Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Salil followed him downstairs. When Lawrence was thinking about intelligence supervision, Salil opened her mouth and talked about various things.

"Emma often goes to town to see Umu these days. Umu is a..." Salil thought for a moment and said, "A bit like a child like Seravan."

He is timid, doesn't like to fight, is honest and quiet, doesn't look strong, is pitifully not very smart, doesn't like to talk, and can't speak.

Even the former Lawrence was not weak in his verbal skills. He would praise Salil and flatter Andrew and others.

Um is not good at work, brain, or fighting. He just hangs around all day, working as an opening and closing person in the church, which does not require any skills.

Lawrence's mind also shifted from the intelligence agency and mountain climbing to Umu.

"The salary of the gatekeeping job is good. In fact, many people want this job." Lawrence said: "Emma's arrangement is not wrong. I think not everyone is suitable for fighting, and not everyone is suitable to be a businessman."

"For most people who could only work as farmers, the job of a church janitor was very respectable."

Lawrence also admits that Um, like most players, is not great.

The outstanding ones are all selected from the extremely harsh environment of the Ice Land through a life of ten deaths.

Umm and Beow belong to the same generation. Their generation's ability to grow up healthily depends either on strength or luck.

In the two or three years since Tim, that is, after the integration of Pumixiu Town and several nearby towns, the children have grown up under the blessing and do not need to go through such cruel selection and elimination.

Salil asked: "What do I think about letting Umu and Seravan's daughter get married in a few years? I think it's good, Seravan will definitely like Umu's child."

Lawrence didn't think so. Seravan especially hated himself for being weak.

Seravan, who now has a position of power and will serve as Viscount Stedel from the spring, will definitely not like Umm. Maybe someone will always point at Umm and say: Look, the Viscount was a softie like him before. .

"I think since Um and Fleiss' children know each other and they both live in the town, they should get along better."

Lawrence had a rough plan, but it didn't have to be this way.

Sariel thinks this is not good, "Fresh doesn't like Umu. Umu is not strong and can't fight."

Lawrence thought about the various possibilities and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages one by one.

"That's true, but according to Fleiss's character, he won't deliberately embarrass Umu, whom he despises, and Umu is not the kind of troublesome child. Even if Fleiss doesn't like it, he won't bully him, or even bully him. I will take the initiative to help him avoid some trouble."

Barbarians also have the arrogance of barbarians. Fleiss usually finds trouble to fight and bully others. Most of them are in taverns and military camps, not in towns.

Rabbits will eat grass on the edge of the nest, but most people pay attention to their reputation and reputation. They cannot be shameless in everything, but they are not shameless in everything.

There is also a mentality that I can bully, but you cannot bully. This mentality is especially obvious in the barbarian tribe.

As a descendant of the founding members, Um joined here earlier than Fleiss. Fleiss and others naturally have the instinct to protect the reputation of the "meritorious group", and there are also country gangsters like Beow, Amarble Aali and others. Such elders.

It's okay for Fleiss to look down on him, but he won't bully him, nor will he find trouble with this kid. He will accept his daughter after marrying him. Anyway, there is more than one daughter.

Salil didn't have much historical knowledge and didn't know the various interests that Umu could represent. She only felt that Umu was not a popular boy and did not meet the attention of traditional women.

"If you go ahead and say it, Fleiss will definitely agree!" Salil looked at Lawrence with a smile. This matter can be easily settled as long as Lawrence arranges it.

Lawrence also knew this. He was thinking about various things inside at this time, and would not easily decide this matter that was related to the happiness of others.

Arranged marriage... In fact, in this feudal era, arranged marriage is a good thing for boys like Umu who are not good at words and have no talent and charm to attract girls.

"Um at least has a decent job and usually gets paid." Lawrence thought for a while and suggested: "Let Emma remind Um that when Gurney goes to church to pray in the future, let Um show her how old they are. It’s pretty much the same, we can have fun together if we have something to eat and drink.”

Salil asked curiously: "Is this okay?"

"That's enough." Lawrence nodded slightly, lowered his head and took a sip of milk tea with sugar.

Salil looked at Lawrence drinking tea, raised her head and shouted to Finn next to her: "Give me a cup too."

"Yes, Lady Salil." Finn, who thought she was Lawrence's exclusive maid, was a little unhappy, but still reluctantly went to pour the tea.

Sariel didn't realize that she had done something that made Clara's mother uncomfortable. After Finn came over with the tea cup, she happily accepted it and then drank the milk tea that only the hostess and the host could drink.

Lawrence continued to think about things.

In this era, materials are still very scarce, and the living standard of my family does not represent that of others.

From the beginning to the end, my own family's living standard is just for viewing, and for outsiders to see, it only represents my own family's level.

In the castle, Sofia's food is ten times better than that of the little maids. Little girls such as Heidi, Clara and Lolita rarely have snacks, and their daily meals are bread and rice porridge. Porridge is not something you can eat whenever you want after work.

The people of Pumixiu Town have just reached the level where they can have enough to eat. Even the children of nobles like Fleiss are not as exaggerated as the snacks and refrigerators in modern society. Now the children of the Fleiss family still have to work. It is not possible to eat meat every day.

Sugar can only be eaten on a few occasions, such as the Chinese New Year.

Candy has always been a military necessity. After crops like beet were developed, sugar in the Ice Land was still a luxury consumable in short supply. Apart from being used by the hostesses of the castle, the rest was reserved for preparation for war, or They are sold to merchants in various countries at high prices.

Sugar is a very precious luxury product, and it makes sense that it is loved by the elderly, children, and women alike.

In addition to providing energy, it can sometimes also be used to detoxify, relying on sugar to break down harmful substances and then replenish the missing energy.

In an era when sowing and harvesting were 1:3, people were busy with various things every day and had no time or extra energy to look for sugar, and making sugar required a lot of fuel and equipment.

There is also the lack of corresponding crops. This is the most critical factor. In an era when sugar cane and beets were not popular, sugar was a highly profitable spice.

There are shops in the town and at the port that sell fructose. These are luxuries. If you can afford them, it doesn't mean you are willing to buy them. Only on rare occasions will you buy some for your family.

Those who have spare money are mainly warriors and craftsmen, as well as a very small number of businessmen.

Soldiers have pensions and rewards, and they will receive rewards that can last for two or three months after fighting life and death. This is why they are willing to protect the noble assets and hand them over to Lawrence when they fight and plunder. Lawrence, who is fair and kind, will never treat them badly.

The craftsmen are mainly various technical experts. These people have already established families, and there will be many in their lifetime. Their wages are less than those of soldiers, and their rewards are also less, but they are enough to support a family of more than ten people.

Craftsmen generally have one or two more wives than warriors, and their family size is generally three or four times larger than that of warrior families.

These people rarely spend money to buy candies for their children. Most of them can't stand the nagging of women, or buy the candies they want for pregnant women.

Compared with the past, life is obviously several times better.

Compared with this era, this is already very good. In this era, it is actually very rare for a young person to have a job and wages. There are few jobs in Pumixiu Town, and most of them are soldiers and farmers.

With more money and less things to do and being close to home, Lawrence did not think that Um's conditions were poor like Salil and Emma did.

Even with the children of Byeveres and Seravan, Um is doing well.

Fleiss had eight children, and Seravan had ten children over the years, and nine are now living, all the children of Iti and Torivi (the shepherdess).

Um does not have the same pressure as the other children, and is often taken care of by Emma. He can also go to the tavern proprietress Ai Ali to eat something good, or eat some meat and wine after the banquet with the nuns in the convent.

If it was a relationship with that fat girl Gurney, Lawrence thought that as long as Fleiss didn't forcefully object, Gurney and Um would get along very well, and he would be very willing to play with Um.

Wumu didn't have much savings, and the land and houses were all provided by Lawrence, and there weren't that many particularities in this era.

If you can't get along with each other in the future, then divorce. Anyway, divorce is not uncommon.

Lawrence held the teacup and walked towards the floor-to-ceiling window leading to the side door, looking at the courtyard outside through the precious glass.

Fast forward almost ten years, and now I have begun to think about the children's marriage.

After Umu came Tim, and after Tim came Kane, the children who were born in the second year after they came to this land.

Although I had been waiting for the children in the territory to grow up quickly, I had always thought that after the first batch of Pumi Xiu children grew up, this place would become truly powerful, with a steady stream of warriors, and then enter the highway. development period.

But now that it was almost time, Lawrence, who walked to the cold window, suddenly calmed down and found that he had ignored many things.

By that time, I will not be too young...

Lawrence looked at the dark sky outside and the stars that were not bright, as if he had returned to the snowy night he spent with Salil and Sophia in the small house.

Lawrence pursed his lips and gently rubbed his hand near his lips. There was no obvious trace of beard, and at the same time, his blurred face on the glass was still young.

Twenty-five years old, no, just twenty-four years old, he will be twenty-five next year.

Lawrence looked in the direction of the snow-capped mountains again, and gradually felt a sense of urgency. Even if he could live to be ninety, he would only have one year left until he was twenty-five.

Between now and the age of thirty-five, it may be the time when you are most powerful and energetic in your life!

Lawrence suddenly thought about irrelevant things again, "I feel that I have become stronger and more energetic in the past few years than when I was eighteen years old. The peak period of my life must not be seventeen or eighteen years old, but thirty? "

No matter what, many things should be done while you are young.

Lawrence said to Finn: "Finn, go and call the tailor. I need a thick and warm coat. It is warmer than the previous one. It is best to be able to extend. You call her over and I will make it clear to her." .”

"Yes, Master." Finn quickly went to convey the order, told the maid not far away Lawrence's instructions, and then returned to Lawrence again to wait for instructions.

The other maid went to inform the seamstress who lived outside in the Ring Building.

The tailor's shop is in a ring building, and she has a shop in the building. At the entrance of the shop, there is a counter and a lounge where clothes are displayed. There is also a room for sleeping and cooking, and a studio for working with helpers.

There are many tailors and tailor apprentices gathered in the tailor shop. When the years are good and the problem of food is solved, those who are idle begin to find various ways out and development.

In the past, everyone had to spend time getting food, whether it was plundering or farming, it took a lot of time.

The output of the land is very limited, and what a person can do is also limited. This means that one has to work constantly in order to survive with a full stomach.

Nowadays, food problems still exist, and most people still eat mixed bread instead of whole wheat bread.

We don’t pay attention to eating well, but we should eat enough first. Especially high-yielding crops such as potatoes solve the basic problem of food and clothing.

Because the population is small, many things can be easily solved.

If there are more people, more land will be needed to solve the problem.

Land is the health bar, combat effectiveness, and economic foundation of a country.

Dynasties that can expand their territory last longer.

The Kingdom of Stars has not had to worry about land for at least a century. The land and technology it has now obtained are enough to solve the food problem of millions of people.

Lawrence thought about the external situation. Several major kingdoms could cooperate, and these kingdoms had some highly capable talents.

Letting wizards work and serve mortals, and the idea of ​​​​taking mortals as the mainstay, is not in line with science.

If talented people are forcibly bound to the position of serving others and do not receive substantial benefits, it is easy for them to jump back.

If he is an ordinary person, he has crossed the class. After gaining great strength, it will be difficult to be an ordinary person again.

From some engineering aspects, in this era of lack of large-scale mechanical equipment, the energy of a wizard is at least equal to that of a hundred ordinary people.

If blood is used to suppress the descendants of wizards, and technology is used to threaten these superpowers, they must be treated as dogs by mortals. This is an extreme idea in itself.

Lawrence feels that several allied countries have great existence value. After all, these countries are not their own countries. The two sides have a lot of time to slowly get in touch and slowly accept each other.

The descendants of wizards are destined to gradually decline, and in the process, Lawrence is willing to provide a peaceful time that both sides can accept.

Descendants of wizards can rely on knowledge and technology to regain their right to speak, and ordinary people can also stand out with their talents and talents.

Just because wizards learn quickly and can reach the gates of some fields quickly does not mean that they can open the doors of these fields and create their own path.

This is enough now. The fairness that most people need is already there. There is no need to specifically solve the conflict between wizards and mortals.

Not letting wizards ride on the heads of mortals is the greatest fairness to mortals. (End of chapter)