Compared to the long holiday of Blue Star, which is too short a week, the people of Corell are undoubtedly hard-working, and they only nominally cultivate on the day of Midwinter.

In fact, strictly speaking, for many people living at the bottom of society, they often don't even have this day of vacation.

The long-term exploitation of the upper classes, coupled with the daily wage system in many places, meant that those who had no savings were likely to go hungry as soon as they stopped working.

As a result, many immigrants who came to the desolate land of Zeelandia suddenly realized that they had inadvertently lived a life that could only be lived by the middle class in the past.

Yes, in Corell, if you can live every festive and decent holiday without the slightest psychological burden and survival pressure.

Congratulations, you're probably a middle-class person from a well-to-do family.

On this day, all the construction sites in the camp announced the suspension of work and vacation, and they were each given a year-end bonus that was not much, but it was enough for them to buy a table of fresh ingredients for a good holiday.

Then there's the night of bonfires, magical fireworks and finally a light show.

It was like the door to a whole new world opening up to them.

That's... Psychedelic and beautiful day.

Many people slept so deeply that they were a little uncomfortable when they were woken up by the sound of the 'bell' the next morning.

Maybe... That's the holiday syndrome, right?

But it didn't take long for people to discover something different.

Early in the morning, there were jackals going door-to-door to report:

All males over the age of 40 were to assemble in the main square, and all children under the age of 40 were also assembled separately in a separate place, indicating that something important was to be announced.

As a result, many people who had just picked up their tools and were ready to go to work followed the flow of people to the front of the Griffon Mountains, where the main city was still in front of the foundation where the sewers had been buried in the ditch.

This is also where many people wonder, the sewer they can still understand, after all, this is a sign of a large city-state.

All the waste water from eating and drinking Lazar has sewer sewage, which can ensure the cleanliness and end of this city-state, and it is not easy to breed infectious diseases or even plagues.

As for the pre-burial of the pipe ditch, Anna, who had just gone to report to her teacher and adoptive father Fischer, also asked this question out of curiosity.

At that time, Fei She thought that when he asked Levi, the other party replied with some pain:

"The magic research team on Ig's side has already begun to study the energy supply system with the Mither core as the energy core in the era of the Nether Empire, after all, the Mither core stolen from the magic piercing is too big for the function of Kaka.

"But we currently don't have the technology and ability to produce the Mithic core, and if we rely on the independent energy radiation of the Mither core, we can only maintain the function of magic instruments within one kilometer, so we can only try to build a magic network.

"However, they can't say whether it will be more cost-effective to spread the lattice magic guide in the future, or it will be more cost-effective to build a pipe network, so let's bury the pipe trench first.

"Now it's just a matter of spending more manpower, if you wait for the entire Baicheng to be built and then come back to break the road and restore it, the cost will be tens or hundreds of times the difference. ”

This is the planning lesson experienced by Levi Lanxing in that era, such as a big city like Zhonghai, just the cost of overhead offline landing, far from ordinary people's imagination, is based on the original planned plan to take the lead in implementing the land plan from the very beginning of the whole city to the 'free planning of towns and towns', and then to the core area... They all suffered losses in this regard.

After all, no one in that era could have imagined that twenty or thirty years later, whether it was technology or all aspects of life, there would be so much change... So fast...

It's so fast that you can't help but want it to slow down, wait a little longer, wait for those vulnerable people who are on the verge of being eliminated but are already powerless.

Therefore, when Fischer faced Anna's question, the red-robed mage rarely showed a yearning for hope, touched Little Anna's head and replied:

"Kid, that's a network reserved for the magic line, if one day, they do succeed in building it, then even if you are in the alleys of Minas Stirris, you can see the lights along the road shining in all directions, dispelling every darkness and haze in the night.

"Under the watchful eye of surveillance, all crimes on the surface will leave evidence of impact and thus be pursued for investigation.

"That way, even in the middle of the night, a child your age can go out on the streets openly and without fear, without being too afraid of being targeted by criminals.

"Because everything is under the protection of magic, under the protection of the lord.

"Even at that time, an older brother like yours, who had no talent for magic, would be able to use it by borrowing spells from a spell bank through magic tools. ”

Fischer's painting of his apprentice was undoubtedly a success, and today he clearly felt that Anna's motivation and desire to learn magic was even stronger.

It's just that when he gave Anna homework two weeks ago, this little girl complained that he was not a human being, and used "Magic from Beginner to Soil" every day to ravage her immature little brain.

As a result, when I heard that my brother might be able to use magic in his lifetime, the motivation exploded in an instant...

So much so that Fischer once wondered if the two brothers and sisters were close to each other...

However, to the surprise of the people, the person who had come to announce the so-called important news to them today was neither the vicious-looking gnolll nor the great bald mage, but their lord, Mr. Levi, the elven merchant.

Although Levi is dressed gracefully, he has both the grandeur of the superior and the mystery of the spellcaster, but... He looked sleepy.

God, Levi is really sleepy now, so sleepy that it feels as if he can stand and die on the spot as soon as he closes his eyes...

But due to some uneasy speculation in his heart, this time, he wanted to delay the time to fall asleep as much as possible.

The camp was in ruins, and there were many things he hadn't arranged yet.

The general direction has not been arranged yet, in case he sleeps for eight years and ten years this time, with the virtue of the group of second goods under his command, God knows what the hell this new city has become when he wakes up.

The Fischer guy joked last night:

"Boss, you just have a hundred hearts, anyway, we are used to sleeping for a few years every once in a while, and we are not weak now! ”

Levi was speechless on the spot, and said in his heart that I will unify your sister!

There are the Arcane Brotherhoods of Luskan to the west, the threat of an orc invasion from the south, the danger of trolls and the demons of the Supreme Forest Hellgate Fort in the east, and the potential threat from various cults in the south, none of which are fuel-efficient lamps.

To be honest, he was really afraid that he would wake up, oh roar, the territory is over, the group of second-class goods under his command are dead, and then he is lying on his back on the operating table of the black prison, maybe there is a group of Zhuoer standing on his belly and having a party...

That picture... It's a little spicy to the eyes.

Although Zelandia has developed smoothly over the years, and its backbone is no worse than some large city-states, it is too weak in terms of both basic and high-end buildings.

In other words... Now there is no city or city, there is no army or army, and the current batch can only be regarded as an officer corps at best.

If there is another wave of orcs in the spring next year, it will not be much, and the scale of the 10,000 orcs they destroyed before, even if they rely on the half-built city wall to survive, it will be more than half of the casualties on the new camp.

And he's different, even if he encounters a legend who can't be beaten, he can pull a rescue soldier at any time.

Not to mention, Vera and Silverwing, the ancient gold and silver dragon couple on the Silver Moon Federation's side, alone were enough to persuade most enemies to retreat.

But this is the hole card, three days and two heads to find Vera them, although the metal dragon has always had a tradition of respecting the old and loving the young, but Levi is still a little self-aware, maybe Vera out of debt to her own child and a little 'sustenance' of the silver dragon, but if you really have no face and no skin to go to Vera and Silver Wing to help you fight, then a trace of friendship is not even a feeling, it will soon be exhausted.

If he retreated, he could have paid a part of the benefits in exchange, and asked Xia Lanvi Luosi and his legendary servant to be reinforcements, and he didn't even want them to come in person.

With the connections and prestige of Xia Lanwei Luosi, who has been operating in Jishui City for hundreds of years, he can raise his arms and shout, and he can bring at least a few dozen high-level professionals over, and he will only have to pay a part of his hard work at that time.

That's the difference.

And this is also something that dependents other than Li Wei can't do, at least not to ensure timeliness.

Even in Bluestar, there are many newcomers in the workplace who have this illusion:

thinks that his boss is like a mascot every day, and comes to take a picture every day from time to time, sign, talk about his heart, find faults, just don't do the right thing, and then exploit and take away his work income.

But a slightly capable and responsible boss can maintain employees' wages and the company's operation even if he sells his house and borrows debts under the storm of the general environment.

When the company suffers a fatal blow, use your own connections for crisis PR.

When everyone loses confidence, it is still like a remnant flag on the high ground, giving everyone the confidence to persevere, and leading everyone to tide over the difficulties together.

There are even a lot of strongmen who have had ups and downs in several entrepreneurial failures, and employees have been following even if they don't want wages.

Levi didn't think much of it, he just acted purely from his heart.

Perhaps, in his mind, he just wants to create an environment that makes him more comfortable.

And in this process, it is inevitable to meet some beings who help them achieve this goal for various purposes, and they are their dependents.

He just wants to make every family member as much as possible that he will not regret his original choice.

Let the people who choose to believe him regard Zelandia and the White City built by themselves in the future as their own home and guard it from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Wei stood on the temporary high platform and glanced around at the confused people, then he cheered up and said loudly:

"I don't know what kind of life you lived, I don't know how you got here, it's all your choice.

"You choose to trust your instincts, or you choose to believe me, believe what I have told you, come, come here, as long as you are willing to work hard, I will let you live a stable life.

"I believe that after more than half a month, you should have already had some experience of this. ”

Hearing this, the people below nodded affirmatively, although when they first came to this so-called new city, they had a sense of frustration of being 'tricked', but after more than ten days, they suddenly found that they and their families seemed to be doing well.

As long as you are willing to work hard, then you can get the remuneration specified in the 'labor contract', and you don't have to worry about your hard-earned income, and those neighborhood gangs will be charged protection money again.

Although the food here costs money, most of the prices are much lower than those in the Silvermoon City-State, so much so that some people even have the idea of reselling the goods in the two places.

Therefore, by now, almost every capita of them has saved a sum of money, this daily increase in private wealth, this kind of watching the city-state they participated in building change at a daily visible rate, all of which have made them gradually have an inexplicable sense of belonging to this strange land, and even some of them lying in warm tents, they can't help but start thinking about the future, even if it is absurd, but it can make them laugh from the bottom of their hearts.

Maybe they don't know it, but this feeling is called hope.

Only with hope can we create 'miracles'.

And a city-state that was completed at a speed visible to the naked eye is undoubtedly a miracle in the eyes of everyone.

This is when Levi continued: "But a stable life, in this cruel world, is undoubtedly a delicate and fragile luxury, which is often shattered at the slightest touch.

"Because there are always predators, who will come to plunder for their survival, which belongs to your rich and stable life. ”

"It's like the orcs half a month ago. ”

The breath of all the people suddenly stopped.

The refugees who had migrated from the Silvermoon Federation were even more impressed, their homes on the Northland Farm had been destroyed once, and some time ago, they had almost experienced a second time.

"I want to say that no one can protect you forever!

"You are the only ones who can protect you!

"It's like when you picked up your guns and faced those orcs.

"But without any training, do you have the ability to protect yourself, your wife and children?"

Many people bowed their heads, including Herbert.

It's just that what makes him sigh a little is that even a retired veteran like him, who has experienced several years of military career, can't compete alone when facing orcs.

They're just too powerful.

Listening to the meaning of the lord, is it because he wants to start conscription?

Many people can't help but show timidity and retreat.

Soon, Levi's words confirmed their suspicions:

"So now I am here to officially announce that Zeellandia has officially started the first full-scale conscription mobilization!

"Fisher, read it, I'll leave it to you here. ”

"Follow your will. Fischer then stepped onto the stage and began to read out the details of the conscription.

Many people were undoubtedly relieved to hear that this conscription was voluntary, and that there were restrictions on the age and health of soldiers.

At the same time, I wondered, if such broad and 'strict' conditions were such a broad and 'strict' condition, who would volunteer to join the army.

I'm just starving to death, I'll break my legs, and I'm not going to join the army, whoever wants to fight orcs will go.

Hearing Fei Shi suddenly read: "Those who join the army will enjoy the preferential payment issued by the government department every year, the standard is based on the per capita disposable income of the citizens of Zelandia in the previous year, and they will enjoy a military allowance of 1 silver coin per month."

"When retiring, the army will issue a total of 2 disaster coins such as retirement pension, subsidy and living allowance at one time, and make overall arrangements for work...

"If you unfortunately die while joining the army, you will be given a one-time payment to your family...

Many people didn't continue to listen to it, but after hearing the various military subsidies that seemed to have exceeded the income from work, they couldn't help shouting that it was really fragrant.

If there is no war during the three years of military service... Isn't that a white scoop!

It seems like... You can stud a handful...

"Where can I sign up?"

Some people in the audience couldn't help but shout.

......

Zelandia's underground cells, each holding several captives brought from the city of Drawing Water.

Under the respectful gaze of the jailer, Levi slowly walked into one of the rooms, and in it sat a prisoner who had been shouting that he wanted to match his status.

Levi glanced at him and smiled, "Lord of the Arcane Brotherhood's Sita, Blasca?"

"You are the lord here, Levi, I ask for the right of a nobleman, you can pay a ransom, you can do as much as you want!"

Blaska, who had a shattered disc in his lumbar spine, slumped on the toilet, shook his robe, and tried his best to maintain the dignity of his high-level spellcaster, gritting his teeth.

"How much is that?" Levi raised an eyebrow.

Brascata suddenly felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, is there a nobleman like you?

Levi said with a straight face: "I heard that your magic elephant manufacturing skills are not bad, how is it, are you interested in working for me?"

"Huh?" Blasca never thought of... The other party turned out to be here to surrender!

At that time, he laughed angrily, and secretly said in his heart:

'Just you, a little lord who has never even heard the name of the realm, wants my great Arcane Brotherhood, Lord of Theta, Blasca to surrender to you?'

But under the eaves, he had to bow his head, and Blasca smashed his mouth and said:

"It's... I still want to go back to the Brotherhood, if you don't let me go....."