Chapter 157: Transcendent Gwen
Until he found Jenny Turtle and asked Jenny Turtle to help him find some round silk spiders, and then turned around with Mark and walked into the interior of Winter Town, he didn't think about the city wall.
To build or not to build? Build a city wall to make the town appear safer. In this era, the function of the city wall was still very large, and even the newly established Frost Town in the northeast made a simple wall out of wood.
After a year of development, the wall may be upgraded. If you don't build it, it's just that David doesn't want to waste that time and energy, because even if the city wall is built, there is a high probability that it will be demolished.
According to his current plan, only the Winter Fortress where he lives will have a ring of high walls, but this high wall has a different meaning from the city wall, more to ensure that David, as a lord, has a private space that is not disturbed.
As for the entire Winter Town, it is still in an open state. The inhabitants of the town did not wonder why the town, located on the border of the kingdom, did not have walls.
Because the construction site is a constant reminder to the people here that the town is still under construction.
"Still struggling?"
"yes!"
"I think you're going to get tangled, which means you have a clear answer in your heart." Mark hit the nail on the head, and if David hadn't resisted building the walls in his heart, he wouldn't have had to dwell on such a thing.
"You're right, I do have a clear answer in my heart." David nodded, the city of his dreams had no city walls at all, and he was confident in the speed of development of his territory.
Most crucially, he is confident in the defenses of his territory. When necessary, David can perform a grand summoning spell, which includes but is not limited to: members of the Avengers; Autobots who are currently on Earth; the Knights of the Silver Hand and the army of the Kingdom of Lordaeron; Quel'Salas's Ranger Troop.
With this lineup, he really didn't believe that anyone could take down Winter Town. Instead of spending time, energy, and resources on building walls, why not build more homes and rent them out at a low price to attract more civilians to settle in Winter Town...... After the infrastructure of the town is completed and the current residents of the town have their own homes, he will no longer provide free food and lodging.
At that point, Wintertown will officially end its current pattern and move to a more normal state. Craftsmen will be paid a fair amount of money for their work in the future, including David, a lord who recruits craftsmen in a non-emergency situation.
The trade of all kinds of goods will also be normalized, and the canteen will naturally be gone, and the villagers will cook in their own homes, and if they want to improve their lives, they can go to the restaurant that was promised to Jonah a long time ago, or the hotel or restaurant opened by someone else.
Of course, the normalization of everything means that David will start collecting taxes, and in addition to the basic agricultural tax, David also needs to set a relatively reasonable standard of commercial tax.
All sorts of jumbled thoughts came to his head, turning his mind 108,000 miles away, and he didn't come back to his senses until Mark patted himself lightly.
"How?" Without waiting for Mark to answer, David saw the phantom not far away, and knew why Mark suddenly interrupted his thoughts: "Who is coming?" David looked at them, and they were now on the west side of Winter Town, with the farmland Mark used to test new crops in front of them, and Jonah's cafeteria in front of them.
Mark and Mark took a few more steps forward, standing on the 'front' of the phantom, and soon the two of them could see the appearance of the person who came.
He was a young man, and he didn't seem to be twenty years old. The two glanced at each other, and then nodded in unison: Well, I know this person!
Looking back at the young man, the young man was looking around strangely, wondering how he had suddenly walked from the city to the wilderness.
"Hello!"
"Hello, welcome to Wintertown, I'm Mayor David, and this is Mark."
"My name is Peter Parker, what is this place?" Peter Parker's inquiry made David and Mark look at each other again, and Mark even asked, "Are you coming or am I coming?" "After seeing David make a 'please' gesture to him, he began to popularize his current situation for the famous person in front of him.
David stood quietly on the sidelines, admiring the 'acquaintance's various interesting reactions. When Peter hears that he is not only far away from Queens, but is no longer even on the earth he is familiar with, that incredible reaction looks particularly interesting.
By the time Mark finished briefing, Peter Parker was still looking incredulous with his hands on his head: "You're actually joking with me, aren't you?" ”
"You can try to go to the back and think back to your own world." David pointed in the direction of the Winter River, "You know we're not kidding. Peter looked back at the wide river not far away, and decided to try the way David had told him.
Whether it's true or not, you'll know it when you try it, and there's no need to dwell on it here. It's just that before he could move, he was startled by the translucent phantom that suddenly appeared in front of him: "What is this?" ”
"Oh, it looks like another one has arrived." Mark looked at the new phantom in surprise, and then said to Peter next to him, "If you're not in a hurry, you can wait here for a while...... By the way, that's how you just appeared. ”
"You said I just appeared like this?" Peter began to believe that he had really traveled to another world, otherwise the scene in front of him would not have been explained.
What high-tech is used? He didn't think that anyone would put so much effort into fooling an ordinary high school student like himself: "What is the principle of this?" Quantum transport? Or a wormhole? ”
"It should be a special ability from a mysterious being." As he said this, Mark glanced at David, but David continued to look at the phantom as if he hadn't heard anything.
It didn't take long for the phantom to take on a clear appearance, and it soon turned into a real person.
It was a young girl with long white blonde hair and a black hairpin on her head. Unlike Peter Parker's performance just now, the girl immediately took a few big steps back when she found that she had suddenly arrived in a strange place with three strange men standing in front of her.
"Who are you?" The girl looked to the left and right again, feeling strange that she had suddenly come to such a desolate place, but she was calm and did not act excessively: "What is this place?" This time, Mark preemptively made a 'please' gesture to David, and Peter next to him looked at the two men and realized that these two men had already seen many people from other worlds, otherwise they would not be so proficient.
"Hello, this is Winter Town, and I'm Mayor David." Seeing that the other party was a young girl, David comforted the other party appropriately: "Don't worry, we don't have any malicious intentions, you are here because of a mysterious force......" gave a brief introduction to the situation in Winter Town, David also told how to leave here, and never approached the other party from beginning to end, which made the girl on the other side let down her guard a little.
Finally, David also pointed to Peter next to him: "This Peter Parker, like you, just came here, and he is about to try to leave." ”
"What? I? Oh, actually, I already believe your words. Peter pointed to the girl in front of him, and when he saw the strange sight, he was a little convinced that he had really come to another world.
The young girl on the opposite side looked around again and asked David uncertainly: "I just need to go in this direction, thinking about going home, and I can get out of here?" ”
"Yes!"
"If I want to come here, can I come back anytime?"
"That's right!" The young girl did not hesitate, and simply turned around and walked into the distance, her figure quickly turning into a shadow and disappearing.
"Wow!" Peter let out an exclamation, and when he saw the magic again, he had truly believed what Mark had said to himself: "How magical! Then he asked David, the mayor, "Is there a lot of people like me in this town who come from other worlds?" David nodded and pointed directly at Mark next to him.
Mark coughed lightly twice, and solemnly reintroduced the next word: "Officially, Mark Watney, a member of the Mars Exploration Program, an unlucky guy who was left alone on Mars to survive because of an accident. ”
"No......" Peter reached out in disbelief and shook Mark's hand, "You're an astronaut on Mars?" Still stranded on Mars? ”
"Uh-huh!"
"So, if you take the initiative to return to your own world now, you will return to Mars?"
"That's right." Mark remembered that he could now take people to his own world: "How is it? Interested in visiting Mars? ”
"What you said is true?" Peter was surprised and delighted, not quite believing that he would encounter such a lucky thing: "Can you really take me to Mars to visit?" We've only just met, aren't you worried about the bad repercussions? ”
"I'm reassured of you." Mark looked at his right hand, which had not yet been released: "Peter Parker, the famous Spider-Man...... Or call you The Amazing Spider-Man? "When Mark and David saw the face, paired with the name Peter Parker, it was confirmed.
Coupled with the fact that the Peter Parker in front of him is not wearing glasses, it means that the Peter in front of him has gained superpowers.
Peter, who was suddenly called out of his secret identity, showed a little panic and didn't know how to respond for a while.
Fortunately, the young girl who had left earlier reappeared and helped him out.
"It's unbelievable that I can really go to another world freely!" After the exclamation, the girl looked at the three men who were looking at her, smiled and introduced herself: "It was a bit rude just now, after all, this kind of thing is too unbelievable." It's a pleasure to be here and meet you guys, I'm Gwen Stacy. ”