Chapter 631 Cotton

Salvatore comes from Eraso, which is far away from the Land of Ice and takes two months to get there by boat.

"My hometown Eraso is not as beautiful as yours, nor as magnificent and prosperous as yours. Yours is the richest city I have ever seen."

Salvatore smiled and praised this place.

The merchant's words did not make Lawrence feel emotional. Lawrence said, "A city where people live and multiply has merits worthy of protection and praise."

"Not all places are God-given places like mine, and not all people can be as rich and comfortable as my people."

"But I do not despise the outside world, the cities and residents outside. I believe that people in every place have inherited survival wisdom."

"A long time ago, about fifteen years ago, this was a cold land, and there was very little time suitable for human and animal activities."

"Compared to here 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 is as dazzling as the sun and moon in the sky."

The maid in the palace poured wine for Lawrence. Although Lawrence would not be drunk all day like the barbarians in these years, his drinking capacity has also improved.

Salvatore was not qualified to eat with Lawrence. Lawrence looked at the foreign businessman standing on the carpet in front.

The other party's clothes are different from those in the Ice Land. The style of the clothes is more fluffy, suitable for hiding things and covering the body.

"Salvatore, what are the four seasons like in your hometown?"

Salvatore didn't understand why the prophet asked this, and answered carefully: "The spring there is very warm, and we grow a lot of wheat and grapes."

"The summer is very hot and there is very little rain."

"Autumn is very comfortable, we all like it."

"It often rains in winter, which is much warmer than the north. The lake rarely freezes, and sometimes it snows. There is no eternal night like here."

Lawrence nodded, "It's similar to the Kingdom of Waves. There is also an island kingdom in the Kingdom of Stars that is warm all year round. I haven't been there, so the development there is relatively slow."

Salvatore saw that Lawrence was quite satisfied with himself, and the atmosphere was about the same.

Some things are not said now, and it will be bad to say them when the other party doesn't want to talk anymore.

"Your Majesty, the Great Prophet, this time I brought three beautiful girls from the Alaso tribe. They all have the blood of witches and are very suitable to be your slaves."

Lawrence asked curiously: "Why three?"

Salvatore didn't understand whether the other party was satisfied or not, and answered carefully: "Because people often die at sea, and often bring dozens of people, only a few reach the shore in the end."

"In order not to delay this trip, I prepared three."

"Thank God, maybe the God of Stars is guiding us forward, these three girls are very healthy!"

This is a basic thing that pirates and merchants know.

Whether it is land transportation or sea transportation, there are very great risks.

Sometimes the risks come from the creatures on the bottom of the sea in heaven and the natural climate on the sea, and sometimes from humans themselves.

Supplies are needed when sailing, and once close to land, various problems will be encountered.

Not only are there fierce and cunning pirates, but there are also robberies from noble lords and the army.

The Ice Land is an outlier among outliers.

At the beginning, when there were few people, there were only obedient slaves. Later, people gradually realized the benefits of abiding by the rules. In addition, the main forces were busy fighting, and the commercial atmosphere among the people was gradually established.

Of course, it was also inseparable from Lawrence's efforts. Lawrence was personally responsible for the early commercial transactions.

This world is still cruel.

Lawrence adapted to it and liked it.

"What do you want? Three witches with witchcraft blood can be exchanged for fifty iron swords, ten barrels of strong liquor and two thousand kilograms of grain."

"Of course you can refuse. I don't force transactions here, nor do I accept goods whose prices exceed our expectations."

Salvador quickly said: "Great prophet! These three are beautiful girls! And they are all pure-blooded witches!"

Lawrence leaned lazily on the throne, looking uninterested.

Rastana and the queen often wear that kind of revealing and simple clothes. In addition to them, there are many female slaves and maids who are dressed similarly.

Lawrence doesn't like them to go out like this, and requires them to stay at home. Unless they take them out, they can never leave the castle and the courtyard.

This is not a difficult task for women of this era, let alone abuse.

Few women in this world like to travel.

Almost no women like to swim in rivers or seas.

Witches like to take a clean bath, not to play in the river.

Sariel hates being close to the river by nature, and Deren and other witches have similar reactions. They have never taken the initiative to go to the river or the sea to play.

Since they have the conditions to take hot baths, these witches have not taken cold baths for more than ten years.

With abundant material conditions, Lawrence has no shortage of witches or beautiful women.

The population of the entire West is growing rapidly, and the population of the Ice Land is also increasing rapidly.

A village can't produce a few beautiful girls, but with millions of them, as long as there is a strong mobilization ability, Lawrence, as the supreme ruler, will not lack beauties.

Salvador noticed Lawrence's uninterested expression.

"Great and merciful prophet! In addition to the three girls, we also brought gold and silver treasures, as well as the crop seeds you like!"

Lawrence nodded, "I really like these, let someone bring the things up, and by the way, I also want to hear what you want to get."

"Yes! Great prophet!"

Salvador quickly stepped back and asked his men waiting outside to move the goods.

Lawrence waited for more than ten minutes, and the merchant's men moved the things to the yard one after another, and Lawrence also walked out of the house.

There were more than 20 boxes on the ground, and many fruits could not withstand two months of waiting, and had already been dehydrated and turned into dried fruits.

However, there were a few things in the goods brought by the merchant that quickly caught Lawrence's attention and walked over directly.

The three masked girls looked at the tall man walking towards them, and their faces showed nervous and docile expressions.

The three girls looked young, about seven or eight years old, with bright and lovely eyes and rosy mouths, giving people a feeling of being young and wanting to be protected.

They lowered their heads, waiting for the man's scrutiny and caress.

However, the man walked to a wooden box not far away, stretched out his hand and picked up a bunch of white flowers mixed with black dirt.

"I want this." Lawrence put the cotton ball in the wooden box, and quickly found different fruit cores from the nearby boxes.

Relying on the experience of his previous life, Lawrence found the seeds of peaches and pomegranates.

Others like grapes, strawberries, and apples have long been available, but it would be nice to have more varieties.

With cotton, the winter in the Ice Land will be much better, and the demand for fur and wool can be reduced a lot.

This area cannot raise too many cattle and sheep, and the pasture must be given priority to cattle. Most of the mutton and wool are purchased from outside.

With cotton, there are quilts and cotton coats, which are good things for both the army and residents.

Cotton can be planted in the area at the foot of the Snow Mountain in Snow Mountain Castle, where there is plenty of sunshine, late winter, sufficient water and unobstructed 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 Fire Valley.

Lawrence thought of a plan in an instant.

Salvador saw that Lawrence was more interested in crop seeds than the three girls, and understood that the prophet was a great monarch and a wise man.

"Great prophet, this time we did not bring gifts that would satisfy you, but our Salvador family hopes to be your friends, just like the Ancient Speaker family."

Lawrence asked his men to take the things away and looked at Salvador.

"Then you will definitely pay more than the Ancient Speaker Family, and you will get less than them, because my people and I don't need help now."

"It's hard for us to be equal."

Salvatore saw that there was a chance, and said happily: "We are willing to pay more and bring ten more ships of gifts, just hoping to get your brave warriors to help us defeat the evil wizards who invaded our territory!"

When Lawrence heard that it was about borrowing troops, he thought for a few seconds.

"I need to know the real information, don't lie to me, otherwise it will not only bring trouble to me, but also to you."

"Yes! Merciful prophet! I promise that what I said is true!" Salvatore quickly and sincerely tried to convince Lawrence to believe him.

Lawrence didn't believe it very much, humans are born to deceive.

"Then write it down and tell me. I have something to do now."

Lawrence directly ordered: "I have accepted all these goods. Now someone will take you to the room and give you enough time to write down what you want to say and show it 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 can only speak the language here, not the language here."

Lawrence smiled, "I understand, because many years ago, there were not many people who could read here, and there was no need to learn the language here outside, because it was rarely used."

"But now it's different. Many people here can write. The most literate people are not nobles, but the soldiers in the army."

"You just need to think about what you want to say and tell them. Those soldiers will write down what you say and read it to you."

Lawrence lacks attention to the older generation and spends most of his time cultivating young people.

From playing with children in the earliest days, to helping teenagers establish military academies and warrior academies, and then later stipulating that each soldier must know a few words every day.

Salvador didn't believe that a warrior could read. Normally, only nobles and priests in the monastery could write, or knights and knight apprentices.

Lawrence didn't have time to show off to Salvador, so he just let him go.

The three little girls were sent to the monastery for dinner. Lawrence didn't have the habit of taking care of children, and didn't want to spend time on such things.

Before Salvador walked out of the yard, he heard a familiar voice.

"Hum! Moo! Moo!" The little guy shouted happily.

A yellow ox came in directly from the gate. After seeing the blue creature lying on the ox's back and trying to stand up, Salvador quickly thought of the sea creature he met on the beach.

Is it that sea creature? !

Salvador became nervous. He had not told the story of the sea creature he met on the road.

When Salvador looked around, he found that the soldiers and guards on duty here did not stop the sea creature, nor did they show any strange look.

Yubao rode his calf brother into the yard and walked towards Lawrence.

Lawrence looked at Yubao riding the ox alone and showed a funny expression.

"Yubao, what are you doing here? Do you also want to participate in this year's mount competition?"

Yubao lay on the ox's neck with both hands, happily lifting his two legs that could be bent forward and backward at will, "Hum!"

Lawrence was sure that this little guy really wanted to participate in the mount competition in a few days.

"Okay, I'll sign you up. The competition will start in two days, the day after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. In case you forget, I'll let the monastery notify you on that day."

Yu Bao nodded excitedly, holding his good friend Xiao Niu, who grew up drinking the milk of a cow.

Lawrence smiled and said, "Then do you know what the prize is? Did Lana tell you?"

Yu Bao shook his head and nodded quickly.

Lawrence couldn't guess what Yu Bao meant, so he stopped guessing. It's not necessary to understand everything when talking to a child.

"Then I'll tell you, the first prize is 300,000 copper coins, the second is 200,000, the third is 100,000, and the fourth to tenth are 50,000."

"Fifty thousand copper coins can buy a lot of things. What prize do you want? The prize has not been completely determined yet."

Yu Bao blinked and looked at Lawrence. There was no desire in his eyes, only curiosity and happiness.

Lawrence walked to the little Yu Bao and touched the cow's head, and then touched Yu Bao's head.

"Well, it seems that you don't know what you want, so try to get a good ranking. If you win money, 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~" Yu Bao quickly said goodbye to Lawrence and directed the calf to go home.

Lawrence asked the servant to send some snacks to Yu Bao. This little guy has not grown in the past two years, but his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he has become picky about food.

The first mount competition was held in Pumixiu Town, and the competition route was between Pumixiu Town and Dum Port.

Now the road here has been built into a wide road that can accommodate eight cows at the same time. The high mountains in the middle that are in the way have been dug into big holes by witches such as Dashiel, or blown up by explosives.

Lawrence and Catherine did not participate in the competition, and the other mounts were varied.

Wild boars, oxen, hornless cattle, Dom sheep, moose, bird-lizard beasts, snow dogs, camels brought by southern merchants, and ordinary grizzly bears domesticated by mountain people, and other strange mounts.

There are two competition venues, one in Feiyu Port and one in Pumixiu Town, and the two competition areas are counted separately.

Lawrence only wants to select strong oxen, and the rest are incidental.