On the way back.

Sophia walked happily along the mountain road, looking up at the sack on the left and right of the Dom sheep.

"If only we could eat bread and eggs every day~"

Lawrence drove the two sheep forward, and smiled easily.

"This kind of thing can't be done every day, and the Pumixiu people don't have much food for themselves."

"Until they get new food, let's not earn any more food from the Bhumitheus for the time being."

Sophia didn't quite understand, "Why?" ”

Lawrence felt like he needed to explain a lot of things, and said briefly: "Because they don't have much food, maybe they don't realize it." ”

"Why don't they realize it themselves?" Sophia was curious.

Lawrence explains, "Because the first two times the food was too fast, too easy, too much. ”

"Only a small amount of food was brought back from the Kurs, but a large amount of food reserves were obtained from the Durm, as well as cattle and sheep and other livestock."

Sophia couldn't wait to retort, "But when we came back, we saw that there were Bumians farming. ”

Lawrence said: "It's just a small number of people, these are just relying on the inertia of the past to farm, and when they go out and come back in the summer, everyone's mind is not in the field." ”

Sophia asked, "When they came back that summer, they brought food, can we continue to earn food?" ”

"That's right." Lawrence saw that Sophia was always concerned about this, and reminded: "Walk carefully, don't walk behind the domes, be careful of being kicked." ”

Sophia quickly got up to her senses and hurriedly walked over to Lawrence's side, "Yes! ”

Sariel remembered Andrew and asked, "Lawrence, do we have enough food to eat until the summer?" ”

Lawrence had calculated the approximate weight of the two bags of wheat, and the approximate amount of food he was now consuming each day.

"You can eat it for about 32 days, and if you can catch fish and collect more berries and wild vegetables, you can eat it for two months."

"No problem, there is a lot to eat in the mountains in the spring, and our sheep will give birth to lambs and chickens to lay eggs," Salil smiled. ”

"You can also hunt animals in the mountains, pigs, swans, hares, deer, and if you're lucky, you might even meet wild domese."

Lawrence said, "Well, when we've got a vegetable and wheat field in order, we'll go hunting." ”

Now the speed of land reclamation is relatively slow, and several slaves are more brave in private work, and they are grinding and chirping when they do public work.

Taloki spends his days with the women at the bottom of the mountain, Seravon is busy collecting wood to build his and the shepherdess's cabin, and Reglo is busy domesticating her two male men.

The construction of the fence has just been carried out to the point of digging the foundation, and the work of clearing the wasteland has just cleared out the gravel blocks of one acre of land.

Lawrence thought about the Pumixiu again, who planned to go to sea twice a year.

One was in the summer, sailing to the west where Andrew had gone.

The map of the North is a maple leaf-shaped terrain with whales and seals said to be the habitat of giant whales and seals, where the waters are frozen, ships cannot navigate, and there are no humans living there.

The main force of the Kingdom of Rofen is in the area near the east side, fighting to the south and trading with the Eastern Islands.

A large part of the western region is an unknown area, and the Luofen Kingdom does not pay attention to the news over there for the time being because the main force is fighting the southern kingdom.

Andrew and his pirate friends were heading west, where wheat was harvested in the summer, while wheat in the southern kingdom was not harvested until autumn.

As long as you calculate the time difference, go to the west in the summer, and go to the southern kingdom in the winter, which has stored food for the winter, then you can harvest twice a year!

According to the calculations of Doug and others, there is at least two months of rest between two businesses, whether it is to repair ships or to rush.

This time, the main target is still the Western Kingdom, and as for the robbery of the Winter and the Ruffin Kingdom, it is to mix the team and make some efforts, roughly in response to the call of the barbarian nobles, just follow and grab something a little.

When Lawrence returned to the house, Emma came back from the mountains.

Emma and the three women approached and said enthusiastically, "Mr. Lawrence, Sariel, I heard you're in town. ”

"Yes," said Sariel, "Lawrence has made a lot of food today!" ”

Lawrence felt that Sariel was so ostentatious that she would be conspicuous when the Baumithes were short of food.

"Emma, what are you doing in the mountains? Mining? Lawrence changed the subject just in time.

Emma looked enviously at the grain on the sheep's back, and said to Lawrence, "No, we went to the forest to retrieve the pine sap we collected. ”

Emma felt that Lawrence didn't understand, and introduced: "This is for shipbuilding, but I don't know how to use it, does Mr. Lawrence know?" ”

Lawrence shook his head, "I don't know. ”

It should be pine resin, which can be distilled for rosin, but what is needed for shipbuilding, Lawrence really doesn't know.

Is it used as a waterproof paint? Lawrence didn't understand this, but felt the need to learn it.

Shipbuilding belongs to the advanced technology of this era, especially the kind of warship that can sail and fight, and the technology required is extremely high.

The pirates took this very seriously, after all, it was not a trivial matter if the ship got into the water when going out to sea.

Emma wanted to talk a little more, but it was getting late, and Lawrence didn't want to talk too much, and soon everyone separated again.

Lawrence didn't want to have frequent contact with the Búmithetes for the time being, and he didn't want to continue to earn other people's food from the Búmithetes.

"Sariel, is there enough food for the Clauda?"

Sariel said with a smile: "They have enough food there all the time, and they can't finish the food in spring, summer and autumn, but they will be hungry for a while in winter." ”

Seeing that the Claudadians were rich in food, Lawrence proposed, "Then we should exchange the wheat for meat and fruit with them, which is convenient to store, and they should agree, right?" ”

"Definitely!" Saliel affirmed, "Delen loves bread too!" Especially good bread made with good flour! ”

Lawrence was much more relaxed, and smiled: "Then when there is more fruit in the mountains and more food, we will go and exchange food." ”

"Good!" Sariel was in no hurry to meet Delenn either.

Lawrence is also in no hurry, and there is still a lot to do.

The thought of being able to exchange more supplies made Lawrence feel good.

It's good to dump goods like a businessman, but there is also a premise, that is, strength and connections.

Without Sariel's relationship, trading with the Bhumithes and Clauda's would be risky.

If you have the strength, it is to avoid the remaining risks and make the transaction more safe and regular.

Lawrence soon returned home with food, and the slaves, who had been lazy in the mountains and did their own work, soon gathered around the wall and began to dig stones and carry dirt as if they had done a day's work.

Everyone was waiting for dinner, and after eating, it was dark and they could rest.

The pattern of redistributed male and female groups only increased the motivation of the slaves, but this enthusiasm was not used to clear wasteland and build walls for Lawrence.

Lawrence also has a headache for these slaves, these barbarians are not people who can be moved, and patient communication and guidance basically have no effect.

Let's make do with it.

Nor did Lawrence expect them to work as hard as factory workers in early capitalist England, when slavery was still in its infancy.

Even the rules and laws of slavery were not universal, let alone perfect.

Lawrence did not intend to enslave these slaves forever, and when the next batch of slaves arrived, they would be free.

When the time comes, whether they will rent land and live a life of paying tenant rent every month, or go out and explore the world on their own, it will be their freedom.

In the absence of a collective concept and collective consciousness, these slaves were more efficient at doing things alone than together.

The next day, Lawrence reassigned the task and contracted in a group mode.

"After completing the tasks I gave you, clearing the fields, building chicken coops, and digging pits, then you can rest early."

"When you eat, you will shout to you, as long as you don't leave this mountain, you can go anywhere."

"If you can't finish what I designate, you can't eat! Agama Mountain does not raise lazy people! ”

Give freedom directly, these slaves will not survive, but they can give relative freedom, so that they can realize the value of freedom in advance.

Under the rules and punishments, a coop for ten chickens was quickly built, located on the side of the triangular sheepfold, forming a regular square.

Lawrence's stone house serves as a circular top, and at the back of the side is a square livestock pen for sheep and dogs.

Now the puppy still lives in the house, and in another month it will be kept outside the sheepfold, and in the future it will take on the responsibility of protecting the sheep at night, after all, Lawrence does not need a pet dog.

Puppies can be free-range, but roosters and hens can't.

These chickens will not only eat the young seedlings that have just come out of the field, but also eat vegetables, grass and insects.

Lawrence herds these chickens into the pine forest during the day to feed, and there are bugs and nuts to eat, and these chickens do not eat grass.

At present, the core of the residential area is still a stone house, with a square livestock pen with a pillar stone house with a field of long grass on the outside, and a stone fence that gradually rises outside.

The surrounding fields are distributed according to the nine-square grid, with pine forests in the south, flat and less inclined slopes under the northern slopes, and houses on the hillside in the middle, and the fields are concentrated between the pine forests and the rivers in the south.

In order to prevent animals from crossing the river, a fence was also built here.

The land here is not as flat, and Lawrence uses the area of the pine forest as land for future new houses.

In the future, it will be expanded to a more flat area, and the stone house can be used as a warehouse or a guest room.

At first, I only think about my own and Sophia's living environment, and if I find an area that is more suitable for collective development in the future, I will move to a more suitable area for development.

After more than ten days, the crowd piled up a stone wall with a circumference of more than 300 meters out of stones and earth.

The length and width are about 80 meters, and the height is 1.5 meters, and there are two exits in the middle, one is the exit to the bottom of the mountain, and the other is the exit to the river and the unknown forest opposite.

The slaves lived at two exit locations, with Seravon and the shepherdess living at the south exit facing the stream, and Leglow and the two male slaves living at the normal exit of the mountain.

EDI and Taloki like to sleep in a hut down the mountain, spend the night in an undemolished hut in the pine forest, or sleep in a sheepfold or haystack.

The previous simple shack has long been dismantled and used as raw materials for building chicken pens.

The snow on the mountain has melted, and the hours of the day are getting more and more, and you can take off one piece of clothing on your body.

Lawrence began the next step after placing the germinated seeds he had obtained from the Claudadians in the fields.

Spring is full of things, and Lawrence has a lot to do.

Building the Wall (Completed)

Place the hive (waiting)

Construction of a new wooden house (in progress)

Construction of a water-powered mill (waiting)

Digging a sewer (waiting)

Get 500 pounds of food (in progress)

Five-Three Plan: 300 clay pots, 300 meters of hemp rope, 30 baskets, 30 catties of animal oil, and three sets of new wool long-sleeved trousers (waiting)

River Fish Farming (Waiting)

Raise your Archery to a 20-meter radius (in progress)

Exercise your fighting skills until she falls down Sariel (in progress)

Lawrence set himself ten tasks to complete eight of them before spring passed, so that he could be considered qualified.

Although spring was the season for planting, Lawrence was still not mentally prepared to be a father, so he did not make the final step.

Once he has prepared his house, fields, farm tools, and various household items, Lawrence will welcome his new family members in a safe area.

The two domes are no longer working, and as the weather warms up, they begin to shed their wool, and they are extremely reluctant to be ridden on their backs.

Basically, in spring, summer and autumn, these domes are free-range.

Lawrence had no choice but to ask the shepherdess to pull the two big sheep and five goats and sheep to the stream to graze every day, and then pull them back when it was dark.

Because of the fence and the stream, the sheep will not be lost and do not need special care.

Men and women were busy building Lawrence's new house.

The pine forest is almost cleared, especially in the middle of the flat part.

Lawrence copied Andrew's design this time, but also added a fireplace, sewer and toilet bathroom, as well as a second floor space for future children and babysitters.

"Taloki, you can go back when the first layer of the wooden house is built."

Lawrence made a good announcement to Taloki, who was carrying the wood.

Taloki's expression was a little excited and a little hesitant, but in the end, it was mostly excitement and excitement.

"Thank you, Mr. Lawrence!"

This is not where Taloki comes from, and even though he is often associated with EDI, he still wants to stay away from this hard life.

Lawrence didn't mean to persuade, but said, "When you go back, you can come back at any time, and the land in my territory needs more people to work." ”

"Yes, I'll tell them." Taloki coped with it.

Lawrence notices EDI working on the side, who is visibly sad.

It seems that the bond is not deep enough to tie up this man.

Lawrence didn't care about this, and recently Salavin has been doing a lot better, not only taking the initiative to hunt rabbits and fish, but also bringing back a live grouse for Lawrence.

Seravon needed and preferred to stay here for Lawrence's protection.

If Taloki leaves, then EDI will definitely get along with Seravin again, and the barbarian women are not all strong, just like the widow nobles with assets, and the environment does not allow them to be single all the time.

Lawrence finds Selavin.

"Seravon, tomorrow you and I will go to put the beehive, since you don't want to fight, then learn everything outside of fighting, such as farming and carpentry work."

Seravin quickly said, "Yes, master! ”

Lawrence had always taught them that Seravin herself could farm and fish, and that the shepherdess could do thread and knit like most women.

Although he is still afraid of fighting, cherishes his life, and runs away in fear when he encounters danger, he has at least grown a little.

Reglo is the most worry-free, this shield girl has no idea of going back to the ice sea, and she has no other problems with Lawrence's assignment except being lazy, and she will do what she needs to do.

This kind of day when you don't need to think too much about things, don't have to worry about the boss and the master will be angry and punished, and eat, drink, work and sleep every day is very suitable for women like shield girls who can fight but don't have a strong desire to fight.

The shield girls just don't want to be discriminated against and humiliated, plus they have to take up arms and fight to win food, not like men who have the obsession of becoming berserkers and being inspired by God.

Lawrence's comfortable life would be ridiculed and despised by the Vakiri men, but the Vakiri women were very willing to live such a comfortable life.

(End of chapter)