"This year's winter came a little early, didn't it?" Lu Xingshi looked beyond the castle, where every color had been swallowed by the white of falling snow.
The temperature had plummeted all at once, like a cliff dive.
Yet the expansion efforts had not stopped. Instead, they were proceeding in full swing.
Lu Xingshi had prepared cotton clothes, charcoal, and all kinds of supplies for surviving the winter. As long as they did not loaf around and cut corners, they would have no trouble making it through this winter.
Dying in winter was no lie.
Even in the old Black Earth Territory, three to five households froze to death every year.
That was already considered very low casualties. Under those noble lords who squeezed their subjects even harder, it was not unusual for thirty or fifty households to die every year.
"Indeed, it came about half a month earlier than usual. Could that Winter Wolf on the Eternal Frozen Mountain Range be behind it?" the Butler asked anxiously.
"Don't worry about that. Just regulate the supplies properly. In weather like this, the slightest problem can easily get people killed," Lu Xingshi said.
Naturally, he did not believe that.
The Winter Wolf simply did not have that kind of ability.
Within the Wind and Snow Zone of the Eternal Frozen Mountain Range, the Winter Wolf did indeed possess such capabilities. But saying it could influence the weather and seasons was making it take the blame for something it had not done.
Lu Xingshi might have believed it if it were the God of Winter and Ice. As for the Winter Wolf, forget it.
Over these past days, he had communicated with the Winter Wolf many times. If their favorability were quantified, it was probably already at the Friendly stage.
At least,