Chapter 645 Bridge

After Lawrence went to Snow Mountain Castle, the food, clothing, housing and transportation issues for more than one million people in the Ice Land were arranged for the managers of each region.

Feiyu Port has been managed by local governors over the years.

Alekmu of the Bird family was responsible for the internal affairs of Feiyu Port. Alekmu's family had moved to the Kingdom of Stars a few years ago, and was later moved from Feiyu Port to the Grand Province.

This year, Lawrence appointed Alecmu as the Viscount of Feiyu Port. It is better to keep them by his side than to let them live in an overseas kingdom.

People who are capable should not always be suppressed. Lawrence's basic base is very stable, so it gives Alekmu enough room and freedom to develop.

Dalaos was more suitable to be a general, and Lawrence arranged for him to serve as garrison governor in the port of Ern to manage the frivolous atmosphere there.

Ener Port was a military port established during the initial attack on the Kingdom of Glen. It was located between the Kingdom of Deco and the Kingdom of Durila. It was originally the land of the Kingdom of Durila. Later, Lawrence was about to arrive.

This area is an enclave sandwiched between the Kingdom of Deco and the Kingdom of Durila. It is also a base for observation and surveillance of the western coast.

All the caravans and warships of the entire Star Alliance members must pass through this area to reach the southwest coast.

Lawrence's desire for land is not high because he has already obtained the best land and fulfilled all the standard configurations of his ambitions and plans from the beginning.

Therefore, we stopped in time in the later period and established good cooperative relations with several Star Alliance countries.

The Land of Ice generally does not include Feiyu Port, and the standard of living in Feiyu Port is also worse than other places in the Land of Ice.

In the ruling hall of Feiyu Port, Alekmu and more than a dozen internal affairs officials were calculating and analyzing this year's year-end situation.

"It's too bad we need more clothes, fabric and food this year than last year."

An old man with a white beard expressed his inner dissatisfaction.

Alekmu quickly corrected: "This is a good thing. The prophet has been letting more people here."

"Grates, you'd better watch your words. If you continue to say such things that are inconsistent with the prophet's teachings, you will definitely encounter worse things."

Alekmu reminded and warned the aristocratic old man that this was not his previous kingdom, this was the land of ice and the kingdom of stars.

Grates didn't appreciate it very much. He looked at the heavy old book in his hand and said, "Yes, Lord Viscount Alikmu."

His attitude was perfunctory and showed no respect for the nobility.

Wearing a green ranger bird feather hat, Alekmu narrowed his eyes and planned to get rid of this troublesome guy.

This kind of thing does not need to be done by oneself. It only needs some small guidance. This kind of person will be killed by his own arrogance.

Grates was not alone, and he was soon persuaded to pay more attention.

"Grates, today is a meeting of statisticians, so there are no soldiers participating. Tomorrow's meeting will be attended by people from the officers' side. Your attitude will either attract criticism or an axe."

After hearing the persuasion from others, Grates didn't care anymore, "It doesn't matter, I can't speak at that time."

Alekmu is the kind of character who doesn't make any noise when he holds a grudge, let alone show unnecessary anger.

"There are more than 50,000 more children this year. With the blessing of the Prophet's great mercy, the vast majority of these children will survive and become warriors, farmers and craftsmen."

"This year is a good time for a bumper harvest. There will be no shortage of food. The main shortage is leather and cloth for the winter. Walli, is there enough coal this year?"

Walli is a noble of the Kingdom of Gran. He studied in Dumu Port when he was young. Later, after the province of Gran was stabilized, he was assigned to work in Feiyu Port. He belonged to the group of internal affairs officials after Alekmu.

Over the years, many nobles from the original kingdom have been absorbed, and most of the original Ao Kingdom has survived, except for the Xiong family.

Wali said seriously: "The coal must be transported to Dumu Port, and the remaining coal must be used by craftsmen. In recent years, more than a dozen cities and towns in Feiyu Port have mainly relied on wood and charcoal for heating. Coal is too expensive. , most people can’t afford it.”

"The nobles in the city mainly use charcoal, especially in areas close to forests, where there is a lot of wood and charcoal is very cheap."

"My job this year is to supervise the captains of each base and ask them to inform every family on how to use charcoal so that they will not be suffocated to death after burning charcoal."

Alekmu just came back not long ago. Feiyu Port has developed too fast in recent years, and he is not familiar with many places and does not know this matter.

These days, I mainly get to know the nobles and merchants of Feiyu Port, understand the changes in interpersonal relationships, and learn about some of the business conditions in Feiyu Port.

"Then the serfs below can solve the problem of cloth and fuel themselves."

Alekmu soon understood that he did not have much work. What the prophet gave him was not a troublesome area, but the fertile soil of the Ice Land, which is famous for its richness.

This area does not require so much care. It is not a bad place like Gran, but a strong and developed city.

There are a large number of capable and obedient serfs, a strong army stationed there, a good public security and operational system, a large number of merchants and entertainment venues to provide tax revenue, and enough fishermen and craftsmen.

This is the real city!

Being a viscount in this kind of city-state is far better than being a manager in a poor place on an island outside.

Alekmu realized that he didn't need to be so tired, but he became nervous and felt a sense of crisis.

Something must be done, otherwise it will be difficult to write the end-of-year work.

"The prophet's request is to increase the output of oxen and the number of newborns who survive. We must improve our medical knowledge as soon as possible, organize the methods of treating various diseases, gather everyone's wisdom, and verify the most correct and stable treatment methods."

The other internal affairs officials listened quietly. These things are mentioned every year.

The matter of improving the survival rate of infants has been mentioned since the establishment of Flying Fish Port. Not only Flying Fish Port, but the entire Star Country is summarizing and organizing these technologies.

These technologies and knowledge are accumulated very slowly. In the past, they relied on oral transmission and hand-to-hand teaching by the previous generation.

It was not until the emergence of paper and chalk in recent years, coupled with the emergence of a large number of idle populations, that some women participated in medical care, and then began to improve rapidly.

The emergence of antipyretics and wound healing potions solved the two most common fatal diseases.

This year's work is no exception, and it still increases the output of these two medicines.

After the summer harvest, farmers began to take the dried grain to pay taxes.

The tax officer would wait at the granary and personally check the grain bags to prevent anyone from putting sand and stones into the wheat.

Once such people are caught, they will either be sentenced to death or their entire family will be expelled and become free citizens who are not welcome in the Star Country.

About one-third of the harvest is handed over every year, and basically there is nothing else to do, no corvée, and no other agricultural taxes.

Some of the remaining food will be kept for their own consumption, and the other part will be exchanged for money to buy various medicines and daily necessities, as well as seeds for the next year.

The per-acre yield of wheat in Feiyu Port is very low, only more than 300 kilograms, mainly because the planting area is very large, and each family can plant more than 300 acres of farmland.

Fine planting can also increase per-acre yield, but it is too strenuous, and the soil in Feiyu Port is not fertile.

Because of the lack of labor, foreigners are hired to do farm work every year.

In recent years, the number of children has gradually increased, supplementing part of the labor force, and coupled with the sense of crisis of local people against outsiders, they have gradually begun to reduce the employment of foreigners.

Various contradictions and ideologies are developing, and those who have successfully immigrated have begun to consciously plug the gap and do not want more people to come and share the land.

This is not only the case in Feiyu Port, but also in Nanzhen and Valkyrie.

When they don't need to share the hardship, they start to consciously exclude others and don't want others to come and share the sweetness.

In Snow Mountain Castle, hundreds of miles away from Flying Fish Port, Lawrence is discussing things with the elves here.

"If we use trees to build a bridge of ten to twenty meters in the forest, extending from the City of Waterfall to the City of Dawn, can we do it?"

Lawrence still couldn't forget the bridge plan. He didn't plan to use manpower and material resources to open up a highway, but planned to solve the problem with magic and witchcraft.

In order to make the elves better understand his ideas, Lawrence said it in detail.

"It's probably about building a long bridge in the forest, which can be supported by the trees and mountains below, or by building some supporting pillars."

"I need a smooth and unobstructed road that extends from the mountain to the other side."

The Elf Queen said: "Such witchcraft is too huge, and no wizard can do it."

"One person can't do it, but a group can!" Lawrence is very sure that there are wizards who can do it, "Each wizard is responsible for a section of the road or multiple sections, as long as they can be connected to each other and can be used normally."

After hearing this, Dana said with certainty: "This is possible, but the problem is that the wood made by this spell will break after a few decades."

"It doesn't matter!" Lawrence doesn't need to persist for that long, just a dozen years.

A dozen years is too long, and an unmaintained road may not last for ten years.

In contrast, it is found that witchcraft is more convenient.

But the problem is that witchcraft is destined to be outdated, and it will be outdated very quickly.

Witches don't always have their abilities, nor do they become more popular as they get older.

Most wizards' abilities will continue to decay until they disappear completely.

Old witches are rare, and basically they die quickly after they lose their abilities.

It is difficult for witches to have their own families and relatives. In normal times, they are used to the convenience brought by witchcraft. When they are alone and cannot use witchcraft, they will starve to death.

This cruel ending is actually the fate of all witches.

Lawrence provides a bottom line for all witches. The more group consciousness witches have, the more they obey Lawrence's rule.

For example, Losanda, Khalan, Cassandra, Catherine, Emerald and the new elf witches are more obedient.

The queen and other high elves are also willing to help Lawrence do things. After Lawrence put forward a wild idea, he quickly found wizards with corresponding professional abilities from the remaining thousands of wizards.

There are many earth and wood wizards, especially in the elves. There are many wizards with compound abilities, and soon more than a hundred earth and wood witches were gathered.

Lawrence did not do it blindly. He first fed more than a hundred wizards with good wine and meat, and then took people to survey the terrain and roads. After having a plan, he assigned corresponding work tasks to each wizard.

A viaduct similar to building blocks began to rise between the forest and the hills. (End of this chapter)