After going to the house of the feverish villager, William went to the hut of the wild slave and checked on the condition of the dead wild slave.

In the past two months, only three wild slaves have died, and they still died due to work-related injuries.

And now, in one night, eight have died, and William can't help but pay no attention to it.

By the time William arrived, the dead wild slaves had been dragged out and placed in the open space outside.

Most of these savage slaves were thin and thin, or they were relatively old in appearance, their faces were blue and purple, and their bodies were curled up together.

It is clear that they all froze to death.

William inspected the wild people's huts again, and found them shabby, damp and dark, with only various weeds in it for warmth, but the huts were leaking everywhere.

Last night, the temperature dropped suddenly, and these wild slaves with a deviant constitution were frozen to death!

William frowned, these wild slaves are his wealth, without wealth, how can he not feel distressed!

He summoned Bartlet, the steward of the wilderness, and Donne, and asked them, "Won't you light a bonfire at night to keep warm?" “

Bartlet and Donn were the leaders of the first wildlings.

Bartlet and Donne felt aggrieved in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces.

"Honorable, noble, mighty, and warm as the sun, Lord Baron, because of your kindness, we have a bonfire to keep warm at night!" ”

"Then why do so many people freeze to death?" William was still angry and continued to ask.

Bartlet and Donne smiled wryly, "Lord Baron, the flame is warm and non-discriminatory, but it can't warm all of us. ”

"What do you mean?" William pursed his lips.

Bartlett and Donn hurriedly explained to William.

It turned out that a campfire was implemented among the wild slaves to supply dozens of shacks.

Because for ease of management, the shack is a straight line, not a fenced circle.

As a result, some shacks are close to the campfire and warm and comfortable to sleep in at night, while others are relatively far away from the campfire, which is fine in the first half of the night and very cold in the second half of the night.

Naturally, the privileged class of wild slaves like Bartlet and Donn slept in shacks close to the campfire, but the wildlings who froze to death all slept in shacks away from the campfire.

Upon learning of this, William asked dissatisfiedly, "Then why don't you light a few more campfires?" We are close to the Dark Forest, is the Dark Forest stingy with this little fuel for us? ”

Bartlet and Donn smiled bitterly, not daring to speak.

At this time, Old John coughed lightly, which attracted William's attention, stood up, and said to William, "Lord Baron, this is my idea. ”

"Oh, I need an explanation, old John." Seeing that it was Old John, seeing the increased wrinkles on Old John's face, and the silver hair added because of fatigue, William's tone was much softer.

"Lord Baron, for the simple reason that we don't have enough firewood! Burning bricks, as well as burning lime, already takes up a lot of our firewood, not to mention the huge demand for wheelbarrows. Because of the load, our wheelbarrows will be scrapped after a while, and we can't cut them fast enough to meet all our needs. ”

"So, I had to make this decision." Old John said.

William was silent.

Old John added, "And, my lord, I must have firewood for the winter." If you don't have enough firewood, this winter will be very long and difficult. Maybe you don't have to wait for the lizardmen to come......"

William's brow furrowed even deeper.

"Yes, old John, it's going to get colder, and maybe it's going to snow! Winter is going to be even harder, so what do you say to do? ”

Old John said helplessly and cruelly, "So, my lord, sometimes we have to make a choice!" ”

William was very helpless when he heard this, he didn't expect that the economic crisis and food crisis had just been solved, and now there was another energy crisis!

Don't let people farm well?

But the problem is, it's too late to travel through to find treasures?

The hourglass has a cooling-off period.

So what to do?

Running away won't solve the problem.

William pondered for a while, then ordered, "Old John, take out the firewood you have in reserve, and in short, make sure that the savage slaves do not freeze to death while they sleep!" ”

"But, ......Lord Baron," said old John, who opened his mouth anxiously, objected.

William raised his hand to stop old John from continuing to speak, and he only said, "You just have to do it!" I'll figure out the rest! ”

At this moment, William missed Freya in the village next to the Black Forest of Tataria.

She obeyed him completely and never objected.

But thinking about it, William still knows that this kind of person is indispensable in the life of a lord.

What's more, old John was still bent on his good.

Old John resisted William's order, but thinking of William's various magical performances during this period of time, as well as the kind of sweet powder that appeared mysteriously, Old John's heart ignited confidence in William again.

"Perhaps, Lord Baron can work a miracle again!"

With this mental recognition, Old John nodded and said, "Yes, as you wish, Lord Baron!" ”

William nodded, and after instructing the wild slaves to cremate the bodies, he returned to the earthen hut himself.

The whole village of Nisse was once again caught up in a busy schedule of work, training, building walls, cutting down trees, burning bricks, and carrying earth......

There's always a lot to do.

In the earthen house, after William closed the door, he directly took out the magic mirror.

The Magic Mirror Mirror Spirit manifests on the mirror.

William's face was serious, and he asked, "Magic Mirror, how long can you maintain your current energy?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the magic mirror replied to William, "Master, master, my current energy can last for one year, six months, thirteen days and seven hours. ”

Hearing this, William's eyes were raised, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling, "I fattened you." ”

William has killed so many robbers in the fairy tale world this year, and all of them have cheapened it.

After saying that, William stood there and thought for a moment, then made up his mind and said, "Magic Mirror, except for the Shadow Swamp, in the territory of Dicas, find me the easiest coal to dig and the closest to the small village of Nisse." ”

So far, William can only do this!

Fortunately, the magic mirror stores enough energy, and it should be enough to consume.

"Yes, master." The magic mirror mirror spirit road, the ghost light on the mirror flashed.

After ten or so seconds, the mirror surface of the magic mirror showed the environment of a place.

It was a wasteland, overgrown with rocks.

"Master, master, there is an open-pit coal mine on the south side of the small village of Nisse, on the road to the city of Patras, fifteen kilometers from here, ten meters underground!"

Open-pit coal mines are coal seams deposited on the surface or in shallow depths due to geographical changes, through direct open-pit mining of coal mines.

Compared with underground coal, which is far from the surface and can only be used to dig coal into the ground, the mining cost is much lower, which is also in line with William's situation.

After all, William wanted to mine coal as quickly as possible.

Time waits for no one.

"Master, master, my energy can last for eleven months and twenty-three days."

Just checking the coal mine, the magic mirror burned more than half a year's energy maintenance time at once.

But William didn't blink his eyes, and without saying a word, he rushed out of the gate and shouted, "Escort, assemble!" ”