October, the second day of the full moon night.

This is the traditional festival of Pande Continent - Goddess Blessing Day, also known as Winter Advent Day.

The people of Pander consider this day to be the beginning of winter.

When winter comes, people pray to the goddess for blessings so that they can survive the cold winter and usher in the spring blossoms of the new year.

Cold winters, on this continent, often mean disaster and death.

For thousands of years, the mountain people of the Misty Mountains would go out in large numbers every winter—in winter, the entire northern part of the continent would be covered with ice and snow, and the cold air from the north would meet with the ocean monsoon from the west, causing widespread ice storms.

The mountain people of the Misty Mountain tribe, who live in the ice and snow all year round, will not be affected in any way in this severe cold environment, but the warriors in the center of the continent are different.

The combination of cold winds and snow will make most of the warriors in the kingdom unable to use their hands and feet, whether it is a man or a horse, in this environment, the combat effectiveness will be much lower than usual, and the effectiveness of scouts and watchtowers will be greatly reduced.

All the advantages and disadvantages come from horizontal comparisons.

In other seasons, the poorly equipped and tactically poorly armed tribes of the Misty Mountains are far from being a match for the kingdom warriors or the Cato cavalry.

But in such a winter, they will become extremely formidable enemies, in a sense even more terrible than the Gatu people - the Gatu grassland is just such a place, their route and goal are traceable, anyway, it is either Changhe Town or Shihu City, or it is Xiaolu City in the Raven Kingdom in the north.

But from north to east, the Misty Mountains are semi-encircling the northern part of the continent - no one knows from where they will descend from and where they will attack......

The only thing that can be known is that they will come down the mountain to rob every year, because the mountain people of the Misty Mountains also need to stock up on food for the winter.

In the same way, if the Gatu were attacked by the Misty Mountain people, then they would also find a way to plunder the kingdom, and they would also need food......

The pirates in the west also have to store food for the winter - the coast of the northwest of the continent is likely to be frozen and they will face months without income.

Therefore, winter in Pande is often a time of constant war.

It's not because of hatred, it's all about survival.

Therefore, when winter comes, people will pray to the goddess for blessings so that they can survive the cold winter and usher in the spring blossoms of the new year.

In fact, due to Mai Xiangling's geographical location, the village did not feel the cold winter, but everyone gathered in the small square that had just been leveled out in the center of the village.

Because Leon erected a statue of Yunomia, the goddess of order, in the center of the village, and led the people to pray for good luck.

It's just a one-man tall wooden statue, rough and austere, but it still looks quite charming, and the carpenter in charge of carving it has clearly put a lot of effort into it.

Moreover, this Yunomia, with a sun and moon pendant on his chest, is not a lion's head.

Perhaps for modern people, it feels like a waste of resources to spend manpower to make sculptures of gods in the early stage of territorial development.

But in this era, this kind of important matter related to the beliefs and customs of the people cannot be sloppy.

The major affairs of the country are only worship and Rong.

This 'ritual' refers to the control of people's hearts through this seemingly useless ritual.

With the exception of Anson, Sarah, and the Mettenheim, all the lords are followers of the Goddess of Order.

The ceremony was brief, but formal, and the lord showed a different respect for the gods.

It's all too special, and it's a joke to be an atheist again, even if you don't believe it, you have to respect the customs.

I don't know if it's a hallucination, but while knighting the goddess, Leon felt the wooden statue seem to smile.

But when you look closely, nothing has changed.

Probably dazzled......

As soon as Leon had finished praying for the blessing, he heard the sound of good fortune.

"My lord! My lord! Sarah and Miss Leslie are back! ”

Anson, who believed in the creator god, did not participate in the event, and he ran back from the western entrance of the village with excitement on his face.

"They brought back a convoy and a lot of merchants, my lord! Countless merchants! ”

Li Ang grinned and bowed sincerely to the goddess again.

It seems that building a statue really works - the lord actually made a fortune that day!

……

During this time when the territory was thriving, Sarah took Klose and they traveled to several places.

Herminerd, Rivertown, Kwyn, Serenmis......

They were all relatively large aristocratic territories in the eastern region, and only Truebrun did not go there, because it was relatively close to the Dengier Mountains, and it would be troublesome if they had to go on a field trip......

Everywhere she went, Sarah would tell the local nobles about the project: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune, a gold mine that has never been mined!" Come to think of it, that means a mint! Mine your own gold coins! As long as there is enough money to start the project, the profit is ......"

The aristocrats' saliva was about to flow to their necks, but they quickly came to their senses: "There is such a good thing that you can't do yourself, why do you have to pull others to invest?" ”

Sarah would explain with a charming smile: "Think about it, if you found a gold mine, would you dare to take it alone?" What would you do if you were robbed by robbers or 'some other unit'? My family is not stupid, let more lords invest and participate, and everyone will protect their own industry together...... What do you say? ”

So the nobles 'fully' understood the intention of this joint-stock company, after all, the whole kingdom was like a joint-stock company, and it was common sense that those who wanted to monopolize the benefits from ancient times would definitely be besieged.

But there are also nobles who still have this question: "This project of the Mondsny Joint Stock Company sounds good, but we have never heard of it...... It can't be fake, right? ”

Then Sarah would take out Baron Godric's subscription book: "Come, come, everyone, if your eyes are good, you should be able to know whose seal it is, right?" The contemporary celebrity Godric, who has lived in White Deer Fort for a long time, is the executive director of our company! Do you think Master Godric is a fool? If you still have any worries, you can go to Master Godric and ask him clearly, he is in Long River right now! ”

Relying on this set of rhetoric, Sarah persuaded the surrounding nobles to willingly invest in the shares.

Of course, it is not excluded that some nobles were fascinated by Sarah's appearance, and in a daze, they gave money in exchange for a piece of parchment called 'stock'.

In fact, there are still some who are still not at ease and have to rush to Changhe Town in person - but in the end, they are all satisfied with the dinar in Godric's hands, and by the way, Godric scolded: "You don't even recognize Lao Tzu's seal? Look down on me, right? I won't take you to get rich next time! ”

Mondsny's executives went through their IPO process smoothly – and Sarah's persuasion was quite reliable.