Four days after Freya arrived in Icefield, news of the change of throne reached the remote town through merchants, but the common people didn't seem to care much about who the emperor was, and they were more worried about their lord, His Highness Rafa, who would be saddened by the killing of his sister, and even rebelled.

Judging from the reaction of His Highness Rafah, it seems that he did not act impulsively in anger or sadness, but took his hoe and reclaimed the wasteland with the farmers who had hired him beside the newly built embankment of Lake Shinai.

When the peasants talked about why His Highness Rafa was so skilled in his work, the nearby knights told them that His Royal Highness had always liked to work with people, and they then realized that this was his normal operation.

Rafa's reclamation of the new fields was very precise, starting from the shore of the Shinai Lake, on both sides of the newly excavated canals, lined up with neat ridges, all kinds of ditches crisscrossed according to his plan, and there would never be a situation where some fields could not eat water; next to these fields that were still being cultivated, the scale of the greenhouse area was transferred and expanded, because the location in the city was not enough, he could only transfer the greenhouse area to the lake, and by the way expanded the scale.

At this time, the knights are constantly carrying out the heavy glass and cover glass insulation straw mats, and then assemble them in the newly planned location; although now in early spring, the temperature is suitable enough, and even without greenhouses can grow good vegetables, but the greenhouse can effectively control pests and diseases, and the most important thing is that the vegetables can ripen early, greatly shortening the time for vegetables to mature, since they can make more money, who is not happy?

Standing on the not-so-high embankment of Lake Kinai, as far as the eye can see, there are busy knights and farmers bowing their heads and waving their hammers, which is originally some hard work, but not a single one has a sad face, not only because of the low salary promised to them by Icefield City, but also because they see hope and vitality here that cannot be seen elsewhere.

"Hmm... Good sour. Rafa leaned against the stone-walled embankment and drank the tea that Adele had handed him, the sweet and sour tea made him frown a little.

It was made by Frey with Cole's newly planted fruit, which she said would quench her thirst and quench the heat. Audair placed the bamboo basket of food on the ground, lifted the silk cloth on it, and prepared to take out the food inside.

"You come and taste it. Swallowing the juice, he handed the teapot to Audrey.

Audair paused slightly, took the teapot, and took a sip at the spout that Rafa had just drunk, and the astonishing acidity almost made her squirt out directly, "Hmm......"

"Haha, you see, I don't know how to relieve the heat, but it's true to be refreshed. Rafa smiled and pulled the basket over, then rummaged through it, "Let me see what you've brought me." ”

Audair hurriedly put down the teapot, squatted down, took off the top layer, and then revealed the food that was still steaming underneath, "Except for buns and sauced beef cakes...... On top of that, Fili also asked me to bring some chicken breast meat that you like. ”

As she spoke, Audrey put all kinds of plates with food and sauces on the ground, and it looked like a small basket that could hold quite a lot of tricks.

Looking at Audele's careful arrangement of the dishes, Rafa felt that she was now like a little wife who brought food to her husband in the field, and she was afraid that her husband would not have enough to eat, so she brought all the good things with her.

He wanted to say not to bring so many things next time, but he was afraid that she would feel lost, so he simply didn't say much, picked up a big bun and nibbled it, while using chopsticks to pick up the meat and stuff it into his mouth.

"Have you eaten Audrey?" he asked, swallowing the dipping beef.

"I didn't ...... Eaten. Audrey squirmed.

"Silly girl. Rafa smiled, shoved the chopsticks into her hand, then turned around and found a branch on the ground, scraped off the skin, broke it in two, and quickly made a pair of chopsticks.

"How can this work......" Audrey wanted to refuse.

"Less nonsense, eat. ”

"Oh......"

Helpless, Audair had no choice but to sit down beside Rafa.

As they ate, they looked into the distance, and in the bright sunlight, there were many peasants like them, many of whom had recently lost their land, and the wives of the men brought food from the city canteen, and sat with them in the fields, laughing contentedly.

"People are very satisfied, and sometimes you just give them a bite to eat and they will feel comfortable doing things for you. Rafa took another sip of the sour soup, which tasted extremely sour, but for some reason it always made people want to take another sip.

"But there aren't many benevolent lords like you. Audrey felt that the sun above her head was very comfortable and warm, and of course, the people around her were also very important.

"I don't call it mercy, it's a concession for the sake of maximizing profits. ”

"What does it matter what it's called? As long as you're doing the right thing. ”

"That's right," Rafa gulped down his food, "By the way, did a witch report from the City Lord's Mansion today?"

"Nope. Audair replied as she ate, she liked the feeling that no one else disturbed the two of them.

"That's strange, Frey said that she dismissed many witches when she left Byron, why haven't you seen any of them until now?"

"I also asked Frey, and she said that it was possible that Renault sent a cavalry to hunt down the departing witch. ”

"Well, it's very likely," Rafa frowned, "it looks like we'll have to do something, or Renault's cavalry won't know how many innocents they're going to kill." ”

It is a well-established fact that every time the emperor ordered a search for witches, the officials in charge of the search would often take advantage of this opportunity to wantonly loot the people's fat and ointment, and if anyone dared to resist, they would immediately be convicted of witches or being vassals of the devil and burned to death on the spot.

And the people who mutilated these people were obviously high-sounding officials, but after the persecution, people would curse the witch and say that the witch had harmed them; this is a logic that Rafa could not understand, just like when a beautiful girl was snatched away, people did not blame the robber, but blamed the girl for being too showy, which is simply a typical example of anti-intellectualism.

"Your Highness is saying that we should send troops?"

"I do have that thought," he burped, leaning against the stone and looking at the figure in the distance who was hurrying over, "isn't that Seapheus?

"Your Highness!"

From afar, a somewhat hunchbacked Sievers beckoned to Rafa.

Rafa thought about it carefully, and it didn't seem that there was anything to worry about lately, so he simply didn't get up and waited for Sieverus to run in front of him.

"What's the matter, so urgent?" asked Audrey unhurriedly after helping him clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Sieverus stopped in front of him, gasping for a moment before he said, "Your Majesty Renault...... Byron...... Someone was sent. ”

"So fast?" Rafa frowned slightly, "how many of them came." ”

"Uh...... It wasn't the army that came, it was a cavalry corps of only a dozen people. ”

He raised an eyebrow, "What did they say?"

Sieverus wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, he felt that his current body was really not suitable for this kind of errand work, "They said that they would invite you and Her Highness Fili to arrive. ”

"Cut~" Rafa showed a look of disdain, and then picked up the hoe he made himself, "Let's go." ”

Knowing that the person who came was friend or foe, Audair immediately became nervous, stuffed the basket to Seapheus, and held the knight's sword tightly, following closely behind Rafa.

In fact, there is no need to guess, Rafa also knows what they are here for, so he is also secretly thinking about countermeasures.

"There you have it!" "In order to anger Renault, he suddenly came up with a strange idea.

"What's there?" asked Audele.

"Fili has it!"

"Ahh

"Uh... Bah, no, no," said Rafa, approaching Audrey's ear and cautiously, "you run back first...... Then ......"

"Yes. ”