The bitter winter of Icefield City has finally passed, although people are still wearing heavy cotton jackets, but the river called Hilli outside the city has begun to thaw, and the water level in the huge crater made by Shina is gradually rising, and it is estimated that it will not be long before it will be completely level with the river, and then the merchants who come to Icefield City can take the land or water route.

The tide of evil beasts that had tormented Icefield City for three whole months was also completely gone, and except for the occasional merchant who came to Icefield City talking about the occasional evil beast that appeared in other cities, there were basically no evil beasts again, and even wild beasts were rare.

Rafa speculated that some kind of force had transformed the originally neutral beast into an aggressive and violent beast, and retreated towards the Orr Mountains with the tide of evil beasts.

He has seen Corona and Maple Leaf who have come back from the dead, and they have a greater magical power than before they were alive, this phenomenon is no accident, because I heard Lena and others say that the Maple Leaf of Death has turned Corona into the same kind, and it is obvious that this mysterious power can be spread, not a random event, but an inevitable event.

Although he knew that there must be some secrets, or hidden dangers, in the Orr Mountains, he didn't have the heart to think about those things that were far away.

In the evening, Rafa remained in his newly cleaned office, observing the drawings that Sievers had brought him.

"Your Highness, this is the glassware and ironware that the new merchant wants to customize. Sieverus said, pointing to some oddly shaped gadgets.

"Hmm......" Rafa replied, glanced at the drawings roughly, and found that they were all small things that were not too difficult to make, as long as the mold was made, it could be made quickly, "How did those merchants bid?"

Sieverus bent slightly, "The people who need custom glassware are rich nobles or alchemists, and they are willing to pay us a custom fee of one gold coin per item. ”

"And what about these iron tools? they're all trinkets like hoes, steel bars, and iron ingots, so the bid shouldn't be too high, right?"

"It is true that the price of things such as shovels and iron plows is not high in the first place, but the price of the iron merchants who are willing to pay for each item ranges from fifty or sixty copper coins to one silver coin, and only the price of iron ingots is higher, and they are willing to pay two more silver coins per iron ingot. ”

"Oh, why are the iron ingots higher?"

"Because we produce the best iron ingots and the fewest impurities, other cities simply can't make high-quality iron ingots like ours, and such iron ingots are harder and more durable than ordinary iron when remade into iron. "Sypheus is worthy of being a housekeeper, and what Rafa can ask, he is basically prepared in advance.

"It seems that the blast furnace I spent a lot of effort building outside the western city wall has finally paid off," he began to look through the drawings, "two is just two, as long as the reputation of Icefield City can be beaten, why not take less?"

"Your Highness, I have a proposal. Sieverus said again.

"What proposal?" Rafa was a little surprised, for Sieverus had always been diligent and hard-working, and rarely offered advice.

"The subordinate means that if we want to make the products of Icefield City known, we might as well add some unique marks to the things we produce, so that our things can be recognized at a glance wherever they go, and our reputation will naturally spread. ”

Before he could finish listening, he already understood what Seapheus meant, and couldn't help but start to praise, "That's right, Seapheus, you can even think of adding a logo." ”

"What...... Dog?" Seapheus was a little stunned.

"Ahem, it's nothing, it's a good idea, I'll design a batch of molds as soon as possible. Rafa laughed dryly and continued, "Did I have the teachers and alchemists that the merchants helped me find here?"

"Your Highness, those merchants did find many down-and-out teachers, but there were none alchemists. ”

"No alchemists, Forget it, Fili is omnipotent, Fili is enough," he frowned, then stretched out again, "What about the teachers? You're not going to put them in a dorm, are you?"

"Of course not, I put them all in a newly renovated house, not only four pieces of honeycomb coal are distributed free of charge every day, but there is also an uninterrupted supply of hot water nearby at night, for the down-and-out scholars who only want a place to live, such conditions are simply heaven, and now I am afraid that they will not leave if I go to drive them away. ”

"Very good, but be careful, you must sign a contract with them, and if they dare to spread anti-witch rhetoric, there must be more reasons for them to get out. ”

"The subordinates understand. Although Siphus was worried about the witches, after so much observation, he found that the witches were not as evil as the church said, and by now, he was no longer surprised by the rumors of witches.

"Okay, that's it, there have been more people coming to Icefield City recently, you arrange a station for them as soon as possible, and by the way, tell Kono that the guns and bullets are missing every day, and you must not let the guns fall into the hands of people outside the Knights. ”

"Yes. ”

After Seapheus left, Audele, who had been staying behind Rafa, seemed to have something wrong with her face.

Rafa stretched and walked up to Audrey, "Look at your sad face, what's wrong?"

"I'm ......" Audele looked up, her eyes a little red, "...... last time"

Audrey didn't finish, but he knew she was referring to the "Assassin Incident".

This stupid girl must have linked Rafa's control of the gun to her assassination of Rafah, thinking that Rafa's gun control was banned because of her.

"Silly girl, I said it a long time ago, you never did anything wrong," Rafa comforted her, "it's not because of you that you control the guns, but for the safety of everyone in Icefield City. ”

"Hmm. ”

Comforted by him, Audair was quickly relieved, blinked vigorously, and forcibly extinguished the tears in her eyes.