Mountain and Forest Kingdom

In winter, the river became freezing cold, so Lawrence led people to build dams in the dry valleys.

“Get things done in winter when there is less water, otherwise we will have to wait another year after the snow water on the snow-capped mountains comes down in winter.”

"Yes! Prophet!"

Lawrence pushed a huge boulder from the constructed stone slab to the end of the polished stone road.

The stone slab underfoot was made up of stones. When Lawrence pushed the boulder to the outermost position, the road grew another meter and a half.

Lawrence quickly walked towards the end of the team. After seeing that the stones to be moved today were almost gone, he followed the trend and walked to the other side.

Workers are still building dams in the river valley. Both sides of the river valley are gentle slopes with very low slopes, like an open trapezoidal structure.

The river valley is four thousand meters away from Snow Mountain Castle and belongs to another branch of the river. It is far away from the city of waterfalls and does not interfere with each other.

This river valley can only be half filled in the summer. Most of the time it is in a barren state due to the terrain and precipitation, and the hillsides on both sides are mostly gravel and sand.

Lawrence climbed up the ladder and came to the construction site of the high bridge a hundred meters above.

There are many workers working here, mainly building a water level observation point for guarding, but also for guarding and patrolling.

Delenn and Dashiell were helping here, and Delenn came over after seeing Lawrence coming up.

"Prophet, the people from Snow Mountain Castle just came here to send a message. There has been a big storm in the Ice Land this year. Water weed seeds and rice seeds will not be shipped until next year. They may not be able to catch up with next year's spring plowing."

"It doesn't matter. It can be transported from Feiyu Port. The ice storm can still have a great impact on us now. Let's wait for it to pass by itself."

Lawrence turned and looked at the wide river below. In the future, this would be a land of plenty.

The soil here is barren, the vegetation is sparse, and the mountain streams wash away the nutrients that the land has finally accumulated over and over again.

However, after the dam is built, there will be a period of sedimentation time. This period of time is enough to retain some material accumulation, and it will not affect the ecological operation when the water is released.

The seeds of aquatic plants are algae plants suitable for photosynthesis. Although there has been no exploration of this snowy plateau in the past two years, there are some things involved in planting ice soybeans and road transportation.

In particular, there are a large number of swamp plants in Orange Town, and there are also a large number of aquatic crop seeds in the Witch Swamp downstream.

It is easy to find useful plants from these natural treasures, and some can be used with slight modifications.

With aquatic crops, fish can also grow quickly relying on aquatic plants. The sunshine here is sufficient, the temperature is not low, and the water resources are sufficient.

After a busy day, Lawrence led a large team home and returned to the lively Snow Mountain Castle.

The construction team of the Snow Mountain Fort has also stopped working. To this day, there are still a large number of workers busy building the Snow Mountain Fort. Only less than one-third of the area has been completed.

Things like churches, gardens, squares, warehouses, livestock sheds, wells, mills, boiler rooms, etc. are all not perfect. Especially churches that need to be built in a key way can no longer be dealt with by just building a house like before.

The heating equipment in Snow Mountain Castle is not perfect yet. For many people, it may be colder here than in Oak City. They need to put on two extra quilts or wear several extra layers of clothes to still feel the cold.

After Lawrence returned home, he continued to design the composition of the fishery. Once some things are involved, more problems will be discovered. At the same time, people such as Delenn and Heidi can also provide various useful suggestions.

Sophia and the other maids who were not at work would not be idle either. They would be busy at Lawrence's feet while he read and wrote.

Working hard, relaxing and enjoying, and living a comfortable life are what Lawrence has always pursued.

Whether it was the confrontation with the Church of Holy Light or the war with the elves, Lawrence was dragging it back like a summer homework assignment.

While Lawrence was enjoying the life of many prostrate elves serving in front of him, there were still more elves who were annoyed that they couldn't kneel down!

In a quiet village on the outskirts of the big forest, several elves questioned the busty elf sitting in front of the fire.

"Stella, we don't have enough food to eat, and we don't have enough clothes to escape the cold winter. Why can't we go to the castle to live?"

Some of the nearby elves were sitting on fallen logs near the fire, some were standing in the distance quietly leaning against the big tree, and some were sitting directly on the ground looking here.

This place is full of elves, mostly young elves and elven women with children.

Facing the questioning of a group of elves, Stella continued to use flames to bake the branch where the bread was hanging, and slowly raised her head to look at the elves opposite.

The elf opposite was an elf sister who looked cold and noble. She looked like she was in her mid-twenties, and had a stronger aristocratic feminine temperament than Cassandra, and was more mature.

Stella's indifference did not make the elf feel any fear.

"Stella! We chose to surrender, not to continue living this miserable life!"

The female elf scolded Stella sternly and waved her hand away angrily!

The bread in Stella's hand seemed to split, silently breaking into many pieces!

Branches and bread broke into small pieces and fell into the flames.

Stella frowned, looked at the angry female elf, and then at her clean and white palms.

"Devocris, we are elves, why do we live in human cities and depend on humans?"

Stella looked at this female elf. Devocris had noble blood and strength that could rival many wizards.

When Devocris became a prisoner under the attack of Alondo's troops, she chose to surrender like many elves after seeing many elves being killed with her own eyes.

From Auroville, he was sent to Feiyu Port, then to Oak City, Snow Mountain Castle, and then to Stella.

Stella originally thought that after this powerful aristocratic elf came over, she could give up the position of leader to her, and she, with her bloodline and strength, would lead the elves in the village to build their homes.

But now Stella finds that she has made mistakes again and again.

At first, I had expectations for the queen, and then I had expectations for the queen's daughter. She told Lawrence that she would no longer expect anything from them. However, after Deivecris came over, she subconsciously felt that this kind of blood was noble. Elves are better suited to be leaders than themselves.

But the reality is so cruel.

Stella found that Lawrence was right. If you don't take the power into your own hands, then extremely bad things will happen when the power is taken by a fool.

There is also the so-called bloodline and ability, which has nothing to do with actual leadership ability. I should not still have the mentality of always feeling that I am inferior to other elves.

Seeing that Stella was finally willing to say anything, Devocris asked: "We have already surrendered and chosen to join the Kingdom of Stars. Why can't we live in the castle of Prophet Lawrence?"

"You have the heir of the prophet, but what about us?" Devocris looked at Stella crazily, "My child is dead! I want a child too! I don't want to live here with low-class elves like you. lifetime!"

Stella felt that this Devocris was now very dangerous and could pose a fatal threat to herself and the other elves.

To control this powerful female elf here may require the lives of several elves.

Stella also knew that the elves here would not be as fearless as the barbarians, and no elves would be willing to sacrifice themselves to stop Devocris, so the losses would definitely be huge.

If he really angers and cannot control this female elf, the village he has built for more than half a year may be gone in an instant...

Stella suddenly felt very boring... Her efforts and contributions suddenly became very cheap in front of Lawrence and his castle.

The elves who have seen the life of the nobles in Snow Mountain Castle and the Kingdom of Stars are all a group of people who have lost their homes.

Now they just want to integrate into the Snow Mountain Castle and don't want to start building their home again.

Maybe they will come over to see and provide some help after the elf village is built in the future, but now they will really resent who forces them to stay in this primitive forest that is dark at night and eat steamed buns and bread!

"Okay." Stella sighed, "We will go back after dawn and spend the winter in Snow Mountain Castle this year."

After Stella made her decision, the surrounding female elves breathed a sigh of relief, and even Devocris, who was about to go crazy, was stunned for a moment and then quickly calmed down.

"Then let's go get ready." Devocris said quickly, and then walked towards her cabin.

The other elves did not waste any time and began to bid farewell to the simple residence where they had lived for several months.

Stella sat alone in front of the fire and thought about things. Several fires were quickly lit in the village. The hens originally used as laying hens were quickly slaughtered by the elves, and even the few used for producing milk and hair were killed. Not a single sheep was spared.

Stella sighed, feeling very cold.

If I continue to persist, I feel like I will be killed by other elves...

Without the queen's bloodline suppression ability, it would undoubtedly be a dangerous challenge to control such a group of elves to live a hard life in the forest.

Stella thought carefully about the reason for her failure.

First, he was not strong enough. He was able to lead a group of helpless elves and half-elves to build a village in the past because he was not strong enough, and secondly, he had the help of humans arranged by Lawrence at that time.

Later, she felt that it was not good to always rely on human help. With the addition of powerful elves like Devocris, Stella herself chose to let those humans leave here.

Then something like today happened. Stella's own strength and prestige could not suppress those elves at all.

Second, these elves have experienced the material life of the Kingdom of Stars. There are elves such as Dana who work beside Lawrence, and there are also descendants of the queen like Rastana who work as slave girls for Lawrence.

In addition, she has a close relationship with Lawrence and has a child with him, so Devocles believes that Lawrence is not an enemy, but a stronger person who is more worthy of refuge than the Queen.

After a night of silence, Stella could feel all kinds of looks from the village. The elves were like wolves eating in the dark. While eating the chickens and sheep that they had protected and cared for for several months, they looked at her indifferently. of elves.

Stella understood that the problem was not just the elf Devocris, but all the elves in the village had become evil ghosts like Devocris.

His education and guidance to them made them completely stand against him.

All the elves in this village have joined Deevcris and want to go to Snow Mountain Castle!

Stella stood up after dawn, "Let's go! Go to Snow Mountain Castle to eat, sleep and take a bath!"

Stella quickly ran out on the elite bird lizard beast without looking back at the elves.

Ever since Devocris questioned her in public yesterday and the other elves remained silent, Stella knew that if she continued to suppress her, she would be removed as a stumbling block.

He was not killed now, mainly because of the child in his belly and Lawrence's deterrence.

For the sake of the child in her belly, Stella decisively made the right choice and did not continue to waste time with these elves.

Such an elf is not worth saving.

Snow Mountain Castle

Lawrence quickly took Stella’s hand and sat down, knowing the specific situation from Stella’s story.

"This is normal, but you don't need to be discouraged. Your mistake was not that you wanted to build an elf village, but that you ignored the difference between your ideals and the ideals of most elves."

Lawrence comforted Stella and told her what was wrong.

"Most elves have just settled down from grief and panic. What they need is not hatred or longing for their homeland. They use anger and hatred to rebuild their homeland. What they need is a sense of security and reliance."

"Security can not only be obtained from one's relatives and the top of the country, but sometimes it can also be obtained from the enemy."

"I have allowed them to live, and I have allowed them to live a stable and reliable life with me, even as female slaves."

"You cannot be their support, especially after you rejected the humans I sent to protect you and rejected most of the supplies I provided, they naturally felt that you had caused them misfortune."

Stella frowned and thought about Lawrence's words. Lawrence said many things that she had not thought of, which completed the overall logic of the matter.

Lawrence smiled and said: "If they can survive by surrendering, have a full belly, wear beautiful clothes, and live happily, then if you don't let them kneel down and surrender, is it because of your selfishness or pride?"

"No matter what you think, if you continue to persist, as you think, there will definitely be more than a few elves who want to kill you."

Stella sighed, "Then the elf village thing will never be possible? I still want to build a village where the elves are the main ones."

"Give birth to the child first, maybe this child will be the key." Lawrence stroked Stella's hair, "I need all kinds of talents now. Since the elves are willing to work for me, then they are by my side. Let’s work so that the construction of Saintess Academy and Snow Mountain Castle can be completed quickly.”

Stella nodded and leaned in Lawrence's arms, "Okay."

Lawrence felt Stella's depression and comforted: "First execute justice by my side. After there are more women and female elves around me, all kinds of messy things begin to increase. Before the elves stabilize, you Come be my guard and be responsible for coordinating issues between elves and humans."

Stella was very interested in this job, "Yes, but I can't control those male elves. Only you can control them."

Lawrence likes Stella's character very much. Stella will not do anything to commit suicide for the sake of justice.

Not only is he very self-aware, but more importantly, he will not bully the weak. While he has the self-awareness not to cause trouble, he is also willing to maintain his impartiality.

"Don't worry, I will take care of the wizards. You are mainly responsible for the female elves and women. Now the capable female elves are basically kneeling beside me. You naturally have the status to suppress them."

"In your village, you are a pure-blooded female elf with ordinary blood. You cannot suppress a powerful elf like Deevcris."

"But here, you are my female law enforcement officer. They are just a group of humble female slaves who have just joined. Their thoughts will suppress their hands and feet so that they dare not resist you."

Stella looked at Lawrence, "Is this justice?"

Lawrence replied: "Justice without the support of law and authority is destined to last long. You are not strong enough, so you cannot use your fists to uphold justice. You must rely on the law."

"Let's eat first. After dinner, we will study the laws of the Kingdom of Stars together. If you are here, I can relax a lot. Heidi and Sophia will only provide some violent suggestions in this regard."

Lawrence stood up and took Stella to the dining table to eat.

Stella asked curiously: "What are you going to do with Devecris and the others?"

"Of course, educate them well in bed. Isn't this the life they want?" Lawrence smiled, "I can raise many female elves here who don't want to work, but just want to live a good life. Her abilities are of some use to me. , and I also sympathize with this mother who lost her child.”

Seeing that Lawrence had no intention of punishing or killing these elves, Stella breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, kind prophet, I respect everyone's choice. We are lucky to be able to live here."

"Actually not." Lawrence explained his thoughts, "I don't lack bed partners and female slaves. It's just that the female elves who resist you are capable elves. They are more willing to serve me and more willing to perform, and there are also A female elf who can ripen plants in Khalan's place."

"If it weren't for you, I would definitely stay and use it myself."

Lawrence doesn't hide his true thoughts.

Anyone who has followed Lawrence for a long time knows how powerful Kehalan is.

Everyone knows how important the ripening ability is to the current Snow Mountain Castle.

Lawrence never wanted the women in his family to be too tired, and he also asked everyone to use witchcraft occasionally and not abuse it, just like in the early years.

After hearing Lawrence's true words, Stella also discovered that she had indeed occupied a group of obedient and capable witches to do things that didn't matter at all.

While he blamed himself and felt ashamed, he was also very touched by Lawrence's feelings.