Mountain and Forest Kingdom

The next day was indeed a nice day with bright spring weather.

The sun shines on the lawn outside the house, making people feel their bodies go from cool to warm just by looking at it.

The Lawrence family left Oak City in an ox cart.

Delen rode a big wild boar in the front. The two-meter-tall heavy wild boar was three meters long and had brown hair. Even without its two sharp tusks, this large wild boar looked terrifying.

This is already a domesticated version, a heavy transportation wild boar purchased from Pig Trotter City.

The heavy wild boar is much docile than the large wild boar and wild wild boar, but it looks stronger and stronger, but in fact rarely gets angry.

Because they eat too much, they are not suitable for farming.

The annual output of cultivated land is not enough to cover the feeding and maintenance costs of wild boars.

The number of heavy wild boars is not large, and they are mainly used for transporting merchants and military supplies. At the same time, there is no reproductive isolation between heavy wild boars and other wild boars, and smaller wild boars can be bred.

In addition to the heavy wild boar purchased from Pig Trotter City, the team also has a bird-lizard beast that is only found in the south.

Birds and lizards are not cold-tolerant. Whenever winter comes, they must be moved to a warmer place to spend the winter. Otherwise, in a long-term dark, cold and closed environment, these delicate and weak carnivorous beasts will kill each other and attack other domestic animals.

The Dom sheep is the most suitable local creature here, followed by the reindeer, and then the long-haired cattle introduced from the Kingdom of Haisenli.

The long-haired cattle are cultivated in the spring, and then let out to graze in the mountains during the summer and autumn. They are brought back in the winter and kept in pens for the winter.

During this period, people will be organized every month to catch the cows for physical examination and feed them some foods that are not easily available in nature, such as salt and oil.

The function of oil is to lubricate the gastric tract of cattle, allow smooth transportation of food between the four stomach chambers of cattle, and prevent constipation and miasma due to excessive forage consumption.

Oil also has a fattening effect and helps absorb nutrients.

Heavy wild boar, dome sheep, ornithosaurs, long-haired cattle, different animals have different ways of raising. Now, dome sheep are used for riding and fighting, heavy wild boars are used for transporting goods, and long-haired cattle are used for farming.

The bird lizard is mainly used as a status symbol, mainly used by the dark elves, Cassandra and others.

The mighty procession set off from Oak City and passed through a gate like the entrance to a city wall.

Sophia and Salil were sitting in the rear carriage, looking at the passers-by standing outside through the white gauze curtains. These people were all guards and servants of Oak City.

Serfs on both sides knelt down on both sides of the road, waiting for the motorcade to pass by.

The soldiers were responsible for the defense, and there were accompanying maids and shield maidens on both sides of the convoy.

Clara and the other children followed in two directions. Heidi and Clara walked on the left side of the carriage and followed the convoy out.

The strength of each person seems very small. When a group of people and livestock gather together, they show a strong sense of majesty.

Salil sat in the carriage and looked outside curiously, then stretched out her head to look curiously at the cars in front and behind, and quickly retracted into the carriage and sat down.

After Sofia sat aside and saw it, she smiled and said, "Sariel, what are you doing?"

Salil was still a little unable to turn around, and quickly looked at Sophia.

"Sophia, I thought we just went out to find a place for a picnic today. Lawrence said the weather was nice and we went hunting. I thought it was just a few of us and we shot some rabbits or squirrels."

"It doesn't feel like hunting like this. And when did we have so many people?"

Sofia became even happier looking at Salil's unresponsive look.

"We have always had a lot of people, so what do these people mean? During the war, the ground was full of people!"

Sariel said: "There must be many people in the war. Now we are not fighting, but going out to hunt. I think we... seem to have become lords now?"

Sofia looked at Saril with a smile, "Master is now the king! Not only is he the prophet of the Church of the Stars, he is also the king of the Kingdom of the Stars, the king~"

Salil seemed to have just realized this today, with a look of astonishment on her face.

She had already become accustomed to many things when she lived with Lawrence. She was also a participant and witness in the establishment of the Kingdom of Stars and the Church of the Stars. However, it was not until today, during this seemingly ordinary activity, that she suddenly discovered that... Lawrence was already the king. Already?

"It doesn't look like it at all..." Salil still couldn't accept it. "Kings are all very old, right? Lawrence doesn't look like a king at all."

Sofia retorted: "I think it's very similar. The master has always been very powerful! It's Salil who has the problem. You should be more docile to the master."

Salil thought for a moment, "Like Emma?"

"No." Sophia also thought about what to say, "Just be like Kharan and Delen. Don't always say no to the master. We should happily do what the master asks us to do."

Salil said quickly: "I've always been like this!"

Sophia found that Salil did not have this kind of self-awareness. Salil did not feel that she was always disrespecting her master, but felt that she was doing the right thing.

Sofia shook her head, "You and I can't tell clearly, but the master didn't say anything. The master is the kindest person I have ever seen."

Salil didn't understand what Sophia was talking about, and her mind wasn't on this kind of thing, so she quickly looked out the window again.

"When we go hunting or do anything else in the future, do we have to have so many people together?"

Salil found that her family had become aristocratic lords, traveling in large groups.

Sofia asked: "Don't you like it? I think this is good."

"It's not that I don't like it." Salil couldn't tell what she was thinking, nor could she figure out what she was thinking.

The sudden life of an aristocratic man made Salil a little overwhelmed.

In the past, I just thought that I could eat better, wear better clothes, and no longer have to work. I had no practical experience of the so-called aristocratic life.

Today's pomps are different from those in the past. The previous war pomps and church pomps were more like public ceremonies, like village banquets.

Today's trip, with all kinds of valuable livestock pulling carts, various guards, and a convoy of eight cars, was just what Lawrence said, "The weather is nice, let's go hunting."

It was the power and pomp displayed by this casual arrangement that made Salil, who had always felt that her life was better than before, discover that the slightly better life she lived was actually the right to enjoy by a noble lord.

Female nobles like Sophia have actually realized this for a long time and are happy to enjoy it.

Apart from Sariel, the only ones who really didn't realize this were the children nearby.

Emma, ​​Delenn, and Lathander have actually had this awareness for a long time. They know that their life is a life that only the leader and king can have, and it cannot be enjoyed by hard work.

Heidi and Clara walked with the large army and watched the residents of Oak City kneeling here.

There were men and women kneeling on the ground, many of them children about their age.

Heidi and Clara passed quickly and quietly past the men.

The convoy headed towards the foot of the distant mountains, passing by farmland on the hillside. After walking for more than two hours, they arrived near a river.

The manor on the mountain is four or five hours away from here, and it takes about four hours to ride Dom Sheep.

The river that winds down from the mountain is more than three meters wide. This river has not become the water source of Oak City. Most of Oak City's water sources come from groundwater.

There is a stone bridge in the middle of the river, leaving space for wood and boats to pass. The main function of the bridge is to transport dung and tools to the Flame Valley to facilitate the cultivation of saltpeter in the Flame Valley.

Only Lawrence, Delenn and a few Clodagh craftsmen know this road, and the rest rarely pass by here.

After crossing the stone bridge, everyone, led by Lawrence, arrived at a bright flower field with large fields of rapeseed and birds singing.

"There is a flower field made of colorful flowers further away. That is Bee Farm No. 5. Today we will go over there to help patrol the area and solve some hidden troubles around the beekeeping city."

Lawrence revealed the plan this time.

On the one hand, it's spring time, so we can go out and have some fun.

On the one hand, it is also to clean up the external territory and renovate the areas currently on the periphery of influence.

Not only the eagles in the sky, but also foxes and bears on the ground, as well as wild boars, wolves and other dangerous animals are not spared. If they can be driven away, they are driven away. If they cannot be driven away, they are left as food.

Salil got off the car and rode on Nora the Dom Sheep. "Yes, Lawrence!" Salil was the first to agree.

Lawrence frowned. Did he make this woman unhappy?

Do you think you came out to play and don’t want to run so far?

Lawrence thought about Salil's strange behavior and quickly said: "There are also many big trees around here. In fact, they have been cleaned up during beekeeping and flower and vegetable planting. When we get there, we will be almost ready for lunch."

"I know a nice place to lie down and get some sun, and it's about an hour's walk away."

Lawrence quickly led everyone. A long time ago, when he was still living in a wooden house on the mountain, Lawrence liked to walk around and inspect his territory.

At that time, it was not considered a territory, only a scope of activities. At that time, every day I wanted to know what the environment was like around me, especially the conditions downstream.

After really clearing up the situation downstream, I became lazy due to various things.

Lawrence rode the sheep on the grassy road that others often walked. There were no obstructive vines around here, nor were there any crooked, tangled trees of different heights.

However, the uneven grassland and occasional stones and gravel made the Dom sheep's footsteps extremely slow and careful.

Lawrence quickly got off the sheep's back and looked at the length of the convoy behind him that had become longer due to the difficult journey.

"Everyone, come down. The road ahead is not suitable for a luxury carriage like ours. Come down and take a walk. Leave a few people waiting here."

Soon four people were left to guard the car and the long-haired cattle, while the rest led the heavy wild boar and bird-lizard beast over.

Dom sheep can walk normally on mountain roads when they are not carrying heavy objects. This large sheep with cylindrical curved horns is not as weak as imagined. Compared with ordinary goats and sheep, it is like a watermelon and an apple.

Both the heavy wild boar and the bird lizard can walk in rugged areas. The big wild boar is in the place between the mountain forest and the plains, and the bird lizard is also in the forest and plain areas, but the activity areas of the two are not consistent.

One is between cold and temperate zones, and the other is between temperate and tropical zones.

Sariel followed Lawrence in a good mood. While riding the Dom sheep Nora, she also looked at the young Dom sheep Sophia who was following behind.

Sophia is Nola's child. She was booked as a mount by Sophia when she was born. She was taken care of very well by Sophia and is now a young and beautiful adult sheep.

Sariel quickly got off Dom Sheep and walked to Lawrence holding Nora's rein.

"Lawrence, I feel like time flies so fast." Salil smiled and said what she felt.

Lawrence felt that Salil's ability to say these words proved that she didn't feel anything.

"It's really fast. I hope time slows down." Lawrence smiled and continued to look at the road ahead.

Lawrence looked at the picturesque Snowy Mountains in the distance. There are many high mountains deep in the Agama Mountains, and many high mountains have snow that never melts all year round.

"Salil, let's make something delicious after the weather gets hotter."

"Okay!" Salil happily agreed, quickly forgetting her emotion just now.

Lawrence described with a smile: "We made a lot of ice cubes in the winter. Do you know where those big square ice cubes ended up?"

Salil knew a lot about things at home, "It's in the basement, Emma told me."

Lawrence thought that Salil knew about this, and because he planned to give her a surprise, he would not tell the specific purpose of the ice cubes.

"Well, when the summer comes, these ice cubes will definitely make people feel comfortable."

Salil didn’t think it was necessary. “The summer here is not hot here. I think the summer in the mountains is very comfortable. The mountain breeze is very comfortable and I can fall asleep easily. I like to lie down under the mosquito net and take a nap, especially summer."

"I like it too," Lawrence agreed. "Summer is a quiet season."

Sariel felt that Lawrence was very strange, "It's very noisy in the summer and quiet in the winter. It's very quiet every winter, especially when you get up at night to go to the toilet. It feels very quiet."

"Well, it's also very quiet in winter." Lawrence smiled as he said it, "I've been exercising recently and I feel like I've become a lot stronger. Let's compare notes when we get back."

Salil became interested, "Really? You won't hit and run, right? I don't want to chase you."

Lawrence ran so fast that even Delenn couldn't catch up.

Witches are powerful because of their strength and explosive power, and are not good at catching rabbits.

Lawrence said righteously: "I'm not that kind of person. You see, I've become a lot stronger recently. Now I'm not the kid I used to be!"

Sariel showed a puzzled and thoughtful look, "Lawrence, I think you have changed. In the past, you didn't care about power so much. Even if you didn't have strong strength, you wouldn't care. Instead, you would use your wisdom to find a solution."

"No, no, no, I have definitely not changed. I have been this way since I was a child." Lawrence felt extremely wronged. "The first time I got along with you, it was just because I had no power. I was still very weak at the time, so I didn't Showing so much concern for strength.”

Salil didn't believe it, "I remember you didn't like violence at all before."

"Yeah, I didn't like it, and I don't like it now, but I didn't flinch when I should have gone to fight the Domu people." Lawrence said directly: "Sariel, your memory is biased, because at the beginning You are better than me, so you always think that I am not better than you, which is a kind of arrogance."

Lawrence began to educate Saryl endlessly, correcting her memory bias about himself.

Although he enjoys slow time, Lawrence does not want himself and Sariel to be overly indulged in this kind of slow time with bright spring and warmth. People always have to make progress and cannot always stay in the past, let alone be bound by their past selves. .

The environment has changed, and people have to change too.