Chapter 158 12. New Territories
The dissipated rift ended the brief reunion of Annan and Olmedo.
Annan is going to invite Olmedo to Xingyue Bay as a guest next time. As for why next time...
"Ingrid, let the craftsmen meet at the lord's mansion." Annan Passing the ugly wooden house that brought him shame, he returned to the "mansion" of the city lord.
The restrained craftsmen arrived later, and the ogre's foresight made the big house not look crowded at all.
"On behalf of Xingyue Bay, I welcome you all." Annan addressed the ceremony according to etiquette, but it didn't last long. "You have seen the situation in Xingyue Bay... Do you have any ideas?"
The craftsmen hesitated. , a speculator stood up at this moment: "I have never seen such a unique house. It is like being in a dream, full of innocence and art... The entire territory is integrated with nature-"
Most craftsmen Showing shamelessness, a few craftsmen regretted that they were a little slower.
Annan thought thoughtfully: "You think it's not bad?"
The craftsman with a delicate goatee said flatteringly: "It's simply a work of art."
"What's your name?"
"Grosseau, Lord!"
Annan said to the captain of the guard outside the door: "Put Grosso out of the ranks of craftsmen who design houses. Give him an ax and let him cut down the tree.”
The pale-faced goatee craftsman was taken out of the big house, and Annan looked around at the silent craftsman.
“I don’t want to listen to flattering and exaggerated compliments. It was late autumn when I came to Xingyue Bay. Because there was no time to build beautiful and practical houses, I first allowed the people to build houses freely.”
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Annan first shied away the responsibility, and then said: "I invite you to build exquisite houses for Xingyue Bay. If you can't do it, it's okay. Xingyue Bay is full of places that use people."
Referring to the shortage of people. Cutting down trees?
Grosseau’s tragedy is vivid in his mind, and of course the craftsmen will not refuse.
Lord's mansion, residence, blacksmith shop, warehouse, shop, toilet, dock, wall... There are many types of buildings that need to be built.
The highest priority is the lord's mansion, dock and wall. However, Annan erased the lord's mansion and prioritized the road first.
Not only is it quite comfortable for Annan to live in this log house, but they have to pave roads or roadbeds before the soil freezes, otherwise the entire camp will turn into mud if it melts next year.
Nothing is more suitable for paving roads than cement. Even Breeze City mainly uses stone pavements, and the rest are dirt roads. During the rainy season, they turn into sludge puddles that emit stench and breed bacteria.
Annan is going to send a team of five people to search for limestone along the coast. As for some slag and things that Annan can't remember... he plans to find it and hand it over to Michael for development - mages usually dabble in it. Potions and alchemy, as we all know, alchemy can be understood as changing substances, so cement is also an alchemical material.
As for the price of alchemy... Although the income of "The Fall of the Mage Tower" has become stagnant, and the theaters and several other screening venues now only have two to three hundred gold coins per day, the total income has exceeded 20,000 gold coins. .
It is said that at the meeting of the City Lord’s Mansion a few days ago, Olmedo silenced the councilors and nobles with the data he presented - 6% of Breeze City’s tax revenue this year was contributed by Annan. In other words, it was contributed by the movie "The Fall of the Mage Tower".
It’s not that no one is trying to imitate. Those who are smart will imitate after seeing "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower", such as "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower", "The Fall of the Wizard's Tower", and "Jack and Rose's One-night Affair", which are directly copied. They will translate those popular stage plays and epic stories into magical images, but they don’t know what lens language, storyboard technology, montage, or even editing are.
It was so shoddy that theater owners refused to show it, and Annan had no interest in knowing about his competitors. And because the ticket price was 1 silver coin and the audience was not large, we lost a lot of money. I had no choice but to raise the price——
10 silver coins? So why don't they watch "Fall of the Tower" ten times?
The guy who didn’t want to bear the burden of recording the magic stone that could only be used ten times ran to ask about the price of the eternal magic stone——
1,000 gold coins?
Then why don’t they buy cotton?
Speaking of cotton, the "Susan Spinning Machine" manufactured by the King of the North is the main culprit for the skyrocketing price of cotton, allowing those damn poor people to afford cotton clothes.
After dozens of minutes of discussion, Annan and the craftsmen finalized the plan for Xingyue Bay. The construction is mainly made of stone, supplemented by wood.
Annan has a special liking for Breeze City-style pitched roof buildings, which are also suitable for the snowfall in the Northland winter.
They had a long winter to complete the work.
Leaving this matter to Francois for coordination, Annan looked at Ingrid who was left behind: "Tell me about Gemma Diatra."
The Diatra family is in Bethal City, except for the fact that Annan knows that Gema Diatra is the second son of the family. This Gema rarely leaves the family, and has never even left Bethal City.
Gema Diatra is described by others as a gentle and approachable nobleman.
Annan couldn't combine this word with that face that needed a beating, so Olmedo was puzzled when he learned about Gmar Diatra's performance in Xingyue Bay.
"Is he an elite mage?"
"Gema, he is just an ordinary person."
Annan recalled several low-level spells on the promontory that night...Gema Diatra Hiding the identity of the mage?
A second son who had never left the city and hid his identity as a spellcaster suddenly left the family and provoked a king in the north in a high-profile way. After asking for his territory to no avail, he opened up territory nearby... What does he want to do?
“The second son will never be unpopular. The soul hidden in the magic ring awakens as a spellcaster and leaves behind the family for thirty years after being humiliated. He Xi's oath left and followed the guidance of his soul to Xingyue Bay, which contained precious resources, but found that it had been occupied and had to seize the territory. "
Annan thought irresponsibly.
Maybe it’s even a girl. Augusta can hide Olmedo’s identity for twenty years, and so can the Diatra family.
"Thirty years east of the Pulani River...?"
""The Law Breaks the Sky" is also my work."
"I will find a chance to read it ." Ingrid nodded.
No matter what, Annan needs to be prepared. Gema's "Snow Mountain Port" is very close to Xingyue Bay, so close that the cavalry can raid it in just one morning, and the trucks only need one day.
Ingrid left the big house, and there were still new residents to make arrangements for. Annan looked out the window and saw the orange-red fire arrow coming from the east.
Osulonde leader finally replied:
[Bad Annan, stinky Annan:
You are finished! The eldest sister is angry. She stopped me even if I wanted to reply. You shouldn't hide it from the family. The eldest sister is very sad and I am also very disappointed. But now I am the only one who can help you. Please say something to comfort the eldest sister. She likes about violet flowers. long poem!
Also, Xingyue Bay? Have you been deceived by a stinky woman from the elves? 】
Annan read it many times and wrote a reply after thinking deeply.
(End of this chapter)