After going to the house of the villager who had a fever, William went to the shack of the wild slaves to check on the condition of the dead wild slaves.
In the past two months, only three wild slaves have died, and they all died of work-related injuries.
But now, eight people died in one night, so William couldn't help but ignore them.
When William arrived, the dead wild slaves had been dragged out and placed in the open space outside.
Most of these wild slaves were thin or older in appearance, with blue faces and purple bodies, and their bodies were huddled together.
It was obvious that they all froze to death.
William inspected the shacks of the wild people again and found that they were shabby, damp and dark. They were only covered with various weeds for warmth, but the shacks were leaking from all directions.
The temperature dropped suddenly last night, and these wild slaves with abnormal constitutions froze to death!
William frowned. These wild slaves were his wealth. Without wealth, how could he not feel distressed!
He called the managers of the wild people, Bartley and Tang En, and asked them, "Don't you guys light a bonfire to keep warm at night?"
Both Bartley and Tang En were the leaders of the first wild people.
Bartlet and Tang En felt aggrieved, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces.
Bartlet said, "Dear, noble, powerful, and warm as the sun, Lord Baron, because of your kindness, we light a bonfire to keep warm at night!"
"Then why do so many people freeze to death?" William was still angry and continued to question.
Bartlet and Tang En smiled bitterly, "Lord Baron, the flame is warm and has no discrimination, but it cannot warm all of us."
"What do you mean?" William pursed his lips.
Bartlet and Tang En quickly explained to William.
It turns out that what the wild slaves used was a bonfire to supply dozens of shacks.
Because for the convenience of management, the shack is a straight line instead of an enclosed circle.
As a result, some shacks are close to the bonfire, making it warm and comfortable to sleep at night, while some shacks are relatively far away from the bonfire. They are fine in the first half of the night, but very cold in the second half of the night.
The privileged class of wild slaves like Bartlet and Tang En naturally slept in shacks close to the bonfire, but the group of wild folk who froze to death all slept in shacks far away from the bonfire.
After learning about this situation, William asked dissatisfiedly, "Then why don't you light a few more bonfires? We are close to the Dark Forest. Will the Dark Forest be stingy with this fuel for us?"
Bartlet and Tang En smiled bitterly and did not dare to speak.
At this time, Old John coughed a few times, attracting William's attention. He stood up and said to William, "Baron, this is my idea."
"Oh, I need an explanation, Old John." Seeing that it was Old John, and seeing the wrinkles on Old John's face and the silver hair added due to fatigue, William's tone became much gentler.
"Lord Baron, the reason is very simple. We don't have enough firewood! Burning bricks and burning lime have taken up a lot of our firewood, not to mention the huge demand for wheelbarrows. Because the load is too large, our wheelbarrows will last for a period of time.
Time is running out and we can’t cut down at a rate that meets all our needs.”
"So, I had to make this decision." Old John said.
William was silent.
Old John added, "Also, Lord Baron, I have to store firewood for the winter. If there is not enough firewood, this winter will be very long and difficult. Maybe we don't have to wait until the lizard people come..."
William's frown deepened.
"Yes, old John, it will get colder and colder, and it might even snow! Winter will be more difficult, so what do you think we should do?"
Old John said helplessly and cruelly, "So, Lord Baron, sometimes we have to make a choice!"
William felt very helpless after hearing this. He didn't expect that the economic crisis and food crisis had just been solved, and now there was an energy crisis!
Are you going to let people farm properly?
But the problem is, if you want to travel through time and find treasures, it’s too late?
The Kalachakra Hourglass has a cool-down period.
so what should I do now?
Avoiding can't solve the problem.
William pondered for a while and then ordered, "Old John, take out the firewood you have stored. In short, make sure that the wild slaves will not freeze to death when they sleep!"
"But, Lord Baron..." Old John opened his mouth anxiously and wanted to object.
William raised his hand to stop Old John from continuing to speak. He only said, "Just do it! I will figure out the rest!"
At this moment, William missed Freya very much in the village next to the Black Forest of Tartaria.
She completely obeyed him and never objected.
But looking back, William still knew that such a person was indispensable in a lord's career.
What's more, Old John is still doing his best.
Old John was resistant to William's orders, but thinking of William's various miraculous performances during this period and the mysterious appearance of sweet powder, Old John's confidence in William was rekindled in his heart.
"Perhaps, Lord Baron can create a miracle again!"
Under this inner understanding, Old John nodded and said, "Yes, as you wish, Lord Baron!"
William nodded, ordered the wild slaves to cremate the body, and then returned to the earthen house.
The entire small village of Nisei is once again busy with work, training, building walls, cutting down trees, burning bricks, transporting earth...
There are always many things to keep busy with.
In the earthen house, after William closed the door, he took out the magic mirror.
The magic mirror mirror spirit appears on the mirror surface.
William's face was serious and he asked, "Magic Mirror, how long can your current energy last?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the magic mirror answered William, "Master, master, my current energy can still last for one year, six months, thirteen days and seven hours."
Hearing this, William's eyes raised, and the corner of his mouth seemed to be smiling, "It's actually made you fatter."
William has killed so many robbers in the fairy tale world in the past year, and they all took advantage of him.
After speaking, William stood there and thought for a while, then made up his mind and said, "Magic Mirror, except for the Shadow Swamp, find me the easiest coal to mine in the Dikas territory and the one closest to the small village of Nisei.
"
At this point, William can only do this!
Fortunately, the magic mirror stores enough energy, which should be enough for consumption.
"Yes, Master." The magic mirror mirror said, and a faint light flashed on the mirror.
After about ten seconds, the environment of a place appeared on the surface of the magic mirror.
It was a wasteland covered with rocks.
"Master, master, there is an open-pit coal mine on the south side of the small village of Nisei, on the road leading to the city of Patras, fifteen kilometers away from here, ten meters underground!"
Open-pit coal mines are coal seams deposited on the surface or shallow layers due to geographical changes, and are mined through direct open-pit mining.
Compared with underground coal mining, which can only be done by digging tunnels underground away from the surface, the mining cost is much lower, which is also in line with William's situation.
After all, William wanted to mine coal as quickly as possible for use.
Time waits for no one.
"Master, master, my energy can still last for eleven months and twenty-three days."
Just checking the coal mine, the magic mirror burned through more than half a year of energy maintenance time.
But William didn't blink, and rushed out of the door without saying a word, shouting, "Guards, assemble!"