Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Stable and boring days are continuing, for some people who are accustomed to the high quality of life here, such as Sofia.

Sophia was lying on the sofa and dozing off, and then glanced at Lawrence who was making tools.

The dazed mood has not been relieved. There is an unchanging cold darkness outside, and the low-key and dim light in the room makes people feel that they never get enough sleep.

Sophia obviously couldn't sleep, but she didn't want to get up and do anything. She just wanted to continue lying like this until she had to get up.

Lawrence had no intention of letting Sophia get up. At this time, Lawrence didn't notice Sophia at all and was busy doing his own thing.

On the table in front of Lawrence were metal blades and glass, as well as some adhesives, iron pipe screws and other tools.

Lawrence is reviewing and approving the assignment submitted by Heidi, regarding the design and innovation of steam engines.

What Heidi put forward was an idea she had summarized after trying more than a dozen times. Ever since Lawrence showed Heidi the way, Heidi had been studying waterwheels and steam cylinders.

What troubled Heidi was not the idea, but the material.

The current blacksmiths are unable to make specialized tools, especially without delaying the production of farm tools and ironware next year. They devote a lot of time to stopping the large iron furnaces and replacing molds and materials to produce parts that can only be used by one person.

Unless that person has a very high status.

Lawrence is providing material design drawings for the steam engine designed by Heidi and giving the blacksmiths accurate instructions for making it. At the same time, Lawrence is also trying to see if he can make one himself.

After an unknown amount of time, Salil and Tim walked in from outside.

Sariel walked to the side of Lawrence, originally intending to take a casual look, but soon discovered something.

"Lawrence, what happy things have happened to you?"

"Is there any?" Lawrence raised his head in surprise and looked at Salil with a confused expression.

Salil nodded and said, "I saw you smiling just now. Are you thinking about what to eat later?"

Lawrence was amused by Sariel, "Well, I am indeed hungry. I need to eat more."

Salil's mood also improved. She turned her head and shouted to Sophia who was lying on the side: "Sofia, let's go down to eat."

"I want to eat in the room." Sophia was too lazy to go downstairs, not even to wash up.

Anyway, I won’t go out in the middle of winter, and no outsiders will see me. It would be nice to just lie like this until spring.

Salil came over and said, "You can't be so lazy. Let's play chess together after dinner and take a bath after playing chess. This will refresh us."

"What are you doing with your energy..." Sophia turned over and lay facing the sofa inside, as if she didn't want to see anyone. "It's not comfortable at all to take a bath all day long."

Sariel quickly looked at Lawrence, "Lawrence, is Sophia sick? Why does she look so lethargic?"

Lawrence seemed to be in a good mood and stood up and said, "She's just not hungry yet. Let's go down to eat first, and then just bring her the food after we finish the meal."

"Oh." Salil thought it shouldn't be like this, but after seeing Lawrence say this, she ignored it.

Lawrence went out with Saryl and Tim, and Sofia continued to lie on the couch.

After a few people left, Sophia quickly stood up and went back to the house to lie down.

At the dinner table, Lawrence gulped down his meal.

Seeing Lawrence eating a big meal, the mood of the others also became better.

Although there is enough light in the castle, the long-term darkness still makes it easy for people to have problems.

Sometimes in order to save energy, the lights in the corridors of the castle are like moss in a dark castle.

Eternal Night has always been a natural disaster, a month-long natural disaster.

The creatures here can only be said to be adapted to the eternal night, and no one can overcome the eternal night.

In this environment, a "light source" is crucial.

Lawrence exuded a kind of cheerful energy that made the women around him look at him with smiles.

Kehalan smiled and said: "You have been eating more and more these days, but you don't feel like there are many things that require physical exercise?"

Faced with Kharan's joke, Lawrence smiled and responded: "In addition to the effort spent on bed, I also need to save some energy, and we have so much delicious food here. If we don't cherish these hard-won food, then... It seems we are too arrogant."

Salil agreed: "Lawrence is right. We should cherish these foods. We must eat them cleanly today and don't leave any leftovers."

Lathander thought there was nothing wrong with this, and the witches started using their chopsticks naturally.

It is not difficult for everyone to have a full meal once in a while.

Under Lawrence's influence, everyone enjoyed the meal.

After the meal, the maid from the kitchen came to clean up.

Emma knew very well the kitchen maid's usual meals, so she leaned next to Lawrence and asked proactively: "Master, do you need to prepare more meals in the future?"

Lawrence said: "Just follow today's portion. Normally people don't eat so much."

"Yes, Master." Emma nodded in agreement.

Lawrence also knew what was going on inside and said softly: "The kitchen has its own food. You can eat with the maids."

Emma responded: "Yes, Master."

Lawrence felt that Emma was not very happy about this kind of thing.

Lawrence thought about it carefully and understood the problem.

[I just don’t think it’s good to let them eat leftovers, especially since no one at my table is an ordinary person. If something goes wrong, it will definitely be a big deal to their health. 】

[Their thoughts are also easy to understand. The leftovers at the main table are not only a good thing for them, but also a kind of identity recognition. 】

[There is no shame in being a slave here. It is a good thing to be a slave, especially the best ruler's pet toy or maid slave. 】

Being able to eat the leftovers of the prophet and the saint is an honor for everyone in the Kingdom of Stars.

Everyone has some thoughts of taking advantage of themselves, some of them want to gain spiritual comfort through this simple way.

There is also the most intuitive explanation, which is that the food eaten by the master is food that the maids cannot usually obtain by themselves.

Just like the chef who is the director of a factory, if you can't bring some wine and meat home for your wife and children to eat, then you will lose three-quarters of your self-identity as a chef.

After Lawrence discovered the problem, he added: "Sariel and the others don't let their mouths idle outside of eating time, so they eat less than today. In the future, they can just follow today's amount of food."

Emma nodded in agreement, Lawrence's decision has not changed, and the food is still the same as this time.

However, as Lawrence said, Sariel, Delen and others will not be able to eat every meal. For these women who are accustomed to a comfortable life, they do not need to worry about hunger, so most of them There is no time to let my stomach feel too full.

Only when your stomach is free can you have room to continue enjoying desserts and delicacies.

It was just an accident that there was no leftover food after eating all the food. The kitchen maids could continue to share the leftovers from the masters.

Not only Emma and Tim are involved in this kind of thing, but the dark elf maids are also involved.

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The more Lawrence learned, the more tired he became.

"What am I doing?"

Lawrence sat on the high tower at the top of the castle and looked at the black moon in the sky.

Most of the moon is dark, with only the outer part surrounded by a small ring of light.

Lawrence thought about his life.

"I came to this place from outside, didn't I just want to live a comfortable life without anyone disturbing me?"

"Although at that time there was some sense of self-destruction, and some people didn't want to do anything because they didn't have the right to speak. They just wanted to live one day at a time."

"Now I'm busy...I have a lot more things to do."

Lawrence frowned, wanting to say that he was not as happy as before, but this idea was not realistic at all.

"I am much happier now than before!" Lawrence became excited. "I have a considerate and considerate beauty accompanying me, and a luxurious team of maids ready to serve me 24 hours a day."

“The quantity and quality are both better than I could have imagined before.”

"In addition to being a woman, my life value and self-worth have also been satisfied. I have become a prophet that everyone bows to, and I have led these people from ignorance to civilization, and established a peaceful alliance that will benefit future generations for hundreds of years."

"And I am stronger now than before, truly stronger."

Lawrence clenched his fists and felt the power in his arms and body. These were more exciting than the previous ones.

Lawrence figured it out!

The purpose of remembering the bitter and thinking of the sweet should not be to make people get used to the bitter days in the past, nor is it to put the bitter days in our mouths and hearts.

I like anyone who is eating the food of the past and living the life of the past while still happily saying that it is acceptable. I like it very much. Then this kind of person must be the person who is least willing to fight for the present!

The purpose of remembering the bitter and remembering the sweet is to let people know the bad things in the past and understand the good in the present. The attitude of witches like Salil is 100% correct. The less they are willing to remember the bitter and the sweet, the more it means they cannot give up on the present. life.

No one wants to go back to the past, this is the perfect embodiment of progress in life!

Since everything is progressing and everything is getting better, my changes are also normal changes.

"I also don't want to live in that kind of hard life, where I don't take a shower for several years, and I can't even touch a woman's body for the rest of my life. If I do, I'll be beaten and kicked by those fat women."

"Fuck you!"

Lawrence recalled the past, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He wished he could find and kill all the trash who bullied him.

But those people should all be dead.

Thinking of this, Lawrence felt a little better.

The thoughts and practices of the maids were normal. Lawrence now controlled a huge amount of land and productivity, and it was not a troublesome thing to feed others some leftovers.

This matter is actually about cooking more. Just keep it as it is now. There will be more people next year, so it doesn't matter if we add more by then.

Lawrence found that he didn’t need to care about such trivial things at all, because he was now powerful enough and wealthy enough.

Providing maids with the same food as themselves would be too wealthy, and in this early feudal era, this approach seemed a bit crazy.

Lawrence was sure that life was good now and most things were changing for the better.

"Go forward! Don't look back, and don't hesitate!!"

After thinking about some things, Lawrence walked into the dark but warm and clean castle attic from the cold windy night outside.

"Is Candice here?"

Lawrence inquired into the darkness.

"Master, I am Satis." Satis walked out of the darkness.

Lawrence smiled and said: "How many dark elves do we have now?"

Satis replied: "There are thirty-five in total, seven are men and the rest are young women."

Lawrence walked downstairs. The dark elf beside him took down a candle from the nearby wall and walked forward to illuminate Lawrence.

In the current Oak Castle, it is not possible to cover most areas with the lighting beads. Many areas are still illuminated by candles, and the number is not too large.

"There is Mingguang Mine in the Kingdom of Io, but the mining technology is with the Church of Dawn and Holy Light Church. We have not yet asked about the mining technology from the church leaders."

"But within a few years, we will crack this technology." Lawrence believes that he can mine the lighting stone from the Mingguang Mine in the Kingdom of Io, just like other churches.

This technology has always been mastered by high-level officials in various places, and the technology is kept secret. As early as when the churches of the Kingdom of Io and the Kingdom of Durila retreated, the craftsmen responsible for mining were directly silenced.

But technology, as long as it is not a particularly complex technology and does not require neutralization by unknown materials, ordinary technology can be easily cracked.

Others dare not crack the Vatican's technology, but Lawrence is not afraid of this.

Lawrence casually talked about the future, and then quickly continued the previous topic, "We still have a few dark elves here, and there are not many dark elves outside. What suggestions do you have for this?"

Satis pondered for a few seconds and then quickly said: "Several tribes I know should have been wiped out by the Holy Light Church. Excluding the dark elves in the city and family, the only remaining ones I can think of are Yes, the dark elf tribe that may still be there is the rogue tribe."

Lawrence asked curiously: "Who are this rogue tribe? A group of thieves? Or bounty hunters? Bandits?"

Satis explained helplessly: "No."

"They are a group of gray elves who are unwilling to live with mortals or integrate into human life. Among them are elves like the elves in Green Forest, as well as elves and half-elves like me."

"These people were not from the same faction as the Ancient Whisperer family before. They belonged to the forest faction, but they have never been accepted by other factions. They have been wandering around the edges of various forests."

"Maybe they have already arrived at our place." Satis smiled and said: "The forest faction should have been eliminated by the church, and the wanderer tribe cannot surrender to the church. They will definitely flee to our forest by then."

Lawrence nodded, "Then I'll let the people in Nanzhen and Si'der take a look and try to make contact with this group of wanderers who don't like to integrate into mortal life."

Seeing Lawrence make his decision, Thadis soon started talking about other things.

"Master, are you going to climb Agama Snow Mountain next year?"

"Yes." Lawrence smiled, "I've been eating more recently to store up some fat, so it's easier to cope with hunger."

Lawrence's increase in appetite was a subjective wish, in order to be more powerful and to make it easier to explore places where food was scarce in the wild.

Satis nodded, "So that's it."

Lawrence smiled and said: "Although I didn't say anything about this, Salil, Derren, and Kharan all know it, because I'm not the kind of man who gives up halfway and leaves it alone!"

There is no need to publicize the mountain climbing. Even if they say nothing, the women in the family all know what Lawrence is going to do. (End of chapter)