In the days after the establishment of the cabinet, the structure of the Kingdom of Karen did not change at all. On the contrary, the news of the royal family inviting envoys and the shocking appearance of the floating battleship had completely aroused the people's emotions.
The eyes of the commoners turned, and the topics of discussion in the streets and alleys were no longer about Efta, as if the series of government orders were nothing more than a formality. The farmers continued to work on the farm, the tailors continued to sew clothes, and the blacksmiths continued to forge iron. The world did not change much.
Even the people of Hollier didn't feel that there were any major changes in the past few days. Although they heard that the orcs were about to attack, they didn't see any signs of soldiers training or lords gathering from top to bottom of the city. The only thing they could feel was the Rose Cross Sect's overly frequent speeches and pilgrimage ceremonies.
However, as the whole kingdom gradually returned to its former silence, Elson, which was located at the westernmost end of the kingdom, was definitely "changing with each passing day."
Not to mention the city, just the large number of farmlands that had been reclaimed in a short period of time outside the city was enough to make people gasp in amazement. "Farmlands" were the most important thing for cities and even countries. Efta's food production had always been lower than that of the southeast, and because there was no convenient transportation, the level of affluence had always been slightly lower. There would even be famine during bad years.
This was naturally the most obvious shortcoming of the "bucket" of territory.
Now, Elson seemed to be working hard to make up for this shortcoming. He changed the system of farmers paying fixed taxes for farming, and directly ordered the planning of the farmlands and hired a large number of farmers to settle and farm outside the city in the form of "shares." It sounded good, but in reality?
Thousands of farmers looked at the farmlands and could not help but sigh. They were not troubled by the lack of farmlands, but troubled by the lords' decisions that were too childish!
In theory, if the newly reclaimed farmlands were all sown and harvested smoothly, not to mention feeding Elson City, even feeding the whole of Efta would be a piece of cake!
However, this was only a theoretical value, because there was no irrigation system at all. In the eyes of the farmers, this kind of development was a complete waste of land, and there was no solution at all …
But when the Floating-Space Tower used arcane power to "create artificial rain," all the pessimistic farmers were completely dumbfounded.
On the 13th of April, the first "large-scale artificial rainfall irrigation operation" in the history of the Kingdom of Karen began under the leadership of Roddy. The rain lasted for an hour, and the area covered by the rain covered all the cultivated land after sowing. From the moment the floating-space tower relied on energy to absorb the river water to the end of spraying, all the processes were recorded in the Elsen City Floating-Space Tower Improvement Suggestions and became valuable experimental data.
The farmers who witnessed the whole process stared blankly at the Floating-Space Tower, completely unaware of their drenched bodies …
Due to the precise control of the rainfall range, almost no water was wasted, so the people in the city didn't even know about artificial rainfall. Compared to those unrelated things, they were more concerned about the rapid growth of the city, lamenting that they couldn't keep up with the times.
Under Roddy's command, the High Elves' rail transport ships, which were originally used to quickly transport city defense supplies, were activated. The route from the military factory to the outer city transport zone was fully opened. In Roddy's eyes, this was actually an "inter-city light rail" that looked like a ship. It relied on the city's energy to move, the whole journey was five kilometers, and a single transport capacity of more than 50 tons, greatly reducing the transportation task that originally required a lot of manpower and material resources to complete.
More importantly, it could carry some huge equipment that ordinary carriages couldn't carry — such as the "exploration drill" that was more than 10 meters high, or some "Magic crystal cannons" that had just been made, and so on.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this kind of transportation was really incompatible with the times. Every day, there would be many people waiting for hours by the stone tracks covered with magic patterns, just to catch a glimpse of the huge transport ship whizzing past them.
"Goddess Siqi above! I bet that even the most powerful Mages in the kingdom can't do this! "
The reason why they sighed was because they found that similar tracks were almost all over the city, and there were even two or three that extended all the way out of the city gate. If this huge city could open all the "rail transport ships" in the future, the transportation capacity would probably be unimaginable.
In addition, some Mages and apprentices who came because of Roddy's reputation also entered the newly opened "Arcana Research Institute" after signing a contract. Unsurprisingly, they were shocked by the "arcana" system left behind by the High Elves.
By the time these arrogant mages came back to their senses, they realized that they had been divided into several research and development teams. They were given different names such as "Magical Tool Research and Development Department", "Building Defense Research and Development Department", "Biological Agent Research and Development Department", and were given tasks that the mayor called "Scientific Research and Development Department" …
However, this behavior made Camilla complain incessantly —
"These Mages have mediocre qualifications. In my opinion … letting them do research is probably a waste of time."
She casually flipped through the information of these Mages and the results of a period of investigation, frowning slightly, obviously not satisfied with these Mages who came because of the reputation.
In fact, the Mages who could make a name for themselves in the kingdom were basically prominent nobles who relied on their wealth. It was difficult for this kind of Mages to leave their families for Elsen City's offer. Therefore, now more than a dozen mid-level Mages were only "Level-6 Elementalist", the situation was quite a bit like "there are not enough strong people, so the strong people came to fill in the gaps".
"If the foundation of magic was completely blank, this research institute would naturally be meaningless, but now actually … how should I put it?" Roddy looked up from the mountain of letters and scrolls in front of him, "In fact, we are actually standing on the shoulders of giants. You also know that the High Elves' arcana civilization is many years ahead of the current Mages, so even if they just sort out these things, it would be enough for Elsen City to lead the whole continent."
"Such a simple thing and we have to spend so much money to find Mages … Sigh!"
Although this was the explanation, Camilla still muttered with some dissatisfaction — because of the responsibility of managing the city, she was now in a state of "haggling" over any resources, wishing that she could break a silver coin in half to spend it. Even though the cabinet's decree had directed a large number of resources to Elsen City, in order to cope with the current crisis, she still felt that it was too much to handle.
"If we don't spend money, then we can't do anything. In fact, this is already saving money. If we start from the beginning, God knows when we can come up with these things."
Roddy glanced at the virtual column list of the Arcana Research Institute in front of him. Because the opening standard of "three advanced Mages and ten apprentices" had been met, there were now six or seven projects in the state of "research and development". As long as these Mages studied arcana step by step, these projects would be developed sooner or later, at most three months, at least two weeks.
These "theoretical studies" should not be considered useless, in fact, the Arcana Research Institute was extremely important to all of Roddy's next plans: from "spell unlocking", "magic arrow making", "enchanted weapon formula", "energy recovery circle", and so on, which would affect the personal combat power of individuals, and so on, these projects would be developed and upgraded by this "research institute".
Roddy never thought that simple farming, armaments, and military development could solve all the problems. In fact, as someone who had experienced the "high-tech" era, he knew that the impact of "high-precision" technology on a country was far more important than raising ten powerful armies.
For example, if they had nuclear bombs now, the threat of Augustine and the Orcs would not be a threat at all.
However, although the High Elves were far more advanced in arcana than human Mages, they were not good enough to make nuclear weapons. In his heart, Roddy also knew that although the civilization of this city could bring him a technological lead, if he did not make any progress, it was only a matter of time before he was crushed by the wheel of history. So, he also began to establish Elsen's own cultivation system for Mages, striving to have enough talent reserves in the future.
"Let me see. Here, Baron Goska has signed two new armaments orders. This can alleviate the financial problem. Phew —"
As an advisor, Camilla had full authority to handle most of the territory's affairs. Now, all she had to do was to report the results. Now that Roddy did not have to worry about the details, he could focus most of his energy on the strategic level. Of course, his "strategic level" was something that Camilla did not understand. She did not understand how Roddy could find anything to guide the territory's development in a pile of High Elves books.
"There's another news. Charles II is in the palace receiving the Lassiman Kingdom's envoy. I don't know what these people want."
"The royal family is stupid and rich, and most Mages are money-grubbing. They probably want to discuss business."
Rody casually replied. Unexpectedly, Camilla rolled her eyes at him and said, "Why does it sound like you are mocking me?"
This sentence, coupled with her slightly akimbo posture, reminded Rody of a hot female secretary who teased her boss. Of course, as an otaku, the scene that popped up in his mind was not suitable for children. He coughed twice and forced a smile. "No, no. Don't forget, I am also a sorcerer now."
Camilla also realized that her akimbo posture was not ladylike. She put her arms down and tried to regain her usual serious posture.
However, she felt that her heart was inexplicably beating faster. Clearly, what she did just now was an expression of her inner emotions. This kind of emotion was indescribable, but it always made people do many uncontrollable things.
However, Roddy lowered his head and laughed dryly. He did not seem to notice and continued, "Well … when you have time, collect a detailed report on the Lassiman Kingdom for me. I'm quite curious about their political structure."
Roddy actually had some doubts in his heart. Because in his memory, he did not have any impression of the "Lassiman Kingdom" during the period of 590-597. The only thing that seemed to be related to it was someone's "Uncle's Post", which predicted that the new expansion pack for the year 599 would definitely be related to "Lassiman". However, he had long forgotten what was said in the post. The only thing he remembered was that the person claimed that "Mages will rule the world".
"I'll sort this out, but you should focus on what's in front of you first. Oh right, according to the report yesterday, the exploration team that was sent out did not find a suitable vein for mining. However, a team near the Gondola Mountains found some white 'Moonstone', but it's not very profitable to sell it. In my opinion, there's no need to mine it."
Camilla was a Mage herself, so she knew that "Moonstone" was not a high-grade item. Because it was only used as a casting material for some unpopular spells, there was not much demand for it in the market.
However, just as she was about to report the next piece of information, Roddy suddenly raised his hand and interrupted her. "Is there a river where the Moonstone was found?"
"Hmm? Let me see … "Camilla's memory was amazing. She did not need to flip through the letter to recall the contents of the original letter." It said that it was found next to a stream in the mountains. It was exposed on the riverbed. "
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Roddy excitedly waving his fist. "We're rich! We're rich! "
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