Chapter 56: The Family
In order to pay attention to the attitude of the warriors in the realm towards the fire dragon, the Prophet conducted a survey in the town of Phumisius and the port of Dum.
Harbour Abbey
"This time, let's take a look at the shipyard and the security here, and by the way, I will also come to see the recent batch of immigrants."
Lawrence said something else to Bull and Hela.
There are many women in the monastery, and there are many mouths that love to talk.
Wise prophets are well aware of these things.
Bull had come to the Harbour Abbey since the end of the eternal night, and was more aware of what was going on here.
"I don't know much about the shipyard, it should be very smooth, and the shipyard has been working overtime for the past two years."
"There should be no problem with law and order, there are refugees living very outside in the middle of the night who are looted by another group of refugees, but it is quickly dealt with, and after the spring there are fewer people, and there are things to do in the docks and fields, so it is quiet."
"Of course, the monastery has always been good here."
Bull said he understood.
Lawrence and the two saints and a few nuns drank tea and chatted on the rooftop terrace about some official matters.
Lawrence asked, "Are all the children born this year going well?" ”
"Most of it went well." Bull replied: "I came back and counted that, and last year there were more than 2,000 new children, most of them in the winter. ”
The long eternal night is the time when couples spend the longest time together, and most of the babies will appear in a concentrated manner in the spring because of the farming and the autumn because of the busy various things.
The children born on winter nights are basically born in the cold winter, and the busiest time of the year is the period after winter.
Lawrence's main assignment to Bull was to visit the monasteries and deliver babies to pregnant women.
The patrol is generally in the spring, summer and autumn seasons, and it is mainly concentrated in the period when the weather is good.
The main thing in the delivery is to use healing to deal with some emergencies, and usually the nuns are mainly responsible for this matter.
After seven or eight years of development, both the port of Ferry and the town of Bomitheus have a group of experienced midwives, and the monastery imparts this knowledge of great importance to women to the women who come to visit and the nuns who come to visit.
The main purpose of the monastery was to collect outside dowry money, and secondly, to train women who could work for the Prophet's family.
However, with the concentration of a high-quality population and the addition of a group of nobles and transcendents, the monastery has made a breakthrough in terms of intellectual strength.
The positioning of the abbey in different periods will also change, and at present, the monastery has more and more functions, and Lawrence does not know which one should be prioritized or which one should be removed, so he can only continue to develop and see the situation first.
"Is there anything noteworthy in this migration?"
Lawrence crossed his legs and casually talked about women.
With a warm smile, Bull didn't say anything.
It was Hela who was in charge of this kind of thing, and Hela gave a detailed introduction to the slave girl this time.
"There is a female slave girl who is very good, she is a noblewoman of the snake family before, her name is Awenla, she also has a sister Audrey, and the fish family's Dalian, who came here before, is also there, but the performance of these two people is not too good."
Lawrence nodded, remembering the two witches he had met before.
"I remember that the ability of those two was charm control, and the other was to summon the wind."
Hela said respectfully, "That's right, as you know, compared to the useless abilities of the two of them, Avenla's abilities and loyalty are even better. ”
"Her ability is [walking] and [fast], walking is to walk and run anywhere, whether it is a wall, water or trees, she can move her position quickly."
"Swiftness can use her extraordinary strength to make her speed faster, she has been trained in swordsmanship since she was a child, and she should have been an excellent female knight, but her family is not so brave, and the first choice when encountering things is to escape."
"After the women of the Snake family surrendered to us en masse, Avenla was educated by us and thought that you were her master."
Lawrence felt that the woman didn't seem to be in her right mind, and asked curiously, "Her parents were killed?" ”
"Yes, they were killed by Beoff's men, and our warriors didn't want to keep them, because Audrey had left them behind because of her previous visit to the Frozen Lands, but killed her parents."
Hela's words were normal, and she didn't think it was anything.
In the barbarian kingdom and army, this kind of thing is normal, and any existence that is considered worthless and in the way of danger will be erased in time.
The other party's parents are wizards, and the danger level is much stronger than that of lions and tigers, and the barbarian warriors who have experienced the terrifying ability of wizards don't want to leave this group of dangerous creatures behind.
Not all wizards have fled, and many people have died when they conquered the kingdom of Io, especially in the remote areas, when they encounter the kind of male wizards who live alone, it is like stepping on a bomb, and if you are not careful, a group of people will die miserably.
It is very difficult for normal people and wizards to communicate, especially in times of war, when the two sides encounter each other, it is like encountering a frightened beast, and something terrible will inevitably happen.
Lawrence has occupied the Kingdom of Grand and the Kingdom of Io for several years, and he still does not dare to let his subordinates go to the countryside to govern, and even the locals do not dare to go to those dangerous areas.
"Are her parents dangerous?" Lawrence felt that Audrey and Arvenla's parents were not stable aristocrats.
Hela replied, "There is some danger, the Snake family has always been vassals of the royal family, and their parents are close ministers of the king, but don't worry, I have already trained these female slaves." ”
Lawrence nodded, "The affairs of the Io Kingdom are all in the past, and I think it is a bit inappropriate to call these women immigrants and slave girls, which is not conducive to them introducing themselves to the outside world." ”
"That's good." Lawrence had a good idea, "In the future, I will call these people trainees, they will become nuns, saints, shield maids, maids and other noble professions in the future, even if it is not too difficult to become a noblewoman, from the moment they come to the convent to be trained, they are already going to get ahead." ”
Hela said respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty the Prophet, your kindness will make these trainees feel like a god. ”
Bull didn't say such compliments in front of Lawrence, but he was equally respectful and respectful.
Lawrence appeared as Mr. Lawrence from the beginning, except for a young man who was always lazy and didn't work in the eyes of Sariel, and in the eyes of the rest of the people, he was all a wise man.
Bull certainly knew that Lawrence spent a lot of time enjoying it, but he also saw firsthand the huge changes Lawrence brought to life.
In Bull's view, Lawrence's kindness and his strength are not contradictory, and Lawrence's enjoyment of all this is a matter of course.
Hela quickly said, "Do you want to rest here at night?" ”
Lawrence sometimes stayed at Ferry Harbour, where there was a special place to rest, but also in the monasteries and churches of various places.
As the founding prophet of the Church of the Stars, Lawrence had the power to interpret the rules.
"Sounds good, but I have a lot of things to do later, so I'll have to have dinner here."
Bull got up from his chair, "I'll arrange it." ”
Lawrence raised his hand and stopped: "No, the same food as usual is fine, I want to see what people here usually eat, whether they eat well or not." ”
Boole and Hela, of course, would not refuse such a request, and quickly had dinner prepared for the day.
"The food at the monastery has always been good, especially in the last few years, chicken, fish and pork are eaten, and eggs and bread are available every day."
Bull tells Lawrence about this, and Lawrence doesn't want to just hear about it, but wants to see it for himself.
So as the nuns began to eat, Lawrence watched from a distance with the two holy women.
The place where the nuns ate was a large hall with several rows of long tables, and at the end of the direction was a table with food, and every day the kitchen brought in advance the iron and wooden barrels containing the rice, as well as the baskets containing bread, eggs, and vegetables.
With more than 500 people in the monastery, it is already a large monastery, but it usually eats separately during meals, and some people are responsible for cooking and maintaining order.
It's the weekend, and dinner is a little more substantial.
The nuns lined up to receive their share of food, holding their rice bowls on a rectangular wooden plate.
The main course for dinner was pork and mushroom soup, and the main dish was a mixed bread mixed with acorns and wheat, and a plate of salty batter made from beans.
The pork in the pork mushroom soup is pork cut into small pieces, and in addition to a small amount of pork and mushrooms, most of them are vermicelli made from potatoes.
Each nun's rice bowl was the same size, and no matter how old she was, whether it was a nun here or a slave girl who had just arrived outside, she could get a bowl full of pork soup.
After placing the pork and mushroom soup in your place, you will also go to get bread and bean porridge to eat with bread.
Some formal nuns will be given eggs, but this is not all, most nuns can only eat one egg a day, and only some nuns of status can eat more.
The rule here is that after everyone has finished the meal, everyone can sit in front of the food and say a few words of praise before they can eat together and thank God for the food.
"That's Avenla." Hela introduced Lawrence to the best girl and asked, "Do you want her to come over?" ”
"No, you don't." Lawrence looked at the girl named Avenla from a distance, and he couldn't see it very clearly from too far, but the other party seemed to notice his gaze, and he also turned his head to look this way while eating.
Lawrence quickly left the place and asked, "There is an ordinary-looking girl next to Avenla and Audrey, who is that?" I don't mean Darien. ”
Hela was unaware of the matter and could not answer the question.
Bull explained: "It's Lana, her father was a captive of our original Kurs, and was later killed by the Earth Storm Bear on the manor, you gave them the surname Bear Claw, this child's mother died of illness two years ago, and she was asked to come and work because of the lack of people in the monastery here. ”
Lawrence quickly remembered the incident.
At the beginning, the manor was attacked by the Earth Storm Bear, and many people were crushed to death by the Earth Storm Bear, and many people were actually killed at will in a panic.
These people were honored just like the victims who took up arms against the Earth Storms.
At that time, because I was in grief and killed the earth storm bear, I didn't make a careful distinction, as long as the dead people were taken care of, and I also hoped that when something happened in the future, I could rely on it instead of running away.
Lana's honor and some people's honor is this very watery coincidental act.
Lawrence thought of the legendary dragon slayer warrior again, maybe there are some coincidences and luck in such a thing as dragon slaying, and even the death of the dragon is still to be discussed.
But no matter what, there are indeed some people who bravely fight with the Earth Storm Bear when the Earth Storm Bear is there.
This incident also led to the continuation of the previous successful experience when Loshanda went to hunt earth storm bears in the mountains some time ago.
Lawrence will not deprive these people of their honor, the past is over, and it should be an encouragement to some people.
Those who sacrifice to protect their homeland and follow the Prophet's instructions will receive honors and rewards that will be passed on to their families and future generations.
"How's she doing?" Lawrence memorizes Lana's name and is curious about how the Kur girl behaves.
Bull smiled: "It's not good, she was under Brielle before me, and she is usually the most active in eating things, and she is also obedient to work, but she is not active in matters of faith, and she is also slow to show her own honor." ”
Lawrence nodded, "It's okay, you don't have to be harsh on her, as long as she works hard and thinks about eating every day, it means that she likes it here and is willing to live here." ”
"Her father and mother have given their lives for me, and she can live here in peace until the day she wants to leave."
Lawrence thinks Lana is a normal person.
People can have faith, but not having faith is not a heinous thing.
People who can think about eating happily every day and are willing to work, Lawrence thinks that they are normal people, and they don't need others to be around.
"Yes, Prophet." Bull remembered this when he saw Lawrence say this.
Lawrence was reminded of the bear claw and felt that this was an opportunity.
Through the promotion of the surname Bear Claw, more people are encouraged to pursue higher honors.
Lawrence quickly said: "I will rest here for the night today, let Dalian and Arwen pull over, I want to learn about the affairs of the five major families with them, and if there are women from the rest of the families, I will also send one who is familiar with the situation." ”
Plans can be changed, and Lawrence decides to live in the monastery today and learn about the major families of the Io Kingdom.
The bear family, the fish family, the bird family, the snake family, the lizard family, the surnames and patterns of several families should all be related to the original ancestral exploits.
If you can learn from it, then there will definitely be a corresponding family in your own kingdom.
For example, the Bear Claw Family, the Dragon Slayer Family, the Artisan Family, the Forest Family, and the like.
It's not obvious yet, but it's starting to show signs.
The emergence of such forces is a normal thing, and when the country develops, there will definitely be various internal forces that will follow, such as the civilian clique and the martial arts clique, or the forces that have arisen because of various plans.
Lawrence needs to refer to the process of establishing the aristocratic power of this era, and the history of the Io Kingdom is very referential.
"Yes, Prophet." Hela quickly understood what Lawrence meant.
(End of chapter)