Both Alex and the harpies were very satisfied with Suhlen's Eagle Fort. Suhlen had recruited all the harpies as soldiers. Luckily, the harpies weren't very intelligent, so they were very easy to trick. They didn't need to be paid at all. All they had to do was provide them with food.
Once their intelligence increased and they became harpies, Suhlen would have to pay for it.
Alex arranged the harpies and let the other harpies take care of them. He then left the Eagle Fort with Suhlen. However, as the queen of the harpies, she had to stay here for a few days every month. She also had two harpy guards with her.
There was no need to worry about the safety of the Eagle Fort at all. The 3,000 harpies could do anything they wanted unless a legendary wizard or an adult dragon set their eyes on this place. However, the harpies didn't have any precious magic materials, gold, or gems on them. Those powerful figures wouldn't do such a thing.
But even so, Su Lun still set up a scout post outside the valley and built a wall at the entrance of the valley. The entrance of the valley was only more than 20 meters wide. After the wall was built, the whole valley could be called a small fortress.
As for the harpies' habit of catching males during their mating season, Suhlen had already seen it in the system's introduction. As long as they became harpies and gained intelligence, this situation would gradually disappear. After gaining intelligence, they would no longer act like beasts.
When they returned to the Northern City, Suhlen hosted a welcome party for Alex in the Lord's castle. All the heroes under Suhlen's command in the Northern City attended the party. The development of Northern Battlefront City was on the right track, and the necessary rules were slowly being established.
There was no doubt that Suhlen had the highest status in the Northern City. After him were Chris and Hathaway. One of them was in charge of the city, while the other was in charge of the magic items in the Northern City. Then there were the leaders of the various races, such as Boulder, Johnson, Karina, Ayton, Grace, Sheriff Harrison, and the little mare Mishion.
Now there was Alex, and she had the largest army of all of them. This made her status skyrocket. Of course, Suhlen treated them very well. Because of Suhlen's power, there weren't any power struggles among his subordinates.
The banquet was very sumptuous. More than a dozen maids were waiting on the side. The banquet hall used optical reflection technology. A few candles were lit around the hall, and the reflections from the mirrors lit up the hall like it was daytime.
Frodo had prepared roast goose, roast pig, steak, steamed bear paw, braised fish, steamed lamb, deer breast, sauced lamb, crystal pork shoulder, fruit salad, ice cream, and so on. As the food consultant of the Northern City, Frodo was living a very comfortable life. He only had to guide the chefs in cooking every day. After that, he would wander around and gather information.
The variety of dishes made the people who hadn't seen much of the world feel like country bumpkins. After all the food was served, Suhlen raised a glass of rum and said, "Is everyone here?"
"Then let's welcome Alex into the big family of the Northern City. From now on, we are all family! Cheers! "Suhlen said with a smile.
"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses in unison.
"Then let's start the banquet!"
Clang, clang, clang!
Suhlen knocked on the silver bell beside him. A group of maids stepped forward and opened the lids on all the plates. A rich aroma of food instantly spread out. The most eye-catching thing was the roast lamb in the middle of the table. Suhlen told Frodo about this dish last time when he was bragging about it.
It was to clean a turtledove and remove its internal organs. Then, the turtledove would be smeared with pepper and salt from inside out. Next, the turtledove would be put into the stomach of a goose. After that, the turtledove would be washed clean and sewn together.
Next, the goose was stuffed into the stomach of a sheep. The sheep was skinned and its internal organs were removed. The goose, a carp, and the prepared spices were put in together. After that, the whole sheep was roasted over a slow fire according to the method of roasting a whole sheep.
When it was time to eat, only the turtledove would be eaten and the rest would be thrown away. Of course, it would be a waste. Suhlen was not that extravagant. Even so, the people of this world were shocked. Even the nobles of this world did not develop their food to such an extent.
Looking at the dumbfounded expressions of the people around him, Frodo's body swayed, and he had an arrogant expression.
"I made this dish according to the Count's instructions …"
"I want this!"
"Give me a piece!"
"It's delicious!"
Just as Frodo was about to explain the origin of the dish, the others could not wait to dig in.
"You … You …" Frodo was so angry that he could not speak.
Boulder cut off a leg of the lamb and took a bite. Johnson did not hesitate and took the other leg. The rest of the roasted lamb was divided among the others. Suhlen did not touch the lamb. Instead, he leisurely took the roast goose from the roasted lamb. Then, he separated the roast goose and stuffed it with a type of wild waterbird. It tasted delicious.
He skillfully cut the birds and geese into pieces and distributed them to the others. Compared to Boulder and Johnson, the others were much more elegant.
Apart from the whole roasted lamb, the other dishes were also delicious. In the face of these delicacies, everyone let go of their reservations and ate heartily. Alex's table manners were very bold. He held a crystal pork shoulder in one hand and an ice cream in the other.
The soft, fragrant pork shoulder was paired with all kinds of spices. The drink was made with honey and white sugar. It was paired with a variety of colorful fruits and cream ice cream. Alex almost swallowed his tongue as it was his first time tasting such food. Even Hathaway and Kris who had tasted it a few times were quick to enjoy the food.
Every physical profession was basically a glutton, so Frodo had prepared a large portion of food. But even so, there was not much left in the banquet. With Boulder and Johnson, the two gluttons, Su Lun estimated that even if there was another roast lamb, they would still be able to finish it.
After the feast, everyone went back to their rooms. Suhlen also brought his maids to exercise after the meal. Especially the newly joined Alex, who had a pair of white wings. With the two of them working together, Suhlen even became a sky rider.
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The rising sun pierced through the darkness and dispersed the mist in the air. The Northern Battlefront City had also awakened from its slumber.
The merchants had already opened their shops for business. The workers also started to work under the orders of the foremen. The city gates opened and caravans began to slowly move out. Caravans came and went every day in the Northern Battlefront City. Since last month, caravans from the southern provinces had also appeared here.
The most popular product among the southern caravans was rum. The second most popular product was the various furs produced in the Northern Wilderness. As for white sugar, because the white sugar trade was monopolized by other caravans, they could only buy some from other caravans.
The planting area of sugar beets in the Northern Battlefront City had expanded once again. During this period of time, the Northern Battlefront City was not only carrying out large-scale infrastructure construction, but also reclaiming more land. A large number of goblins, serfs and refugees were driven to reclaim land. The original 10,000 mu land outside the Northern Battlefront City had now expanded to 40,000 mu.
However, there was still a lot of land outside the Northern Battlefront City that had not been reclaimed. In addition to reclaiming land, according to Suhlen's plan, the irrigation facilities outside the city were not neglected. In order to irrigate the land, the brick kilns were used to build water supply canals. The water supply canals extended in all directions. A large number of canals were branched out from the main water supply canals. All the canals were equipped with gates. As long as the gates were opened, the river water would flow into the canals and irrigate the farmland.
In order to provide sufficient water for the farmland, seven to eight large water wheels were erected on both sides of the Red Sand River. The most common crop in the Northern Battlefront City was potatoes. However, as the land was reclaimed, the crop had decreased to one-third. The crop that was growing the fastest was sugar beets.
As the raw material for the two leading industries in the Northern Battlefront City, sugar and rum, the demand for sugar beets had also increased. All the wild sugar beets had been dug up. Only a large number of sugar beets could barely keep up with the consumption.
Just last month, the first batch of sugar beets in the Northern Battlefront City had just ripened. Sugar beets had a growth cycle of over 300 days. If it weren't for the Harvest Altar in the Northern Battlefront City, fermented farm manure, and the careful cultivation of the half-elven druids, the sugar beets would have taken at least two months to ripen, even if they were worth the Harvest Altar.
In fact, ever since the sugar was produced in the Northern Battlefront City, the caravans that came to the Northern Battlefront City for trade had been secretly listening to the sugar production process in the Northern Battlefront City. However, Suhlen built the sugar workshop in the inner city, and at the same time carried out a strict division of labor management. Every worker only knew the process that they were in charge of. Coupled with Kris's charm, the process was protected to the greatest extent.
For a period of time, the drows would catch spies from all over the world who came to steal the sugar production process every day. Suhlen directly made all the spies evaporate. He also gave a warning to the most outrageous caravans. As for those who still ignored the warning, when the caravans left the Northern Battlefront City and returned to the provinces in the north, they were directly attacked by bandits in the wilderness and wiped out.
A large number of bandits were active in the northern wilderness. It was normal for caravans to disappear in the wilderness. Suhlen specifically ordered the army to clean up these bandits. With a few lessons learned from the past, and with the tighter defense of the inner city, those who coveted the sugar could only temporarily put down their greed.
However, although they didn't get the sugar production process, many caravans secretly got a lot of sugar beet seeds and wanted to go back and plant them.
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