forest kingdom

Lawrence is thinking about how to deal with the witch community.

"Candice, how many elves do we have here?"

Lawrence asked his assistant and found out that Candice was in charge of many matters at home.

Emma is not young anymore, and Lawrence has consciously reduced Emma's workload, letting Emma mainly help Salir and be responsible for the discipline of the maids.

There is a lot less hands-on work to do, and it’s mainly now just brain-intensive work.

Like many witches, Emma adapted to a work schedule of five days of work and two days of rest.

Although most of the time I have to rest and help in the castle, it does make me feel a lot more relaxed.

Candice replied, "Master, I don't know the exact number of elves. There are a total of 955 female elves in the castle, and a total of 306 elves that will give birth to your offspring."

Lawrence never expected that he already had so many children.

Most of the elves who can give birth are those whose children have died before. They lost their offspring in the war between humans and elves, so after arriving here, it is easy for them to empty their stomachs again and give birth to offspring again.

There are also some young elves who are in their reproductive period, but their number is very small, no more than twenty.

In addition, there are also elf mothers like Daphne who join with their children. There are quite a few of these people, and they choose to succumb to violent rule in order to protect their children and themselves.

Lawrence said, "How about adding the ones in Snowberg Castle?"

"There should be more." Candice said honestly, "We need to go there this year to know the details. We haven't been back in the past two years."

Lawrence nodded. "I'll send someone to take inventory. Tell those elves who didn't give birth to children for me that the war between humans and elves is over."

"I will keep some elves to serve me, and the rest will be free and can return to their homeland to live a peaceful life."

Candice said respectfully, "Yes, Master."

Lawrence added: "Call Sophia and Heidi over, as well as Dana and Hildalia."

"Yes, Master." Candice stood quietly aside and did not take any action.

The dark elf maid standing at the door quickly disappeared into the shadows and went out to inform people.

Lawrence has many dark elves under his command. These loyal dark elves have followed Lawrence for nearly twenty years and have long become part of the Lawrence family.

Soon, Sofia and Heidi came over, along with the Elf Queen, who was shaking her breasts in front of her as she walked.

No one knew where Dana had gone, and it took some time for the others to find her.

Lawrence first explained the reason to the three female slaves who came over first.

"I want to let some of the elves go back to the forest, mainly those who don't work."

"Okay!" Sophia was the first to support!
Heidi nodded seriously, "It should have been done a long time ago!"

The Elf Queen has no sense of leadership over the other elves. In her eyes, the other elves are just followers who can be discarded.

The queen did not express any opinion on such matters, but exuded a mature aura from the inside out, attracting Lawrence to throw her to the ground and transfer more energy into her body.

The queen herself can also give birth to children. In fact, the elf queen can use trees to give birth to offspring that only replicate her own genes.

The reason for having children with Lawrence was mainly to provide their offspring with a place to eat, drink and sleep.

These are not things the Queen can decide. She is now the collective consciousness of successive queens. It is both her thoughts and not her thoughts.

Lawrence understood the queen's condition, so he never got angry with her and was willing to cooperate with the elves to make the world more lively.

If there were no elves, Lawrence's descendants would not be enough, which would cause a lot of trouble.

But there are also many problems now.

"I've discovered in the past few days that some elves have already considered themselves as one of our people, just as you worried before."

Lawrence looked at Heidi and Sophia, two wicked women.

Sophia clenched her fists excitedly. "Damn it! Have they forgotten who they are? They are your slaves and prisoners of war! How can they ask for the same treatment as us here!"

"Yes, that's right!" Heidi cursed angrily, "Greedy and despicable elves! I've never heard of prisoners asking for wages!"

Lawrence showed an embarrassment and said thoughtfully, "This matter is mainly due to the problems exposed by Oroda and Divkris, which caused the originally quiet elves outside to want the same quality of life as them."

"The elves have been living here for several years. To be honest, most of them have had sex with me. After doing something I didn't want to do, I felt that I had paid enough. I felt that what they did occasionally was similar to what a slave girl like Divkris did every day who took the initiative."

“So I think I should be treated the same way.”

"Perhaps it's because of my kindness that the elves think I am responsible for them, that the elves are also members of the Ice Land, and are slave-girl nobles like you."

Sophia showed an expression of disbelief, "This is ridiculous!"

Heidi said bitterly: "How can they think like that? This is our home, not theirs!"

The current problem is simple. Lawrence has shown too much kindness and care, causing the elves to think that Lawrence's home is their home, and they should also be treated the same way that Lawrence treats other people.

Sophia looked at the Elf Queen viciously, "Damn elf! You think you're so great just because you have a fertile belly!"

The Elf Queen quickly revealed an expression of grievance and fear, "I'm sorry, Master, please punish me..."

Lawrence said helplessly: "This is not her fault. I asked you to come here to solve this problem. Some elves have made a lot of contributions to us. They can stay, including Xidalia and others."

The Elf Queen quickly walked over to Lawrence and knelt down, lying on Lawrence's legs and acting as the pet of the number one female slave.

Heidi asked seriously, "Master, are we just going to drive away the useless ones now? Let them continue to be wild elves in the forest, right?"

Lawrence nodded. "The war is over. Those elves who don't want to stay should go back and build their own homes, especially those who resisted me and closed their eyes and didn't want to move after I slept with them."

"Okay!" Heidi volunteered, "Let me take charge of this matter. I will make sure to drive away all those annoying elves!"

Lawrence didn't want Heidi to do this alone. "Let Stella take charge of this. You are responsible for helping the elves return to the forest. When you pass by Snow Mountain Castle, count the number of elves there, including my children."

"Candice will assist you. During this time, Sadis can stay and help me. If necessary, I will go to Snow Mountain Castle with Catherine."

"Yes! Master!" The two witches roughly knew what to do. Lawrence quickly waited for Dana and told Dana to leave some elves in the forest to develop the original elf witchcraft. These elves would be managed by Stella and her child Aladdin.

Not long after dealing with these things, Khalan came over.

"I heard from Salir that you want to drive away some of the elves?"

Lawrence nodded. "That's right. Some elves don't want to stay with us. They don't like to accompany me. Naturally, I want them to leave instead of trying to move them."

Kehalan walked to the table and sat down, wondering, "Is there any other reason?"

"I have no shortage of basic materials, but I don't like useless people occupying positions and resources." Lawrence explained: "Desires will grow, and I don't like the captives I conquered to ask for things right away. That's not me conquering them, but they conquering me."

Khalan then understood Lawrence's thoughts.

"I understand, but you said there are no useless witches, only witches who don't know how to use them. How do you determine whether the elf is useful or not?"

Lawrence recalled it carefully. Although he did not have as good a memory as most witches, he found that he had indeed said this.

“Some are suitable to stay with me and do what they can, while others are more suitable to pass on the future in the forest.”

Lawrence is not lacking in literary quibbles, he just doesn't want to display such boring abilities.

Kehalan said: "Gori and the other elves didn't give birth to offspring for you, but I think they can all be useful. Many of them are actually better than me."

Lawrence had known about this for a long time, and Khalan had also known that Lawrence knew this.

Ability is not the key. Lawrence trusts Khalan's loyalty and dedication more. Even when many plant-based witches appeared, he never gave up on Khalan.

"It's up to you. If you want to keep a few, then keep a few. Anyway, if you can use them, I can use them too."

Kehalan smiled happily and said, "I also helped Anyul with his research, but the effect is not great at the moment. The fertilizer produced has limited effect and is also very troublesome."

"It's okay." Lawrence reached out and touched Khalan's buttocks, and with his other hand he hugged the quiet and docile Elf Queen, "Take your time, I'm not in a hurry."

Just when a love triangle was about to develop in the office, footsteps were heard in the corridor outside the door.

Neither Lawrence nor Khalan showed any intention of moving.

This is Lawrence's castle, Lawrence's home.

Not to mention that Khalan was sitting on the desk, even lying on it would be fine.

Lawrence had a luxurious royal court that even ancient emperors did not have.

An extremely luxurious family with only beautiful women and him as an adult male.

Even if he plays with a woman in the office in broad daylight, no one will say anything. This is the joy of a prophet.

However, Lawrence has always been able to control his desires well, and his entertainment is mainly concentrated in the long night when everyone is resting and recuperating.

Sophie walked in quickly, and when she saw Khalan sitting at the table, she walked over and lowered her head.

"Master, Lord Khalan, we have received good news from the south. Our army has conquered three kingdoms in a row within a month. Now we have occupied one-third of the territory of the southern kingdom!"

Sophie handed over the letter sent from the front line with both hands.

Kehalan took it and handed it to Lawrence, crossing his arms over his chest and curiously asked, "Is it a trap set in the south? Didn't they say a while ago that the wizards there are very strong and difficult to deal with?"

Lawrence opened the letter and read it.

"It's normal. It shouldn't be a trap."

"The reason why the Southern Alliance was so strong a while ago was because it purchased a large amount of food, armored weapons, and even artillery and ships from us in the past few years."

"The most important thing is that the nobles of the southern countries and the traitors of the Church have learned our system and our military strategies."

"There are many smart people among them who know that our military system and tactics are more useful. Especially after they found that they can really fight against us, they naturally went all out to fight us."

Kehalan wondered, "Why did you lose so quickly?"

"The logistics are broken." Lawrence smiled. "It's like a razor blade that is stretched tight. If you apply force for a while, it will break."

Whether it is the merit rewards of the Star Legion, the land, money and honor rewards that make the soldiers fight to the death, or the food, clothing, weapons and equipment for the armed soldiers and wizards, they are all manifestations of logistics.

In the early days, the Southern Kingdom could use the Star Kingdom's technology and the Star Legion to fight back, but as the fighting went on, it found that the damaged weapons, food, and soldiers had no way to be replenished, and the rewards that should have been issued were not paid, so it naturally collapsed quickly.

After the outermost Kingdom of Northrend was conquered, Lawrence stopped paying attention to what happened next and focused on his own little affairs.

Lawrence has always been in charge of the logistics of the Star Kingdom, especially last year and this year, Lawrence has been traveling around several core areas of the Ice Land, stabilizing production and transportation in the rear.

Even if there are a few more defeats on the battlefield ahead, it will not have any impact on the ice land with its powerful foundation.

There is no shortage of people in the Ice Land now, and there is no shortage of brave warriors who are willing to fight and strive to become noble lords.

Another key factor is that Lawrence started paying wages to ordinary people a few years ago, allowing each family to accumulate a certain amount of wealth for consumption and trading.

This money is crucial during wartime. As long as prices do not collapse, these families will not be affected too much by the war and can still maintain normal order.

The Southern Kingdom cannot do this, as it is now filled with bankrupt merchants and fleeing bandits.

The refugees who have already started burning, killing and looting will not be able to settle down so easily even if they are given food and shelter. The security problem in the south will only get worse.

With a foreboding sign of trouble with the elves, Lawrence decided to adopt Heidi and Sophia's approach to the Southern Kingdom.

Lawrence decided to give priority to his own people, and not to expand the territory blindly or to absorb a large group of burdens for the sake of population.

Land is indeed very important, but it is better not to have land that you cannot control. As long as you are strong enough, people who are not citizens of your own country will still listen to you!

"Let Emerald contact the nobles and merchants in the south. This time it is mainly the people of the Church of Holy Light who started this evil war. Northen is my wife's hometown, and I will be responsible for purifying the evil in this land."

"As long as the rest of the kingdoms surrender, I am willing to forgive their mistakes and not interfere with the inheritance of their royal families and nobles."

"If you insist on going against me, then I and my many allies' armies will chop off the heads of their nobles and kings! Even the queens, princesses, and noble ladies will die!" (End of this chapter)