After the death of Lofen III, the main minds of the barbarian nobility were on the southern side.

Lawrence looked at the rushing river in the summer and asked nearby workers about the latest situation.

"Starting tomorrow, throw some stakes into the water, and then send someone to tell Salavon to set up a wooden rope in the water to intercept the wood."

"Tie the wood with two ropes on both sides, either in a stone or where the current is slightly smaller, between two logs, or cut off with a taller tree."

"The wood that went down allowed them to build houses, and those forester slaves were too slow to cut down the wood, only suitable for pulling weeds."

The lumberjack said, "Yes, master, then do you need to transport wood in wooden boats?" ”

"No, I don't." Lawrence explains, "It's easier to go down with a log to break some of the obstacles in the river. ”

In the summer, the vegetation along the river is abundant, and even if there is a sickle, it takes a long time to open the waterway.

The lumberjack said: "There are a lot of big fish in this river, and some people go to bathe in the river to catch fish when they are tired these days. ”

Lawrence said, "Remember to pay taxes. ”

"Yes, master." The lumberjack made an honest note of the matter.

Paying taxes to lords is a system that exists everywhere, and since this territory belongs to Lawrence, the fish in the river naturally belong to it.

It is not too much for Lawrence to receive protection on Lawrence's territory and catch the fish that Lawrence raises.

Lawrence asked, "Which fish is the best in the water?" ”

The lumberjack replied directly: "Eel, a fish that resembles a snake, is better than snake meat." ”

Lawrence nodded, "Then pay the tax with eel." ”

"Yes, master." The lumberjack honestly agreed, and thought it was as it should be.

Of course, it is too wasteful for the lords to eat such delicious things for themselves, serfs and free people.

Lawrence soon left, and the lumberjacks went back to work.

Back at the manor, Lawrence looked at the dog and child who were shepherding sheep in the distance.

The light work of herding sheep and pigs is for little boys, who mainly help their parents in the fields or at home.

Although a woman can also become a shield woman, barbarians are not fools, and everyone knows who can fight them.

It has always been a traditional patriarchal here, usually boys eat more and do less work, and even the church study and listen to stories are mainly boys, and girls are allowed to come and listen to them when there is free space.

At present, the resources are still too small, fried chicken can only be eaten once a month, and there is not much oil and water at ordinary times, just barely enough to eat and wear.

The standard of living of the Lawrence family is definitely not everything, and the standard of living of ordinary free people is more reflective of the real situation in this area.

As Lawrence walked back into the house, he heard the voices of women and children in the nearby shack rest area.

As long as the weather is good, the villagers will come to chat and bask in the sun, especially some free women, men are more likely to sleep, drink and play cards, and a few craftsmen will make some wooden tools.

Lords, nobles, deacons (stewards), freemen, serfs, slaves.

Lawrence walked to the second floor, and as soon as he reached the hallway, Bull, who was mopping the floor, knelt on the ground to say hello.

"Master, Sariel and Sophia, Kehalan, and Lord Deren are taking a bath in the bathroom."

Lawrence said, "Okay, I see, Boole you can also go take a shower and rest, now when it's hot, you don't have to mop the floor." ”

"I'll go later." Bull happily agreed, intending to wait for Sariel and the others to return.

"Hmm." Lawrence walked into the house and took off his sultry boar skin armor.

After feeling a lot lighter, Lawrence sat down on the wooden chair and sighed.

"I heard that the south is much hotter than here, and Lofen III may have been killed by a sneak attack because he wore less clothes and couldn't wear leather armor and iron armor in summer."

Although they had never met, the traditional concept of assassination in the Barbarian Kingdom made Lawrence unable to sleep and ponder the matter all day.

Sophia's abilities are not safe, and she is used to living a good life like Sariel, and she has not made any progress in witchcraft for more than three years.

"Gotta get a workout!"

Lawrence found a piece of cloth, took out the scissors and began cutting.

After simply cutting out a few long pieces of cloth, the witches who had been bathing in the cold water for more than two hours also came up together.

"Lawrence, it's so comfortable to take a bath." Sariel walked in with a cloaked hair and greeted Lawrence happily.

The other witches were almost all disheveled, and they hadn't had time to put their hair back up after a shower.

Lawrence looked at Sophia, who was wearing a fluffy dress.

"Sophia, you're not small anymore."

Sophia blushed, her chest puffed out with excitement, full of pride.

Lawrence quickly raised his hand to cover his gaze, "No, no, no, I'm talking about your age, you're fourteen years old now, and you still haven't mastered witchcraft." ”

When Sophia heard this, she quickly said, "I have witchcraft! Like Sister Sariel, she is able to perceive things! ”

Lawrence looked at Sophia unhappily, "Have you learned to pout?" ”

Sophia suddenly became honest, lowered her head and said, "Yes, master, Sophia is wrong." ”

Lawrence said with an unhappy face: "You don't always learn from Sariel, but also from Delen, people will be able to control stones when Deren is fourteen years old!" ”

Sariel pouted unhappily at Lawrence, she was eighteen years old and had not yet mastered the witchcraft that could be used.

Keharan was very supportive of Lawrence's approach, and then said: "If the witch child outside has not awakened the witchcraft that can be used at the age of ten, he will be killed a long time ago, and if the offspring of a pure-blood witch has not awakened at the age of eight, he must be replaced." ”

Witches can only have one child, and if they don't kill useless children, there will be no new children, just like a game where you can only create one character, and you have to delete it and start over!

In this barbaric era, many transcendent family lineages are demonic, and in order to pursue high-quality offspring, they naturally do not raise waste descendants.

Sophia quickly became frightened and looked at Lawrence with a pleading expression.

Seeing this, Lawrence also realized that what Kehalan said was too cruel, and comforted: "We are not outside here, there is no such barbaric practice, no matter what Sophia looks like, I am willing to accept it, but you yourself have to be stronger." ”

Sophia nodded quickly, "Yes!" Master! Sophia will definitely become useful! ”

Lawrence had wanted to blindfold Sophia with a strip of cloth so that she could exercise her senses, but now it didn't feel necessary.

"Sophia, you have been following me from today onwards, and I will exercise your perception skills."

Sophia nodded happily, "Yes, master!" ”

Sariel saw that it seemed to be her own business, and quickly pointed to her face, "What about me?" How do I exercise? ”

"You're already strong, you don't need to exercise." Lawrence didn't mean to train Sariel at all, her abilities didn't look strong, but she was actually perfect.

Predicting the weather is almost 100% accurate, and although it is sometimes unclear whether it will rain in the morning or in the afternoon, it does not hinder the overall planning.

Sariel looked nearby.

Delen, the earth witch, made the statue of the god Crowfeather, and usually used large-scale logging, opening roads, crossing mountains, and making molds and stoves for cast iron, and basically had no idle time.

Keharan, the Poison Witch, is currently the strongest and most useful witch.

Los Shanda, not a lot of records, but it looks strong.

There used to be a Sophia at the bottom, but now Sophia is kept by Lawrence to exercise, which makes it seem that Sariel herself is very useless.

After all, it rarely rains in the north, and Sariel feels that her witchcraft is useless, and she is useless as a person.

Sarri felt uncomfortable like this, "No, I have to exercise too, otherwise it will look like I'm useless?" ”

Lawrence comforted: "No, everyone has things that they are good at and what they are not good at, Sariel you are useful, don't be cranky." ”

Sariel insisted, "No, Lawrence, you can find me something to do!" ”

Lawrence said: "Then you go and count how many chickens and sheep we have recently, and how many peas we have harvested in the past few days." ”

Sariel frowned, unhappy, "That's it?" ”

Lawrence said seriously: "This matter is very important, except for me, you know the most here, you take Navia and Emma to take an inventory of our assets." ”

Sariel was happy, "Good! Leave it to me! ”

Lawrence said: "The people of the Water City make a lot of umbrellas, which can also be used as parasols, and I plan to make some high-end umbrellas to sell to the Western aristocracy recently, I will find you one, you usually use it to see where it needs to be improved, and tell me." ”

When Saliel heard that she needed help, she readily agreed, "Okay! ”

(End of chapter)