Suhlen was very interested in learning spells. Although many spells were not very destructive, they were very convenient to use in daily life.
Many spells had been developed with different uses. Even the original inventors of the spells couldn't think of them. Of course, sometimes, in order to explore the wonderful uses of some spells, some wizards would fail because of this. For example, the Hardening spell could make an object very hard, and the effect was permanent. This spell was used a lot in the construction of wizard towers.
However, one of the wizards suddenly had an idea and cast a hardening spell on his fifth limb. The spell was cast successfully, but this guy became a bad example of this spell accident. Although this unlucky kid's fifth limb became as hard as steel, it lost its vitality.
In the end, this unlucky guy had to remove it. If he wanted to restore it, he would have to spend a lot of money to hire a high-grade priest to cast a high-grade repair spell on him. Otherwise, he would have to wait until he learned how to clone and create a body for himself. This pioneer's actions were not useless. At least, after the explanation of the hardening spell, there was a special note that forbade casting hardening on a certain part of the body, or the consequences would be at your own risk.
In fact, Chrissy knew a lot of spells. As a succubus, she was born with a glib tongue, so the difficulty of learning languages was greatly reduced. Of course, there were also some additional abilities, such as flexibility. Suhlen and Chrissy had a few battles of words, and they both won and lost. This was also a show between them.
Every day, Suhlen would take some time to explore the mysteries of spells with the two ladies. This also made Suhlen more proficient in spells.
The construction of the city was proceeding in an orderly manner. Because of the harvest altar, the crops in Suhlen's territory matured a lot faster. The beets that used to take a year to mature now only needed seven months to mature. According to this calculation, the first batch of beets in the territory would mature in two months at most.
Suhlen also discovered that because of the harvest altar, some cold-resistant crops could be planted in his territory during winter. This discovery made Suhlen very happy. He collected the seeds of those cold-resistant crops in his territory and sent people to plant them.
During this period of time, due to the lack of raw materials, the sugar factory had stopped production. Similarly, the rum factory had also stopped production. It was cold in the north, and many people liked to drink a glass of hard liquor in winter. The rum in the taverns was not very popular in winter. After all, its alcohol content was not high. The town did not have barley and other raw materials for brewing ale, but there were still enough potatoes.
Even if you couldn't use barley to make wine, you could still use potatoes to make wine. Suhlen didn't know much about brewing wine, but he was now a lord, so he didn't need to do it himself. He just needed to hand it over to the brewers, and they would experiment with it.
While Suhlen was building houses, other buildings were also being built. Only the two main roads in the outer city had been completed. The other roads also needed to be repaired. While the inner square was being built, the trading market in the city also needed to be built.
The market was built in the northwest of the town. It was close to the port, so it was convenient to load and unload goods. Suhlen built a professional trading market here, specializing in bulk goods. At the same time, in addition to the market, the North Town City also built a commercial area, where a large number of shops would be built in the future.
Suhlen only rented these shops and didn't sell them. When the population of the North Town City increased, the annual rent here would be a huge income. After all, his experience in his previous life told him that real estate was the 'pillar' industry of the country. Every year, the price of the house was rising without any signs of stopping.
In addition to these constructions, Suhlen did not slack off on the safety of the territory. Just after the construction of the North Town City wall was completed, Suhlen began to build the auxiliary buildings of the wall, the arrow towers.
This time, there were a total of 64 arrow towers. Every arrow tower would be equipped with a ballista. The blacksmith's schedule for the entire winter had been completely filled, and that was to produce the ballista. These large-scale war weapons could shoot up to 800 meters, and they were one of the safeguards of the territory's safety.
If all the arrow towers were built and the ballista were all in place, even if the Ice Quetzalcoatlus attacked, they would not dare to come close to the city with so many arrows.
Besides, there were also Quetzalcoatlus Knights in the North Town City. As Quetzalcoatlus hatched by the system, their loyalty to Suhlen was full.
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The weather was getting colder and colder. It started snowing again in the Northern Wasteland. This time, it snowed for five days straight. The whole world was covered in white. Thanks to the Harvest Altar, the snow quickly melted in Northern Town City. However, the situation outside of Northern Town City was not looking good.
Just yesterday, when the snow had just stopped, Ayton's reconnaissance camp found some clues in the northern forest. They found some footprints in the forest, but because of the snow, the footprints were not clear. However, they could still tell that these footprints were not left by humans.
Suhlen suddenly became vigilant. Wandering in the wilderness at this time, there was a high chance that there was a shortage of food. It was difficult for the tribes in the wilderness to store a large amount of food. Once there was not enough food in the winter, they would rob other tribes.
In order to prevent the territory from being attacked, Suhlen immediately decided to send more scouts. The drows of the reconnaissance camp and the five human scouts were sent out to monitor the movements around the territory. Once there was any movement, they would report it immediately.
Suhlen also guessed that these monsters were probably an orc tribe. If it was really an orc tribe, it would be a big problem for the North Town City. An orc tribe that could suppress the Centaur tribe was undoubtedly powerful.
However, because of the Centaur tribe, even if the orc tribe was powerful, they could not mobilize too many people to attack Suhlen's territory. Suhlen was not afraid of the orc tribe attacking his territory. With the current walls and defenses of his territory, it would not be easy to attack this place.
This created an awkward situation. If they sent too few people, then they wouldn't be able to do anything. They wouldn't even be able to get close to the walls. If they sent too many people, then it would be hard to say if they would be able to maintain the upper hand against the Centaurs. After all, the Centaurs were just too powerful.
Their running speed, their sharp arrows, and their sturdy armor and sharp spears formed a heavy cavalry regiment. If it were not for their advantage in numbers, the orcs would have lost.
After arranging for the scouts to monitor the situation outside, Suhlen began to think about the New Year.
Although this world had a calendar, and according to tradition, many intelligent races would hold celebrations on New Year's Day, but no one defined it as an important holiday. This was unacceptable for Suhlen who loved New Year's Day. After coming to this world, he used to live in Kalen City and celebrate New Year's Day by himself every year. Now that he had become the lord, he naturally wanted to set New Year's Day as an important holiday in his territory.
In his previous life, there were still New Year's Day and New Year's Day. However, in this world, there was no lunar calendar or Christian calendar. Therefore, New Year's Day and New Year's Day were set on the same day. Suhlen set this day as a grand holiday in the Northern Citadel. At that time, the entire Northern Citadel would hold a grand celebration to welcome the arrival of New Year's Day. At the same time, he also hoped that the following year would be more beautiful and happy.
At the same time, on this day, everyone would have a three-day holiday. Special positions and soldiers would take turns to rest. On this day, the territory needed to prepare a sumptuous meal. After knowing that Suhlen was going to set New Year's Day as a holiday, the Halfling Frodo was the happiest. He had been rubbing his hands and was ready to show off his skills.
There was still some time before New Year's Day. On New Year's Day, a celebration must be held. Therefore, the Northern Citadel required many decorations such as gardens, statues, fountains, and so on.
Holding a celebration would consume a lot of food. Other than potatoes, Suhlen also prepared a large amount of meat. Most of them were fish. Because the Red Sand River and the White Water River near the Northern Citadel were not frozen, a large number of fish would come to the river to spend the winter. The catch was unexpectedly rich.
After the residential houses were built in the Northern Citadel, they temporarily stopped building more houses. Instead, they began to build the flower beds on both sides of the road. In the outer city of the Northern Citadel, a central square was also being built. The central square was right in front of the inner city.
In order to build the square in a short time, Suhlen brought Karina along to help with the construction. After the ground of the square was flattened by the Hunchbacked Beasts many times, Suhlen and Karina began to cast Mud to Rock continuously, turning the whole square into a rocky ground.
At the same time, a large group of fountains was built in the square. The fountains were directly drawn from the underground water vein by Suhlen's Underground Spring spell. The group of fountains consisted of more than a dozen small fountains. Each fountain had a marble statue in it. Some of the statues were scenes of Suhlen fighting with a group of Cryopterus. There was also a scene of Suhlen killing the spirit of the Troll ancestor.
The marble statues in the other fountains were also sculptures with Suhlen as the theme. Of course, Suhlen had asked the sculptors to make them. Suhlen was not embarrassed at all. This was his territory, and the statues were not made up. They were all Suhlen's experiences.
For the sake of the celebration, Su Lun specially asked Hathaway to hasten the growth of a batch of flowers with the Art of Catalysis. These flowers were all planted in the parterre of the central square. These flowers would all bloom on New Year's Day. Of course, because of the Art of Catalysis, these flowers could only bloom for three days.
However, even if it was only three days, it was already a miracle for the refugees and slaves. This would bring great prestige to Suhlen and his territory.
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