Herti’s worries are actually no problem in this era, because in the three views of the vast majority of people, even in the facts of this era, the cold winter only means one thing: everything is dying, life is getting less, everything Everything is stopped, humans will reserve enough food and fuel before this, then stop working, return home, and switch to pure consumption.

Just like those who store food in a tree hole in advance and winter in a cave in winter.

This way of living is determined by reality—although there are all kinds of “magic” that show up with black technology, but it belongs to only a few elites, and the whole world is still firmly bound. In the land, peasants are the most basic producers of almost all social wealth. Agriculture and various agricultural-based production activities are the most important production activities of this society. Once winter falls, farming stops, then 80%. People will be idle, and the backward aristocracy order prohibits these people from doing business freely or engaging in any "side business that does not meet their status." If there is no permission from the nobility, the civilians will even go down the river to fish and go hunting in the mountains. To be severely punished.

In addition, the vast majority of civilians have limited food reserves in winter, and even during the winter they can only maintain a half-full state, so they dare not waste their energy to do anything "over the moment" - they are in winter Every breath of exhalation is consuming their own physical reserves, and may cause them to die before the spring.

However, in Cecil's collar, the situation is completely different.

The Cecil family does not currently have any form of luxury spending, which greatly saves money, and the new production model ensures that enough supplies can be stocked before the winter. Pitman and his trained pharmacy apprentices do their best. It also guarantees that the Territory’s food is sufficient – ​​together with the food purchased from the town of Tanzan and the supplies supported by the king, the citizens of Cecil’s collars do not have to consider consumption in the winter.

I have to focus on the supplies that the king supports. Gao Wen admits that he is a small pit in this area, Francis II, because his agreement with the king was provided by the royal family to provide the entire territory of Cecil. In the initial consumption, he did not say how many people will be in his territory, and how many people will increase in a short period of time, so he has already requested extra supplies from the royal family several times...

Ensuring food supplies, there is a job in Gaowen here.

Nothing to do after winter? That is another territory. There are still many things that Cecil can do here. The steel mill is expanding its scale. Two large factories have been added next to the machinery manufacturing plant to install new production lines. The furnace area for firing Rebecca crystals has also been transformed into a formal factory called “Magic Crystal Smelting Plant”. "Not only for the firing of Rebecca crystals, but also a laboratory to test what new minerals can be synthesized from the various minerals dug out of the dark mountains. Silly scorpions are rushing in the lab every day." Throwing more than two hundred fireballs with a small furnace will be fun...

In addition, there are also iron mines in the east and countless construction sites on the territory.

After the winter, the land becomes hard and the water is easy to freeze. All kinds of construction-related work will become slow, but this does not mean that the construction work will stop. Rebecca’s “out of bounds cement test” "Products", although the output is low, but the performance at low temperatures is very good, coupled with the fact that there are not too large buildings on the territory today, the construction of the various sites will not stop, and there is a big project to be launched soon. ——

As the Baishui River enters the dry season and the water level decreases, Gaowen plans to build a truly sturdy, long-term bridge on the river to replace the current temporary bridge, so that after the spring of the next year, on the north bank of the Baishui River. Development work can be carried out smoothly.

He even worried that even with the refugees in the wilderness, the manpower in the territory is still not enough. After all, those people need training. When they can't adapt to work, they can have a powerful engine. Nonstop...

After Gao Wenwen presented these plans and supporting plans in front of Herti, the latter fell into a long period of horror.

"How, don't worry about the refugees having nothing to do now?" Gao Wen smiled. "We have enough jobs to keep them busy for the whole winter, and in the process everyone will adapt to Cecil. What is the new law that is not complicated, so what are you worried about?"

Hetty silently glanced at the plan on the table and took a deep breath: "Worried about exhaustion..."

Gao Wen: "...cough cough..."

Thinking about the pressure that this granddaughter is going to bear is not small, Gao Wen can only comfort the other side: "Don't worry, the Viscount Andrew tried to find a group of lonely knights and bankrupt businessmen and scholars in his territory. Move them to Cecil to do things. I plan to arrange half of them to teach at night school, and the other half will give you a deputy, so that you can put the shelves of the Ministry of the Interior in the winter."

Hedi finally sighed when he heard this: "Thanks to the ancestors..."

"This is how it sounds like the gang of barbarians used to say," Gao Wen said with a strange look. "When they did anything, they used to praise the spirit of the ancestors..."

Hetty thought for a moment: "I am different from them. My ancestors can really hear me thanking him..."

"Then your ancestors will give you less work," Gao Wen said with a glance at this rare granddaughter who would make a joke. "Go ahead, let's go busy with you, wait for Tanzan Town." After the next batch of human resources is sent, I will give you a group of assistants first. Is it that you don’t want to say something in front of me with a kind of devout look? Thanks to the ancestors... I used to deal with the barbarians. Falling into the psychological shadow, when you thank the ancestors, I feel that I have to become a spirit in heaven..."

Hetty: "..."

Not long after Heti left, the figure of amber emerged from the nearby air.

Gao Wen lightly walked all the valuable things on the table in front of him, then raised his eyelids and looked at the half-elf thief: "How, the two mercenaries who got back together?"

"I haven't cooperated yet. After all, you don't want to abuse the prisoners, so the two people are still consuming with the soldiers." Amber swayed to Gao Wen's desk and found that he couldn't start to lick his mouth. "I said You really don't think about tying the two mercenaries who don't open their mouths to the pillars and pumping a few whipes. These mercenaries are actually very good to deal with, don't see them can be fierce in front of the refugees, but as long as you are tougher, they They will sell their employers immediately, and now they don’t open their mouths, simply because you don’t have to whip them and don’t spend money on them...”

"The kind you said is for a few silver coins to steal chickens and dogs. The members are basically mercenary-level mercenaries." Gao Wen took a look at the half-elf. "But the two we caught... you didn't Found? A knight who reached level 3, a second-level arcane mage, and the lower-ranking knight and mage who had been killed by guns. These people are low-level professionals, but in the south. Any mix of lords can be a military commander or a occultist. If you rush to the east and fight for a family, you can even become a baron or viscount. But they are willing to be mercenaries in such a backcountry. Why do you think?"

Amber thought hard: "Is it for the ideal? You see, I am so powerful a shadow master, I also dig a grave to dig a tomb..."

Gao Wen did not expect that this shame of all things could be answered in a serious way. After listening to Amber’s eulogy, he continued to say: “There are indeed strong professionals in the mercenaries, but such mercenary groups usually The north is close to the Principality of the Holy Dragon or the east is close to the Tifeng Empire. Because these places are dangerous and opportunistic, the wealth that can be harvested in the process of taking risks or completing the commission is enough for the professional to choose this path that is not very decent, but In the south, the mercenary group operating in this area is usually not very good at financial strength, and those who have several professional occupations and can wear super-armed mercenaries usually have only one explanation. - They are 'black hand teams' dedicated to one or a few nobles."

Speaking of this, Gao Wen smiled: "The psychological quality of this mercenary is very strong, and most of them have any handles or hostages in the hands of the nobility, so they are not afraid of torture, ordinary whipping is useless."

Amber looked at Gao Wen curiously: "How do you open their mouths?"

"Pitman said that he has a way, but he needs to prepare some ointments and rituals with special effects, so I don't worry," Gao Wen smiled and looked at the amber. "And I don't believe you didn't get the two mercenaries." I searched for something down on my body. I know your character. Usually, you can help you go to the storeroom and get an ink. You can drink half a bottle on the road..."

Amber suddenly blushes: "When did I drink ink!"

"I just like a metaphor, do you understand the metaphor?"

“Hey,” Amber squeezed out the air from his teeth to express his dissatisfaction. Then he began to feel on his body with a tangled expression. “I told you, this is my spoil, you see I will return it to me afterwards..."

"What else is still, the rules I have just set up are forbidden to plunder on the battlefield, and the trophy is unified and the public is remembered. Have you forgotten it?" Gao Wen said as he took the various pieces of amber from the amber and said, "Don't lick. You are my exclusive guard, do you want to take the lead in breaking the rules? And I am not not giving you compensation, but there are still rewards for meritorious deeds... Oh, there are still many things? No wonder the soldiers just came over and reported that the two captives Didn't find any valuable personal belongings on the body... I was all over you?"

The amber corner was pumping, and it seemed to be bleeding. I heard that Gao Wen promised to give compensation and then I felt a little better.

Gao Wen’s line of sight was suddenly attracted by a dagger in those trivial items.

The dagger's grip has a mark like the coat of arms of a noble family.