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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 under supervision 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 a dozen internal 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, but 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?"

Wali 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 near 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. 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 found that he didn't need to be so tired, but he became nervous again 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 yield of farm cattle and the number of newborns surviving, so we must improve medical knowledge as soon as possible, organize the methods of treating various diseases, gather everyone's wisdom, and verify the most accurate and stable treatment Method." The other internal affairs officers listened quietly, these things were brought up every year.

The matter of improving the survival rate of babies has been mentioned since Feiyu Port was first established. Not only Feiyu Port, but also the entire Kingdom of Stars is summarizing and organizing these technologies.

The accumulation of these technologies and knowledge was very slow. In the past, they relied on oral transmission and step-by-step teaching from 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 people, that some women participated in medical work, and rapid improvement began.

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

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

After the summer harvest is over, farmers begin to take the dried grain to pay taxes.

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

As long as such a person is caught, he will either be sentenced to death, or his entire family will be expelled and become an unwelcome free citizen in the Kingdom of the Stars.

About one-third of the harvest is turned in every year, but other than that, there is basically nothing else to do, no corvee, and no other agricultural taxes.

Some of the remaining grain will be kept for oneself, and the other part will be converted into money to buy various medicines and daily necessities, as well as seeds for the coming year.

The wheat yield per acre in Feiyu Port is very low, only more than 300 kilograms. The main reason is that the planting area is very large. Each family can plant more than 300 acres of farmland.

Precise planting can also increase the yield per mu, but it is too laborious and the soil in Feiyu Port is not fertile.

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

In recent years, the number of children has gradually increased, supplementing part of the labor force. Coupled with the local people's sense of crisis towards foreigners, they have gradually begun to reduce the employment of foreigners.

Various contradictions and ideologies are developing. People who have successfully immigrated have begun to consciously plug the gaps, not wanting more people to come and divide the land equally.

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

When there is no need to share hardships together, one starts to consciously exclude others and does not want others to come over and enjoy sweets together.

At Snow Mountain Castle, several hundred miles away from Feiyu Port, Lawrence was discussing matters with the elves here.

"If we use trees to build a ten- to twenty-meter bridge in the forest, extending from the City of Waterfalls to the City of Auroville, can it be done?"

Lawrence still couldn't forget the bridge plan. Instead of using manpower and material resources to build a highway, he planned to use magic and witchcraft to solve the problem.

In order to let the elves better understand his thoughts, Lawrence spoke in detail.

"It's probably about building a long bridge over the forest. It can be supported by the trees and mountains below, or you can build some support columns."

"I need a smooth, smooth road that stretches from the mountain to the other side."

The Elf Queen said: "That kind of witchcraft is too huge. No wizard can do it."

"If you can't do it alone, you can do it in a group!" Lawrence is very sure that there are wizards who can do it. "Each wizard is responsible for one or more sections of the road. They only need to be able to connect to each other and use them normally."

After hearing this, Dana said with certainty: "That's okay, but the problem is that the wood created by this spell will break after a few decades."

"It doesn't matter!" Lawrence doesn't need to persist for that long, he only needs to persist for more than ten years.

More than ten years is too long, and roads without maintenance may not last even ten years.

In contrast, discovery is still more convenient through witchcraft.

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

Witches do not 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 they basically die quickly after losing their abilities.

It is difficult for witches to have their own families, relatives and friends. They are usually accustomed to the convenience brought by witchcraft. If they are alone and unable to use witchcraft, they will starve to death.

This cruel ending is actually the fate of all witches.

Lawrence provides a guarantee for all witches. The more group-conscious witches are, the more they obey Lawrence's rule.

For example, Lathander, Khalan, Kassandra, Catherine, Jade and the new elven witch all behaved more obediently.

The queen and other high elves were also willing to help Lawrence. After Lawrence came up with a wild idea, he quickly searched for wizards with corresponding professional abilities from the remaining thousands of wizards.

There are many earth and wood wizards, especially among the elves, there are many wizards with complex abilities, and they quickly gathered more than a hundred earth and wood witches.

Lawrence didn't do it blindly. He first supported the more than a hundred wizards with good wine and meat, and then personally led people to survey the terrain and roads. After having a plan, he assigned corresponding tasks to each wizard.

A viaduct spliced ​​together like building blocks began to rise between the forest and the hills. (End of chapter)