woolen dress today, was kicking and dancing happily, trying to make her dress float more beautifully.

The ordinary woman next to her, Buer, smiled and corrected her movements, raised her hands flat, rowed her body and danced to demonstrate.

Sofia, a little girl with striking blond wavy hair and twin tails, is complaining.

"Master, you let those women take their children outside to bask in the sun. I can't even go out to play."

Lawrence ignored Sofia's words and was looking at Candice who was combing Catherine's hair. "It is also tied into the same double ponytail hairstyle as Sofia." Lawrence provided guidance.

Candice took one look at Sophia's hairstyle, nodded quickly, and started moving her hands.

Jade walked towards Lawrence.

"Owner."

Lawrence looked at Jade, "What's going on?"

Jade said respectfully: "I want to contact the witches outside to see if we can get them to join us. I will only do this with your permission."

"Well." Lawrence neither refuses nor takes the initiative towards witches. "Not all witches outside are so easy to talk to. If they are willing to come and join me, I don't mind."

"If it's the kind of witch who has too much temper and is too dangerous, I think it's better to forget it."

Lawrence expressed his attitude and did not want to pay too much attention to this matter.

The current development is still focused on the territory, and continues to expand the territory's basic base, rather than wasting insufficient manpower and material resources on attracting outside talents.

"Yes, I also think this is right." Jade agreed with Lawrence's opinion. Witches are not all a group of weaklings. Many witches are synonymous with being vicious and powerful.

"Now that we have defeated the priest of the church and the army of the Kingdom of Luofen, there will be many witches and witches gathering towards us."

"Perhaps we can ask Cassandra in advance about which wizard families need help recently."

Lawrence thought about this matter, and then looked at the elegant and intellectual lady in front of him.

"Then can you go? I think it would be much better if someone who knows the specific situation goes there."

Jade said quickly: "Please forgive me, I still have a lot of things to do now. If I go back to the Kingdom of Norison, I will soon be discovered by the people there and tell the church."

Lawrence looked amused.

"That's it. I don't think there is any need to worry about these things now. We live our lives. If they are willing to come over and serve me and obey my will in exchange for a chance to live, I will not refuse."

"But to be honest, most of those female nobles don't have very good tempers."

Seeing that Lawrence was not interested in external affairs, Jade stopped talking on this topic.

A few days later, the caravan of the Ancient Whisperer family arrived at Pumixiu Town.

Lawrence took Jade and Catherine down, and soon met Madison, the caravan leader of the Ancient Whisperer family.

"Madison, why are you coming here at this time of year? There are only a few days until Eternal Night."

Madison said respectfully: "Yes, so this time we have to go back as soon as we deliver the goods."

"This time Miss Cassandra is busy with things in the city and cannot get away for the time being. Miss Cassandra thanks you for providing mercenaries. These people have saved the Ancient Whisperer family a lot of trouble."

Lawrence looked at the workers and slaves unloading the goods around him, "After the winter night, I will send people to the Ancient Whisperer family to replace them. If there is a sleigh team, they will be able to arrive at your place about seven days after the end of the eternal night here."

"Yes, I will report it to the head of the family." Madison agreed.

Now the number of sled dogs and hounds in the territory has increased a lot, there are already 240, and next year there will be 600 or 700.

We can't afford to raise any more. Even if there are six or seven hundred this year, we can't afford to raise them. We have to wait until next year when food production increases further and chicken farms and pig farms expand to be able to raise them.

At the same time, due to the increase in grain production, Haisenri and the Hokuriku Kingdom can develop more animal husbandry and fisheries, and produce more meat, eggs, and milk.

Because the Port of Ice has not yet been completely occupied by Telandaho City, there is still a certain risk in the ocean route, otherwise sea transportation can also be carried out.

Now that the war is going on with Telandatho City, the north-south caravans have also changed their routes, taking the line between the Sidel Territory and the Northrim Kingdom instead of passing through Telandathoof City.

After chatting for a while, Lawrence asked about the situation in the south.

"Is the Church in the South still at war with wizards?"

"Yes." Madison said apologetically: "The orc you want has been burned to death by the church. Recently, many wizard families in neighboring countries have been purged by the church."

"Now the Witch Forest faction [Hermit] and the faction of the Ancient Speaker family [Hand of Eternal Life] have ceased fighting, and they are both resisting the persecution of the church."

Lawrence felt very sorry and asked curiously: "What does the orc who was burned to death look like?"

Madison looked very bad, and when he lowered his head, his body was shaking uncontrollably.

"It's a snail with the head of an old man, and a turtle with the head of a bald man. It's said to be the product of an experiment by a powerful wizard in order to gain eternal life."

Lawrence frowned, suddenly feeling that it was a just act for the people of the Holy See to burn these wizards to death.

These crazy wizards deserve to be burned to death.

It is true that they have abilities, but most wizards do not abide by legal restrictions, let alone have morals. They do not feel that they are human beings from beginning to end, and do not treat human beings as their own kind.

There is nothing wrong with thinking of yourself as superior to others. The main problem is that you are out of your control and your brain is abnormal.

"I don't want orcs, just give me some crop seeds and technical books. If it doesn't work, just give me some cloth and food."

Lawrence gave up his fantasy about orcs and gave up the idea of ​​​​wanting to win over outside wizards.

Madison quickly said: "This time we brought several kinds of beans, including black beans, yellow beans, cyan beans, and red beans."

Lawrence was immediately interested and quickly went over to inspect the new crop seeds.

I don’t recognize the red beans, the cyan beans look like a variant of peas, and the black beans and yellow beans are both soybean variants that I recognize.

"Very good! I like this gift very much."

Lawrence was completely satisfied after getting the soybean seeds, "I have very good wine here. You can take some back. In addition, I will give you ten sets of armor and fifty weapons."

What the Madison family lacks is warriors, especially powerful warriors from the Church of the Stars.

"We would like to hire more fighters if we can."

Lawrence thought for a while and quickly said: "Not this year, but it will be okay to wait until next summer. By then I will have some peace of mind here. Now I still have to deal with Telland Big Hoof City, and I can't allocate too many troops for the time being."

"Yes." Madison was not disappointed either. This kind of elite army would definitely not be loaned out easily.

Lawrence soon learned something else. Now the wizards outside are avoiding the pursuit of the Holy Light Church. The Holy Light Church has no intention of continuing to bite this hard nut. It should not avenge the three priests in the next year or two. .

It's really a threat, but I don't want to fight.

The more than 10,000 northern barbarians are hard-core, but the wizard families scattered in more than a dozen kingdoms in the south are easy to deal with in the eyes of the church.

After all, a wizard family can only fight one or two wizards, and the church has professional experience in dealing with wizards. Four or five priests and a group of Holy See knights can destroy a wizard family.

But if he hits Lawrence... he will easily be hacked to death by random knives.

The Ancient Whisperer family is now safe and sound, not because of the mental storm of the family leader, Lentive, but because they have a group of barbarian troops under their command that can cause heavy losses to the Holy See Knights. (End of chapter)