Lawrence, who was working, sensed the stranger's approach, and looked up to see that it was the Bhumithean with a broken arm.

Mandelcrowe was a little curious about what Lawrence was doing, and when he saw Lawrence look up, he smiled kindly.

"Mr. Lawrence."

Lawrence wondered, "What's the matter?" Did Doug have something to say to me? ”

Mandelkru quickly said, "No, I came here by myself, I heard that you need help here." ”

Lawrence pointed to the stool next to him, "Sit down, you want your slaves to come and work for me in exchange for some pay, right?" ”

Mandelkru stepped aside and sat down, and said with some restraint, "No." ”

"I didn't get a slave, this time Doug only gave me a bag of silver coins, and I had to find Doug to exchange these for something else."

Mandelkru recounted his experience, and said resentfully, "Doug got a lot of candles and honey, as well as amber and cordyceps. ”

Lawrence was curious: "Devil Cordyceps? It's like a sheep's butt sausage, as long as you stuff it with a deflated wooden stick and then put it on the wood, you can suck it very cool? ”

Mandel Crewe affirmed, "Yes, it's that thing, I haven't sucked it, but Doug, Andrew, Redbeard have tried." ”

Cordyceps is a grass-like bug that can be crafted into a special item similar to an extended pipe, and it is said that soaking leaves in the sap of burning insects can be a refreshing experience, while putting sawdust in it can only get a shallow pleasure.

It was expensive, and Lawrence had only seen it from afar from some nobles, and had never owned it.

"Oh, it looks like Doug made a lot more than we know this time."

Lawrence was not jealous of Doug's gains, but felt that he could make more money when doing business with Doug in the future.

Mandelkru continued: "I obviously killed three fighters this time, but Doug deliberately gave me the least amount of things when I was assigned, just because I was missing a hand! ”

Lawrence looked at Mandelkre's severed palm, "There are indeed a lot of inconveniences with a broken hand, but I also understand that you lost this hand when you fought bravely against the big boar. ”

Mandekru looked at Lawrence earnestly, "Mr. Lawrence, I would like to take my woman and children to live in the mountains and join this estate. ”

Lawrence thought for a few seconds, then quickly smiled.

"Welcome, I think you've seen my development here in the past few days, although it's not as big as the town, but many places are already very good."

Mandekru delighted: "It's very good here. ”

Lawrence knew very well that he was not a good place, not only not as good as some of the good places, but also as good as the aristocratic manors of the Western Kingdoms.

The reason why Mandelkru defected was not only because he was ostracized by Doug, but more importantly, because his arm was really not suitable for fighting.

Disabled people have not lived in this area for long, and Mandelkru cannot trust Doug and is very new to the outside world, so he cannot escape this predicament.

Fortunately, he had another option, there was a known Lawrence on the mountain, and after discovering that dozens of people had gathered here, Mandelkru had the idea to join.

Lawrence understands the idea of a good shade under a big tree.

"Then bring your family and I'll help you build a wooden house on the other side of the river."

Mandelkru stood up, "Okay, then I'll go back and bring them, I have a woman, three children, seven sheep, a pig, two dogs, and two domes." ”

Lawrence also stood up, looked at the river bank in the distance and said, "Okay, I will help you build the house as soon as possible, and you can come over tomorrow." ”

Mandelcrowe quickly rode away on a sheep, and Lawrence watched Mandelcrowe leave and quickly figured out what work to arrange for him.

"Just let him guard the gate, I don't want anyone to enter my manor without saying a word in the future, and everything should be reported, otherwise ......"

"Otherwise, the next time the assassins come, they will be in trouble."

Lawrence was anxious about taking a shower, but there were more important things to do.

Build dwellings and increase the population.

There are still not enough houses in the manor, and if it is built normally, a few more spare houses are needed.

Especially now when the manor is developing, the dwellings are even more indispensable.

Before, I felt that there was no room for population improvement for the time being, and there were not many people nearby.

The reality is that when the territory is bigger and life is better, it will attract those who are not living well to join.

Things such as wooden boxes for bathing, water tanks for paper making, and water mills can all be made after the number of people increases.

The more people there are, the faster you can build your house, and the faster you can gather food and craft tools.

Lawrence did the math, and there are currently ...... on the estate

Lawrence, Saliel, Sophia.

Seravon, Shepherdess, Leglo, EDI.

Two male slaves, five Ug slaves, plus six captives this time.

Including Kenny, that's twenty-one.

If you add the five members of the Mandelkru family, it is twenty-six.

Although it is not as crowded as the baronial manor where he stayed before, it feels like it will be about the same in another three or four years.

"Alas, last year, it was only me and Sophia who came over, and now there are more people one after another, and it is also lively."

Lawrence couldn't help but smile as he stood there looking out at the forests and mountains in the distance.

Seravin was leading people to collect wood on the other side of the river, and Lawrence quickly went over to arrange the cabin.

A house of the Bumians must be able to accommodate twelve people in order to be considered a qualified family home.

This kind of house is relatively easy to build, and it is usually a large house that includes bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, warehouses, and everything else that can be included.

It is also easy to build, just sort out a flat area twenty meters long and five or six meters wide, and then build a wooden house.

A family of five doesn't need to be too big, fifteen meters long is enough.

On the other side of the river, there are many trees thirty or forty meters high, and if you cut a few slightly thinner ones, you can almost build a wooden house.

I can't finish it today, I need to wait for tomorrow.

Once the Mandelkru family, as well as the Ug slaves and Reglo team down the hill have joined in, there will be plenty of workers to speed up the construction to the maximum.

Lawrence chose a good place for the first of his followers to join him, and worked with Seravon to choose the right trees to build a house on.

It was only after dark that Lawrence took the people back to eat and rest.

"Master, doesn't Mandelkru live in the manor?" ”

Lawrence said: "When there are fewer people, everyone lives in the walls, but when there are more people, they don't need it. ”

Seira didn't understand, but she didn't continue to care about it.

Lawrence felt that there was no external threat for the time being, and that the manor really could not accommodate so many people, and that it should also be expanded outward to evenly distribute the population around.

People are walls, and whether they encounter wild beasts or foreign enemies in the future, the people in the manor will have enough time to react.

Compared with the courtyard walls, the scattered villages outside are the early warning and protection facilities for most of the nobles.

Both inside and outside the walls are Lawrence's manor area.

This mountain used to have no owner, and now its owner is Lawrence!

Lawrence built his own territory on the lands of the Kingdom of Loven.

Lawrence thought about things and went back to the cabin.

The manor's armed forces need to be improved, and the men need to be given a certain amount of combat power so that they can protect it in times of danger.

A man with a family like Mandel Crewe is the best team, and even if he can't fight himself, he can keep the kids here.

Only by having a group of people who are willing to help themselves take care of themselves here can more slaves be given freedom and the enthusiasm of everyone can be increased.

After the Bhumishu became rich this time, the people in the vicinity ......

There are only the Vakiri people nearby, and all other villages that can pose a threat have been destroyed, as long as the Vakiri people don't come to rob, it's generally fine.

Lawrence thought about the threat of the Vakiri.

"If the Earl wants to engage in Doug, everyone knows that Doug has a lot of wealth there, and Baron Avari's target is also Doug."

"No one here will notice me for the time being, but I'm still going to help if something happens to Doug's side."

Lawrence entered the house thinking about things, and as soon as he entered the house, he found a woman in a nun's dress standing on the side of the entrance of the inner door.

"Master." Sister Colin greeted Lawrence as if she were entertaining a nobleman.

Lawrence looked at Colin, "Oh, you speak our language. ”

Sister Colin politely said, "Master, dinner is ready." ”

Lawrence went to the kitchen, where Salyl and Sophia were sitting at the dining table carving small wooden signs.

Near the dining table stood two other nuns, who could tell that they didn't want to be dumb anymore.

Sophia saw Lawrence come in, put down the wooden sign and ran over and said, "Master, these three slaves are working as maids in the house, they used to be children of a small noble family, and they learned how to be maids in the convent. ”

Lawrence felt that the monastery would not teach people how to be a maid, which was gradually learned in society and relationships.

"Okay." Lawrence naturally agreed to Sophia's proposal, looked at the three maids and said, "I want to know about the things outside, let's talk about it after you finish eating, this is not in a hurry." ”

The three maids quickly nodded in agreement.

Sophia proposed, "Let Brielle come, she's the one who reads the most books out there." ”

Lawrence saw that Sophia was already familiar with the affairs of the three nuns, so he handed over the matter to Sophia.

Sariel was curious: "The outside world? Isn't it much warmer outside than we are, with a lot of days that aren't cold? ”

Colin replied, "We are indeed much warmer there than here, most of the time it is spring and autumn, and the mountains outside are full of flax. ”

Lawrence asked directly, "How many people are there in your city?" ”

Colin replied, "The place where we live is a noble territory on the coast of Durela, with a total of two thousand people, and only ninety-one believers. ”

What Lawrence wants to know is the urban population.

"What about the city? You're from Durella, right? ”

Colin explained: "Durella is the name of the kingdom, our kingdom was defeated in the war with the eastern kingdoms, thieves were rampant, large cities were destroyed, and the people of the cities were scattered in the estates of various nobles. ”

Durella's 300,000 men were not all concentrated in the royal capital, but scattered.

Lawrence realizes that the upper echelons of the kingdom of Durella have collapsed, and after the collapse, they are unable to organize a large army, so that the knights and dock forts in various places have become the supreme force of society.

The distance that knights and noble territories can effectively control is limited by the running speed of the mounts, so naturally the smaller the government, the stronger the control.

Lawrence asked, "How big is your manor, or noble domain?" ”

Colin replied, "Most knightly realms are between two thousand and five thousand acres, and the largest ones are baronies and counts, which will cover several villages and gathering areas. ”

Lawrence: "So how many people are there in general?" ”

Colin thought back, "My father was a knight, and he had three estates in his domain, and only one of the three estates could sustain our expenses, about four hundred men. ”

"These people are landless people who have gathered from outside, and they have come together to defend themselves against danger."

"The lords of the knight realm are all recruited by themselves, and the number is generally different, while the noble realm is the villagers who have lived on it for generations."

Lawrence generally got a well-established impression.

Somewhat different from what Kenny said, Durella is only a small country in the Western Kingdom, and does not represent the entire Western Kingdom.

And the Eastern Kingdom that fought with the Western Kingdom may be the Southern Kingdom fought by the Luofen Kingdom.

The direction is relative, and there may be subtle differences between the east and west, north and south in different people's mouths.

If the Western Kingdom is a plate of scattered sand, then it makes sense that Redbeard and the others plan to develop there.

Better land, worth occupying.

On the contrary, the land here in the Kingdom of Loven is very bad.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many people and few people.

There are indeed very few people in the Luofen Kingdom, and there is very little land suitable for farming, coupled with the very backward planting technology, there are few metal farming tools, so naturally there are many people and few land.

Judging from the expansion of the kingdom of Loven, the barbarians are actually bent on living in a better place, and they do not have the idea of guarding the broken place as a treasure.

Lawrence realized that all the barbarians were expanding outward, and no barbarian would look at this broken ground in the mountains.

"Aren't there people in your country who can use mystical powers? What did they do? ”

Lawrence is not worried about his own safety, but cares about the high-end combat power on the side of the Western Kingdom.

Colin replied, "Someone sent someone to kill the king of the Southern Kingdom, a druid who believed in the god of nature. ”

How can Southerners play like this?

Lawrence sat back, leaning back in his chair.

"What a bunch of barbarians, who know about assassinating others all day long, don't they know how to improve themselves?"

Lawrence sighed, more concerned about safety.

If you have something to do in the evening, you will make up for it tomorrow weekend

(End of chapter)