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

42.

Anna blinked her eyes, and probably understood the situation through the quarrel between the male and female storks.

In another part of the forest, not far from here, there lived an old woman who grew her own vegetables, made her own furniture, and cooked strange things in strange pots.

The little animals were afraid of her at first, saying she was an old witch, but then everyone found out that was not the case.

The old lady didn't curse anyone, nor did she hurt any little animals, she just habitually did some very strange things in everyone's eyes.

For example, boil all kinds of strange stones in her pot, and then chanting plausibly, and then there will be a bang, scaring away many small animals that are secretly watching.

The female stork also avoided the old lady at first——

They only know that she has a married daughter and a lovely granddaughter, but most of the time she lives alone on the other side of the forest, and her daughter and granddaughter visit her from the other side Across a small half of the woods, they live near the third district. The only male in the family is an adventurer who doesn't come home very much and is busy making money.

But once, the female stork was injured, she met a very ferocious hawk, and then was scratched by the eagle's sharp claws.

But she has always been excellent, and she has been working hard since she was a child, following the words of their general stork, she is always the best and can be rewarded with the "best frog" and the title of "good at catching frogs and snakes". Pilot Stork, so she ends up escaping. *

Not far from the old woman's house, she fell to the grass bleeding.

After seeing it, the old woman saved her with strange herbs, made the female stork's wings intact, let her rest for a long time, and prepared clean water and delicious food, frogs and snakes.

They storks like to eat these two things the most, and it is not like the rumors of humans that they will send babies to human mothers during childbirth, but the female storks will always remember the old woman's kind help to her.

At that time, she was still a young stork, and all she knew came from the previous generation of storks. For example, her parents told her that the old lady was a strange lonely person and so on.

The storks like to share all kinds of gossip with each other, and there are many stories that they pass on orally, among each other, and from generation to generation.

Later, the female stork married her childhood sweetheart, the male next door. They have no children yet, but maybe next spring.

At that time, they will also tell many stories to their children like their parents did at that time, and then actively teach them to learn to fly and become an excellent stork.

Every autumn and winter, they fly south with the big troops.

Soon, the two of them will also set off. This year's stork migration team in the Åland forest is later than last year.

The swans next door left early, but the storks felt that their flying ability was much better than the "flashy" swans, so they would be fine.

After listening for a long time, Anna decided to go and find out the situation herself.

She is the lord of Oran. Although she is currently only in charge of the first district, the second and third districts should also belong to her theoretically and practically.

That being the case, she should also know something about the residents there.

Although there is no time to rectify other places now, the development of District [-] cannot be regarded as on the right track-everything is inseparable from her, without the intervention of the Lord's Mansion, the residents of District [-] will soon return to their original life go inside.

"So, shall I pay a visit?"

Anna thought about it, and found some food that Lena had given her to take with her on the way, and finally put it in a package for her.

After sorting it out, it seemed more appropriate to come to visit as a gift. Three pieces of fragrant white bread, a large piece of cheese, and a bottle of fruit wine from the Old York Tavern were placed in a small basket and covered with a cloth.

Cheese and white bread, probably no one can refuse, and Lina's cooking skills are getting better and better, so things are naturally more popular.

There is nothing disliked by the entire lord's mansion, and so is the wine in the Old York Tavern. Anna has invested in the shares to support the opening of his tavern. At that time, after the new house is built, they will be able to relocate the merchants in a unified way, although currently only Several handicraft workshops.

Old York reciprocated, of course, he didn't mean to find a backer. Basically, every once in a while, he would send the new wine or the wine that Anna needed here directly, and Catherine would pay according to the situation, even if he said it would not be free. .

Anna then had a lot of fruit wine specially asked him to make, unlike those beer, ale, and red wine, these fruit wines were not intoxicating, but also slightly sweet, and they were very comfortable to drink.

Now, it's just right to take it out as a favor.

Anna sorted out the things in the small basket again, and then followed the guidance of two male and female storks, and arrived not far from the house of the good (evil) old woman who was said to be.

Her home is on the opposite side of a stream, and the strange thing is that her forest is still partially green, while the forest where Anna is in has basically all yellow leaves.

Anna made a judgment in her heart. It seemed that this was an important character in a fairy tale.

She walked over the stone steps over the creek, and had just reached the yard when she saw the poor big bad wolf tied up in the back yard of her house.

It’s very fairytale, the big bad wolf has three obvious big swellings on its head, and it’s tied tightly with a rope at this time, and they seem to want to say something, but their mouths are tied up with cloth strips, and they can’t say anything .

The female stork hid back in fright, and the male stork tried his best to stretch his chest and spread his wings to protect her behind him.

Anna felt that she shouldn't bear this sudden spiritual injury.

"Dong dong dong." Anna cautiously knocked on the door.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

"Come here." A voice came from inside.

"who is it?"

"A guest came to visit with a gift." Anna responded loudly.

"I hope you understand, it's just me."

After a pause, Anna listened again, but there seemed to be no sound inside.

After a while, she heard the sound of the lock being unlocked again, maybe the other party confirmed her identity before letting her in.

Anna noticed that there was an alchemy prop similar to "cat's eye" on the side of the door.

She began to guess the identity of the people inside.

Finally, the door opened.

It was an old woman who opened the door. She was wearing a pair of reading glasses, looked at her, and finally set her eyes on the small basket she was carrying, and nodded after a while.

"Come in, child."

Anna then followed the old woman into the house.

【Ding--】

[The system prompts that you have entered the hut in the special environment *****. 】

Anna frowned slightly, without revealing anything, just smiling and looking at the old lady.

The old lady is slightly hunchbacked, but she is not short in stature. She wears a faded gray turban on her head, the usual dark blue apron, and an autumn cashmere skirt. There are a few patches, walking on a pair of soft-soled shoes is not fast, but it can be regarded as agile, and it is not the kind of old man who is too old to have legs and feet.

Seeing her accepting the gift from the basket in Anna's hand and thanking her, she didn't look like a rude old lady. She lifted the floral cloth covering the food and saw at a glance that it was a very rich delicacy And visiting presents, she paused and turned away.

"I can't accept this gift." She said, "It's too expensive. I'm not the kind of old man who doesn't understand things and human relationships..."

"Hi, I am the latest lord of Oran." Anna introduced herself with a smile.

"I heard that some of the citizens live alone in the forest, so I came to have a look."

"Oh?" The old lady took off the glasses on the bridge of her nose, folded them delicately, and stored them in an alchemy box.

Anna's expression moved slightly, and she looked back at the old lady and the room where she lived.

It is an ordinary forest hut, built of wood, straw, etc. In many places, some traces of reinforcement can be seen. Overall, the area is not large, including the yard outside, which may be the case.

The size of the house is about a little larger than the first batch of log cabins she built, but not as large as the second batch of houses.

But in such a small space, there are some concealed traces of alchemy. For example, the three stones on the shelf over there are not ordinary pebbles, but high-quality elemental alchemy stones.

In addition, some of the other living utensils in the room are also alchemy props. The most important thing is that there is a very familiar smell in the air, which is a trace of alchemy.

In this world where alchemy is mostly used to study touchstones and magic, this is the first native Anna met who used alchemy to improve the quality of life.

However, she has not seen many alchemists.

"My name is Anastasia, and I am the daughter brought by the new queen of the Kingdom of Lore. I have been favored by His Majesty and have the status of a princess. A few months ago, I was granted the territory of Oran and came here to take office."

"Oh," the old woman nodded, "Then why did you come to see me, Stephanie?"

"As you can see," Anna pointed to the gift basket she sent, "I am currently developing in District [-], and the territory has been built fairly well. Just a few hours ago, I just subdued the animals in the forest here. "

The old woman Stephanie showed a little surprised expression, but she quickly put away these surprised emotions.

Judging from Anna's communication with her, although she seemed withdrawn and difficult to talk, as the female stork who stayed outside said, she seemed to be a kind-hearted person.

Anna then secretly cast an identification on her while speaking.

[Character-Old Stephanie-***'s grandmother]

Health bar: 10000/12000

Blue bar: 15000/15000

Rating: 39

Identity: She has the same name as her daughter and granddaughter Stephanie. As the grandma of ***, she is currently temporarily protected by the law of *** karma; witch (retired)

技能：做饭lv.14、编织lv.30、打扫lv.9、家政综合lv.6、采集lv.12、魔法种植lv.28、战力lv.33、反向种田lv.12、元素亲和力lv.20、魔法lv.25、魔抗lv.25、炼金术lv.41、创造力lv.19、诅咒lv.19（已锁定）、制毒lv.23（已锁定）、黑暗魔法lv.33（已锁定）

Status: normal

Description: An old woman who seems difficult to get in touch with, but is actually kind-hearted and carefree. She loves her daughter and granddaughter very much and is willing to give everything for them.He has amazing strength since he was a child, worked hard to farm but rarely succeeded, and finally chose to live alone in the forest hut and secretly studied alchemy without telling everyone. He also had a glorious and crazy history when he was young.

Anna was taken aback, this was the coolest attribute panel she had ever seen.

It was the first time she met a "retired black witch", and she felt indescribable in terms of the other party's identity, skills, and even the description.

The other party was still smiling, with an indescribably calm look on his face.

After listening to Anna's statement, the guard on her face became much less guarded.

Anna tried to comfort herself, and wanted to use this to get closer.

She had already guessed that the other party's granddaughter was probably Little Red Riding Hood, one of the famous fairy tale characters. She saw a half-woven red cape with a hood in the style of a child on the sofa in the room.

"So, what does this have to do with me?"

"Does the honorable lord want to tax me?"

"The territory of the first district is developing rapidly now, and I am also an alchemist. It is no exaggeration to say that my level in this area is very high, but even so, I cannot easily complete all the work by myself. , I need any talent, including alchemy."

The old woman's face changed slightly, her scrutinizing eyes fell on her again, after a while, she politely refused.

"I'm getting old, and I'm not good at these anymore... It's not suitable, it's not suitable..."

"Originally, I came to you to find out about your living conditions. I also heard that the big bad wolf came to attack you, so I was a little worried." Anna replied.

"Your hut here is really nice, but I think there will still be some inconveniences, whether in life or other aspects."

"Some new houses are being planned in the construction of the territory of the first district. My initial idea is to prepare some facilities and other aspects that are more sophisticated than the single-family houses I mentioned to you before."

"There are only two types of user groups for initial consideration. One is talents who have made outstanding contributions to the territory or belong to the urgent needs of the territory, and the other is people who have sufficient funds and expect to settle in the first district."

"Compared with the previous ones, the biggest advantage of the big house is that it is big enough, and there is no problem at all to live in it with your family, whether you live alone, or you bring your daughter and son-in-law or others Together." As soon as Anna's voice fell, she felt the other party's brow move slightly.

"After this, the first district will build other parts accordingly. Starting from the industry, after the basic needs of food and clothing are met, the latter will inevitably continue to complete various aspects such as medical care, education, prosperity, entertainment and spiritual prosperity. "

"What I can assure you is that according to the current development speed of District [-], it may not take two years for new schools to be established in this area. A place where different faiths can live together legally, peacefully and harmoniously in accordance with the rules of Oran."

"The second district is not completely obeying my command at the moment, but I will always get back what belongs to me." Anna clenched her fists and showed her two opposing attributes of the radiant scepter and the dead ancient scepter just right. The weapon successfully caught the old woman's shocked gaze.

"And the third district will also recover from the chaos and return to its former prosperity, but because the second and third districts have their own development characteristics, there will inevitably be differences from the first district that I have been focusing on rectification from the beginning. It is different, and the same is true for other districts in the future, I will make different plans for different regions according to the local conditions."

"In the territory of Oran, there must be only one area, which belongs to the core of development, not only because the city lord's mansion is here, but also because it is the place that 'surrendered' to me from the very beginning, accepting my transformation, for I contributed the most loyal of the first batch of subordinates."

Anna did not hide her ambitions, nor did she disguise her thoughts.

She believes that the "very story" retired old witch on the opposite side can understand her. Witches know people's hearts best. Deception has no meaning, and the nature of witches is not destined to be pure and flawless white, but Anna doesn't and doesn't have to act that way.

"District [-] will definitely become the most sought-after place, perhaps within five years."

"Only the first, luckiest, and most discerning group of people can enjoy this wave of dividends from the beginning."

"I think you understand what I mean." Anna hinted, "Even if it's not for yourself, you should think more about it for your daughter and grandchildren."

"I am short of helpers right now. I can provide you with any favorable treatment you want. As long as you can join in the construction of the territory, your alchemy should not be buried, and we can discuss and exchange ideas with each other." Learn and improve each other."

"Don't you aspire to be a figure admired by your children and grandchildren? A chance to become famous is in front of you, and a chance to earn a decent income for you and your descendants is in front of you."

"Under my development, Oran must be like a hurricane, sweeping the entire continent. I will let the name of me and Oran spread to all races in the entire continent."

"In this world where gods exist..." Anna smiled, her eyes seemed to glow, and her voice was extremely firm.

"I am destined to be on par with the gods, no, the gods have been gone for a long time, I am destined to become a person who surpasses any god and is admired and admired by all human beings, even other races."

"I will become one of the most famous legends on this continent, and I myself will be the most amazing miracle."

The old woman was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"I thought I no longer had that thought, but I was still involuntarily moved by your words."

"Even if I know that many of your words are just your ideas, it's just a delicious pie..."

"Forget it, let's go to the territory with you to have a look first." She said, "If your territory is not as good as you said, please forgive me."

"Of course," Anna nodded without thinking, "You need to choose the best place to live for yourself and your loved ones, and you can't be too cautious and careful."

As for the big bad wolf, the old woman let it go in the end, and he ran away with his tail between his legs without looking back, without making a sound.

The old woman said that she thought he was coming to eat people, so she was not polite. She didn't expect that such a simple beating would be enough, and she begged for mercy.

Anna returned a calm smile without answering, and had a deeper understanding of the so-called powerfulness of the old woman.

This version of the fairy tale is really hardcore. *

Little Red Riding Hood's grandma is so powerful, it seems that the big bad wolf is able to pretend to be "grandmother wolf" to fool the little girl when grandma is not around.

Within two days, Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother moved from the hut in the woods to a residence in the first district, and Anna arranged a second batch of reserved rooms for her.

In addition, she also gave her another alchemy studio room, and then found a short-term servant for the old lady, who often cleaned her, delivered meals and cared for her, ensuring that she could stay in the studio and the lounge next to it all day Work long and hard.

The old lady was indeed an old witch, and she was also a person who could live alone in the woods for a long time. She was in excellent health, and worked for eleven or twelve hours like Anna, without any problems at all.

She quickly wrote a letter to her daughter. Anyway, her son-in-law didn't see anyone all day long, so he might be gone. She didn't care too much, so she asked her daughter and granddaughter to move here to live in a district.

So, Anna finally saw another fairy tale "princess", Little Red Riding Hood.

Little Red Riding Hood is eight years old, a little bit older than Maria, but she has a more naughty temper and more courage, but she is also well-behaved and sensible. Although she is a little naughty in private, she is very well-behaved and polite in front of her elders——

It's not the meaning of the person who is in front of the person and the person who is behind, but the kind of person who has been educated very well and grasps the "playful sense of proportion" very well.

That is to say, some fun will only be done with companions, but they will never bother adults, and they will not even joke with adults. Instead, they respect elders and old people very much, and will take the initiative to run errands for the elderly in the village with handicapped legs or something.

For example, pestering her friends to go to the woods to find any remaining bird eggs, digging out tree holes to see if there are pine cones hidden by squirrels, she took Maria to do this, but they were not for eating, At least Stephanie, Little Red Riding Hood, was "raised by her mother and grandmother". She does not lack this, and she is also a little innocent and kind, so although they will go on such an adventure, they will not use the little squirrel's stock take away.

From a certain point of view, Little Red Riding Hood who can "fight" with snakes, climb trees to dig bird's nests, and dig tree holes everywhere can be regarded as a very "skinned" girl, right?She looks a bit wild, but no one would say she is a wild girl.

She will stand still with a smile, even if she was playing and playing games happily just now, and then seriously greet the elders who pass by, asking how the old man is doing today, so that people can take more care of themselves in the sun.

She will obey her mother's instructions, and deliver some homemade snacks to her neighbors, run a long way to the forest to deliver food to her grandmother, and give to the handicapped relatives and friends in the same place who are inconvenient or struggling. Running errands, donating all the proceeds I get from selling newspapers and spreading news about my adventures all over the three districts to those in greater need.

She is such a little girl who seems to have no noble status or special experience.

Not like any other princess or how, but she also has her own glow that belongs to Little Red Riding Hood.

"Ah, so happy."

Anna took a break from her busy schedule and glanced out from her office. Maria, Little Red Riding Hood and her playmate Amy were jumping rope, laughing and joking.

"It's so cute again," Anna sighed, "The princess is indeed a treasure in the world."

Then, head down and continue to start the nerve-wracking plan.

When the quarry was about to be completed, Anna needed to make a new plan for the new project and the stone industry of the entire territory.

She had to make a big frame first, then asked her assistant Miss Rabbit Judy to help polish it, and then consulted professionals to correct the omissions and problems in it, supplement the deficiencies, and finally form relevant documents.

"Annual report?!" Her eyes widened. The plan hasn't been finished yet, why is there another one? !

"You are going back to the king's city, when the time comes, as the lord, you should report to the king..."

Catherine looked at her a bit embarrassed. She was able to finish writing about the Lord's Mansion, but it was better for Anna to write about the territory. She was the only one who knew the most.

Whether it is a few-year plan or industrial development, or a reflection on the situation of each step in the development of the territory.

"Oh, by the way, maybe you also need to consider the issue of the temple." Catherine and other people who get along with her day and night will naturally find that Anna does not believe in the God of Light, although she does not see that she has other beliefs.

Of course it doesn't matter if she is the lord, but if you go back to the royal city, it is impossible to avoid this aspect. In addition, if the territory develops to a certain level, even if she doesn't get it, some of the citizens will want it... and the outside world may also want it. Use this to attack her, so she has to make some arrangements.

"I don't care." Anna thought for a while, "Anyway, I'm not the one who lost face. There used to be priest Guangming here, but after his death, no new one was sent here. It must be the fault of the temple."

Catherine lowered her head and did not respond. Sometimes believing in light does not mean how pious they really are, but it has become a habit of spiritual sustenance——

The gods haven't appeared for a long time, and everyone is almost used to the world without gods, and they don't think that they will be the "chosen son" who can bring the gods back into the world.

Catherine actually thinks that believing in the God of Light is not as good as believing in Anna.

Although the gods helped humans many thousands of years ago, it is indeed very grateful.

But don't you have enough offerings to the Temple of Light?

Where they should be pious and grateful, of course they are still grateful.

But if you want to live a good life, it's better to hang out with the lord.

Catherine is very proud of the lord and the territory now, and believes that a better future is in their hands. With the lord leading it, it will naturally be better.

"Okay, okay, I understand." Anna waved her hand.

"Go ahead, I will remember to add this part."

Anna began to count how much time she had left——

Death may be just a few more plans away.

【Ding--】

[System reminder, please update the territory development plan in time according to the latest development of the territory, the player lord Anastasia. 】

Anna rolled her eyes.

The daily sentence dog system is achieved.

Here, Anna was worrying about the bald documents and plans, while on the other side, Mr. Wade, the mayor of the second district, was also deeply anxious.

"Go away, if you don't sleep, don't disturb my mother's sleep."

Mrs. Wade went to bed early recently, and she was in a light sleep. As a result, her husband tossed and turned and didn't sleep, which annoyed her to death.

"Hey..." Master Wade sat up from the bed and sighed again for a long time, "Hey..."

"You want to fight, don't you?" Mrs. Wade lowered her voice, she was just a little bit away from getting angry on the spot.

"I'll go outside to blow some air." Master Wade got off the bed and took a coat.

I thought my wife would take care of me, but when I turned around, the old wife had already turned her back and started to sleep.

He sighed in his heart, but he didn't dare to continue to sigh.

Master Wade wore thick clothes and walked to the end of the corridor on the floor where the room was located.

There is a window here, which is very specially arranged, just facing the second district farm outside him.

The second district is under his command, and it belongs to a relatively comprehensive development place. There is no heavy industry, but the business development is quite good.

At the very beginning, when Mr. Wade came here in his 30s, the second district was no better than the first district, and even because the first district was where the previous chief district chief was located, he arranged The entire nearby districts are tilting resources to one district——

At that time, there was a fourth district, but now there are no people living there. At that time, this policy was equivalent to saying that except for the first district, the other three districts should support one in the first district at the same time.

Theoretically speaking, this should be a policy that after the development of the first district, it will radiate the surrounding areas and let everyone live a good life together.

Of course, the only purpose of the then chief district chief in arranging this policy was to hope that he could live a little better during his short tenure here.

It was such a policy that directly made the four districts disappear, exhausted, and exhausted.

Soon the news came. After hearing that all the people in the four districts had run away, the king was furious. You must know that this King Lore was known for his gentle temperament, and he was such a kind leader when he was the heir of the eldest prince. , can make him furious, which shows how terrible it is.

As a result, the district chief was pulled from his position not long after and beheaded directly.

But the arrangement of the new district chief can't change the fact that the second and third districts have been "sucked dry" by the first district and are extremely sparse.

Originally, there was a district chief in the third district to manage it. Later, because of this policy, the third district was mostly adventurers, and the races were mixed. Some violent orcs simply turned against it. Under the leadership of the District Chief, the Adventurer's Union and several relatively large mercenary teams that still exist in the local area are conducting autonomous management, but it is impossible to say how well it is doing.

None of them are talents in this field, and the third district is not a place of much interest——

Adventurers and forests are their resources. As a supply station, they should be a small business center.

However, there is civil strife there, and there is still a tourist who dares to risk his life, and how many people can insist on opening a shop there.

So, after so many years, it still looks like this, not at all good, and even fewer and fewer adventurers enter the mountain to explore, and many people don't like to go here.

Only Master Wade, he gritted his teeth with difficulty and resisted the second district.

At that time, the second district was not much better than the first district when Anna accepted it. He used the new chief's "tolerance policy" to "comfort the residents" in the name of gentleness, which was actually a convenience for not doing anything. Holding the banner, he promised benefits to many noble lords and was recommended, and finally got the support of many people, including the then chief district chief.

The biggest benefit of begging grandpa and grandma everywhere is that, as the head of the second district, he has received the bulk of the "comfort money" and "poverty relief money" issued by Wangcheng.

The head of the district only needs to ensure his own life in the first district. Besides, the situation in the first district was better than that in the second district at that time. The third district was in chaos and no one was in charge. Therefore, Mr. Wade received most of the financial support for several years , which should have been given to the three districts.

But relying on various aristocratic relationships and the acquiescence of the district chief at the time, he gave priority to pulling the second district.

This is the hard-won achievement of today.

He has no regrets. If the money is not given to him, it would be a waste to put it in other places. He made good use of the money and did not embezzle any money.

Unlike the previous blood-sucking district chief, who was just for his own pleasure and enjoyment.

Gradually, he got used to the love and protection of the people in District [-], and also got used to ignoring other districts, especially District [-], which used to "suck blood" and caused serious conflicts between the people on both sides.

The people in District [-] knew that he led them to live a good life, and they also knew that although he had some minor problems, such as the fact that his selfishness had gradually increased over the years, he was not a bad leader anyway.

He actually knew about the arrival of the new lord.

But he didn't feel any difference between her and the other "district chiefs" before him.

He even prepared if the other party came to ask for taxes, how should he respond, how much should he give to satisfy her appetite, or whether he can persuade her to go back one or two.

At the same time, there was still some anxiety in his heart, and he was uneasy about his status and situation, which made him observe her and the impoverished district secretly.

But after learning about the step-by-step development of district one, he knew he was wrong.

He recognized the wrong person, because of his long-standing arrogance, he offended a noble female lord who was favored by the king and trusted by the future princess at the very beginning.

Moreover, this young princess and young duchess has extraordinary means, extraordinary intelligence, and high strength in force.

As for his second district, so far he hasn't done anything.