At seven or eight o'clock in the winter night, a strong wind blows in the mountains and forests.

Lawrence sat by the campfire and looked at the trees around him.

The shadows of the trees swayed, and the sound of the dancing leaves sounded in the forest.

Lawrence lowered his head and continued to add firewood to the campfire, which made a crackling sound from the damp wood.

"It's cold." Sophia wore a heavy bearskin coat and crossed her hands under her armpits, and sat bent over the wood near the fire.

Lawrence smiled, "I won't let you come, you have to follow, it's not a big deal." ”

Sophia hugged the two big dogs on the left and right and smiled, "It's okay, there are puppies with us." ”

The two big dogs were one and a half years old, tall as lionessess and shaggy with hair, and they were purebred sled dogs like Doug.

With two large dogs lying beside her, and wearing a thick coat, Sophia was not as cold as her mouth said.

Lawrence quickly walked out of the forest, looking in the night in the direction of the hill below.

In order to be able to establish a faster and more timely alert mechanism, Lawrence thought of a variety of approaches.

The first is to raise a few crows and let them return to their nests.

However, after this idea came up, it was thought about for a long time and could not be implemented, and the crows were not so sensible.

After ruling out this method, the first thing that comes to mind is the wolf smoke alarm mechanism.

But there are still flaws to this approach.

The mountainside is not far from the bottom of the mountain, but the line of sight is not so clear, and the town of Bhumixiu is obscured by a mountain, which makes the two places not so easy to see.

To this end, Lawrence made his way to the forest where he is now, which is the halfway point of the manor to the town of Phumesius.

One two three

Four, five, six

Seven, eight, nine

The fifth location is the current Mountain Wind Manor, the sixth location is the Andrew's House, the seventh is the Clauda tribe, the eighth is the Uge tribe, and the ninth is the Bumishians.

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The manor and Andrew's house were not at the same height, and because of the mountain outside the forest, they could not see each other, and each time they took a detour.

The environment of the mountain forest is so complicated, not only Lawrence and the others have to abide by the rules of this mountain forest, but even the barbarians outside have to walk around after they come in.

If you go too deep into the mountains and forests, you will get lost in the mountains and will not be able to get out, and the Pumixiu people can go up and down the mountain normally because there is a path carved out on the ground.

Once these places are covered by weeds, it is actually difficult for the average person to find the location of the estate.

Lawrence had been living in Andrew's house for a long time, and it took him a lot of time to find this place.

Looking at the nearby hillsides and forests, Lawrence said, "This is where our river flows, and in the future there will be a second village here, so that you can see both the Uger Mountains and the town of Phumisius." ”

Sophia clasped her hands in front of her, bent over and continued to sit and said, "Is it necessary?" We don't have a lot of people right now. ”

Lawrence said: "In the future, when there are more people, we can set up a guard post here first, and arrange for two or three people to be on duty here." ”

Sophia nodded, and asked curiously: "After we light the fire, can we really see it at home?" ”

Lawrence found a high stone and stood, looking in the direction of the manor, "I'm watching." ”

Sight is not good at night, and although barbarians usually don't attack at night, it may be possible to take more precautions by thinking a little more.

Just because you don't have a good view doesn't mean you can't see it, the stars are particularly shiny in this era, the sky is very clean, and sometimes you can see some smoke.

The two waited patiently, and after waiting for more than a minute, a dog barked in the distance.

"Whew~"

Hearing the barking of the head dog, the two big dogs quickly came out of the forest and whined into the sky.

"Whew~"

Lawrence looked over to the manor, these sled dogs that survive in the snow and ice are very good at searching and calling for companions, and their howls can travel far, far away.

Some can be several kilometers, while others can summon companions from ten kilometers away.

For Lawrence, the dogs can quickly connect several places that are not far apart as long as they can transmit their sounds two kilometers away.

However, the biggest trouble is that some dogs can bark indiscriminately, so it is necessary to tame elite dogs that follow discipline.

For example, the two dogs raised by Sophia and Doug, who were not trained in time, have missed the best time and are not suitable for elite dogs.

Lawrence waited for a moment, and saw the drifting smoke in the distance after the clouds had moved.

"Alright, put out the fire, let's go back."

"Hmm!" Sophia quickly stood up and pulled out the burning firewood, pressing it with a shovel.

Lawrence picked up the sheepskin water bladder and poured the water down, it was the middle of the night in winter, and the humidity in the mountains was relatively high, and these fires would be extinguished by themselves even if they were left alone.

After stepping out of the forest, Lawrence looked at the town of Phumixiu and the location of the blacksmith's shop, where black smoke also rose.

If you can see it at night, you can see it during the day.

Lawrence and Sophia walked home along the river, seeing some nocturnal critters on the way, and here the large and medium-sized animals were all driven away, and now there are only a few animals like snakes and foxes.

Foxes don't live long, and Lawrence has been hunting and driving away nearby wildlife for the safety of the chickens, most of which are still sneaking in from outside, not native.

Doug has grown from a puppy that can be held in one hand to a lively and active sixty-pound dog, older than some three or four-year-old children.

Piggy also grows rapidly, still a fluffy piglet in the spring, and is already a meter tall in the winter, and is strong, with two finger-long fangs sharpened.

Pig's prey is also changing, eating bug roots in the spring, frogs and snakes in the summer, and staying in Mount Talim in the fall, feeding on fallen fruits and eggs that no one wants.

It has known dogs and chickens and sheep since it was a child, so it is not very aggressive towards these two creatures, preferring to eat things that it has never seen and what it will find delicious when it eats.

Whether it's a fox or a rabbit, as long as it can find a nest, it won't let it go.

Although Doug and Pig still often play together and eat together, because of their age, they don't eat in the same basin as often as they did when they were children.

Lawrence and Sophia soon returned to the manor to rest, and the cries of the dogs and babies on the manor gradually calmed down.

The next day, Lawrence went down to check on the situation and found that the men were still working.

After the appearance of the statue of Ravenfeather, the people of awe soon established a church on the flat ground behind the idol.

Even when the sky was snowing and there was no bread and eggs, people insisted on building new churches.

"Did you see the smoke I burned yesterday?"

Lawrence arrives at the tavern and finds Alalie, who is the tavern's landlady here.

Alali respectfully said, "See, master, we have burned a fire on the firestand. ”

Lawrence nodded, "Has anything happened down the hill lately?" ”

Al Ali thought for a moment, "Everyone was busy building the church, and some people quarreled and got into a fight, but it was quickly resolved, and nothing else was done. ”

There aren't many things in the town, and that's what happens every day, and peace and quiet are all day.

Lawrence and Al Ali had nothing else to say, and were about to leave when they heard footsteps.

The villagers who came in quickly said: "Master, there is a caravan that has come before, and they have come again, a total of ten people!" ”

"I'll take a look." When Lawrence heard that there were only ten people, he got up from his seat and walked outside.

In the town, more precisely outside the entrance of the village, the Dulu family looked up at the huge statue in front of them, and suddenly felt dizzy.

When approaching this towering giant up close, the feeling of oppression brought by the giant became even more severe, causing Dulu's body to react with fear and fear.

He subconsciously took five or six steps back, his heart beating violently.

Dulu's wife, daughter, son, nephew, and others also felt fear, and they all stayed away from this place, let alone looked at this god-like giant.

Dulu's palms were sweating, and it felt like the giant was going to fall down at any moment, crushing them all to death!

In fact, one of the functions of this building is to fall down at a critical moment and smash a large number of intruders to death!

Fifty meters of mass falling towards the intruder was more shocking than any magic.

Especially in the village war, most of the battles are fought by hundreds of people, as long as the fifty-meter giant object hits the ground, both sides will basically be scared stupid.

The barbarians of this age are not really ignorant of fear, but are actually very timid in many things.

Dulu was not very bold, and until Lawrence arrived, his body was trembling, and he felt that he could never escape the gaze of the giant.

Lawrence came on a sheep, this time without a large army and without the protection of a witch.

However, from the frightened gazes of Du Lu and the others, Lawrence knew that the shock of the idol behind him did not disappoint him.

"Dulu, you're welcome to come and trade, it might be a little cold here, let's go talk to the side."

Dulu breathed a sigh of relief, and carefully followed Lawrence to a sunny place.

"Prophet, I have brought wheat and ale, and strong ropes and beautiful clothes, and two slaves."

These were more than a few commodities in the city, and Lawrence knew that Dulu's idea was still to exchange cheap goods for high-value goods here.

But it just so happened that Lawrence needed these earthy necessities.

"Okay, this time, in addition to Ao Runzhi powder and playing cards, I have prepared a lot of things, you can take a look at them patiently."

After talking about business, Du Lu was not so nervous, and took the initiative to say: "The wig I brought back last time was liked by some people, and I want to buy a few more wigs." ”

Lawrence smiled: "This one is no longer available, because the people here only cut their hair and make wigs in the summer, and they have already sent a lot of people before, you can take a look at the rest of my goods." ”

Dulu was a little regretful, but quickly checked the goods that Lawrence had prepared in advance.

Ao Runzhi powder, wood chips playing cards, oak branches, potato flour, Guanyin soil, soy sauce, sweet fruit wine, herbs, pine resin, truffles (mushrooms), charcoal, refined salt......

There were a lot more items this time than the last one, and there were several of them that were scarce items that were not available in the city of Tranta's Hoof.

In comparison, the things that Dulu brought with him were a bit petty, except for food and clothing, they were slaves.

Dulu soon exchanged playing cards and a small amount of Orun powder, as well as truffles and refined salt.

Playing cards are small in size, high in profits, and sell quickly.

The powder is only easy to sell when it goes to sea, and now most of them have gone out to work, and it will take a while to sell it after they are bought.

I wanted to buy more truffles and refined salt, but the things used by these nobles were of relatively high value, and the food and clothes brought by Dulu were not enough after being exchanged for more than ten catties.

Lawrence sent some other gifts to Dulu, hoping that the merchants would come back more often in the future.

Du Lu happened to have space in the car, so he happily accepted sweet fruit wine, charcoal and soy sauce, Guanyin soil, potato flour, and gave more crow dung, and took away five catties.

Lawrence didn't want to come down to do business every time, so after putting the goods in the warehouse at the bottom of the mountain, he also consciously selected some people who could do business to study, so that he could develop his own caravan in the future.

(End of chapter)