Mountain and Forest Kingdom

oak city

On the top floor of the Circle Building stood a large crowd.

Men, women, children, more than a thousand people stood on the roof looking at the red sun in the distance.

The huge red sun was gradually setting towards the other side of the Agama Mountains, and what was falling on everyone's faces and bodies was the last trace of residual heat.

The sun disappeared faster than everyone expected, and the cold wind suddenly came along with the darkness.

The sixth time, eternal night falls!

Lawrence sat by the window and looked at the starry sky outside.

"The long darkness will follow again."

Lawrence's soliloquy was heard by people nearby. Standing next to Lawrence were dark elves wearing feather gauze and beautiful women wearing simple cloth clothes.

You don’t need to wear so many clothes in a warm house. Sometimes you have to open the ventilation windows regularly to let in some air to prevent the temperature in the house from getting too high.

The maids who had nothing to do were cleaning, wiping the floor with buckets and rags to make the house cooler.

Lawrence was wearing simple pajamas, similar to the linen jumpsuits worn by Greek men.

Sophia lay on the wooden rocking chair made by Lawrence for Khalan. She put her hands on the armrests of the chair and asked the seven or eight-year-old maid behind her to help her rock the chair. She lay lazily on the chair and fell asleep.

Although it was dark outside, Lawrence had no intention of going to sleep now.

Now there is no need to worry about food and drink, and there is no need to worry about safety issues. There are also several entertainment options. At the same time, there is enough space in the ring building for these people to have activities.

There is no problem if you don't go out in the sun for a month. There are firelights and lights as supplements. Besides, this is how most people here come.

There may be tens of thousands of ways for people to die here, but a month of eternal night is nothing here. The biggest causes of death for local humans are hunger, cold, and fighting.

Excluding these three, the survival rate can increase several times.

Not being exposed to the sun for a month is indeed a defect, but just like cancer or disease, it is not yet ranked.

The fourth leading cause of death is stupidity.

Some people are really fooled to death by their own stupidity. They don't understand what danger is and have no memory at all.

The fifth factor is work. Death at work has always been an inevitable pain in human history.

Avoiding the first five is the disease.

There are many types of diseases, and not being exposed to the sun is not an important factor here.

Lawrence took care of the three biggest ones, so now stupid death and work death are the big ones.

These problems do not need to be solved within a few years. In fact, they cannot be solved that quickly. Even in another five hundred years, work death will not be avoided.

Lawrence looked at the little girl rocking the chair for Sophia.

"Tim, how have you been studying lately?"

Tim heard his master's question and had a happy expression on his face.

"Master, I am learning arithmetic with Teacher Jade, and now I am learning addition."

Tim works in the house for two hours a day and spends the rest studying and resting.

The school in the Ring Building has been in operation for a long time, and writing and arithmetic are mainly taught here by maids, Jade and others.

Other places also have special classrooms for learning writing and arithmetic.

Alec is in charge of Flying Fish Port, Seravan and Ula are in charge of Dumu Port, Beow is in charge of the Valkyries, Brielle is in charge of Phumexiu Town, Navia is in charge of the manor, and Lao is in charge of the forest tribe. The Knight Turaka family and the soldiers stationed in South Town are in charge together.

Literacy work began a long time ago. The first batch of Durila people received simple training in arithmetic and written language in the church. Later, they gradually mastered this knowledge as they continued to get along with each other.

The current goal is to further expand the fruits of victory and use the time of eternal night to help foreigners who cannot speak the language here quickly master normal conversational skills.

The newly joined Telandaho people do not have this problem. Both sides speak the same language and have most of the same habits, so they integrate very quickly.

The main ones were the people from the Wave Kingdom caught last year, and the people from Kojiako and Deco earlier.

Lawrence quickly tested Tim with some simple addition and subtraction, and then took the witches to learn complex Chinese and build a second language.

In addition to eating and sleeping every day, I would also talk to Candice and other dark elves about how to have more fun. The dark elves have inherited experience from blood in terms of enjoyment and service.

After enjoying it, I will also be busy with all kinds of serious things, such as next year's development arrangements, the improvement and installation of ship gunpowder and other technologies, and the construction of Wonder No. 2.

Previously, it was planned to build Wonder No. 2 for support, and rush to Pumixiu Town from the manor through a high-altitude bridge.

Later, because the demand decreased, I forgot about this matter, and I was busy with more and more important things every day.

There is no point in building high-altitude bridges now.

Lawrence needs to solve security issues and address the hidden dangers caused by the rapid expansion of territory.

Now 10,000 or 20,000 people cannot hold such a large territory. Fortunately, there are Sidel people acting as buffers outside, otherwise the problem here would be even greater.

It will take at least ten years for the population to expand to 500,000 before they can hold on to their current territory.

Calculated at ten to one, there are only 50,000 soldiers out of 500,000. These soldiers have to defend more than a dozen places and also solve security and patrol issues.

The mobility on one's own side has become weaker. When in the defensive stage, the mobility advantage cannot be used.

The church gang always likes to send small groups of troops to wipe out villages, arrest or kill people and threaten them.

If the other party sent people over to burn down the village, they would have run away by the time we sent people over.

Lawrence thought about his opponent's strength, and thought about how he should react quickly and retaliate immediately if someone attacked the village stronghold under his wings.

After thinking about it for several days, the solution I came up with was to build a wonder.

Build a giant tree hundreds of meters high, and ripen a giant tree near each gathering point. When attacked, blow the horn, set fire, use lighting beads, etc. to notify the lookouts at the rear.

It is equivalent to a crude version of the castle, only responsible for providing a view.

It will not be possible to build walls and castles in all villages in the next year or two, but big tree lighthouses can be built in various areas.

As long as large-scale killings occur in village wars, they are basically accompanied by arson.

At night, the lighthouse built on a tall tree can see the light of fire 10,000 meters away. As long as you determine the location of each residential area and establish a formation that is easiest to support multiple locations, you can maximize your mobility. .

Cavalry, infantry, patrol units, garrison units, militia regiments.

Lawrence designed five prototypes of his troops.

The garrison corps is regularly stationed in various places to assist local militias in production and construction and disseminate knowledge. It is mainly composed of Durila people and Seravan is in charge.

The Guard Corps, the main defensive force, is stationed on the frontline battlefield during wars and is used during confrontations. It is mainly composed of Pumixiu people and Beow is in charge.

The expeditionary corps, the force responsible for crusade and attack, was divided into two groups: sea and land, with Crete and Fleiss in charge respectively.

The security corps is a corps responsible for maintaining security and patrolling gathering points. It feels like anyone can do it.

The Holy Legion, a loyal force directly under Lawrence.

Rather than being a spectacle, this eternal night is more about strengthening organizational capabilities and using more efficient organizational power to resist unexpected events.