Struggle in the Steam Age

After hearing Lawrence's request, the paladin, who had a lot of field experience before, immediately walked over to the centaur with a large beer jug ​​full of beer, and chatted with them at the bar. . Only seven or eight minutes later, the horse man who seemed to be the leader walked over with another younger subordinate.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. August. I am Gray Mane, the owner of Gray Mane Farm." The leading gray horse man walked over and stretched out a hand, saying to Lawrence. "I heard that you are the scholar who put forward the theory of disinfection. Thanks to your theory, the survival rate of our livestock after giving birth has increased a lot compared to before."

The disinfection theory is not only applicable to the infection of humans, animals are no exception. According to the news Lawrence got from his own pastures, after paying attention to cleaning and disinfection, the survival rate of those lambs and calves is much higher than in the previous dirty state, which is very helpful for animal reproduction.

"Yes, I did put forward the theory of disinfection." Lawrence nodded and admitted, then said humbly. "It's just that when I published the paper, I just put forward a point of view based on human infection. After that, I slowly applied a series of knowledge about infection and disinfection to other things. People like you can learn and use it flexibly It's all because of your intelligence, and the knowledge I put forward doesn't play a big role in it."

"Ah, scholars like you who are full of knowledge are always so humble." After hearing Lawrence's words, the centaur did not look down on Lawrence, but became more enthusiastic. "You give me the same feeling as our big shaman over there. You have the wisdom as profound as the sea."

After chatting enthusiastically with the horseman for a while, Lawrence inadvertently asked about the harvest on the grassland this year under the guise of needing to investigate some information. After hearing Lawrence's question, the horse man named Gray Mane thought about it carefully and then asked the horse man behind him. "Tieshuye, have you found anything wrong in the north?"

"It seems that there is no difference compared with previous years." The horseman frowned and scratched his head and said, "Although the rain this year is a little less, it doesn't affect the growth of pasture much. .At least the shipments of cheese and your live cattle this year are not much different from previous years."

"It's the same on our side," Graymane said to Lawrence after the black centaur called Ironleaf had finished speaking. "The overall situation is not much different from previous years. Although the rain is slightly less, it is within the normal range. It can be said that this year should be a passable year."

After finishing speaking, Gray Mane hesitated and asked Lawrence. "Mr. August, are you doing this investigation because something happened there? If you have any special findings, please let me know as much as possible. This will make it easier for us to prepare as much as possible in this regard."

"Actually, when I came here, I heard that serious pests and diseases broke out in the cotton fields on the plains near Heraklion, so I was worried whether this year's climate is more suitable for the growth of those pests." Lawrence thought for a while and then turned to the horseman in front of him. Said, "Now I am relieved to hear you say that. It seems that the situation on your grassland should be fine."

After all, when those people from the Fortune Church were dispatched collectively to help on the farm, they aroused the attention of everyone in the urban area of ​​Heraklion. According to their habits, when they are dispatched, it is naturally a piece of golden light that attracts the attention of everyone in the city. So it seemed very reasonable for Lawrence to ask the horsemen about pests and diseases with similar excuses at this time.

"Ah, is the situation over there already that bad?" After hearing what Lawrence said, the two centaurs in front of them all showed nervous expressions. "We went to the city this time to buy some cloth in addition to selling cattle. Has this problem affected the price of cloth in the urban area?"

"At least it wasn't when I came out." Lawrence comforted the two horsemen, "Because those pests and diseases may be troublesome, but as far as I know, they haven't affected the cotton harvest this season. So now the market There is not much fluctuation in the price of all cotton or cotton products on the market."

"Ah, it's fine if that's the case. My ancestors, I hope that the pest crisis in the cotton fields will pass quickly." After hearing Lawrence's words, the expressions of the two centaurs relaxed a lot. Then Graymane said to Lawrence, "Our observations are relatively rough. As long as the changes in the insects on the grassland are not too severe, we will not observe them. But the big shaman will have more detailed records in this regard. If you want to know If you have any questions about this, you can ask him.”

After speaking, Gray Mane told Lawrence where the Great Shaman was now, and then everyone chatted for more than half an hour before they dispersed to prepare for a rest. After leaving the lobby of the tavern, Lawrence ordered the Paladin of the Church of Fortune, who was disguised as the captain of the security guard, to inform everyone to change the route the day after tomorrow and go around five or six kilometers to visit the great shaman.

"Why do we have to take a long detour?" the paladin of the Fortune Church asked with some incomprehension. "Sir, I'm not questioning you. But I think we'd better get to the location of the pollution source as quickly as possible, and then solve the problems there, instead of wasting too much time on the details."

"The minutiae? No, it's not the minutiae." Lawrence looked at the paladin and said, he was not surprised why the paladin made such a point, after all, the armed forces under the Church of the Goddess of Wealth have always tended to use excellent It is understandable that he is not satisfied with his current way of detouring.

"First of all, we are pretending to be a scientific expedition team this time. It would be a bit too strange if we went straight to the location of the pollution source." Lawrence carefully explained, although as the leader of the team, Lawrence can directly tell those team members They gave orders, but he felt that it would be better to clarify many things in this impromptu team. "It's necessary to waste some time by taking a detour in order to pretend."

"Secondly, we are all outsiders in this land, so we don't know many things. When we encounter any danger, it is easy to cause unnecessary problems or even casualties. If we can ask those friendly locals in advance If the Transcendents even get their help, these can actually be avoided."

"Finally, and most importantly." Lawrence said, looking at the paladin seriously. "The range of activities of these horse people is much larger than that of us humans. According to what the horse people said just now, they will often go to the edge of the Gobi of Death to collect some herbs or special products for use by witch doctors or shamans. So their There must be enough samples at the shaman for our detailed examination."

"Please forgive my recklessness just now." After hearing Lawrence's explanation, the paladin apologized to him very seriously after thinking about it. "I did not think carefully about this before, and I will follow your orders completely." After finishing speaking, he walked towards the team without waiting for Lawrence to say anything, and seemed to be ready to inform the team The next itinerary changes.

There was nothing to say all night, and after saying goodbye to Graymane and the others early the next morning, Lawrence and the others continued their journey westward. After spending the day walking through the valley. Under the fiery red sunset, Lawrence and the others saw a flat grassland as graceful as the sea, and several small streams flowing out of the mountains like silver belts flowed quietly, nourishing the grassland.

"Let's go there first." After looking at the scenery outside the mountain at the mountain pass, Lawrence pointed to the due west and said, "Now let's visit that shaman together, and hope that we can get enough from her." The news creates better opportunities for our subsequent actions."

"Okay!" "No problem." Supportive voices came from the crowd. Because the specific situation was clarified yesterday, everyone is more supportive of the change of today's itinerary. More importantly, everyone wants to rest in the settlement instead of resting in the wild. Soon, everyone rode camels and rushed towards the settlement that was smoking.