"Winter Village?" After thinking about it for a few seconds, David didn't choose to copy it directly, but 'changed' it slightly, so that the meaning changed completely, and he shouldn't think of that unlucky family.

"Winter Village? Sounds good, and according to your previous description, the name is a good reflection of the character of this place. Furding learned from David that it was a very cold area, especially in winter.

"Since you think it's good, let's call it this name!" David took out the pioneer order that he had always carried with him, and wrote the name of the village 'Winter Village' on it: "The big river next to it can be called the Winter River." ”

David, who wanted to save trouble, also gave the name of the river next to it by the way, anyway, according to the decree of the kingdom, he had the right to name the river. In the event that two pioneer teams name the same river, it is up to the kingdom to decide which one to use as the official name.

David felt that this would not be the case this time, and that there was no one farther north than the one who set off from the same group, and as for the river that flowed from south to north in the Iron Tree Forest and eventually joined the Winter River, it was possible that it was named by another pioneer team.

Seeing that David wrote a few strokes on a scroll and carefully put it away, Ferdin's curious question: "Does this become a territory recognized by the Kingdom of Tiran?" ”

"Nope." David shook his head and said that it was not that simple: "To become an official village, you must at least have a stable place to live, fields that can continue to produce food, and a certain number of villagers. ”

They also have to report to the department that specializes in such matters with a development order, and then the relevant department will send officials to conduct an on-site inspection to determine the situation of the village before compiling all kinds of information, including newly drawn maps, into a file and reporting it.

Finally, the village chief will be officially appointed, and at this time, it can be regarded as a real new land for the kingdom, becoming a 'little lord' officially recognized by the kingdom.

"So troublesome?" Ferding didn't expect that the 'appointment' of a village chief would be so cumbersome.

"Because it's a special situation, isn't it?"

A person who holds a pioneer order to establish a village is not an ordinary village chief, because he has a lot of autonomy and is even qualified to expand and upgrade the village, which is completely different from the village chief in the kingdom. If the village can be expanded in size and the population reaches a sufficient number within the specified number of years, it can be directly promoted to the mayor of the town, and the land will become its territory.

"I see."

Strictly speaking, David is barely a small lord, but he hasn't made it official.

It is with these benefits that David joins the pioneering team. It's just that at the beginning, he didn't expect to be able to become the village chief, at that time he wanted to see if he could mix the identity of a knight and be considered out of the civilian class.

Now...... His idea became very simple: since he had sat in this position, he had to sit more securely, and he had already begun to think about how to make the village develop.

At present, his biggest reliance is the golden finger that will attract people from all over the world, as long as he makes good use of it, the current problems are not difficult to solve.

For example, when the land is barren and crops are difficult to survive, he can ask Laura to buy some hardy, easy-to-survive high-yield crop seeds in her world, and even ask her to make some fertilizer and other things to improve the condition of the land.

He could also wait until his relationship with Fordin was better, and ask Fordin to find the druid's help and get some special seeds to improve the condition of the land.

Even if neither of these methods worked, David was not prepared to give up this place - the grain base could not be used, and something else could not be done?

As long as you can maintain the normal use of the golden finger, you can send him a super genius one day, and it will be interesting to build an industrial base at that time.

"I just don't know what minerals are nearby?"

After thinking for a while, David fell asleep in a daze, and when he opened his eyes again, the sky was already slightly bright.

Turning his head to look at the side, the fire was about to go out, and Fording was resting on his bed, the water, broth, weapons and medicines placed next to him had not been touched, it seemed that Laura had not come back after falling asleep last night.

Getting up from the bed, David added some firewood to the fire to make it burn brighter again, and hung the cauldron with the broth on the campfire so that he could eat the broth when he came back.

Walking out of the cabin and breathing in the cold air, David briefly moved his body, took some water and began to wash.

By the time he had finished washing, Furding had already gotten up, and was moving his limbs in front of the cabin as David had done before, but compared to David, Furding's movements looked much more ferocious, and if he was picked by those thick arms, it would definitely not end well.

"Do you have any plans for today?"

After the event, Furding wiped his face with water and asked David about his plans.

Yesterday a lot of wood was cut, and David also hunted several gray wolves, and there was no shortage of food or wood, maybe he should consider building a house?

"Or, dig a well first?"

"If you want to build a well, you need stones, right?" Ferding didn't know exactly how to make a well, but he was under the impression that it needed to be made of stone.

When it came to professional stonemason work, both men were silent.

"Let's cover the house first!"

Anyway, there are only two people living in the village, and going to the river to fetch water is just a bit of a hassle, not a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

But if you don't build a strong and warm house as soon as possible, you will suffer again in winter.

Just when David was thinking about whether to wait for Laura to solve this trouble, return to her home in England, and ask her to send Davy cement, bricks, glass and other building materials to build a beautiful and comfortable house, that kind of vague figure appeared in his sight again.

"Laura?"

When David and Furding saw this, their first reaction was that Laura was coming again, but it didn't take long for them to realize that they had guessed wrong.

The figure gradually became clear, and both of them had good eyesight, and it was immediately clear that it was not Laura, but a man.

"It looks like there's something new coming up again." Ferding knew that there was only Laura in front of him, so this stranger was the newcomer who appeared for the first time.

Looking at this newcomer carefully, the other party's height is very ordinary, and his appearance is not unusual, and he is a little strange in his dress, and he is looking around with a confused face at this time.

Soon, the other party noticed David and Furding standing in front of the wooden house, and walked over directly without hesitation: "Hello, may I ask what kind of place is this?" ”

"Hello, this is Winter Village, and I'm David, the village chief." David was still looking at the other party, this person had a 'familiar' appearance, but he couldn't be sure what his identity was.

"Hello, I'm Mark Watney!" Mark Watney reached out and shook David's hand, as if to make sure of something, he shook David's hand a little harder, and a little doubt flashed on his face from time to time: "This is ......"

"My name is Tirio Fortin." (David as translator)

"Hello." Mark shook hands with Fording again, and then turned to David and asked, "Winter Village...... Where is it? ”

"This is the northernmost region of the Kingdom of Tiran...... I know I want to ask where the Kingdom of Tiran is, and I'll explain the situation briefly. ”

After telling Mark Watney about the situation, the newcomer immediately fell into a huge state of self-doubt, thinking that he was crazy, or he was dreaming.

Looking at the reaction of the person in front of him, David carefully recalled the information about Mark Watney: from the other party's face, David judged that this Mark Watney was the protagonist of the movie version of The Martian.

In the Martian film, Mark Watney, a botanist, landed on Mars as part of a Mars exploration mission, only to be left alone on Mars after being thought dead by his teammates in an accident.

The whole film tells the story of how Mark Watney survived and waited for rescue in the harsh environment of Mars.

As for Mark Watney in front of him, David can determine after observation that it should not be Mark who struggled to survive on Mars for a period of time, when Mark was thin and had many symptoms due to insufficient nutritional intake.

"It's a joke, isn't it? Or maybe I'm dreaming! If this is another world, why do you speak English? Mark rubbed his temples and kept asking, still not believing that he had somehow come to another world.

"This language, called English, was learned by me not long ago, and an English speaker came to me before you." Suddenly learning a new language or something sounded too unbelievable, but David just changed the way he described it, and it became much easier to accept.

Sure enough, with just this explanation, Mark no longer bothered with the language thing, but continued to be shocked at how he ended up in another world?

"It doesn't seem like a bad thing to me, though." Thinking about the predicament he was facing, he felt that perhaps God was helping him and giving him a new lease of life.

Thinking of this, Mark, who was optimistic in nature, no longer struggled, a smile reappeared on his face, and he reintroduced himself with a little solemnity: "Mark Watney, a botanist and NASA astronaut, is working on Mars exploration before coming to you again. I'm having some minor trouble and may need your help. ”

David listened to Mark's introduction and guessed what state Mark Watney was in at the moment - the time when he had just been forgotten on Mars.

"Can you elaborate on what kind of trouble it is?"

"If you could...... I would like to live in your village for a while. ”