The conversation between the two lasted all day.

Their conversation ranged from the design of firearms, to other applications of gunpowder, and finally to the different kinds of gases in the air.

In the face of Philisier's frequent inferences, Rafa sighed a little at how strong her curiosity was, but looking at her earnest eyes, he couldn't bear to refuse, and gave her every question the answer it deserved, and at the same time he could be regarded as reading the memories of others.

But what was even more shocking was Felihill, she felt that Rafa seemed to know all the laws in this world, no matter what he talked about, he could easily explain the reason for it, this was by no means the waste three princes she had secretly seen before, who could only eat, drink and have fun!

So since he is not the third prince, who is he?

She didn't intend to pick on the issue so early, because as long as Rafa could make her know more about the laws of the world, it didn't matter if he was the real Rafa or not.

Just as she was contented to pick up the sketches of two different firearms that Rafa had "forced", and then to continue the question, a low horn sound came from a distance.

"The caravan is back!"

Rafa stood up with a "pout" and looked out the door in surprise.

"Fili, we'll talk about that later. ”

With a word, he couldn't wait to take Audair and strode towards the city gate.

When Rafa, Sipheus and the others climbed the repaired wall, they saw in the distance the familiar redwood forest, a caravan with the banner of the Flame Dragon slowly passing by.

In the distance, the knights who had blended into the caravan saw the familiar knights of the Order standing on the city wall, and they all put their heads out of the carriage and shouted, and the knights on the city wall also waved in response, and there was a lively scene in Icefield City and outside the city that had not been seen in three hundred years.

However, the careful Rafa had already found that this caravan did not seem to recruit many people except for the necessities he had explained to be purchased, and there were more than forty carriages when he went, but now he knew at a glance that in addition to the carriages of the knights, there were probably only a dozen carriages full of people in the carriages after that, and the rest of the carriages were scattered.

This was very different from what he had expected, and according to the good conditions he had promised, he felt that the wagons of the caravan should be full, and there would be many people who could not sit down, right, what was the problem?

As he pondered, the carriage had entered the city, and Rafa stood directly above the gate and began to observe the recruited workers.

"Two hundred twenty-three men, sixty-seven women. Counting carefully, he found that the ratio of men to women in the caravan that came back first was about eight to two, and many of the women were middle-aged women, or children who were following them.

Looking at the sad faces of the men and women on the carriage, and the thin clothes they wore in the winter, Rafa immediately deduced that these were a group of desperate people who had no way to go elsewhere, probably because there was really nothing to remove, so they had joined the team to Icefield City.

"I really don't know what those knights said when they recruited people, these people seem to be here to mourn. Watching the people with sad faces get off the bus one after another, he also became a little depressed.

"Didn't you say that you could bring in people, Your Highness?" Audre reminded.

"Hmm... It is also said that one caravan can bring about three hundred people, and two caravans can bring about six hundred people, which sounds pretty good, although it can be expected that there will be few craftsmen among them, but it doesn't matter, as long as there are people. Reassuring himself, he walked down the wall, ready to fulfill his promise.

Seeing Rafa coming down, the chief knight in charge of the caravan hurriedly greeted him.

Cole, the son of the Knight Captain Kono, although he is the son of the Captain, he does have some ability, has good leadership skills, and is a talent that can be reused.

After signaling him not to salute, Rafa spoke, "Cole, let's report briefly. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

At this time, the caravan was very lively, because when the caravan went out, it was out with the goods of many residents of Icefield City, so now that most of the things were sold, it was time to pay, and the knights and some residents who stayed in Icefield City also listed the things they wanted to buy back when the caravan departed, so the caravan was crowded with smiling people carrying goods for a while.

This can frighten these newcomers who have just come to Icefield City, the legend says that Icefield City is a place where birds don't and wild beasts are rampant, and there is a risk of being taken away by beasts as tall as one person every day, and they all come here with the idea of living one more day, but now the lively scene in front of them seems to be a little different from what they expected, although it is not as prosperous as it is, but it is not as dangerous as rumored.

Cole glanced at the cheerful crowd and pulled out the ledger he had prepared.

"Your Highness, the city of Lela, northeast of our trip, sold out all the glassware and fresh vegetables we carried, and made a total profit of two thousand two hundred gold coins, of which one thousand nine hundred were from the sale of glassware, and the rest were from vegetables, and then we bought the iron felts and other iron tools you need, and it cost ...... in total."

"Needless to say, you can report to Seapheth in a moment. ”

"Yes. ”

"By the way, your caravan is going to Lela City, which is not too prosperous, and the glassware it carries is only more than two hundred pieces in total, how can it be sold for such a high price?" Although he expected that the price of pure glassware would definitely not be low, he did not expect that each item would be sold for an astonishing price of ten gold coins.

You must know that the annual expenses of an ordinary family in Aura are about ten gold coins, so compared to this, the profit is really amazing.

Cole smiled and said, "Ahem... Your Highness, it may be that there are many more rich people in Lela City than we expected, and our batch of utensils has caused quite a stir on the first day of sale, if it weren't for the fact that you ordered not to sell them all at once, but to sell them separately and slowly, they might have been snapped up on the first day. ”

"Did you tell them these things are from Iceborne?"

"Of course, the lord of Lara City seems to be an alchemist, and after hearing that these artifacts came from Icefield City, he immediately placed an order for a thousand gold coins and said that he would return to Icefield City to visit you in person in the future. As he spoke, Cole pulled out a piece of parchment from his bosom, on which were written some words, as well as a sketch of the utensils he needed.

"You're not going to accept it, are you?" Rafa was slightly worried, the previous batch of things was made by Felihill in an unknown way, although a new glass factory was also planned, but it was going to enter the production stage, who knows when.

"Naturally, my subordinates will not be reckless, I just took the order, but I didn't say that it would be completed, I told him to give him an answer in the future. ”

"That's good...... And one last question. ”

"Your Highness, please speak. ”

"Why are the people recruited this time so much? And all of them are sad, what did you tell him?"

"Your Highness, the sale of vegetables and glassware was carried out according to your orders, and everything went very smoothly, but when it came to recruiting people according to your words, there was a problem. ”

Rafa frowned slightly, "What's the problem?"

Cole was also a little embarrassed, "When I proposed a salary of up to four coins a month, it did attract a lot of people, but when I said I was going to Icefield City, most of them waved their hands, and then I even offered a salary of five silver coins, and not many people were willing to ask about it, and most of these people who were willing to come here were farmers who had no way out of their land by the landlords, as you might have guessed." ”

"Well, it seems that the reputation of this ghost place is not good. After doing it for a long time, it turned out that Icefield City was "notorious", and most people thought that the people here were still living a life of drinking blood, so they were all discouraged.

By the time Cole had finished reporting, the crowd of people in the caravan handing over the goods had almost dispersed, and most of them had big smiles on their faces, except for the new workers.

People who are used to living a hard life will feel happy when they get the slightest benefit, and the gap in the hearts of people who come from a big place to a small place often takes a long time to adjust.

The knights returned the wagons they had borrowed improvised to the peasants, and gathered the new workers into the square.

Rafa led Sieverus and his entourage with a few bags to the stage where everyone present could see and began his speech.

"Ahem, hello everyone, I am the third prince of the Aura Empire, the master of Icefield City, and at the same time you have heard of it, the lord of the greenhouse, Rafa Hevian. ”

Looking at the silent crowd in the audience, he knew that this self-righteous opening remark was cold, but there was no way, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

"I know a lot of you think Icefield is a little bit of a remote place, huh..... That's true, but it's because of you that the city will be revitalized!"

"You may not have realized the power you can exert in this city, I know, many of you are just desperate to come here to bang luck, and you may not plan to return alive, but it doesn't matter, I will never be as greedy and shameless as other lords, only know how to oppress and exploit, I will give you the dignity of life!"

After saying this, he was also secretly muttering to himself whether he could really do it? Maybe this group of people had already sneered in their hearts, right?

But there is one thing in this world that is almost omnipotent.

When he ordered his retinue to light the bag full of silver coins, the eyes of everyone present lit up.

"My knight promised you that if you come to Icefield City, you will be rewarded with five silver coins immediately, and now is the time to cash it in. ”

Cole took out the booklet that had been made long ago, and began to collect money by name, and all of them were men, women, and children, as long as they were new, and one of them, a woman with three children, received a gold coin and a half, and was immediately overjoyed, and although the rest of them did not receive so much, they were all smiling, not at all the same sad face as before.

Later, he fulfilled all his previous promises, which was a lot of money, and although Seapheus felt a little sorry for the money, Rafa felt that the money should be spent, because the value that these people could create in the future would definitely be more than what they were spending now.

After all the promises had been made, it was almost afternoon and it was time for dinner.

Rafa ordered the Knights to pull up the cauldrons of the army, slaughter the livestock, and prepare them for their reception.

These poor people who have been conservative and suffering have probably not smelled meat for a long time, so when the aroma of the broth came out, their mouths couldn't stop drooling, and their stomachs gurgled in advance.

It was only now that the workers felt that this lord really didn't seem to be as stingy as the other lords, at least he was willing to take out the meat.

Towards dusk, the well-fed crowd was led by the knights to the remaining bards in Icefield itself, and these sturdy structures built for the war were now the best choice for the inhabitants.

Not only were they neatly furnished, but the materials they used were sturdy and easy to manage, and the most important of these was that the men's and women's quarters were kept separate, so as to avoid trouble.

"After that, we will have to divide the dormitories according to different types of work, but I haven't had time to ask them what they are good at, so let's do it for now. Looking at the happy expressions of the people who got the new house from afar, Rafa was finally relieved.

"Woo~~~"

With the sound of another dull horn, the second caravan was finally back in Icefield City by the time it was dark.

The caravan went to the city of Kosol, a little further south, so the people there were more affluent than the city of Lela to the north, and there were slightly more people to gather than the caravan going to Lela.

Layla, Felihill's personal knight, a powerful knight with good manners, is also the chief knight of the Corsol caravan, perhaps because she is too inseparable, Feliciel deliberately sent her to be the captain of the caravan.

After handing over the ledger to Rafa, he did not report it personally, and hurried towards the city lord's mansion.

Rafa had to open the ledger himself, "Hmm... Tsk tsk, it's really a place where the nobility gathers, and the vegetables alone are sold for a thousand gold coins, oh my god! Glassware sells for five thousand gold coins! How did you do that?"

While he was shocked that glass made of sand could sell for an astonishing price, he was also delighted at the five hundred men that the caravan had recruited.

"Three hundred and sixty men, the rest are women? Yes, it's just time to increase the scale of vegetables in the greenhouse. ”

Delighted, Rafa flipped through the ledger in his hand several times, and after making sure that he was not mistaken, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, and he almost laughed out loud at the end.

The second caravan entered the city in exactly the same way as before, the people were happily handing over the goods, the newcomers were standing at a loss, and there were traces of the previous wave of people eating, and the thick broth made everyone can't help but look at the scraps.

Rafa naturally saw everything in his eyes, so he decided not to pay the money for the time being, and ordered the cauldron of the knights to fire again, and let everyone have a full meal first.

This feast gave the newcomers a very good first impression of Icefield City, and when he cashed in the reward of five silver coins each, the sad faces all smiled.

At the end of Rafa's strange speech, on the way to the dormitory, four black shadows shrouded in black robes silently gathered together, "Sister, what do you say this stupid lord wants to do?"

"I don't know, but I've heard rumors that this third prince doesn't seem to be as ridiculous as in the imperial city. ”

"I hope he can really do what the knight named Layla said, and let us grow vegetables obediently. ”

"Alas... We have never hurt a good person, so why can't we live peacefully and safely. ”

The four sisters muttered as they walked, following the footsteps of the women in front of them, and soon came to their own dormitory.

Perhaps it was because the female knight in charge of allocating the room saw that the four of them were very good, so she divided them into one room.

After the new sheets and quilts were fully covered, the four young girls huddled into a bed and lifted their cloaks with a relieved expression.