In the days since the formation of the "Cabinet", the pattern of the Karen Kingdom has not changed on the surface. On the contrary, it was the news of the royal family's banquet for envoys and the shocking appearance of floating warships that completely aroused people's emotions.

The eyes of the commoners then turned, and the topics of conversation in the streets and alleys were no longer inseparable from "Evta", as if the series of decrees were nothing more than a small formalism of thunder and rain. The farmer continued to do the farm work, the tailor continued to sew clothes, the blacksmith continued to strike iron, and nothing superfluous had changed in the world.

Even the people of Hollier City didn't feel that there was any major change in the past few days, although they heard that the orcs were about to attack, but the city from top to bottom did not see any signs of busy training or gathering lords, the only thing that could be experienced was the "Rosicrucian" sect's recent overly frequent speeches and worship ceremonies.

However, as the kingdom gradually returns to its former silence, Elson, located in the westernmost part of the country, is definitely "changing with each passing day".

Not to mention the inside of the city, the large amount of farmland cultivated outside the city in a short period of time alone is enough to breathtak. "Fields" are a top priority for cities and even countries. The grain production of Evta has been relatively low compared to that of the southeast, and because there is no convenient transportation, the degree of wealth has always been slightly inferior, and there is even famine in bad years.

This is naturally the most obvious shortcoming in the territorial "bucket".

Now, as if trying to make up for this shortcoming, Elson has changed the system of fixed taxes for farmers to plough the fields, directly ordered the planning of the area of the fields, and hired a large number of peasant households to settle and cultivate outside the city in the form of "sharing" - it sounds good, but in reality?

Thousands of peasants looked at the fields and sighed: they were not troubled by the lack of fields, but by the fact that the lord's decision-making was too child's play!

Theoretically, if all these newly cultivated farmlands were sown and harvested in the autumn, it would be easy to feed Elson City, even if it was to "feed" the entire Ivotah!

However, this is only a theoretical value, because there is no water conservancy with irrigation at all. In the eyes of the farmers, this kind of development is a complete waste of land, and there is no solution at all...

However, when the Floating Tower used the power of the arcane to "make artificial rain", all the pessimistic farmers were completely dumbfounded.

On April 13, the first "large-scale artificial rain irrigation operation" in the history of the Karen Kingdom was launched under the auspices of Luo Di. The rain lasted for an hour, and the area of precipitation covered all the cultivated land after sowing. From the time the tower relies on energy to draw water from the river to the end of spraying, all the processes are recorded in the "Suggestions for Improving the Floating Tower in Elson City", which becomes valuable experimental data.

The farmers who witnessed the whole process looked at the floating tower in a daze, drenched and unconscious...

Because the rainfall is so precisely controlled that almost no water is wasted, the people in the city don't even know about "artificial rainfall" - they are more likely to witness the city's rapid growth than unrelated things.

The "rail transport ship" originally used by the high elves to quickly transport city defense materials was activated under the order of Luo Di, and the line from the "military factory" to the "outer city operation area" was fully opened. In Luo Di's eyes, this is actually an "intercity light rail" that looks like a ship, which relies on urban energy to travel, with a total distance of five kilometers and a single carrying capacity of more than 50 tons, which greatly reduces the transportation tasks that originally required a lot of manpower and material resources to complete.

More importantly, it can carry away some huge equipment that ordinary horse-drawn carriages can't carry - such as the "exploration drill bit" that is more than ten meters high, or some "magic crystal cannons" that have just been baked.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this means of transportation is really out of step with the times. There are even many people who wait for hours every day by the stone tracks covered with magic patterns, just to catch a glimpse of the huge transport ship whizzing past them...

"Goddess Siqi is on top! I bet none of the most powerful mages in the kingdom can do that!"

The reason for this sigh is that they found similar tracks almost all over the city, and even two or three of them stretched all the way to the outside of the city gates. If this huge city can open all the "rails" in the future, its transportation capacity is probably unimaginable.

In addition, some mages and apprentices who came to visit also entered the newly opened "Arcane Research Academy" after signing a contract with Roddy, and were not surprisingly stunned by the "Arcane" system left by the high elves.

When these pretentious mages came to their senses, they found that they had been assigned several research and development teams, and under different names such as "Magic Item Research and Development Department", "Building Defense Research and Development Department", "Biological Agent Research and Development Department", etc., they were assigned tasks that the city lord called "scientific research topics"...

However, this behavior made Camilla complain -

"These mages are mediocre, in my opinion... It's a waste of time to let them do the research. ”

She casually flipped through the information of these mages and the results of the investigation over a period of time, her brow furrowed slightly, obviously not satisfied with these mages who came to admire.

In fact, the mages who can make a name for themselves in the kingdom are basically made by prominent nobles and wealthy people, and it is difficult for this kind of mages to leave the house and run over because of the conditions thrown by Elson City. Therefore, now the highest level of these more than ten mages is only "Elemental Master Level 6", and the scene has a sense of "the strong are not enough, the tall ones are coming".

"If the magic background is completely blank, then this research institute is naturally meaningless, but now it's actually... What do you say," Roddy's gaze lifted from the mountains of letters and scrolls in front of him, "... We are actually already standing on the shoulders of giants, and you also know how many years the arcane civilization of the High Elves is ahead of the current magicians, so even if they just sort out these things, it is enough for Elson to lead the entire continent. ”

"It's a simple thing that costs so much money to find a mage... Alas!"

Despite this explanation, Camilla still muttered with some dissatisfaction - because she was responsible for managing the city, she was now in a state of "care" about any resources, and she longed for a silver coin to be broken in half. Even though the "cabinet" decree tilted a large amount of resources to Elson City, she still felt stretched to deal with the current crisis.

"You can't do anything without spending money, which is actually a saving of money, and if you study it from scratch, God knows when you can get these things. ”

Roddy swept through the virtual column list of the "Arcane Research Academy" in front of him - because the opening standard of "three advanced mages and ten mage apprentices" had been achieved, there were now six or seven projects in the "researchable" activation state, as long as these mages were exposed to the arcane and conducted research step by step, these projects could be developed in as many as three months and as little as two weeks, and sooner or later they could be developed.

Don't think that these "theoretical researches" are useless, in fact, the "Arcane Research Academy" is extremely important to all of Roddy's next plans: from "Spell Unlocking", "Magic Arrow Manufacturing", "Enchanted Weapon Formula" that affect personal combat effectiveness, to "Energy Recovery Circle" that affects the strength of the territory, etc., all rely on this "scientific research institution" to develop and upgrade.

Rodi never thought that simply farming, building ordnance and developing military power would solve all problems. In fact, having experienced the "high-tech" era, he understands that the impact of "high-precision" technology on a country is far more important than raising ten powerful armies.

To take the simplest example: if you have a nuclear bomb in your hand now, then the threat of Augustine and the orcs is not called a threat at all.

However, although the High Elves far surpassed human mages in the arcane path, they were not powerful enough to build nuclear weapons. Luo Di also knows in his heart that although the civilization of this city can bring him a technological lead, if he is complacent, it will be crushed by the wheel of history sooner or later... Therefore, he also began to establish Elson's own mage training system, striving to have a sufficient talent pool in the future.

“... I'll see, well, Baron Gosca has signed two new ordnance orders, which will ease the financial problems, phew-"

As a staff member, Camilla has taken full charge of most of the affairs of the territory, and all she has to do at this time is to report the results of the processing. And after Roddy didn't have to worry about the minutiae, he focused most of his energy on the strategic level - of course, his "strategic level" Camilla never understood it, because she didn't understand what Roddy could find in a pile of high elf books to guide the development of the territory.

"There is also news that Charles II is receiving the envoys of the Rasiman Kingdom at the palace, and I don't know what these people are trying to do. ”

"The royal family is stupid and has a lot of money, and most of the mages are obsessed with money, so they probably want to talk about business. ”

Roddy replied casually, but Camilla gave him a blank look and said angrily: "Why does it sound like you're mocking me?"

This sentence, coupled with her slightly crossed posture, inexplicably reminded Roddy of the kind of hot female secretary who laughed with the boss - of course, the plot that popped up in the otaku's mind seemed a little inappropriate, he coughed dryly, and smiled reluctantly: "No, no, don't forget that I am also a mage now." ”

Camila also realized that she looked unladylike with her waist crossed, and put down her arms without a trace, trying to return to her previous serious posture.

However, she felt that her heart was beating a little faster inexplicably, and it was obvious that what she had just done was an outpouring of some innermost emotion - an emotion that could not be expressed, but which made people do many things that were uncontrollable.

However, Roddy lowered his head and smiled dryly, as if he didn't notice, and continued: "That... Gather me a detailed information about the Rasiman kingdom when you have time, I'm curious about their political structure. ”

Roddy actually had some doubts in his heart. Because in my memory, I barely had any impression of the "Rasiman Kingdom" for such a long time as 590-597. The only thing that touches the side is that someone posted an "uncle post" predicting that the new version of the expansion in 599 must be related to "Laciman", but what exactly is said in it is almost forgotten by himself, and the only thing I remember is that the person shouted "The Lord will rule the world".

"I'll sort this out of this kind of thing, but you'd better take care of the present... By the way, the news reported yesterday that the exploration team sent out before still did not find a suitable vein for mining, but a team near the Gondola Mountains found some white 'moonstone', but it is not profitable to sell that kind of thing... In my opinion, there is no need to mine it. ”

Camila is a mage herself, so she knows that "Moonstone" is not a high-end commodity, because only some unpopular spells will use it as a casting material, so there is not much demand for it in the market.

But just as she was about to report the next message, she saw Luo Di suddenly stretch out his hand and interrupt: "Is there a river where the moonstone was found?"

"Well, I'll see..."Camilla, who has an amazing memory, recalls the contents of the original letter without having to turn over the letter: "It was found next to a stream in the mountains, bare beside the riverbed. ”

When her words fell, I saw Roddy waving his fist excitedly: "It's gone!

Looking at Roddy, who looked like a child, Camilla couldn't help but roll her eyes again - "Cut... Most of the mages are money fans!"