Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Facing Dana's passionate eyes, Lawrence chose to raise his hands, grabbed the dark elf maids sitting on both sides, and pressed their hair to keep them close to his body.

In addition to Satis and Candice, there are many dedicated dark elf maids in the castle.

There is no shortage of women around Lawrence, nor is there any shortage of beauties and beautiful girls.

Compared to Dana, who has dazzling eyes, Lawrence prefers normal women with black and blue eyes.

Lawrence has no idea of ​​having children with Dana. In the world of extraordinary beings, having too many children is not a good thing.

While Lawrence was chatting with Dana without any scruples, the women in the family were doing business.

In Lawrence's study, Salil, who was calculating something, rubbed her forehead and quickly took a sip of the hot tea next to her.

The tea was already a little cold, and Salil looked at Emma, ​​who was sitting on a chair folding clothes not far away.

"Emma, ​​what time is it?"

Emma was busy arranging the clothes in the cabinet. After hearing this, she thought about it and said, "Probably around 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock."

Salil felt a little tired, "It's so late, is Lawrence still talking to Dana?"

Emma replied: "When I went down just now, the master was relaxing. Now he should be lying in the hall talking."

Salil nodded, then lowered her head to calculate the accounts.

Emma came over and said, "If you are tired, just rest. We have nothing to worry about here."

Salil looked at the papers on the table. These precious and delicate white papers were densely written with characters.

"It doesn't matter. Lawrence and Sophia are both busy. I can sleep a little longer tomorrow and settle the account today."

Emma stood at the edge of the table and looked at the characters on it, unable to understand them at all.

"What is this?" Emma asked curiously.

As long-time acquaintances, Emma has a very good relationship with the Laurence family. Although she is said to be a maid, she is actually a very close relative.

Salil looked at what she had calculated, and happened to be in no mood to continue calculating, so she introduced the meaning to Emma.

"We currently have a total of 216 first-, second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-class maids in the castle, 100 female guards, 50 women who came from nearby towns to serve and help, and 330 female students."

"Just counting the 366 people in our inner castle, the daily expenses are a huge amount."

Sariel pointed at one of the symbols with a quill, "A healthy man can cultivate fifteen acres of land, and the annual output of fifteen acres of land is about four to five thousand kilograms."

“Not counting the portion he eats himself, the portion he needs to keep as seeds, and the portion he needs to feed his family, approximately 4,000 kilograms of these grains will be left after they are delivered to us. "

“Food needs to feed a blacksmith who does not farm to make our tableware, a tailor who does not farm to sew us new clothes, and a large group of people to serve as maids in our comfortable houses.”

"Now every time there is an additional woman in the family, a lot more things will be needed. Lawrence asked me to calculate how much food a territory requires to sustain the consumption of fifty and one hundred ordinary nobles. The more I calculated, the more confused I became. It was like Seen the same.”

Salil looked at the dancing text symbols on the white paper and felt like she couldn't figure it out clearly.

It is necessary to calculate the output of food and the food consumption of workers and soldiers. The output of a farm family cannot support the consumption of one soldier or maid, but the consumption of hundreds of soldiers and maids serving the members of the aristocracy will only More massive.

Emma said in shock: "It sounds like it's in trouble to me."

"Yes." Salil felt much better and thought of Lawrence again, "Lawrence used to be a noble. I asked him what his previous noble life was like, and he said he couldn't remember clearly."

"It would be much easier if we knew what life was like for nobles in the past."

Sariel is not a noble and knows very little about female nobles.

Emma quickly suggested: "How about asking Lady Cassandra and Lady Catherine?"

Salil nodded, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'll do the math myself first."

Emma said: "Yes, then I will make you a cup of tea."

Salil didn't want to drink tea anymore, stood up and said, "Is Sophia still busy? She usually goes to bed at this time."

Emma explained: "I heard from Tim that Heidi is currently making a steam engine with a group of female students. It is a new model made according to the owner's request. It is said that the finished product is to be used to improve the traffic problems in the territory."

Salil didn't know much about this matter, but she only knew that Lawrence valued Heidi very much.

"That's it. No wonder Sophia has become so serious recently."

Salil found out the reason why Sophia didn't sleep. Driven by Heidi's hard work, Sophia was working overtime to make progress like her butt was burning!

Diligence comes from hard work.

Salil and Emma walked into the nearby workshop, which was an exclusive room where Lawrence usually made some tools.

Lawrence has always liked to make some parts and tools. From the beginning to now, he has retained all kinds of hobbies. In addition to hanging out with his family when he has nothing to do, he mostly enjoys sports and creation.

Sophia sat in Lawrence's usual chair, using tweezers and pliers to work on a set of flat pieces of iron.

When Salil got closer, she discovered that there were various metal gadgets on the table, as well as a large wooden box, and various things that she had never seen before with unclear uses.

"Sofia, what are you doing? It's very late, it's time to go to bed." Salil greeted softly.

Sophia felt the approach of Salil and Emma very early, and said without raising her head at this time: "I am making the clock that the master said. I will go to bed after I finish the beach spring. You guys go to bed first." .”

Salil also knew about clocks and asked curiously: "A clock? Is it the clock that Lawrence said can tell time? I remember Lawrence said that that clock can accurately tell time without the need for sunlight. It is much more complicated than a water clock and an hourglass."

"Yeah." Sophia said perfunctorily: "That's it. What I want to make is a clockwork clock."

Salil didn't understand what Sophia made, but seeing how serious Sophia was, she didn't bother any more.

Women in the family all have something to do. In addition to eating and enjoying themselves, they should also do something, so that they are not freeloaders.

Especially after calculating the scale and consumption according to Lawrence's requirements in the past few days, Salil also felt that everyone in the family should do something.

Like Kehalan, who is responsible for cultivating crops and researching, or managing things and accounts at home like this.

Now Sofia can help Lawrence make tools, and the things she makes are definitely more valuable than the output of a hundred farmers.

Sariel quickly went on to calculate the size and consumption of a territory.

As morning approached, Lawrence and Dana ended their conversation.

After arranging for Dana to rest in the guest room, Lawrence returned to the bedroom and saw Saryl and Sophia who were already asleep.

Without disturbing the two of them, Lawrence walked to the study to sort out the various information analyzed from the conversation with Dana, intending to sort it out in more detail.

After sitting on the chair, Lawrence saw the talisman paper on the table. It was Salil's handwriting and there were many numbers and text annotations on it.

What Emma couldn't understand, Lawrence could understand at a glance, and he knew clearly that the above were various conclusions roughly calculated by Sariel.

This matter is also something that Lawrence puts Sariel in charge of. It is a more serious matter than clocks and steam engines.

Lawrence wants to set a standard for noble lords everywhere, and now is the time to discuss this standard.

If you are a small aristocratic lord, you cannot let the whole family have enough food and clothing without working. Only the heir can stop doing farm work and learn the skills of the lord.

The rest of the children have to work, but not as hard as ordinary farmers.

Of course, if there are really not enough manpower, then in this barbaric feudal era, sons and daughters are just animals that need to be forced to work with whips and sticks. If they are lazy and do not work, they will be beaten.

Cows and sheep will actually lie down and not move if they are beaten severely, but people will obey and work after being beaten.

This is how children were used in agricultural and feudal times.

Lawrence did not integrate into this era from the beginning. He wanted to kill all those who beat him!

It's just that I didn't have the ability at first, so I ran away. Later, when I had the ability, I didn't bother to meet those people again, and I didn't have such a strong desire for revenge.

At this time, the Star Kingdom has stabilized, and many meritorious nobles will appear in the next few years. How to arrange a reasonable treatment for these people will determine the development trend in the next few decades.

Lawrence didn't want his nobles to have too many people. Most of the people who became famous in the war were not very good at management, but were good at eating and drinking.

To maintain a territory and support about fifty soldiers and ten completely out-of-work nobles, it would take between 1,500 and 2,000 people, and normal land output.

Lawrence thought about ancient fiefdoms. In addition to rewards from the court, general generals also had a fiefdom.

Becoming a king or a marquis will give you a fief. Land is an important capital in any era.

"If there are two thousand people, it will probably be in a prosperous town. Indeed, it can almost be used as the territory of a baron."

Lawrence thought about the fiefdom policies he wanted to formulate. These were different from the pirate nobles of the Luofen Kingdom before. They were more standard and more complete.

Although they are enfeoffed territories, these territories must implement the policies of the Kingdom of Stars, otherwise their titles and rewards will be revoked.

Maintaining the stability of the territory is also the obligation and responsibility of each lord. If there is a problem in the territory, it will naturally prove that the lord is incompetent.

The right to reward and take back is the best bond for these lords.

Lawrence quickly put these aside. Different regions will have different conditions. The fertility of the territory and the number of population and special products all determine the quality of the territory.

Lawrence would not only discuss such important matters with Sariel, but also with other people, and finally come up with a final plan.

War requires money, and money is burned on a large scale. Lawrence knows very well that what he is fighting now is a war, which is different from the previous robbery-style route of bringing his own dry food to make a fortune.

After thinking about the matter quietly for a while, Lawrence walked out gently, walked to the platform on the roof of the building alone and looked at the night sky that was gradually brightening in the distance.

"It's almost dawn, and I don't feel very sleepy."

"It's become harder and harder for me to be satisfied lately." Lawrence thought about the trouble. "When I was a teenager, I could get things done in a few minutes, but I was full of energy. Over the years, time has felt longer and longer, and my body has become less and less sensitive. "

"It's normal when you think about it. My physical fitness has improved significantly now. My muscle strength and physical resistance to fighting are already stronger than those of a wild boar. In some aspects, I am indeed getting slower and slower."

"The wizards outside give me the feeling that they don't pay much attention to women. I can't say they are completely repulsive, but they focus more on strength."

"Maybe I will feel a sense of isolation when I get along with ordinary people in the future. Now that I am not a witch at the same level, I feel that my body's reaction is getting slower and slower."

"Obviously my brain thinks it's okay, but my body honestly doesn't respond..."

Lawrence showed a helpless expression, and he had been worrying about more and more things lately.

The affairs of Lathander and others needed to be resolved, and his own body and mentality, as well as various things in the territory, were also worrying.

Just as Lawrence sighed in frustration, a bright light came from the mountain road in the distance.

Lawrence quickly looked at the mountain road two or three kilometers away. On the sloping and circuitous mountain road, the light from the lighting stone was constantly shaking in the darkness.

The long team composed of five lighting stones was slowly advancing on the mountain road. The route they took was not a remote and hidden route, but the main road from Shanfeng Manor.

Lawrence looked at the length between the five lights. This length was obviously more than five people. Lawrence first thought of the team that Lathander led out! !

At this time, excited barking sounds came from the quiet mountain forest road.

The bark is a long, whining sound that sounds like a big bad wolf asserting its territory.

Hearing the familiar barking of a dog, Lawrence quickly determined that it was Gale's voice, and was also excitedly convinced that Gale had discovered him.

"The dog's nose is so sharp!"

Lawrence grinned happily, and Hayate was also a member of the expedition team.

When exploring unfamiliar mountainous areas, it is definitely the most ideal choice to have an intelligent creature like Hayate accompanying you.

Lawrence didn't bring Gale with him when he went out to explore, but Lathander and Delenn both knew that Gale was the incarnation of the Wolf King, so they naturally brought this good helper with them.

The effect of a strong wind is definitely greater than that of ten Pumi Xiu people.

Lawrence quickly went downstairs to make arrangements, and had someone open the castle door, greeting his family members whom he had not seen for a long time.

The guards on the night shift quickly gathered together, and the maids on the night shift in the castle also got busy cooking and boiling water.

The sky gradually became brighter. When Delenn, Lathander and others walked to the castle gate in a hurry, they saw the brightly lit ring building and the man who greeted them at the door.

"Welcome back." Lawrence stepped forward, gave Delenn and Lathander a hug, and also warmly hugged the beekeeper witch who came with them.

Hayate ran to Lawrence, lowered his head and obediently placed his head in Lawrence's hand.

Lawrence smiled and touched Hayate's head, "Well done."