Chapter 635 Summer

Dumu Port Cathedral

Lawrence listened carefully to Eze's description of the more western countries.

He lost interest after listening for half an hour, as the more western countries were still in a very backward stage.

There were city-states with a population of one million, wizards who could call the wind and rain, and some strange orcs and monsters.

Lawrence was not interested in these, and stopped listening after a while. He simply gave Eze some rewards and asked him to bring back some more goods and commodities.

After Eze left, Sariel, who had gradually become sensible, expressed his doubts.

"Lawrence, don't you have any idea of ​​conquering those more western countries?"

"No." Lawrence felt that Sariel's thoughts were still too simple, and said casually and perfunctorily: "What we need now is rest and recuperation, not foreign wars."

Sariel still felt very concerned about this matter, and said to Lawrence: "But I feel that you don't want this at all."

"Yes, I don't want to." Lawrence admitted that he had no idea.

Salier asked, "But isn't the doctrine of the Kingdom of Stars about conquering the stars and the sea?"

"I feel like you're not the only one who doesn't want to go out and see the world, and you don't like others to go out and see the world either."

Lawrence looked at Salier, "I don't mean to not fight, but what I need now is to recuperate. Without enough accumulation, I can't run long."

"Just like the cows raised by Jifeng and Yubao, without the usual accumulation, they can't run that fast during the competition."

"People and animals are the same. Most of the time they spend eating, resting and strengthening themselves. There aren't that many times when they really fight and make progress."

Sariel nodded and said with a smile, "Is that so? That's fine."

Lawrence didn't understand why Salier was so happy. Did this woman feel that she was living too comfortably and deliberately found something to remind her?

It's really not good to be too idle, and Lawrence didn't want Salier to have nothing to do all day.

"Sariel, why don't you care about the martial arts training of the female guards and female students?"

Sariel heard this and said blankly: "Isn't this the responsibility of Deren and the others?"

"Deren is also in charge." Lawrence gradually remembered some things.

Some things are not specific to a certain person, and many people have other things to do, so they are often ignored.

"Before, everyone's responsibilities were a bit confusing. It seems necessary to reorganize and determine the specific person in charge."

Sariel heard Lawrence say this and felt that this was Lawrence's problem.

"It's all because you often change your mind, asking us to do this and that, so you don't have time to deal with things when you are busy."

Lawrence showed a funny expression, "Why don't you blame me for giving you too much food? You think I'm not good when you work, but you know how good I am when you eat, right?"

Sariel shook his head quickly, "I haven't thought about it that way. Don't talk about me. I won't quarrel with you."

Seeing Sariel like this, Lawrence was too lazy to argue with her.

"Okay, no quarreling, then after we go back, we will make sure what everyone should do. Recently, we have a lot of free time, so it's time to deal with government affairs."

Sariel asked curiously: "How do you have time? Aren't Catherine and Cassandra choosing beautiful women for you? Have you forgotten this good thing?"

"Take your time, take a look if there is one, and accept it if it's suitable." Lawrence was no longer hypocritical, and said very frankly: "I like clean girls, and I also like sensible and obedient women. Now there are many."

Sariel just said casually, and quickly stood up and patted her skirt after sitting for a long time, "It's time to go home. I want to spend the summer in the castle. I don't want to go out. There's nothing interesting outside."

Lawrence also felt that it was more comfortable at home. Although Dum Port was prosperous, he preferred to lie at home and blow the wind if he had time.

"Let's go home."

Lawrence took his family back with him, and he had enough time to think about things on the long road.

The steam engine should be started as soon as possible to save daily commuting time.

Steam engines are also needed for maritime transportation, especially for ships carrying a large amount of ore, where sails alone are not enough.

The same is true for land transportation. In the future, materials will not only be food and cloth, but also heavy things such as ore and metal.

At the very least, steam engines and rails must be developed, especially rails must be laid out as soon as possible.

First, in places such as mines, and then on transportation roads dedicated to transporting materials, such as Oak Castle, Dum Port, and Pumixiu Town.

Steam engines still need some time. At present, building steamships alone has delayed a lot of time.

With the first one, the second and third will be much faster, and a large number of experienced craftsmen will quickly promote the development of steam technology.

However, the road must be taken step by step, and the most practical one at present is rails.

Metal rails are not needed. Just lay a section of rails with wood. When the labor force increases significantly in two years, the role of rail transportation will become more and more obvious.

Lawrence looked at the road ahead and imagined the problems that might be encountered in laying rails.

"We don't need to worry too much about theft and sabotage. We just need to form a railway maintenance team. We have a large number of carpenters available here."

"Destroying and stealing railways is a capital crime. It's hard to say about other places, but here most people can have enough food. If someone dares to destroy the road I walk every day after I issue an order, it is definitely a capital crime!"

Lawrence found that one of his advantages is barbarism!

Sometimes there is no need to reason and be civilized, and no one calls you cruel and inhumane. Many things can be carried out as long as you want to do them.

Most people here are still slaves of the prophet's family. No one can control the prophet, whether it is trading or law.

Everyone's thoughts have not entered the civilized era and remain in the barbaric period.

Even now that everyone's living standards have improved, the improvement of morality and some concepts is only reflected in the care and tolerance of merchants and their own people.

Now the barbarians will not pick up axes and prepare to fight as soon as they disagree with each other, nor will they kill people casually and treat captured slaves as prey as in the past.

They know how to wear clothes and take a bath frequently. Although only a small number of people have this hygienic habit at present, it is indeed an improvement.

In the past, barbarians basically would not share food with the elderly, children, women and children. Now that there is more food, they are also allowed to eat some weak people under the influence of the prophet's kindness.

There are many areas of progress, and there are also many areas of no progress, such as the recognition of slave identity.

Whoever dares to liberate their slave identity and give them the freedom to go out will definitely be regarded as an enemy and killed by them.

All people in the Ice Land obey the rule of the great prophet.

Even if they are reluctant and disrespectful in their hearts, they must obey on the surface, otherwise there will be big problems.

People outside have to sneak in to be slaves at the risk of being killed.

In this case, the use of harsh punishment will not arouse resistance from the people below.

Lawrence found that his rule was already very stable, with stable rule and stable taxation, as well as stable salary payment, and an equally stable and clear promotion mechanism.

Especially a stable and clear promotion mechanism with a low threshold is very important.

The promotion mechanism in the Ice Land has always been two-way.

One is the most common military merit.

Seravan, Beow, Fries, Akeda, Suliman, Crete... all of them have obtained noble titles by relying on many military exploits.

The more battles they participated in, the more enemies they killed, and the first ones to rush into the enemy's position, all received due promotions.

Even those young people who graduated from the military academy have been on the battlefield, killed people and elves, or killed bandits.

The trade routes and sea routes in the Ice Land are not without enemies. Lawrence's warships and troops have been maintaining stability in various places over the years.

People who have never been on the battlefield basically have no chance of becoming nobles.

Including logistics troops and reconnaissance teams, these all belong to the military exploits system.

The second is the contribution system.

Craftsmen and scholars provide advanced technology, including agriculture and industrial fisheries, as well as tool making.

This is slower, and can only become a lord at most. At present, the blacksmith Quire of Ironforge has the highest contribution, but he only has the title of lord and no territory.

For example, Heidi and Sophia are not part of the system. To be more precise, they were recommended by Lawrence. This should be considered the third promotion system that is not clear at present.

After Lawrence returned to Oak City, he called Kellyn, who was the manager of Oak City.

"Kellian, you go to Gran Kingdom and take charge of the agricultural and industrial affairs there. Let Alekmu and Daraos come back. I have things to arrange for them."

Kellian knew that he was going to be sent out for training, just like Seravan.

The promotion of the internal affairs officer also has a clear procedure. First, he will learn from the prophet, then be sent to the grassroots for training, and lead the team to take charge of some things.

Then he will be in charge of the village alone, and then he will enter the army to learn some logistics and fortifications, and also participate in military decision-making.

Then he will accumulate experience and do things. When the prophet thinks he can do it, he will be sent to take charge of it alone.

This is the case with Seravan, Beow and Daraos.

"Yes! Master!" Kellyn quickly agreed, knowing that this is a big thing that he must take seriously.

Lawrence continued, "Koda and a few young men will follow you. They will be responsible for military affairs, but you are still the main person. You are more stable than them. Don't let them do things according to their temper. When they encounter things that should be disciplined, discipline them on my behalf."

Kellion quickly said, "Yes! Master!"

Lawrence thought about his arrangements again, "That's it. If there is anything, contact me. If you encounter something you are not sure about, if the situation is urgent, make a decision yourself first, and then tell me later."

"Don't be timid, focus on maintaining stability, but don't lose our dignity."

"Yes! Master!" Kellion has followed Lawrence for more than ten years and roughly understood what Lawrence meant.

Lawrence nodded and asked Kellion to go down to do things.

After Kellion left, Lawrence called a few sacred legion managers who had followed him for many years and arranged some things for them.

In addition to Gran's affairs, Sadie Island, Io and the Wave Province all need to arrange some things in advance.

In the next few years, the development of the Ice Land will still be the main focus, but the land outside is more fertile and wider, and it is impossible to ignore it.

The food in the Ice Land comes from the Io Province. Only the outer part of this area is mountainous, and most of the inner area is fertile land with many rivers and waterways, which is very suitable for the development of agriculture.

The Kingdom of Gran didn't fight much back then, and only fought the nobles of the kingdom near the coast.

The Io Kingdom cleaned up more thoroughly, and with the loyalty of noble witches such as Avenla, its dominance over this land is constantly increasing.

Every year, a large number of daily necessities such as pots, pans, and towels are transported to the Ice Land in exchange for cheap food there.

In recent years, there have been no thieves or exploitation by nobles. In addition, the increase in grain production and the reclamation of a large number of farmlands have led to lower and lower grain prices.

Having enough food is not a luxury, but if you want to live a good life and have a meal of meat, it is still very difficult.

Lawrence needs to continue to improve productivity and increase the number of oxen in this area by ten or twenty times, so that there will be more food to support industrial development.

The protection and promotion of oxen is still continuing. This kind of thing needs to be done slowly, and it will take several years to slowly take effect.

Lawrence quickly issued a work order, deciding to select healthy and strong men and women from the refugees who had smuggled to work.

The work content is to transport wood, cut and process wood, process wood into long wooden blocks suitable for laying rails, and hire people to maintain the long road and clean up the stones and branches.

Use wooden tracks and carriages similar to mining cars to solve some transportation problems.

The production of carriages requires the craftsmen of Ironforge. The craftsmen at this time are relatively idle, and it is not a troublesome thing to make a few iron carriages.

Moreover, this kind of work is not very dangerous and can also be handed over to apprentices.

This summer, Lawrence was busy with traffic roads.

This summer, Lawrence also had more than 40 children.

Lawrence, who already had more than 90 children, soon drove the elves who gave birth to him to live in Snow Mountain Castle.

The more children he had, the more indifferent Lawrence was to the mother of the child.

As Losander said, family is family, and the mother of the child is the mother of the child. Lawrence's small group is still the group of people who suffered together at the beginning, not the wood elves who came to enjoy the good later. (End of this chapter)