Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 401 Winter is Coming
Winter has truly arrived as the entire North is covered in snow.

Although there was snowfall before, the temperature rose again afterwards, so strictly speaking it is not winter yet.

When the real winter came in the North, everyone clearly realized that the previous snowfall was indeed not winter, but at most an appetizer before the main meal.

Because with the arrival of winter in the north, the temperature dropped directly to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

"Ah~Ah! Why is it so cold?" Wei'er was wrapped in a thick coat, looking like a bloated dumpling. She was complaining to Perfectcot about the bad weather: "The winter in the north is so cold, why did you choose to build a shelter here? Shouldn't you choose a place further south?"

"There is no suitable location in the south. After all, most of the area between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is ocean, and the only land areas are mostly deserts, and resources are scarce. The empire will have to invest more resources to build shelters in those places." Perfect was busy with his own affairs with his head down, but he still took the time to answer Wei'er.

Her desk was piled high with documents that needed to be processed, and with the arrival of winter, far more problems had arisen in the North than before.

Although the officials in the North worked as hard as they could, more and more documents were piling up on Perfectcot's desk.

You have to know that her desk was moved from Brandless Manor in Longton. In Perfectcot's previous impression, the big desk that had been used since her grandfather's grandfather's generation was more than enough for her to lie down and roll around on it.

But now, this huge desk that can be used as a bed is piled with all kinds of documents, materials and design drawings. It looks like it has been ruined by a lazy girl who likes to look through everything and is too lazy to clean up.

But neither Wei'er nor Perfecto cared about it at all. This is how they worked.

Often when alchemists wanted to study something and needed to consult a large amount of literature, they would spread out all the literature beside them for easy reference.

At the same time, all the drawings will be spread out aside. In addition to being used for comparison, most of them can be modified directly.

If you add areas for drawing, working and doing experiments, let alone a desk that can be used as a bed, even if you really put a bed here, it will be cluttered with all kinds of things.

Fortunately, Perfect is not the kind of person who throws things around. Although she has spread things all over the table, the position of each thing is in a regular pattern. Although Perfect looks messy, she can ensure that when she wants to find something, she can find it as long as she stretches out her hand.

This habit helps to put a lot of things within your reach, but if you let someone who doesn't understand the rules look at them, they will find these things very messy.

But it was obvious that the old housekeeper beside Perfectcot had followed her for many years. It could even be said that the old man who had watched her grow up was already familiar with and understood Perfectcot's habits, so he would never touch her things.

And Befa? Are you sure an alchemy doll would feel like cleaning up a messy table?
If Befa really had such emotions, then Perfect would not care at all about a tidy desk. She would be more concerned about how Befa's emotions came about.

You have to know that she used a purely mechanical differential engine on Befa. There is no problem of program errors causing the machine to develop emotions.

If there is a program error, the gears and connecting rods inside the differential engine will all be stuck, and there will be no emotion at all, only malfunction. So Perfect's desk has always been in such a mess.

Except for the fact that new documents are delivered every day and someone sends away the processed documents, this desk almost always looks like this.

Most of the maids in the lord's mansion were forbidden to enter Perfectcot's office. Only a very small number of maids who had worked as maids in Brandelis Manor and had gained the trust of the old butler were allowed to enter this office.

Even so, they were not qualified to touch Perfect's desk and could only help clean the office.

So at this moment in the office, besides Wei'er who was curled up in front of the fireplace wrapped in thick winter clothes, there was only Perfect sitting at the desk reviewing documents and Befa who was making tea for her.

"Ask Befa to give me a cup of hot tea. This winter is so cold! I don't know how people will survive if the temperature continues to drop!" Wei'er complained. Her body regressed back to that of a child, which made her more afraid of cold than normal people.

Perfect was used to the winter in the north, and as an alchemist she had already modified her clothes to be light and warm. So although she looked like she was not wearing much, she actually did not feel cold.

"That's why I had people dig underground shelters, so that ordinary people can escape the cold in this winter." Perfect turned his head and looked out the window. The scenery of heavy snow looked really beautiful. The whole city was covered in white snow, looking so quiet and pure.

But Perfect knew clearly that her people were suffering from severe cold at the moment.

It’s not that Perfectoct is stingy, or that the North can no longer provide enough fuel for Chernobog, but that in such cold weather, there are still people who want to brave the cold and go out to work instead of staying in their warm and comfortable homes.

After all, Chernobog is a newly built city. Perfect had placed special emphasis on the cold-proofing and warmth-keeping of urban housing, so the city's cold-proofing and warmth-keeping are actually quite good.

But streets, factories and some other places do not have such good cold protection and warmth conditions.

Factories, in particular, are built with large-span beams because they need to install machines. The interior is very spacious. In addition, factory owners are reluctant or unable to add stoves for heating, so the factory is usually not much warmer than the outside.

Unless it is a special factory like a steel mill or metal processing plant, a large amount of heat is required to heat the metal workpiece.

Of course, intimidated by some laws and regulations issued by the North, factory owners still had to set up stoves near their workstations to prevent workers from getting frostbite or getting sick.

In that case, they would face fines and imprisonment that are much more severe than setting up a few stoves.

(End of this chapter)