After explaining that everything was fine now, the rat priest finally felt at ease. Then he climbed up tenaciously and was carried by Fatina and walked out of the cave with Lawrence and the others to comfort the rat people who were extremely nervous before.
.And this also means that the battle for Niujiao Bay is completely over, and the focus of the work in the next period of time will be on construction.
However, this does not mean that Lawrence will return to the coastline immediately. He stayed here for five full days to command more than 300 human troops under his command at the throat of Niujiao Bay and the deep channel of the island a few kilometers away.
A small fortress was built in the area, and a small farm was opened not far behind the fortress at the former location of the Tauren tribe.
Fortunately, after conducting on-site surveys, Lawrence and the others found that the foundation of the fortress built by the tauren was still there, so they did not need to spend a lot of time laying the foundation again. They only needed to prepare some wood to rebuild those walls.
Then tamp down the soil inside the wall to thicken the wall.
As for that pocket-sized farm, it is mainly used to grow various vegetables. After all, the distance from the port to here is not very close, and it is not difficult to transport various dry foods.
Vegetables vital to the soldiers here were hard to come by.
Fortunately, this fortress is very close to the rat people's cave, so as long as they persist for the first month, they will be able to exchange military pay for enough edible moss and mushrooms from the rat people.
What Lawrence didn't expect was that this small vegetable farm, which was intended to be a temporary emergency for a short time, actually continued to operate in the days that followed. Not only did it not die out quickly as a temporary transitional facility as Lawrence had guessed, but it actually
The area is getting bigger and bigger, and the management is getting better and better.
The reason why this happens is very simple, that is, although the taste of mushrooms and edible moss is not bad, there are still subtle differences in taste between humans and rat people, and they simply cannot do it all day long like rat people.
They only eat no more than ten types of vegetables grown in caves. So they still need food that is suitable for humans to adjust their taste.
Not to mention that with the increase in the number of rat immigrants, many rat people also wanted to change their taste. Therefore, after a period of time, this farm was finally handed over to the new immigrants, and then it was built into a new farm.
's farm.
Of course, Lawrence, who was now directing the construction of the fortress and farm there, could not yet think about this not-so-distant future. Five days later, Lawrence, who had almost handled everything, returned to the port area with the team that gave birth to pets.
.
This feeding team only has a dozen people plus the same number of six-legged lizard pack beasts. The reason why they dare to come to deliver supplies with so few people is entirely because the safety of this small plain can be said to be very good now.
.
The reason for this is that most of the dangerous creatures on this land were eradicated by the goblins, and Lawrence destroyed the goblin forces in the battle a few days ago. So along the way, in addition to encountering
I didn't encounter any dangerous creatures except for some kind of cat-like carnivore and five or six scattered goblins.
Two days later, Lawrence successfully followed the supply team back to the port. What he didn't expect was that as soon as he returned to the temporary office and sat down, he saw Saifei walking into the room with a red face, and then handed a telegram to
Gave it to him.
"Our relatives will come to the island in more than a month, and then we will hold an engagement ceremony?" After reading the telegram, Lawrence's eyes widened, and his mind was as chaotic as a fireworks ceremony.
After all, his current relationship with Saifei is only a friend or above, not a lover. Under such circumstances, getting married, even just getting engaged, would seem a bit too radical.
"What do you think?" Because this is not a matter of one person. So Lawrence raised his head and looked at Saifei, who was sitting on the rough wooden bench opposite the desk, and asked. "That's it--you said to us
What do you think about the engagement?"
"I, I personally think this is quite appropriate." Saphiel whispered in a ladylike manner that was completely inconsistent with her usual image. "After all, you are now a noble with your own fief, so your family must also
Have a hostess to help you share some of the work."
"Well, I'm not asking what I need in this situation." Lawrence found that it was probably because of some differences in perspective that Saphiel's understanding of this matter was completely different from Lawrence's. "What I was asking was
As an individual, as an independent individual, do you have any thoughts about getting engaged to me?"
"No." Saifei said categorically, "At least I think you are my only marriage partner. Although our relationship may not reach a certain level, it should be enough if we just get married."
"Okay, I understand." After all, the world is different, and the views on marriage and love cannot be exactly the same. For example, in this world, the concept of family status is very important, and it can be said to be very difficult to achieve complete free love. Another example is this
In the world, parents have great power to interfere with their children's marriage.
For Saphire, someone like Lawrence, who comes from a similar family background, is handsome, and has achieved many great achievements in the past, can really be regarded as the best marriage partner in this era. Not to mention
The two were very close playmates when they were children and both knew something about each other.
You must know that in many aristocratic marriages in this era, the couples often only met three or four times before holding an engagement ceremony. People like Lawrence and Saphire who grew up together seem a bit rare.
In fact, after Lawrence was confirmed as the next Earl of Sauer, Mr. Lambert received many requests for engagement. But on the one hand, he did not want the August family to change from an independent aristocracy to other aristocrats.
The principle of vassalage was partly due to the lesson he learned when he was young. Therefore, he finally declined the marriage requests from those nobles.
Even in this telegram, Mr. Lambert specifically stated that Lawrence should not force himself if he really didn't want to. After all, he had only discussed it with Mr. Coburg and made a verbal agreement before, and it was still too late to go back on it.
Lawrence naturally knew how much pressure his father was under when he wrote this in the telegram. At the same time, he also knew that as a fief nobleman, marriage could not be arbitrary. So after asking the other party, Saifei, he wrote a letter to express his feelings.
The telegram he agreed to asked Saifei to help send it to the telegraph room to give his father a reply.
Seeing Saifei leaving the room with the telegram with a happy face, Nora flew down from the safe stacked next to her and said: "I really didn't expect you to accept this kind of arranged marriage. I thought you were
We will firmly oppose it."
"If it were just a simple marriage, I might object." Lawrence shrugged: "But now it involves a series of things, and marriage is not just between the two of us now."
"You're right." Nora rolled her eyes after flying in front of Lawrence. "But I think another important reason is because you are not good at dating at all, so you shouldn't be very interested in this kind of wife falling out of the sky.
Disgusted."
"Okay, this is one of the reasons you mentioned." Lawrence looked helpless. Soul connection sometimes brings some troubles, such as privacy. "But an important point is that I don't have anything right now.
I am a lover who was forced to separate, but personally I feel good about Saphiel, so there is nothing inappropriate about this engagement for me."
"You are right." Nora thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. "Then I wish you a happy engagement."