It had been a long time since Colin had spent the night at the castle, and the bedding that his sister had dried herself was so sweet and soft that he slept late.

It's Sunday, and the academy is usually closed, so you can spend a little more time in the fortress.

He first went to visit Olivia, an elven lady who happened to be on the city wall, leading more than twenty of her companions in a moment of killing.

Roderick was well aware of the importance of this elf to the lord, so he would accompany him whenever he could.

As long as there are elves, the fortress guards generally have no chance to make a move, and these powerful archers, combined with the unique magic arrows of the fortress, are simply a disaster for the orcs.

"Lord Olivia, I have an idea, I don't know if it's mature." Colin watched the elves slaughter the orcs, cheering just as much as they did the first time, as if they would never get tired.

"You say." Olivia retracts her dake.

"I hope to move the walls of the fortress to the end of the Dragon's Breath Canyon."

"Why?"

"From the perspective of the whole Xiaya, the most fertile land is this section of the Dragon's Breath Canyon, not only because of the warm monsoon of the Wind Whispering Plain, but also because this land is full of orc flesh and blood, which is the best soil for planting some special plants." Colin spoke his mind.

"Sounds good." Olivia nodded: "But in this case, the supply line of the city wall will be extended a lot." ”

"It's okay, I'll slowly make the whole canyon a part of the fortress, and then it won't make much difference." Colin smiled: "It's just that the pressure on the guards at the beginning will definitely be greater, and there will be Your Excellency Lao and you." ”

"No problem, we love it." The elf nodded.

Colin's plan wasn't going to happen that quickly, and it didn't sound easy to build a wall against the orcs at the same time, but as he said, the fertile soil in Dragon's Breath Canyon was mouth-watering, and it was a shame to use it as a battlefield. In particular, many new varieties of medicines have been developed on the coral side, and the number and variety of herbs are in short supply.

These plants with magical attributes are difficult to buy with money, and red winter grass is already a relatively common one, and it can only be picked near the Longji Mountain Range, and if there is no herb cultivation base of its own, the development of potions will definitely be limited.

He watched a group of elves happily descend the city walls, apparently preparing to return to the woods for a day of mint.

Looking at these races that seem to never have troubles, and thinking that he will still be a toiler after crossing over, Colin is a little unbalanced.

He laughed to himself, exchanged a few words with Roderick, and returned to the fortress.

……

Outside Winter.

Near the plantation.

Wald and Sophia stood on either side of Colin.

The three of them looked at the open space in front of them at the same time, dozens of huge circular buildings under construction.

"My lord, according to your requirements, sixty-five giant granaries can store grain for more than 100,000 people for more than six years, which is far from your hundred-year granary plan...... Ahem...... It seems to be one step closer. Halfway through his sentence, Wald paused, coughed lightly, and then finished his sentence again.

"You can laugh out loud, Wald." Colin didn't care.

"No, my lord, I have absolutely no doubt about you." Wald hurriedly pretended to be serious, and then asked: "But I'm curious, my lord, what we have here is that even a thousand-year-old granary can be built, but the question is, how can this grain be stored for a hundred years?" ”

"You don't have to worry about it, just build the granary." Colin didn't explain.

Although Wald found this kind of thing incredible, the lord's order could not be disobeyed, so he could only find Matthew to discuss the specific construction details after designing the drawings.

The construction team is currently focusing on building roads, and in order to connect the original Frankish Earldom as soon as possible, Matthew assigned most of the men and horses to the Knights of Daeron.

The knight, who was obsessed with road building, had never fought such a rich battle, and his emotions were so high that it was difficult to suppress it, and he built a third of the distance in one month.

This speed was completely unimaginable before.

The area of Xiaya is not large, but it is generally long and narrow, and this road that runs through the north and south is not only intimidatingly long, but will also be the busiest road in the whole of Xiaya in the future, so the quality must also be passed.

The plan for the granary was something that Colin had thought of very early on.

As a natural grain lover, there are tens of thousands of people to feed, and he can't sleep well without building a granary around him.

But in the beginning, he only wanted to set a goal of about three years.

After all, grain has a certain storage period, and if you want to keep it fresh by ordinary magical means, you can't afford it in terms of cost.

However, after getting to know Olivia and learning natural spells, this question seems to have ushered in the light of day, especially after the elf lady taught Colin a natural spell that can keep apples for half a year but still be as fresh as when they were first picked, Colin's idea begins to go crazy - he wants to build a granary enough for Charya to last a hundred years - although this may not be of much practical sense, and may only be used in the last days, but in terms of magic practice and the lord's perverted psychology, It's all worth trying.

Colin increasingly felt that there was some connection between natural spells and time.

Whether it's "pulling out the seedlings to help them grow" or extending the shelf life of food, it's all about controlling time to a certain extent.

However, this idea is currently baseless and has no historical evidence, and even after discussing it with Olivia, the elven lady shook her head and said that the idea was too bold - after all, there are many natural spells that can't find similar characteristics.

Colin didn't think much further.

But using natural spells with magic patterns to extend the shelf life of food seems to be something that can be tried.

Although there is no very satisfactory plan at present, it does not prevent the construction of the granary first, after all, the original granary can no longer meet the current requirements.

"Miss Sophia, the decree on the purchase of grain from the free peasants has already been implemented."

"Yes." Sophia nodded and said, "But my lord, I still want to say that in fact, with the current output, it is already a very merciful thing to let the farmers only hand over half of the grain, and there is no need to use money to buy half of it......"

"Gold coins are the most wasteful thing to keep in a castle."

Colin said with a smile: "Every farmer who gets the money will eventually use the money to buy things in the store, and when the store gets the money, it will purchase from the workshop, and the workshop will pay the workers, and the workers will get the wages and go to buy food and goods, so you see, after turning around, the money is still the money, but everyone gets what they want, and the productivity is invisibly improved." ”

Jennifer and her senior sister understood this simple truth as soon as they heard it, but Sophia, who was focused on magical biology, thought about it for a long time, and still couldn't turn around.

Colin even had some doubts about how the alumnus graduated from Cambrig.

"By the way, I saw Jennifer's report that Dadamir suffered a famine that has not been seen in a century?"

"Yes, it is said that they have been in drought for two years in a row, and there is no harvest anywhere except around Emerald Lake."

"Do we have enough food now?"

"My lord, our problem is that we don't have enough granaries and means of preservation, and the fort has so much grain that there is no place to put it, and if it is too late to build a granary, and when Miss Jennifer's next season of grain is ripe in the earldom, my suggestion is to stop collecting grain for a year." Sophia sighed.

"In that case, sell a batch of grain to Dadamir at a low price." Colin said: "When we were in trouble, the other party took the initiative to help, and we could help if we could. ”

Take a leave of absence for a chapter, which will be filled later.

(End of chapter)