"You're still your first time in Icefield City, aren't you? Sitting down the hall, Rafa asked a trembling York, who had fled hastily and with Cole's party.

"No... The Hall family had asked me to come here to buy ironware before, but compared to now, Icefield City was much more desolate and far less prosperous than it is now. York sat down in his chair and bowed his head, eager to kneel down.

"Cole has already told you my message, right?"

"Yes, Master Cole said you asked me to help gather men to build the road, about two thousand. ”

"That's right, I'm going to build a railroad from Icefield City to Kosol City. ”

"Railroad?" York was stunned, not knowing what it was.

"You don't need to know," Rafa didn't bother to explain, but took him to the room with the topographical sand table, and pointed to the sand table, "plus the foundation, the width of this railway is nearly two zhang, and the length is about a hundred miles, how many people do you think is appropriate?"

He estimated that if the railway was built on the main road by the Hirry River, it might be shorter, but after the Hilry River was frozen in winter, the evil beasts could skim the frozen river, and it was not easy to plan if it was too close to the main road, after all, the scope of Icefield City must be expanded, and this railway was obviously blocked in front of Icefield City, so after thinking about it, he still felt that it was hard for the witches to build the railway along the foot of the mountain.

"Your Highness, there is no ready-made road on the side of the mountain, and it would be very troublesome to open a new road, not only by cutting down trees and building foundations, but also by assuming bridges and culverts to prevent them from being washed away by rain...... All these plans are counted, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid it will take tens of thousands of people to be competent......" York felt that he was still a conservative estimate, if he encountered heavy rain and foggy weather, the progress might have to be delayed, and with the addition of wages and logistical supplies, it would cost 300,000 gold coins to do it.

"I'll tell you the truth, I have witches under my command, and I don't need them to be involved in digging foundations and logging, and I'm asking you to recruit people for the purpose of laying bridges, digging culverts, and ...... Carry some things, and give the rest to the witch. ”

"Ahh "The first time I heard Rafa admit the existence ......of a witch, York was not surprised, but he was also a little worried," His Highness ...... We don't mind witches, but if we want to recruit workers, we can't guarantee that they won't reject witches. ”

Rafa raised his eyebrows and said, "When you were recruiting, you said that the wages were one silver coin a day, and that there was meat at once, and as for the witches, I would let them open the way first, and always walk ahead of the workers, who should rarely see them." ”

"One silver coin a day.

....." York felt a little incredible, although one gold coin is equal to a hundred silver coins, but if you want to recruit two thousand people, the cost of a day's salary is twenty gold coins, you must know that the workers of Kosol City are only paid seven or eight silver coins for a month, and now Rafa's opening price is one a day, and thirty a month, which is obviously a bit too much, and he suddenly thought of a question, "Your Highness...... This money for road repairs... It can't be from Kosol City, right?"

"I knew you would ask this, but you think too much, Kosol City has been squeezed dry by the Hall family, even if I ask you to pay for it, you definitely don't want to, this money is still out of Icefield City itself. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your understanding!" said York, stroking his chest with one hand.

"That's it, two thousand, one or two hundred more, but not less, understand?"

"The subordinates understand. ”

"Once you have gathered the workers, I will ship them to Icefield City, and I will give you some gold coins as an advance for a few days' wages when you leave. Rafa admonished again.

"And what if the workers take the money and run?"

"Hmm, do you still need to tell me?"

"Got it, got it. York realized it was a stupid question and nodded his head.

"Alright, go ahead, within seven days, the first group must be delivered. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

Receiving three hundred gold coins from Seapheus, York went away grinning, and if it weren't for a group of men supervising him, Rafa really suspected that he would have taken the money for his own sake.

"It turns out that building roads is so cheap, I would have started earlier. As York left, Rafa couldn't help but say to Audair.

"Your Highness, it's the workers whose wages are too cheap. "Audrey sees it through.

"That's right, I thought the wages of the workers in Icefield City were low, but I didn't expect it to be higher than the average for Ola. ”

"After all, there are not many benevolent lords like you, and the lords in other places are very picky, and they don't bother to spend a little money to appease the people in their territories. ”

"See, Audrey sees better than the rich men who only know how to keep their gold coins. Rafa said with a smile.

After receiving Rafa's praise, Audair was secretly happy in her heart, "Your Highness, how much time do you estimate this railway will take?"

"Three months, maybe less, but it's up to Vina, Elle, Shaya, Cole, and Lilith," he stretched, "I'll let the witches dig the foundations first, and the workers who come to Icefield City will return."

Let's renovate the roads of Icefield City first. ”

"The road to Icefield City?" Audair was a little confused.

"That's right, I'm going to pave all the roads in Icefield with clean cement and bricks, so that there will be no mud or dust on the roads in the rainy or dry season, and that they will be cleaner than Byron's King's Road, and that there will be toilets around, so that there will be no open defecation of ladies and ladies like Byron. ”

"Hehehe......" Speaking of the ladies, Audrey finally couldn't help laughing.

"Aha, Ao Dai smiled, isn't it...... You've done the same thing as those ladies did?" Rafa put his arms around Audrey's shoulders from behind.

"Where am I?" said Audrey, blushing slightly.

"Ao Dai, you look so good when you smile. He rubbed his cheek against Audele's red earlobe.

"Hmm......"

Actually, Audair wants to say that you still have the smell of Felihill perfume on you.

"Ahem...... Your Highness. Rafa was clinging to Audrey, and a cough interrupted their intimacy.

"Ahem... What's wrong? Bernice. He let go of Audrey and cleared his throat, revealing that Bernice had been in the hall all along.

"Today is the day you agreed to visit the workshop, and the merchants are already waiting at the door. Bernice was also a little confused about the relationship between the three men, and Felihill knew what Rafa was doing, but she seemed to be acquiescing to what was happening.

"Oh, I know, you just take them for a visit, and I won't go. ”

"Yes," Bernice bowed slightly, then asked suddenly, "Do you want to let them see even the steam engine?"

"Of course, since it's been decided to sell the steam engine, of course let them know what this guy does. ”

"Understood. ”

As the deputy director of Icefield City, Bernice is well aware of all the industrial output value in the city, the gunpowder workshop and the scientific research institute are not profitable at all, these workshops produce weapons and ammunition to defend Icefield City, so they must be invested, and other workshops, whether it is greenhouses, glass, iron, cement, etc., are all profitable, and the steam engine is the key to making the workshop move, she is a little worried that selling this powerful iron monster will seriously hit the production advantage of Icefield City.

She also expressed her concern to Rafa, but the other party was not worried, he still said the old saying, "Secrets cannot be hidden, what we have to do is to be one step ahead of others every time and occupy the commanding heights of technology." 2k reading network