forest kingdom

Chapter 416 Maritime Trade
  In the summer, the Oak returned to Port Dum after cruising for more than half a year.

When the Oak and more than [-] large ships behind it docked at the shore, cheerful horn sounds sounded in the port.

Hundreds of women holding their children stood on the edge of the port waiting happily, and there were also many sailors on the big ship not far away waving and shouting excitedly.

The entire port became extremely noisy, and someone specially raised a flag with patterns of stars, sun and moon. This is the sun, moon and star flag of the Kingdom of Stars.

Lawrence did not come to greet him. Such a small matter did not require Lawrence to greet him personally.

A large number of children and young people gathered here and looked outside. Their fathers, brothers, or husbands were on the boat.

In every war, people die. Although no one is afraid of death, many people also hope that their important family members can come back alive.

"The Oak is back! The Prophet's great ship!"

People on the edge of the dock shouted excitedly.

The first generation ship was the barque, the second generation was the Reese, the third generation was the Oak, and the fourth generation was the Revenge.

At present, the fourth-generation ship Revenge has been mostly completed. Except for some senior craftsmen who continue to be busy with the last troublesome things, most of the shipwrights have begun to make fishing boats and merchant ships.

Some people have also begun to prepare for the development of fifth-generation warships.

The fifth-generation warship is Delen's exclusive warship [Cement]. Its main purpose is to intimidate. It exists and is used as a sea fortress to deal with those underwater behemoths.

An exclusive warship was built, and now replicas of the Oak are being made everywhere.

Last winter, the Oak returned with more than [-] warriors and a large number of overseas students. While escorting princesses like Isabella home, it also visited ports in various countries to spread advanced shipbuilding technology.

When they returned, they also brought special products from various places, and hired a large number of idle refugees to work in the Kingdom of the Stars.

Soon the oak's planks were lowered by the excited sailors, and the sailors at the dock also tied the dropped ship ropes to the fixed bolts.

The warriors on the ship soon came down to reunite with their families and tell them about the various things they encountered on this voyage.

The entire dock became more lively, and at this time, every ship on the rear ships was full of people.

These men and women, adults and children, who came from all over the West, with different skin colors and different languages, all felt the lively and joyful atmosphere ahead.

This is the legendary land given by God, the place protected by the wings of Crow Feather Prophet!
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  oak city

Lawrence watched the crows in the trees under the large oak tree in the atrium.

Heidi was letting the crows find the bugs on the oak tree and eat them to prevent the bugs from suddenly falling down on the head of any hostess.

Emma was leading three little girls to pick up fallen leaves and withered flowers from the ground.

The large oak tree produces many acorns every year. These fruits cannot be eaten directly and are usually planted elsewhere.

There is no shortage of food here in Lawrence, and he is very willing to let the descendants of this big oak tree spread throughout the territory.

After Clara picked up a basket full of leaves, she ran to dump them into a large basket on one side, and then quickly ran back to continue working.

He seems to be working very hard.

In fact, he is extremely serious.

At the age of six, she has gradually become sentimental, and is very concerned about whether she is popular or not, and whether she is being watched by her master.

When Lawrence was around, Clara would work very hard and work harder than usual.

Lawrence didn't pay attention to the little girl's strange thoughts. Lawrence had encountered a lot of troublesome problems recently.

After the arrival of spring, there are many kinds of insects not only on the oak trees, but also in the house.

Some look like ants, some look like grasshoppers, and some are crawlers the size of fingernails.

After there were too many bugs, spiders appeared.

Fortunately, there are no rats in my big house yet, but there must be rats in the ring building!
  Preventing insects and mice is much more troublesome than defending against pirates. It is difficult to prevent these snakes, insects, rats and ants all the time.

This is a forest, so it is unreasonable not to encounter mice or insects.

Lawrence quickly decided to start simple.

It is basically impossible to completely eliminate it. But we can’t do nothing. Now we just do whatever we can.

Lawrence was about to make some mouse traps when Brielle walked into the atrium from the passage.

Lying on the grass nearby is a black unicorn basking in the sun.

Catherine's skin was fair, and if she basked in the sun directly, it would tan the white and tender skin that Lawrence liked, so she sunbathing on the grass in the atrium in her unicorn form.

The advantage of this is that it is very comfortable. At the same time, if Lawrence needs to go out for something, he can take Lawrence out directly.

Brielle didn't know Lawrence's current troubles. What she saw was a beautiful scenery like a picture scroll.

The beautiful and lovely Lolita and the little princess-like Clara walked out with a basket. Together with the quiet and simple big oak tree and the holy and majestic black unicorn, the atrium has a pure beauty like the Garden of Eden.

"Master, the Oak is back. This time, except for six sailors who died on the way, the rest of the crew returned successfully under the blessing of the God of Stars."

Lawrence looked thoughtful, "What was the cause of death?"

Brielle lowered her head and stated calmly: "Some of them died playing cards and fighting, some of them died of drinking, and some of them defecated into the sea and fell into the sea in the middle of the night."

Death is a normal thing, and Lawrence can't ask these barbarians to obey orders completely. They really can't.

"Calculate it as a work-related injury." Lawrence sighed. Whenever they fought for a little bit, Lawrence was willing to give them the treatment of death in battle.

Brielle said respectfully: "Yes, kind master."

Lawrence was a little helpless at this kind of title, "How is this harvest?"

Because there was no need to go over the matter, Lawrence did not go over to check, intending to let the others learn to deal with the corresponding matters on their own.

Also, when there are many people, many outsiders will be hidden, and Lawrence does not want to attend such a lively occasion.

Brielle is here to report these things.

"We have hired two thousand people from twelve countries and thirty-five territories. They are basically serfs. There are also close to a hundred knights and noble ladies. These people want to work for you and gain experience here."

Lawrence turned around carelessly, "Let the nobles get familiar with this place first, and we will talk about the follow-up matters in a month. During this period, they can take on some tasks to earn some pocket money."

"Yes, Master." Brielle said again: "This time there are also royal exiles from the Kingdom of Waves. Their country was occupied by the Kingdom of Gran. The Kingdom of Gran massacred them and has been annihilating all Kingdoms of Waves. of nobility."

"They have brought ten ships and two hundred men, two wizards and three witches, willing to join you."

Lawrence asked: "Is there no one from the Glen Kingdom?"

Brielle knew what Lawrence was asking, "Here we come, this time it's Isabella's brother Richard."

"The envoy from the Kingdom of Gran hopes that we will not take in these evil pirates, but his attitude is not firm. He should respect you."

Lawrence understood the reason. Among the people who went out this time were people from the Kingdom of Waves. They were slaves captured from the Kingdom of Waves before. They served as translators and guides when they went out.

"Arrange those people to build ships for us, and I will build a new shipyard at the Ice Port. There happens to be a shortage of people there."

Lawrence quickly worked out an arrangement to accommodate the old forces of the Wave Kingdom while preventing these old nobles from influencing the rest of the Wave Kingdom.

Accepting the nobles of the Wave Kingdom and letting these nobles serve for themselves legally integrates the existence of the Wave Kingdom.

From now on, the slaves of the Wave Kingdom will no longer be captured. After all, the heirs of their kingdom are here, and there is no such thing as a hometown.

Human beings are emotional creatures, and sometimes they need a reason.

If the name is not justified, it will always be a bit unpleasant to tell my sons and daughters that I was captured as a slave.

"By the way, they must speak our language and respect our excellent culture. We don't need the foreign languages ​​of the Wave Kingdom here."

Lawrence doesn’t want too many languages ​​in his country, and he doesn’t need others to spread the culture of the Kingdom of Waves here.

Brielle quickly remembered Lawrence's various arrangements and went to Pumexiu Town and Dumu Port to make arrangements.

Lawrence was in a good mood, "There will be more people in the Kingdom of Stars this year, maybe as many as [-]."

What was the best-selling item in the Age of Discovery?
  Of course it’s the population!

(End of this chapter)