Faced with Dana's passionate gaze, Lawrence chose to raise his hands and grabbed the Dark Elf maids sitting on either side, pressing their hair to keep them close to his body.

In addition to Sartice and Candace, the castle is home to a number of dedicated Dark Elf maids.

There is no shortage of women around Lawrence, and there is no shortage of beautiful women and beautiful girls.

Compared to Dana, who has dazzling eyes, Lawrence prefers normal women with black and blue eyes.

Lawrence has no idea of having children with Dana, and in the world of the transcendental, having too many children is not a good thing.

While Lawrence has no scruples about making small talk with Dana, the women in the family are doing their business.

In Lawrence's study, Sariel, who was calculating something, rubbed her forehead and quickly took a sip of the hot tea next to her.

The tea was already a little cold, and Sariel looked at Emma, who was sitting on a chair folding clothes not far away.

"Emma, what time is it?"

Emma was busy sorting out the clothes in the cupboard, and after hearing this, she thought for a moment, "It's about twelve o'clock to one o'clock." ”

Sariel felt a little tired, "It's so late, is Lawrence still talking to Dana?" ”

Emma replied, "When I went down just now, the master was relaxing, and now he should be lying in the hall talking." ”

Salyl nodded, then lowered her head and counted the accounts.

Emma came over and said, "If you're tired, just rest, we don't have anything to worry about here." ”

Sariel looked at the paper on the table, these precious delicate white papers were densely packed with characters.

"It's okay, Lawrence and Sophia are busy, I can sleep a little more tomorrow and settle this account today."

Emma stood on the edge of the table and looked at the characters on it, unable to read the stuff at all.

"What is this?" Emma asked curiously.

As a long-time acquaintance, Emma has a very good relationship with the Lawrence family, saying that she is a maid, but in fact she is already very close relatives.

Saliel looked at what she had calculated, and just when she was in no mood to continue the calculation, she introduced Emma to the meaning.

"We now have 216 maids of the first class, second class, third class, fourth class, and fifth class, 100 female guards, and fifty women from nearby towns who have come to serve and help, and three hundred and thirty female students."

"Just counting the 366 people here in our inner castle, the daily cost is a lot of money."

Sariel pointed to one of the symbols with a quill, "A healthy man can cultivate fifteen acres of land, and the annual output of fifteen acres of land is about four or five thousand catties." ”

"Not counting the portion he eats himself, not counting the portion that needs to be kept as seeds, and not counting the portion he feeds his family, these grains can probably leave about 4,000 catties after they are delivered to us."

"We need to feed a blacksmith who doesn't farm to make us cutlery, a tailor who doesn't farm to sew us new clothes, and a large crowd to work as maids in a comfortable house."

"Now every woman in the family needs a lot more things, Lawrence asked me to calculate how much food a territory needs to sustain the consumption of fifty and a hundred or so ordinary nobles, and the more I calculate, the more chaotic it becomes, just like what I see."

Sarriel looked at the dancing symbols on the white paper, and felt as if she couldn't figure it out.

It is necessary to calculate the output of grain, and the consumption of food by workers and soldiers, the output of a peasant family cannot afford the consumption of a soldier or maid, and the consumption of the noble members who serve together with hundreds of soldiers and maids will only be greater.

Emma was shocked and said, "It sounds like a lot of trouble to me. ”

"yes." Sariel felt a lot better, and remembered Lawrence again, "Lawrence used to be a nobleman, and I asked him what his previous aristocratic life was like, and he said he couldn't remember it clearly. ”

"It would be nice to know what the life of the former nobles was."

Sariel was not an aristocrat and knew very little about the affairs of noblewomen.

Emma quickly proposed, "Why don't you ask Master Kassandra and Master Catherine?" ”

Salyl nodded, "Let's talk about it tomorrow, I'll do the math myself." ”

Emma said, "Yes, then I'll make you a cup of tea." ”

Sariel didn't want to drink tea anymore, stood up and said, "Is Sophia still busy?" Normally, she would have fallen asleep at this time. ”

Emma explains, "I've heard from Tim that Heidi has been working on a steam engine with a group of schoolgirls lately, and it's a new model that has been made according to the owner's request, supposedly to improve the traffic in the territory. ”

Sariel didn't know much about it, except that Lawrence valued that Heidi.

"I see, no wonder Sophia has become so serious lately."

Saliel found the reason why Sophia doesn't sleep, and driven by that Heidi's hard work, Sophia is working overtime to make progress like a burning ass!

Industriousness is rolled out.

Sariel and Emma walked into the adjacent workshop, which was the room where Lawrence usually made some tools.

Lawrence has always loved to make parts and tools, from the beginning to the present, all kinds of hobbies have been retained, and when there is nothing to do, except for messing with his family, the most is sports and creativity.

Sophia sits in the chair where Lawrence usually sits, using tweezers and pliers to work on a flat set of iron sheets.

When Sariel got closer, she found a variety of metal knick-knack on the table, as well as a large wooden box, as well as all sorts of things she had never seen before.

"Sophia, what are you doing? It's late, it's time to go to bed. Salyl greeted softly.

Sophia sensed the approach of Salil and Emma very early, and said without raising her head at this time: "I am making the clock that the master said, and I will go to sleep when I finish this beach spring, you go to sleep first." ”

Sariel also knew about the clock, and asked curiously: "The clock? Is it the clock that Lawrence said could keep time? I remember Lawrence saying that that the clock didn't need sunlight to keep time accurately, and it was much more complicated than a water clock and an hourglass. ”

"Hmm." Sophia said perfunctorily: "That's it, what I'm going to do is a clockwork." ”

Sariel didn't understand what Sophia was making, but seeing that Sophia was so serious, she didn't continue to bother.

The women in the family have some things to do, and they should usually do something in addition to eating and enjoying themselves, so that they don't eat white food.

Especially after calculating the scale and consumption according to Lawrence's requirements in the past few days, Sariel also felt that everyone in the family should do something a little.

Like Keharan, he is in charge of cultivating crops, researching crops, or managing the family's things and ledgers like he does.

Now Sophia can help Lawrence make tools, and what will be made is surely worth more than the output of a hundred peasants.

Salil soon went on to calculate the size and cost of a territory.

Towards early morning, Lawrence and Dana ended their conversation.

After arranging for Dana to rest in the guest room, Lawrence returns to the bedroom to see Sariel and Sophia, already asleep.

Without disturbing the two, Lawrence went to the study to sort out the various information analyzed from the conversation with Dana, intending to sort it out more specifically.

When he sat down in his chair, Lawrence saw the rune paper on the table, with Sariel's handwriting on it, as well as many annotations of numbers and words.

What Emma couldn't understand, Lawrence understood at a glance, and it was clear that it was all kinds of conclusions that Saril had roughly calculated.

This is also the matter that Lawrence has put Sariel in charge of, and it is a bigger matter than clocks and steam engines.

Lawrence was going to set a standard for the noble lords everywhere, and now was the time to discuss that standard.

If it is a minor noble lord, it is impossible for the whole family to have no worries about food and clothing, and only the heir can skip the farm work and learn the skills of the lord.

The rest of the children have to work, but not as hard as the average farmer.

Of course, if there is really not enough manpower, then in this barbaric feudal era, sons and daughters are animals that need to be forced to work with whips and sticks, and they will be beaten if they are lazy and do not work.

Cattle and sheep will really lie down and remain motionless when they are beaten hard, but people will obey and work after being beaten.

In the agrarian and feudal times, children used it this way.

Lawrence didn't fit into the era in the first place, and he wanted to kill all those who beat him!

It's just that I didn't have the ability at the beginning, so I ran away, and then I didn't bother to meet those people again after I had the ability, and I didn't have such a strong sense of revenge.

At this time, the Star Kingdom has stabilized, and there will be many meritorious nobles in the next few years, and how to arrange a reasonable treatment for these people will determine the development trend in the next few decades.

Lawrence was reluctant to let his nobles have too much of a population, and most of the people who fought in the war and made a name for themselves were not very good at management, but good at eating and drinking.

To maintain a territory, supporting about fifty soldiers and ten children of the nobles who were completely out of production, it would take between fifteen hundred and two thousand men, and it would require a normal land output.

Lawrence thought about the ancient fiefdoms, where the general had a fief in addition to the rewards of the imperial court.

The king, marquis, and knighthood will give a fief, and land is an important capital in any era.

"Two thousand people, it's probably a bustling town, and it's really almost a baron's domain."

Lawrence thought about the fiefdom policy he was going to make, which was different from the pirate aristocracy of the previous kingdom of Loven, more standard, and more perfect.

Although it is a divided territory, these territories must implement the policy of the Kingdom of Stars, otherwise the title and reward will be revoked.

It is also the duty and duty of each lord to maintain the stability of the territory, and if there is a problem with the territory, it will naturally prove that the lord is incompetent.

The right to reward and reclaim is the best bond for these lords.

Lawrence quickly put these aside, different regions will have different situations, the fertility of the territory and the number of special products of the population, all determine the quality of the territory.

This kind of important matter Lawrence will not only discuss with Sariel, but also with the rest of the people, and finally come up with a final plan.

Fighting a war requires money, and it is also a large-scale burning of money, Lawrence knows very well that what is being fought now is a war, which is different from the previous robbery-style route of bringing dry food to make a fortune.

After thinking quietly for a while, Lawrence walked out softly, and walked alone to the platform on the roof of the building to look at the night sky that was gradually brightening in the distance.

"It's almost dawn, and I don't feel too sleepy."

"I've been getting harder and harder lately." Lawrence thought about the troubles, "When I was a teenager, I was done in a few minutes, but I had a lot of energy, and I felt that the time was getting longer and the body was becoming less and less sensitive over the years. ”

"It's normal to think about it, my physical fitness has improved greatly now, my muscle strength and body resistance are stronger than those of wild boars, and in some aspects I am indeed getting more and more sluggish."

"The male witches outside give me the feeling that they don't pay much attention to women, and they can't say that they are completely repulsed, but their minds are more focused on strength."

"Maybe there will be a sense of isolation when you get along with ordinary people in the future, and now you are not a witch of the same level, and you feel that your body's response is becoming more and more sluggish."

"Obviously, my brain thinks it's okay, but my body is honest and doesn't react......"

Lawrence showed a helpless expression, there have been more and more troubles recently.

The affairs of Loshanda and the others need to be resolved, and their own bodies and mentalities, as well as various things in the territory, are also upset.

Just as Lawrence sighed in annoyance, a bright light came from the mountain road in the distance.

Lawrence quickly looked at the mountain road two or three kilometers away, and on the sloping mountain road, the bright light from the illuminating stones was constantly shaking in the darkness.

A long line of five illuminated stones is slowly moving along the mountain road, and the route taken is not a remote and hidden route, but a large road from the Mountain Wind Manor.

Lawrence looked at the length between the five lights, this length was obviously more than five people, Lawrence first thought of the team that Loshanda brought out!!

At this time, the barking of excited dogs came from the quiet mountain and forest roads.

The barking of the dog is a long, whining sound, sounding like a big bad wolf claiming territory.

Hearing the familiar barking of a dog, Lawrence quickly determined that it was the sound of the blast, and was excited that the blast had spotted him.

"The dog's nose is really smart!"

Lawrence grinned happily, and Blast was also a member of the expedition.

When exploring unfamiliar mountain areas, it is definitely ideal to have intelligent creatures like Hurricane in company.

Lawrence didn't take Blast with him when he went out on an expedition himself, but both Losanda and Deren knew that Blast was the embodiment of the Wolf King, so they naturally brought this good helper.

The effect of a gale is definitely more than ten Bumishians.

Lawrence quickly went downstairs to make arrangements, and had the castle gate open to greet the family who had not seen him for a long time.

The night guards were also quickly assembled, and the maids who worked the night shift in the castle were also busy cooking and boiling water.

As the sky grew brighter, Delenn and Loshanda walked to the front and back of the castle gate, and saw the brightly lit circular building, and the man who greeted them at the door.

"Welcome back." Lawrence stepped forward and gave Delenn and Losanda a hug, as well as the beekeeper who had gone with him.

Swift Wind ran to Lawrence's side, lowered his head and obediently placed his head under Lawrence's men.

Lawrence smiled and touched Wind's head, "Good job." ”

(End of chapter)