Chapter 23: The Fifth Eternal Night
After a while, the sky outside became more and more gloomy, and the days of darkness became longer and longer.
After the envoy to Pigtrotter City returned smoothly and bought off the nobles of Pigtrotter City to rest for a while, most of the year was settled.
The fifth eternal night soon struck.
Lawrence, who had already arranged various things in advance, had nearly a month of winter vacation.
However, there are still many things to be busy this winter vacation.
Lawrence led the crowd in prayer in the cave.
The church outside can't accommodate too many people, but the cave has been expanded and renovated to accommodate more than 500 people.
Lawrence stood on the stone slab outside the maid's room on the second floor to guide.
After three minutes of praying and thanking the gods, the group began to explain some of the arrangements for this winter, as well as the arrangements for next spring.
After these verbose words, he began to sit in his chair and tell stories to the people below.
The night is too long, I don't see the sun for more than 20 days, and I stay in the house all day to eat, sleep, excrete, eat, and continue to sleep, and it is easy to hold back the problem.
In this era, there is no entertainment such as mobile phones, in addition to relying on alcohol to numb oneself, it is to create people and fight, and the latter two are easily hungry.
I used to rely on food and alcohol to get by, but because of the threat from the outside world, I gradually forgot the long time.
Now that the number of people is increasing, there are more things to consider, so more recreational activities can better stabilize law and order.
The manor is mainly storytelling here, and Lawrence and others are not afraid of problems.
The people at the blacksmith shop improved their skills according to Lawrence's requirements, and as long as they had something to do, something to eat, and a companion to communicate with, they could easily carry it over.
The town of Phumixiu relies on tavern stories and a group of people to have fun on their own, and a well-functioning organization will automatically solve some unexpected problems.
And there is a church, even if Andrew and others want to do things casually, most people will only listen to Brielier's words, instead of Andrew shouting and a group of people will follow him.
The port of Ferry is supervised by Seravon and Ulla, a slave girl from Pig's Trotter City, and the actual controller is the captain of several production and construction teams, and it is up to them to take care of their own affairs.
If you encounter something, you will discuss it, and act according to the rules left by Lawrence, if it is something outside the rules, you have to discuss it with Seravon, and if you can't discuss it, you will put it aside and wait for Lawrence to solve it.
Life here in the manor is more stable, there are more spiritual needs, and they are all Lawrence's cronies, so stories are told every three days from the beginning of the eternal night to give everyone something to look forward to.
After the story was told, the meeting broke up, and everyone left the cave under Lawrence's supervision.
Lawrence said to Emma, who was cleaning the grounds, "Rest, I'll let you know about something." ”
Emma promised, "Yes, master." ”
Lawrence returned to the house with the witches and the dark elves, and after returning the witches went to bathe, Lawrence thought of something.
"Put my sailboat on the ground and don't break it!"
"Got it!" Salil shouted casually.
Lawrence quickly went upstairs to take off the prophet's gown and go to the toilet before taking a shower.
After a delay of ten minutes, I went to take a bath, and at this time several witches were still sitting in the pool.
Lawrence did not have the obsession of bathing every day, and simply sat on the stone bench under the shower, allowing the three dark elf maids to help take a bath.
While enjoying the services of the three dark elves, Lawrence thought about the bath.
Every day, I simply rub my body with soap and hot water, and I always feel that something is missing.
Shampoo!
"Candace, how did you wash your hair when you were in the South?"
Candace was washing Lawrence's hair with both hands, and when she heard this, she said, "Boiling water with a kind of leaves, like the sword leaf grass here, is not as good as the soap you made, master." ”
Lawrence felt that washing his hair with soap was not enough, and the effect was too poor.
After thinking about it for a while, Lawrence said, "Actually, you can't finish drinking ale for washing your hair. ”
Sariel was soaking comfortably when she heard Lawrence's stupid words.
"Why can't you finish the ale? There is not enough ale wine to drink at the bottom of the mountain, and even if we take all the grain to make wine, there will not be enough ale wine to drink. ”
Lawrence admits that Sariel was right that ale was a hard currency in the region, more popular than gold and silver coins.
Even now, the ale in the territory is limited to drinking, and the warriors can't do the ale freedom.
Lawrence quickly thought of milk.
Isn't it possible to take a bath and wash your hair with milk?
It seems like too wasteful......
There are not many cows now, and there are more and more children in the territory, so more milk powder needs to be stocked up for emergencies.
Milk bath ...... You can do it, but you definitely can't do it every day.
Use it next time you pretend to be forced, don't use it usually.
You can't tell Sarryl about them, or they'll try.
"Kehalan, isn't there any herb you studied that can wash your hair and is good for your hair?"
Keharan saw that things had been left on him, but he accepted it very seriously.
Washing hair is indeed a thing that everyone is interested in, and Khallan is also interested in doing this.
"I haven't thought about it here, I'll try it in the spring."
Lawrence has a heritage of advanced technology and can provide a lot of advice to help Kehalan avoid detours.
"Kehalan, we need a liquid shampoo that can make the hair smooth, but also can be quickly rinsed off by water, and has a nourishing effect on the hair, so that the hair can become healthier."
Kharan retorted, "How can something that washes off so easily be good for hair?" It's all washed away. ”
Lawrence adds: "It's like a perfume, like a floral effect. ”
Khalan thought for a few seconds.
"I'll try, it just so happens that I haven't boiled potion for a long time."
It suddenly occurred to Lawrence that the traditional witches seemed to be a group of witches who brewed strange potions, and among the so many witches around him, there was only one traditional witch?
Sariel, Sophia, and Delen, these are all half-blood witches in the witch's cognition, and they belong to small characters.
There are also exactly three pure-blood witches, Loshanda, Kehalan, and Catherine.
Fire, life, transformation.
Loshanda was also interested in Kehalan's Crucible Potion, "I'll help you." ”
"Okay." Keharan also needs the help of a Flame Master.
Lawrence left the shampoo task in the hands of Khallan and left it alone, the shampoo was just the icing on the cake, and what was needed most now was the ship's craft technology.
After taking a shower, Lawrence went straight back to the house, and did not continue to rest in the hall, being drained of energy by a few dark elves.
Lawrence sat down at his desk and began to write down some arrangements for next year, organizing his thoughts in advance.
After coming to this world, the memories of the earth have become more and more blurred, and as I come up with various "guides" again and again, there are fewer and fewer things that can be thought of.
I can't think about the technology of ships for a long time, the current technology can't develop steam ships, and I don't understand sailing technology.
Compass, paper, printing, gunpowder.
Lawrence had long wanted to make gunpowder, but could not find sulfur and saltpeter.
Sophia's ability is to discover metallic substances, sulfur and saltpeter are minerals, and Sophia doesn't recognize these two things at all.
"Next year, try to look for sulfur near the volcano, and saltpeter will ...... Grow saltpeter in the old home of the Kloda. ”
Saltpeter is suitable for production in toilets and other places, as long as it simulates the way saltpeter is produced in nature, and creates a similar environment to produce saltpeter.
For example, dig a few trenches in the mountains, pull too much manure into the trenches, and then get some loose branches and leaves and grass ash and other things on them, and lay them layer by layer.
Regularly irrigate some sparse farmhouse fertilizer to keep the soil soft, so that after a period of time, dig out the manure mixture and put it in a bucket, pour some water to settle for a period of time, you can get a liquid containing nitrate, and then process it like salt to get saltpeter.
Saltpeter can be obtained by planting, and sulfur can only be picked up from the mountains, and there should be a lot of them in the mountains.
Growing saltpeter is a long-term process that can take more than a year, is not needed temporarily, and is labor-intensive and labor-intensive.
The gunpowder produced has not been improved for decades, and it has not reached the level of later generations.
At present, the main problem is still the shortage of people, the shortage of slaves who can work!
So next spring is still going to fight the Wave Kingdom, and Lawrence needs some people to do the dirty work.
Lawrence roughly decided on his plans for next year, and when he felt a little sleepy, he planned to sleep.
"Strange, Sariel, why did they wash for so long? It's not going to pass out, is it? ”
Lawrence quickly went downstairs to the bathroom, and as soon as he entered the bathroom's lounge, he smelled ale.
Worst!
Lawrence walked briskly into the bathroom and found that several witches were indeed washing their hair with ale!
"You're wasting food!" Lawrence loudly accuses Sariel and others of their shameful behavior.
Sariel said happily, "Really! Lawrence, you're telling the truth, it's really comfortable to wash your hair with ale, I washed it four times! ”
Lawrence exasperated, "Stop your milk for three days!" And goat's milk! And honey! ”
Sariel muttered as she scrubbed her hair, "What's the matter, you don't drink ale, we can't finish it." ”
At this time, I don't say that there is not enough ale.
"It must be you who led the way!" Lawrence blamed Sariel without evidence, and said to Candace, who was standing aside and not participating: "In the future, they are forbidden to do this without my permission!" ”
Candace was worried that Lawrence would be angry so she didn't get involved, and quickly said, "Yes, master." ”
Sophia obediently didn't speak, anyway, Sarriel had already attracted all the firepower.
Lawrence exasperated, "I'm going to spank your ass today, Delenn, Keharan, help me hold her hand later!" Catherine and Sophia pull Sariel's legs! ”
Sariel looked scared, "What are you going to do?" ”
"Let you know how good I am!" Lawrence said viciously.
Soon Lawrence went back to the bedroom, and after the five witches entered the house at night, they soon joined forces to bully Sariel.
It's a long and eternal night, and you don't have to wear clothes at home. (End of chapter)