It rained lightly last night, and the next day Oak City became much cooler.

On the sloping hillside road north of Oak City, there are wide oak pine trees, as well as some tall and tall trees and flowers.

Lush vegetation is scattered and quietly distributed on both sides of a winding road.

People go up and down the mountain along the winding roads, handing over various supplies and goods to the designated people.

In the atrium of the Oak City Ring, Lawrence and Delen were watching the chaotic construction team in front of them.

More than twenty bales of cement were piled up at the back of the big house, and workers were digging holes in the ground with hoes and shovels to build the basement and dungeon of the new villa.

After shacks, stone houses, log cabins, caves, and wooden house villas, Lawrence's sixth-generation house is under intense construction.

This time, the castle is going to be made, and it is going to be used for decades, so the planning is more detailed.

Delen looked at the workers who were working on the construction, and these people were making very slow progress, "Let me do it, and it will be soon." ”

Lawrence looked at Delenn after hearing this, and wanted to say that her little magic power would be used for a day and half a month, and she could only use her magic power once to simply harden or soften part of the soil.

There are a lot of things I want to say, but when I get to my mouth, it becomes something else, "You still have a child in your belly, just leave this matter to the people of the construction team, I'll watch it here, it's okay." ”

Delen's belly only bulged slightly, and if she didn't know she was pregnant, she couldn't tell that she was pregnant.

Hearing Lawrence's concern, Delenn said confidently: "I am stronger now than when I was not pregnant!" ”

Witches become much stronger when they are pregnant, and the body's gestation mechanism determines that the special energy of this period is more powerful, which can make Delen's witchcraft that has not risen for more than ten years become a little stronger.

"yes, I know." Lawrence still doesn't want Delen to consume witchcraft casually, "Your power is reserved for reinforcement, and you don't need it yet." ”

Delenn looked at Lawrence and left it to say, and continued to look at the people who were working.

"Let these people come and build houses, and will there be enough people to harvest wheat?"

Lawrence suddenly couldn't help laughing, "You still think it's five years ago~"

Lawrence looked down at the well-manicured meadow beneath his feet, and then at the circular building in front of him, which was also being transformed into part of the castle.

In the future, it will be part of the castle and can accommodate 10,000 people to live and defend here.

"There are enough people to harvest wheat now, and I counted it yesterday when I went to the town to build a school with those children, and now there are 50,000 people in the land of stars."

"It doesn't include people who come to work for a short period of time, and it doesn't include southerners who have just escaped from outside."

"Just Siddle, Vakiri, Phumisiu, Flying Fish Harbor, Manor, Downstream, and us, there are 50,000 people combined."

Delen was just a little surprised by this number, as if a child was getting taller than expected.

"I remember not so long ago there were only two or three thousand." Deren pondered the memories in his mind and said a more impressive number.

Lawrence smiled, "I remember the events of each period, and I remember the events of the shortly after the subduation of the foresters, after which we occupied the western land, and obtained a lot of indemnity and territory, as well as the population of the land. ”

"The Kingdom of Waves, Vakiri, and Siddle are gradually being swallowed up by us, and there are captives in Pig's Trotter City."

"The most important thing is that the population in our territory, especially the downstream foresters, has been growing rapidly in recent years."

Delenn nodded, "That's fast, it's the fastest I've ever heard." ”

Lawrence felt that this speed was very average, although it was difficult for ancient nomads to start, but the snowball advantage was particularly great, and it was easy to grow from a small tribe to a country with millions of people in more than ten years.

"The speed at which we play the turf is not fast, it's not that we can't, it's just that it's not necessary."

Lawrence prefers peace of mind and enjoyment, and is not very ambitious.

Even if it occupies ten times the territory, it cannot rule peacefully, and there are constant internal and external troubles.

If you continue to expand your territory, you will need nobles to rule for you, and you will also have to spend a lot of time fighting in the north and south.

While they were chatting, Saliel and Emma walked in from outside.

Sariel trotted up to Lawrence on a sheep, and beneath her was Nala the Domme the Sheep, who had been doing little exercise lately.

Nala is sixteen years old, and the normal lifespan of a domme sheep is between ten and twenty years old, and Nala has been eating, drinking, sleeping well, and doing less physical work all these years, and the life expectancy is definitely higher than that of the farmer's dom sheep.

Sariel smiled and looked at Lawrence as she sat on the back of a sheep, "Lawrence, there is a witch in the church in the town of Phumesius where a witch has signed up for the Holy Maiden Academy, and her witchcraft can control the swarm!" ”

Sariel was very happy and couldn't help but say, "She used this ability to fight before, and it was a waste to use a lot of bees to sting people!" ”

Lawrence felt that this ability would be a good way to take care of the bees, but the witch might not be uncommon in the outside world.

In fact, the ability of witches is not omnipotent, and it is not that the outside countries do not attach importance to witchcraft, but these people are too few to play a role, but they occupy a lot of resources.

If you use the money to raise a wizard, it is more cost-effective to raise a knight than to hire a wizard.

What's more, wizards are more dangerous and difficult to control.

Let a noble wizard become a mason, go to the field to harvest vegetables, and to raise bees in the garden?

It's unrealistic to do that anywhere else but Lawrence.

It's right to have milk is a mother, it must be good to make people work first, otherwise why do these wizards who like to enjoy follow you to live a hard life?

The Land of Stars has benefits that can't be given from the outside, plus it provides a safe place to stay, which attracts ...... Doesn't actually attract a couple of witches either.

Lawrence knew early on that the witches around him were either here in the first place, or had fled.

The only ones who were really attracted were witches like Catherine who needed to give birth to offspring, and the rest of the witches were not attracted at all, most of them took refuge.

Now that it has really developed, and there are basically no internal and external troubles, those nobles and witches have begun to really go here.

For this kind of icing on the cake and taking advantage of the trend, Lawrence can't say that he hates it, and he can't say that he likes it.

"Since she has such a talent, let her study here first, and take care of the bees at the apiary while studying, we are very short of honey now."

Lawrence made the arrangement simply, without even asking the other person's age and appearance.

Sariel took the initiative and said, "Okay, that witch's name is also Emma, she looks like she is in her thirties, she is not pretty, but she is not ugly either. ”

Lawrence felt that the name was fake because it was so common.

But don't bother to care, everyone has their own past.

Lawrence rarely delves into other people's pasts, whether it's Sophia or Kehalan, and many things are just a brief conversation without going too deep.

Lawrence didn't care who Delen's father was, who Kehalan's husband and daughter were, and whether Sophia's family was alive or not.

Living well in the moment is the most important thing to do.

Emma saw that Lawrence was not interested in the witch with the same name as herself, so she took the initiative to talk about the matter down the mountain.

"Master, the town has researched a new vodka recipe, this time the wine is more mellow, the taste is stronger, and after drinking it, the throat is as spicy as if it burns."

Lawrence smiled with satisfaction, "This is good news, I will arrange for someone to reward them, and in the future, the number of wineries in the town will be controlled, and it is best to unite them, not too scattered." ”

"Yes, master." Emma meekly jotted down the command.

Lawrence didn't want to continue to talk about development, and quickly brought a few people into the house to sit down and chat.

It didn't take long for it to be dinner, and today's Lawrence house was still full of big meals.

After a few days, it was time for the autumn harvest to be harvested, and a large number of serfs and hired laborers began to go down to the fields to harvest the wheat.

The autumn harvest lasts for several days, and the food will be richer during these days, such as fruits, pork, and eggs.

The north is not suitable for pig farming, so the pig farm is located in the town of Siddle, especially in the rural area near Pig's Trotter Town.

The reason why Pig's Trotter City is called Pig's Trotter City is because it is very suitable for raising pigs, not only the large wild boars used by the wild boar army, but also the profen pigs with better meat quality.

The Lovin pigs were not tolerant to the cold, so they were not suitable for the cold land, so Lawrence had to raise pigs on farms near the south, and at the same time gave the task of raising pigs to the Siddle people, requiring each village to turn in a certain amount of pigs every year.

Because they didn't need to pay taxes, they only needed to pay some grain every year, and now the pressure on the Steadles was much less than before, and Lawrence drove them to fulfill their obligations as a lord, and these people obediently agreed, which was not a trouble.

It's a tax increase, and the people of Siddle don't believe in any tax-free statement anyway, as long as the tax is not serious, they can accept it very happily.

It has been more than a year since Lawrence took over the territory of Steel, and in this year, everyone has become accustomed to Lawrence's rule, and has begun to join the Church of the Stars, abide by the rules of the Church of the Stars, and intermarry with the villages outside.

The land of the Land of Stars could hold four or five million people, but now there are only more than fifty thousand.

More than 50,000 people is just the population of a small city for most kingdoms and empires, not much at all.

The autumn harvest lasts up to two and a half months, and in addition to the wheat harvest, it is also necessary to harvest peas, pumpkins, potatoes, oranges, etc., and it will be busy from autumn until the time before the eternal night.

***

"It's been another bumper year."

"Praise be to the great, merciful prophet!"

"Cheers!"

In the Ice and Flame Tavern in Flying Fish Harbor, a group of people are drinking and going crazy in the language of Loven.

The climate here is much better than in the cold land of the north, not only is the land more fertile, the climate is more comfortable, and even the fish in the sea are a little more.

Because of the main cultivation of wheat, Feiyu Port soon built several affiliated cities.

Wheat City, Barley City, Potato City, Carol City (a city south of the mountain), Kruda City (a city with deer), Dam City.

These places were all part of the migration, fixed in the local area in the form of production teams, and at the same time, the members of the united production teams would marry and intermarry with each other, and the first aborigines of the city were roughly established.

At present, the cities are still small villages, so some people will run for an hour or two to come to Feiyu Port to drink and chat in their free time.

While the men drank and chatted, the women and children were outside the Flying Fish Harbor to earn money and sell things, and some men were selling supplies with their families.

Although many copper and silver coins have been printed, most of them are concentrated in the families of soldiers and craftsmen in the town of Bhumixiu and the port of Dum, and the peasants rarely receive copper coins.

Then there are the merchants and aristocrats of the West, who rely on the resources of the state in exchange for a lot of money.

There is no land tax in the Land of Stars, as most of the people here are Lawrence's slaves, a population that Lawrence bought and captured through war.

They generally did not have a sense of independence, and did not belong to Lawrence's adherents themselves, but were transferred to this place like a commodity, belonging to Lawrence.

Lawrence only took half of the land harvest from his slaves, leaving the rest of the grain for their own distribution.

The seed grain Lawrence would be distributed, so these people only needed to use the food for their own family to eat and drink.

How to eat it, how to use it, Lawrence doesn't care.

Everyone is in this ratio, this ratio is enough for a family to eat and drink, if anyone can starve to death, it must be their own laziness or can't control the urge to drink and spend money indiscriminately, and they deserve to starve to death.

The more you plant, the more you can keep, and for each family, cultivating more land can make life more and more comfortable.

This year is the third harvest season, and the Flying Fish Harbor is bustling and lively, making the elves who come to buy new food feel that it is more prosperous than their royal capital.

Not only the elves of the Green Forest Kingdom, but also the adventurers and nobles of the Deco Kingdom, the Kocako Kingdom, and the Io Kingdom were also shocked by this prosperous scene.

In the farmer's market of Flying Fish Harbor, the shouts are repeated one after another, and people from various villages and production teams sell grain here.

The main currency of the inhabitants of Flying Fish Harbor is not copper coins, nor shells and wine, but grain, with an emphasis on wheat.

Not only do they exchange wheat for rice, flour, bran, steamed buns, fruits, and medicinal herbs, but they also exchange eggs and straw baskets for cloth, salt and jars.

Whenever the wheat is harvested and dried, the shouts one after another are to exchange wheat for pots and pans, needles and threads, and baskets and dustpans.

Even a production team of people banded together, and each family produced live chickens, furs, eggs, wheat, medicinal herbs, etc., and scraped together the money to buy cars and cattle.

There are cattle lent by Lawrence in the town of Phumixiu, but because of the lack of attention here in Flying Fish Harbor and the fact that there are too few people who have a relationship with Lawrence, they can only rely on the Durella people of the production team to help them buy cattle and clear the wasteland.

Reclamation requires manpower and material resources, as well as collective strength.

While Lawrence was mostly focused on northern cities such as Oak City, Flying Fish Harbor in the West had begun to strengthen itself.

It's not that the peasants of this era don't know how to improve themselves, they are also human beings, just because of the oppression of the aristocracy all along, forcing these people to continue to be slaves.

Now these people are indeed slaves here in Lawrence, but Lawrence loosened the shackles on these people, allowed them to become stronger and developed on their own, and encouraged these people to open up the wasteland and research technology.

As long as the windfall is taxed, even if it is robbed by going to sea, as long as it is not robbing a few current allies and giving Lawrence a part of the harvest, then Lawrence will also provide protection.

(End of chapter)