Annan looked out the window at the gem city, which was still a construction site.

It is nothing to let the envoys see that the Gem City is still under construction, but it is beneficial for the envoys to present the characteristics of the Gem City for the future trade and cooperation.

"How long will our school be?" Annan called for Ely Gravel.

"We haven't started yet, we've just built an orphanage......"

"I'll send a hundred earth elementals to help you, and we'll do it before the messengers arrive." Annan remembered the dirty recruits and residents: "And the public baths, the flower beds and the streets. ”

Flower beds and streets are best finished. The unsalable cement, which was hoarded in large quantities at the beginning, came in handy, and the flower garden could also be completed by the way. The bathroom is also not difficult, the difficult thing is how to put it into use.

Admittedly, bathing is as foreign to most people from the North as many men are to women. The reason is simple: getting wet in the long winter is no different from looking for death.

So from Starmoon Bay to Gem City, residents have not developed the habit of maintaining hygiene. But the problem is that this is Middle-earth, the closest place to the birthplace of civilization. It has a good temperature, abundant moisture, and no foreign enemies, so it becomes a paradise for lice and parasites.

The greeting etiquette for newcomers to Gem City quickly changed from greeting each other to scratching each other...... Annan tried to bathe the residents, but with little success. Even if it is mandatory, it lasts for a few days at most, and they would rather run to the sea to soak and come back with a layer of salt crust than waste time boiling water for a bath.

Coupled with the construction of Gem City in full swing, too clean will be ridiculed -

Hopefully the public bath will solve the problem.

"I have a great idea." Annan said suddenly.

……

Five days later, in the evening, the residents of Evelyn's "Ruth's Tavern" came to ask for a glass of sweet ale, a handful of cards, and some fresh old news.

For example, public baths that have been built but no one cares about them.

"We're not aristocrats, what kind of bath? Whew—" A drunken resident hiccuped.

For example, the goblin house that the whole family moved into.

"Getting closer to there is like getting close to a fart pod, and there's weird screams everywhere......" One resident still has tinnitus in his ears.

For example, there are more and more skeleton rat people.

"Do you know what skeleton monsters fear the most? Dog! ”

For example, the secrets in the city lord's mansion.

"You know what? The lord of the castle was angry and cried......"

The residents of the tavern glared at each other at the same time, and those who recognized him scolded: "Beni, I'll sew up your asshole if you fart again!" ”

"Really! Mistress Ingrid saw it with her own eyes. ”

"For ...... Why? ”

This time they were half-convinced, they stopped drinking, they didn't play cards, they stared at Beni who was talking, and even Evelyn behind the counter quietly clenched her fists.

"Monta, Monta...... Monta ......"

These stares made the nervous Beni forget his words, and someone had to remind him: "Duchy of Montabulllock!" ”

"The mad dog Grand Duke of the Duchy of Montabulllock laughed at the Gem City for being dirty and smelly, it shouldn't be called Gem City, it should be called Flea City, and said that the rat people are cleaner than us, which made Annan angry and crying!"

Beni gradually became emotional, and the more he spoke, the louder he became: "He made a bet with the Mad Dog Grand Duke that he would apologize to him if Gem City became clean." ”

"You're not from Gem City if you don't take a shower!"

The news spread quickly through the city, and before the next day, all the residents of the city knew about it, and a long line had formed outside the newly built public bath.

Anyway, as long as one copper coin, it should be used to increase the finances of the city lord.

Residents grinned into the steaming baths, not because they were hot, but because their skin had been bitten to the ground, and it was painful and itchy to soak in the hot water.

There are also people who want to be lazy or save a copper coin, and then find that they can't go anywhere if they are dirty, and they will be kicked out when they go in, and they will be stared at by passers-by with strange eyes, so they have to run to soak in the sea water in pain.

As a result, the number of sick residents began to increase, but fortunately the hospital had been covered and the smell of fresh wood was shining.

"No problem this time."

"How did you come up with that?"

Annan by the window turned around and showed off to the gentle Itilia: "Because I found that they still love me, the city lord." ”

At noon, the interrogation on Dela's side also had a result:

"The topography of the Duchy of Montabulllock resembles that of a crouching lion, and the harbor is concentrated on two legs and tail, but none of them belong to the mad dog Grand Duke. He had his eye on Jewel Bay, only to be the first to be there. ”

"So he's getting us in trouble?"

"Well, he wants to send troops to grab it after we build Gem City."

"This mad dog archduke seems to be beautiful......"

"What?"

"Otherwise, why do you think it's so beautiful?" Annan shrugged, "Is that guy still alive?" ”

"Just a few simple injuries," Deira replied.

"Worthy of the Dark Elves."

Annan praised Dela's skills.

It is impossible to let him go back, so he will be distributed to the north to farm the land for waste utilization. The guards who came back also said that the guy was shouting that he was a mage apprentice and should not be a lowly farmer...... Seeing several necromancers learning how to sow seeds from the farmer, he should be honest.

As for the mad dog neighbor in the north, Editria's arrangement was to keep the musketeers and the Elemental Legion on patrol.

The school was built, and the children ran around the school building with joy as they didn't know what that meant.

As a result of the addition of a hundred earth elementals to the Ministry of Construction, the streets of Gem City became like cobwebs, and every day that passed, there were several more roads in the city. The main street in front of the City Lord's Mansion has even extended the range of the Arcane Core.

Speaking of cobwebs, Annan brought back the long-lost baby spider from Typhoon Shelter Town and introduced him to Lily.

Lily sniffed around the spider bottle curiously, and the silly cat ran out and disappeared.

The little spider didn't think about Annan at all, and cowered in its nest, only to see a row of eyes staring out.

Annan didn't dare to release the little spider, it was okay for it to bite Lily, if Lily bit it, the little spider that had been raised for almost two years should really leave......

As the emissaries of the Duchy of Keating approached, the Gem City also took shape quickly with the Elementals taking their own roles.

Earth elementals are responsible for cultivating and carrying stones, water elementals are responsible for baths and toilets, and wind and fire elementals are temporarily useless. The former can stay on the ship and stir the sails to make the merchant ship faster, while the latter can only boil the water in the bath.

As for the greenery placed in the middle of the road, Annan and they discussed it.

Itilia proposes hardy flowers, Ingrid suggests brightly colored flower beds, Deira says why not plant trees, and finally, Annan decides to use wheat.

No plant is as beautiful as wheat.

(End of chapter)