Mountain and Forest Kingdom

In the morning, Lawrence got up early as usual.

Just as she was about to pack up and go to work on the mountain, Salil came out of the house and walked into the kitchen.

"Lawrence, send those women down the mountain, I don't need them."

Lawrence was heating hot water to wash his face. While pulling the matches in the fire, he said casually: "There are enough women in the town, no one will buy them."

Salil said directly: "No money!"

"Then give it to me." Lawrence said happily: "I just need someone to help me work!"

“I asked people in town for help, but they all said they were unavailable.”

Salil said curiously: "Don't you have Sophia? I can exchange four slaves for Sophia's freedom!"

Lawrence said quickly: "No change, Sophia is my baby. She is a slave now, but she will become my little lover in the future."

"Sofia can only play with you when she is with you, but if she is with me, she will become a mother in the future!"

Lawrence shows off with a blow to Saryl.

Salil was unhappy to begin with, and now she is even more unhappy!

Lawrence asked: "Are you going to keep those four people and a child by yourself, or do you really want to give it to me?"

Salil herself thought about it for a day, and finally said: "I'll give it all to you, I don't like them."

Lawrence didn't understand, "Why?"

Salil couldn't explain clearly, "I just don't like it. I feel uncomfortable being with them, like being with strangers."

Lawrence still didn't quite understand, but that wasn't the point.

"I want them all, but I can't feed them enough. They will still run away if they want to. And if they are hungry and have no food to eat, I can't get so much food for them."

There is no slave contract here, and slaves know how to resist and run away.

Salil said directly: "You stay in my house first, and we will talk about other things in the spring."

"Sorry, I have my own insistence." Lawrence looked at the fire quietly and said with his back to Salil.

The kitchen was quiet except for the crackle of firewood.

Salil said helplessly: "Okay, then I will give you half a bag of millet."

"Thank you very much!" Lawrence gratefully accepted the gift.

When Andrew had not returned after breakfast, Lawrence took two older women to work in the mountains.

The woman with the child and the girl younger than Sofia stayed at home, and Sofia assigned them jobs.

Both women were older than Lawrence, and they took the initiative to talk to Lawrence when they were heading to the mountain.

Hagrid, who was twenty-six or seventeen years old, said to the young man: "It's really cold here."

Lawrence continued to walk forward and said, "There is still a way to go. The road here is not easy to walk."

Hagrid quickly said: "Yeah, it's really hard to leave. Are you related to that Andrew?"

Lawrence is not a real young man. He is extremely mature in his thinking, but he is just unwilling to use his wrong ideas when dealing with people with pure minds.

Not all poor people's families are good people. There are also good people and bad people among slaves. There is a difference between trouble-making and honest people.

"No, he has killed many people. I have only killed one man with the hoe behind me."

Lawrence took off the hoe he was carrying on his back. This hoe was not suitable for walking, but it was very intimidating.

When Hagrid and Tris looked at the hoe again, there was fear in their eyes.

Lawrence has no sympathy for them. These two are also orthodox blood of the barbarian kingdom, and their thoughts and ideas follow the barbaric system.

If men in this area don't act strong enough, they will be looked down upon by wild women.

The addition of two adult women made the roof capping work much faster.

They were no longer pampered aristocratic ladies before, but the pretty ones among peasant women.

They are capable of both physical work and housework, but they are not as strong as those male barbarians.

After building the house in advance, Lawrence swept the floor of the stone house and burned firewood in the fireplace to drive away the moisture.

After it was almost done, Lawrence took the two women down the mountain.

One ran away while going down the mountain...

Probably knowing that she would only be able to live in a broken stone house on the mountain in the future, Tracy Yi, who came from the city, thought about it for a while and ran decisively into the woods.

Seeing this, Hagrid quickly shouted to Lawrence who was walking in front: "She ran away! She ran away!"

Lawrence turned and looked at Hagrid, and then at the young village girl running towards the forest.

"Just run, you can run if you want. If you don't want to run, just follow me down the mountain to eat."

After Lawrence finished speaking, he walked down the mountain without looking back.

Hagrid quickly chased after him without any hesitation.

She knew very well that a woman could not survive in a place like this without relying on men.

When he got home in the evening, Andrew cooked for the first time in a long time and made a sumptuous dinner to thank Lawrence for taking care of him these days.

"Lawrence! I brought you a bottle of wine! It's very delicious! I tasted it for you!"

Andrew greeted Lawrence warmly who had just returned.

Lawrence also smiled and responded: "Okay, let's drink together!"

Andrew looked at Hagrid behind Lawrence and asked, "Where is the other woman?"

Hagrid looked horrified and trembled with fear.

Lawrence explained: "She ran away. I saw she ran away so I didn't chase her. I'm very sorry!"

Andrew comforted: "No, I already know from Salil what she did with these slaves, Lawrence, you don't need to apologize to me."

Andrew looked at Hagrid again, "Lawrence, let me tell you how to educate slaves. After something like this happens, the other slaves have to stand outside all night to understand what will happen to the escaped slave."

Lawrence knew very well that he did not turn them into slaves, and they were not born slaves. Someone made them slaves.

It shouldn't be his duty to educate them, but neither should he protect them.

Unless you need them, then you need to provide them with protection.

Andrew paid attention to Lawrence's expression and said calmly: "Lawrence, being too kind will harm you."

Lawrence actually didn't want to argue with Andrew, but for various reasons, he had to refute.

"Andrew, I need them to help me build a house, I need them to help me take care of my livestock, and cuddle up with me to keep warm. If I stay out in the cold all night, I will die."

"If Sariel doesn't give them to me, then I really have no right to deal with them."

Salil walked out of the house and said directly: "I have given them to Lawrence. Of course, they can choose to leave or not to leave Lawrence."

Salil's presence put an end to the argument, just as a daughter intervenes when a son-in-law and his father-in-law are arguing.

At the dinner table, Lawrence asked: "Andrew, did you find out about the baron with Doug in town?"

Andrew showed a mocking look, "That Baron was severely beaten by me before. You don't have to worry. He is the Count's dog and will follow the Count in Valkyrie."

Lawrence stopped talking and didn't feel as if nothing was wrong.

Andrew quickly added: "Lawrence, you performed well. I learned about your performance from Doug. You killed a Kur man. Although this is not worth mentioning, it is very good for you."

Lawrence said politely: "That's right. Others are coming, so I will definitely fight back."

Seeing how ambitious Lawrence was, Andrew suggested: "I plan to go to the seaside village of Dumu with Doug, you go with me!"

Lawrence didn’t want to go, “I still have to build a house.”

Andrew said seriously: "Listen! Lawrence!"

"After I beat that baron, he will definitely not let Salil and you go!" Andrew was very serious at this time.

Lawrence felt that this had nothing to do with him, and it was not him who beat the baron.

But he couldn't say this. He was eating the food cooked by Andrew and was always being taken care of by Andrew. The baron would not let him go.

The only way to politely refuse was for Salil to speak up, but Salil had no intention of speaking at this time, and kept drinking potato soup quietly.

Lawrence quickly said: "Okay! It just so happens that there is not enough food now, and we are going to work with Doug and the people in Pumixiu Town. If the Baron wants to kill Salil and me in the future, the people in the town will take the initiative Help instead of watching outsiders like us get killed.”

Andrew admired Lawrence's courage and enterprising spirit very much, "Yes! This is what a man should do!"

"Go find Doug with me tomorrow, and we'll rob the Dumu people tomorrow!"

Lawrence nodded seriously. He was now on the pirate ship and could not get off...