Oak City

On the top floor of the Circle building stood a large group of people.

Men, women, children, more than a thousand people stood on the rooftops looking at the red sun in the distance.

The great red sun was gradually setting on the other side of Mount Agama, and the last trace of residual heat was sprinkled on everyone's faces and bodies.

The sun disappeared faster than expected, and the cold wind came with the darkness suddenly.

Sixth, the eternal night has fallen!

Lawrence sat by the window and looked out at the stars.

"Then there was a long darkness ahead."

Lawrence's self-talk was heard by those nearby, standing beside Lawrence were dark elves in feathered veils and beautiful women in simple cloth clothes.

You don't need to wear so many clothes in a warm room, and sometimes you have to open the ventilation window regularly to breathe in to prevent the temperature in the room from getting too high.

The maids, who had nothing to do, were cleaning up and wiping the floor with buckets and rags to keep the room cool.

Lawrence wore simple pajamas, similar to the linen onesies of Greek men.

Sophia lay down on the wooden rocking chair that Lawrence had made for Keharan, put her hands on the armrests of the chair, and let the little maid who was seven or eight years old behind her help her rock the chair, and lay lazily on the chair to sleep.

Even though it was dark outside, Lawrence had no idea of going to bed now.

Now there is no need to worry about food and drink, there is no need to worry about safety, there are several more types of entertainment, and there are enough places for these people to move around.

There's nothing wrong with not basking in the sun for a month, it's complemented by firelight and lights, and that's how most people come here.

There may be tens of thousands of ways to die here, but a month of eternal night is nothing here, and the biggest causes of death for local humans are hunger, cold, and strife.

Excluding these three, the survival rate can increase several times.

Not shining on the sun for a month is indeed a defect, but like cancer or disease, it is not yet on the list.

The fourth leading factor in death is stupidity.

Some people are really killed by their own stupidity, they don't understand what danger is, and they don't have a memory to speak of.

The fifth factor is work, and death at work has always been an inevitable pain in human history.

Avoiding the first five is the disease.

There are many kinds of diseases, and not shining on the sun is not much of an important reason here.

Lawrence tackled the biggest three, so now stupidity and work death are the big heads.

These problems do not need to be solved in a few years, and in fact they cannot be solved so quickly, even in another five hundred years, and death cannot be avoided.

Lawrence looked at the little girl who rocked Sophia's chair.

"Tim, how are you studying lately?"

Tim heard his master's question, and a happy expression appeared on his face.

"Master, I'm learning arithmetic with Teacher Jade, and I'm learning addition now."

Tim works in the house for two hours a day, and spends the rest of his time studying and resting.

The school in the Circle Building has been in operation for a long time, and it is mainly the maid and the jade who teach writing and arithmetic.

There are also special classrooms for learning words and arithmetic in other places.

Alikmu is in charge of Flying Fish Harbor, Salavin and Ula are in Ferry Harbor, Beov is in the Wakiri area, Brelil is in Phumisius Town, Navia is in Manor, the Forest Tribe is the old knight Turaka family, and Southtown is in charge of the soldiers stationed in the town.

Literacy began long ago, and the first Durellas were taught simple arithmetic and written language in churches, and later acquired this knowledge as they continued to get along.

Now it is to further expand the fruits of victory, and use the time of the eternal night to make those foreigners who do not yet speak the language quickly master normal conversation.

The new entrants don't have this problem, both sides speak the same language, most of the habits are the same, and they merge very quickly.

It's mainly the people of the Wave Kingdom who were caught last year, as well as the Kocako people and Deco people before that.

Lawrence quickly tests Tim with some simple addition and subtraction, and then goes on to take the witches on a journey to learn the intricacies of Chinese and build a second language.

In addition to eating and sleeping every day, I will also talk about how to play with the dark elves like Candace, who have a heritage experience derived from the bloodline in enjoyment and service.

After enjoying it, I will also be busy with various serious things, such as the development arrangement for next year, the improvement and setting of technology such as ship gunpowder, and the construction of the second wonder.

Previously, it was planned to build Wonder II to support, and rush from the manor to the town of Phumixiu via a high-altitude bridge.

Later, I forgot about it because of the decrease in demand, and I was busy with more and more important things every day.

High-altitude bridges are useless now, even if they are built.

Lawrence needed to address security issues and the pitfalls of the rapid expansion of the territory.

Now 10,000 or 20,000 people can't hold that much territory, and fortunately there are Siddlers outside as a buffer, otherwise the problem here is even greater.

It will take at least a dozen years for the population to expand to 500,000 before it is able to hold on to its current territory.

According to the calculation of 10 to 1, 500,000 people are only 50,000 soldiers, and these soldiers have to defend more than a dozen places, and they also have to solve the problems of law and order and patrols.

The mobility on your side has become weaker, and when you are on the defensive, you can't play your mobility advantage.

The church gang has always liked to send small units to destroy the village, to arrest or kill people and threaten them.

If the other side had sent someone to burn down the village, they would have run away by the time they sent someone from their side.

Lawrence thought about his opponent on the more powerful side, thinking about how he could react quickly and take revenge if someone attacked the stronghold of the village under his wing.

I thought about it for days, and the solution I came up with was to build a spectacle.

Build a 100-meter-tall giant tree, plant a giant tree near each gathering point, and notify the lookouts in the rear by blowing horns, setting fires, and using lighting beads when attacked.

It's a rudimentary version of the castle and is only responsible for providing a view.

It has not been possible to build walls and castles in all villages in the last year or two, but it is possible to build large tree lighthouses in various areas.

Village wars, as long as large-scale killings, are basically accompanied by arson.

At night, you can see the light of the fire from 10,000 meters away from the large tree lighthouse built on a high place, and if you determine the location of each living area and establish a formation that is easiest to support many places, you will be able to maximize your mobility.

Cavalry, infantry, patrol units, garrison troops, militia regiments.

Lawrence designed five prototypes of his corps.

The garrison corps is regularly stationed in various places to assist the local militia in production and construction, and disseminate knowledge.

The Guard Corps, the main defensive force, is stationed on the front-line battlefield during the war, and is used during the confrontation, mainly by the Bumicians, and Beoff is in charge.

The expeditionary corps, the troops responsible for the crusade and the attack, were divided into two groups, land and sea, with Crete and Fleith in charge respectively.

The Security Corps, the Corps responsible for maintaining law and order at the gathering point and patrolling issues, feels like anyone can do it.

The Holy Legion, a loyal unit directly under Lawrence.

Rather than a spectacle, this eternal night is more about strengthening organizational skills and resisting unexpected events with more efficient organizational power.

(End of chapter)