The management personnel of the camp were summoned to discuss the future path in Gao Wen's tent.
Amber sat on the seat next to Rebecca in a dishonest manner, twisting and looking around from time to time, as if looking for an opportunity to sneak out at any time, after noticing that Gawain had no intention of letting her go, she endured He couldn't help muttering: "It's said that if you want to have a meeting, you can have a meeting, why do you have to call me here-I don't understand what you said."
"The main reason for putting you in sight is to prevent you from going out to harm others," Gao Wen said casually, then ignored Amber's grinning expression for a moment, and went directly to the topic, "I called everyone here because I wanted to start To illustrate one thing - the crisis is not over."
Rebecca immediately opened her eyes wide, and looked at Gao Wen blankly: "Ah? Haven't we already repelled those monsters?"
"That's the key," Gawain shook his head, "We just repelled them once, but won't they come again?"
Everyone at the scene looked at each other in blank dismay, and Farmer Norris, who was called to such an occasion for the first time, shrank his neck subconsciously: he was not frightened by Gawain's words, in fact he didn't notice what Gawain said just now What, this simple old farmer just feels awkward staying here as his own identity. Everyone around him was something he had to look up to in the past, but now they all sit with him, which makes him extremely nervous .
Hammer, who was sitting next to him, performed well: Although the blacksmith was also a commoner, but because he was in charge of smelting steel for the lord all the year round, he had a lot of experience in contacting the nobles, and he seemed very calm at this time.
Hetty noticed Norris' nervousness, but she didn't say anything, but continued with Gawain's topic: "Ancestor, haven't you confirmed the integrity of the Great Wall? Its self-healing ability..."
"It's fixed itself, but I'm not sure it's going to break," Gawain said. "Let's be clear, folks—we've just solved a crisis, but it's not a clean, ok thing at all." A reassuring victory. The Great Wall is not a creation of gods. Even if it is a miracle, it is already a miracle seven hundred years ago. This time, the monsters wandering from the wasteland of Gondor are enough to show that this wall is not omnipotent Yes, the wall is aging now, so we have to prepare for the possibility of it failing again."
Amber pinched her chin and muttered, "Then why don't you run away..."
"Where are you going?" Gawain glanced at the half-elf, "Once the majestic wall collapses, the pollution will spread to the entire continent, and besides, you think that everyone is like you, and hundreds of people can scatter out at the slightest sign of trouble." Kilometers, and you can survive in any corner, right?"
Then he waved his hand: "I remind you, I just don't want you to relax your vigilance too much, it doesn't mean that the magnificent wall that has stood for seven centuries is about to collapse-I have confirmed it last time, it is still normal on the whole It works, the loophole should be just a 'small problem', according to the blueprint of the year and the durability of the elf creation, at least there should be no possibility of it completely collapsing for decades, so there is no need to be too nervous."
Only then did everyone present heave a sigh of relief, but Philip Knight then said seriously: "Even so, our victory this time is still a great fluke—if there were more enemies, if those traps were less effective, if those A little bit of luck when the monster triggers the trap, the result of the battle may be completely opposite. The individual quality of the mutants far exceeds that of humans, and as the number increases, the breath they emit is enough to kill a large area All the living creatures in the world, if they increase by one, the pressure the soldiers have to face will more than double, and our victory...is not so reassuring."
The honest young knight expressed his inner thoughts unabashedly, and this is exactly what Gawain wanted to say: "Yes, we must not be fooled by this victory. Our camp is still weak, and each In all respects, now we have only survived here, and we are far from being able to gain a firm foothold, so I called you all here to talk about my next plan."
Hetty asked curiously: "The next plan?"
"Build walls, accumulate grain, increase population, increase steel production," Gao Wen said while tapping on the table lightly. He first looked at Rebecca, "How is the progress of firing 'cement'?"
"Ugh... not yet," Rebecca said with a little frustration, "Actually, there are already some clues. I made something similar with a porous rock and clay found near the iron mine, but you have to find the most A lot of testing is required to find the best ratio, temperature, and firing time. Recently, the kiln has put almost all its energy on firing crystals, and the progress of 'cement' is very slow."
In other words, the dawn has actually been seen
Gao Wen felt faintly happy. He looked at the somewhat unconfident Rebecca: "Yes, finding the direction is the greatest progress. Your first task now is to seize the time to research a cement formula that can be used, the sooner the better. In addition, the production of 'Rebecca Crystal' cannot be stopped. At least one-third of the kilns are kept burning crystals at any time, and a group of people are reserved for washing and sorting. The newly built warehouse in the southwest of the camp is for you to store those Crystal."
Then, he looked at Norris again: "What about land reclamation?"
The old farmer subconsciously stood up, but then sat down awkwardly. It took a few seconds before he sorted out what he wanted to say: "One hundred liters of arable land has been opened on the east and west sides of the camp. In addition to sweetwood roots and fire leaf vegetables, Master Druid's magic and the potions he prepared are extremely effective. The crops are growing so fast that they may be harvested before the Frost Moon comes, and there is still plenty to feed everyone... "
Gawain interrupted Norris: "You are the head of agriculture, so you don't need to call people at your level masters. In fact, you don't need to call me that either. You can call me lord or my title."
Norris glanced at Gawain nervously, and repeatedly agreed, "Yes, yes, Duke... Your Excellency."
And Pittman next to him had a sullen face: "It's rare for someone to call me that, and it can't make me feel good for two more days..."
"Your Excellency," Norris said at this time, "there is one more thing I hope you can allow."
"Just say it."
"I hope the land on the north bank of the Baishui River can also be reclaimed," Norris said. "I took people to see the land there. The soil quality is very good, and there are few gravels. It's just that because of the need to cross the river, it is always It was not included in the reclamation plan at the beginning, but I think it is very good to use it. This time the monsters came, many people were worried, and the farmers were especially worried about the land south of the Baishui River. If the other side of the river can also If you open a slice..."
Norris stopped at this point, as if he didn't know how to continue, with a look of anxiety and expectation on his dark and wrinkled face, and Gawain quickly replied: "I agree. Yes, the reclamation of the north bank is included in the second phase of the reclamation plan, but before that, a bridge must be built on the Baishui River, and a few rafts alone won’t do it... Hetty, record it.”
"The next thing is about population," Gawain said while looking at Heidi, "What are your thoughts on this?"
Hetty put down the dip pen in her hand, and thought about it seriously: "Actually... the easiest way is to buy a serf, basically from a clean background, and you don't need to worry about loyalty, but it requires a lot of money, and you may not be able to buy it A sufficient number; the second is to accept refugees, because in recent years, the harvest in the southern border has not been good, and many conflicts have broken out among several small local nobles, and there are still many refugees living without a fixed place. For most nobles, The extra population is a burden, and the refugees from other territories are livestock, so these people live a difficult life in the cracks, they are even 'cheaper' than serfs, and those who stutter will leave... "
Speaking of which, Hetty couldn't help but shook his head: "But the problem is also obvious: it's difficult for these people to find out their origins, and they have been contaminated with a lot of sneaky habits in the process of wandering around. Let them enter the territory in large numbers, and the law and order will become a huge problem. The problem."
Amber's voice suddenly came faintly: "If you can live and work in peace and contentment by obeying the law, more than half of the scoundrels and gangsters will try to find a job—they don't like to roll in the gutter so they choose to be mice. Do you like to steal things and actively choose a life of being hungry all day and being whipped?"
Hetty stared blankly at Amber, and for the first time did not choke back the half-elf's words, while Gawain said lightly after a few seconds: "You tried to steal my seal the day before yesterday, but I got rid of it. Throwing it out of the tent—so while what you say makes sense, is it embarrassing for you to say it yourself?"
Amber: "I'm just kidding you!"
"Stop!" Gao Wen immediately interrupted Amber with a wave of his hand. He said in his heart that it was too dangerous to be careless when communicating with this elf's shame. You might not be able to help but change when you pick up what she said. Became a joker, "Population expansion still needs to be planned. Hammer, let's talk about the progress of the steel side..."
At the same time, on the upper reaches of the Baishui River, a beautiful large ship with the emblem of the Ansu royal family hanging, three sails spread out, and painted white as a whole was sailing smoothly on the river, with several small boats guarding it.
On the side of the white ship's hull, you can also see a special light golden mark, that mark is a ring of golden light, and there are two beams of intersecting light in the ring.
That is the mark of the Holy Light Church.
In Ansu, it is not uncommon to hang royal emblems and church symbols at the same time, so this scene naturally aroused the attention of the residents of Tanzan Town on the river bank.
The people on this boat set off from Ansu King's Capital, drifted on the Dorgon River for a month, then turned from the tributary of the canal to the Baishui River, and drifted for another week before finally setting foot on this land on the border of the kingdom. barren land.
It was indeed a difficult journey, but no one on board complained, because a person who did not need to endure such bumps in terms of status and status was also on board, and this person had never complained a word.
On the upper deck of the "White Oak" belonging to the royal family, in a dedicated prayer room, the Holy Princess Veronica, who has the title of "Daughter of Light", is slowly opening her eyes.
She has long pale golden hair, and her appearance is three points similar to that of her brother Edmund Moen, but she is softer and more charming. She has been immersed in the way of the holy light all year round, giving her an incredible holy and calm temperament, even if Wearing only a simple white nun's dress, she also has an inviolable aura lingering like an angel from heaven.
It wasn't until a few minutes after finishing the prayer that this aura that was so transcendent that it didn't belong to humans gradually faded from her body.
As if sensing the changes in the atmosphere in the prayer room, the knock on the door sounded at the right moment, and a female voice with almost no emotion came from outside: "Your Royal Highness, I have arrived in Tanzania Town, and I want to meet Viscount Andrew at the shore. Is it?"
The faint gleam in Veronica's eyes gradually receded, and she replied gently: "No, just send an envoy over there. The Lord gave me a revelation, I can't stay here, I have to hurry to Cecil's leadership , there...there is something the Lord showed me."
The breath outside the door left, Veronica narrowed her eyes slightly, and the holy light floated out of her eyes again as if uncontrollably.
She closed her eyes completely and fell into meditation again.