The spring ploughing in the Frozen Lands is over, and Lawrence arrives at Ferry Harbor to await the convergence of his elites.

While waiting, Lawrence came to the monastery as a guest and stood in front of the mirror at the entrance of the monastery and looked at himself in the mirror.

The man in the mirror is tall and mighty, with a strong physique, close to one meter eighty-five in height, and a pair of eyes that have both doubts and emotion, as well as indifference and majesty.

Lawrence lifted his hand and touched his manicured chin and looked at himself in the mirror.

"I haven't looked in the mirror for a long time, but I didn't expect me to be like this now."

Being handsome doesn't need a beard to groom, and Lawrence doesn't like to have a beard, plus the women and children in the family don't like it either, so he doesn't have a big beard like other barbarians.

Bul Gongwei said: "You have always been so handsome and mighty. ”

"Boole has learned to compliment, too." Lawrence smiled, "I remember who I was in the beginning. ”

"I don't miss me back then." Lawrence looked at himself in the mirror and smiled, "The way I am now is exactly what I expected me to be, what about you?" Are you happy with who you are now? ”

"Satisfied." Boole was satisfied from the bottom of his heart, "I am very satisfied with the current life, compared with the past, I know very well that the current life is more worthy of my protection, correspondingly, if you want to protect the current life, you must protect you." ”

Lawrence was in a very good mood, "I'm right, Bull has learned to praise people. ”

"I am speaking from my heart," said Bull, "and I think so, and I do so, and I tell my thoughts to the sisters and children of the monastery, and educate them in this way. ”

Lawrence felt like he was about to float, and it became easier and easier to believe the compliments of those around him.

"Very well, how is the Abbey doing?" Lawrence changed the subject and walked inside the convent.

Bull followed with the rest of the bodyguard.

"This year, I have accepted a few more noble ladies outside, these noble ladies are not used to our life here, and secretly ran out of the tavern in the middle of the night, but fortunately there was no problem."

"When we found out about this, they were punished, they were whipped, and their families were notified to take them back."

Lawrence thought about it after hearing this, but still did not cancel this punishment.

Discipline without punishment lacks educational value.

The Barbarian Kingdom was not founded on loyalty and filial piety, it was always a barbaric and violent country, and only a very small number of people were qualified to show mercy.

Whether it is the army or the monastery, the core of violence must not be lost, and Lawrence does not want his core team to lose this core and become a civilized person who only knows how to reason.

I used to be civilized and reasonable, because the people around me were too barbaric.

Correction, but it can't be corrected too much, and if you blindly talk about civilization, you will lose the majesty you deserve.

Whether it's wizards or humans, most of them are a bunch of people who kick their noses and face and bully the weak and fear the hard, including Lawrence himself.

"The necessary punishment is deserved, you did the right thing, but since I know about it, give them a chance."

"Let them choose for themselves, whether to leave here and go back to their original place to be a willful noblewoman, or stay and live their lives in the monastery and follow the rules."

"If they want to go, they will send them away, and if they want to stay, they will stay, but if they make another mistake, neither they nor their descendants will be able to set foot in the port of Dum."

Bull promised, "Yes, Prophet." ”

Lawrence thought for a moment, and quickly added: "It's really boring to be in the convent all the time, so let's hold a beer party once a week, and the convent will send some drinks and food to the nuns who have behaved well, and it doesn't matter if you celebrate a little." ”

Bull looked helpless, "This is a long-term expense, and the expenses of the monastery will increase. ”

Lawrence smiled and said, "We have a lot of beer and potato liquor, and the prices are very cheap, and I will have some shipped over every month." ”

"Now all kinds of workshops on the streets of Bhumixiu Town have also been improved, and I usually buy some food for the nuns, which is my treat."

Lawrence was in a good mood, "I'm rich. ”

Bull also smiled and said, "Of course, you are a prophet and a king. ”

"No, no, no, it's not." Lawrence corrected: "Kings and prophets are not necessarily the richest people, and whether they have money or not depends mainly on their personal strength." ”

Bull felt no difference, and smiled and agreed, "Yes, prophet. ”

Lawrence saw that Bull didn't understand, and there was no need to explain this.

The more than 100,000 workers and soldiers who were able to compensate them this year mainly relied on violence to plunder enough wealth from the outside world, so they did not need to demand too much from their own people.

In the early years, I always paid attention to the construction of civilization, but after spending money in the past few years, I have paid more attention to fists and violence.

It's better to die someone else than to die yourself.

Capable of plundering from the outside world, Lawrence would not have collected heavy taxes from the vast masses of workers and peasants who had not yet amassed their early wealth.

The provinces of Gran and Io have not kept pace with the Land of Ice for a long time because they need two or three million people there to feed the hundreds of thousands of people here.

In the past few years, both the military and the agricultural industry have gradually paid off, and Lawrence intends to delay a few years so that the new generation can get through these years safely.

Let the veterans teach their military skills and skills to those young people of twelve or thirteen years old, let the workers improve their production skills as soon as possible, let the serfs quickly stabilize agricultural production, and promote them from serfs to hired peasants, and from hired peasants to free people.

Compared to the Elven Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom controlled by the Holy Church is much richer, with vast lands and plains.

The Southern Kingdom is more extensive than the Western Kingdom, and large swaths of land are located in areas further south, where sunlight and temperature are ideal for growing crops.

Lawrence planned to start another war against the South in a few years, and it would be too tiring to do so with the focus on support and garrisoning, without the grand idea of unifying the whole continent.

"This time I went to the Three Kingdoms to inspect, and if there are people in the monastery who want to go home, or write letters to their families, you can count them, and I will bring them by the way."

Lawrence walked into the courtyard and talked to Bull about work.

Bull has been in charge here for a few years, and he knows all the nuns.

"There must not be any who went back, there should be a lot of letters, I'll ask them later."

"Well, it looks like it's peaceful here."

Bull didn't want Lawrence to think that, "There are still a lot of things, like a few nuns who fight a lot, and they always quarrel, and I listen to them accuse each other every day, and sometimes I really want to beat them all up." ”

Lawrence smiled unscrupulously, looking happy.

"That's where there are more women, and if they're done with their homework, it's a good idea to find some games to drain their energy, such as dancing and painting, or swordsmanship."

"It's a good thing to have a strong and healthy body, we don't need women to go out to fight now, but we can't forget everything, it's only been more than ten years since you went up the mountain at night."

"If you feel that they are spending their time on meaningless quarrels, then train them for a while every day, so that they can work and do things later."

"Yes, Prophet." Bull remembered Lawrence's words.

Lawrence asked, "Is there any good news, or something interesting?" ”

Bull thought for a moment, "Yes! ”

"Lana and Yu Bao have enclosed a plot by the sea to raise fish, and Yu Bao also raises more than a dozen ducks in the pond in Bull Town, and he and Lana will drive an ox cart to see it every day."

Lawrence smiled and nodded, "Let them develop on their own, as long as it's not too dangerous, don't interfere, I've already said hello to the keepers of the lighthouse, and the guards will protect them." ”

Bull said helplessly: "That child is not serious about her schoolwork, she is not devout to God, she is always stupid, she is not young, I can think of her when she is old, she must be like a terrible old witch, saying things that no one else understands." ”

Lawrence realized that he had overlooked a lot of things.

The little nun looks stupid and cute now, which does not mean that she will still give people this feeling when she grows up.

As Bull said, if left unchecked, a friendless and withdrawn little nun could easily become that annoying dead old woman.

"I allow her and Yubao to take fifty catties of fish from the fish school to the market every day in exchange for extra expenses, and you can also send a little nun who has a job handover with her to assist."

"Usually let Yubao go to the church with her to pray, and if there are activities, we have to call her to participate together, she is a child of the monastery, we can't let her be excluded outside."

Bull nodded respectfully, "Yes, Prophet, I will personally supervise this matter, and I will go to her for the night tomorrow night to see what is needed, that child has a stupid mouth and can't explain the problem." ”

Lawrence felt warm in his heart that by taking care of and caring for others, he could be redeemed.

"Thank you, I might pass through the Durella Kingdom this time when I'm out, do you need me to take Kenny over to have a look?"

Bull smiled wryly, "Thank you for your kindness, I don't think it's needed, that kid prefers to live here, I'm going to let him go to Seravin next year to find something to do, find a healthy woman to live there, so that I, like Emma, can end this duty as a mother." ”

Lawrence comforted, "I thought you would continue to insist that the boy go to his father's country and carry on his father's mission." ”

"But the church is gone." Bull said helplessly: "I originally hoped that he would decide his own future, but later I found out that not every child can make a choice without regrets, and some children are born as weak as rabbits. ”

Neither um nor Kenny became true warriors.

Lawrence looked at the tall walls of the monastery and the many nuns and noblewomen who peeked at it nearby.

"There are always a few who can become warriors, and those who can become berserkers are even more of a few."

"Most people can't be heroes, at most they are ordinary people with dreams."

"However, with a large population base, we have no shortage of warriors like Luke and Beoff."

"Men, women, humans, elves, witches, wizards, all of them."

"There are people who don't take their chances, and that's not wrong, we're not wrong."

"Others are able to seize the opportunities we offer and stand out from the ordinary."

"Tell my words to those children who are learning, they don't need to be born and die on the battlefield, they don't need to kill, they don't need to awaken any bloodline, they just need to learn to use their wisdom and loyalty, and they can prove themselves."

"If there are more people in a few years, if you want to get ahead, you have to compete with more people."

Bull remembered something else.

"You always value the efforts of those people, but do not ask them to worship and believe in you, which reminds me of a girl I met at the manor in the spring, who was ugly, but very loyal to you."

Bull often went out to deliver babies and inspect, and she was actually of a very high status, higher than the women in the Lawrence family in the Ice Lands.

The people of Ironforge and the Manor held her in high esteem, and even the people of Vakiri bowed their heads to her.

Boole, who has mastered the art of healing, is an equal person to talk to, even in the wizarding community.

"Oh, I remember there was such a child, blonde, right?"

"Yes, I want to take her to the convent, she has great respect for you, and treats you as more important than her own life."

"Yes." Lawrence didn't really like this kind of fanatic, "You can do it." ”

Bull saw that Lawrence didn't care, and as a nun, he should completely obey the Prophet's orders, but Bull was also Lawrence's friend.

Lawrence has many women and few friends, Saliel is half, Stella is half, Kehalan is half, and Boole is one.

The rest, like Catherine, are more of dependents and subordinates.

"That kid is a child who is truly loyal to you, like Avenla, and I don't think you seem to care about the loyalty of these children, and don't want to give them a chance to get close to the gods."

Bull was honest about his opinion.

Lawrence thought about Bull's words, and he thought that the trouble of fanatics was the old way of thinking, and that these people were ignorant, and they had to find a faith to live.

But the world ...... It is often the people of faith who can master the arts.

"You're right, I'm so arrogant that I neglect the growth of my children." Lawrence accepted Boole's reminder, "Then do as you wish, and I'll give you an extra reward for those children who are loyal to me." ”

Bull nodded solemnly, "Yes, Prophet, after Avenla's departure, the monastery needs a good example, and I will make those children understand your greatness." ”

Lawrence smiled, "Then let Avenla give a lecture to the nuns here for the next few days and set an example." ”

Avenla lectured to the nuns that night, but it was all about Lawrence's fiery greatness, and she talked about the kind of skin-to-skin kiss, and the hearts of the big daughters and little daughters-in-law were rippling.

In Arvenla's logic, this greatness makes the witches like Lawrence even more, and look forward to Lawrence's reward even more. (End of chapter)