[The background has been revised, I don’t know how to divide the volume, so I added it to the title]
With the sun shining, Elson City actually felt quite bustling and bustling during this period of time.
The increase in the permanent population is one aspect, but the main reason is the countless teams coming from various regions - and this kind of vision, in the most intuitive words of the commoners, can be said in one sentence: The Karen Kingdom has changed!
Under the farce of "treason", the Efta Territory issued dozens of government orders within ten days. The subversion of the content made the civilians who had been at peace for a long time feel a little confused.
Leaving aside the economic and military measures, the establishment of the "Efta Cabinet" alone is enough to illustrate the determination and ambition of the young duke, Sally.
The original Efta was only a duchy, and there was no "parliament". However, the appearance of the "cabinet" this time symbolized the appearance of the first "parliament" under the ruler Sally—but the "cabinet" and "parliament" "Different, although it is composed of seven lords, it does not specifically clarify the political content that each person is responsible for like the Karen Royal Council.
At the same time, the "cabinet" is not a long-term mechanism, but a temporary agency established with the goal of solving the "current crisis facing Efta". Among them, Rody, the lord of Elson City, was appointed by Sally as the first "Prime Minister", and the other six nobles were "Cabinet Members".
And from the second day after the "cabinet" was established, its high efficiency has been fully confirmed: within three days, more than forty decrees were issued by the cabinet, and the current scattered Efta was unified almost in the blink of an eye. Nobles, and all government orders have been implemented and implemented without hindrance!
In the past, such a restructuring that offended too many interest groups could not have been completed in a short period of time. However, Efta, which was undergoing drastic changes, had "natural conditions" because of the death of 80% of the lords. In addition, all the nobles in the cabinet are currently Like-minded, so before most civilians realized what happened, Duke Sally and her cabinet had cleared away all resistance, completely distinguishing "Efta" from "Karen Kingdom".
With such a premise in place, all subsequent actions in Efta became extremely efficient—the most notable of which was the fact that the "resources" of the territory were tilted towards Elson City.
The top cabinet officials and Sally knew the reason, but in the eyes of the common people, this move inevitably caused a lot of suspicion and criticism. Even in the taverns in Elson City, there were still many people talking about it.
"I heard that the 'Prime Minister' just returned to the city today? Tsk tsk, can't help but start filling his own pockets in the first week of taking power? Doesn't he know that the orcs are about to attack?"
Mike, a mercenary with beards, was drinking ale and talking in the attitude of an "old driver": "Look, so many people were forced to move here from the nearby territory, and they said what' to speed up The whole Efta development', cut, isn't such a high-sounding plunder too ugly? It's really disgusting!"
"Heh, aren't you the same way, while yelling that Lord Roddy is shameless, you bring all the magic crystals to Erson to exchange money? You say no, but your body is honest and tight!"
"Ha ha ha ha…"
The tavern owner was the first batch of "immigrants" to come to Elson, but he and Mike were old acquaintances, and they didn't have a good joke. However, after the laughter around him gradually subsided, his face turned straight: "But Mike, I advise you to stop talking nonsense. Elson City is not other places. Although no one has been punished for speaking ill of the city lord, But I've seen a few that really wanted to do something...never lived past day two."
These words are obviously a bit bluffing, and Mike waved his hands: "Stop talking nonsense, mysteries can still scare me? If it weren't for the news of buying magic crystals in large quantities, I wouldn't come here!"
He turned his head and looked out the window: "However, this ghostly place is really strange. When I entered the city, I heard that there are spar-driven 'logging puppets' clearing out a large area of cultivated land?"
"Yeah, I saw those four big guys when they went out from the inner city. They are very tall! I heard that they didn't saw off the trees, but used some kind of 'withering technique' to make the trunks shriveled and then pulled them out directly. Thirty to forty-meter-high trees can be done..."
Someone next to him made gestures with his hands, but obviously Mike thought he was blowing nonsense, and interrupted with a smile: "Aren't you awake? It's hard to pull away such a tall tree, but you can just pull it out? Cut...I really I heard that the area of cultivated land is beyond imagination, even if it is used to compensate the farmers who migrated, they will be much richer. However, it is clear that the city owner does not understand farming. In such a large place, there are only a few farmers, and he does not think about water conservancy issues. , I see that there is only one river here, how can it irrigate so many places?"
This mercenary is also well-informed, and what he said is basically the truth. Others, including the tavern owner, also feel the same way. .
"Om..."
Before Mike could continue to say anything, there was a loud noise outside the window, and then a series of flashes of light entered the tavern—but this vision didn’t seem to attract too much attention, the people in the seats should eat and drink, He raised his eyes and continued to chat, but Mike, who had just arrived, jumped up from his seat in fright, shouting "enemy attack" incoherently, and was laughed at by the boss.
"It's not an enemy attack. Don't worry, Mike. This has happened a lot recently. Haven't we all gotten used to it?"
"Then, what is that? It sounds like the sound of some magic trap being activated."
Mike sat down dubiously, and tried to drink a few sips of ale to hide his timidity just now.
"Spell trap? No, no, no, that's the sound of the magic building starting—it happens every time the Lord City Lord opens a certain building."
Mike looked bewildered. He had never heard that the building needs to be "activated". He stroked his beard and asked, "What do you mean?"
"You've only been here for a few days, so you don't know the difference between this city and other cities. Have you seen those military factories?" The boss leaned forward, "I heard that the speed and quality of ordnance manufactured there are higher than those of ordinary blacksmiths. It’s more than five or six times! A blacksmith inside told me before that they don’t have to swing their own hammers to strike iron, they are all powered by some kind of energy, the speed is much faster, and they don’t stop around the clock!”
"Nonsense! How can it be—cough cough cough..."
Mike took a sip of ale and took a long time to breathe: "Why have I never heard of such a thing?"
His reaction fell into the eyes of others, but made many residents smile smugly. A tailor who was on vacation today said: "Not only these, but we also have clothes that can weave quickly in our shop...that is I have forgotten what it is called, but we all call it the 'loom machine'! This thing is amazing, as long as you spend silver coins to start it, the efficiency is comparable to dozens of weavers in the past!"
Another person answered: "Let's not talk about that, the inner city opened the academy a week ago and started recruiting students. It is said that if you are talented enough, you can be selected as a noble magician, and you can also reduce the tuition fee!"
"'Rose Cross' has also begun to recruit believers..."
"The thing on the east side of the city is called fresh. I heard that it is specially used to purify the sewage and garbage in the sewer. Someone in the square read out these things that day, saying that they can effectively prevent the plague... I even went to taste what they said. 'Purified water' tastes pretty sweet!"
"The library is also open, and it is said that there will be a regular "learning characters" course next month, and you can learn for three months with only five silver coins! I want to send my son to learn... If there is a chance to learn magic Of course it's better."
Speaking of the difference between Elson City and other cities, the people around seemed to have endless things to say. Mike was able to keep up with the train of thought at first, but as time went on, he felt that these people were uniting to fool him!
How could a city exist beyond the limits of the kingdom's technology and civilization? Even Wangcheng couldn't have so many novelty and advanced equipments!
His idea is actually the epitome of most of the current Karen people—people generally believe that the most prosperous and advanced city in the kingdom must, and can only be, the royal city. If we talk about other first-tier cities, most of them will focus on other cities Southern port city. "The southeast is rich, and the northwest is poor" has always been the consensus, and Elson City is located outside the border of the kingdom's northwest, just "a new territory just opened up", how could such a poor rural area suddenly emerge as a "super first-tier city" "Come
"Believe me, Mike, you're not the first person to resist believing this fact, and you won't be the last."
The tavern owner laughed.
*****
In the City Lord's Mansion, Camilla gently covered Rody with a blanket.
She originally wanted to wake Roddy and let him go to the bedroom to have a good sleep, but she was afraid that he would continue to suffer and would not rest after waking up, so she had to let him sleep on this chair for a while.
Camila already has a general understanding of what happened in Pacaro City. Now "Palling Trading Company" has spread all over Efta. These various shops also have the task of collecting intelligence after they are in operation. She also had a basic idea of the cause and effect of the undead's attack. Now that Roddy and Nefer came back intact, the original worries in her heart were slowly put down, but when she walked out of the bedroom, she felt that something was missing.
After thinking about it for a long time, Camilla realized that it was because she didn't see Naifei—it stands to reason that she would like to be around Rody.
Camilla stopped in her tracks and confirmed her daughter's current location by relying on the "Guardian" ability after only half a second. Because of Khadgar's inheritance and the blessing of the "Guardian" power, she has become more and more accustomed to her growing strength. With the opening of the city buildings and the continuous improvement of the city level, the power of the spells she cast has far exceeded her previous level.
Sometimes, Camilla even feels that those unattainable guys in the "Holy Society" are not her opponents at all... But this emotion will always be suppressed by her soon, after all, Camilla understands: her own After all, power comes from this city, not meditation and accumulation.
She sighed and walked towards the "spell training ground" in the city. However, it was only outside the training ground that Camilla realized a problem: When did Nai Fei become so diligent
Although my daughter is smart and extremely talented, her temper is always a little out of character. If she hadn't been forced to memorize and practice since she was a child, she probably wouldn't have achieved the magic skills she has today-but why did she have such a good time when she went out with Rody? big change
Walking into the arena, watching Nai Fei bombing the elemental projections used as "targets" as if firing with full force, Camilla immediately realized that she might not fully understand the whole truth of this incident.
"Mother."
Naifei reached out and wiped the sweat dripping from her forehead, her pale little face was tense due to the exhaustion of mana. Although she said hello, her eyes kept staring at the front until the spell successfully caused a chain to explode. stop.
"What's going on here?"
"Practice your spells, mother."
"It's good to come back safely, let's take a rest first. Such hard practice is not good for your health." Camilla knew that her daughter must have something on her mind, but she also knew not to ask too directly.
Nai Fei lowered his head and sorted out the spell materials in his pocket, and replied in a low voice: "But...Brother Luo Di didn't take a break."
"He..." Camilla was at a loss for words. She remembered Rody's haggard and thin face because of exhaustion. She paused and said, "The level of magic cannot be improved overnight. It is only necessary to plan the time of each day in the future, and it does not make sense to just exhaust yourself.”
Having said that, but thinking of the large spell cast by her daughter just now, she also realized that Nefei's strength seemed to have improved a lot. Camilla was a little curious about the battle experience that Rody had never mentioned in detail, so she changed the subject and said, "Let's come here today, come, and tell mom what happened this time... The enemy is strong, right?"
In the past, Nai Fei would definitely jump around and start chatting with Camilla about her experience, but now she followed silently and replied in a low voice: "Mom, the guy who can break the time-space portal with one blow, Is it great?"
"Break teleportation... what did you say?!"
Camilla stopped abruptly.