Andonara's return meant that the political situation in Delpon was completely stabilized again.
The Magic Tower was indeed the most powerful force in Delpon.
But some people, such as those from the mayor's office, were always up to no good.
Because the Magic Tower was understaffed, Roland often ran around, and Vincent only paid attention to the big picture. After all, he had to study and study magic too, and he couldn't do everything himself.
So, it was easy to find loopholes in places that Vincent didn't pay much attention to.
The nobles and merchants were very good at finding loopholes and playing tricks.
Andonara's return not only meant that the Magic Tower had been strengthened again, but also that, as the queen, Andonara could understand the basic political situation. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been disappointed by the royal family and turned to Roland.
Besides, Andonara had Christina as her maid. Although Christina was useless during the day, she could take care of the tedious paperwork at night.
The Magic Tower was willing to shelter her, not because she could just eat and do nothing.
After resting for two days in the manor, Roland visited Hawk and Link at the docks with Andonara.
At this time, after more than ten days of staff expansion and reorganization, Ma Tou was thriving again.
After all, Hawk and Link had built the docks from scratch and treated the common dockworkers well. Everybody in Delpon knew that. Now that they were back, many workers were willing to work for them again.
They were still on the top floor of the tallest building in the docks, which had a clear view of the entire docks.
Hawk set up a table here and invited Roland and Andonara to a banquet.
He made a hot pot, which was perfect for a cold day. Link didn't come.
Although the docks had been rebuilt, there were still many things that needed to be taken care of.
Hawk picked up a piece of tripe for himself and pointed at the river that was already covered in a thin layer of ice. "The workers all say that it's colder this year than usual. The river was never frozen before, and it's only the beginning of winter. So, I assume that the poor in the city will have a hard time this time."
Roland swallowed the food in his mouth. "You mean that I should find a way to help the poor?"
"Yes." Hawk nodded without hesitation. "You're the only one in Delpon who has that ability."
Roland looked up, and sure enough … there was a thin layer of white ice on both sides of the river. Only the middle part, because the water was still relatively rapid, was not frozen, forming a path of ice and water.
He thought for a moment and remembered that the first winter they entered the game, the Delpon River did not freeze.
"I'll try my best." Roland thought for a moment and agreed. He then said, "Also, I came here this time to talk to you about the sealed land. I want to form a team to take a look. Do you and Link want to come with me?"
Hawk thought for a moment and shook his head. "I'm not going. Just the matters at the dock are troublesome enough. I have to at least wait until the matters at the dock are completely stabilized before I have the right to talk about other things."
"Then introduce a reliable Priest to our team." Roland thought for a moment and said, "He has to be reliable."
Although Roland himself was capable of Minor Healing and some buffs, it was incomparable to the professional healing of a Priest.
Hearing Roland reiterate the word "reliable," Hawk couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He understood that during this period of time, Silver Wings had indeed made Roland very prejudiced against their guild. Hawk smiled bitterly and continued, "Don't worry, it's definitely reliable this time. But she's in another city, and it might take about ten days for her to come over."
"Okay, we'll wait for her." Roland nodded. "We can use these ten days to think about how to settle the poor who might freeze to death."
After that, Roland casually ate some hot pot and left the dock.
Instead of returning to the Magic Tower, he took Andonara to the mayor's residence.
Stepping on the frost and snow on the grass, Roland walked to the gate of the mayor's residence and reached out to push it open.
Although there were two guards on duty, none of them dared to stop him.
The black wooden door of the residence opened, and a wave of heat rushed out from inside, a stark contrast to the cold temperature outside.
At a glance, one could see a red fire burning in the fireplace, and a maid was specially adding firewood to the fireplace.
And at the small dining table in the living room, the mayor's wife and daughter were drinking afternoon tea. They were dressed very lightly. After all, the living room was very warm with the fireplace.
Roland found that it seemed that every time he came, the mother and daughter seemed to be having afternoon tea.
They were either on the balcony, in the garden, and now in front of the fireplace.
How leisurely.
Seeing Roland, the two of them were not as scared as before. They stood up and warmly invited Roland and Andonara to drink wine and share the food.
Andonara agreed. On the one hand, she really liked the feeling of having afternoon tea with these women, and on the other hand, she felt that Roland was here to talk business, and there was no need for her to follow him.
Roland knocked on the door of the study on the third floor, walked in, sat down under the extremely unfriendly gaze of the host, and asked directly, "What measures do you usually take in the winter to prevent the poor ordinary people from freezing or starving to death?"
"There's no need," John Junior said coldly. John Junior said coldly, "Those untouchables who don't work hard and can't even survive the winter are dead. We're already very merciful to be responsible for collecting their bodies."
"How can the population go up if we don't protect the ordinary people?" Roland sighed.
"How is that possible?" John Junior laughed disdainfully. "When the John family first became the mayor of this city more than two hundred years ago, the population was less than four hundred thousand, but now the entire city, plus the scattered towns and villages nearby, has a population of more than a million."
"What a tenacious life." Roland was somewhat impressed.
"The untouchables are weeds. As long as you don't deliberately eradicate them, they will grow more and more."
Roland looked at John Junior and said, "It seems that our ideals are still very different. Right, I'm going to borrow your census officer for a while. Ask him to cooperate with me. "
"Do you need my permission to do things?" John Junior's words were full of sarcasm.
Roland didn't think much of it. "I'm just letting you know. I also want to tell those who secretly support you that the Magic Tower is going to make a big move, and it's best not to jump out at this time, or I'll be very difficult to talk to then."
John Junior said with a fake smile, "How dare I! I'm very afraid of death. "
"Live well and don't think too much."
Roland left these words and left the study.
Then he went downstairs and left with Andonara.
John Junior was incompetent and furious upstairs, throwing things everywhere. After this winter, the reputation of the Magic Tower would further increase, and his chances of a counterattack would become slimmer and slimmer.
The mayor's wife and daughter, on the other hand, were considering whether they could invite the queen over for the next tea party. Just now, the three of them had a good chat.
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