October, the second day of the full moon night.
This is the traditional festival of the Pande Continent - Goddess Blessing Day, also called Winter Solstice Festival.
People in the Pande Continent believe that this day is the beginning of winter.
When winter comes, people will pray for the blessing of Goddess 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, Misty Mountains mountain people and savages 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 the ocean monsoon from the west, causing large-scale ice storms.
The Misty Mountain Tribes mountain people 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 greatly reduced.
All advantages and disadvantages come from horizontal comparison.
In other seasons, Misty Mountain Tribes with inferior equipment and poor tactics will be far from being a match for the Kingdom Warriors or Gatu cavalry.
But in winter like this, they will become extremely terrifying enemies, in a sense even more terrifying than Gatu people - Gatu Grasslands is just one place where their routes and goals are traceable It can be followed, anyway, it is either Long River Town or Lion Lake City, otherwise it is Xiaolu City of Northern Territory Raven Kingdom.
But the Misty Mountains veins, from north to east, are semi-encircling the entire northern part of the continent - no one knows where they will descend from, no one knows where they will attack...
The only thing we know is that they go down the mountain to rob every year, because the Misty Mountains mountain people also need to store food for the winter.
And similarly, if Gatu people is harassed by 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 blessing of Goddess 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 Wheat Fragrance Territory, 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 Goddess of Order Eunomia in the center of the village and led the residents to pray for good luck.
This is just a wooden statue that is 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 its chest, not a lion 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 Ansen, Sarah and Meitengheim people, all the citizens are believers of 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 will 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 Goddess was giving the knightly salute, Li Ang felt that the wooden statue seemed to smile.
But when you look carefully, nothing has changed.
Probably because of dazzling...
Just after Li Ang completed the blessing ceremony, he heard the sound of good luck coming.
"My lord! My lord! Miss Sarah and Lesley are back!"
Ansen, who believes in Creator God, did not participate in this event. He ran back from the west village entrance with excitement on his face.
"They brought back a convoy and many merchants, sir! Countless merchants!"
Li Ang grinned and saluted 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 Kloze and the others to several places.
Ermined, Long River Town, Kewen, Sailenmis...
They are all relatively large aristocratic territories in the eastern region. Only Trublen she did not go to because that place was relatively close to the Dengjier Mountains. It would be troublesome if someone insisted on on-site inspection...
Everywhere he goes, Sarah will 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! Cast your own gold coins! As long as there are enough funds to start the project, the profit..."
The nobles were drooling almost to their necks, but they soon woke up--
"If you can do such a good thing yourself, why do you have to attract investment from others?"
Sarah will 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 it was robbed by bandits or 'some other troops'?"
"My lord is not a fool. Let more lords invest and participate, and 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 such doubts--
"This Mondesny Joint-Stock Company project sounds good, but we have never heard of Wheat Fragrance Territory... It can't be fake, right?"
So Sarah will take out the subscription form for Baron Godric--
"Come on, everyone, if your eyesight is still good, you should be able to recognize whose seal this is, right?"
"Lord Godric, the famous contemporary general who has lived in White Deer Fortress for a long time, is our company's Executive Director! Do you think Lord Godric is a fool?"
"If you are still worried about anything, you can go to Lord Godric and ask for details. He is at Long River 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 money in exchange for a piece of parchment called 'stock'.
In fact, some were still worried and insisted on rushing to Long River Town in person - but in the end they were all satisfied and handed the dinar into the hands of Godric.
By the way, I was scolded by Godric: "You don't even recognize my seal? You look down on me, right? I won't make you rich next time!"
In this way, Mondesny's executives successfully completed their listing process - Sarah's persuasiveness is quite reliable.