The town hall of Erengrad, at the moment, gathered more than two hundred officials. The town hall is spacious and clear, with large floor-to-ceiling windows pouring in sunlight and even without kerosene lamps. This was Rhodes' preferred style, not too gloomy, so when it was remodeled, the hall was deliberately added with many more windows and side doors.

The nobles deliberated here, and sometimes they didn't need an oil lamp to read the official documents in their hands. In contrast to the austere and restrained nature of the capital, Kislev, the municipal office space in Errengrad is more open and dynamic.

Thinking that two months ago, he was still holding a meeting with those nobles in the capital, and in a blink of an eye, he had returned to Errengrad, and in the face of another group of nobles, Rhodes couldn't help but have a slight contrast. The city of Kislev is oppressive, serious. It is the political center of this kingdom, and it is a matter of national affairs. Erengrad, on the other hand, is much more relaxed, being the economic center of the kingdom, boasting the country's largest port and where Kislev meets north and south. If the city of Kislev is similar to Beijing, then Errengrad is similar to Shanghai. The two places complement each other, and no one can do without them.

In Erengrad, the nobles and officials discussed most often not about political intrigue calculations, but about how to make money...... Indeed, the economic benefits of the city are obvious to all, and when the capital was in economic crisis, it was Erengrad's blood transfusion that ensured that the capital Kislev would not suffer from famine and displacement.

In the hall, there is plenty of light, and sitting on the main seat, Rhodes is full of comfort. In early summer, it is the season of production, the sun is just right, the temperature is just right, and you only need to wear an ordinary linen coat indoors, so you will not feel cold.

This is the summer in Kislev, and the temperature is not too high, equivalent to the temperature of the southernmost winter in the empire. Even so, Lady Keshley was content, and the gods gave them time to give birth briefly. In the winter, the outdoors is covered with snow and the temperature is too low for crops to survive, so Mrs. Keishley has to use the short summer months to cultivate and produce.

Generally speaking, spring is very short, only about a month, and summer, it is only about three months, and autumn varies from year to year, sometimes early in winter, sometimes late in winter, but in any case, the winter in this land lasts for more than half a year...... In the coldest season, civilians and farmers who do not have enough coal and charcoal at home often freeze to death at home. After the end of the civil war, coal prices stabilized, and this phenomenon was alleviated to a certain extent.

The meeting began in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, and Rhodes sat on the main seat and listened to the work reports of various departments, that is, the work summary of the previous stage, and the work plan for the next stage.

In terms of the health system, hospitals have almost covered the entire city, and people's attitudes are slowly changing. If you are sick, go to the hospital to see you, don't pray to God all day long, the goddess of mercy rarely appears, and if you accidentally pray and are heard by the "loving father", you will be in trouble.

Rhodes didn't want his city to be like the Empire, relying on those humble barbershops to support health and hygiene, in the Empire, it should be said that a few years ago Kislev was the same, barbers and surgeries were very common, and medical skills were also sideways, all kinds of things, when encountering incurable diseases, they would have a bloodletting treatment, and the result could only speed up the death of the patient......

Now, this is still the case in Kislev, but, in Erengrad, it has largely disappeared. A barber is a barber, and if you want to be a doctor, you must go to medical school for further study and hold a certificate before you can work.

Although the coercive measures initially aroused some public resentment, gradually everyone accepted them. Because most of the hospitals are public hospitals, the fees are forced to be reduced to a minimum.

The spread of the public toilets also makes the whole city smell good, but the construction of sewers needs to be considered in the long run, and the rat people are a big hidden danger in the future. In order to ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the city, sewers are a must.

However, how to prevent the nezumi from attacking the city from underground is also a big problem. However, there are no signs of large-scale rat-man activity in Kislev, so the project has been put aside for the time being.

There is also the report of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Marketing, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Forestry, and the Ministry of Agriculture. Most of them are decent and steady. Among them, the most gratifying thing for Rhodes is the Ministry of Agriculture, judging from the report of the Minister of Agriculture Igor, the land outside Erengrad has basically been cultivated in rotation, and the key is the use of the 50 agricultural harvesters, which has increased the farming efficiency several times.

The civilians of Erengrad may have been accustomed to it, but if the outsiders pass through the wheat fields on the outskirts, they can see such a scene - on the wheat fields of the autumn harvest, large machines like imperial tanks are dispatched in turn, and the roar resounds resounding through the field. Those who don't know think it's a war machine.

Of course, in Rhodes' view, this is indeed a war – a race against time. How to accumulate the strongest strength before the Doomsday Chaos army descends will become the goal for years and decades to come.

The development of agriculture has saved a large number of agricultural population, allowing a lot of labor to flow into the market, wharves, and mines, further saturating the labor force in these industries.

Unemployment rate does not exist. In this savage world, population is a scarce resource, and wars kill people, plagues kill people, and famine kills people...... Living people are needed everywhere to fill the labor gap. Many mines and forest areas are chronically short of workers. Beastmen and Greenskins were often infested, and it was impossible for local lords to send regular troops to garrison the outskirts of the mines and woods, so dead people were common.

Moreover, the harvester is only widespread around Errengrad, and in the vast rural areas of Kislev, there is no such thing at all...... And in this era, the majority of the population is in the countryside...... Cities are home to only about one-tenth of the population.

But even then, it is enough. The development of Erengrad has led to the development of the surrounding towns and villages, making the entire northern coastal area of Kislev more and more prosperous.

The long and boring meeting lasted all morning, and at the end of the day, even Rod couldn't help but sigh. Since handing over the management of the rear to Alves, he has rarely been involved in management matters. So, when the little dwarf went south and was not there, and he had to manage it himself, he was inevitably a little rusty and unaccustomed.

"Mondrar, you stay, I have something to talk to you alone. ”

At the end of the meeting, everyone left. Rod deliberately left the wizard Mundral behind. A bold and somewhat strange idea had been wandering through his mind, and now, Rhodes was going to discuss it with the life mage.

"Great Lord. ”

Mundral was a little confused, and he greeted politely. Rhodes waved his hand, signaling him to be casual, now, there was no one else in the hall, he could speak freely, and he didn't have to stick to his status.

"How have you been living lately, are the living conditions and climate here still adaptable?"

Rhodes asked with concern.

"It's all right, Great Lord. Mondral was still a little polite, "It's just that the climate is a little colder than the Empire." Various crops are not easy to mature, and the growth cycle is much longer. ”

"Well, it's nature, we can't change the climate, and the wheat here can be ripe all year round. ”

"So, how's your recent research going?"

Rod thought for a moment and continued to ask.

"It's okay, it's progressing slowly. The natural conditions of Kislev are not good, but the cold has created a lot of strange things, which are worth studying and scrutinizing. ”

The mage returns.

"You can be bold and try, have you tried the fusion breeding between different varieties?"

Rod asked "curiously".

"Tried...... But it didn't work out well......"

"We can try to do this, for example, by mixing different wheat varieties to produce more productive varieties......

Rod said with a smile.