forest kingdom

Dume Harbor, Harbor Abbey.

Several nuns were sitting around a brazier chatting. Not far from the fireplace, the noble Bull was chatting with Hella, the abbot of the harbor monastery.

Hela said: "The monastery over at Ice Port is under construction, and the countess seems to want to serve as the abbot of the monastery herself."

Bull didn't pay attention to this kind of thing, "This kind of thing will be arranged by the master. Now Navia is in the monastery of the manor, Brielle is in Pumexiu Town, and you are here in Dumu Port. I think the master will also arrange it." The nun who runs the monasteries of Flying Fish Harbor and Ice Harbor.”

Hela nodded, agreeing with Bull's statement.

Although he went to the church in Feiyu Port to make an appearance after possessing the magic, Hela still hoped to get closer to Lawrence. Being able to stay here in Dumu Port and serve as the abbot of the monastery was ten times better than in Feiyu Port.

The two were not familiar with each other before, but now they have become more familiar with each other because they both work at Dumu Port.

Hela said: "The children left behind during the expedition to the Kingdom of Gran this spring began to be born one after another. With the addition of some Durila and Gran people, as well as a small number of people from the Wave Kingdom, the number of people we have here will exceed Fifty thousand people.”

Bull didn't know much about this kind of thing. He went back and forth between the families of the victims and the families of pregnant women every day. Because of the language barrier, he could only communicate roughly through translators, and there was no such extensive intelligence collection.

"What's going on in the Kingdom of Waves?" Bull was a little curious.

Hela's main job is here in the monastery. Currently, the more than 50 nuns in the monastery are always able to pass on all kinds of fresh information, especially since these people are relatively idle most of the time, and they are all female aristocratic female students from various countries who love to chat.

"We used to have some people from the Kingdom of Waves here. These people took advantage of this attack on the Kingdom of Gran and gathered many old members of the Kingdom of Waves during the war. They came back together after the war."

Bull said curiously: "I didn't see those people. Maybe I saw them but didn't notice them."

Hela smiled and said, "The ones who came here were all women and children under five years old. The rest were placed in the Kingdom of Waves and Ener Port. The owner thought these people were not suitable to come together. We are not a refugee camp here."

Bull nodded, "If the master can place them and they can help us, it means that they are watched by God and will live a better life than before. They should be grateful for their choice this time and be grateful to get the master and the stars." God’s favor.”

Coming to Dumu Port is of course the best reward, but if these people who were originally pirates and bandits can accept the call of the Church of the Stars and cooperate with the people of Ener Port to attack the Kingdom of Glen, they will not give the best reward but give them what they deserve. Their reward is also recognized as kindness and fairness.

The effort must be worthy of the reward.

The dedication of farmers is not as great as the dedication of fighting. This is a value recognized by everyone.

This time, for the help of the remaining pirates in the Kingdom of Waves, in everyone's values, giving money, food and livestock is the biggest reward, and inviting these people directly into the house as guests must be a bad idea!

Those who first joined the Kingdom of Waves and Kingdom of Durila as slaves, and most of the foreigners now are nobles, or foreign students sponsored by nobles.

If the pirates of the Wave Kingdom come here not as slaves but as guests, they will only arouse everyone's hostility. Once these unorganized and undisciplined pirate gangsters cause trouble, the people of the Wave Kingdom who have made meritorious deeds in the past will also be affected.

Lawrence only accepted women and children he could cultivate, and there was nothing wrong with this approach.

The Pumixiu, the Vakiri, and the Sidel people do not exclude foreign women from joining in to live a good life, but those weak and skinny pirates from the south come directly to enjoy the favor of God. The character of these barbarians will definitely cause them trouble. .

Barbarians do not reject foreigners, but they must first be capable and valuable. For example, craftsmen from various countries can integrate well into the local atmosphere.

Soldiers would not get drunk and provoke those craftsmen and farmers, but would only cause trouble for those in taverns and barracks.

In the afternoon, Lawrence rode a black unicorn to patrol, checking whether the merchant ships outside had brought any interesting and valuable merchandise.

Most of the goods are food and works of art, but there are also some strange materials such as ivory and dragon claws.

Lawrence has no interest in jewelry, nor is he keen on antiques, so most of the time he can't find good products, but he still likes to look at the dazzling array of various products.

Bull followed Lawrence to select products and talked about today's chat. “Master, if we encourage foreign women to have children here, I think more women will be attracted to come here.”

"It's useless." Lawrence said casually: "The talents and warriors we need mainly rely on our own cultivation, rather than being provided by outsiders."

"If what we need are serfs for farming, we can easily recruit a lot of them that can be used directly. If we want that kind of talent, we might as well cultivate them ourselves."

Lawrence knelt down and took a look at a beautifully crafted turtle shell box, and continued: "Just take your time, don't be in a hurry, the Kingdom of the Stars is a god-given place that treats everyone kindly, and it does not accept everything as garbage. box."

"I'm more concerned about our own children and future than people and things outside."

Bull feels that God’s power is not that little, “I think God’s power is enough for all of us to be happy.”

Lawrence's intention was to bring happiness to a few people, but Bull felt that he could actually be more active, more generous and more generous in recruiting outside women to come in and give birth to children.

Lawrence had long been accustomed to this kind of radical thinking. Bull's idea was the female version of the savage male war mentality.

They believe that everything is determined by God, and we must achieve it. The life and death of others are also determined by God, and everyone should obey God's will.

The barbaric and bandit mentality is still there. The main problem is not civilization, but the lack of a strong enemy to make everyone restrain themselves.

If there was a powerful enemy outside, everyone would not be so brutal towards the outside world.

Lawrence never persuaded people to restrain themselves, whether it was Andrew Doug or those barbarian men.

It makes sense but I don’t understand. I can only say something that everyone agrees with.

"Bull, do you think life here is better than life outside?"

Bull looked at Lawrence in surprise, "Isn't this a sure thing? Although I have never left here or seen the world outside the mountains, I have heard many people say that our place is the best, especially you. A place to live!”

Lawrence suddenly remembered that Bull had indeed never been out, and had always been traveling between several towns.

Although Bull's world is so big, he already has a broad and satisfying sky in his heart.

"Yes." Lawrence raised his head and smiled, "Only when my life is good and moist, others will believe that our place is good."

"Only when you live a good life with the rest of the people in this land will others believe that this is a God-given land where even ordinary people can have enough food, clothing, and education."

"So ignore the outside world and take good care of ourselves. The most pious behavior toward God is to live up to God's gifts to us instead of sharing them to show off."

"We are all a family, a family united by blood and common beliefs!"

Lawrence's church rules and interpretations have been changing with development, constantly evolving and improving!

When the core area has a population of 100,000, this kind of internal propaganda can more easily unite everyone.

Let your own people cherish this life, increase their loyalty, and at the same time be consistent with the outside world and unite around the Star Prophet.

At the same time, this argument is also used to suppress the voices of some people for external expansion.

If the benefits and distribution cannot be maintained internally, let's wait until then. Lawrence is not in a hurry anyway, it will probably be a hundred years later.

(End of this chapter)