forest kingdom

Chapter 436 Regaining old things

Lawrence sat by the window, watching the sunlight outside the window shining on the crib.

The baby, who was just over a day old, was sleeping peacefully in his swaddling clothes. The sun was shining on the foot of the bed. The baby was lying in the shadow at the head of the bed, surrounded by warm plush.

Lawrence looked at his son with emotion, "Little guy, you are so lucky. You have just been born and you have everything."

"I will give you a land and let you be its king. Let's call it Denmark."

Candice and Emma were still in the house, and the Shepherdess was also here. Because the winter was not completely over yet, and Lawrence didn't drive anyone away, she stayed.

Candice asked: "Where is Denmark?"

Lawrence smiled, "I don't know, it can be anywhere. Anyway, we don't lack land, and when Andersen grows up, we won't lack people either."

"Perhaps more than ten years later, we will have half a million or more than one million people."

Emma lacked a clear understanding of numbers like millions, "A million?"

Lawrence looked at several people. The Shepherdess basically didn't speak. She wouldn't talk unless she took the initiative to ask her questions. Emma and Candice were closer because they were closer, and they basically didn't show off when they got along. With a majestic look, everyone is more active.

"Yes, this is already a conservative number." Lawrence explained gently: "It took us seven or eight years to grow from a few hundred people to tens of thousands. Now every household has six or seven children. In more than ten years, it will definitely There could be half a million people."

"If we continue to fight, one million won't be too difficult."

Not only the population of the Kingdom of Stars will grow, but the populations of several kingdoms outside will also grow.

After removing most of the taxes, the benefits provided to farmers by the Kingdom of the Stars now far exceed those of any agricultural country in the Earth's time.

Although most of the farmers in the Kingdom of the Stars are slaves and are born slaves, it does not matter whether they are slaves or not. What is important is that they have enough food, clothing, and houses to live in, as well as land and livestock to cultivate and raise. External threats and threats from wild beasts.

Emma still had no clear idea of ​​half a million and one million, so she smiled and said, "That's great!"

Lawrence smiled too.

Feelings have no emotional value.

Looking outside, Lawrence quickly stood up and said, "I'm going to exercise. I'll leave the little one to your care."

"Yes, Master." Emma and others agreed quickly.

Even when speaking such formulaic words, the voices of Emma and Candice dominate, and the voice of the Shepherdess basically has no sense of presence.

Lawrence walked out of the children's room, feeling that life was suddenly a little monotonous.

"Why do you think this way?"

"Probably it's because I started thinking about my life after having children, and the people around me have gradually become accustomed to it, and they have lost the freshness."

"The most important thing is that there is no emotional value, no confidante who can share the same goals."

"Even if there is, it will quickly get used to it and become a pillow girl and a slave girl who gradually lose interest."

Lawrence thought about his life, "It's better to do something meaningful, or something that interests you."

"I'm really annoyed by things like running a country. It's like other wizards pursuing immortality and knowledge. In fact, I don't like it either."

"Then pursue power!"

Lawrence quickly set a goal for himself, otherwise it would be meaningless to live in such a monotonous way all day long.

The birth of a child can be regarded as releasing the constraints of genes and life on oneself.

The history of human beings is passed down through words, and the history of animals and plants is passed down through genes. Wizards seem to be more in line with the latter, and they all have the genetic mission of reproducing future generations.

After a witch has offspring, her body will no longer passively give birth.

With Lawrence's attitude, Delenn didn't have too many expectations for this child.

Both Delenn and Delenn's mother, Lathander, behaved strangely to the arrival of this new life.

This is in line with the habits of wizards. Most wizards do not have the habit of personally raising their offspring.

Cassandra and Catherine's mother was imprisoned in the tower because she lost control, and their father didn't care much about them.

Delen is the heir of the tribe, and the relationship is not a simple one between mother and daughter. Sariel was abandoned to her father since she was a child, Sophia and her dead mother were also very cold, and Kharan also gave his daughter to others to raise.

In the understanding of Delen and other witches, this child has nothing to do with them after birth and will be sent away in the future.

Very few witches would take care of babies themselves, and almost no witches would even breastfeed their children.

So it's no wonder that Salil has no feelings for her mother. Lolita even almost crippled her mother, grandma, who stole her food and laughed at her.

The master-servant relationship is most suitable for witches, not the relationship between adoptive father or husband and wife. Most witches have no concept of family affection.

A child is a genetic mission to a witch, just like a plant blooming and bearing fruit, it is something that must be done when it is due.

For wizards, it is also a genetic shackles.

After the offspring are born, the shackles in this area will naturally wither like the fruiting flowers.

Delen's witchcraft will become weaker, and giving birth to a child will weaken the witch. After all, such a large amount of energy is separated from the body, and it is impossible to become stronger after giving birth to a child.

All Lawrence lost was his shackles. Without genetic interference, his mind would be clearer when doing things.

Lawrence decided to become stronger. In order to live a few more years, he decided to pick up the health care activities that he had delayed before.

The first is to strengthen physical training, starting from farming!

Lawrence went to the warehouse to retrieve a hoe that he had not used for many years.

"Oh, it's back again." Lawrence sighed, helplessly grasping the long wooden handle of the hoe.

If you want to take advantage of the power of the church, you must follow the rules yourself.

The power of the Church of the Stars is not its foundation, but its continuous light like candles and light bulbs.

No output, no utilization.

It is useless for others to believe that Lawrence is strong. If Lawrence wants to gain this power, he must act according to the rules.

A real god can definitely use any power at will, but not Lawrence. Lawrence's external positioning is that of a prophet.

The doctrine of the Kingdom of the Stars is that hard work is rewarded. This is Lawrence's slightly modified understanding of the legend of the barbarians who died heroically and went to heaven.

People in the Kingdom of the Stars believe that hard work will pay off.

This hard work does not mean that you will definitely be rewarded. First of all, according to the teachings of the Kingdom of Stars, this is a land given by God.

Diligence is one of the ways to please the God of the Stars. Because of hard work, the God of the Stars bestows divine power on this land, so that everyone's efforts are rewarded.

Hard work can lead to a good harvest on the land, and you can also enjoy life comfortably after hard work, and drink and sleep comfortably in winter.

If you go out to make a fortune industriously, then taking a few years off after coming back is an act permitted by the teachings, and it is not laziness.

After several mobilizations and successive years of good harvests, the teachings of the Kingdom of Stars have already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Here lazy people will be despised, and no one will marry a lazy man.

The attitude toward lazy people is similar to the attitude toward cowards, only slightly more serious.

Therefore, Lawrence cannot rely on simple exercise to become stronger. If he wants to rely on the power of the Kingdom of Stars, he must first do things that comply with the doctrine.

Go into battle and kill the enemy...Lawrence doesn't want to go.

Being diligent and caring for the people is not considered hard work. No matter what Lawrence says, it is useless. The key is whether others believe it or not.

Most of this area is composed of illiterate barbarians and empty-minded slave farmers. They cannot understand how tired they are in the castle office, so they do not believe in this thing at all.

If nothing else, Salil and the others don't believe this.

Lawrence used to think that he was very hard-working, but others didn't believe it. The angry Lawrence could only act according to the rules now, using less brains and more hands-on work.

There are only two ways to become stronger that are consistent with local teachings.

Go into battle and kill the enemy.

Work hard.

(End of this chapter)