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  This snow is like a shy bride, who just barely shows her face and then disappears.

  But everyone knows that from this day on, the Donau Great Prairie has officially entered its most severe winter.

  In the vast wilderness of Donau, there are five seasons in a year. In addition to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, there is another season that is the intersection of winter and spring, which is the rainy season lasting for a month. This is the annual flood of the Sanggan River, with surging waters like unbridled wild horses, nourishing the dry land in the middle and lower reaches. After entering the rainy season, due to the large water volume of the Sanggan River, the riverbank roads on both sides may be temporarily interrupted.

  When the first snow fell, Bearman Vieley had also arrived. Now a Templar Knight, he wore a suit of bronze Mithril armor, carried a banner-shaped greataxe on his back, held a crescent-shaped bronze shield in hand, and sat astride a giant tree otter with chainmail even on its head, its saddle creaking as it moved. A black plume dyed with the blood of a Hell Black Dragon fluttered atop his helmet, making him look majestic and awe-inspiring.

  This tree badger is a close relative of the cave bear, with four-clawed feet as high as four inches, two pairs of sharp claws on its front paws reaching twelve inches long, with infinite strength, able to walk upright and run like a mad penguin.

  As a Templar knight who dedicates everything to the war god, Vieille's vassal tribe returned all of the Northeastern Province's noble houses, and the price was this white horse.

  The addition of the bear knight Vieley, who has rich combat experience, is of great benefit to the basic military construction, and also adds two big bellies to Feilongcui.

  Cui Peishan looked at this warrior who had once followed her and started to rejoin the ranks of the disciples, giving a good blessing.

  Vieri's oversized war axe and Mithril armor made the entire Florentine militia suffer from red eye disease within a day. Liu Zhen was shocked and joked that all the metal in Florence added together might not be as much as Vieri had on his body alone.

  Vieri quickly got along with the militiamen, who treated him to fine wine and meat every day, and even helped his like-minded friends spread rumors.

  The severity of the situation is actually far beyond what simple-minded militiamen can know.

  In preparation for the severe winter ahead, Helen even temporarily stopped practicing her war songs and dove into the ocean of statistical data, sorting out the financial statements and balance sheets for the next phase within the territory of Feilongcui.

  Even Liu Zhen, who was ambitious, after his plan to plunder the bandits' lair and amass wealth fell through, began to thoroughly rely on the mountains for food and the water for drink, and woke up from his beautiful dream of relying on this desolate red earth plateau to become rich.

  In winter and the rainy season, which together last four months, it is impossible to pasture the flocks of sheep, meaning that for four months there are only expenses and no income.

  Liu Zhen was originally relying on the "fruit that can absorb body odor" that grew after the thousand-leafed wisteria bloomed, but because it couldn't withstand the cold climate, all of them withered and turned yellow in less than half a month after planting.

  These thousand-leafed hydrangeas have been in bloom for only half a month, but they've already caused quite a few jokes in Florence.

  These thousand-leaf wisteria flowers are as big as a sea bowl, and the colors on one stem never repeat. I heard that Master said that after crushing these flowers, the juice can be used to dye fingernails. Even little girls have their nails dyed in five colors, fluttering around like a flower cluster every day.

  Liu Zhen was also doing it for fun. He picked some yellow flowers and tried dyeing his hair with them, and indeed he had a head of flowing golden hair. Old Liu's childlike heart was stirred up, and he used white flower juice to streak a few strands of silver hair in the middle of his head. Pan Shuai saw this and thought it wasn't a bad idea, so he immediately followed suit, picking a bunch of white thousand-leaf clover flowers to dye his and his brothers' black eye circles white.

  Unlike Gud, the bear man Vieri envied the pandas' two black eye circles. After the pandas removed their glasses, Vieri dyed his own fur white and added two large black eye circles.

  I'd like to punch you, Good said to Vieli.

  The lord's lead by example directly led to the popular hair dyeing craze among the people of Florence, and after one night, almost everyone had dyed their hair. The mighty warriors dyed their beards brown, looking like giant dwarven warriors. The hippopotamus poets were already romantic, how could they not show off at this time? They all dyed their hair black, saying it would give them a sense of melancholy.

  Unfortunately, their bellies are a bit big and look a bit silly.

  Jade, Little Fox and Mermaid were a bit embarrassed at first, helping Guo Guo and Kasha dress up every day. In the end, women's love for beauty still prevailed, and they also pulled in the beautiful snake woman who was eager to worship Cui Peishan together. At the same time, they dyed their hair green, saying that this hair color is like the most beautiful elf women on the mainland, and Gu De made a bamboo bow for them to wear at their waist.

  Four absolutely beautiful women with green hair, except for their ears not being pointed enough, really looked like elves.

  Liu Zhen was made to feel guilty by their words for a while.

  Xiong Ren Weier was quietly called aside by Liu Zhensheng, who carefully interrogated him. Upon learning that Weier wasn't foolish enough to reveal the encounter with the Dark Elf Queen in Moke Crystal Valley that day, Liu Zhensheng finally put his mind at ease.

  Swan Knight Song Tanni, although a dead duck with a hard mouth, said loudly: "These dyed hair colors are both strange and boring, I am determined not to dye!"

  Unfortunately, the deep envy in her eyes still betrayed her.

  The weather suddenly turned cold, and the "fruit that can absorb body odor" had not yet formed buds, but the thousand-leafed wisteria had all withered. This made Liu feel a little regretful amidst his joy.

  As for Liu Zhen's idea of making money by selling "absorbing body odor fruits", Mei Nv She thought it was purely nonsense, and apart from the Flawless Slaves, no one would buy such a thing.

  Even a skunk would not have the courage to admit that its own body smells.

  As for what Liu Zhen said before, preparing to let the Hobbit half-body people under his command go to Wisteria Pong Hotel to do things, Cui Peishan directly denied this suggestion. Because opening a hotel is not just about finding a few good chefs and everything will be fine, from then on opening the door and waiting for money.

  Every hotel in Weierspang, from the waiters to the female attendants, has its own unique style. As for the choice of location, design and decoration, as well as relationships with high-ranking individuals, there are countless subtleties involved.

  Cui Peishan chatted endlessly, her words were like a basin of ice water, drenching the rural landlord who was wholeheartedly making money from head to toe.

  Cui Peishan suggested that it's better to focus on doing small business like "ice cream", gathering a little can become a lot, and as for the melon, it can be planted next spring.

  The harsh reality left Liu stunned and head-aching, with over a thousand mouths to feed, excluding the three months of frost and ice in winter, and the month-long rain season in spring that would isolate the wilderness from the civilized world. For nearly four months, these mouths were counting on him for food and drink, and just the grain consumption alone was an astonishing number.

  Helpless, Liu Zhen issued the pioneering mobilization order, and the cruel reality was notified to every citizen who still didn't know the truth.

  Every villager in the emerald green hills is like a wound-up puppet, enthusiastically throwing themselves into preparations for war and famine food reserves.

  The affiliated tribesmen drove the last layer of fat to the Sa beast and the fat sheep in the herd before the arrival of the big snow, and a large amount of pasture was piled up like a mountain for emergency needs.

  The slaves made a round trip to fell trees every day, and also brought a large amount of wood to Feilongcui. Under the guidance of the lord, these woods were burned in large quantities into charcoal for winter use.

  The banana harvest has also come to an end. Although these banana trees are evergreen plants that grow all year round, their growth rate has slowed down significantly after the cold weather.

  The Spurs Knight Corina, under the instruction of Lord, led the newly formed Florence Cavalry Regiment (ps: including himself, there were only twelve cavalrymen in total) to make a special trip to the Salt Swamp Territory of the Wolf Tribe Wolfs, carrying an introduction letter to find old acquaintance Sharo Man Robert, and took back countless free salt bars from the salt swamp through the back door.

  With the addition of salt and rice, hunting was also immediately added to the training curriculum. In the winter on the prairie, there were no large herds of wild migratory animals, except for some groundhogs and jackrabbits in burrows, which could provide targets for hunting, but those geese and seagulls flying in the sky, the militiamen could only hold their bamboo-made bows and arrows and drool - a qualified archer is indeed difficult to cultivate in a short period of time.

  Militiamen and river poets quickly became popular, relying on their excellent sofas to catch a lot of big fish and shrimp in the Sanggan River. The width of the Sanggan River and the rich water quality of the snowy mountain made these fish and shrimp so fat that they were almost unbelievable. A trout was at least as long as an arm, and a prawn could weigh five pounds, with thick and long pincers.

  Luckily it was Sofa the hippopotamus poet who caught them, even a fishing net would have been of little use against such enormous fish.

  The hippopotamus poet's outstanding performance made the lord, who had been complaining about their appetite after taking them in, look a little better.

  However, what terrified the hippopotamus poet was that this lord actually had a great interest in the crabs of the Sanggan River, and Kampas above. The rich experience of the hippopotamus poet told himself that even the wise creatures of the entire Aegean continent had never heard of anyone who liked to eat such an ugly, iron-plated crab.

  This thing's ugly appearance is simply just for providing food for devils in hell.

  But the deliciousness of the crab soon made them forget their recent murmurs against the lord, and they devoted themselves wholeheartedly to eating.

  Hobbits are fond of gardening and especially love to collect wild vegetables in large quantities at the end of autumn, either drying or pickling them for future use.

  At that time, the wooden frame erected on top of the red earth slope was filled with bright red pickled goods and salted wild vegetables. Swan Song Tanni was used to wearing brocade and eating jade, so when she came to this poor and remote place, she had specially prepared a large batch of snacks and dry food, which were hidden in the unicorn saddle on the Mi Xiang Hui Zhang's single-horned mount.

  Gatani brought some snacks that girls love to eat, thinking that life here would be very tight, but unexpectedly, under the leadership of this absurd lord, they were eating quite well every day, even the slaves looked a bit fatter. Gatani was eating Falco's specialty "ice cream" every day, feeling a bit embarrassed, and wanted to share some snacks with Helen. Thinking about it again, she was afraid that others would say she was stingy, so she gave up.

  Liu Zhen took advantage of this period of leisure to hide in the cave all day, either practicing dual cultivation or thinking about how to make money next year. According to Ning Yu's words, Li Cha had almost gone crazy during this time.

  The young boys and girls, as well as the frail elderly women and children, were not idle either. Under the leadership of Boss Lady Evie, they all began to learn how to weave armor with wild grapes. Unlike the land-dwelling races, the mermaid women expressed their love for the men in their hearts by giving them helmets woven from seaweed. The most skilled and dexterous mermaid women could often weave the most beautiful helmets.

  Avril, though spoiled, had never eaten a Salsa Beast, but she had seen them run on the road. After several failed attempts at training, she wove a fine and even armor that could also be made into shellfish and whale patterns through different colored warp and weft threads.

  After dyeing with the juice of the Chrysanthemum flower, these helmets are all golden and shiny. Compared to iron helmets, they have at least reached a level of being indistinguishable from real ones in terms of appearance.

  Gottani's disdain for this Temple Knight was evident, she insisted that militia were indeed militia.

  However, after applying a layer of rendered raccoon fat and exposing them to the sun, the rattan's hardness far exceeded her imagination.

  Even the strongest of Falchion's first-rate warriors, the Ursine Vieri Knights' axes cannot cut through this armor entirely. When the lattice-like vine armor made from intertwined grapevines collides with a large axe, it can even produce sparks.

  For this invention that could even change the fate of the Mongol army, Kotani still insisted on her own understanding, and this vine armor was simply a creative way to tie oneself up.

  Avril and Gatan had a big fight over this matter.

  Cotinelle was indeed a noble among nobles, with a sharp tongue that far surpassed Avril's. In just one sentence, she almost choked the mermaid princess to death.

  "The oil-soaked rattan armor is hard, but it can't withstand fire at all. I ask Your Honor, what if the enemy uses fire arrows? This rattan armor is full of oil and will definitely be highly flammable. As for human magicians, they don't even need to be mentioned. The simplest fireball spell in fire magic can kill a great warrior like Bimon! " Gatanee's words were like a thunderbolt hitting Aibei's head, she had undergone strict military training after all."

  Bear man Vieri also agrees with this assumption from his military background.

  The expert opinions of two professional riders had been busy for a long time, preparing to give Liu Zhen a surprise, which made Evie very disappointed.

  Choi Bae-ja, who had originally planned to report the invention to the temple, was also shocked by Swan Knight's words and completely dispelled the idea of reporting.

  All emeralds, only one person supported Evie, affirming the value of this invention.

  "Don't listen to them, they don't understand! This life, this is the only armor I'll wear." Liu Zhen shook off Ai Wei'er's hand that was pulling him back and turned around, lovingly stroking her.

  Liu Zhen's eyes suddenly became moist.

  On these pale small hands, several conspicuous bloodstains are cracked open.