Outside Pyroxene Town, near the construction site of the artificial mineral vein, a few flowers appeared. They were not dense, but they were quite neat. According to the style of courtyard decoration on the earth, which was good at seeing the big in the small, it could barely be regarded as a scenery.
Of course, these flowers did not fall from the sky, but were specially transplanted from elsewhere by Sui Xiong.
He transplanted these flowers. On the one hand, he wanted to see how the soil here had been purified and whether the more fragile plants could survive. On the other hand, he felt that a town without flowers was incomplete. A life without flowers to appreciate would lack the necessary interest.
This was undoubtedly the embodiment of a young man of literature and art. If he was a science student who liked to shout that "science and technology create the world and change life," or an engineering student who advocated flame and steel, he would never have such an idea.
But people in Pyroxene Town liked these flowers very much. Many people went to the construction site and looked at the flowers again and again. If Felix had not been informed in advance and had surrounded the flowers with a fence, perhaps many people would have tried to pick one and take it home.
Of course, for the entire Pyroxene Town, the flowers were just a small episode. What was really important were two other things.
The first thing: relying on the purified land, Felix found a resident who had been a vegetable farmer before he came to the northwest to make a living. He also found a few people with good farming skills to help him reclaim a small vegetable field.
The vegetables they planted were the famous "green vegetables." This was a type of vegetable that grew very fast and had relatively loose requirements for soil and environment. As long as the soil was not barren, and there was enough water and sunlight, it would grow into a lush green field in half a month. It could be harvested in about a month.
This kind of vegetable had a strong vitality. As long as a few leaves were left when it was picked, it would not take long for many new leaves to grow again. It was one of the favorite vegetables of the middle and lower classes.
Of course, it also had shortcomings. The biggest shortcoming was that it was not good at competing with weeds for water and fertilizer. If there were no farmers to take care of it, the vegetable field would become weeds in a few days.
Fortunately, there were no weeds in the Ashes Woods. There were no small plants that could thrive in this environment, not even the Golden Vines. Without the support of magic energy, even the Golden Vines could not grow in this damn place.
So the farmer who presided over the planting of vegetables soon found that all the work in the field could be done by himself, and there was no need for more help.
Therefore, his original assistants were transferred to build the outer fence.
The outer fence was about two to three hundred meters away from the town. It was a simple fence made of wood and formed a circle.
Of course, this was not to deal with the tide of skeletons, but to guard against bandits or magical beasts. Of course, no one expected a mere wooden fence to be able to stop bandits or magical beasts, but it could effectively buy them some buffer time, greatly reducing the casualties of the villagers and merchants.
For a long time, the four towns in the northwest had wanted to build such a fence. But to this day, apart from Dragon-roar Town, even the most prosperous Rye Town had not completed the project.
At the end of the day, it was all about money.
The investment was not small, and it depended on the rich people in the town to pay for it. However, after the investment was completed, the main beneficiaries were the civilians and small merchants. For the rulers of the town, the gains did not make up for the losses. Therefore, even though it was very beneficial to the town, no one was willing to spend money to build it.
Even the fence of Dragon-roar Town was not built by the mayor, but by the magical beasts hunters who were bored in the winter. They slowly built it, one by one, one by one.
However, now Felix was the mayor. Although she was also a merchant, she had lived in the Void Mask Amusement Park for many years, and her vision had been broadened a lot. With Sui Xiong's guidance, she quickly thought of this project and put it into practice.
Although the construction of this project would waste the labor that was originally used for production and greatly affect the income of the town, Felix did not care about the income. Even without the investment from the Void Mask Amusement Park, with the wealth of a high-level mage, how difficult would it be to build a large circle of fences?
If Sui Xiong had not advised her not to do everything by herself, and to let the residents have a sense of existence, she would have waved her wand and directly cast a circle of fences.
The biggest problem of Pyroxene Town was the lack of population. The total labor force of the whole town was so small. Farmland and vegetable fields occupied some, and warehouses and several shops occupied some. Although the work on the artificial mineral vein was temporarily suspended, there was always a need for daily maintenance. In the end, only more than 20 people could be sent to build the fence. Relying on this small number of people, they cut down trees, trimmed wood, dug pits, drove piles, and tied the wooden strips to the piles. When the whole project was completed, and Pyroxene Town was finally surrounded by a circle of fences, the caravans had come several times.
Since the establishment of the Void Mask Amusement Park, the security situation in the four northwestern towns had improved a lot. The former administrative officer, Liv, often sent adventurers to track the whereabouts of the bandits, and then sent elite soldiers to kill them. Among them, her sister, Miss Nice, who was good at flying, made a particularly prominent contribution. Few bandits could escape the detection from the sky, and once their traces were identified, it was almost equivalent to a death sentence.
Because there were fewer bandits, there were naturally more merchants. But now the merchants liked the long-distance business from Rye Town to the Void Mask Amusement Park. In contrast, the business within the four towns was a little less profitable. Except for some bulk commodities, other businesses were gradually done by small merchants.
There were no caravans in winter. After the beginning of spring, they had to wait for the climate to warm up before merchants dared to travel in the northwest forest. But when the climate was completely warm, there were more caravans, such as the one that Mr. Palin, the librarian of the Void Mask Church, worked as an accountant when he was young. In summer, there would be a caravan every two or three days.
Even though it was not warm now, there were many caravans passing by. They brought a lot of necessary goods, such as food, seasonings, textiles, living utensils, all kinds of sundries, and so on. And what they purchased from Pyroxene Town was naturally the low-grade gems produced in the gem vein. They could not afford the high-grade gems, and they were not willing to take the risk of doing such a large transaction.
The shops in Pyroxene Town had been unified, presided over by Harman. Sundries, food, necessities, and others were clearly divided. The renovated big house was spacious and bright enough to display all kinds of goods on the counter, so that people could see them at a glance. Some of the unused houses were converted into warehouses or simply left vacant.
This also accelerated the speed of transactions. Merchants did not have to negotiate with shops one by one. As long as the goods were genuine, Harman, who had sufficient funds, did not mind storing more. Anyway, everyone could use it.
In this way, the rumor that "Pyroxene Town seemed to be rich" gradually spread, and it was not long before bandits came.
"Uh, what should I do with these guys?" Josh snorted with sparks coming out of his nose. He carried several pale-faced, trembling bandits back to the town like chickens and threw them at the door of the mayor's office. He was not afraid that they would run away, so he swaggered in to discuss with Felix.
"How dare those frightened guys learn to be bandits?" Felix glanced at the door, frowned, and said with some doubt, "Am I out of touch with the times? Or is the Ashes Woods too safe now? "
Just as she said, the Ashes Woods was not a safe place. There were skeletons, magical beasts, and all kinds of magical creatures … Those who could become robbers in this kind of place usually had some strength or at least some courage. But looking at those guys who were trembling and lying on the ground motionlessly, they did not look like they had the ability to make a living in the Jianghu without any capital.
"I killed the two leaders," Josh said with a smile. Josh chuckled. "I still haven't been able to control my power very well, so I beat the two of them up so badly that they were scared out of their wits."
Felix suddenly understood and couldn't help laughing, "No wonder! Then I'll put magic collars on them and let them do labor. "
She took out a few magic collars that had been made long ago and asked someone to put them on the bandits who had been scared out of their wits.
Once they put on the magic collars, they could no longer escape or resist. They could mark the location of the sinner, and they could also release electric currents to inflict punishment. They were a widely used instrument of torture.
After the bandits were put on the magic collars, although they looked gloomy, they were relieved.
Anyway, at least they didn't have to be hanged immediately.
For Pyroxene Town, this meant that there were a few more strong laborers, and they only needed to eat, without a penny of salary.
This made Felix, who had been suffering from a shortage of manpower, have some unpleasant thoughts, so she contacted the Void Mask Amusement Park and found Nice, who had a good relationship with her.
"You want me to help find the bandits, and then arrest them and send them to Pyroxene Town for labor?" Nice asked doubtfully, "Are you so short of manpower?"
"Of course, very short."
"But recently, there may be fewer bandits …" The number one flying policewoman in the Ashes Woods said thoughtfully, "It's cold now, and many bandits are active in the south. It will be a while before they come to the Ashes Woods. "
"It doesn't matter. Just catch as many as you can," Felix said with a smile. "Anyway, I've always been short of manpower. No matter how many come, it won't be enough."
Nice thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any requirements for race?"
"How can I be picky now! As long as they can understand people and have some strength to do things, it's fine. "
So Nice, who had been under Felix's care for the past few years and had learned a lot of aerial combat skills from him, set out.
Half a month later, the first batch of bandits was sent to Pyroxene Town.
Seeing these dusty and anxious guys, Felix couldn't help laughing.
"Next, I just need to recruit some more pioneers!"
(I have something to do tomorrow morning, so I have to go to bed early today. Sorry, I'll only update one chapter today …)
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