Chapter 161 The fairy tree spreading on the mountains
A few white tits squatted by the window, chirping, and pecking at the glass on the window from time to time, making a slight sound.
The decoration style in the room is very warm. There are animal wood carvings sent by several village names on the wooden racks, some are honest and honest black pine pigs, some are gray-haired deer with their heads raised, and red-flame lynxes with their bodies curled up.
The walls are light camel-colored, and the furniture is made of fir trees from nearby forests, leaving a bit of woody fragrance. On the pure white tile bed, Lorrain Hill was sleeping soundly.
The tits by the window saw that the "big bird" inside could not come out, so they pecked the window a few more times, and then flew away. They made an appointment to go to the lakeside over the mountain to eat berries, so they didn't wait for the big guy inside.
Just as noon approached, Loran Hill woke up soothingly and sat up from the bed.
Well, don’t stay up late in the future, it feels very bad.
Shaking her head to wake up a little, the girl put on her shoes and went to the dressing mirror beside her to combed her hair, and then changed into the clothes she was going to wear today.
After thinking for a while, she put down her usual oriental windbreaker and dress and changed into an imperial aristocratic girl-style dress. This was recently given to her by Gerveer, and it is said that it was made by the tailor in the city. The lower body was black stockings with a knee-length red pleated skirt, the upper body was a cloaked shirt and waist, and a lighter short shawl on her shoulders.
After looking at herself in the mirror, the girl felt that her outfit was very similar to when Emmenas was studying in the past. She was at the City Fort Academy, and she was the same. She often wore black and red dresses, black hair and red eyes, and went to and ended classes with Keti.
It's a little nostalgic.
Putting the hair in front of her behind her shoulders, the girl's hair color changed to a faint blue color again, and then she walked out and started working again today.
After the development of Viscount Winlani as the base, the various nobles of Longjiao Province were roughly united.
Of course, Lorran Hill knew that they didn't have much sincerity, just taking the situation. But what does it matter? If she didn't want to try to keep a low profile and develop for a while now, she wouldn't want to do so much concealment work.
As long as they stand on their own, the operators in the organization can easily penetrate the entire province without having to worry about being wanted and killed as before.
By the way, these people who are now preparing to innovate and change the empire and share common ideals have given their organization a name 'Fairy Wood'.
Fairy wood, a plant of the Rosaceae family, mostly grows in alpine frozen soil. Because of their preference for coldness, such plants are not common in the environment in which people live, but do not mean that they are rare. They often grow in large areas of mats when they appear.
The fairy trees are scattered on the cold mountains, with white petals, and a circle of tender yellow stamens in the middle, and a goose yellow style in the middle, like a sunflower flower center that has shrunk many times.
Such flowers are particularly cold-resistant. In the past, locals only saw a little on the top of the mountain, but now they can see large areas on the hillside. Because the large patches of fairy wood are placed on the cold and quiet mountain, they have a sacred beauty. The locals think this is a good omen, so the organization finally chose this code name as its name.
It blooms in the wild like a fairy tree.
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Walking into the Lord's Mansion, staff members greeted the young girl, and then continued to hold various documents and report busy registering and recording.
Now it is getting more and more lively. Many mature and educated personnel have joined in to assist Loran Hill in handling various matters. As members of the "Fairy Wood", they also have a white flower-shaped badge on their chests to show their identity.
"Good morning, Miss Jialan."
In the conference room, Gwiel was sitting at the table, with a cup of steaming black tea in front of her. It seemed that she had just arrived.
"Good morning, Miss Gwiel and Iyana." The girl nodded and sat down immediately.
Afterwards, Guvas, Lubin, and the "knight" covered in armor also walked into the conference room and sat down.
These are the five people in charge of the territory. Most of the matters and policies are discussed and decided in this conference room.
"Is there any new news recently?" Lorran Hill took out his pen and held it in his palm and looked at Lubin on the side.
This veteran and leader of the "Fairy Wood" is not only a financial officer in the territory, but also an intelligence leader, organizing information from all parties.
Lu Bin pushed down his glasses, then turned on the pages in his hand, and began to talk about them one by one.
"First of all, it is news from the northern border of the empire. The cold wave is still continuing. Even though it is already June, the temperature in most areas is still very low, and the snow water does not melt, so it is impossible to plant crops and grazing."
"Considering that there should be still food or remaining food last year, but it has not heated up and recovered in the second year. If this continues, it may cause a terrifying famine." His tone was a little worried.
"Then it comes news from the imperial capital, Tainiya, because the emperor's children are about to turn three this year, and many great nobles will go to celebrate, and it should be very lively at that time, and there will be a lot of settlement in the southern border at this stage."
"This is our good opportunity, haha." Guhuas smiled and patted the desktop with his thick palms.
"In addition, because there was no news about the Red Dragon Princess after several consecutive months of searches, the military has gradually given up and began to reduce the dispatch of search officers, and concentrate on training and expansion."
"It's good news, but also bad news." Lorran Hill nodded slightly.
"In the end, it is the Longjiao Savings we are gradually grasping now." Lubington gave a moment, and then introduced.
"Longjiao Province is located on the northwest side of the southern border, which is above the Dragon Head, and is close to the edge of the western border and central part. It has about 4 million people, with 2 earl lords, 16 viscount lords, 68 baron lords, and about 600 knights."
"Now, Longjiao Province has about 100,000 tons of grain reserves, most of which are in the castles and warehouses of the nobles. Civilians only account for about 30%, which is barely enough for the entire province to eat for three months."
"See famine in the north and the cold waves that have been affected by the empire, food will become a scarce material in recent years."
"Then how much food can our territory and Longjiao Province save this year?" Gerveer asked curiously.
"Due to the large-scale expansion of wasteland, reclamation and the help of Miss Jialan, we can get about 150,000-25 tons of grain this year, which means that it can be supplied to residents in the territory for more than two years of consumption." In fact, this is the result of Lubin's slightly conservative calculation. After all, he has never seen this girl's real method.
It was still not enough, Lorran Hill silently thought in his heart. This was already very fast, but compared to the entire southern border, or the empire, it was like a drop in the bucket.
We have to be faster and strive to integrate resources as soon as possible and reduce internal consumption.
In addition, I don’t know what the witches on the empire think about the cold wave in the north. Will they be more anxious than themselves, or are they indifferent?
By the way, taking advantage of this stable time, maybe I should have gone to other places in the southern border to see if there are any opportunities in other places, or like-minded potential allies.
Doing big things requires people. Just as I and Pullman said in the past, only with more people can you have more power. This is exactly the purpose of my desire to change the empire.
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"Then, let's end here today."
After discussing some recent matters, the meeting ended and Loran Hill stood up.
"I'm afraid I will leave the territory temporarily for a while."
"Is there anything wrong? Jialan." Gerveer looked up, a little curious.
"Well, because our purpose is not just Longjiao Province. Now that the surrounding situation is gradually being controlled and stable, it is time to go out and take a look." Lolan Hill talked about his plan to travel around the southern provinces in the next few months.
She plans to go to other provinces to see if she can support forces with common aspirations or let more members of the "Fairy Wood" organization spread.
"Will it be unsafe to act alone?" Gerveer didn't know the strength of this Miss Jialan, but he looked so young, probably not particularly powerful, probably?
"Don't worry about this." Lolan Hill waved his hand, saying that he hadn't been underestimated for a long time.
"Don't worry, I often use letters to contact you every 2-3 days."
Seeing that the young lady was still a little worried, the girl had to raise her hand to show it. A tiny seed stretched and sprouted in the palm of her hand, and quickly extended outward, gradually forming a natural wooden long sword.
Holding it in the palm of your hand, swing it briefly, a sword light slashed towards the window, but before you could see you fly away from the room, the girl's figure was like a blurred TV scene, and the trajectory appeared in front of the window, and another sword was blocking her attack.
The time difference between the front and back was less than a second, and such a silent and ghostly body movement surprised the people in the hall.
Guvas: Unexpectedly, this person is a rare strong man. If I fight with her, I guess the winning rate is not high.
Lu Bin: I am worthy of being a hero, so powerful, maybe such a person can tell that his sister is saved from the chaos.
Iyana: Sister Mesia is indeed amazing, but that night, I felt that she could be even more powerful.
Gwel: Is this Jialan’s true strength? Even in the East, such talent can be considered rare.
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In June, Guvas was busy following the classics left by Lorran Hill and continuing to train the "Knights of the Lake". Lubin began to improve the "Fairy Wood" training system and keep it as hidden as possible.
Our Star Witch once again boarded the carriage and headed towards the south. This time, perhaps she was going to the southernmost end of the empire, Linchao Port.
There, she will welcome support from the far southern archipelago. After her arrangement, the Carites Chamber of Commerce has now begun to prepare all kinds of weapons, armor, military supplies, cannons, and even skilled personnel and craftsmen.
These fleets of cargo will arrive in the empire in batches, and the earliest ones will also be agreed to arrive at the end of August.
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ps: The New Fairy Wood incident is a major turning point in the development process of human beings. With the approaching cold, this small flower in the cold zone spreads from north to south like a wave, covering the earth with ice and snow, and gradually extinct. Homo sapiens had to bid farewell to the life of blindly collecting and hunting, and began to develop agriculture, and thus civilization was gradually born.
Chapter completed!