Flying edelweiss flowers fall in a tranquil bay.

In the dead of winter, people lose temperature, and the frozen wind and snow fall into the mud and quietly melt into the earth. This heavy snow will make the plants that have been silent for a winter wake up more quickly.

The bad weather did not dampen the interest of the residents, who braved the heavy snow to prepare for the next spring planting.

The clock tower's inscribed hands on all sides mean that residents can clearly see the time of day wherever they look up, with glacial rivers and bays showing signs of melting, and materials for the construction of harbours and shipyards stacked neatly on the beach.

As soon as the snow stopped on the third day, the leaders eagerly led their cattle to the outskirts and stood on both sides of the road to loosen the soil and apply fertilizer.

The lord's mansion began to take shape, and the wood grain and carved patterns that were preserved had both the heaviness of the north and the natural style of the elves.

Annan went in out of curiosity, and the echo was clearer than expected...... He wanted to pick some maids, but Ingrid said no—unless the maids of the Lord's House were over thirty years old and about the size of Aunt Susan.

As the north gets warmer day by day, after the first rains in late March, cultivation begins in Xingyue Bay, with bags of wheat seeds being sent to the fields and farmers working hard.

This busyness lasted for a few days, and one night Annan stepped out of the Dawn Tavern and heard the sound of the tide in the sea breeze.

The snow on the bay and ice has begun to melt, and the glacial rivers to the north have turned into babbling streams, and the wet and abrupt riverbed is missing a single piece of ice.

As the port set sail when it was ready, Fabian Clemunger, who was said to have been "one of the designers of Imperial Port Royal Tatooun" and was hired at a high price from Breeze City, proudly sat on a rickety sampan and chose the location of the port.

Annan sighed that he was worthy of being a big man from the imperial capital, and neither the neat streets, the exquisite houses, nor the towering clock tower stopped him at all.

It wasn't long before Fabian Clemunger, who had been strolling around the bay, returned dissatisfied.

He said the bay is only shallow-water at best, and because it's northern, it's frozen half of the year. But for the closed Xingyue Bay, as long as it can be navigable with the outside world.

Annan and Fabian Clemunger finalized the location of the harbor: a swing-like trestle hanging from the upper end of the crescent moon in the bay. This location does not change the layout of the town, nor does it spoil the view of Xingyue Bay.

The next day, they began to build the foundation and lay the trestle.

Sowing, building, and gathering, Xingyue Bay was full of busy scenes, but Annan had nothing to do at this time, and sat bored in the mansion to sign the documents sent by Ingrid.

It's all trivial: the gathering of limestone mines, the sale of cement, the income from two magical images, the goods and trade volume brought in by merchants.

In the evening's letter, the eldest sister Itilia said that this is what a lord should do. So Annan wanted to bring these things to the fire crow to the Ausulon Collar, and he almost did so, if it wasn't for the consequences, it might be for the eldest sister and the second sister to come to Breeze City.

The next day, the wind and the sun were beautiful. Annan, who had nothing to do, ran out. Respond to the respectful greetings of the people along the way. Workers were working in full swing on the beach, and Annan watched from afar for a while, close to the glacial river. The river, which originates in the snow-capped mountains, has not yet thawed, and the bottom of the riverbed is only a cold, biting meandering stream.

The women washed their clothes upstream of the river, until the rough words were brought by the wind, and Annan hurried back to Xingyue Bay.

Mr. Victor was teaching the children, and Annan appeared at the window, watching the future of Starmoon Bay - the children sat at their desks and listened to the lectures.

In addition to Abby's younger brother and the children in the orphanage, there are also slightly older children, such as Joan.

"Your Lord!"

It was the children of the lively age who quickly discovered Annan, some shouting, some waving their arms, and some looking timidly.

"What are you doing here?"

Every wrinkle on Mr. Victor's face was stuffed with resentment at Annan's disruption of order in the classroom.

"I just...... I'm leaving. ”

Annan winked at Joan, who was sitting among the children, who turned his head.

Seeing Mr. Victor's face stretched into daisies in front of the children, Annan thought proudly, the top 100 mage apprentices in the Rikanr Kingdom? It's not that I've been coaxed into a temper by a group of kids who are about the same height as goblins.

Thinking of the goblin, Annan ran to the factory area again.

The spinners and spinning mills are adjacent to each other, and the prices of cotton fabrics on the northern market have stabilized after a winter of digestion – about a third lower than before the Susan spinning machine.

The cotton coat, which originally cost eight or nine silver coins, now costs only six silver coins.

Susan's spinning machine is much worse...... The original price of 30 gold spinning machines was reduced to 10 gold, which is still half the price of the spinning machines produced by the goblins and workshops - you put the spindles up? We also put up the spindles and add them to 15 spindles – you add 15 spindles? We add to 30, and it only takes two women or a livestock to turn, and it only costs 10 gold.

In the face of these radical improvements, Annan's "original" advantage was gone.

The spinning mill did not work, only goblins frolicking in the open space. They gathered around on the chirp, hoping that Annan would get them to do something, and the tribe still had a bunch of goblins waiting for them to send them back.

Annan thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you bring your people to Xingyue Bay?" ”

The goblins erupted in noisy cheers, then circled, hugged, and banged against walls in the clearing.

"What do you want so many goblins for?" The clever elf of the goblins, and at the same time the little leader of the goblins, Dolai asked.

"What do you think the future of Starmoon Bay looks like?"

"An amazing city!" Dorai was heartily amazed.

"What else?"

"And ...... Where do I live? The clever goblin carefully observed Annan's reaction, "This is my home?" ”

Annan imitated Olmedo's warm smile: "That's the answer." Xingyue Bay will become a city in the future, and Xingyue Bay is your home. ”

Dorai couldn't wait to go back to the lair and bring the people who were hiding underground, but Annan said that a few people would be enough.

"What can we do for you?" After the excitement, he was apprehensive, and Dorai couldn't think of how his people could help Annan.

"Let's continue to build spinning machines and improve them."

The quality of cotton yarn on a multi-spindle spinning machine is a cut worse than that of a single-spindle spindle, but the poor people will not be picky.

As well as the fact that these spinning machines could be sold to the south, it should not be too late for the Duchy of Keating to have spinning machines everywhere.

Annan went to visit the women workers next door, and the cotton yarn they spun became one of the main goods handed over to the merchants. Coming out of the factory, Annan, who had nothing to do, continued to wander around, going around in front of the busy people, and finally provoked the anger of the public.

(End of chapter)