As the ice progresses into winter, the port area becomes busier.

Every winter, most of the merchant ships come to receive the blessings of the stars, and the long period of darkness and cold here is not a bad thing for many large ships.

Especially for those large ships that are more than 30 meters in size, these large ships are expensive, and compared to the cost of destruction and corrosion, it is acceptable to take some time out of maintenance each year.

And both sailors and merchants need a time of rest, and in the eternal night, ships and men want to be healed peacefully.

In the morning, Dahir, who had bought mutton pies from the street, walked into the beacon of eternal night in Ferry Harbour.

The Night's Lighthouse is a lighthouse that has been built over the years to command ships and is also the territory of the Dark Elves Night's Watch.

Lawrence has always been very mindful of food protection behavior, whether it is a dog or a human, there must be a clear sense of superiority and superiority, if there is a strong sense of food protection and xenophobia, then it will definitely develop into aggression.

The Night's Watch can exist on its own, but the office is also divided into multiple floors, with the top three floors for the elves and the lower three for the anthropologists here, in addition to the light tower on the top floor.

The initial status of this group of dark elves was not high, they were originally sent as slaves to settle down, and Lawrence often came to help suppress them, and later killed two because of the dark elves' private marriage, and then successfully completed the coordination.

As the status of those Dark Elves within the family increases, it is inevitable that these capable Dark Elf Night's Watch will also rise in status.

Therefore, Lawrence did not randomly place a group of people in the beacon of the eternal night, and chose mainly some port managers to work here, and it was also a guest house for some special people.

In an era when blood is equal to status, mortal consuls who can talk to the transcendent have the qualifications to talk to the dark elves to a certain extent.

In the eyes of the transcendental, these dark elves are actually slave-like beings.

As soon as Dahir, one of the elven siblings, entered the hall on the first floor, he saw several people chatting around a table that resembled a mushroom lid.

Several humans sensed Darhir's arrival, but quickly continued to talk about their own affairs.

Dahir himself is a resident here, not a stranger.

"The location of the port is almost the same this year, especially the shelter in the Winged Harbor is already full of big ships, and there is no way for foreign merchant ships to give more money, so I can only let them go to the Cold Ice Harbor."

"It seems to be busy lately, but it hasn't reached the time of the eternal night yet, and in previous years, it was only a few days before the eternal night, and last year it didn't seem to be full."

"Several large ships have been launched this year, and there are three more large ships in Haisenli and the Hokuriku Kingdom, and their king is returning from the Stormy Sea, and the big ships will definitely be sent over to receive blessings at that time."

"Our ship also has to receive blessings, this year the shipyard has been busy there for a year, and it looks like this year's bonus will not be less."

"Yes, praise be to His Majesty the Merciful Prophet."

Several officials raised their glasses in praise of His Majesty the Great Prophet, and then continued to chat about the work of the past few days, as well as the arrangements for the eternal night.

"The women in my family have been getting lazier lately, and I want to get a new wife, preferably a Durella."

"We can't buy slaves here, the prophet knows he'll break your legs."

A man standing next to him who did not speak suddenly said, "The prophet knows everything, and there will definitely be a little bee to tell the news." ”

Several people know that the key is the last sentence, but the little bee who reported the news did not refer to Emma, the beekeeper witch, but to some whistleblowers who did not look down on others.

Another said, "You'd better get married while you're in this time, I heard Lord Frys, who was drinking, that the Prophet is discussing a bill on marriage, which is roughly to prohibit our men here from marrying outside women, and not to accept outside people in the name of marriage unless they have made a meritorious deed." ”

"Really?" This news is obviously too far in advance, and many people don't know it.

The messenger whispered: "It should be true, don't talk nonsense, Lord Fryce said it when he was drinking and playing cards, and we should not say it when we wake up." ”

Fryce was a valiant warrior, but not a good insider.

Lawrence couldn't discuss many things with his generals, and once they did, they would leak secrets in advance.

Sometimes I don't want to generalize, but it's a matter of nature.

A man raised his glass and said angrily, "It must have been the idea of those women!" They can't get married, they always complain to the prophet, and I know it's them! ”

The rest of the people hurriedly said: "It's that there are too many people coming from outside, and in the summer I have been saying not to accept people from outside, and a while ago during the autumn harvest, I found a smuggling boat, and hundreds of Westerners smuggled over on a boat, and the prophet was very angry when he found out, and killed the owner of the boat who collected the money, and a few people who collected money from us here." ”

"They're damned! Let so many people in, we'll be messed up here, and then there will be those refugees everywhere! We're not a slum here! ”

Although it is an area where 99 percent of the immigrants are outside, everyone here is gradually becoming xenophobic, and the exclusion is only those who have not yet gotten on the bus.

There are no aborigines in Ferry Harbor, and almost all of the aborigines here are dead, or they are permanently living in the Hillwind Manor.

Since previous years, the ownership of the land has been Lawrence, who is the owner of the land, not the ferryman.

It's like a group of monkeys who occupy fertile land and then go to humans to drive away these monkeys, and only people with brain problems will say that the owner of the land is monkeys.

The owner of this land is Lawrence, and everyone is Lawrence's slave, so logically and logically speaking, all the people who come and work for Lawrence are locals.

Dahir had already walked up to the second floor, and the mutton pie in his hand was almost finished.

When he had eaten only the last bit of dough, Dahir, who had walked to the window of the tower, lifted the pie crust in his hand, threw it into the gloomy sea in the distance, and closed his eyes ceremoniously in front of the window.

"To the elves of the port! Praise the Merciful Prophet! ”

After whispering softly, Dahir quietly exited the window and continued up the stairs.

The difference in culture made Dahir reluctant to thank the elves of the mountains, so he thanked the elves of the port.

Unlike her brother, who spends all day in a country house, this elf sister, who looks like a fat aunt, prefers a lively life, so she completes her spending tasks here in Ferry Harbor.

The elder brother's money is used to buy materials and hire workers to build houses and cook, while the younger sister uses her and her brother's money to be dashing in the city.

Returning to his own room, Dahir quickly began to wash his hands and comb his hair, and arrange his clothes.

"I'm running out of money, I'm going to find the Prophet."

***

Lawrence is studying the law of the territory, and when he recently went to the church and convent to listen to the complaints of the priests and nuns, many priests and nuns said that many women and girls went to the church and the convent to complain, saying that the men in the territory were always mixing with the women outside, and they were thinking of divorcing them and marrying cheap women outside.

The church itself was a building that defended the hearts and minds of the people of the territory, mainly aimed at the lower classes.

The monastery was a window for aristocratic women and female intellectuals to express their opinions, and at the same time, the monastery also undertook the task of conveying the opinions of the wives and daughters of the generals, and undertook the opinions of the middle and upper classes.

Some merchants and aristocrats only thought that the monastery was a place for Lawrence to choose women, but in reality the place was valued only by Lawrence for financial significance.

"Only unmarried men who have a job can marry, and at the same time, they must get the consent of three-quarters of their colleagues in the workplace, and the person in charge of the workplace will help arrange the marriage, which is more conducive to teamwork."

"Generally, when this kind of person works hard and struggles to get married, he will be favored by other women, and he will be recommended by people around him for his relatives and the like."

Lawrence thought about something very evil, and prevented them from marrying in a way that encouraged them.

Soon Lawrence made another difficulty, "but fresh blood is also very important, long-term xenophobia does not accept fresh blood, it is easy to have problems, and it is easy to form stubborn local forces." ”

"It is necessary to marry and marry outside, and marriage does not necessarily have to be completely free, but it cannot be completely unfree."

"Forget it, let it be."

Lawrence quickly devised a brutal method of saving time and effort, adding punishment in addition to encouragement.

If a man who marries outside and a woman continue to live in the country of stars, he will have to pay a little more taxes, and the woman who comes in can get a divorce, but he cannot marry someone from the country of stars within the scope of the country of stars.

It doesn't matter if a woman marries outside, she must serve when she stays, and she has been involved in clothing, fishing, food production and processing for more than ten years.

In both cases, the family members of the man and the woman are not allowed to bring their families over, and only the right to visit relatives is allowed seven days a year, and only a maximum of five people can come.

This does not include those who are judged to be excellent in technical skills, warriors with the strength of a great knight, and those who are talented in technical fields such as poetry, art, tailoring, food, winemaking, and animal husbandry.

If a nobleman marries a foreign woman or a foreign man, he is demoted by one level, and his children do not have the right to inherit, and the land belongs to the public.

Lawrence must curb the trend of marrying outside at this stage, this era really has the influence of blood, what Lawrence needs is a group of elite warriors with cold blood, preferably pure-blooded.

If a race is really superior to a foreign race, then only the enemy will want to dilute this excellent bloodline.

At present, the basic market has stabilized, with millions of people to support, and the demand for population is not urgent.

Since coming to this place, the main force of the frontier has been the Barbarian army, and Lawrence now has several pure-blood Barbarian troops at his disposal.

No matter how many times he said that he came here to be the Starmen, in fact, Lawrence had always encouraged the Wakiri, the Siddles, and the Pomisius to intermarry, excluding the Durellians who had also done a lot of hard work.

The bloodlines of wizards and other transcendents cannot multiply on a large scale, barbarians can, and it is the local barbarians who provide Lawrence with the main force of faith, Lawrence is not on the side of women, he is more extreme.

Those women who complained were actually groups that were not paid attention to by Lawrence, real barbarian women, Lawrence had long recommended them to all unmarried talents.

Men in the Cold Land are actually not picky about women, plus there is a lot of food at home, and if you dare to go out to fight, you will have endless food and wine, so it is very easy to raise a few more women.

The rest of the women are either mentally disabled or some outsiders, as long as they are normal women who do not worry about finding a husband.

Lawrence strongly discouraged, and even seriously asked his generals and young men not to bully the mentally retarded.

After thinking about it for more than an hour, Lawrence suddenly had an amazing idea.

"If I continue to do this, won't the Land of Stars become a barbarian kingdom full of barbarians in the future?"

Lawrence frowned, "It doesn't feel like there's anything wrong with that, right?" ”

Is there a downside? Not really.

As long as it is guaranteed that there are no disabilities and mental retardation, such a strong country with a strong ethnic group will certainly be more cohesive than a country made up of a group of immigrants.

"Barbarians don't sound good, it's like a wizard wants to change his name, and we will be cold blood in the future."

A long-term population plan is roughly taking shape, and Lawrence needs to strengthen his base and build a kingdom of icy bloodlines.

"Master, Dahir is downstairs asking to see you."

The voice of the female guard came from outside the door, and Lawrence quickly said, "Let her in." ”

It didn't take long for the chubby Dahir to walk in.

"Your Majesty the Prophet!" Dahir bowed respectfully to Lawrence.

Lawrence looked at the chubby Dahir, "Dahir, the last time I saw you was when it was just summer, and after summer and autumn passed, I felt that you were a little fatter. ”

Dahir smiled: "The food here is good, I have to eat five times a day, sometimes I get hungry while walking, and I can eat whenever I want." ”

Lawrence was also in a good mood, "Thank you for your hard work, I read the report given to me by the port, your burrowing ability has helped us a lot during this time, have you run out of money?" I'll give you another 50,000 copper coins, you can spend whatever you want, and remember to go to the tunnel team in the mountains or the port to help when you have time. ”

Dahir helped a lot, Delen's ability took a long time to dig the tunnel, she only needed a day or two to dig out, one person can do the work of a thousand people, saving time and effort.

For example, digging a 100-meter tunnel in a mountain more than 100 meters high, not to mention a thousand times the salary, even if it is 10,000 times the salary, it is worth it.

If an ordinary worker is 3,000 yuan, 10,000 times is only 30 million, and 30 million can solve the cost of machinery and materials, which is absolutely cost-effective.

Dahir's ability is not only worth a thousand people, but it is not an exaggeration to be worth 5,000 people in this era, especially for coal mines and transportation, which is a hundred times stronger than Saliel's ability to predict the weather in a small area.

In terms of work, Delenn, Loshanda, Saliel, and Sophia all added and could not withstand Dahir's casual efforts.

Bloodline and talent, the difference is so huge.

Once, Lawrence was also a simple teenager with the idea that people will conquer the sky, but after being constantly beaten by life, he became a supporter of the bloodline theory like Delenn and others.

Lawrence was also very generous to this kind of capable and very good witch, and took the initiative to say: "If you have nothing to do in winter, you can spend the winter here in the building, the food here is richer and more lively." ”

Dahir was also very kind to a powerful and extraordinarily generous wizard like Lawrence, "Thank you, Your Graceful Prophet! ”

Dahir took the initiative to say, "I heard that there has been no movement on the side of the Green Forest Kingdom, do you need me to do anything?" ”

The memory of his hometown is not so clear, Dahir himself is a spirit of a small village, and he does not take the Green Forest Kingdom seriously.

And the elven queen asked everyone to do this and that, and the only reward she gave was a little fruit and coarse flour and sawdust.

After coming to Lawrence, he found that the value of his labor was so huge and amazing, and he was even more dissatisfied with the oppression of the elf queen!

"No, I don't." Lawrence does not intend to go to war against the elves.

On the one hand, many warriors will die on their own side, and secondly, it is not a good thing to let the elves scatter, and those elves who have died are easier to promote to assassins.

There is no consideration at the national and strategic levels, and Lawrence only thinks about his own fundamentals and security issues, and these alone are enough to decide everything.

As for the future, Lawrence doesn't care.

I am the future!

Dahir nodded, "Then I'll go back and clean up, I've bought a lot of things I like in the past few months, can I come to live here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" ”

Lawrence smiled: "You can at any time, you can do it today, and you can always do it in the future, you don't need to be in a hurry, you can do whatever you want, I'll write you a note when you leave, you can go to the monastery to get the money when you go back, if you encounter a problem that can't be solved with money, remember to come to me, I will help you solve it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Great Prophet!" Dahir respectfully agreed.

Lawrence rewarded him with some more food and desserts, and asked the tailor to tailor a winter coat for the chubby Dashiel.

After leaving the castle, Dahir rode his own moose towards the forest to visit his brother Shuda, who lived in the forest of Southtown.

Most elves are accustomed to living alone, often living alone for two or three years before meeting their kindred once, talking for a while and then leaving, and have no tradition of taking care of food.

Dahir was accustomed to the bustling town life, and today he was rewarded by Lawrence, and after material abundance, he had the idea of visiting his brother and the meaning of sharing joy.

As soon as he approached the wooden house where his brother Shuda lived, Dahir, who had a keen sense of hearing, heard the sound in the woods behind the house, so he quickly stopped the big moose.

Dahir's long ears were not ornamental, and he quickly shivered, more accurately catching faint sounds from hundreds of meters away.

This chubby elf sister not only has great strength, but also has excellent sight and hearing, and can even sense the sound of water flowing up and down and left and right through a layer of soil several meters thick.

"Shuda, go back, the village and the queen need you."

"You go, I've escaped, and I won't go back."

"I know you've had a hard time since you escaped, and these humans won't believe you, they've been enslaving you, and they're laughing at your appearance, saying you're a goblin."

"Nope! These are all things that don't exist! That's what you all think of me, you bastards! ”

"Shuda, you have always been a person, of course you don't know the human beings outside on the surface, behind the scenes, I know that you are used to these things, and you are afraid of being punished by the queen after you go back, you can rest assured, the merciful queen has forgiven your guilt, you just need to go back and continue to grow wheat for the elves."

"Get out of here! Or I'll kill you!" ”

"Shuda, have you forgotten your fat sister? If you continue to live here, she will be ridiculed here in the future, he doesn't look like an elf like you, and no one will laugh at you in our village, and you can live quietly, but in a human village, your sister will definitely be humiliated to look like a fat pig here, like the big sow I saw in the back of your house. ”

Dahir's face was flushed, and his two ears, which were usually parallel to the ground, were tilted upwards in anger, and his eyes were full of murderous intent!

Even tears overflowed with anger!

"Brother! Get her! ”

Dahir rushed forward quickly, using a savage charge that was even more daring than that of the boar pig.

The elf opposite Shuda was quickly startled, and it was not a male elf in the gray-green cloak, but a female elf.

Shuda didn't do anything to the female elf, probably because of familiarity.

But when the female elf continued to persuade him with words, Shuda stopped thinking about the old love and quickly captured the female spy with his sister.

The female elves are light and agile, and are obviously better at fighting than Shuda, but they ignore Dahir, the elven sister.

Because he didn't have much contact in normal times, and he hadn't fought, he didn't expect Dahir to be so strong in all aspects. (End of chapter)