70. Students
March is the day when the sun can be seen in the sky of the ice field, and in this country where half the time is in the dark, there is always time to start the subsequent survival.
Fish on sunny days, store food on sunny days, and travel long distances on sunny days.
It was a very sunny and breezy day, and there were several cracks in the ice on the Whispering Coast, and most of the people in the fishing village went fishing along the ice cracks, and only a few remained in the small rooms made of ice and snow.
A silver-haired young man removes the dried catch from a wooden pole and packs it in bundles.
Putting away the last batch of dried squid, the silver-haired and red-clad youth called in a group of small turnip heads.
"This is your food for half a year, one per person, collect it and go to Grandma Page, wait for me to come back, understand?"
The three identical little radish heads shook their heads at the same time and said loudly: "Don't! β
"This is not a discussion, this is an order." The young man's facial features are deep, a kind of handsomeness with a knife and an axe, and the golden eyes are staring at the children, and the kind of deterrence that comes from the soul can make the more timid people directly surrender and unable to resist.
"We're going to work too!"
"We're going to make money too!"
"We're going to raise dad too!"
The three little radish heads spoke in unison, without backing down.
"You're still young." The silver-haired young man frowned slightly, he actually didn't want to leave the children behind, but the Spiral City was too far away after all, and it would take a long time for the children who had lived in the ice field to adapt when they got there, and they would easily get sick.
"We can plow the land, Uncle Andy said, and even a child can pull up that little plough there." One child picks up a piece of ice and easily scrapes it into ice powder with his beautiful snow-white hands, "We used to make it easy to earn rations. β
"yes, we're going to eat sugar, maltose!" After eating sugar from the south once, the children of Icefield have the biggest dream of being able to go south and eat sugar every month.
"And Eve, she said that in the south she specializes in delivering letters, and earns more money than her father who builds roads." The last child gave an example to prove that their reason for being small was not valid.
"Eve has wings from the Dreadlord bloodline, and you don't have them." The youth still don't want them to go.
"But ordinary humans can go there, and we can't compare to ordinary humans." A child bared its pointed paws and made a high-pitched voice scratching at the ice wall, "We are three times stronger than ordinary people, and it is especially easy to find a job." β
"Yes, we have inquired, there is nothing we can't do to build roads, deliver letters, cultivate land, build cities, and collect, and if you are admitted to the municipal staff, you can also have a fixed salary."
"The four of us earn money together, and we will soon be able to save enough money for fertilizer."
"Then you can apply for a piece of land and cultivate it yourself."
"Then you can get fast-growing crops in a month, and you can sell them to buy clothes and sugar."
"And the wooden windmills."
"Ragdolls!"
"The legendary music box!"
"And big houses with ventilation!"
"The legendary two-story wooden house, a big bed that all three of us could sleep in."
"You can also grow beautiful flowers in the yard, alive, not the kind of specimens!"
"There's fruit, it's soft, not the kind that's harder than ice!"
"You can see the green leaves every day, not the yellow ones that are very dry and hard to eat!"
"And their legendary Magic Theater! I heard that it was the same as the real thing. β
The more the three children talked, the more excited they became, and finally completely ignored the silver-haired youth.
"I said you ......"
"Father, if you are alone, how long will it take to work before you can buy them for us?" The child in the lead turned his head sharply and asked with blazing eyes.
"......" The young man was speechless, and pressed his forehead helplessly, "but I can't take care of you." And I heard that the city of spiral is already banning child labor, and you can't work under the age of 14. β
"You don't say who knows if we're 14?"
"It's just that, we're just growing slowly, it's normal for the demon bloodline to grow at the same rate as ordinary people!"
"Don't you love us anymore?"
"Nope!" The young man was dizzy from the noise, and pleaded, "Now people don't listen to your age, but children who are less than my waist can't go to work......"
Before he could finish speaking, the three little children in front of him grew claws on their feet one after another, reaching the height he said.
"None of what I just said is the most important reason," the young man said solemnly, "Now that the human race knows our power, it is especially fond of capturing you half-demonic children and selling them further south to be slaves, and there have been many incidents of children going missing, and you are in danger of going ......"
"We are already at the third order, and ordinary humans above the third order can go to the army to be captains."
"And we're running fast......"
"So the most important reason is that Dad doesn't want us anymore...... Woo ......"
"Daddy doesn't want us anymore...... Woo-"
"Uhhh
The three children hugged each other at the same time and cried.
The young people wanted to cry because they cried.
Suddenly, the animal skin curtain at the door was lifted, and a rough voice came in first: "What are you crying, children, there is good news." β
"What's the good news?" The young man asked, looking up.
"The City of Spirals has decided to open a school in our reclamation site, and we can go in and study for a small fee, and we don't have to worry about the children being left unattended," a bald man with a beard walked in excitedly, "The people in the village have decided to bring the children over, this time, let's go together." β
The three children were very happy and looked at their father with expectant eyes.
The young man also breathed a sigh of relief, but he suddenly thought of something else, looked up at the sturdy man, and said with some hesitation: "We're all leaving, what's the matter with Your Majesty?" β
"His Majesty has always supported us to leave, have you forgotten, the first time to go to the Spiral Tower, it was he who asked us to lead the team to explore the road first." The sturdy man's expression was also a little gloomy, "He is the greatest prophet, there is nothing difficult to stop him, and the dismissal of us guards is just to help us settle down over there." β
"I know all of this, but if we take the children away, will he think that we don't want to come back?"
"We're all gone, so it's time for your majesty to leave. Our kingdom is the shackles that bind him, and we should be happy for him when he has a chance to break free from it. β
"You're right." The young man was a little disappointed, "Is the registration in our team ready?" β
"We have already gone to the main city for the record, and they very much welcome us to set up our own construction team, and now our people should have obtained the construction contract of the road between the new town and the main city." Speaking of which, the bearded man was very excited.
"There are earth mages on the human side, and they are very strong opponents, have our people found the mage?"
"No, let's talk about it then, kids, let's pack up and go!"
"Okay! Thank you uncle! β
"We love you the most!"
The three children pounced on their uncle and kissed them fiercely.
The young man ......covered his forehead helplessly, did the school really take care of these children? I always feel like they're going to heaven.
"More than 200,000 people have crossed the borderβ" Alain almost roared, "are they really moving the whole country from the north?" β
"It's understandable." Percy served lemonade to her dear and comforted, "After all, you run a school, and once the children are taken care of, they will have no worries." β
"I just don't want child labor anymore," Alain said after taking a big sip before he said depressedly, "I don't want to see a child who is only up to my thigh carrying a stone, and I don't want to see a child go to my ironworks to open a furnace - God knows if I see them doing such a dangerous thing, my heart will stop, and there are so many people, where can I go to find a teacher?" Is it too late to cancel this decree? β
"Now that the news has spread, they are already on the way, and if they don't say it, they will definitely not want to turn back." Percy calmly analyzed.
"So what now?" Alain was going crazy.
"This ...... I can only ask the Holy City for help. Percy hugged his lover and kissed him, soothing his irritability, "We have more teachers over there, it shouldn't be difficult to transfer, my father will support this kind of thing, but we have to pay another sum of money, and our funds are fine." β
Not only is it okay, after Alain invented the sewing machine (his mother has a human sewing machine, often repairs and oils it by herself, and remembers the general structure) and the cotton gin (thanks to my father for being mechanical, but unfortunately only the simple cotton gin machine has forgotten the structure of the jì textile machine), their textile and garment industry here is simply a thousand miles away! The southern side of the fight is full of teeth.
Their cloth and clothing were certainly not as good as those of the delicate jacquard and dyeing of the South.
The problem is, they're cheap!
And as long as this price advantage is maintained, there will be more capable people in the textile industry, and they will naturally bring higher technology.
"Has Father complimented us lately?" Alain rubbed in his arms.
"Of course, he said you did a good job."
"Of course." Alan thought for a moment, "Although the use of healing potions as raw materials to prepare growth potions has solved the food crisis, this kind of behavior is very depleting of the fertility of the soil, and chemical fertilizers are on the agenda. β
"Your alchemy must be fine."
"My dear, industrial production and real production are two different things...... However, there is a difficulty to overcome, to be honest, there is reinforcement magic, and my research on high-pressure synthesis should be a lot smoother, after all, chemistry class was also the test point back then. β
"Do you think I should write a few books on basic physics and basic chemistry to educate students?" Alan suddenly pinched his paws, thinking that in the future, his students would have to learn various magic formulas in addition to mathematics, physics and chemistry, plus meditation and cultivation time...... It's going to be a happy day.
"It's up to you." Percy has already begun to calculate how to collect the make-up exam fee.