Hetty's worries are actually not a problem in the context of this era, because in the three views of most people, and even in the facts of this era, the cold winter only means one thing: everything witheres, and the life is gradually reduced, and all work is stopped. Human beings will reserve enough food and fuel before this, then stop working, return home, and enter a pure state of consumption.

Just like those animals that store food in tree holes in advance and spend the winter in winter.

This way of survival is determined by reality - although there are various "magic" manifested as black technology, they belong to only a very small number of upper-class elites. The whole world is still firmly bound to the land, farmers are the most basic producers of almost all social wealth, and agriculture and various agricultural-based production activities are the most important production activities in this society. Once winter comes and farming stops, eighty percent of people will be idle, and the backward aristocratic order prohibits these people from doing business freely or engaging in any "side-trade that does not match their identity". Without the permission of the nobles, civilians will even go to the river to catch fish and go to the mountains to hunt and chop firewood.

In addition, most civilians have limited food in winter, and even during the whole winter they can only maintain a half-full state, so they dare not waste their energy to do anything "over-the-clock" - every breath of heat they exhaled in winter consumes their originally small reserves of physical strength, and may cause them to die of freezing and starvation before spring.

However, in Cecil, the situation is completely different.

The Cecil family currently has no luxury expenditure in any form, which greatly saves expenses. The new production model ensures that enough supplies can be stored before winter. Pittman and the apprentice he trained to do their best and ensures that the territory is sufficient. In addition, the food purchased from Tanzan Town and the supplies supported by the king, the entourages led by Cecil do not have to consider consumption in winter.

Here we have to emphasize the supplies supported by the king - Gao Wen admitted that he had a small pit in this regard for Francis II, because the agreement he signed with the king was provided by the royal family to provide the consumption of the entire territory in the early stage of development. He did not say how many people there would be in his territory and how many people would increase in a short period of time, so he had already requested several additional supplies from the royal family openly...

It ensures food supply, and Gao Wen has jobs here.

After winter, there is nothing to do? That is another territory. Cecil has many things to do here. The steel plant is expanding its scale. Two large factories have been added next to the machinery manufacturing station to install new production lines. The furnace area for firing Rebecca crystals has also been converted into a formal factory, called "Magic Crystal Smelting Plant". It is not only used to burn Rebecca crystals, but also set up a laboratory to test what new substances can be synthesized from various minerals dug out from the dark mountains. The silly roe deer has to throw more than 200 fireballs in the laboratory every day to be happy...

In addition, there are iron ore in the east and countless construction sites on the territory that also require manpower.

After winter, the land becomes harder and the water is prone to freezing. Various construction-related work will progress slowly, but this does not mean that construction work will stop. Although the "an alternative cement trial product" produced by Rebecca is relatively low in output, it performs very well at low temperatures. In addition, there are not too large buildings in the territory now, so the projects at various construction sites will not stop, and there is a large project about to be launched-

As the Baishui River enters the dry season and the water level drops, Gao Wen plans to build a truly solid, long-term bridge on this river to replace the current temporary ferry bridge. In this way, the development work on the north bank of the Baishui River can be carried out smoothly after the spring of the following year.

He even worried that even with the refugees in the wilderness, the territory was still not enough - after all, those people needed training, and they couldn't adapt to the work at first. When they were working, there was a powerful magic engine around them.

After Gao Wen presented these plans and the supporting plans one by one to Hedy, the latter fell into a long period of shock.

"How about it, don't worry about the refugees now that they have nothing to do, are you?" Gao Wen smiled. "We have plenty of positions to keep them busy all winter, and in the process everyone will adapt to the new law that is not complicated by Cecil. So, what else are you worried about?"

Herdy silently glanced at the plan on the table and took a deep breath: "Worrying to be exhausted..."

Gao Wen: "…Ahem…”

Thinking that the pressure this eldest granddaughter has to bear is indeed quite large, Gao Wen can only comfort the other party: "Don't worry, Viscount Andrew finds a group of down-and-out knights and bankrupt businessmen and scholars in his territory, and uses money to motivate them to come to Cecil to do things. I plan to arrange half of them to teach in the night school and the other half as your deputy, so that you can put up the Ministry of Interior when winter begins."

Heti finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Thank you for the ancestor..."

"How come this is so similar to what the barbarians used to say back then," Gao Wen said with a strange look, "No matter what they did, they were used to praising the spirit of their ancestors first..."

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

"Then your ancestors will reduce your workload, right?" Gao Wen looked at the rare joking granddaughter with amusement and tears. "Okay, okay, go and do your business first. After the next batch of human resources in Tanzan Town is delivered, I will give you a priority to pick a group of assistants, okay? That is, don't say "Thank you for the ancestors" in front of me with a pious look... I had a psychological shadow when dealing with barbarians back then. When you mention thanking your ancestors, I feel that I will become the spirit in heaven again..."

Hetty: “…”

Not long after Hetty left, Amber's figure emerged from the nearby air.

Gao Wen snatched all the valuable things on the table in front of him, then raised his eyelids and looked at the half-elf thief: "How about it, have the two mercenaries caught cooperated?"

"I haven't cooperated yet. After all, you don't let the prisoners abuse, so those two people are still spending time with the soldiers," Amber came to Gao Wen's desk swayingly, and found that he couldn't do it. "I said you really don't consider tieing the two mercenaries who never talked to the pillars and whipped a few whips? Such mercenaries are actually easy to deal with. Although they can be fierce in front of refugees, as long as you are a little tougher, they will immediately sell their employer. Now they don't speak up because you don't use whips to hit them, and you don't spend money to buy them..."

"The kind you are talking about is to steal chickens and dogs for a few silver coins. The members are basically armed militia mercenaries," Gao Wen glanced at the half-elf, "But the two we caught... didn't you notice? A knight who reached level 3, an arcane wizard at level 2, and the low-level knight and mage who were shot dead before. Although these people are low-level professions, any gangster in the southern border can be an army commander or a mystery consultant for a lord. If you go east to get a military merit and then curry favor with the Silas Loren's family, you can even join the aristocratic class and become a baron or viscount, but they are willing to be mercenaries in such a remote place. Why do you think?"

Amber thought hard: "Is it for the ideal? Look, I am such a powerful shadow master, and I am digging graves..."

Gao Wen did not expect that the shame of all things would have any serious answers. After listening to Amber's speech, he continued to say: "There are indeed powerful pros and mercenaries among the mercenaries, but these mercenaries usually move in places close to the Holy Dragon Principality in the north or close to the Tifeng Empire in the east, because these places have dangers and opportunities. The wealth you can gain in the process of adventure or completing the commission is enough to allow professionals to choose this not very decent road. However, in the south, the mercenaries operating in this area are usually not very strong and financially and have no good financial resources. Those mercenaries with several professions and can wear extraordinary arms usually have only one explanation - they are the 'black hand team' that specializes in serving a certain or aristocrat."

Speaking of this, Gao Wen smiled: "This kind of mercenary has a strong psychological quality, and most of them have any handles or hostages falling into the hands of the nobles, so they are not afraid of severe torture, and ordinary whipping is useless."

Amber looked at Gao Wen curiously: "Then how did you pry open their mouths?"

"Pitman said he had a solution, but he needed to prepare some special ointments and rituals, so I was not in a hurry," Gao Wen looked at Amber with a smile, "And I don't believe you didn't plunder anything from those two mercenaries. I know your personality. Usually, you can drink half a bottle on the road if you ask you to help you go to the warehouse to get ink..."

Amber's face suddenly turned red: "When did I drink ink?"

"I'm just a metaphor. Do you understand the metaphor?"

"Shut," Amber squeezed out some air from the gap between her teeth to express her dissatisfaction. Then, she began to touch her body with a tangled expression, "I tell you, this is my spoil. You will return it to me after you see it..."

"What else? The rules I just made prohibit plundering on the battlefield. Have you forgotten the trophys that were unified and handed over to the public to the unified and reward the merits?" Gao Wen said while taking all kinds of pieces of things that Amber took out to see, "Don't pout, you are my exclusive guard. Do you want to take the lead in breaking the rules? And I'm not not giving you compensation, there are still rewards for making meritorious deeds... Haha, there are still many things? No wonder the soldiers came here just now that they reported that the two prisoners did not find any valuable personal belongings... they were all brought over by you?"

Amber's eyes were twitching, feeling distressed as if bleeding. He felt a little better after hearing Gao Wen's promise to compensate.

Gao Wen's gaze was suddenly attracted by a dagger among the trivial items.
Chapter completed!