The minting was finally settled, and the mint was composed of sixteen core members, all of whom were natives of Blackhammer Castle, some of whom were blacksmiths before, and some of whom later developed apprenticeships for Blackhammer Castle. Although they are not as skilled as the Dwarven craftsmen and not as good as the Imperial craftsmen, the loyalty of these people can be trusted, after all, it was Rhodes who allowed them to live a prosperous life.

The mint is located inside the castle and has been converted from a former blacksmith's workshop. In addition, Rhodes arranged twelve soldiers of the Norsca Guards at the gate of the mint and took turns on duty, ensuring that only Rod, Caroline, and Alves could enter the workshop. No other idlers are allowed to enter.

Minted coins can only be smuggled out at night, and Usok will come to patrol from time to time to ensure the safety of the coins. It is also equivalent to supervising the staff here. Arguably, this is the most secret job in the entire Black Hammer Fort. The sixteen coingers could not even tell their families what they were doing, but told them that the lord had ordered them to work in the castle, to do the work of striking iron, and to make armor for the castle defenders.

Of course, these mints also know very well that it is good for them not to tell the truth, and as long as the secrecy is done well, they are guaranteed to be the best people in Blackhammer Fort in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

After everything slowly fell "on track", Rhodes was full of ambition, as his pockets became richer and the industries of Blackhammer became more and more diverse. According to the semi-annual census, according to the tabular data provided by Alves, the total population of Blackhammer Fort has now exceeded the 10,000 mark, reaching more than 11,200. With the addition of the floating population, it is estimated that the actual population in the town will exceed 15,000.

In order to maintain the vitality of the land, Rhodes asked the Ministry of Agriculture to implement a rotational tillage program, and from next year, farms can no longer cultivate indefinitely, but adopt a rotational tillage system to maintain the fertility of the land.

In addition, there are more and more dwarves from Dulong City, and after several large-scale battles, there are no strong enemies near Black Hammer Castle, and the vodka trade route has increased the prosperity of the town, so that more and more dwarves from Dulong City have settled here. Gradually, they formed their own living quarters.

Just as the Norskati had their own living quarters, the dwarves also gathered together to form a situation where an entire neighborhood was made up of dwarves. These dwarves of Dulong City rented the houses in the neighborhood and transformed them into their favorite style. The entire blacksmith street is like the exclusive domain of the dwarves. Of course, in essence, this is still Rhodes' territory.

The dwarves of Dulong settled here, transforming the community school into a trade association, an explorers' association, an archaeological society, and more. The tavern sells cold beers and dwarven spirits, which are the favorite of the dwarves. Of course, there are also many civilians from Blackhammer Castle who will spend time here.

Similarly, rugby is a popular sport for dwarves. Even eager to form a dwarf team to play, Rhodes remained silent, saying that if you love to play, you will play, as long as you are not afraid of short legs. However, being physically strong enough is their advantage. As for the specific operation, Rod doesn't care, they create their own team and go to sign up by themselves.

However, the other pastimes of Blackhammer were not liked by the dwarves. For example, theaters and hot spring parks. Watching a two-hour theatrical performance is a torture for the dwarves of Dulong City, who would rather go underground and study the composition and structure of the stones, read adventure stories and world geography, rather than sit in the theater and watch boring and lengthy performances. As for the hot springs, they are equally unattractive to the dwarves, not to mention the price of the pit dad's tickets.

Although Alves did not count the specific population of dwarves in the neighborhood, he extrapolated the consumption of food, and concluded that the total number of dwarves in the area was close to 1,000. It occupies one-tenth of the total population of the entire Black Hammer Fort.

In order to facilitate management, Rhodes simply set up the entire area as a dwarven district and named it Ironforge Castle......

...... fate

Kislev, Academy of Magic.

Since the end of the last Erlengrad rebellion, Dennis has not seen his father. It's not that I don't want to, but I don't have a chance. All witches don't have the opportunity to meet their parents until they graduate. They are kept in captivity like animals, and their daily routine is prescribed, and when the sun rises over the horizon, they get up from their beds and start their training day. Eat a dinner break until the sun goes down.

Bathing can only be done with cold water, which has little impact on senior students, who have long since tended to be cold after several years of study, and are not rejected by cold water and ice water. But taking a cold bath has a big impact on younger students. Since they are little girls who have just entered the academy, their physique is still normal people's physique, and it is almost fatal to encounter cold water in winter. But the Ice Queen is like this, the survival of the fittest, those who can carry it down are the elites, if they can't, they can only say that they are not talented enough, and it doesn't matter if they freeze to death.

The daughters of some of the great nobles were given special care and could take a cold shower after a year or two of schooling, but the daughters of commoners had no privileges. In general, you can carry it if you can, and if you can't carry it, no one will collect the corpse for you, and I don't know how many civilian witches die in the magic academy every year. Some are little girls who have just awakened, and they have stayed here forever in fear and despair.

Dennis was lucky, because she was originally gifted, and had a natural affinity for the power of frost, and she didn't feel much cold water on her body. She was just a little worried about the new arrival, Bella, a little girl who, like herself, was from Blackhammer Castle. Dennis wants to take care of her, however, there are too many people in the academy to help her too much.

"Today we're going to learn a new lesson – blood freezing. ”

In class, the great tutor Erin read in a cold voice.

"Dennis, you can show us how to physiofreeze living creatures. ”

The Great Mentor said. It's almost every class. Because of Dennis's incomparable talent, she is almost always ahead of her classmates, when the main class is not yet in class, she has already mastered the skills through preview and private communication with the teacher, and when the main class comes, Dennis has already mastered the content of the magic book and used it flexibly. Over time, such an unwritten unspoken rule has been formed. That is, Dennis will first go on stage to give a demonstration, and then the instructor will start to lecture.

The classmates stared at the witch apprentice, who was much younger than themselves, slowly walking up to the podium, with envy, jealousy, disdain, and adoration in their eyes......

I saw Dennis walk up to the podium, grab an energetic mouse, and play with it in her hand, her movements sometimes gentle, sometimes powerful. The mouse struggled to escape from her fingers, but could not break free. Dennis froze its legs and feet with a slight spell of ice, then let out a breath of cold air that froze the mouse. After reciting a simple incantation, the lively experimental mouse just now instantly froze into Dennis's hand like an ice sculpture.

Dennis returns the experiment to his mentor. However, Erin did not take the frozen mouse, but directly recited a short incantation, and there was a sound of bones cracking in the air, and in an instant, the frozen white mouse just now exploded in the palm of Dennis's hand. Frost Explosion ...... Frozen flesh was scattered like splinters. The servants who were responsible for keeping the classroom clean hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the debris.

At this time, the great mentor Erin said slowly-

"Blood freezes, it's not just blood that's frozen, it's all fluids, any living being, there is a lot of water and blood in their bodies, these are the source of life for them, and for us, they are the weapons hidden in their bodies. ”