In the snowy season, three female knights wearing heavy cloaks rode through the snow and dome sheep to the end of the road.

The guards on the second floor of the gate had already come down from the upper floors and opened the gate together with the guards who were hiding from the wind and snow behind the gate.

After seeing the clothes on the three female knights, several men quickly and respectfully moved out of the way.

A female knight lifts the hood from her head, revealing a young face in her mid-twenties.

"Lord Boole, we're here!"

Another young female knight next to her also smiled reassuringly, "I can finally warm up." ”

Bull didn't say anything, rode the sheep into the passage of the castle, and walked out of the tunnel with the respect of the guards into the oak courtyard ahead.

It was only then that Bull came down from the domes, and the maid of the building quickly took the three domes to the fold to feed.

The two young nuns were visiting for the first time and were very curious about this legendary place, and entered the castle with a pilgrimage trepidation.

Bull was well aware of the reverence that the two nuns around him had for the prophet, and this time he had brought them over to see them.

As soon as he entered the house, Bull saw Lawrence walking by.

"Prophet." Bull quickly greeted, "Are you going out?" ”

Lawrence explained with a smile: "No, I was exercising on the roof, and I heard the gate of the castle creak open, so I took a look at the roof, and when I saw you coming, I knew that something must be looking for me." ”

Bull humbly bent down, "It's not a big deal, it's just that I think it's important to explain to you what I know, and it might disturb your interest and make you unhappy." ”

Lawrence was even more curious, "What is it?" Sit down and talk slowly, there must be things that make me unhappy, most of them have something to do with my family, but it shouldn't happen now. ”

"If it's a war outside, it doesn't matter, just fight back if you lose, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't allow others to fail, and if you fail, you will be punished."

"As long as I do what I say, and do my best in war and government affairs, and work hard to solve things, then it is my problem, I will not let others bear it, it is someone else's problem, I will also judge according to the situation, not blindly judge a person's responsibility by victory or defeat."

The only things that Lawrence felt could make him unhappy were the things of the people in the castle, or what others thought of as war.

Bull and Lawrence walked over to the couch near the fireplace and sat down, and the maids who had been sitting there sewing clothes consciously gave way to their seats.

When Bull entered the house, he took off his robes to protect against rain and snow, revealing the gold-trimmed white holy garments he was wearing.

After hearing Lawrence's attitude towards victory and defeat, Bull felt even more that Lawrence was a wise prophet.

"Prophet, I have been touring churches everywhere and have found that there is a serious shortage of winter clothing in many places, and this winter a very large number of people may freeze to death, more than a thousand or a thousand."

Lawrence frowned as he pondered the news.

Emma, who came over with tea next to her, heard it and retorted directly: "We have enough clothes, I was busy with this matter this autumn, and many children were born this year, so I attach great importance to this matter, every family has wool and linen clothes, and the previous years are enough." ”

Lawrence already knew what Bull was talking about.

Sure enough, Bull quickly explained: "It is the people who have come in places like Ferry Harbor and Vakiri, and many of them have come by boat in the spring, summer and autumn, and many of them have arrived here with only one tattered garment, and now when winter comes, they have no place to live, and no fur coats to survive the winter." ”

"What does that have to do with us? We didn't let them come. Sophia sat at Lawrence's feet, put her hands on Lawrence's lap and said casually, "They are a bunch of rats that have stolen into our house, and they will die, so that we will have fewer beggars and thieves here." ”

Lawrence reached out and touched Sophia's hair, and said with a solemn face: "I can't take care of those who come here without permission, this is a God-given land, and only God and the people I allow are qualified to live here." ”

"But the stevedores in the port, the serfs who farmed for us and their wives and children, and those who came to do the tasks for us, these people are certainly entitled to our help."

Lawrence quickly looked at Bull, "Take some of the grain from the granaries of Ferry Harbor and Cold Ice Harbor, and recruit some of the families of the local fallen warriors to cook in the church, give them wages and food, and give them some food and hot water every day until spring comes." ”

"I will also inform Nanzhen and Stehl to help some people as much as possible, this matter is also a test for the heads of various churches, I will distribute some wool and cloth from the warehouse to them."

The wool purchased this year is not enough for hundreds of thousands of people, even if the whole of Heisenli and Durella are transported over.

After the number of people increases, the resources consumed are also astronomical.

Now the production capacity of several surrounding countries has not been increased, and Lawrence can't make so many furs to protect these people from the cold.

The Ice Land itself is not suitable for a huge population, and Lawrence himself has been slowly improving and improving, but tens of thousands of people suddenly ran in from outside, and Lawrence could not guarantee that all of these people would survive.

Although there are only a few things that can be done, Lawrence's attitude and practices are extremely sacred compared to many kings and churches!

Bull and the others didn't have the idea of bailing out all of them, but just told Lawrence about the matter, and Lawrence came up with an attitude and plan that everyone was satisfied with.

In this era, nobles and kings never had the responsibility and obligation to help refugees, let alone help those refugees who had betrayed their lords and fled.

These people betrayed their lord and ran over, and it was not Lawrence who invited them over, so it was normal not to be responsible for these people.

On the contrary, it is Lawrence's responsibility to the workers who are hired to do the work, which is extremely moving.

As early as a few years ago, when there was a shortage of people to farm in the Land of Ice, many workers were recruited from various countries, and these workers were not actually from the Land of Ice.

Now Lawrence and the Church of the Stars are willing to help these people, and they quickly won the support and respect of this group of ocean-going workers.

Unfortunately, they are not the only ones here who support and respect the Prophet, and it is not their turn to perform.

The matter about the refugees was quickly resolved, and most of them were rescued.

And people who turn their backs on their hometowns and don't get the attention of this side are not considered people here.

This incident also made Lawrence aware of the trouble caused by the large number of people, and before the production capacity was improved, the resources of the Ice Land should be left to the Ice Bloodline to enjoy slowly.

At the current rate of population growth of tens of thousands per year, it will not take a few years to reach the scale of 500,000.

There are now 400,000 people in Flying Fish Harbor, and nearly 300,000 in the Frozen Lands, mainly from the kingdoms of Gran and Io, as well as the original people of the occupied areas, or some of the Luffins who had left the Frozen Lands to live elsewhere.

The largest number of births in the past decade, adequate food and security, and a large number of young men and women have made the number of births in their own homes exceed the number of immigrants every year.

In this case, there is no need to accept immigrants from outside, after all, most immigrants are people who can't read or speak, and they don't know the language here, so it is very difficult to communicate and easy to cause security problems.

After arranging everything, Lawrence suddenly found himself in a good place.

"In the past, I tried to recruit people to come over, but now people from outside are trying to run in, but I don't want to accept them."

With a funny look on his face, Lawrence decided to reiterate a rule in the teachings of the Church of the Stars.

"The mountain of Agama does not feed idlers, and the land of God does not show mercy to those who come uninvited." (End of chapter)

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