Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Salvador comes from the Errazo region, which is far away from the land of ice and takes two months to get there by boat.

"My hometown, Eraso, is not as beautiful as yours, nor is it as grand and prosperous as yours. Yours is the richest city I have ever seen."

Salvador smiled and praised this place.

The businessman's words did not cause any emotional fluctuations in Lawrence. Lawrence said: "A city where people live and reproduce has advantages worth protecting and praising."

"Not every place is a God-given land like mine, and not everyone in every place can be as wealthy and comfortable as my people."

"But I don't look down upon the outside world, the cities and residents outside. I believe that people everywhere have inherited survival wisdom."

"A long time ago, about fifteen years ago, this was an icy land with very little time for human and animal activities."

"Compared to this place at that time, your hometown should be a beautiful and comfortable place. It just lacks a guide like me."

Salvador lowered his head respectfully, "Yes, you are right, your wisdom is as dazzling as the sun and moon in the sky."

The maids in the palace poured wine for Lawrence. Over the years, although Lawrence was not as drunk as the barbarians all day long, his drinking capacity had also increased.

Salvador was not qualified to eat with Lawrence. Lawrence looked at the foreign businessman standing on the carpet in front of him.

The style of the other party's clothes is different from the clothes in the Ice Land. The style of the clothes is more fluffy, suitable for hiding things and covering up the figure.

"El Salvador, what is it like all year round in your hometown?"

Salvador didn't understand why the prophet asked this, and carefully replied: "The spring there is very warm, and we will plant a lot of wheat and grapes."

“It’s very hot in the summer and there’s very little rain.”

“Autumn is very comfortable and we all love it.”

"It often rains in winter and is much warmer than in the north. The lake rarely freezes and sometimes it snows. There are no permanent nights like here."

Lawrence nodded, "It's similar to the Kingdom of Waves. There is also an island kingdom in the Kingdom of Stars that is warm all year round. I have never been there, so the development there is slower."

Salvador saw that Lawrence was quite satisfied with him, and saw that the atmosphere was about the same.

If you don't talk about some things, it will be bad if you talk about them when the other party doesn't want to talk anymore.

"Your Majesty the Great Prophet, this time I have brought three beautiful girls from the Elasso tribe. They all have the blood of witches and are very suitable to become your female slaves."

Lawrence asked curiously: "Why three?"

Salvador couldn't figure out whether the other party was satisfied or dissatisfied, so he replied carefully: "Because people often die at sea, I often bring dozens of people with me, and only a few make it to the shore in the end."

"In order not to delay this trip, I prepared three."

"Thankfully, and maybe the stars are guiding us, all three girls are healthy!"

This is a basic thing that pirates and traders alike know.

Whether it is land transportation or ocean transportation, there are very high risks.

Sometimes the risk comes from the creatures on the bottom of the paradise sea and the natural climate of the sea, and sometimes from humans themselves.

You need supplies when sailing, and you will encounter various problems once you get close to land.

Not only ruthless and cunning pirates, but also robbers from noble lords and armies.

The Land of Ice is an alien among aliens.

At first, when there were few people, there were only obedient slaves. Later, people gradually realized the benefits of obeying the rules. In addition, the main force was busy fighting, and the business atmosphere among the people was gradually established.

Of course, it is also inseparable from Lawrence's efforts. Lawrence was personally responsible for the early business transactions.

The world is actually still cruel.

Lawrence adapted to it and fell in love with it.

"What do you want? Three witches with witchcraft blood can exchange for fifty iron swords, ten barrels of spirits and two thousand kilograms of grain."

"Of course you can also refuse. I don't force transactions here, and I don't accept goods whose price exceeds our expectations."

Salvador quickly said: "Great prophet! These three are all beautiful girls! And they are all pure-blood witches!"

Lawrence lazily leaned on the throne, looking uninterested.

Rastana and the queen often wear revealing and simple clothes. In addition to them, there are also many female slaves and maids dressed in the same way.

Lawrence didn't like them going outside like this, and asked them to stay at home. Unless he took them out, they could never leave the castle and courtyard.

This is not difficult for women in this era, nor is it abusive.

There are very few women in this world who like to travel.

Basically no women like to swim in rivers or seas.

Witches like to be clean and take a bath, not play in the river.

Salil naturally hated being near rivers, and Delenn and the other witches had similar reactions. They never had any intention of going to the river or the beach to play.

These witches have not taken a cold bath for more than ten years since they were able to take hot baths.

With abundant material conditions, Lawrence has no shortage of witches and beautiful women.

The population of the entire West is growing rapidly, and the population of the Ice Land is also increasing rapidly.

A village cannot produce a few beautiful girls, but if there are millions of them, as long as there is strong mobilization ability, Lawrence, as the supreme ruler, will not be short of beauties.

Salvador noticed Lawrence's disinterested expression.

"Great and merciful prophet! In addition to the three girls, we also brought gold and silver treasures, as well as your favorite crop seeds!"

Lawrence nodded, "I do like these. Let people bring things up, and I will also listen to what you want."

"Yes! Great prophet!"

Salvador quickly stepped back and let his men waiting outside bring in the goods.

Lawrence waited for more than ten minutes. The businessman's men moved things into the yard one after another, and Lawrence also walked out of the house.

There were more than twenty boxes on the ground. Many fruits could not withstand the two-month wait and had already been dehydrated and turned into dried fruits.

However, there were a few things in the goods brought by the merchant, which quickly attracted Lawrence's attention and walked over directly.

The three masked girls looked at the tall man walking towards them, with nervous and meek expressions on their faces.

The three girls look young, about seven or eight years old, with pink and jade-like features, bright and cute eyes, and rosy mouths, giving people the impression of young teeth that they want to take care of.

They lowered their heads, waiting for the man's inspection and touch.

However, the man walked to the wooden box not far away, reached out and picked up a group of white flowers mixed with black dirt.

"I want this." Lawrence put the cotton balls in the wooden box and quickly found different fruit cores from nearby boxes.

Relying on the experience of his previous life, Lawrence found the seeds of peaches and pomegranates.

Others like grapes, strawberries and apples are already available, but a few more varieties would be nice.

With cotton, the winter in the ice land will be much easier, and the demand for furs and wool will be reduced a lot.

This area cannot raise many cattle and sheep, so the pastures must be given priority to cattle, and most of the mutton and wool are purchased from outside.

With cotton, there are quilts and cotton coats, which is a good thing for the army and residents.

Cotton can be grown in the area at the foot of the Snow Mountain in Snow Mountain Fort, where there is sufficient sunlight, winter comes late, there is sufficient water, and the air is clear.

The only problem is that the soil is not fertile enough, but it can be artificially fertilized.

Peaches can be planted directly in Orange Mountain or in Valley of Fire.

Lawrence had a plan in an instant.

Seeing that Lawrence was more interested in crop seeds than the three girls, Salvador understood that the prophet was a great monarch and a wise and wise man.

"Great Prophet, this time we did not bring you a gift that would satisfy you, but our Salvador family hopes to be your friend, just like the Ancient Speaker family."

Lawrence asked his men to take the things away and looked at Salvador.

"Then you will definitely have to pay more than the Ancient Speaker family, and you will get less than them, because my people and I don't need help right now."

"It's hard to be equal between us."

Seeing that there was something going on, Salvador said happily: "We are willing to pay more and bring ten more ships of gifts. We only hope to get those brave warriors under your command to help us defeat the evil wizard who invaded our territory!"

After Lawrence heard that it was borrowing troops, he thought about it for a few seconds.

"I need to know the real information, don't lie to me, otherwise it will not only cause trouble for me, but also for you."

"Yes! Merciful prophet! I promise that what I said is true!" Salvador quickly and sincerely tried to convince Lawrence to believe him.

Lawrence is less convinced that humans are wired to deceive.

"Then tell me in writing that I still have things to do now."

Lawrence directly ordered: "I have accepted all these goods. Now someone will take you to the room and give you enough time to write down what you want to say and show it to me. Of course, you can also cancel this trouble and choose Leave directly with the goods exchanged for these goods.”

"I can't write." Salvador said anxiously, "I can only speak the words here, not the words here."

Lawrence smiled, "I understand, because many years ago we didn't have many literate people here, and there was no need to learn the writing here because it was rarely used."

"But it's different now. Many people here can write. The ones who know the most are not the nobles, but the soldiers in the army."

"You just have to think about what you want to say and tell them. Those soldiers will write down what you say and read it to you."

Lawrence paid little attention to the older generation and spent most of his time cultivating the young.

From the earliest days of playing with children, to helping teenagers establish military academies and warrior academies, to later stipulating that every soldier must know a few words every day.

Salvador didn't believe that soldiers could read. Normally, only nobles and monastery priests, or knights and knight apprentices, could write.

Lawrence had no time to show off to Salvador and asked him to leave directly.

The three little girls were sent to the convent for dinner. Lawrence was not in the habit of taking care of children and did not want to spend time on such things.

Before Salvador could even walk out of the yard, he heard a familiar voice.

"Hum! Moo! Moo!" the little guy shouted happily.

A yellow cattle came directly from the entrance of the courtyard. After seeing the blue creature lying on the back of the cattle and trying to stand up, Salvador quickly thought of the sea tribe he met at the beach.

Is it that sea tribe? !

Salvador became nervous. He didn't tell him about the sea tribe he met on the road just now.

When Salvador looked around, he found that the soldiers and guards standing guard here did not stop the sea tribe, nor did they behave strangely.

Yu Bao rode Brother Calf into the yard and also walked towards Lawrence.

Lawrence looked at the scene of Yu Bao riding a bull alone and showed a funny expression.

"Yu Bao, what are you doing here? Do you also want to participate in this year's mount competition?"

Yubao laid his hands on the cow's neck, happily raising his legs that could be bent forward and backward, "Hum!"

Lawrence was sure that this little guy really wanted to participate in the mount competition that had been held for a few days.

"Okay, I'll sign up for you. In two days, the competition will start on the next day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. In case you don't remember, I will let the people in the monastery inform you that day."

Yubao nodded his head excitedly, holding in his hands the calf, his good friend, who grew up drinking the milk of a cow.

Lawrence smiled and said, "Then do you know what the prize is? Lana told you?"

Yu Bao shook his head and nodded quickly.

Lawrence couldn't guess what Yubao meant, so he stopped guessing. There was no need to know everything when talking to children.

"Then let me tell you, the reward for the first place is three hundred thousand copper coins, the second place is two hundred thousand, the third place is one hundred thousand, and the fourth to tenth place is fifty thousand."

"Fifty thousand copper coins can buy a lot of things. What prize do you want? The prize has not been completely determined yet."

Yu Bao blinked and looked at Lawrence. There was no desire in his eyes, only curiosity and happiness.

Lawrence walked up to Xiao Yubao and touched the cow's head, and then touched Yubao's head.

"Well, it seems you don't know what you want, so work hard to get a good ranking. If you win money, I will help you make a reasonable and affordable spending plan to improve your quality of life."

Yu Bao trusted Lawrence's arrangement and nodded happily.

"Moo~moo~" Yu Bao said goodbye to Lawrence quickly and directed the calf to go home.

Lawrence asked the servant to bring some snacks to Yu Bao. This little guy has not grown in size in the past two years, but his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he has become picky about food.

The first mount competition was held in Pumixiu Town, and the competition distance was between Pumixiu Town and Dumu Port.

Now the road here has been built into a wide road that can be walked by eight cows at the same time. The mountains in the middle have also been dug into big holes by Dahir and other witches, or blown up by explosives.

Lawrence and Catherine are not competing, and the rest of the mounts are varied.

Strange mounts such as giant wild boars, farm cattle, hornless cattle, Dom sheep, moose, bird lizards, snow dogs, camels brought by southern merchants, and ordinary grizzly bears domesticated by mountain people.

There are two competition venues, one in Feiyu Port and one in Pumixiu Town. The two competition areas are counted separately.

Lawrence only wanted to select strong cattle, and the rest was incidental.