Chapter 29: Cotton
Salvador is from the Department of Ellazo, which is far from the land of ice and takes two months to get there by boat.
"My hometown of Irasso is not as beautiful as yours, nor as grand and prosperous as yours, but you are the richest city I have ever seen."
Salvador smiled and praised the place.
The merchant's words did not cause Lawrence to feel any emotional turmoil, Lawrence said, "A city where people live in multiplication has merit worthy of protection and praise." ”
"Not all places are God-given places like mine, and not every place is as rich and comfortable as my people."
"But I don't despise the outside world, the outside city and its residents, and I believe that people everywhere have the wisdom of survival that has been passed down."
"A long time ago, about fifteen years ago, it was a cold land, and there was very little time for humans and animals."
"Compared to where you were at that time, your hometown should be a beautiful and comfortable place, but it lacks a guide like me."
Salvatore bowed his head respectfully, "Yes, you are right, your wisdom shines as brightly as the sun and moon in the sky. ”
The maid in the palace poured wine for Lawrence, and although Lawrence did not get drunk all day long like the barbarians, he also increased the amount of alcohol he drank over the years.
These witches haven't taken a cold shower for more than ten years since they were able to take a hot bath.
Not only fierce and cunning pirates, but also robberies from noble lords and armies.
Salvatore noticed Lawrence's disinterested expression.
"Of course, you can also refuse, I don't force transactions here, and I don't accept goods with prices that exceed our expectations."
The other party's clothes are different from those in the Ice Land, and the style of the clothes is more fluffy, which is suitable for hiding things and covering up the body.
"Autumn was very comfortable and we all enjoyed it."
Rastana and the queen often wore the kind of revealing and simple costumes, and there were many slave girls and maids who were dressed in the same way.
"Thankfully, it could be the god of the stars who is guiding us forward, and all three girls are very healthy!"
If you don't talk about some things, it's not good to talk about them when the other party doesn't want to talk about them.
Salvatore saw that Lawrence was quite satisfied with himself, and the atmosphere was almost the same.
Lawrence leaned lazily on the throne, looking uninterested.
This is not difficult for women in this era, and it is not abuse.
Of course, it is also inseparable from Lawrence's efforts, and Lawrence is personally responsible for the business transactions in the early stage.
Salvador quickly said, "Great prophet! All three are pretty girls! And they're all pure-blood witches! ”
This is a basic thing known to pirates and merchants alike.
Lawrence nodded, "It's similar to the Wave Kingdom, and there is also an island kingdom in the Land of Stars that is warm all year round, and I haven't been there, so the development there is relatively slow. ”
"What do you want, three witches with witchcraft blood can be exchanged for fifty iron swords, as well as ten barrels of liquor and two thousand catties of grain."
Sarryle naturally hates approaching the river, and Delenn and the rest of the witches have similar reactions, never taking the initiative to go to the river or the beach to play.
Witches like to bathe cleanly, not to play in the river.
Whether it is land transportation or sea transportation, there are very high risks.
"It rains a lot in winter, it's much warmer than in the north, the lake rarely freezes, it snows sometimes, and there are no eternal nights like here."
The world is still cruel.
Abundant material conditions make Lawrence have no shortage of witches at all, and there is no shortage of beautiful women.
Sometimes the risks come from the creatures of the heavenly seabed and the natural climate of the sea, and sometimes from humans themselves.
Salvador couldn't understand whether the other party was satisfied or dissatisfied, and replied carefully: "Because people often die at sea, they often bring dozens of people, and only a few end up on the shore." ”
At first, there were only obedient slaves when there were few people, but gradually people realized the benefits of obeying the rules, and the main army was busy fighting, and the business atmosphere of the people gradually became better.
"In order not to delay this trip, three were prepared."
"The summer is very hot and there is very little rain."
There are basically no women who like to swim in the river and the sea.
Salvador did not understand what the Prophet was asking for, and replied carefully: "The spring there is very warm, and we will grow a lot of wheat and grapes." ”
The Frozen Lands are an outlier among the outliers.
Lawrence wondered, "Why three?" ”
"Your Majesty, Great Prophet, this time I have brought with me three beautiful girls from the Ellasso tribe, all of whom are of witch blood and are well suited to be your slave girls."
The population of the entire West is growing rapidly, and so is the population of the Land of Ice.
A village can't produce a few beautiful girls, but after a few millions, as long as there is a strong mobilization ability, Lawrence, as the supreme ruler, will not be short of beautiful women.
Salvador was not qualified to eat with Lawrence, who looked at the foreign businessmen standing on the carpet in front of him.
"Great Merciful Prophet! In addition to the three girls, we also brought gold and silver treasures, as well as your favorite crop seeds! ”
Lawrence did not like the way they went outside, and demanded that they must stay at home, and that they should never leave the castle and courtyard unless he took them out.
When sailing, you need supplies, and once you get close to land, you will encounter various problems.
Lawrence adapted to it and loved it.
Few women in this world like to travel.
"Salvador, what is the year round like in your hometown?"
Lawrence nodded, "I do like these, let people bring things in, and by the way, I also listen to what you want." ”
"Yes! Great Prophet! ”
Salvador quickly stepped back and let his men, who were waiting outside, bring in the goods.
Lawrence waited a little for ten minutes, and the merchant's men moved their things to the yard one after another, and Lawrence also walked from the house to the outside.
There were more than 20 boxes on the ground, and many fruits could not withstand the two-month wait, and had already been dehydrated and turned into dried fruits.
However, there were a few things in the goods brought by the merchant, which quickly caught Lawrence's attention and walked straight over.
The three masked girls looked at the tall man walking towards them, all with nervous and docile expressions on their faces.
The three girls don't look big, they look like they're seven or eight years old, they're made of pink and jade, their eyes are bright and lovely, and their mouths are ruddy, giving people the feeling of young teeth that they want to take care of.
They keep their heads down, waiting for the man to scrutinize and caress them.
However, the man walked to the wooden box not far away, reached out and picked up a clump of white flowers mixed with black dirt.
"I want this." Lawrence placed the lumps of cotton in a wooden box and quickly found different pits from a nearby box.
Relying on the experience of his past life, Lawrence found the seeds of peaches and pomegranates.
The rest, such as grapes, strawberries, apples, and the like, are already available, but a few more varieties would be good.
With cotton, winters in the frozen lands will be much better, and the demand for fur and wool will be much lower.
There are not many cattle and sheep in this area, and the pasture should be given priority to cattle, and most of the mutton and wool are purchased from outside.
With cotton came quilts and cotton coats, which were good for both the army and the inhabitants.
Cotton can be grown in the area at the foot of the Snow Mountain Fort, where there is plenty of sunshine, late winter, plenty of water, and good air.
The only problem is that the soil is not fertile enough, but it can be artificially fertilized.
Peaches can be planted directly in Orange Mountain or in the Valley of Fire.
Lawrence had a plan in an instant.
Salvatore saw that Lawrence was more interested in crop seeds than the three girls, and understood that the prophet was a great monarch, a wise man.
"Great Prophet, this time we did not bring you a gift that would please you, but we of the Salvadoran family would like to be your friends, just like the family of the Old Saying."
Lawrence asked his men to take the things away and looked at Salvador.
"Then you will definitely have to give more than the family of the Archiers, and you will receive less than them, because my people and I don't need help now."
"It's hard for us to be equal."
Salvatore saw the drama and said happily: "We are willing to pay more, and we are willing to bring ten more ships of gifts, only hoping to get those heroic warriors under your command to help us defeat the evil wizards who invaded our territory!" ”
When Lawrence heard that it was a borrowed soldier, he thought for a few seconds.
"I need to know the real information and don't lie to me, otherwise it will not only get me in trouble, but it will also cause you trouble."
"Yes! Merciful Prophet! I promise I'm telling the truth! Salvatore quickly and earnestly tried to convince Lawrence to believe him.
Lawrence didn't believe much, humans are inherently deceitful.
"Then write it down and tell me that I still have things to do."
Lawrence directly ordered: "I have accepted all these goods, and now someone will take you to the room, give you enough time to write down what you want to say to me, of course, you can also cancel this kind of thing, and choose to leave directly with the goods exchanged for these goods." ”
"I can't write." Salvador said anxiously, "I will only speak the words here, not the words here." ”
Lawrence smiled, "I know, because many years ago we didn't have many literate people here, and there was no need to learn the script here outside, because it was rarely used." ”
"But now it's different, we have a lot of people here who can write, and it's not the nobles who know the most words, it's the soldiers in the army."
"You just have to think about what you want to say and tell them, and those warriors will write down what you say and read it to you."
Lawrence lacks attention to the older generation and spends most of his time nurturing the young.
From playing with children in the earliest days, to helping teenagers establish military academies and warrior academies, to later stipulating that every soldier must know a few words every day.
Salvatore did not believe that warriors could read, and that only nobles and priests of monasteries could write, or knights and knights' apprentices.
Lawrence didn't have time to show off anything to Salvador and just let him go.
The three little girls were sent to the convent for dinner, and Lawrence was not in the habit of taking small children and did not want to spend time on such things.
Before Salvador could get out of the courtyard, he heard a familiar voice.
"Huh! Moo! Moo! The little one shouted with joy.
A yellow ploughing ox walked in directly from the courtyard gate, and after seeing the blue creature lying on the back of the cow struggling to stand up, Salvador quickly thought of the sea tribe he had encountered by the sea.
Is that the Sea Clan?!
Salvatore tensed, he hadn't told him about the Sea Clan on the way.
When Salvatore looked nearby, he saw that neither the soldiers nor the guards standing guard here stopped the sea tribe, nor did they appear strange.
Yubao rode the calf brother into the yard and walked to Lawrence.
Lawrence looked at the scene of Yubao riding a bull alone, and showed a funny expression.
"Yubao, what are you doing here? Want to take part in this year's Mounts Race too? ”
Yu Bao lay his hands on the cow's neck, happily holding his two legs that could be bent back and forth at will, "Huh! ”
Lawrence was sure that the little guy really wanted to compete in the mount competition for a few days.
"Alright, I'll sign you up, and in two days, the competition will start tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will begin, and in case you can't remember, I'll let the people from the monastery inform you that day."
Yubao nodded his head excitedly, holding his good buddy calf who grew up drinking the milk of a cow in both hands.
Lawrence smiled and said, "Do you know what the prize is?" Lana told you? ”
Yu Bao shook his head, and nodded quickly.
Lawrence couldn't guess what Yubao meant, so he didn't guess, and it was not necessary to understand everything when talking to a child.
"Then let me tell you, the reward for the first place is 300,000 copper coins, the second place is 200,000, the third place is 100,000, and the fourth to tenth place is 50,000."
"Fifty thousand copper coins can buy a lot of things, what prize do you want? The prize has not yet been fully determined. ”
Yubao blinked and looked at Lawrence, there was no desire in his eyes, only curiosity and happiness.
Lawrence walked up to Xiao Yubao and touched the bull's head, and then touched Yubao's head.
"Well, it seems that you don't know what you want, so try to get a good ranking, and if you win, I will help you make a reasonable and affordable spending plan to improve your quality of life."
Yu Bao trusted Lawrence's arrangement and nodded happily.
"Moo~Moo~" Yubao quickly said goodbye to Lawrence and instructed the calf to go home.
Lawrence asked the servant to bring some snacks for Yubao to eat, and the little guy hadn't grown tall in two years, but the amount of food he ate was getting bigger and bigger, and he was starting to be picky about food.
The first race was held in the town of Bhumisiu, between the town of Bhumixiu and the port of Dum.
Now the road has been built into a wide road where eight cows can walk at the same time, and the mountain in the middle has been dug out by witches such as Dahir or blown open by explosives.
Lawrence and Catherine don't compete, and the rest of the mounts are varied.
Strange mounts such as wild boars, ploughing cattle, hornless oxen, domestics, moose, avian lizards, snowland dogs, camels brought in by southern merchants, and common grizzly bears domesticated by mountain people.
There are two competition venues, one in Flying Fish Port and one in Phumixiu Town, and the two competition areas are counted separately.
Lawrence only wanted to pick out the strong ploughing ox, and the rest was incidental.
(End of chapter)