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

85.

What really breaks the ice is going out and looking for opportunities and possibilities for Dorothy.

I don't know how to do it, anyway, this reliable patrol officer who wanted to try his luck in another talent market found a newspaper that was on the verge of bankruptcy after getting a clue from nowhere, and recruited newspaper staff.

"That is to say, we now have two editors-in-chief, three full-time editors, and half an abandoned factory and related printing machinery?" Anna asked her.

"The newspaper office only owns half of the abandoned factory. The actual situation is that the factory has been divided into two halves, and the other half has been sold by another aristocratic shareholder who injected capital at the beginning. The remaining half has become a newspaper office that cannot be operated or sold waste."

"I'll go and have a look." Anna didn't pay much attention to these intellectuals, and handed over the work of communication to Cinderella. However, among these editors, they have good network resources. Not only did they know many writers, but they also made many friends. Industry talents, including some needed by Anna and others.

The contact and solicitation in this area will be handed over to Cinderella.

Although the legal provisions of their territory have not yet been formally written, it is not bad to have a printing factory or other staff first.

Moreover, one of the three editors also expressed his willingness to switch careers to be a civil servant in the territory. The main reason is that the stability of public officials is more important to him, and he can even move his family to Oran with his family. If there is such a job opportunity And the benefits are as agreed at the beginning.

Needless to say, the salary will definitely not be less. What they care more about are some other additional benefits.

The house in Oran is definitely cheaper than the one in Ice City. According to Anna’s benefits, talents can directly have a long-term resident account. The first house purchase can enjoy different degrees of discounts according to the position and nature, and can get a certain amount of territorial contribution. As a reward, there are some positions that can be solved together with the employment of the wife's family in Oran.

It can be said that to the greatest extent, all their concerns have been resolved.

In order to speed up the development of the territory and attract all kinds of talents, Anna worked very hard with the public officials to make various plans.

Cinderella also knows which of these are more attractive to them, so during the conversation, she focused on these.

When the treatment is good enough and the money given is enough, factors such as whether the territory is so prosperous, whether the traffic is comparable to Yisi City, are not so important.

Anna was very interested in the remaining batch of printing machines that were said to be broken alchemy props and could not be sold.

She didn't have any idea about that half of the factory. It seems that the owner of the other half of the factory has always wanted to take back this part, but because the editorial department of the newspaper originally thought it would be okay to sell the land, but the remaining machines could not be sold. It takes up space and they have no place to accommodate them and they don't want to just sell scraps so simply, so they are always wasted.

Right now, Anna is willing to take a look, and even take it back at the price of the damaged alchemy props. Of course, there is no problem. They can also directly attach that piece of land, and let her sell the other half of the land to another shareholder. Anyway, at present, they have already offended the nobleman.

In this way, a few more days passed and I participated in several dances.

Anna and others have successfully harvested 8 special high-end talents including Sitel and Mrs. Deslav, not to mention other ordinary laborers who have been persuaded to go to Oran to find opportunities.

The Hutton family also realized that their blockade against Anna and others had been broken.

To put it bluntly, as long as they recruit one person, it is their failure, not to mention, they have found many businesses in different industries through various methods.

Not only urban planning, but also a few people in the education industry, other industries and commerce, and clerical talents exclusive to the territory in the future. Anna also added the opening of a printing factory to the plan.

She has already seen the broken printing machine, which is a combination of machinery and alchemy. It's not that it can't be repaired, but some of the materials it needs are quite special, but fortunately, she has enough packages, otherwise She can also take it back and experiment with Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother to see if she can find alternative materials.

The printing machines most needed by the printing factory can be repaired. When the time comes, people will build a factory. Once the things are moved in, they will be able to work. At that time, workers should be able to be recruited.

As for the printed content, the territory will not only have relevant documents and documents, especially photocopies of legal provisions, but will also establish its own official newspaper in the future, and cooperate with civil servants and foreign spokespersons to publish some territorial decisions or political correctness In short, it is to give priority to controlling the discourse power of public opinion.

In this regard, there are already relevant talents, and it is an unexpected harvest.

Anna felt very happy, and once again affirmed that it must be because of the unique personalities of the princesses——

Thanks to her being a wise and outstanding lord, she was able to attract so many excellent princesses, and then they could work with each other to develop the territory together.

Although the Hatton family scolded Anna half to death in their hearts, and even made a lot of small moves in private, they still seemed to be very peaceful on the surface.

Although at the dance party, they always have the kind of dead face with a smile on their skin, but Anna doesn't mind, as long as she is happy, she will be happier if they are unhappy, and promise not to let them affect her mood.

"Is there anything else?" Anna looked up and asked, and Susan replied that Mrs. Monroe was looking for her, and Anna only felt a headache.

I don’t know how Mrs. Monroe understood it, but before Anna could write the letter, she had already received the letter with the king’s handwriting. The general meaning was to tell Mrs. Monroe to help Zhang Luo with Anna’s follow-up arrangements ——

That is to say, Anna will be the official spokesperson for the delegation of the princes from the Kingdom of Weixi. She will face them as the lord of Oran and the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Lore, and she will receive and attend their ball , the most important thing is the sea activities of Prince Antonio of Vesey.

The king meant to sharpen her, and Mrs. Monroe took her with her as a relative and senior. You don't have to worry too much when you are on land. At that time, there will be exclusive personnel from Wangcheng who will come to Yisi City to assist.

As for Anna, she only needs to face it completely, and generally there will be no mistakes. Most of them will not talk about major national issues, etc., and the highest-ranking person from Weixi should be the heir to the prince.

Prince Vesey would definitely bring an invitation letter from the King and Queen of Vessie, that is, an invitation to Anna himself, inviting her to participate in the ball going out to sea.

In this case, it was impossible for Anna to refuse, because she was a princess of the right age. Even if she had no intention of marriage, it was undeniable that she was the only suitable person in the Kingdom of Lore.

After boarding the boat, most of the people who will participate will be of the same age and generation, or widowed single elders. Most of them are looking for a "dance partner" to witness the completion of Prince Weixi's traditional ceremony. People, in addition, may also "stalk" to see the prince's own intention to choose a concubine.

However, in this case, Anna did not need to be very nervous. The king had already stated that unless Anna herself fell in love with Prince Antonio Vesi, she would never be asked to marry him by anyone.

Having said that, Anna could no longer refuse, but could only agree.

Mrs. Monroe looked very happy. As a person far away from the royal city, it was a rare opportunity for her to receive such a reception, which was why she tried so hard to persuade Anna.

On the one hand, he earned a good impression in front of the king, on the other hand, he performed well in front of the mission, and gained a good reputation and honor for himself and his family.

Anna told Cinderella and Dorothy about this matter, and the performance of the two was very flat, and they even thought it should be.

If Ana wasn't a prom insulator who doesn't know much about dancing, she'd probably be happy too.

"It doesn't matter, we will give you a training camp." Cinderella said, "You have to perform well, representing the honor of Oran."

Obviously Cinderella was not like this before...

Ana starts to wonder if something is wrong.

But she didn't know that in the face of an unreliable boss, every social animal will have a "perverted" day. Even in the face of a reliable boss, a motivated employee will urge further progress and maintain this honor of the group.

Dorothy's behavior was even more ordinary.

"Dancing?" She was surprised. "Is there any difficulty in dancing? Can't you just dance casually? Prom is social, isn't dancing just to watch what you want..."

But my random jumping and your random jumping are not the same random jumping!

Anna wanted to cry, and finally understood the feelings of other people who sometimes choked on her Versailles.

During the trip to Yisi City, in addition to getting an amazing opportunity to receive foreign guests, it is also a pleasure to recruit suitable talents.

The scheduled time is almost here, and Anna and the others set off for the next scheduled place, Susan's hometown, Lingsan City.

Anna and her team set off on the 16th, and it is estimated that they will stay outside for about 20 days, not including the travel time, but if enough people are found in advance, the possibility of going back as soon as possible is not ruled out.

After staying in Yisi City for a week, it will take another day on the road. After arriving in Lingsan City, another big city, they will live in a special post station, and it is estimated that they will stay for about five days.

Before entering Zero Three City, they felt something was wrong.

The climate in Zero Three City was a little different from what they had imagined.

Logically speaking, even places further north like Oran have already ended the cold winter, and Lingsan City and Yisi City in the south should have warmed up long ago.

If it is said that Yisi City is a bit special because it is a port city, then Zerosan City, a solid inland city, is located in a relatively rich place, so it is impossible——

"Why is it so cold?!"

Anna hugged the kitten who had finally recovered a little.

She even wondered if the little cat didn't fit well with the environment of Iss City. After leaving this seaport city, the originally sluggish little cat seemed to be energetic, and even seemed to be getting more and more energetic.

"Don't you just pretend?" After thinking about it, she gave up again.

The kitten looked at her innocently, as if she couldn't understand what she said, but this clever and clever cat was very intelligent and definitely not an ordinary little foolish cat.

"Meow..." the little cat lazily called out and patted her palm with its paw, so Anna didn't think much about it.

Cinderella was more afraid of the cold, and had already found a shawl to cover her body.

Dorothy's physique is quite good, and she doesn't seem to be affected by the gradually dropping temperature.

"Could it be possible that there is also an Ice Queen here?" Cinderella sighed helplessly. She didn't wear thick clothes when she went out, and she didn't deliberately change clothes on the way. She didn't expect that the closer to Lingsan City, the colder it would be.

The carriage stopped quickly, and it turned out that Susan was coming.

Realizing the problem, she quickly stopped the carriage and asked everyone to correct it. She also found slightly thicker clothes for Anna and the others. Fortunately, she was well prepared to go out.

Although this situation is unexpected, fortunately there are some ways to deal with it, or the current temperature is still at the point where adding a shawl can make you live.

"My lord, shall I ask the cavalry to check the situation first?"

"Okay." Anna responded, "There is indeed something wrong. The closer you get to this city, the colder it becomes. It seems that the source of the low temperature is in that city... It's weird. Let those who go to investigate be careful, everything Equip yourself well, and if something happens, be careful not to startle the snake."

Anna and the others rested for the time being. Fortunately, it was convenient to station and rest here, but they hadn't moved yet.

They originally planned to rush into the last one or two hours and enter Lingsan City before dark, but the current situation is obviously wrong.

According to Susan, a native of Zerosan City, at the end of March, Zerosan City had never experienced such a temperature, and it was estimated that the temperature was only in single digits. At least it looks like more than ten degrees, not to mention the weird situation that the closer it gets, the colder it gets.

"Tell us about Zero Three City?"

Anna and Cinderella got together, and Susan nodded.

According to her, Lingsan City is definitely a good and livable city.

At the beginning, Lingsan City started from agriculture. Its geographical location is good. It used to be a swamp, but about hundreds of years ago, there were several magic wars next to it. After small-scale magic experiments and wars, the people here The land has changed a bit.

Ordinary people don't understand, but Anna understands that this is the influence of the elements on the surrounding environment. It can be seen that there must have been relatively large-scale magic spells used here, so that the residual power of magic can maintain such a large and lasting effect.

But this change can be regarded as a good change. The people here have unprecedented fertile soil, and after the magicians left, ordinary people are here to carry out farming and activities.

But until now, there are some legends, that is to say, there are some magician's props or remnants here. Of course, Yisi City itself has two wizard towers, one of which belongs to the owner here.

Zero Three City was rewarded by the king to a mage who had made great contributions to the kingdom. It was stipulated that he and the descendants of the other three generations would all enjoy the worship of Zero Three City. Case.

Anna was a little surprised. She only learned that the managers here in Lingsan City did not object to her recruiting workers, but the other party would not give them special reception and only let them live in a special post.

At that time, she only chose this place because of the consideration of urban development and geographical location, and did not investigate the history of the city.

She nodded anyway, and asked Susan to continue.

The descendant of this mage has reached the third generation. The current owner of the mage tower and the consecrated enjoyer of this place is named Gresham, and he is not a very famous mage.

His achievements in magic are not as good as his father, let alone his outstanding grandfather, and he is not very famous. The good thing is that in Susan's memory, he got this position six years ago, but never did superfluous things——

Until Susan left there, the magician named Gresham did not try to govern or change the situation in Lingsan City.

What I'm afraid of is that some land owners, mainly magicians and secondarily lords, are too thoughtful and come to manage the land like lunatics.

There are a lot of territories lost by mages in this way. Obviously, the people in Lingsancheng were worried at first, but in the end, this said to be very young Gresham mage didn't mess around, just like his elders. , locked in the mage tower, doing strange magic research day and night.

"Have you seen this magician?" Anna asked Susan.

"No, I'm just a housekeeper." Susan shook her head, "Actually, most mages have weird tempers, and there are not a few of them who reject outsiders, and some are even hostile to ordinary people. It's very friendly. This lord magician just doesn't deal with other outsiders, which can be regarded as very good."

"So, how come there are two mage towers? What about the other one? Tell me?"

Anna is curious.

Gresham's mage tower is inherited, and it is also a relatively common way of inheritance. It is not surprising that the master-student or blood relationship, this mage tower was promised and built by the king who enshrined the territory. .

The other mage tower is relatively new, newly built in recent decades, and the reason is a bit strange, but because it was discussed among the nobles at that time, Susan, the housekeeper, knew about it.

It turned out that Gresham's father was not a very talented magician, and the field he studied was very weird, and ordinary people didn't understand it, but what everyone knew was that he seemed to have some strange feelings for the Northland——

He has a strange curiosity about non-human special life and intelligent races, and seems to want to explore longevity by studying them.

However, according to the prototype of the race, not all orcs have amazingly long lifespans. Dwarves, goblins, goblins, etc. do not all have long lifespans. They are not universal, and other races are not easy to obtain. Curious, that is, the same family of the Snow Queen of the Northland.

Although the Ice Queen's ancestors are all human beings, she has obviously returned to her ancestors, and the non-human part dominates. She herself does not call herself human, and she calls herself a non-human race. Naturally, she is a kind of elf. According to the situation, her rule has been several hundred years, and she must belong to the category of longevity.

And Gresham's father just didn't know where he got some news, and he became curious about the elves that he shouldn't have, and may even have taken some measures.

Of course, he is a relatively incompetent and mediocre magician, so his research has almost no results, and his own achievements in magic are not worth mentioning.

But what's special is that during this research process, he contacted the Mage Association.

Not all mages in the Mage Association are true, kind and beautiful, and some of them have weird tempers or even evil ones, and he just found one of them——

An unpopular magician called Oni who is regarded as an evil mage by ordinary residents such as Susan.

Oni and Gresham's father, who was not very successful, hit it off, and the two agreed to start researching the proposition of longevity together, and set the experimental target on elves.

"They really caught the elf?!" Cinderella was shocked, and gasped.

Dorothy also looked very surprised, the two could not accept such cruel behavior.

"I don't know." Susan shook her head very sincerely, "We are all just ordinary people, and it is impossible to have access to that knowledge, but it is true that there were many carriages covered with black cloths going in and out at that time... People of the older generation always said , it’s full of slaves pretending to be captured, and some people say that there are elves inside, but we don’t know whether it’s really..."

"After all..." She paused, "The elves have disappeared in the mainland for a long time, haven't they?"

"Ah... that's true." Cinderella sighed, and there was a kind of self-comfort in her words.

Of course they don't want all of this to be true, otherwise it would be too cruel.

However, research with the evil magician Oni is not all smooth sailing.

Soon, this Gresham's father had some friction with the other party, but it was not particularly serious. At least Gresham's father did not drive the other party out or anything. In another part of the city, a new mage tower was built.

"This new mage tower belongs to this mage, Mr. Oni."

"However, unlike the original one, the new Mage Tower was built with the assistance and permission of the Mage Association. In addition, after Mage Oni entered the new Mage Tower, he never appeared again... He seems to have been Inside, he didn't appear until Mr Gresham inherited his father's mage tower."

"Is there a connection between Gresham and Oni?"

"It seems not." Susan thought for a while, and replied, "In my impression, even when I got the Mage Tower at that time, there was no communication between the two sides. Everyone even suspected that Mage Oni had passed away, because there had been no fresh food and food for a long time. The water is sent into the tower..."

"But some mages... I heard," Dorothy added, "their mage towers are very functional, including growing and eating food by themselves... they don't need to rely on external input, especially those who have developed for a long time. Mature mage towers are said to have related functions."

"Don't look at me." Anna smiled, "I have never built my own mage tower, or even entered any mage tower, so naturally I don't know this kind of 'inside information'."

Anna also specially recalled her experience of playing games in her previous life, and finally found out with regret that the Mage Tower, a place that directly belongs to the background board or triggers a task and provides a small scene, did not allow her to go in, up, down, left, right, front, back, front, back, and outside.

Of course, it is impossible for her to know whether there will be any space magic or secret passages inside, whether there is an attic or a basement.

Several people continued to talk for a while.

Listening to Susan continue to explain, except for the Mage Tower, Lingsan City seems to have no special features that distinguish it from other places, and other cities also have Mage Towers. Although the situation in Wangcheng is special, there are also several nearby cities The status of the mage tower.

Zero Three City was reclaimed and developed by the initial farmers at that time. Thanks to the fertile land, Zero Three City has developed very well, and its geographical location is also very good. It is close to a tributary of the inland river, and it is not difficult to transport it by water. Regardless of the distance required, the tributaries provide sufficient water sources. Whether it is for daily use or irrigation, the local people have never worried about water resources.

They started with agriculture and then developed in many ways. Although the industry is relatively weak, they can obtain the resources they want through commerce and trade under the superior geographical location, which can be said to be very good.

There are also many nobles in Lingsan City, big and small, and some belong to old families with a history of hundreds or even thousands of years.

At the same time, the old and new nobles seem to be in harmony locally. Although Susan has some disagreements with her previous employer or the heir of her previous employer, apart from these minor problems, there is generally no problem.

Before she left, she had never heard of any horrible and shocking scandals.

I've never heard of any evil witches coming here to do anything bad, or anything like that.

In addition, the local beliefs are also very stable. The Temple of Light has always been stationed in Lingsan City very securely. There have been several paladins in the local area, including the cardinal.

Therefore, there are no problems in these conceivable aspects.

At that time, Anna also felt that the city seemed to be developing well in all aspects, and there was nothing worth worrying about. It seemed that the attitude there was also very good. At least they were not prohibited from recruiting workers and talents, so she finally chose Zero Three. The city is one of them to recruit workers.

It turned out that I didn’t expect——

"came back."

I heard the sound of people and horseshoes outside.

Anna immediately lifted the curtain of the carriage, jumped down, and let the other side answer.

"Something happened in Zero Three City." The other party said straight to the point.

Such a seemingly peaceful city with no major problems is facing an unprecedented snow disaster, or ice disaster. In short, it is a meteorological problem. This kind of problem occurred during the spring planting season, even if the land In fertile developed areas, some impetuous emotions are inevitable.

"When did it happen?"

"Three days ago."

"That means it hasn't reached the royal city yet."

Anna counted the time and understood.

It takes time to go from Lingsan City to Wangcheng, the distance is not short, and most importantly, the positioning here is rather subtle.

Although the land has been inherited to the last generation, it still belongs to the Mage Tower, that is, Gresham himself, so even the king cannot manage the land beyond the magician who legally inherited the local area.

If he insists on suppressing this matter, then the king will only be able to look at this place as deserted. This is the rule, and it should be that the king is not the one who entrusted the land, but the ancestors of the king who distributed the land to their family. The reason for the distribution is the favor of the royal family , solved the big problem, so he was even more restless.

Anna thought for a while, and only let the investigators continue talking.

This time, it wasn't the Ice Queen's attack. Even according to the surveyed information, the locals knew what went wrong, or they had some guesses.

They said that the new lord Gresham found something important from his grandfather that even his father hadn't found in the mage's tower. Some said it was a magic item, some said it was a material, and some said it was What kind of magical creature is it? In short, it is not sure what it is, but I only know that it is a very important and special thing.

It was so special that the other owner of the mage tower, the Oni magician, sensed it, and finally came out of the tower.

The locals thought that the dead man had come out of the mage tower again, but his appearance seemed to have changed. He covered himself with a black hood all the way, and his hands were like bones. Everyone said that he had become A magician who joined the dark camp and became an evil follower of the dead...

Anyway, it turned into a more terrifying guy. This terrifying and evil magician Oni had a conflict with Lord Gresham just to snatch that thing.

As a result, during the battle, something was triggered——

Some said it was the original defense of the territory, some said it was the protection left by Gresham's grandfather, the great magician, to future generations, some said it angered that thing, some even said it offended the God of Light, in short, The territory became what it is now.

"Zero Sancheng became..." Anna couldn't believe it.

"Yes, the whole city is almost frozen, and people there are afraid to stay in the house, and the evil magician Oni still controls the city, he said he would summon many rats, said he would Bring the plague to the city, bring disaster, bring all kinds of misfortune..."

"Under the severe cold, the people there are almost unable to hold on."

"What about the lord?" Anna signaled Cinderella and the others not to worry. Susan's face was very ugly when she heard about the accident in her hometown. "It's Mr. Gresham, did he lose the magician?"

The person who inquired about the news also showed an indescribable expression.

"This magician...he...doesn't know magic."

"What?" Anna was taken aback again.

"Although he is working hard on research, it seems that what he knows is only some simple fireball techniques. The previous knowledge is also based on the accumulation of his ancestors, as well as the evil research done by his father. He does not know it. Dare to be interested, even dare not touch..."

Thinking of this, he seemed to have found a bit of Mr. Gresham, and he said a little happily:

"This Mr. Magician is a very devout believer in light. He insists that the things his father studies are evil and dark, so he has been refusing to touch them."

"At present, it is said that he is hiding under the protection of the exclusive personnel of the Temple of Light in Zero Three City, but the oni magician has been threatening him. The cooling and freezing of the city is the first disaster."

Anna narrowed her eyes and said:

"In other words, the people in the Temple of Light are not able to deal with this problem?"

"It should be like this," he replied, "They are trying their best to protect the people in Zero Three City, but the number of residents in Zero Three City itself is huge, and the evil magician is using it as a threat, so...there is a stalemate, but it is estimated that there will be more people in Zero Three City. After two days, it won't last anymore."

"..." Anna sighed, "I don't know what that person wants, it's really troublesome..."

"But, it's just an evil magician, I should be able to solve it."

Hearing what she said, everyone present showed very happy expressions.

Facing everyone's trusting look, Anna also showed a smile.

"Then fix it up, change into thick clothes, wear any defensive props, oh yes, it's best to follow the exclusive standard of our Oran territory, your work cards are all alchemy props , you can protect yourself..."

"Adjust in place for half an hour, and then enter Lingsan City at night! Solve it as soon as possible, and then continue to recruit people."

"Yes!"

Everyone got busy. Dorothy changed into the red and white work clothes of the territory patrol officer, and Cinderella also put on the blue and white work clothes of the secretary. Anna gave the two of them some magic props individually.

Dorothy will definitely rush up with Anna, at least to take on the main job of protecting everyone, so Anna has equipped her with some combat and defensive props and fully armed her.

For others, Anna has prepared a group defense prop, and everyone will hide around Cinderella at that time. As long as she turns it on, everyone will be fine.

After the adjustment, everyone continued to set off for Lingsan City together.

At this time, it was already dark.

While thinking about it in her heart, Anna distractedly checked the system.

The system didn't mean to give her a reminder. It recruited or signed a few talents before, and pushed her a little bit of task progress. As a result, Zero Three City doesn't give any information. Even if the news comes, there is no task. It looks like it's triggered, I don't know what's going on.

"You better be really okay..." Anna gritted her teeth in her heart and threatened the broken system.

"Otherwise, sooner or later, I'll tear you apart."

"Meow..." The little cat raised her head and patted her face with a meat pad.

"What are you doing?" Anna lowered her head and asked him, "We're going to fight in a while, fight the evil magician, please be quiet."