The distance between the dwarf workshop and the main city of the northern fortress is not far and not close, and it can be reached in ten or twenty minutes if you walk slowly by horse-drawn carriage.

With Joseph, a humorous and knowledgeable living treasure, happy and hearty laughter came from time to time in the carriage along the way.

After Duke made it clear that he wanted the two subordinates to go to the scene to discover what he wanted to show them this time, he didn't ask much and started talking about the recent interesting events, so the atmosphere in the car was very harmonious and joyful.

Just talking, everyone naturally talked about the resettlement of the displaced people and the relief of the winter, and an optimistic person like Joseph sighed and said: "These homeless people themselves do not want to be slaves and become the private property of the great lord, and the high lord is not willing to accept these people who do not have any property as their lords, so that the situation of these people is very awkward and difficult." ”

Duke, who was sitting on the side, was also affected by him, and after a moment of silence, he said his own plan: "In the past, we didn't have the spare energy to house them, but now the situation has changed a lot, and this time we need to form a long-term and sustainable mechanism." ”

"A sustainable mechanism?"

Vlavic asked a question at the right time, but just as Duke was about to explain, there was a report from outside that the guards had arrived at their destination, so he had to smile and say, "I'll continue to talk to you later, and now let you see these things first." ”

The anvil had been waiting there outside the carriage for a long time, and when he saw Duke coming down with the two ministers, he immediately greeted him with a smile and said hello.

"Are things ready?"

"It's all ready, are we going to look at the house or the machine first?"

Anvil replied in his usual brisk voice that Duke had given him a lot of tasks lately, and that he and his people had made a breakthrough in many technical aspects after studying them and interpreting the dwarven manuscripts that had been collected in the past and those that were now collected.

This makes it easy to build or find a replacement for many machines and objects that were originally limited by technology or materials.

He's been going back and forth between these things lately, and he's been fascinated by the wonderful mechanics and the thrill of breaking through technical difficulties, and he still walks a little lightly.

So as soon as he heard what Duke said, he instantly had several display plans in his mind, but he didn't know which one his lord was referring to.

"Let's go see the house first, our two ministers can't wait. ”

Duke didn't hesitate to choose the former first, originally the main purpose of bringing the two ministers this time was also to let them experience the new house he had designed according to the concept he had heard before, and they were also very curious about their mysterious attitude, so they joked about the two of them while talking.

Hearing his lord say this, Anvil smiled kindly at Vlavich and Joseph, who laughed and urged him to hurry up and take everyone to see what was so mysterious.

After a while, everyone came to a house with an ordinary shape, and in terms of appearance, this bungalow had no bright spots except that it was built with cement as a material, and even the overall gray ground lowered the evaluation of outsiders.

"What is this house?"

Joseph felt very strange about this ordinary house, originally he imagined that the house that the lord said could solve the problem of resettlement and warmth of the displaced and disaster victims in winter would definitely not be a gorgeous building, but at least it should be different from an ordinary house, and now the finished product in front of him made him feel a little puzzled and a little disappointed.

Because he and Vlavich had long thought of using cement to solve the problem of resettlement sites, and as smart ministers, they would certainly not turn a blind eye to such an unusually cheap material that can build houses quickly.

But the problem is that the house built in this way cannot provide additional protection except for being able to withstand the cold wind, and if they want to burn the stove and firewood, they can't afford it, and these things are a big burden for the civilians who have a lot of property in winter, so such a house really slows down the time for them to freeze to death, and in fact the effect is not as big as imagined.

Vlavic, a colleague, soon had the same problem in mind as Joseph, so he tentatively asked Duke, "Can't such a house keep warm in winter?"

They thought that this was all a disaster relief plan that Duke had come up with himself, and they had great expectations for it, but they didn't expect to take into account the actual situation at all.

Because in order to take care of the lord's emotions, they didn't dare to express their concerns very bluntly, so they could only play side by side, hoping that Duke could react first, so that everyone would not be too embarrassed.

"Aha, of course it's not just this, let's go in first. ”

Seeing that his two ministers were secretly and cautiously reminding him of the feasibility of reconsidering the whole plan, Duke interrupted them with a smile and led the people towards the house.

When he said this, Joseph and Vlavic, who didn't know why, were confused, and they didn't know what other preparations their lord had, so they could only look at each other helplessly and follow Duke forward.

Duke pushed open the wooden door of the bungalow, and soon the first warm breath came to his face, so that he and the minister who were standing at the front immediately felt a very comfortable warmth that had not been seen for a long time.

"This ..... Why is this happening?"

This sudden warmth made the unprepared Joseph tremble slightly, and soon the warmth coming from the front of his body and the feeling of the cold in his back made him have a sharp contrast, so he couldn't help but stammer.

Duke just smiled and didn't speak, and walked in first and sat down on the main seat, where the anvils had already been set up in turn.

After sitting down, Duke found that his minister was still standing stupidly at the door, and couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you still doing in a daze, come in first to warm up, and we will talk about something while eating." ”

At this time, the two of them walked in as if they were awake from a dream, and then they each looked for possible heat sources in the room.

However, there was no common brazier in the house, no stove or fireplace was built, all the arrangements did not look like there was a place to burn a fire, and there was no smell of burning fuel in the whole room.

"Lord, what the hell is going on, why can you make the whole room so warm without a fire, is it a newly developed magic device?"

After taking his seat, Joseph was still amazed as he picked up the refreshments, hoping to get an answer from his lord.