Lawrence made it back to Phumixiu in less than two days.

"How's the town? Have any businessmen come over these two days? ”

"Nope." Ai Ali said honestly: "Everyone is talking about the warriors, and I didn't see anyone coming outside. ”

Lawrence just asked casually.

It is impossible for a businessman to come this season, the risk is too great.

It's not just walking in the snow, but more importantly, there are some places where you need to walk on mountain roads, and some places are easy to lose your life if you pass by for the first time.

"Brick, give these dogs some meat to eat, they're doing really well this time."

Lawrence touched the head of the head dog and said approvingly, "Luck, you have behaved well this time, take it and eat it." ”

A roast rabbit placed on the table was picked up by Lawrence and placed on the ground.

The fierce dog, white as a young tiger, crouched on the ground and wagged its tail, and the snow-colored tail swept across the tavern floor, and looked at Lawrence with a happy and pitiful gaze.

Lawrence smiled and patted Lacker on the head.

With permission, Luck quickly leaned down and ate quickly.

Its fangs are usually inconspicuous and can only be seen when it is roaring and eating.

Compared to tigers, these dogs are shorter and as thick as bears, and their bodies also grow fluffy hair to protect against the cold winter and sharp claws.

Unlike the long-faced dogs in the south, most of the dogs in the north have round heads.

Lawrence looked at the collar around Lacker's neck, which was mainly used for sledding and usual care.

When you are a child, you must be tamed and subdued, otherwise the sled dog will not be able to be subdued casually once it becomes an adult.

Before adulthood, some disobedience must be corrected or eliminated in time, and some small problems still exist in adulthood, which is often a lesson in blood.

The snow cave people attach great importance to sled dogs, almost as a group, but there is absolutely no sympathy and accommodation in dog training, everything is for survival.

Lawrence is very fond of these sled dogs, which can be of great help, and in the winter snowy conditions, these dogs can be more useful than witches.

"Brick, after you feed the dog, take the collar and go to the blacksmith and ask him if he can put a circle of iron thorns on the collar, so that in the future the bear or wild boar will be pricked in the mouth when the dog is bitten."

Brick quickly said, "Yes, master. ”

Lawrence not only used these dogs as a means of transportation, but also as a hunting tool, and these giant dogs have strong hunting abilities and are very good at group combat.

Solving the external threat of predators is also a necessary thing that cannot be ignored at present.

Although it is difficult to find prey in hunting, there are various wild animals around that can threaten women and children.

Especially during the winter, strange creatures from outside will come close here.

Flocks of chickens and sheep emit strong odors, which, combined with the feces and body odor produced by the gathering of most people, can both expel some high-IQ creatures and attract many hungry creatures.

After arranging a few things and putting Brick in charge of the deal with the Cavemen, Lawrence returned to the manor.

The sentinels outside the manor spotted Lawrence and the others in advance, and quickly relayed them to the maids in the manor, who in turn informed several hostesses.

Soon Sophia, dressed in a thick leather jacket, happily ran over to greet her.

"Master!"

Lawrence heard a familiar voice, and the fatigue of two days and one night was quickly swept away.

Lawrence hugged the little blonde beauty in his arms and smiled, "Sophia, did you find out that we are back so early?" ”

Sophia said embarrassedly, "Emma told me!" ”

"Well, that's pretty good, too." Lawrence looked at the rest of the people, "Let's go to the cafeteria to eat something to warm up, let the public bathhouse boil water, and after you take a bath, you will rest for two days, and your reward will be delivered to your house when you eat in the evening." ”

Mandel Crewe and the others said happily: "Thank you, master!" ”

Sariel waited a short distance away, and followed Lawrence and Delen Sophia into the house together.

Once inside, Lawrence walked over to the couch across from the fireplace and sat down, "It's still comfortable at home." ”

Sophia sat next to Lawrence and touched Lawrence's hot hands, "Master, why did you come back so quickly this time?" ”

Lawrence was in a good mood and explained the good fortune this time.

"The sled dog was running very fast, and on the way I came across the village, and I asked the people there to help me inform the rest."

"Because these places are far away from Pig's Trotter City, they can't keep up with Pig's Trotter City, and they won't take care of the countrymen outside of these jurisdictions."

"So we soon went to these villages in the outlying part of the city of Pig's Trotter, and then we co-opted them and gave them flour and weapons and wine."

"The nobles of Pig's Trotter City don't need them, we need them!"

Sariel couldn't help it, and said unhappily: "Lawrence, I calculated the rewards you gave to those warriors, do you know how much everyone has combined?" ”

Lawrence sat down and explained seriously, "I'm glad that Sariel always cares so much about these numbers, let me tell you what I think." ”

"My idea is that we're not all static, at least now and for a decade or so to come."

"Last year, last year, it was difficult for us to take out ten eggs at that time, and we were reluctant to eat wheat flour."

"Last year, we had eggs and flour bread, but there weren't many, and we didn't have many vegetables, so we had to live a tight life every day."

"What about this year? We have enough laying hens, and because of our business, we have wheat potatoes that can feed 500 people, and the vegetables are pickled a lot in advance, so we can change the taste with different pickles every day, and the brewed fruit wine can be drunk comfortably. ”

"Next year we will have more land, more honey, more wheat, potatoes and fruit trees, and more eggs and vegetable fields."

"We have more tools, we can collect more wood faster, and we have more goats, sheep and furs."

"Sariel, do you still think that ten eggs, sixty catties of firewood, five catties of wine, twenty catties of vegetables, and a chicken are many things that we can't afford to support?"

Sariel could not argue with Lawrence's defense, for it had only been a short, short three years since the first small house of only three people snuggled together, to the current hordes of wooden huts and the enslaved men whose names they could not remember.

"But before the spring, we're going to take out many, many chickens, and all of them can lay eggs, and next year there will be more chickens."

When Sariel thought of this, she felt distressed, and she was reluctant to give her chickens and eggs to people she didn't know.

Saril and many barbarians have always thought like this, they can protect themselves, so they can't generate that kind of superfluous empathy.

The weak cannot protect themselves, and the strong will not suffer from the weak because the strong are the strong!

Sariel is a strong man, and he also thinks that Lawrence, Delenn, and Keharlan around him are all strong men.

Sophia is a strong underage man, and Sariel believes that Sophia is not weak, but has not yet grown up.

Lawrence is the strangest man in the entire North, in the entire kingdom of Loven.

He gave opportunities to weak or disabled people such as Seravin and Mandelkrew.

Food and clothing were also distributed to the weak, so that these people could escape the judgment of the cold winter, be well fed and warmly clothed.

In the face of Sariel's grievances and complaints, Lawrence showed a wicked smile, "Don't worry, five catties of wine will definitely not be enough to drink, and when the time comes, we can exchange the wine for chicken and vegetables, and they will definitely be willing." ”

"As long as you give enough wine, the vegetables and chickens are fine for two months."

How can there be an army that does not owe salaries......

Since the day humans formed armies, unpaid wages and delays have been commonplace.

And the army that can delay the payment of salaries for a few months, or even half of the salary, is often the elite of the elite.

Although it is a very bad practice, it is very advanced in this era, after all, barbarians have no salary to get in the past.

For all barbarians, wine alone is earned, and there is no place to reason if chickens, eggs, and vegetables are not given, and it is easy to admit it.

Lawrence has his own plans, there are enough chickens in the mountains, and next year he can let the people in the town below the mountains raise chickens, and he can also let the forest tribe raise chickens like that.

The distribution of chickens to the fighters is not to let them eat, but to provide productive resources for their families.

Firewood is to ensure that the women and children of these soldiers' families are not frozen, and the women and children of these military families are their own supporters.

Vegetables and eggs are used to improve the physical fitness of these fighters and prevent nutrient deficiencies in the body.

Everyone should have the pursuit, eat bread, sweet pure flour bread, not only status, but also a symbol of honor.

The salaries of the warriors can be circulated, and most of the people on the estate do not have private property at present, so the monetary system is not so urgently needed for the time being, but when a part of the population begins to have excess resources, money will be created.

Lawrence had no experience and didn't know how to determine standards, so he planned to look at how to develop a monetary system that was in line with the current situation through the standards that the natives themselves had adapted.

(End of chapter)