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The early spring season is the spawning season for icefish, and in the past month, the Dalaran icefish industry has been extremely hot, and this impact has greatly affected Lord Gerry's earnings this year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Compared with the traditional practice of Lord Gerry after harvesting ice fish and extracting fish roe, Dalaran's caviar is not only delicious and unusual, but also has a longer preservation time, and ice fish was the property of the Merlinna family in the first place, so it is naturally sought after by the nobles with these advantages.

Old Gerry had just lost a lot of money, and it was the time when he needed funds to enter the account, so he had to lower the price, and he also showed his face to visit the original old customers one by one.

This has increased a lot of income, but it is still not as strong as the surging caviar industry in Dalaran.

With the help of Donald's knowledge of his previous life, in the canning workshop he opened, the workers steamed and sterilized the containers with hot water, and then with the help of a simple small magic array, the fresh ice roe was sterilized at low temperature, the ingredients, pickled, and filled as aseptically as possible, and then the lid was tightly tied with sterilized white gauze, and finally sealed with white ash and red mud in turn, which basically cut off the entry of air and extended the shelf life of caviar to at least six months.

Although this is less fresh than the freshly cured caviar, the delicious caviar, which was originally only stored for a week and had to be transported to the homes of nearby nobles by fast horses, can now be transported and sold to the southernmost tip of the continent thousands of miles away, as long as the freight time is reasonably arranged.

This is simply the first of its kind in the food transportation industry, and it can be said to be one of the most valuable inventions in human history in the past century.

Donald, however, wasn't worried about the trouble, as the principle of canning was simple for an ordinary mage, but no mage had ever applied it to food. He's a little different, he's not just a mage, he's a lord, so it doesn't attract much attention to it.

After the canning workshop was opened, it not only increased the income of a large amount, but also provided the people in the realm with the opportunity to work, and like the previous workshop, it was greatly welcomed by the people of the territory, and the people were proud to be able to work in the lord's workshop.

What Donald wants is not only caviar as a delicacy, but also the advanced production concept of home-made canned food, and the shelf life of various other foods after canning will be greatly extended. Especially for soldiers on the march, there is nothing more energetic than enjoying a hot and nutritious meal.

Donald remembers that the invention of canned food in his previous life was first applied to the military, and if a batch of marching canned food was made and stored in the space equipment, the army in his own territory would basically not worry about logistics and food when he went out to fight in the future.

And this kind of marching canned food can also be sold in large quantities to the armies of the kingdom and other nobles, although the price is low, but the cost is also low, if it is sold in large quantities, the profits are small and the profits are still very considerable, at least more than most ordinary products in the manor, in contrast, the alchemy fire equipment store is just a gimmick to attract foreign adventurers, do not expect it to make much money, greenhouse vegetables also have seasonal restrictions, so the canned food industry will definitely become second only to moonshine wine, Black tea and the fourth pillar of the economy after the caviar of Dalaran.

At this time, it was more than a month after the Wudong River and Moonlight Lake were connected, and Donald was accompanied by William to inspect the protection of Moonlight Lake and the construction of the island in the middle of the lake.

"Not bad!"

Looking at the clear water of the lake, and the residents who were festing the lake, Donald nodded with satisfaction.

William said complimentarily: "This is all a gift from the lord, and the lords have also voluntarily obeyed the law, so far except for a few foreign adventurers, no local lords have been found to violate the law!" At the beginning, Donald issued a decree to protect the water source of the territory for the newly opened water source, prohibiting the dumping of garbage and sewage into the water, and violators will be whipped to the public.

The inhabitants of the territory also knew that this was their own drinking place, so they all spontaneously cherished this rare water source, even foreign merchants and adventurers dared to do things to pollute the water source under the supervision of the people and the deterrence of this harsh law.

The two cases that were discovered were also caused by carelessness and were not very serious, so they were only fined, and no flogging was really used.

However, for ordinary adventurers, the fine of dozens of gold soles is undoubtedly a huge amount of money, and it will not be earned at all in more than a few years. With these two precedents, others are even more afraid to act recklessly.

The water of the Winterless River is relatively cold, but it does not freeze under the action of the natural enchantment, and it has the dual effect of purifying the magic circle and the fountain of life, which is very suitable for the survival of icefish, and many people have found traces of icefish schools these days. It's just that because of the ban on fishing issued by the lord, I can only see if I can't do it, otherwise I would have started fishing a long time ago.

Donald also found signs of young Xiaoice fish appearing in Moonlight Lake today, it is now the end of the icefish spawning period, ordinary female icefish can produce hundreds to thousands of eggs at a time, those earliest fish eggs have grown to the thickness of fingers, and more juveniles will grow up in the future.

"Presumably, in a few years, Dalaran will become the largest icefish colony in the Northland. "Take a horse-drawn carriage down the Wudong River, which is now only wider than a creek and has not yet reached the standard of boating, and when the water flow is abundant in the future, you can take a boat down the river.

Soon the carriage arrived at the village of Wind Chimes, and the Wudong River came from the west, surrounding half of the village, which was equivalent to a moat in disguise. Although the river was only a dozen paces wide, it was still strong enough to hinder the foreign army, and Donald designed it to create a barrier for the gates of the territory.

As for the problem of traffic, he used a very convenient spell to turn mud into stone, and built a sturdy stone bridge more than ten meters wide enough to accommodate five horse-drawn carriages in front of the entrance of Fengling Village. Watchtowers were built on both sides of the bridge, and people were stationed in them to monitor the passers-by.

Soon, this novel stone bridge became the symbol of Wind Chime Village, and Wind Chime Village also became the gateway to Dalaran in the eyes of outsiders, many people came to Dalaran for nothing else, just to see the scenery of the stone bridge, the Wudong River and the Moonlight Lake. This has greatly increased the flow of foreign population in Dalaran.

Looking at the people coming and going on the stone bridge, William exclaimed: "The stone bridge you built is both wide and strong, the collapse of the wooden bridge built there in Hongfeng Town two days ago was caused by the heavy carriage of goods, but fortunately, the river is not deep so that no one died, only some goods were lost!"

Donald smiled slightly and said: "That's the baron merchant's son, unless it's about his net worth, everything else is based on saving, this time is also a lesson, William, you have to remember that the people are the foundation of our strength, and if you think about the people in advance, they will naturally bring more returns to the territory in the future!"

William nodded as if he didn't understand. For Donald's concept of his previous life, he still doesn't dare to fully agree with it, because the concept of hierarchy in this world is deeply rooted, and many can be easily broken.

Donald glanced at William and didn't say much, he didn't plan to engage in any democracy and freedom in the other world, he just wanted to be kind to his people, after all, even a developed society like the previous life could not solve the class problem, and these people still implemented the elite plan for him...

Therefore, it is even more impossible to blindly oppress those noble lords who are not benevolent.

After leaving the Wind Chime Town Bridge, William immediately asked, "My lord, do you continue to patrol down?"

William asked this because the section of the river below had already left his own territory and belonged to the Barony of Red Maple.

Donald was about to speak when he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind. Interrupted, Donald looked back and saw that the person who had come appeared to be a member of his territory's guard.

"It's Mark of the garrison who is in such a hurry, something may have happened, I'm going to call him over!"

Donald nodded, and William got out of the carriage and beckoned to the militia Mark of the garrison.

The young man named Mark turned over and dismounted when he got closer, and said with a wheezing eagerness, despite being sweating profusely.

"Lord William has found you!Is Lord Lord in the car?"

"The lord is missing, what's going on?"

Mark was overjoyed when he heard this, and at this time Donald also stepped out of the carriage, and Mark immediately met the lord and told the matter.

"Lord Lord, Lord Clinton asked me to inform you that a team of adventurers has encountered multiple monster attacks in the Green Cloak Forest, two people have died, and the injured have fled back to the town, and now they are being treated urgently in the Adventurers' Guild, Lord Clinton said that the situation is more urgent, please go back immediately!"

"Monster Attack, isn't it Warcraft?" Donald said, churning his chin.

"I heard that it's not a Warcraft, but Lord Clinton blocked the news, and only the adventurers who came back and a few adults know the details!"

"Very good, you did a good job, I'll go back right away!"

After that, he no longer took the carriage, and disappeared directly in front of William and the others with a teleportation technique.

And Mark, the garrison militia who was praised by Donald, was so unlucky that he muttered to himself, "The lord has praised me, the lord has praised me."

Seeing this situation, William patted Mark on the shoulder with some amusement, and said, "Do a good job, don't be proud, you have a great future!" and then got into the carriage and rushed back in the direction of the Lord's Palace. If something happens in the territory, he is basically indispensable as a political officer, so he has to hurry back to share the lord's worries.

"Yes, Lord William!"

Mark, who was awakened, immediately came back to his senses, looking at his blazing appearance, and quite a bit of an elite soldier.

Chapter 164 The light flashed in front of the door of the Dark Creature Adventurer's Guild, and Donald, who was dressed in ordinary aristocratic clothes, appeared there, and then walked directly into the guild gate without hesitation.

Donald's appearance caused a group of adventurers outside to watch the excitement to surprise.

Some of the adventurers from out of town who had never seen Donald exclaimed, "Oh my God, why did that man pop up all of a sudden?"

Immediately, an adventurer next to him said disdainfully: "No knowledge! That's a teleportation spell, I heard that it can appear anywhere a hundred miles away at will, whether it's running for your life or rushing, it's an extremely powerful spell, how good it would be if I could have this ability!"

Someone on the other side then spoke: "Don't dream, I have traveled from south to north, and I have been to most places in Celt, and I have only seen this lord a mage with such ability, and I have never heard of other similar rumors, and he is worthy of being the youngest bronze mage of the first day of the kingdom, and the great hero who fought against the orcs!"

Only then did the adventurer, who had been surprised before, react: "You say that is the local lord?

"Are there any other noble mages who are so young?"

The surrounding adventurers all looked at this one with disdain, as if they knew that these were superior.

There were also adventurers who said, "Seeing that lord is in such a hurry, it should be for the sake of the Wind Squad, right?"

A senior adventurer analyzed: "Yes, it must be so, the strength of the Wind Squad is good, with their strength, unless they encounter a high-level demonic beast above level five, there will definitely not be such a big casualty." However, the Wind Squad is all experienced veterans, and they generally avoid the territory of powerful demonic beasts, so it is likely that there will be such a big loss due to some unexpected situation!"

Then the one nodded and said firmly: "Something big must have happened, and the opportunity for our adventurers has come again!"

The surrounding adventurers all felt very reasonable when they heard this person's analysis, so they immediately took action one after another, inquiring about the news, and preparing the equipment.

Not to mention the foresight of the adventurers, it is just that after Donald came to the adventurers' guild, he was immediately invited to the room where several directors were.

In the room, a wounded man with a pale face and covered in blood was lying there unconscious, and he saw that Clinton's face was cold, Thorge was frowning, and the mage Diner was impatient and spun back and forth in place.

In addition to the injured person who was seriously unconscious, there were several other injured adventurers in the room, the injuries were not so serious, and it seemed that they had recovered well after treatment.

"Your Excellency is here!"

Hearing the voice of the shiver outside, the people in the house hurriedly greeted Donald over.

Once in the room, Donald glanced at it to get a general idea of the situation.

Clinton did not wait for Donald to ask, and reported the situation.

"Master, these are all members of the Wind Squad, and this time they were injured because they encountered a monster attack in the Green Cloak Forest!"

Donald waved his hand and said, "Let's not be busy discussing the attack and tell me about their injuries!"

When the adventurers of the two Wind Squad heard this, they immediately felt that Dina hurriedly said: "The two over there have been simply treated with life potions, and their injuries are no longer serious, but in addition to excessive blood loss, this one seems to have been infected with a strange toxin in his wound, and ordinary life potions can only restore vitality and have little effect on this toxin! I have tried the antidote refined by Murray, but it has no effect on this toxin!"

Donald said, "Teacher, has he seen it?"

Diner shook her head and said, "Master Messer and Chris and the three silver mages went to the Boulder City Guild together, and I haven't had time to inform them yet!"

Donald nodded, and walked over to the wounded man, and the divine vision he had obtained not long ago immediately turned on.

At this glance, I really saw the problem.

I saw that several wounds on the wounded man's abdomen and arm all had a layer of black sè aura, as if a mist was attached to the wound, it was these black sè mists that prevented the wound from healing, otherwise with the recovery speed of the life potion that he sold in the alchemy fire and placed it in the adventurer's guild with honor points that could be exchanged for it, such an injury should be able to heal with just two bottles.

"I know what the reason is! His injury is not poisoning, well, it can be said to be poisoned, but it is not an ordinary toxin, but the dark element is eroding the wound, and the evil creature they encounter must be an evil creature that has mastered the power of darkness!"

Hearing Donald say this, everyone present except Clinton was shocked!

The power of darkness is a force that rarely appears in the Overworld, and unlike those demons who wield the power of chaos and evil, the power of pure darkness is generally only possessed by some cultists, underground monsters or otherworldly creatures. And there is basically no other means of treatment other than turning to priests and mages.

"My lord, I beg you to come to Brian's rescue, we are willing to pay any price!"

Seeing the hope and deep plea in the eyes of the two adventurers, Donald nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's easy to save him, Clinton, you order someone to call Uther!"

While Uther is here, you tell me what happened, and I want to see what dark creatures dare to come into my territory and cause trouble!"

He had already explored the area around the territory and in the depths of the Green Cloak Forest, and had largely found no humanoid race other than Warcraft. The only large number of half-orcs such as jackals also gathered in the relatively warm area of the rocky granite hills in the western part of the northern county, and were blocked by the gates of the Bloodstone Fortress, and there were few attacks on human territory.

So there was still a bit of anger at the sudden monster attack near the territory.

The two adventurers glanced at each other, and then one of them said: "Lord Lord, our Wind Squad is also well-known in the area of North County, after hearing that the Lord created the Adventurer's Guild, I came to Dalaran to try my luck, thanks to the blessing of the Lord, the harvest is not bad during this period of time, but I didn't expect that this time it was just a simple task of collecting herbs, and I didn't go deep into the territory of high-level Demonic Beasts, and I actually lost two teammates!"

When the adventurer said this, he and his companion were a little sad, and then continued: "At that time, we were planning to hunt a few low-level demonic beasts to earn some extra income after collecting herbs, but suddenly we heard a loud noise, as if the house had collapsed. We arrived at the strange point that there shouldn't be any large creatures nearby, so we leaned in the direction where the sound came from!"

"Walking straight in the direction of the sound, we soon came to an ordinary small col, the location is relatively hidden, surrounded by mountains and forests, if we hadn't heard the sound, we wouldn't have found it there after a few laps in the forest! ”

"Just as we were near the cave, seven or eight monsters suddenly jumped out of it!

Each of these monsters looked like magnified lizards, covered in black scale armor, but they all stood on their feet like humans, and they all wore clothing and leather armor, and they all had weapons in their hands. ”

"These lizard monsters are very strong, and they launched a fierce attack as soon as they came up. Although they all seem to be only the strength of the high level of black iron, and they have not comprehended the sword qi, they are much taller than ordinary humans, and their strength is not inferior to that of bronze powerhouses, and they have a numerical advantage, so we can only defend passively, desperately preparing to escape there with injuries, and bring the news back to the town. But at this time, a slightly thinner lizard monster appeared in the cave, holding a wooden staff that looked like a magic staff in his hand, and chanted something, and the forked weapon in the hand of one of the strong lizard monsters emitted a dark and dull light, Brian was injured by the weapon, we resisted desperately, and finally escaped after paying two lives, Brian fainted before leaving the forest, fortunately I met other adventurers passing by, and sent us back to the guild!"

After hearing this, Donald and the others all had a serious face.

Mage Dina thought carefully and said, "I seem to remember seeing in the book that there are lizardmen and other humanoids, which are very similar to what they described, but this kind of creature generally lives in swamps or wetlands with humid climates, and I haven't heard of anyone living underground!"

"Okay, don't think about it, what are the origins of those monsters, we'll find out for ourselves, Uther is already here, let him heal this man's injuries first!"

As he spoke, he heard footsteps outside, and Uther, dressed in silver sèxiong armor, walked in, respectfully saluting like Donald.

"Uther, this adventurer has been injured by the dark power, and I need you to cooperate with me to heal it!"

Uther immediately nodded and stood beside his master.

Donald undressed the adventurer, summoned a cloud of water to clean the wound, and motioned for Uther to act. Uther released a soft white light from his hand, releasing the holy light on the wounded.

Because it was facing away from the others, they didn't know that it was the holy light released by Uther, and they only thought it was Donald's mage method.

Although Donald himself has a way to solve it, there is an easier way. Uther's Light Power is a natural nemesis of dark energy, and is relatively gentle to the human body, and its healing abilities are more suitable for repairing injuries.

As soon as the power of the Holy Light came into contact with the other party's body, it expelled and purified the black qi on those wounds, losing the black qi to stop it, as well as the recovery of the power of the Holy Light, and the seven or eight terrifying wounds that turned white and blue immediately recovered their blood and recovered at an extremely fast speed.

Of course, there is also the power of the life potion that was taken before, which was hindered by dark forces before, but now that there is no obstacle, the effect of the elixir still in the body is immediately revealed.

"Okay! This person's injuries have basically healed, and the reason why he didn't wake up is because of excessive blood loss! A few of you have risked your lives to bring important news to Dalaran, I will reward you with three hundred gold soles each in the name of the lord, as well as one hundred adventurer guild honor points per person, and if the two deceased have family members, the lord's mansion and the guild will each have a pension, which is enough for their families to live a stable life!"

The two adventurers were both happy and sad to see their companion's injuries healed, after all, they had just lost two other companions. But after listening to the words of Donald, the lord, they were all happy and inexplicable.

At this time, Donald continued: "The matter is urgent, Clinton, you arrange for these wounded to rest, and Uther and I will go to the scene of the incident to have a look!"

With that, he and Uther disappeared into the room. ！。