Chapter 644: Background

After the matter in the Ice Land was settled, the women in Oak City began to move.

"They don't all need to leave. Those who want to stay can stay, whether it's to work or take care of children."

Lawrence explains his thoughts at a family meeting.

The Church of the Star is not a decoration. Even here in Oak City, there are regular prayers and doctrinal constraints.

There is a prayer hall in Oak City specifically for family members, and it is also an occasion for Lawrence to convey some family instructions.

"Master, I will follow your footsteps." Rastana quickly expressed her stance, not wanting to be left behind.

The Queen also looked at Lawrence meekly. Wherever Lawrence went, they would go.

Lawrence looked at the other elves and witches.

"You can all go there. Enough rooms have been prepared at Snow Mountain Castle. The climate there is more suitable for the growth of children. You may live there most of the time in the future."

Kassandra suggested: "We can go live with the elves, it will definitely be better there."

Cassandra's proposal made Sophia, Delenn and other witches show expressions of interest.

Although the elves were beaten by Lawrence and then conquered and became female slaves, even the Elf Queen became Lawrence's exclusive slave girl.

But it was an elf after all.

The victory of the war did not make humans stand up spiritually so quickly. To this day, noble hostesses like Cassandra still feel that the elves are very good.

Lawrence looked at the queen, "You also want to go back to the forest?"

"I don't want to!" The Queen, Rastana and many elven witches denied at the same time.

Devocris looked at those women with complicated expressions.

"Great Master, I can't understand the thoughts of human women. Why do they think the forest is better and more comfortable than your place?"

"If they want to live in the forest, there are woods everywhere outside. There is no need to go to the royal court."

"They can go by themselves if they want. I don't want to take my children to live in the forest. My children should grow up in a clean and bright castle, not in a forest in the countryside!"

Lawrence felt relaxed now, "Okay, what Devocris said should be what most elves think."

"Cassandra." Lawrence looked at Cassandra, "There are only wood and weeds in the forest, as well as rotting corpses and damp moss."

"Our workers are already very busy, and I have no plans to build a city-state in the forest for the time being. If you are really curious about the Elf Forest, I suggest you not take a shower for a few days, so that you can better adapt to the life there."

"We have just had a few good years now, so don't deny it all in such a hurry."

Cassandra: "I was just saying casually."

"It doesn't matter." Lawrence said without being too specific. "The standard of living here in Oak City is similar to that in Snow Mountain Castle. People and elves who don't want to move can stay."

"It's work wherever you go, especially some elves who don't like to take the initiative. My suggestion is to stay so that you can concentrate on your work."

"As long as you complete the tasks at hand every day and follow the management's arrangements, your daily food and drink will not be reduced, and it will remain the same as before."

After Lawrence finished speaking, an elf quickly stood up.

"I stayed."

Lawrence nodded, "Okay, I will make specific tasks for you all. You don't need to negotiate with people outside, but if you feel bored and want to do something, you can also take care of the children at home."

"The plantations, glass sheds, furnaces and greenhouses at home all need the power of witches to maintain them. If you want to drink sterilized milk and eggs after Lathander leaves, you need to find a fire witch to take charge of those things. "

"Oak City is our home after all, and we need to keep a group of elites here to take charge, so what I mean is to keep a group of people."

In order to open and maintain two core areas, Lawrence began to leave some elves and warriors to maintain the normal operation of Oak City.

This time it was also a workout.

At present, Heidi and her team have proven the management ability to maintain an industrial city alone.

Lawrence hoped that not only Heidi and Heidi's men, but also the surrendered elves and the female students and maid warriors in recent years could come in handy.

Selecting talents is one of the important things in peacetime.

Many talents will come to the fore during wartime, but if a critical situation fails, big troubles will easily occur. Accumulation during peacetime is crucial.

There are not many elves who are willing to stay.

After ensuring food, clothing, housing and transportation, most of the female elves were actually unwilling to work for Lawrence as slaves.

Their subjective will is very low. They are the kind of creatures with low desires. They have no desire to reproduce, and naturally they do not want to get close to Lawrence.

So this time many female elves chose to stay and avoid Lawrence's body-building games.

It was something Lawrence was more than happy to facilitate.

These elves are basically low-level elves, such as high-level elves like Devocris and the Queen. Their desires cannot stop and they are very proactive every day.

After leaving some female elves who could work, Lawrence kept all the children, including Andersen and Green.

Except for those children who were nursing and unable to walk, the rest of the children who could move freely stayed for the winter and learned to move together under the supervision of adults.

Eating, sleeping, studying, playing games, and going out to learn things, all of these will be learned in group activities to train the obedience of the half-elf children.

If the descendants of wizards are not disciplined, they will have very dangerous destructive power on the day of awakening.

So more than ten dark elf maids and female warriors stayed behind to deal with various emergencies.

"Sariel, you and Deren will lead the team to go first tomorrow, and I will go there in a few days."

Sariel asked curiously: "Why not go together?"

"If there are too many people, it will be very troublesome to transport supplies. I have arranged a team of knights to explore the way and check the conditions of various rest points."

This time, it was his own women and children who went there, and Lawrence was very thoughtful.

"Okay." Seeing that Lawrence had made all the arrangements, Sariel nodded and agreed.

Lawrence looked at Emerald, "Emerald, you stay to manage the affairs of the Saint's College and Oak City. I will stay with you for a few days."

Emerald knew very well what her status was, "Yes, Master."

Catherine asked, "Do you want to take Naji with you?"

Naji is the name of the wyvern. This wyvern is not close to Lawrence, just like a strange animal with no relationship.

Its owner is only Catherine, and she shows obvious hostility to the rest.

Lawrence actually doesn't like this wyvern, and even thinks that this small wyvern with long teeth and grinning at people is a bit annoying.

"Take it with you, it's not small now, and you can train it to fly when you get to Snow Mountain Castle."

"Okay." Catherine began to think about how to train Naji to fly.

Lawrence quickly arranged some things.

After the meeting, everyone started to busy themselves with their own things. The low-level elves who didn't need to move out quickly went back to read and study, and didn't participate in the various trivial matters in the castle.

Sariel and Emma began to discuss the maid's affairs.

"Emma, ​​this year there are good harvests in the town and in and outside the Ice Land. I thought that I could store more food and good things this year, but Lawrence wanted to take me to Snow Mountain Castle."

Emma smiled and said, "Snow Mountain Castle should also have a good harvest. The master will definitely transport a lot of things there. There is no need to worry about not having enough food and drink when we get there this year."

Sariel looked around and laughed when she saw that Lawrence was not nearby.

"Yes, you can eat well wherever you go. I haven't worked for many years. This year, I plan to go to the fields to harvest wheat."

Because Lawrence was not here, Salier said that she planned to go to the fields to harvest wheat.

There is indeed such an idea, but having an idea does not mean that you are willing to do it.

It's like when you are bored, you have a determination to work hard, but having a determination does not mean that you are willing to do it.

Emma suddenly felt a little emotional when she heard this.

"I haven't done farm work for many years. In recent years, the wheat harvested in the fields has increased. It is very different from the wheat I remember."

"In the past, only a small amount of wheat could be harvested from one acre of land, like seeds of weeds. Now, each wheat grain is full of wheat grains."

Sariel knows a little about agriculture, mainly from Lawrence's usual narration.

"This year's wheat was developed by Dashiel's brother Shuda, who used to farm in the Elf Forest."

"Not only is the summer wheat with higher yield and faster growth than before, Shuda also cultivated breadfruit trees that are as thick as big trees. This kind of breadfruit tree can only grow in Deren's hometown and can produce fruits that can be ground into flour."

"It's just that the number is too small, so it's not as practical as growing wheat."

Nowadays, agriculture is still dominated by wheat. After the technology of breadfruit trees was developed, it was found that they were useless, so they stopped.

A breadfruit tree can feed an ordinary person for five or six months. Lawrence is considering feeding millions of people in the Ice Land, and breadfruit trees obviously do not have this ability.

Sariel and Emma chatted about various casual topics.

The current Ice Land has changed from a barren land to a world-recognized fertile land.

It is rich in products, growing high-quality crops from all over the world, and has an amazing per-acre yield that cannot be achieved in other places.

The grain output depends on the efforts of most farmers and technicians, and it is also inseparable from the help of irrigation facilities and some witchcraft.

Lawrence began to preside over this year's summer harvest.

This year's grain is divided into two time points, summer and autumn.

The summer harvest is mainly summer wheat cultivated by Shuda, and it will take two or three months for autumn wheat and most crops to mature.

Except for the cold winter, crops mature in three seasons of the year.

Plant various crops separately according to the growth and harvest time, and separate the busy farming time, so that you can work for a while and rest for a while.

If a lot of work is concentrated in one month, even the thick-skinned barbarians can't stand this kind of animal work.

The weather in the Ice Land is not good. Most of the time, the weather is gloomy and it is easy to be depressed. If you concentrate on work without rest time, it will really be a problem.

Lawrence had done farm work before and knew how hard it was, so he didn't overdo the tasks he arranged every day, so as not to affect everyone going home to drink and play cards after a hard day's work.

Different regions also have different working hours and contents. The working hours in Pumixiu Town and Oak City are the least, and these people are responsible for maintaining and patrolling public security.

Even if you are a farmer, you have to maintain public order every day.

The first place to harvest is Feiyugang in the west. After the summer grain is harvested in Feiyugang, it is the turn of Sera in the south.

After Seraven, it is the area around Nanzhen and Pumixiu.

There will be some time difference in different regions due to the influence of sunshine and climate.

Even if the same kind of wheat is planted on the same day, the growth cycle cannot be absolutely consistent.

It's like two brothers who eat the same food, one can be 1.8 meters tall, and the other can only be 1.7 meters tall.

These effects are not big for the whole.

Lawrence visited farms in various places, inspected the threshing grounds for drying wheat and the golden farmland for harvesting wheat.

On summer nights, Lawrence, Bull and Tasna enjoyed the cool in the courtyard of the monastery.

A few chairs, a small table, three cold dishes, a bottle of wine, and three wine glasses.

"This year is a bumper year, better than the previous ten years."

Lawrence and Bull sat down face to face and chatted, like two old friends who have known each other for many years.

Bull smiled and said, "Yes, I visited monasteries all over the place, and I also saw ripe wheat fields on the way."

"This year, not only wheat, but also grapes and potatoes are a bumper harvest."

Lawrence explained, "It should be because spring came earlier this year than in previous years. This kind of thing is hard to come by, so we should reserve more food in a bumper year to deal with various emergencies in the future."

"With surplus food, even if there are some troubles next year, we can get through them smoothly."

Bull's face became solemn, "Is this a prophecy?"

"No." Lawrence was very frank, "It's just a necessary behavior to deal with various things. God is kind, but we have to stand up and grow independently."

"The sea outside can't always be calm. We can't avoid dealing with some possible dangerous things because we are afraid of bad luck."

"We all should know that good days have always been very few."

Bull knew that Lawrence was right, and he also knew what others thought.

"Everyone wants this good life to continue."

"This is not difficult." Lawrence smiled and said, "But you can't just rely on me, you have to rely on everyone's efforts."

"Our doctrine is not that everything can be prayed to God. A better tomorrow is achieved through our own struggle. Even if we encounter misfortune and disasters, as long as we are united, we can overcome it! Revitalize and welcome a better tomorrow!"

Tasna next to him looked at the great prophet with bright eyes and remembered every word of Lawrence.

Bull nodded, "I know."

Lawrence smiled and poured wine for himself and Bull.

"Today I got good news. Now the total population of the Ice Land area including Flying Fish Port has exceeded 2.2 million. Counting Io and Gran and two overseas places, the people of the Kingdom of Stars officially exceed 3 million."

Bull said happily, "This is indeed good news."

Lawrence told the truth, "Although we can quickly raise an army of hundreds of thousands of people, the regular army is less than 50,000."

There has been no expansion of the army over the years. What has increased is the population base, and the real combat personnel have not increased blindly. (End of this chapter)