Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

?Chapter One Hundred and Sixty

.Lorister put down the dip pen in his hand and looked at the crystal hourglass on the table. It is now past five in the morning, but the sky outside the window is still dark and can be seen dimly through the unclear green glass There were big goose-feather-like snowflakes flying all over the sky. After three consecutive days of heavy snow, the snow outside was more than a foot thick.

On the table is a thick stack of animal skin papers filled with words, which is the result of Lorester's whole night. Some time ago, the conversation with Fatty Shi made Lorist suddenly realize that he did not have a complete territory development plan. My own family territory is too remote. Although the family territory of the Rock Castle can be self-contained without being affected by external wars, the price is isolation and forgotten. The root of everything lies in the inability to establish good communications with the outside world. contacts.

The Northland Plateau is vast and sparsely populated, with an area the size of three or four Dlemke provinces, but the population is less than one million. Just like the most prosperous southern part of the Northland, which was ruled by Grand Duke Luckins, known as the elite zone, its population was only about 300,000 to 400,000. The bottleneck restricting the development of the Northland Plateau is due to two reasons. One is the inconvenience of external transportation and the other is the lack of manpower.

From the map, the so-called Northland Plateau is not the northern end of the Gailint subcontinent, but in the middle of the continent. This is because the Magic Dragon Mountains on all the maps of the Gailintia continent are recognized as the center of the continent and the birthplace of the three major water veins in Gailintia.

The reason why it is called the North Land is to show that this is the northernmost point of human development. If you go further north, you will have to cross the Demon Dragon Mountain Range and enter a wild wilderness marked on the map, which humans have never set foot in for nearly a thousand years. local.

Unlike the plateau in Lorist’s previous life, although the Northland is also called a plateau, its terrain is about a hundred meters higher than the plains outside. There is no difference in climate and environment. In fact, in the lingua franca of Galintia, The plateau does not refer to the terrain. It means uncivilized, barbaric and remote areas, which is more like a derogatory term.

In Lorist's vision, it is only necessary to bring back more than 70,000 people from the northbound motorcade and 100,000 refugees. The shortage of manpower in the family territory can be alleviated, and the climax of large-scale development and construction can be ushered in. At that time, guard the Rock Castle tightly, no matter the war is raging outside, the sky is dark, and you can just build the family territory into a paradise in troubled times.

The ambition to revive the empire of His Royal Highness. Lorist expressed his admiration and spiritual support very sincerely. But he was really not interested in getting involved in the fun, and even the title of the Grand Duke of the North, who had promised him, was not uncommon. What if you occupy the entire Northland? As long as the two ferry crossings of the upper and lower reaches of the Mitoba River are blocked, oneself is not obediently trapped in the north...

In the end, Lorist hit the blade mountain range facing the sea to the west of the family territory. He didn't believe that the mountains that stretched for hundreds of miles could not find an outlet. As long as one could find an outlet, the family could build a fleet to pass the sea. Getting in touch with the outside world is much more convenient than land roads. You can even transport the refugees to the family territory through a fleet instead of organizing a convoy for nearly a year before arriving...

Lorist wrote a lot of things he wanted to do on the hide paper to make glass. Refine steel, explore mineral veins, build cities, open up wasteland, build roads, and implement a policy of elite soldiers. Now that the convoy is armed and the family has nearly 60,000 to 70,000 troops, Lorester is ready to return to the family territory and immediately implement the strategy of carrying troops, so that a large number of young and strong retired troops will become the main force in developing the family territory.

Now it is to **** the convoy and the refugees northbound, so a large number of young men have been drafted into the army. In Lorester's view, in the future, the family armed forces will maintain a ratio of one to twenty soldiers and civilians. Form a good armed forces. The fighting spirit of each soldier has the strength of the Black Iron Step, so even if the number is only 10,000 to 20,000, it is enough to ensure that the beacon of troubled times will not affect the Norton family.

In a few years, a good foundation will be laid when the family territory is developed. At that time, Lorester might have put the entire Northland in his arms. I remember a biography I had read in my previous life. There was a sentence in Lorester who remembered clearly that there was no reliable base. All hegemonies were built on gravel, which could be blown away by a strong wind. This sentence is very similar to what the old Zhu did in Chinese history. Converted into ancient prose is to build a wall. Widely accumulate grain and slowly become king.

Lorist picked up the pen again, wrote gunpowder and catapult on the hide paper, and waited to see if he could make these two big killers when he returned to the family territory. Gaelintia Castle is everywhere, and the ballista is always lacking whether it is defending or attacking the city. With the catapult and gunpowder, it should be much simpler to deal with the tightly guarded castle fortresses.

Fatty Xiang Shi has laid down more than one hundred castles in the province of Verbasia. First, he relied on the ballistas and longbowmen of the battle convoy as cover, and second, the main force of the siege was the death camp of the prisoners. The strength of those territorial nobles is not strong, but that's it, the soldiers in the death camp have changed a few times, and the total casualties before and after are more than 10,000.

The several siege battles Lorist fought were all surprise attacks, and only succeeded in sneak attacks and night attacks. The only frontal assault on Beiye Town ended in failure. With these two big killers, Lorester believes that frontal assault is not a problem. When the development of the family territory comes to an end, and when you show your claws to the North, you won’t even have to worry about a tightly guarded castle like the Lychtana Fortress.

Since returning to the family territory in March to inherit the title and become the new lord, Lorester has been running around non-stop and busy, never calming down to think about the development and plans of the family territory. Until now, trapped in Kebo City by heavy snow and severe cold, he has no time to think quietly...

After reading the pile of hide paper in his hand again, Lorist thought for a while and added a few more lines on it. He writes about cultural education, popularizing basic grudge and making paper.

Cultural education is very simple. It teaches people to read, write and calculate. Many people can speak common words, but they can’t write and read because they don’t know words. As the low-level civilians in society, they work hard every day to mix with their families. Having enough food and clothing, and not being able to let their children receive a good education, they just live on for generations.

Popularize basic fighting spirit. Although the Norton family has a large territory, it still faces threats from the mountain barbarians and monsters of the Demon Dragon Mountains. Only by popularizing basic fighting spirit and enabling the broad masses of leaders to awaken the fighting spirit can they have the power to protect themselves. In addition, the physical strength, health, lifespan and other qualities of the awakened people will be greatly improved. For the family, this is a good way to speed up the development of the territory.

The last is papermaking. Galinthia doesn't have the kind of paper that Lorist had in his previous life, and only animal skin paper can be used. If you really trace the root cause. This is probably to blame the magic civilization thousands of years ago. It is said that magicians use animal skin paper. They use animal skin paper to make magic scrolls, record magic words, and write magic books. This is because in the legend, only animal skin paper can carry magical text. Therefore, the magicians did not consider inventing a cheap paper for mortals.

The era of magical civilization has long passed away, and now we can only imagine the glory of that time in the legend. But paper made from animal skins has been passed down. Of course, the current animal skin paper is also different from the legendary. It is not made of beast skins, but made of cowhide, horse skin, sheep skin, etc. The worst is paper made of pig skin and rabbit skin.

Making animal hide paper is very simple and a very common craft, but it is difficult to make good, because the process is very complicated. Take parchment paper as an example. First cut the rawhide into rectangles, soak it in water for a day and night, take it out and wash it, and soak it in a lime solution for about ten days after it is clean. It is also scored three times a day. After ten days, take it out and let it dry. Use a knife to scrape off the blood tendons and minced meat on the sheepskin to make it into a film, and then soak it in a straw pulp solution for two days. Take out the shade and dry it with pumice powder to polish it until it is smooth, then straighten it with a wooden frame, and let it dry for three days as a solid shape, and then cut the parchment paper into a standard sheet of paper.

This is the reason why a book is expensive in Gailint Asia. If Lorist wants to implement cultural education in the family territory. It is necessary to find a paper that is easy to make and inexpensive, otherwise the consumption of animal skin paper alone is not an amount that a family can afford.

If white paper like the one in the previous life can be made, not only will it be possible to popularize cultural education in the family territory, but also white paper can be used as a family's flagship product to sell to the whole continent. Like the newspapers in Morente City, every time a new issue arrives, the delivery person will take the old issue away, because the old issue has to be taken back, polished, erased, and printed with new content. Repeatedly, until the animal skin paper is worn out.

Lorist has always believed that there is no dynasty that lasts for a thousand years and a family that never fails. In Galinthia, people are used to distinguish between place names or country names, such as Lorester from the Northland, Fatty Shi from Trimble Kingdom, etc. If these refugees and people in the motorcade can be regarded as Norton people And if he is proud, then Lorist will believe that the Norton family will be passed on for thousands of years.

What Lorist wanted was to use long-term propaganda and brainwashing methods to make the Northbound motorcade and the 100,000 refugees return to the Norton family. There was a great dynasty in ancient China, and its name eventually became the name of a great nation. What Lorist wanted was to make the name Norton a name that everyone in the family territory would be proud of and proud of in the future. They would become Nortons instead of Northlanders...

All this depends on long-term publicity work, and even the journey of the northbound team can be compiled into a history book so that future generations can remember the hardships of the pioneers and trekking. Lorist thinks a lot, but the premise of all this is that cheap writing paper must be available to subtly instill people's pride and pride in the name Norton when cultural education is launched. Therefore, making a blank paper like the one in the previous life became a very important thing in Lorester's eyes.

As the director of a small handicraft factory in his previous life, Lorester could do a lot of craftsmanship, such as making glass, making models of sailing warships, and designing. But Lorist does not know how to make paper. He only knows some papermaking principles and materials, but does not know the technology and process. Looking at the line of making paper written on the animal skin paper, I sighed. When I return to the family territory and find a few workers to slowly experiment, there will be a successful day...

There was a soft knock on the door, and Lorist shouted, "Come in."

Reddy opened the door and brought in a pot of hot water: "My lord, you got up so early. It's still as dark as midnight at six o'clock in the morning."

Lorist washed his face: "Reddy, now it’s snowing outside and you are doing morning exercises indoors. Don’t be sloppy, practice martial arts rely on self-consciousness and perseverance, and you can’t be lazy. You are already the second star of the black iron this year, I hope again You will be promoted to the silver rank in two years."

"Yes, my lord, I understand." Reddy said.

"By the way, do I have any plans for today?" Lorist asked.

Reddy thought for a while to answer: "Yesterday the Shred Knight said to inspect the homes of the refugees at around eight o'clock in the morning, and you said you should go with you, my lord."

"Oh, then you can bring your breakfast at 7:30. I will go to Shred after I eat." Lorist said.

"Okay, my lord." Reddy stepped out.

From 6 to 7:30 in the morning, it was Lorist’s untouchable morning exercise time in Kebo City. He ran Jinshuijue for a big week and moved his hands and feet again. The time has come.

For Lorist, the most difficult thing for him now is his inability to grasp the progress of his cultivation. In his previous life, he never reached the dark power stage. He neither understood nor heard anything about it, so he could only find it slowly on his own. . He is now in the dark class. But at which stage he was still at a loss. Just like the sudden feeling and the ease of mind and body after venting on the maid Irina last time in Lorist at Maple Forest Villa, he didn't understand what was going on, only knew that he should be a step further.

Lorester sometimes felt that it was unbelievable to use vindictive energy to cultivate his ancestral kung fu in his previous life, but he hadn't found any disadvantages yet. On the contrary, Jin Shuijue seemed to have moved too quickly. He is confident of his skill, Lorester. Generally speaking, the golden rank of fighting spirit is no longer an opponent, but I don't know when I will have the opportunity to compete with the Great Sword Master to see what the difference is. Lorester is full of expectations for this.

Kebo City is not big, and the northbound convoy and 100,000 refugees crowded the city. Fortunately, the Second Highness took away one third of the grain and vacated nearly a hundred large granaries. Coupled with the wide drying area in the east of the city, only 170,000 horses can be arranged.

The snow is still falling, Lorist and Fatty Shi put on a black leather cloak and walked along the road cleared by the patrol to patrol the camp where the refugees were stationed.

"Rock, how did you think of building an igloo before putting the tent in it? This way it really keeps warm, and it solves the problem of refugees' accommodation at once, saving materials and labor, which is really convenient." Fatty Shi As he walked, he said, "Did you know that if you use wood to build temporary shelters, the continuous heavy snow will either crush the roof, or you will have to send people to clean it up. I didn't think it would be so troublesome to use an igloo. The snow can also increase the firmness."

Lorist replied: "Did you see that I bought so many books at Dawn Academy? When I was reading, you were busy finding someone to fine you. This method is what I see from an adventure book, and it's an adventure. I lost my way in the wasteland. I had to use this method to let myself through the cold winter. I don’t know whether it was true or not, so I just mentioned that I transformed the painting, who thought you really did it..."

"You..." Fatty Shi was angry: "How can you be like this? If you don't know whether it is true or not, just talk nonsense. You are lucky this time. If it were false, it would be fatal in such a cold weather."

Lorist laughed hehe: "You lied to you, who told you that you don’t like to read these miscellaneous books? What do you say these books are made up by the authors to cheat money? You are determined not to give these scammers a copper plate. Tell you, that is A real-life biography, the work of the greatest adventurer Kaiman Pratt a hundred years ago. He painted the structure of the igloo on the last page of the book, which is the same as the one I drew for you. Later, there are good things. This kind of snow house was specially built in winter and the experiment has proved that it is indeed very effective in keeping warm."

"..."

After a while, UU Read www.uukanshu.com Shi Fatty asked again: "Rock, in a few days it will be December 36th, which is the celebration of the New Year. Do you have any ideas?"

Lorist was silent for a moment: "Well, we spent an all-night party at the Red Crow Pub on December 36th last year, but this year we were in this remote city of Kebo. Human encounters are really unpredictable... Are you ready? How is it arranged?"

"Yes, at this moment last year, none of us would have thought of the present situation, leading so many people and leading a hundred thousand refugees to the north...I think there is a lot of food now, and we will take out some of it and distribute it, and each one will be a catty. For meat and a glass of ale, the children would just use a candy and biscuits instead. What do you think?" said Fatty Shi.

Lorist nodded: "You are very thoughtful. Just arrange it like this. If the snow stops then we can also arrange some activities to let everyone have a happy New Year."

Raising his head and looking at the dark sky, Lorist sighed deeply: "After another month, we can set off to go home..."

……(To be continued.)