The princesses all come to help me move the bricks [Infrastructure]

38.

With the addition of a professional construction team, the construction of Anna's territory, especially the construction of houses, has accelerated.

Anna also almost learned the whole process from Petty's mouth.

Paul was originally a person who led a team to work outside. He was just an ordinary construction worker at first. Because of his extraordinary talent as a leader, some people gradually gathered around him, some of whom he knew on the way to work and convinced him. , and some of them were brothers brought out from his hometown and developed into right-hand assistants.

About two months ago, their "Paul's Construction Team" had a small scale and fame.

I originally planned to compete with another construction team for the qualification to build the Mage Tower. They have participated in the construction of the Mage Tower before, so it should be more suitable. .

There are a lot of talents in their team, besides those who build houses, there are also those who know how to smelt, and there is even a lv. metal man.

Originally, they all thought that they would get another job of building a mage tower. With the first experience, they could do better.

No, when competing with another team, the other party invited a person who is said to be very good at alchemy. Because of his "consultant" and participation, the Association of Magicians finally chose that team to be in charge of the Mage Tower this time. Work.

When competing with that team, there was a lot of friction between the two sides.

Not only was the relationship between the leaders of the two teams at odds, but the subordinates almost had a violent physical conflict. After this incident, everyone was both surprised and aggrieved.

The other party also humiliated them, saying that they could be small workers to help out or something. Paul couldn't stand such a humiliation, and left with the team.

But this incident still had some impact on the morale of their entire team, and some people are still holding back their anger.

However, the task of building the mage tower is very rare. Those who can be contracted are usually fixed building materials teams with long-term cooperative relations, such as Paul's team, which already belongs to the "wild team", and it is another competition. failed.

And the other party is very "persevering" in discrediting behind the scenes, which leads to the fact that the statement is not very good at present.

Everyone thought that his team was not capable of doing such high-end magic and sophisticated construction tasks, and they also hoped to prove themselves.

Coincidentally, Anna has a task similar to the mage tower, but with a different building purpose.

The same is related to alchemy and magic, and it is also necessary to cast a lot of magic on the tower, and the owner of the building is also a great and noble magician and alchemist, and is also a very capable and status noble lord.

Paul felt at ease immediately.

At first, he just thought that Oran's thriving appearance was really good. When he heard about the first job of their team, he would have some difficulties——

Hearing it again, it turned out to be a top-level defense tower where very high-level magic props were to be placed.

He felt his whole blood was boiling.

Paul realized that his and his team's chance of humiliation was coming.

Once the tower is built, all the magic and alchemy props are put on and activated, and then the key treasures are placed on the platform on the top of the tower, and everyone in the territory of Oran will know, and then all the people in the Kingdom of Lor and the whole continent will know .

They will ask, who built this tower?

Everyone will answer that it was the great magician and lord of Oran, Duke Anna, who asked Paul's team to build it.

Thinking of this, Paul felt that he couldn't calm down.

With unprecedented caution, he listened carefully to Lord Anna's description. There is no doubt that the defense tower itself has very high requirements, which are different from the more comprehensive magic array requirements of the mage tower. The defense tower is like the name, the only requirement Just be "strong" enough.

"In the future, it will be the benchmark for Oran District [-] and even the whole Oran, so although the drawings are given to you, I still hope that your professional engineering team can communicate with the designers more."

"If it is possible, on the basis of ensuring its magical performance requirements, it can also be as beautiful as possible. Landmark buildings, you know what I mean?"

"Yes yes, I understand!"

Paul nodded again and again, and his men had already thought about it.

The difficulty is undeniable. This building has unprecedented requirements for materials and precision. If there is a slight deviation when the tower is built, it is very likely that the formation will not be engraved or the alchemy will not be inlaid at all. The most terrifying thing about props is that the building may collapse, collapse or even blow up during the process of drawing magic.

At that time, not to mention that their construction team will be ruined, even everyone present may be directly bombed to death.

Magic is never a joke, and alchemy is also very dangerous. Every year, various apprentices and even the master himself are seriously injured or even die during the experiment.

Paul's team and her sole designer have discussed the structure and appearance of the fifth version of the tower.

Among them, they have also asked her about some details of magic many times. Although they don't understand magic, they can consult professional people, especially Anna is still a very good-tempered person, but she is too busy. There was no one to be found, not even a shadow.

"So, you can guarantee the quality and precision of all materials."

"Yes, there must be no problem with my raw materials." Anna nodded affirmatively, "I can also directly give you the data calculated from the materials."

When some magicians or alchemists build mage towers or other buildings, they are often not willing to give magic materials directly to ordinary people like them.

They would choose to leave more blank space within the specified range, for example, telling them how much and how deep the wall should be vacated, and then special alchemy props and energy stones will be embedded in it.

Anna was able to directly tell them the calculation results of the magic things in terms of physical attributes, which can be regarded as not keeping secrets.

Of course, these materials also have physical values, as well as their magical properties. For example, "melt stone" is a special kind of stone that can emit light and heat. It is used in some buildings to increase the heat resistance and thermal conductivity of materials. It may also be used in a small amount in construction, and some ordinary construction workers or material workers will also, not exclusive to alchemists and magicians.

But ordinary people dare not use it more, firstly because ordinary people cannot get too much of this precious material, and secondly because they don’t know its magical properties, and some magic materials may have hidden magical properties.

For example, some buildings have added magic materials, which may accumulate over time, and some unexpected characteristics and effects will appear, such as inadvertently mixed with blood and become possessed of evil power, and so on.

Anna asked that almost all places in the defense tower be mixed with the special materials she specified. These magic materials are top-notch, and she can also give physical values, and show her all the design drawings——

After doing this, she can directly turn the entire mage tower into a very powerful and terrifying magic item.

It will become a tyrannical alchemy tool in itself, full of regular and complex magic.

"So, this is..." The hands of Paul and the designer holding the blueprint were trembling slightly.

"This is the simplified version of the ideal magic power diagram that I'm looking forward to for the entire mage tower." Anna smiled and patted the two people. In her opinion, the two of them have magical talents, but they have not been discovered. Maybe after this time, they have hope of becoming alchemy apprentices or something.

"The full version is in my mind." She pointed to her own brain, "But you can't understand the complete version, I can only take the time to draw a simple version, which should be understandable to you, You must pay special attention to the places I have specially marked, and when you build the tower, you must pay attention to it, and those places must ensure that the materials are stable and strong enough."

"I will be responsible for the alchemy materials that are too difficult to make," Anna looked at Paul. "I remember that there is a building material master in your team?"

"Don't dare!" The man stood up quickly, looking very respectful, "Dear alchemist, I just know a little bit of things that are not even superficial, just a little cleverness. , it cannot be compared with an adult like you, let alone a 'master'!"

"Then look at the arrangement. I also have an alchemy studio, where you can go to prepare materials, if the general smelting center can't do it." Anna smiled.

"The alchemy studio is new. You can use it as you like. There are many magic circles arranged on the walls. As long as you don't make a big noise, your life will not be in danger, and the protection will be automatically activated."

"If there is anything I can't make, leave it to me. I am also taking time to make alchemy props that will be used in defense towers," she said, "If you are interested, you can come and watch it. If we The time is just enough to make it together, and the other is that it will not affect the progress of your team building the defense tower."

This is almost another expression of "Accept him as an alchemy apprentice", but Anna has no intention of accepting him at the moment.

But looking at his excited appearance, he was going crazy with happiness.

Just like this, everyone was working overtime crazily and working desperately.

Anna went to the Ghost Grass, because there was enough medicinal liquid to take care of it, and the environment of the magic circle was well simulated. The small seeds planted here no longer appeared to be small buds, but to look like small leaves. up.

"thank you!"

Anna fed it a big bag of snacks, and Xiao Hui ate it happily.

Then, Anna glanced at her main quest again.

Compared with the previous progress, the progress has taken a step up, mainly because the agricultural sector has made gratifying progress. She let the people buy high-quality grain seeds from her at a cost price, and some of them have their own farmland. people have been planted experimentally, but the scope is not large.

[Main task: 0. Carry out the industrial development of Oran (District [-]), the completion progress ([-]/?)]

[FOOD]

1. Build a restaurant for civilians in the territory (1/1)

2. Build a tavern for the civilians in the territory (0/1)

3. Establish a noble restaurant for the nobles in the territory (0/1)

4. Establish a tavern for adventurers that integrates information collection and wine and catering sales (0/1)

……

[Agriculture and Animal Husbandry]

1. Establish a lord unified granary (0/1)

2. Establish a lord to unify farming (1/1)

3. Lease at least five fields in the territory to tenants (6/5)

4. Plant more than five food crops (5/5)

5. Plant more than five economic crops (2/5)

6. Open a cash crop processing factory (0/1)

7. Give it to the leader to raise at least five pigs (5/5)

8. Residents must raise at least two dairy sheep (2/2)

9. Residents must raise at least two wool-producing sheep (2/2)

10. Residents must raise at least two cows (1/2)

11. The locals keep at least two farmland cattle (2/2)

12. Citizens keep at least five chickens (7/5)

13. Residents keep at least five ducks (5/5)

14. Residents keep at least three geese (3/3)

……

During this period of time, Anna made some alchemy props, which were temporarily placed on the side of the Lord's Mansion for sale and exchange.

These props are mainly used to control the temperature, similar to the effect of the warm shed and greenhouse in the previous life, but only one magic prop is needed to control the temperature within a cubic meter of space.

The temperature value cannot be adjusted, but the citizens can choose to buy alchemy props of the corresponding gear according to the suitable temperature of the crops they grow.

This kind of thing didn't exist before, but everyone watched the lord bury it in the unified field, and the wheat actually germinated these days, and it looked very good, so no one would believe it.

Therefore, although the small alchemy props sold basically cost a few gold coins, and the scope of influence is far less than that of the lord's wheat field, everyone is still willing to buy them.

At this time, those who have a house or leased land either have a lot of labor in the family to be able to save money, or are very skilled in farming, so a few of them tried to buy small props and bury them at a slightly lower planting position. After being on the land, I have already seen germinated peanut seedlings, and it took only a few days before and after, and they were watered in the same way——

The results are gratifying.

Speaking of which, the water used for watering is still one of the public wells ordered by the lord.

There is also one in the residential area. As long as everyone works diligently to carry water, it will be enough for home use and for irrigation in the fields.

Therefore, after the arrival of the lord, they really felt the feeling of "as long as they work hard, they can live a little bit of a good life", instead of enduring increasingly difficult days in this barren place, as if even winter Can't make it through.

In addition, because many people's living standards are quite high, there are fewer people who can't survive the winter and want to live in dormitories.

Of the three large bungalows that were originally built, two were stopped, and there were about four to fifty people in total, all of whom were old, weak, sick, and disabled in the village.

Except for the ones who couldn’t move at all, Anna used the method of helping the extremely poor and sick people. She spent her own money to hire Dr. Tang to see a doctor, and by the way, she also borne all the expenses needed for seeing a doctor from the end of December to the beginning of February. Most of those people still have a little mobility and labor force.

As promised before, charcoal fires and firewood have been prepared for the winter in the big one-story house. When the fireplace is lit, the whole house will be warmed up, and it is not yet that extremely cold time—mainly this big one-story house The insulation effect is better than expected.

Every day, regular people will provide clean water, etc., so that they can maintain good cleaning habits and ventilate regularly.

It is a good thing that three buildings have been built, and the people living in only two buildings are not yet full.

The vacant building was not wasted. Anna let Paul and his team live in it first, and it was enough to live there without being crowded.

She also promised that if their team successfully completes the construction of the defense tower, she can directly give them the status of long-term residents of Oran District [-], which means that they can buy a house here, and according to the money reward, they are Everyone can buy a house and settle here and enjoy a good living treatment.

In addition, they can maintain long-term cooperation.

After Anna, there are still many buildings that need professional teams, and because many of them involve magic, even if others can be outsourced to other workers, the core parts related to magic alchemy must be knowledgeable.

Within a few years, they couldn't stop working here and needed to be busy all the time.

Of course, Paul has no objection to this. They were almost out of work because of the previous incident, and it would be great if they could still have "high-end" "magic-related" construction work.

"Are you going out today?" Cinderella asked, seeing Anna came back in a hurry and was changing into the rough vest and trousers for the expedition.

"Yes, I'm going to the woods to have a look, and I'll take Phoebe, who is collecting herbs, with me."

"Is there a problem with the medicinal materials? Or is there a problem with the forest?" Cinderella didn't follow up on this, so she didn't know. Anna only knew about it after hearing the report from the people below.

She asked Maria, Maria's playmate Amy, and the guard she took out, and got a positive answer.

Several people had indeed seen traces of ferocious beasts in the depths of the woods, places that had not been explored before.

In the grove on their side, only the shallow part outside has been cut and cleared.

After hearing that there was a problem inside, Anna immediately stopped people from going into the woods.

She had been dragging on for several days because of the defense tower, and just heard that Phoebe and Dr. Tang mentioned that when they were treating the bungalow people, Phoebe said that the medicinal materials were not enough, and they had to go to the woods to collect them. Dr. Tang said he Go and apply to the lord, otherwise other people will not be able to enter the woods, and it is not easy to violate the rules.

Anna just heard it, so she simply said, let Phoebe follow her in, and she just happened to go to explore the depth of the woods.

"So, you have distributed medicinal soup to residents in previous years?"

Anna and Phoebe walked into the woods together and talked together.

Perhaps it was because Dr. Tang was a reserved oriental, so he seldom talked directly to Anna, not only about the development of the territory, but also in other aspects.

Phoebe was different. As a teenager, there was nothing to say, and there were not many taboos. Doctor Tang also cared about her and raised her very well.

Anna chatted with her, and they talked about today's regular doctor visits.

Some people have already lived in the big bungalows. These people are basically from very poor families and can hardly escape the cold. Considering the actual situation, she allowed some people to live in first.

Although theoretically all medical expenses will be covered from the end of December, in fact, these people who are in serious difficulties have already been covered by Anna from now on. Of course, Dr. Tang's fees are also very cheap, almost only a few copper coins for the hard work Money, basically means that he is also doing good deeds.

"Yes, Dr. Tang's cold medicine has always been very effective." Phoebe said.

"However, there is a medicinal material that needs to be dug in the mountains, but if you find the first one and dig it up, you can find a large piece nearby. The roots and leaves have different functions, and they all need to be processed. The effect of the root is greater, suitable for those already People who are sick with a cold drink it. If the leaves are dried and processed, they can be used to make soup together with the other two medicines, which can prevent people from getting sick."

"Is it soup?"

"Yes." Phoebe nodded.

"In previous years, Dr. Tang took me to dig every day from mid-November until mid-December. When it was almost completely cold, the medicinal materials were almost gone."

"Isn't it too late this year?" Anna was taken aback.

"But it doesn't matter. We still have some stocks, which can be dug after the beginning of spring. There are also many in spring. Basically, there are none in summer, and there are also in autumn." Phoebe was afraid that she would think too much, and quickly comforted her.

"Your idea is very good." Anna said, "I'll help you collect herbs. Let's fight for a few trips to dig out enough weight for five or six hundred people in the entire territory, and then share them with everyone in the territory to keep out the cold. "

"Can you?!" Phoebe's eyes sparkled.

"Of course." Anna smiled. "This is a good thing that benefits the people. As a lord, I should also strive for some benefits for everyone. It just so happens that the cold weather is coming. Isn't it just time for us to rush?"

"At that time, we will open two or three points at the market, and let the residents go there to get a bowl of soup for free to prevent colds."

"That's when I will trouble you and Dr. Tang. Maybe you need to boil medicine, divide it, and supervise the distribution to everyone. It will be more difficult."

"It's okay, it's okay." Phoebe shook her head quickly, "I'm very willing."

"Is our market going to open?"

"There is still a problem with the guards." Anna replied, "I have asked the original knight commander to recruit people in the territory, but it seems that he has not found suitable and satisfactory talents so far."

"If you really can't find anyone, then they have to work harder, and they will work overtime to take care of the market."

"They're really busy..."

Phoebe sighed.

Anna also sighed a little in her heart, but whether it is directly recruiting guards or training guards, it is not easy.

Both will take time, but it is best to open the market before it is completely cold, and it will allow the citizens to exchange for what they want before the severe winter, which is the urgent expectation of the current leaders.

"How do you usually get into the woods?"

"It seems that I don't see you going in from the original road?"

"Doctor Tang will sprinkle insect repellent powder on both of us, and then we will enter the woods from a side path and go to the other side. He said that there may be monsters on the main road, so we usually go there." Phoebe Carrying a big pannier, following her, the footsteps are very nimble, and he knows the environment here.

After walking for about half an hour, the hustle and bustle of the village gradually passed away.

The trees in the forest became denser, covering the sunlight overhead, with only occasional mottled tree shadows cast down.

Phoebe's walking speed gradually slowed down, and she looked around, unable to look away.

After another 10 minutes or so, she saw that Anna did not object, so she simply stopped and stopped, and when she saw useful medicinal materials, she directly took the tools to collect them and put them in the back basket.

In fact, Anna also brought tools, and her system package is very convenient to carry with her.

But at this time, she didn't need to compete with Phoebe to collect these common medicinal materials. Only when Phoebe collected them too slowly or the number of medicinal materials was too much for her to keep busy, Anna would help.

In fact, Anna didn't have a specific place to go, she just heard from the leaders that there was something wrong, there were traces of ferocious beasts, and she was worried that the previous monsters had not been cleaned up.

So far, no citizens have been injured, but out of caution, she asked people to seal up the place immediately, so as not to regret it after something happened.

Every one of her citizens is a precious resource and talent, and she will never allow anyone to take it away from her!

"... patter."

Two pine cones just happened to fall from the tree behind him on the pile of leaves on the ground.

Anna turned around and saw two pine cones that looked very mature and plump. She blinked.

She looked at Phoebe who was still squatting over there carefully digging the ganoderma lucidum in the magical world, and only said that she wanted to go up and have a look, and she would come back soon, and Phoebe agreed.

Anna then directly activated the tree-climbing skill. One thing to say, she can climb trees without this skill, but with the lv. "soar".

Sure enough, at one point in the tree, she saw another tree hole.

There seemed to be some small animal inside that was trembling, not daring to move.

After thinking about it, Anna activated her [Princess Limited] skill.

"Who are you?" she asked.

She heard a sudden panic-filled inhalation sound from inside the tree hole, as if she was frightened.

After a while, probably thinking that Anna had already left, the little guy poked his head out timidly.

Then I saw Anna squatting on a branch not far away.

The little guy was startled, and shrank back abruptly.

"Didn't see me, didn't see me, woo woo woo woo..." She heard the little guy start crying from her fright, his voice was quite childish, like a little boy smelling like milk.

It seems that [Princess Limited] has different effects on different people.

Anna refused to think about why both Cinderella and Maria were able to communicate with small animals smoothly, but she could only face such a result, as if she was a huge villain.

"..." Anna was silent for a while, then had an idea.

She went down first, and after confirming that Phoebe was safe, she took the two pine cones that seemed to be dropped by the little guy, and flew (climbed) up again.

"Here, I'm here to give you back what you dropped."

Anna stretched out her hand, with two pine cones in her palm, not far from the tree hole.

The whining and crying sound inside really paused, and after a while, the little guy poked his head out again, stared at her for a long time, and then took the pine cone with a "whoosh" speed. He went back and put it in his tree hole.

After a while, Anna heard the sound of counting the fruits inside.

No more, no less, exactly 77 pine cones, and he breathed a sigh of relief after counting them.

"who are you?"

Only then did he remember that there was a Two-legged beast outside.

"I am the lord here, Anastasia, the lord of Oran."

"Ah, I know, you were the one who cut down the tree." He replied immediately.

Anna was embarrassed, feeling that there was no way to say this.

"But you're a good man," he added.

"You beat those nasty monsters away."

Anna listened for a while, and then she heard from his slightly frightened and angry muttering that he was talking about the wild boar monster from before.

It seems that these ordinary little animals are also affected and tortured by monsters.

"Besides, because of you..." After realizing that she was barely a good person, the little squirrel slowly got out of the tree hole, not far from her.

"That big bad wolf doesn't dare to come out!"

He said this very happily.

Looks like another animal he doesn't like very much.

However, wolves eat such small animals, no wonder he is afraid and hates them.

"Big Bad Wolf?" Anna asked pretending not to know.

"Yes, Big Bad Wolf, he always wants to eat little girls!" The little squirrel said angrily, his cheeks puffed up.

"He's the most annoying guy in our forest!"

"Everyone doesn't like him, and he even bullied the little rabbit and said he wanted to eat her," the little squirrel hugged his weak self, and continued, "He even plucked the fox's tail hair, saying that the fox's red tail is ugly! "

Having said that, he let go of his shoulders again, and hugged his big brown tail instead.

"However," he was a little happy again, "because you let humans go there to cut trees, and one of the places where the wolf used to move was gone, he was very unhappy, and everyone was happy!"

"He has settled down for a long time, but it may also be due to the big new lion in the forest." He thought about it by himself as he spoke, murmuring something, and even made some small animal noises. Anyway, this is the part that Anna can't understand.

Anna judged from what he could understand——

The depth of this forest is deeper than imagined, and there are big bad wolves that look more vicious and vicious, as well as very powerful big lions, but the big lions seem to protect these weak animals, and will bully or even eat them. Little Rabbit's big bad wolf drove away.

The animals appear to be native to the place and have always existed here.

However, due to the existence of monsters, most of the small animals shrank, and no one came here before, so they didn't notice much.

"Can you tell me more?" Anna asked.

"Tell me more?" The little squirrel was still a little wary, "What do you want to know? Let me tell you, I'm not afraid of you!"

His tail was trembling, and his body holding the big tail was trembling a little, subconsciously running back to his tree hole like a girl.

In the end, it was Anna who exchanged some of his information with two wild fruits that she picked on the road, and she seemed to be a little less wary of her.

In his mouth, they are all citizens of the animal kingdom. They have lived in this forest since their ancestors and grandparents. At present, Grandpa Woodpecker and Grandpa Turtle are the most qualified in the forest, but Grandpa Turtle sleeps most of the time. Grandpa Woodpecker is in charge of managing and delivering messages.

Since the scale of Warcraft has become larger and larger, their living range has become smaller and smaller, and they are locked away most of the time. Only powerful animals like the big bad wolf can go to other places for activities.

They originally had a lion king, but the lion king lost a fight with a brave foreign lion, so he is now autistic.

The little animals didn't dare to go in front of the alien lion, and they didn't dare to communicate with them. The lion seemed to have three other friends who were very powerful. One was a girl like Anna, and the other two were scarecrows. , The Tin Woodman.They came here suddenly, saying they lived here temporarily, but they never left. Everyone was actually very scared.

"Okay, I still have something to do." Anna waved her hand, "The one below is my leader, my little girl, if you or your friends see it later, please don't hurt her, or I will be angry oh."

"When I get angry, I want to flatten your forest." When the little squirrel just relaxed, she said so suddenly, and successfully saw that he was completely stiff.

"Today, I heard from the leader that there are dangerous beasts in the woods, and the dark plants that the monsters ate before made me a little concerned... I came here to investigate the situation, and I didn't intend to damage this place or harm any animals. .”

"But I am a powerful knight, swordsman, brave man, and also a powerful magician and alchemist." She pointed to herself, and then said to the little squirrel.

"Maybe next time I can meet the person who has the most say in your small animals, or the leader."

"Today, I'm going to look for the big alien lion you mentioned, which is said to be working with human girls." Anna smiled.

"I hope you and your little friends will convey that before I talk to your leader, I will not let the people approach here at will, unless I personally or bring this little girl here to collect medicine."

"I look forward to a normal negotiation."

"And not afraid of war."

She added the last sentence, and jumped off the tree.

"Phoebe, are you ready?"

"Of course, my lord." Phoebe handed over a wild fruit. "This fruit is delicious. I just discovered it. You can try it."

Together, the two continued to go deep into the woods.

Anna vaguely felt a rustling sound from the tree above her head, as if the little squirrel was following.

After walking for about half an hour, they finally found the magic herbal medicine that has the effect of curing colds. It grew a large piece, and Phoebe looked very happy.

Anna tentatively collected one, and saw the name - Banlangen.

Well, the almighty Banlangen.