Chapter 207 Earl
Summer was coming to an end soon. Lawrence inspected his territory and saw women taking a bath downstream.
Emma also saw the women bathing on the edge of the stone beach downstream. "Master, according to your instructions, they will wash their bodies today and enter the autumn clean." Lawrence recorded the time, and he has experienced two experiences in this area
. summer.
Towards the end of the first eternal night, Lawrence began to record each day, marking clearly the dates of harvest, planting, melting of ice and snow, weather getting hotter, weather getting colder, etc.
This is something that Salil can't do. Lawrence can feel the change of seasons earlier than Salil.
"Well, it's going to be cold in a few days. After taking a shower today, take out the animal skins and autumn and winter clothes to dry in the sun." Emma and
Bull believed in Lawrence's judgment. No matter it rained or the weather changed, Lawrence would always can be known accurately.
The wheat in the manor has been harvested, and even the drying and grinding matters have been taken care of long ago.
When Lawrence returned to the lumberyard after a tour, he saw more than a dozen workers knocking near a half-finished wooden house.
This is a firewood house for winter. Once it is built, the wood branches that are usually dried will be placed in it for storage, or some wood that needs to be waterproof and anti-corrosive will also be put in it.
In addition to the house for storing fuel, a large chicken coop will be built at the back for the chickens to overwinter.
Now there are more than 500 chickens in the manor. When these chickens grow a little bigger, they can look for food on their own.
There are only two more goats and sheep, and the piglets are not pregnant this year because they cannot find boars for breeding.
Last year, the breeding boars were actually kept, but during the Evernight Food Crisis, the boars were killed, and the nearby villages were also wiped out, resulting in the death of the boars.
The only way to deal with pigs is to use sled dogs to trade outside after it snows, and find a way to buy a boar, or wait for the little boar to grow up.
The harvested oats and rye were also stored as feed, and while there was still some time in winter, some easy-to-live rye was planted.
Lawrence stood there and watched. With the joint efforts of more than a dozen workers, the four sides of the wooden house were built like building blocks, and like the construction progress in the game, it was quickly completed.
In this backward manorial period, the more people working, the faster construction progressed.
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Before the news from the outside world arrived, the Valkyries learned the entertainment rules of poker.
Count Valkyrie was also one of the participants.
The fifty-year-old Earl has long lost the peak strength of his youth, his hair is much grayer, and even the skin on his body is full of wrinkles.
This game of wooden cards easily endeared itself to the earl.
wisdom!
The count believes that this is a game of wisdom, so anyone who wins against him will die.
When the order from Telanthoof City came from the sea, the earl fell into deep thought.
The Valkyries are just barbarians who occupy the ice sea. The count rules five nearby villages, and the total number of them is about four to five thousand people.
"Lawrence, Crowfeather Seer, Witch, and Berserker of Pumexiu Town."
The Earl was in trouble.
He was left alone with his thoughts for a long time, until the Countess came in to see him.
Olaua approached the clean and majestic Earl and caressed the chest of the aristocratic old man sitting on the chair.
"Earl, are you still worried about things in Pumixiu Town?"
The earl picked up the iron cup next to the table and used the ale in it to moisten his thirsty throat.
Faced with the woman's inquiry, the count had no interest in sharing with her.
"Go and call Uribe over. I have something to tell her."
Olaua stood up dissatisfied, "Yes, Lord Earl."
Soon Olaua twisted his young waist and left here.
The count looked at the woman with dangerous eyes, then quickly withdrew his gaze and continued to think about things.
In order to maintain his rule over the years, the Count has killed many people. Whether it was in the past or yesterday, people often died at the hands of the count, and some died under various orders.
Soon a woman with long gray hair strode into the palace.
"Father, are you looking for me?"
the earl nodded and said, "I don't want to attack the Eastern Islands. The king agreed to my request, but asked us to hand over fifty sets of playing cards, three sets of dominoes, and one hundred kilograms of medicinal powder as war tax. ."
Uribe knew very well what playing cards and dominoes were, and also knew where the rumored useful Orencia powder came from.
"That's Avari's territory, and it's also our territory. It's easy to ask them to pay taxes. What's the deal?" The
count looked calmly at Uribe, his only heir.
"That place didn't belong to us not long ago. Even though Avari ruled it, there are still many people who don't listen to our orders."
Uribe said directly: "Then kill them! Let them become our slaves , Farm the land for us!"
The Earl must have thought about this kind of thing.
The earl said: "That's not good. There are witches nearby. In addition to the poisonous witches in Talim Mountain, there are also witches from the Cloda people. Now there is a Crowfeather Prophet, and Andrew's daughter is also there. There."
Uribe quickly understood that this opponent was not easy to deal with.
The area where the Poison Witch is located is filled with poisonous mist, which is full of dangers for the Valkyries.
Andrew is not difficult to deal with, only a dozen Valkyries can kill that man!
On the contrary, the Crow Feather Prophet sounds very difficult to deal with. Someone who can become a prophet and has an animal as his surname must have great strength.
"What should we do?" Uribe looked at his father.
The count didn't want to start a war rashly now, but he had to start a war.
If the men don't go looting, they will definitely be unhappy this winter.
The count has accumulated a large amount of wealth and slaves. These trophies will not be shared with other people, let alone others.
The Earl hoped that after his death he could take these treasures with him to the Kingdom of God. He would secretly bury some every day and kill a Valkyrie child to guard his treasures in the fields.
Now the Valkyries under his command are becoming more and more hostile to him for some unknown reason.
I originally thought that after Red Beard left, his men would be more secure.
This is not the case. Even before Avali died, the Valkyries under him became increasingly disobedient and unwilling to obey his orders.
Including that Avari!
Avali took a fancy to Doug's boar leather armor, so he killed Doug while Doug was drinking on the boat and robbed Doug of his clothes and money.
The rest of the Pumixiu people were also killed by Avali and fed to the fish, causing the Pumixiu people to completely lose control now.
It was not only Avari who lost control, but also several of his men who could fight.
These people were very disrespectful to him both at the card table and when discussing things.
Fortunately, these people have been arranged to serve as barons in distant villages. Now the earl only needs to protect his own manor and manage those barons firmly.
"You go over and trade with them first, exchanging animal skins and whale oil for playing cards and medicinal powder. It's best to find out their strength."
Uribe understood what the count meant this time.
"If they are not strong enough, can I kill them?"
The Earl nodded, "Yes, but we must leave some people to work for us. If you take care of it, you will be in charge."
Uribe was happy . He said: "Yes, father, I promise to conquer the savages in that land!"
The earl quickly said: "I will take people to see what Olaua is doing. If that woman betrays me, I will kill her." She!"
"Yes, father!" Uribe had long disliked that woman.
(End of chapter)