Chapter 220: Communication and Business
At seven or eight o'clock in the winter night, a strong wind blew in the mountains and forests.
Lawrence sat by the campfire and looked at the trees around him.
The shadows of the trees were dancing, and the sound of dancing leaves could be heard in the forest.
Lawrence lowered his head and continued to add more wood to the campfire. The damp wood crackled in the fire.
"It's so cold." Sofia was wrapped in a heavy bearskin coat, her hands folded under her armpits, and she bent over and sat on the edge of the wood near the fire.
Lawrence smiled and said, "I won't let you come over. It's not a big deal if you insist on following."
Sofia hugged the two big dogs on the left and right and said with a smile, "It's okay, there are still puppies with us."
The two big dogs The dog is already one and a half years old. It is as tall as a lioness and has fluffy hair. Like Doug, it is a purebred sled dog.
With two big dogs lying beside her and wearing a thick coat, Sophia was not as cold as she said.
Lawrence quickly walked outside the forest and looked down the mountain in the night.
In order to establish a faster and more timely warning mechanism, Lawrence considered a variety of methods.
The first is to raise a few crows and let them return to their nests.
However, after thinking about this idea for a long time, I couldn't implement it. The crows are not so sensible.
After ruling out this method, the first thing that comes to mind is the smoke alarm mechanism.
But this approach still has flaws.
The mountainside is not far from the bottom of the mountain, but the line of sight is not that clear. There are mountains near Pumixiu Town, making it difficult to see these two places.
For this reason, Lawrence came to the forest where he is now, which is the middle of the straight line distance between the manor and the town of Pumexiu.
The location of number one,
two, three , four
, five, six, seven, eight, and nine is the current Shanfeng Manor, the location of six is the Andrew House, the seventh is the Clodagh tribe, the eighth is the Ug tribe, and the ninth is the Pumi Xiu people. 56 ...9 The manor and Andrew's house are not at the same height, and because of the obstruction of the mountain outside the forest, they cannot see each other, so they always take a detour. The environment of the mountain forest is so complicated. Not only do Lawrence and others have to abide by the rules of the mountain forest, but even the barbarians outside have to go around after coming in. If you go too deep into the mountains and forests, you will get lost in the mountains and be unable to get out. The Pumixiu people can go up and down the mountains normally because there are open roads on the ground. Once these areas are obscured by weeds, it is actually difficult for ordinary people to find the location of the manor. Lawrence had lived in Andrew's house for a long time, and it took him a lot of time to find this place. Looking at the nearby hillsides and forests, Lawrence said: "Our river happens to pass through here. We will set up a No. 2 village here in the future, so that we can see the situation of Ugo Mountain and Pumixiu Town at the same time." Sofia held her hands in her arms . In front of him, he bent over and continued to sit and said: "Is it necessary? We don't have many people now." Lawrence said: "We will talk about it later when there are more people. Now we can set up an outpost here first and arrange two or three people here. Just be on duty." Sofia nodded, then asked curiously: "After we light the fire, can we really see from home?" Lawrence found a high stone and stood, looking in the direction of the manor, "I'm looking Stay up." The visibility at night is not good. Although barbarians usually do not launch attacks at night, if you think more, you may be able to take more preventive measures. Poor visibility doesn't mean you can't see it. The stars in this era are particularly shining and the sky is very clean. Sometimes you can see some thick smoke. The two waited patiently. After waiting for more than a minute, a dog barked in the distance. "Ouch~" Hearing the barking of the leading dog, the two big dogs quickly came out of the forest and howled at the sky. "Ouch~" Lawrence looked at the location on the other side of the manor. These sled dogs that survive in ice and snow areas are very good at searching and calling for companions, and their howls can travel far and wide. Some can travel several kilometers, and some can summon companions ten kilometers away. For Lawrence, as long as these dogs can transmit sounds two thousand meters away, they can quickly connect several places that are not far apart. But the biggest trouble is that some dogs bark randomly, so it is necessary to train elite dogs that obey discipline. For example, the two dogs raised by Sophia and Doug who were not trained in time have missed their best time and are not suitable to serve as elite dogs. Lawrence waited for a moment, then saw the drifting smoke in the distance as the clouds moved. "Okay, put out the fire, let's go back." "Yeah!" Sophia stood up quickly, pulled out the burning firewood, and pressed it with a shovel. Lawrence picked up the sheepskin water bag and poured the water down. It was late at night in winter, and the humidity in the mountains was relatively high. These fires would go out on their own even if they were left alone. After walking out of the forest, Lawrence looked at the location of Pumexiu Town and the blacksmith shop, where black smoke also rose. If you can see it at night, there will be no problem during the day. Lawrence and Sophia went home along the river and saw some small nocturnal animals on the way. All the large and medium-sized animals here have been driven away, and now there are only some snakes and foxes. Foxes can't live long either. Lawrence has been hunting and driving away nearby wild animals for the safety of the chickens. Now most of the animals still wander in from outside and are not native creatures. Doug has grown from a puppy that can be held with one hand to a lively and active 60-pound dog, bigger than some three- and four-year-old children. Pidge also grew rapidly. In the spring, he was still a fluffy little piglet. In the winter, he was already one meter tall. He was also strong and strong, and his two one-finger-long fangs also became sharp. Pidge's prey also changes. In the spring, he eats insects and tree roots, in the summer, he eats frogs and snakes. In the autumn, he stays in Talim Mountain, eating fallen fruits and unwanted eggs, crow eggs. It has known dogs, chickens and sheep since it was a child, so it is not very aggressive towards these two creatures. It prefers to eat things it has never seen before and will find it delicious after eating. Whether it is a fox or a rabbit, as long as it can find a nest, it will not let it go. Although Doug and Piggy still often play and eat together, as they grow older, they no longer eat out of the same basin as they did when they were children. Lawrence quickly took Sophia back to the manor to rest, and the cries of the dogs and babies in the manor gradually calmed down. The next day, Lawrence went down the mountain to check the situation and found that these people were still working. After the Crow Feather statue appeared, the awe-inspiring people quickly built a church on the flat ground behind the statue. Even though there were snowflakes in the sky and there were no subsidies such as bread and eggs, people still insisted on building new churches. "Did you see the smoke from my burning yesterday?"
Lawrence came to the tavern and found Ai Ali, the female owner of the tavern here.
Ai Ali said respectfully: "I saw it, Master, we burned a fire on the fire platform."
Lawrence nodded, "Has anything happened at the foot of the mountain recently?"
Ai Ali thought for a while, "Everyone is busy building In the church, there was also a quarrel and then a fight, but it was quickly resolved and there were no other things." There
are not many things in the small town, those are the things that happen every day, and the day is peaceful.
Lawrence and Ai Ali had nothing else to say, and were about to leave when they heard footsteps.
The villagers who came in quickly said: "Master, there is a caravan that has been here before. They are here again. There are ten people in total!" "
I'll go take a look." When Lawrence heard that there were only ten people, he stood up from his seat and walked towards Walk outside.
In the town, or more precisely outside the village entrance, the Dulu family looked up at the huge statue in front of them and suddenly felt dizzy.
When he got close to this towering giant, the pressure caused by the giant became more serious, causing Du Lu's body to react with fear and fear.
He subconsciously took five or six steps back, his heart beating violently.
Dulu's wife, daughter, son, nephew and others also felt the fear and stayed away from this place, not to mention staring at this god-like giant.
Dulu's palms were sweating, and it felt like this giant would fall down at any time and crush them all to death!
In fact, one of the functions of this building is to fall down at a critical moment and kill a large number of intruders!
The fifty-meter giant object fell towards the intruder, which was more shocking than any magic.
In particular, most village wars involve hundreds of people fighting. As soon as this fifty-meter giant lands with a crash, both sides will basically be frightened.
The barbarians of this era are not really ignorant of fear, in fact they are very timid in many things.
Du Lu was not very courageous. Until Lawrence arrived, his body was trembling, feeling that he could never escape the gaze of the giant.
Lawrence specially rode the sheep here. This time there was no large army following him, and there was no witch to protect him.
However, from the panicked eyes of Du Lu and others, who looked like gods, Lawrence knew that the awe of the statue behind him did not disappoint him.
"Du Lu, you are welcome to come and trade. It may be a bit cold here. Let us go to the side to talk."
Du Lu breathed a sigh of relief and carefully followed Lawrence to a place where the sun shines.
"Sir Prophet, I have brought wheat and ale, strong ropes, beautiful clothes, and two slaves."
These are relatively abundant commodities in the city, and Lawrence knew that Dulou's idea was still to use low-cost products. Goods exchange here for high value goods.
But it happened that Lawrence needed these simple necessities.
"Okay, this time in addition to Oriental powder and playing cards, I have also prepared many things. You can take a look patiently." After
talking about business, Du Lu became less nervous and said proactively: "Last time The wigs I brought back were liked by some people, and I want to buy a few more wigs."
Lawrence smiled and said: "This one is no longer available, because the people here only cut hair and make wigs in the summer, and they have been given away before. There are a lot of people, you can take a look at the rest of my products."
Du Lu was a little regretful, but quickly checked the products Lawrence had prepared in advance.
Oren branch powder, wood chips playing cards, oak branches, potato powder, Guanyin soil, soy sauce, sweet fruit wine, herbs, rosin, truffles (mushrooms), charcoal, refined salt... This time there are many more products than last time,
and There are several types of rare commodities that are not available in Telland City.
In comparison, the things Dulu brought were a bit petty, except for food and clothes, they were slaves.
Dulu quickly exchanged playing cards and a small amount of oregano powder, as well as truffles and refined salt.
Playing cards are small, profitable and sell quickly.
Powder is only easy to sell when it goes out to sea. Now most of them have gone out to work. It takes a while to sell it after buying it.
I wanted to buy more truffles and refined salt, but the items used by these nobles were of relatively high value. After more than ten kilograms of food and clothes brought by Dulu, they were not enough.
Lawrence gave Dulu some other gifts, hoping that these businessmen would come more often in the future.
Dulu happened to have room in the car, so he happily accepted a portion each of sweet fruit wine, charcoal and soy sauce, Guanyin soil, and potato powder. He also gave some more crow excrement and took away five kilograms.
Lawrence didn't want to come down every time to do business. After placing the goods in the warehouse at the foot of the mountain, he also consciously selected some people who knew how to do business to learn from them, so that he could develop his own caravan in the future.
(End of chapter)