Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Summer day near the village outside Oak City.

Lawrence wore a straw hat to enjoy the shade under the trees, and his eyes rested on the slowly rotating windmill near Oak Hill.

This place used to be called Uge Mountain, and a group of Uge people lived there.

Basically no one remembers this now.

This was the hottest time of the year. Lawrence did not lie on the mat and eat shaved ice like the women and elves at home, nor did he go to the pool to take a bath and then take a nap until the evening.

Out of concern for the women and children at home, Lawrence did not ask them to come and work together.

Following them were a little elf boy and girl wearing linen vests and loose trousers.

The two elf children are a rare pair of twins, at the cost of neither possessing magical powers.

Or twins are a kind of witchcraft talent. Most elves are unable to give birth to twins, let alone keep twins alive and healthy.

Compared with other elf children, Aluqiu and Kadar are more lively, with strong energy and desire to learn.

Lawrence took in their mother, Daphne, and successfully took over the education of children from a group of elf widows.

"Master, what are we doing today?" Two elf children aged five or six sat on the ground and played with bugs. Soon the elder brother felt bored and asked what else to do.

Lawrence took out a handful of candies from his pocket, took out three, handed them to the two brothers and sisters, and then peeled off the candy coating and ate one himself.

The two children's mouths were quickly blocked and they began to shout happily about the candy without saying a word.

At this time, Lawrence just talked about today's work.

"Autumn is coming soon, and in a few days the summer grain will be mature. After drying, part of it will be stored, and part of it will be processed into flour. Then it will be processed in several windmills outside."

"Wooden things are always particularly prone to damage. In previous years, a few knowledgeable people were responsible for this matter."

"This year, all those who know this technology are sent to support Snow Mountain Castle, or are responsible for matters in Ironforge."

"So let's take a rest, and after it cools down a little bit, we'll go to the windmill to have a look. I'll check things inside, and you just need to stay outside and don't let others get close."

"Yes, Master!"

The two elves agreed easily.

Lawrence did not count on the two children, and maintenance inspections still required professional assistance.

The main reason for bringing two young children is to familiarize them with the situation here, and also to enhance their understanding of the next generation.

A warm wind blows from a distance, making people feel the sweltering heat of summer.

Not long after, another gust of cool wind blew on the body, causing the sweat on the body to evaporate, making people aware of the refreshing mountain breeze brought by the forest on the mountain.

The wind is so capricious in the mountains, and the winds are different in different environments and regions. Only when a strong wind passes by and all the winds in the mountains and forests on the ground blow in one place do they look like one wind.

Lawrence tasted the fruit candy in his mouth. The two elf children had already eaten up the candy first, and then touched the cool earth and grass on the ground in boredom.

Not long after, Lawrence reminded: "Stop playing, your mother is here."

The two elf children who were destroying the roots of the grass with their fingers and branches quickly looked left and right.

A young elf woman wearing a broad-brimmed lady's hat, a blue skirt, and carrying a basket came walking from the path in Oak City.

Even in the Land of Ice and Oak City, this kind of blue dress is rare. Most people's clothes are still various solid-colored woolen clothes or washed white linen.

While he was busy solving the problem of eating, Lawrence's own demand for clothes was relatively small. Coupled with the lack of corresponding knowledge, the printing and dyeing technology was still at a very low level, and he needed to continue to learn from the outside world.

Daphne walked for two minutes from the path to the tree. She smiled when she saw Lawrence and the two children sitting under the tree.

"Master, I brought fruits and food."

Daphne came over and knelt down next to Lawrence, taking out the items in the basket one by one.

After laying out a towel and blanket, put the washed fruits on top one by one, as well as dried meat and the essential sweet sauce and jam.

Oak City has always been uniquely advanced in terms of food and drink.

Lawrence took a peach and took a bite, then greeted the two elves and said:

"Go and wash your hands and face first. When you're clean, come back and eat together."

"Yes! Master!" The two little guys quickly stood up on their hands and knees. After bowing, they quickly ran to the nearby river to wash their hands.

After the two children left, Lawrence took Daphne, who was not pregnant, by the hand.

Daphne is not in heat, and like most elves, she lacks the ambition to create the next generation.

That kind of ambition is not something that ordinary elves are qualified to have, it is the qualification and honor that only the elf queen has.

If having children is a privilege, having children in smaller numbers is even more of a privilege.

Similar to the decrease in the newborn population, the fewer children there are, the more privileges the fertile group will enjoy.

The selfish nature of the elves and witches caused problems in natural evolution.

The higher the level of elf women, the stronger their desire to have children, but the smaller the number.

The largest number of low-level elven women have low fertility desires and lack of attraction to wizards.

Elf wizards were bound by the queen's rule and lacked subjective abilities, so they were placed in various remote villages.

The invasion of foreigners broke the queen's rule, and when Lawrence's elves were ten times more than those of the Elf Queen, all the Elf Queen could do was give birth to children.

Daphne was still bound by the old times and didn't like Lawrence's touch and closeness, but she didn't hate it either.

The absence of lust does not mean that there are no other desires. Whether it is to live, eat, take care of children, be unable to fight, fear of pain, fear of death, reason, etc., Daphne chose to cooperate.

Daphne pouted and wanted to kiss Lawrence on the cheek.

Lawrence raised his hand to stop him, "Children are here. You don't have to go out of your way to please me. You can live safely here relying on labor."

After Daphne heard this, she took the initiative to kiss Lawrence on the lips.

Lawrence felt Daphne's thoughts.

I don’t want to work!

I don’t want to work!

I also want to wear the best, eat the best, and enjoy the best without having to do dangerous things!

Stella's elf self-improvement plan was not only opposed by noble elves such as Devocris and the Queen, but also by ordinary elves like Daphne.

If you include elven wizards like Will and Alondo who can fight, then basically no elves will support this elven independence plan.

Only the next generation of elves will take up the banner again due to treatment and concept issues.

But at that time they were all a group of half-elves.

Not wanting to think about things that were too far away, Lawrence quickly took Daphne to the nearby mill house, and amidst the sound of creaking gears, he gave the lazy elf a hard push!

From Daphne's attitude, we can already see the general acceptance of this place by the elves.

There is a premise here, which is that it is limited to places with rich material life and friendly to them.

It's not easy.

No one will be nice to someone for no reason.

Most elves are beautiful.

But most humans also need to eat.

Beautiful women and handicrafts will soon be spoiled in the hands of barbarians.

Except for Lawrence, this is the case for men from all countries in the world, including the elves themselves.

Although the elves outside would not be insulted if they fell into the hands of male elves, they would definitely starve and freeze, and they might not survive.

It's hard to compare which one is worse.

At least it's good here in Lawrence. This is the collective understanding of the elves.

It was dusk after Lawrence had repaired several faulty windmills and headed home with his two small children.

Daphne had already gone home to take a shower and rest. Lawrence didn't have high requirements for this kind of woman. As long as she could take care of the children, could eat, bathe and go to the toilet by herself, and not cause trouble.

Lawrence only intended to use his life to do something meaningful to society, which did not include copying the ideas of the future era, especially the ideas of women.

Civilization is not a fixed thing. The concepts of one period are unreasonable if placed decades before and after, let alone ancient times that may be thousands of years old.

Lawrence's idea is very simple, just to live a comfortable life.

This is what I pursue from the beginning to the end. I have people to play with, things to do, and food and clothing. Now that all my wishes have been fulfilled, the only thing left is to maintain this family and country with all my heart. .

The family can eat and bathe together, chat, play cards and watch song and dance performances, and just find something to do for the day.

Most witches, especially elven women, have a strange mentality of wanting to be protected but not wanting to get along with others.

If the witches were allowed to choose, hundreds of witches wouldn't be able to tell what they wanted.

Their mobility will only arise after comparison. The more obvious one is Oralda, who has been thinking about this place since she came here.

Cassandra also made her first choice to betray her father and family after problems arose in her family, and decisively came to join her brother-in-law.

Delenn is similar. After living a good life, he has the mobility and subjective will not to live a savage life.

Witches have all kinds of strange ideas. No matter what they say, their real thoughts and judgments are very realistic.

They are not good marriage partners for most people. Witches only take the initiative once or a few times in their lives. The rest of the time it is difficult to make them obey without relying on threats and violence.

They are also very destructive, and will become more dangerous once they have children. At the same time, they will also prevent the man from having offspring.

The normal destination of this creature is to be exterminated.

Except for Lawrence and some wizards, it is difficult for normal men to tolerate the existence of such evil.

Cassandra took out a book while chatting after dinner.

"This is a book brought by Aize from a different continent. There are also witches in Aize's country, but they were burned to death a long time ago. After discovering witches, they always pierce their stomachs immediately and then burn them with fire. die."

"It's so cruel." Sofia drank tea and expressed a very casual and relaxed emotion.

Lawrence has been busy with agriculture and fields these days, and has not learned about the outside world with the foreigner Aize.

"I remember that Aize's country is on the southeastern continent, which is also the direction where the Church of the Dawn fled."

"Then our place should be the Northern Continent, and their place is the Southern Continent?"

Jade added: "The territory of the Southern Kingdom is like a leg. The Western Kingdom we currently control is like the place where the leg was broken. If we control the entire Southern Kingdom, we can know whether there are people further south."

Lawrence didn't want to go to such trouble, "Then tell the countries of the Star Alliance, and also tell the nobles of Durila and Deco Kingdom that there is a large area of ​​land waiting to be developed outside the Kingdom of Stars."

Sofia smiled and narrowed her eyes.

"Master is right. As long as we control the artillery and iron boat manufacturing techniques, we can make money while we're at it. After those greedy people outside fall into the sea, the remaining people will know how to buy artillery and big ships!"

Lawrence didn't think so. When Sophia said this, he felt as if he had been scheming against others all day long.

"Sofia, please stop saying a few words and go help Rastana relieve her engorged breasts. Athena has been eating less recently, please help her eat some."

Sofia, who was so happy, suddenly drooped her face and looked at Rastana sitting aside.

Rastana's figure is so good that her daughter Athena can't finish it every day.

And since the beginning of three months, I have gradually started to like eating complementary foods.

From eggs to vegetables, from sugar to meat.

Athena, who is now over one year old, needs to eat meat at every meal to keep her from crying.

Even if your teeth haven't grown yet, you can still swallow some soft minced meat sauce.

Other children were not so aggressive, including the queen's youngest son Edward, who had been nursing for two or three months, and was drinking milk honestly.

After Athena stopped drinking milk, Lawrence consciously asked Sophia to absorb the excess nutrients.

Although Sofia looked reluctant, she still walked over and sat down under Lawrence's gaze, and obeyed obediently.

Lawrence no longer looked at Sophia. Among the women in the family, Sophia had the worst physical fitness and the worst mind. If she was not disciplined, not only would her body gain weight, but her mind would also grow crooked.

Salil and others couldn't help but look at Sophia. Obviously, no matter how many times this happened, they still found it strange.

This kind of thing should be a matter between Lawrence and children, but both children and Lawrence prefer to drink milk and juice.

Lawrence spoke about the others.

"There are only a few days left in summer. After the summer grain is harvested in a few days, we will go to Snow Mountain Castle. We will celebrate the New Year there this year."

"You don't need to carry too many things. There are everything you need there. The roads have also been reinforced and improved. It will go more smoothly this year."

Lawrence quickly arranged things for a while. The women in the family were not involved in the busy farm work in summer and autumn anyway, so it was better to send them to Snow Mountain Castle quickly to avoid getting in the way here.

The witches have no objection to this. Snow Mountain Castle has beautiful mountains and clear waters, which is much more suitable than here, and the place is larger and has more rooms. (End of chapter)