October, the second day of the full moon night.

This is a traditional festival in the Pendor continent - the Goddess's Blessing Day, also called the Winter Advent Festival.

People in Pendor believe that this day is the beginning of winter.

When winter comes, people will pray to the goddess for her blessing, so that they can successfully survive the cold winter and usher in the warmth of spring in the new year.

Cold winter in this continent often means disaster and death.

In the past thousands of years, every winter, the mountain people and savages of the Misty Mountains would go out in large numbers. In winter, the entire north of the continent would be covered with ice and snow, and the cold air from the north would meet with the ocean monsoon from the west.

It will cause widespread ice storms.

The mountain people of the Misty Mountain tribe who live in the ice and snow all year round will not be affected by this severe cold environment, but the warriors in the center of the continent are different.

The combination of biting cold wind and ice and snow will make it impossible for most of the kingdom's warriors to use their hands and feet. Whether they are men or horses, their combat effectiveness will be much lower than usual in this environment, and the effectiveness of scouts and watchtowers will also be greater.

discount.

All advantages and disadvantages come from horizontal comparison.

In other seasons, the Misty Mountain Tribe with inferior equipment and poor tactics would be far from a match for the Kingdom's warriors or Jatu Cavalry.

But in such a winter, they will become extremely terrifying enemies, in a sense even more terrifying than the Jatu people - the Jatu grassland is just one place, and their routes and goals are traceable, anyway.

Either Changhe Town or Shihu City, or Xiaolu City in the Raven Kingdom in the north.

But the Misty Mountains semi-encircled the entire northern part of the continent from north to east - no one knew where they would descend from, no one knew where they would attack...

The only thing we know is that they go down the mountain to rob every year, because the mountain people in the Misty Mountains also need to store food for the winter.

And similarly, if the Jatu people are harassed by the Misty Mountain people, then they will also find a way to plunder the kingdom, and they also need food...

The pirates in the west also need to store food for the winter - the northwest coast of the mainland may be frozen, and they will also face no income for several months.

Therefore, the winter in Pendor is often a time of constant war.

It's not because of hatred, everyone is doing it for survival.

Therefore, when winter comes, people will pray for the goddess's blessing so that they can successfully survive the cold winter and usher in the warmth of spring in the new year.

In fact, due to the geographical location of Maixiangling, the village did not feel the cold winter, but everyone gathered in the small square that had just been leveled out in the center of the village.

Because Li Ang erected a statue of Eunomia, the goddess of order, in the center of the village and led the people to pray for good luck.

This is just a wooden statue as tall as one person. It is rough and simple, but it still looks quite charming. The carpenter responsible for carving has obviously put a lot of effort into it.

Moreover, this Eunomia has a sun and moon pendant on her chest, not a lion's head.

Perhaps to modern people, spending manpower making sculptures of gods in the early stages of territorial development feels like a waste of resources.

But in this era, such important matters related to the beliefs and customs of the people cannot be taken lightly.

The most important affairs of the country are sacrifice and military service.

This 'sacrifice' refers to controlling people's hearts through this seemingly useless ritual.

Except for Anson, Sarah and the people of Mettenheim, all the people in the territory are believers of the goddess of order.

The ceremony was very brief, but also very formal. Facing the gods, the lord showed respect that was different from before.

You have traveled through time, and if you insist on being an atheist, it would be a joke. Even if you don’t believe it, you still have to respect customs.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when he was doing the knight salute to the goddess, Li Ang felt that the wooden statue seemed to smile.

But when you look carefully, nothing has changed.

Probably because of dazzling eyes...

Just after Li Ang completed the blessing ceremony, he heard the sound of good luck coming.

"My lord! My lord! Sarah and Miss Leslie are back!"

Ansen, who believes in the God of Creation, did not participate in this event. He ran back from the entrance to the west village with excitement on his face.

"They brought back a convoy and many merchants, sir! Countless merchants!"

Li Ang grinned and saluted the goddess sincerely again.

It seems that building a statue really works - the lord actually got rich that day!

…

During the period when the territory was booming, Sarah took Klose and the others to several places.

Ermened, Changhe Town, Kerwen, Selenmis...

They were all relatively large aristocratic territories in the eastern region. Only Trubrun she did not go to, because that place was relatively close to the Dengil Mountains, and it would be troublesome if someone insisted on conducting an on-site inspection...

Everywhere she went, Sarah would promote this good project to the local nobles: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune, a gold mine that has never been mined! Think about it, this means a mint

!Make your own gold coins! As long as you have enough funds to start the project, the profit..."

The nobles were drooling almost to their necks, but they quickly came to their senses: "If you can do such a good thing yourself, why do you have to attract others to invest?"

Sarah would explain with a charming smile: "Think about it, if you discovered a gold mine, would you dare to take it all by yourself? What would you do if you were robbed by bandits or 'other troops'? My house

Your Excellency is not a fool, let more lords invest and participate, then everyone will work together to protect their own industry... What do you think?"

So the nobles 'fully' understood the intention of this joint-stock company. After all, the entire kingdom is like a joint-stock company, and people who want to monopolize the benefits will definitely be besieged from ancient times to the present. This is common sense.

But some nobles still have this question: "This project of Mondsny Co., Ltd. sounds good, but we have never heard of that wheat collar...can't it be fake?"

Then Sarah would take out Baron Godric's subscription book: "Come on, everyone, if your eyesight is still good, you should be able to recognize whose seal this is? Godric, a famous contemporary general who has lived in White Deer Castle for a long time.

Mr. Ke is the executive director of our company! Do you think Mr. Godric is a fool? If you are still worried about anything, you can go to Mr. Godric and ask clearly. He is in Longhe Town now!

"

Relying on this rhetoric, Sarah persuaded the surrounding nobles to willingly spend money to invest and subscribe for shares.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some nobles were so fascinated by Sarah's appearance that they gave her money in exchange for a piece of parchment called "Stock".

In fact, some were still worried and insisted on rushing to Changhe Town in person - but in the end they were all satisfied and handed the dinar into Godric's hands, and by the way, they were scolded by Godric: "Even I

You don’t recognize my seal? You look down on me, don’t you? I won’t make you rich next time!”
Chapter completed!