Chapter 161 The Importance of Knowledge
After entering the city, Lawrence first went to the slave house.
Several new slave houses were opened in the city, and there were more carriages and shops on the streets than last year.
When I walked to the slave house where I met Sophia before, the place had changed its name.
[Golden Oak Bakery]
Not only has the name been changed, but the house is also much newer than before. If the surrounding buildings hadn't looked familiar, Lawrence would have almost thought he was in the wrong place.
Lawrence happened to be hungry and walked into the house.
The bakery here is like a tavern, and the bread oven is like a blacksmith's oven, so when you enter the house, you see a simple table made of wood and a blackened bread oven.
The owner of the bakery was a man who looked to be in his thirties. He was kneading dough on the table next to the wall. When he felt someone walking in, he raised his head and looked here.
"There is only cold bread now. You have to wait a while for cooked bread, but cold bread is cheaper."
After the man finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued working.
Lawrence looked at the bakery, and behind the man there was a wooden door leading inside.
"Then give me two loaves."
The man raised his head and looked at Lawrence, "No two, one copper er and thirteen loaves."
Lawrence nodded, "I don't have copper er, can I exchange it with this silver coin?"
Hassadi looked at the silver coins on the table, patted the gray flour on his hands, picked up the silver coins and looked at them.
"This is a silver coin from outside. I don't know how much it is, but it can buy a lot of bread. Where did you get it?"
Lawrence smiled and said, "I want to ask one thing. This place used to be a slave settlement, right? How did it become Is there a bakery?"
Hassadi put the silver coins on the table and continued working. He lowered his head and said calmly: "It was burned down by fire last year. Then I bought this place at a low price and opened a bakery. The business was pretty good. , I often receive strange things that are not money."
Lawrence asked: "Are the slaves there also dead?"
Hassadi raised his head and looked at Lawrence, "Why do you ask this?"
Lawrence explained: "I I bought a slave there before, and there is a slave I like who is also in that slave house, but I don't have the money to buy it."
Hassadi said disdainfully: "There are many slave houses outside, you can check out more. "
Lawrence asked: "Do you know where those slaves are?"
"Dead! They are all dead!!" Hassadi looked at the boy impatiently, "Take your dirty things and get out!"
Lawrence felt like this People are not normal, and the reasons for being angry are not normal.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lawrence left here with Salil.
Salil asked: "What should we do next?"
Lawrence led the sheep and said: "I will go find my friends and ask about the situation here."
Lawrence, who has lived here for many years, has many friends, although Most of them are small characters, but they should all be alive.
Salil asked: "Aren't you going to visit your home?"
Lawrence decisively denied: "No, my family will definitely ask me to pay taxes to them every year after they find out that I am farming outside, or they will directly stop me. They will not let me go and let me work on the manor." "
They will think that I am crazy and want to farm in the mountains, or they will think that I deliberately resisted them and beat me up."
Sally When I heard this strange description, I was stunned.
If the prophet of Crow Feather Manor is caught by his current family, he will be a poor boy and be bullied for the rest of his life.
There were stalls in the city where people sold vegetables and fruits, and Lawrence quickly found Martin, his farm partner who sold agricultural products.
But instead of contacting him rashly, Lawrence went to exchange the currency first.
On the way to the black market, Lawrence saw a somewhat impressive figure on the street.
Lawrence followed the woman and found her back at the Oak Bakery.
"Ula!" Lawrence called the other person's name.
The wife carrying the vegetable basket in front turned her head and looked at Lawrence.
There was some confusion in her eyes.
Ulla looked at the two young men, "Who are you?"
Lawrence walked over and said, "We met here last fall. Maloof recommended you to me at that time, but I had no money at that time."
Ulla's eyes brightened quickly, "Is it you? Where's Sofia? Where is she?"
Lawrence explained: "I have settled elsewhere, and she is waiting for me to go back at my house. This time I came here to buy something, by the way. Asked if Helen was still there, Sofia was worried about her." Ulla
said happily: "Yes! Follow me, Helen is here too!" Lawrence followed Ulla in and took a look at Ulla's basket, which contained carrots and potatoes. It’s home cooking.
Judging from the fact that she can go out and buy these vegetables freely, life is not bad here.
Things soon became clear.
Helen's husband quietly came to look for someone after Helen was captured. Later, because the barbarians went south and occupied their territory, he used the assets transferred in advance to settle here.
Lawrence met Helen in a closed room on the second floor. Helen was now much dimmer than when they first met. The clothes she wore were no longer beautiful new clothes, but crude skirts worn by ordinary women.
The fabric was rough and stiff, like crusty leather.
A year passed. Not only did Lawrence become stronger, but Helen also had a child. The child in her arms was sleeping peacefully.
"Is Sophia okay?"
Helen looked at Lawrence who had grown taller and stronger, and it took more than ten seconds to confirm that it was the person in her memory.
Lawrence smiled and said: "She is very good. Just like me, she can eat bread and meat, eggs and goat's milk every day. I built a manor in the mountains. She is now responsible for looking after the house. This is a letter written by Sophia. ."
Lawrence brought Sophia's letter to Helen, eight sentences recorded on a parchment.
Helen took the parchment and read it carefully, then sighed: "I often think that if I had insisted on letting Sophia stay, she could have been rescued with me, so I always blame myself for this." "Now
you It brought good news, and I can finally sleep peacefully."
Lawrence said: "You are all right now, and Sophia can also feel at ease. I will go back after buying the sheep and cows, and I can't let Sophia wait too long."
Hasa Di stood aside and listened, and said at this time: "Luofen III now occupies the southern Kingdom of Northenli and becomes the king there. Many people have moved there." "Now the city of
Telland is rewarded. Duke Redela, this is a cruel and lustful man, I killed the previous slave owner’s family and blocked the news that Helen was still alive.”
"Helen will be in big trouble if she is seen here. I hope you don't tell this matter."
Lawrence knew that Helen was just an ordinary person, not a witch.
But she is so pretty that she can easily get into trouble.
There are actually many beautiful women in the world. These beautiful women are not so conspicuous in slave houses and some taverns. Once they appear in ordinary people's homes or serious shops, they will arouse the covetousness of some people.
Although this is a beautiful woman, Lawrence is also a family man and has a lot of burdens on her.
Even if she is beautiful, she will definitely not be able to do farm work, nor will she be able to do anything in combat, nor will she be able to have special abilities.
And after three or four years, this beauty will be greatly reduced.
"Of course not. I'll go back after I buy the mount."
Hassadi nodded, "It's best this way. I'll give you some bread to eat on the way."
Lawrence felt that this man didn't welcome him, and at the same time he didn't care about Sophia. In this situation, he didn’t even read Sophia’s letter.
Of course, Lawrence didn't like this man either, so he shamelessly asked for other information.
"I'm not very familiar with things here. After the king occupied a large area of the Southern Kingdom, didn't the nearby countries take any action?"
Helen explained: "There are food problems in several nearby countries, and many people lack potatoes to eat. They all starved to death, and the upper-class nobles were busy suppressing the peasants."
"Those kings pooled together a sum of money to give to Luofen III, and the Holy Light Church also recognized Luofen III's legal status and announced the power of the Luofen Kingdom. "
Now Luofen III has promised not to plunder the southern countries, but to do business with the southern countries in the future and plunder the richer Eastern Islands."
Lawrence had long believed that the potato issue would trigger a war, but he did not expect that the potato issue would lead to a war. The more populous southern kingdom was destroyed, and several other kingdoms had to recognize the Kingdom of Luofen under internal pressure.
Now Luofen III has joined the Alliance of Kings of the Southern Kingdom and has become a believer in God together with several other established kingdoms.
Lawrence knew that Luofen III would not live long.
These barbarian nobles and kings may be very powerful, but they do not understand the weight of history, have no time to read, and have no sense of thinking.
They only did what they thought they could do, and after receiving the money, they let it go easily, and went to find others when they agreed to find others.
Luofen III must die! The barbarian nobles and senators will definitely assassinate him!
This capitulation faction thought that he could make the decision for the barbarians of the entire Lofen Kingdom. It was true that he accepted the benefits of the church and other countries to live a comfortable life, but how could other barbarians maintain their current good life if they did not rob?
The people in the Eastern Islands are much more powerful than here. They are located in the temperate zone, have a very large population, and there are many magicians.
Barbarians are barbarians. They have no historical accumulation and cultural atmosphere. At most, they can only leave a trace.
Lawrence judged that chaos would continue here, and there might be fights in the future, so he left the bakery at the urging of Hassadi.
After walking out, Salil suddenly thought of something.
"Did Doug and the others attack the Suman Islands in the east this year?"
Lawrence thought for a moment, "I don't know."
(End of Chapter)