Outside of Pyroxene Town, near the man-made mineral vein construction site, several clusters of flowers appeared. They were not very dense, but quite neat. If we follow a certain courtyard decoration style on earth that is good at seeing the big from the small, it can barely be regarded as a scene.
Of course, these clusters of flowers did not fall from the sky, but were specially transplanted by Sui Xiong from elsewhere.
He transplanted these clusters of flowers. On the one hand, he wanted to see how well the soil here was purified and whether more fragile plants could survive. On the other hand, he felt that a village without flowers would be incomplete. Without flowers, A life that can be appreciated lacks necessary interest.
This is undoubtedly a manifestation of the thoughts of a literary and artistic youth. If he is a science student who likes to shout "technology creates the world and technology changes life", or an engineering student who admires flames and steel, he will never have such an idea.
But people in Huishi Town like these flowers very much. Many people went to the construction site and looked around the flowers. If Felix hadn't been notified in advance and had already built a fence around the flower bush, there might have been many people trying to pick one to take home.
Of course, for the entire Huishi Town, the flowers are just a small episode, and the other two things are really important.
The first thing: Relying on the purified land, Felix found a resident who had been a vegetable farmer before coming to the northwest to make a living. He also found a few helpers with good farming skills to cultivate a small vegetable field. .
The vegetables they grow are the famous "little green vegetables". This is a vegetable that grows very quickly and has relatively loose requirements on soil and environment. As long as the land is not barren and there is enough water and sunshine, it can grow into a lush green patch in half a month and can be picked after about a month. .
This vegetable has a very strong vitality. As long as you leave a few leaves on it when picking, it will grow back into many new leaves in a short time. It is one of the favorite vegetables of the middle and lower class people.
Of course, it also has shortcomings. The biggest shortcoming is that it is not good at competing with weeds for water and fertilizer. If there is no farmer to take care of it, the vegetable field will become weeds in a few days.
Fortunately, there are no weeds in the Ash Forest. There are no small plants that can thrive in this environment, not even golden vines. Without the support of magical energy, not even golden vines can grow in this damn place. live.
So the farmer who was in charge of growing vegetables soon discovered that he could do all the work in the field by himself without the help of more people.
So several of his original assistants were transferred to build the outer fence.
The outer fence is a simple fence built of wood at a distance of about two to three hundred meters outside the town, forming a circle.
This is of course not to deal with the tide of skeletons, but to guard against bandits or monsters. Of course, no one expects that a mere wooden fence can stop bandits or monsters, but they can effectively buy a buffer time and greatly reduce the damage to villagers and caravans.
Four northwest towns have long wanted to build such a fence. But until today, apart from the completion of Longhou Town, even the most prosperous Rye Town has not been able to complete this project.
In the final analysis, it is still because of money.
This investment is not small, and the wealthy people in the town have to pay for it. However, the beneficiaries after completion are mainly civilians and small businessmen. For the rulers of the town, it is not worth the gain. So even though they knew it would be good for the entire town, no one was willing to spend money to build it.
Even the fence in Longhou Town was not built by the mayor taking the lead to raise money. Instead, it was built slowly by the Warcraft Hunters who were bored in the winter and built them one by one with piles and pieces of wood.
However, Felix is now the mayor. Although she is also a businessman, her horizons have been broadened a lot after living in the Mask of the Void amusement park for many years. With Sui Xiong behind her, she quickly thought of this project. , and put it into practice.
Although the construction of this project would waste the labor originally used for production and greatly affect the town's income, Felix didn't care about the income. Even if there is no investment from Mask of the Void Amusement Park, with the wealth of a high-level mage alone, how difficult is it to build a large fence
If Sui Xiong hadn't advised her to "don't do everything by yourself and let the residents have a sense of presence," she would have just waved her wand and cast a spell to create a fence.
The biggest problem in Huishi Town is the lack of population. The total labor force in the entire town is only a small amount. Farmland and vegetable fields occupied some of it, warehouses and a few shops occupied some more. Although the work on the man-made mineral veins was temporarily suspended, it still needed manpower for daily maintenance... In the end, only more than twenty people could be sent to build the fence. With this little manpower, they felled trees, trimmed the wood, dug holes, drove piles, and tied the wooden strips to the piles... When the entire project was completed and Huishi Town was finally surrounded by a fence, the caravan had already come several times.
Since the establishment of Masked Void Amusement Park, the security situation in the four northwest towns has improved a lot. The former political officer Liv often sent adventurers to track down the whereabouts of bandits, and then sent elite soldiers and generals to hunt them down. Among them, her younger sister, Miss Nice, who is good at flying and combat, has made a particularly outstanding contribution. Very few bandits can escape detection from the sky, and once their traces are confirmed, it is almost equivalent to being sentenced to death.
Because there are fewer bandits, there will naturally be more merchants. However, what businessmen now like is the long-distance business from Rye Town to Masked Hollow Amusement Park. In comparison, the business profits within the four towns are a bit small. Except for some bulk commodities, other businesses are gradually only Small businessmen also did it.
There are no caravans in winter. After spring, the weather will warm up before merchants dare to travel in the northwest forests. But when the weather warms up completely, there will be more caravans. For example, there will be a caravan like the one where Mr. Palin, the librarian of the Mask of the Void Church, worked as an accountant when he was young. In the summer, there will be one in every two or three days.
Even though it's not very warm yet, there are still many caravans passing by. They brought many necessary commodities, such as food, spices, textiles, daily necessities, various sundries, etc. And what they purchased from Pyroxene Town were naturally the low-grade gems produced from the gemstone veins. They couldn't afford the high-grade gems, and they were unwilling to risk such large transactions.
The shops in Huishi Town have been integrated, and Haman is in charge. Daily groceries, food, necessities, and other categories are clearly divided. The renovated big house is spacious and bright enough to display a variety of products on the counter for everyone to see at a glance. Some unused rooms have been converted into warehouses or simply left vacant.
This also speeds up the transaction. Merchants no longer need to negotiate with each store. As long as the goods are genuine, Haman, who has sufficient funds, does not mind stocking up more. Everyone will need it anyway.
As a result, the rumor that "Huishi Town seems to be rich" gradually spread, and not long after, robbers actually came.
"Uh, what should we do with these guys?" Qiao Xiu sprayed sparks from his nose and carried several pale-faced and twitching robbers back to the town like chickens, and threw them casually at the door of the mayor's office. Not afraid of those people running away, he went in to discuss with Felix without hesitation.
"Are those scared people dare to imitate others and become robbers?" Felix glanced at the door, frowned, and said with some doubts, "Am I not keeping up with the times? Or am I behind the times? Is the Ash Forest too safe now?"
As she said, the Ash Forest is not a safe place. Skeletons, monsters, all kinds of monsters... Those who can be robbers in such a place usually have some strength or at least courage, but look at those trembling ones. The guy lying motionless on the ground didn't look like he had the ability to do business without capital.
"I beat the two leading ones to death." Qiao Xiu smiled and said, "I haven't been able to control my strength well yet, so I beat the two of them into pieces at once, and they were frightened."
Felix suddenly understood and couldn't help but laugh: "No wonder! Then I'll put magic collars on them and let them do hard work."
She casually took out a few magic collars that had been made long ago and asked people to put them on the frightened robbers.
Once you put on the magic collar, you won't be able to escape or resist anymore. They can not only mark the location of the criminal, but also release electric current to impose punishment. They are a widely used torture device.
After the robbers were put on the magic collars, although their expressions were gloomy, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Anyway, at least he didn't have to be hanged immediately.
For Huishi Town, this means a few strong laborers, and they only need to take care of the food, without paying a penny of salary.
This made Felix, who had been suffering from a shortage of manpower, couldn't help but have some discordant thoughts, so she contacted the Void Mask Playground and found Nice, who had a good relationship with her.
"You want me to help find the robbers, and then capture them and escort them to Huishi Town for hard labor?" Nisi asked doubtfully, "Is your side so short of manpower?"
"Of course, there is a shortage."
"But there may be fewer robbers in recent times..." the top policewoman in the Ash Forest said thoughtfully, "It's cold now, and many robbers are operating in the south. It will take a while before they come to the Ash Forest. .”
"It doesn't matter, just grab a few of them." Felix said with a smile, "I'm always short of manpower here anyway, no matter how many we come, it won't be enough."
Nisi thought for a while and then asked: "Are there any requirements on race or something?"
"How can I be picky now! As long as I can understand people's words and still have some strength to do things, that's fine."
So, Niss, who had been taking care of Felix in the past few years and learned a lot of aerial combat skills from him, went out.
Half a month later, the first batch of bandits were sent to Huishi Town.
Seeing these gray-headed and anxious guys, Felix couldn't help but laugh.
"Next, just recruit some more pioneers!"