Today is December 31st, the last day of the year.

The disturbed Northland seemed to calm down a little, although beneath the calm surface of the sea was a tangled turbulence.

But at least on this day, no one wants to make trouble.

Good people want to celebrate the holidays, and bad people also have festivals!

In this world, festivals are more than just about relaxing and celebrating. Every festival has its own unique significance.

Those mysterious astrologers and prophets can always detect the unknown changes in this world from those special days. These festivals are all set by them.

For example, today, the last day of the year, there will be some subtle changes in the magic and rules of the main plane. Even the most diligent mage would take a break on this day and stop the magic experiments in his hands. Otherwise, at the end of next year, there may be descendants who will offer flowers to his grave.

On this day, any strife and magic should be avoided at all costs. Otherwise, anything can happen.

The most outrageous time was a dispute between the two nobles whose territories were close to each other, and there was friction all winter, and even the Chinese New Year did not let his knights and peasants take a break.

As a result, the next day on New Year's Day, one of the two nobles had a nose as long as a carrot, and the other had a pig's tail on his buttocks!

Ahem...... The one above is folklore, and the truth is yet to be determined. Maybe someone cursed the two guys who didn't give them a holiday during the New Year.

In short, this day is not appropriate. Traditional customs allow people to spend the New Year at home with their families on this day.

Even the Northland Alliance, which was chasing the gray orcs, had stopped.

If the family is close, divide the money and go home. If you are far away, you will live together during the New Year, and then go your separate ways after the New Year.

Of course, the reason why we didn't continue to pursue was because we couldn't pursue anymore.

Needless to say, the bitter cold of the Northland can make a yak cry from the cold.

And if you chase further north, you will have to chase to the gray orc wasteland with a more harsh environment. The land there has no value to humans, and it is very unsafe because of the presence of various monsters.

This is also why, nearly a thousand years later, the gray orcs are still a big problem for the humans of the Northlands. You can't defeat them completely, and they'll have to come back in a few years.

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Charlotte didn't care too much about the Grey Orcs' counterattack. Even Goush, who ran away in advance and sold his little brother completely, Charlotte didn't worry too much.

Lately, he's been more concerned with business issues.

It's no easy task to build a majestic city on a wild peninsula.

First of all, there must be enough power to crush the absolute force that threatens the security of the new city.

The second is wealth, although Vientiane cards can solve some of the problems, but cards alone are not enough to build a city even if they tear down Charlotte! You still need to start from the main plane.

After all, Charlotte has relied on the card insert machine system to accumulate a large amount of precious property in the Northland, as well as the huge profits and material channels brought by Amway Group. As long as the operation is good, Xia Luo can continuously obtain resources from the northern land and use them to build his own Chang'an City!

Finally, people!

After all, Chang'an City was at its peak, a super-large city capable of accommodating a population of one million. And the capital city of Ecstasy, the capital of Nonaway, has a combined permanent population and a floating population of less than 400,000!

Charlotte needs to find a way to get enough of the population, at least enough to keep the city running......

With its irreplaceable high-quality products, coupled with "excellent communication methods", Amway Group has spread its tentacles to all walks of life in the Northland in a short period of time.

It's not that there are some small forces or aristocrats who are trying to resist or implicate the Amway group in their own sphere of influence.

But first, they can't go against the market economy. The authority of the aristocracy is big when it is big, and it is really small when it is small. When someone wants to go against the interests of the people, he will encounter all kinds of problems. That kind of boycott, in addition to making the lords scold the lord for being a baked cake, is to fatten the smugglers. even fattened some of his petty officials and local snakes.

Not to mention the aristocracy, even if he is an emperor, when he has turned against everyone's interests, he has become a loner.

As for those who plan to use force, it is the Amway Group.

Even in the open face of the North Land, the Amway Group has at least 30,000 direct forces. There are also uncountable adventurers, mercenaries, chambers of commerce and various professional guilds, relying on the Amway Group to eat!

If there is a bad brain, and they use their brains, they will find that after a few inexplicable conflicts, they are bankrupt!

It felt like the whole world was against you! It's not smooth to do anything! There are a few people who reacted slowly, and when they came back to their senses, even the territory was deprived by the noble council!

Today's Amway Group has been tied to the people of Northland, their wages, insurance, benefits, upstream production raw materials, downstream sales channels, living needs, entertainment projects...... It's all about the Amway Group.

This giant business trust, which is owned by several large organizations, large chambers of commerce, and large aristocratic families, has tied everyone up.

It's like the current Fenner Kingdom, because of this invasion of the gray orcs, the entire country has collapsed in half. The loss of people is serious, and the rest are struggling to survive on the food and clothing line.

So they took the initiative to ask the Amway Group for help, and took out loans in the form of mines, taxes, land, exclusive rights, etc.

The Amway Group now has 60,000 workers in the Fenna Kingdom, some repairing roads, and the next 10 years will set up toll booths. Some have built infrastructure and renovated cities and towns to provide jobs and shelter for people in ruins, and then a portion of local tax revenue will be used to repay the loans.

This time, the gray orcs besieged the city for more than a month, and almost wiped out the family of the Fenner royal family. In order to fend off the wolf-like gray orcs, the royal family and nobles took out their pockets and armed card messengers.

Although the country has been preserved, the gold reserves of the whole country are insufficient, and there is a certain deflation in the market. For this reason, Amway Group also loaned 500,000 gold dragons to the Fenner royal family, requiring it to be repaid within ten years.

The interest will not be required, but after that, the armament collection of the Fenner Kingdom will go from the Amway Group.

"What? You want to get rid of some of the military and make the army more elite. So want to buy firearms and magic instruments? What? And marry a princess to me? Only 15 years old! ”

Charlotte replied with a righteous and awe-inspiring refusal: "No! Arms purchases are subject to the approval of the board of directors of the group. I'm not going to give you an opening. However, because of the great calamity that has afflicted your country, we will certainly help. But the princess doesn't need it, am I the kind of person who takes advantage of people's danger? ”

The envoy of the Fenna kingdom left in frustration, he had been entrusted with the burden of not being able to sell the princess.

Come to think of it, the disaster that the kingdom of Nanonaway suffered this time was no less than that of Fenner: the king was assassinated and dying, the heir to the throne was vacant, and the great nobles of the country rebelled against independence!

Which one is not deadly?

What now? The queen will ascend the throne after the year!

Why?

It's not like I hugged my thighs early!

Charlotte smiled at Alice and Artoria behind her, "These people are pondering these crooked ways every day. Can I say yes? No, you can't! Am I missing a princess? It's enough to have you two princesses! As he spoke, he took the two of them by the shoulders and walked into the house, to teach them how to make dumplings......

Look! What kind of will to survive? Learn a little, but if you can have some experience, you can get rid of the single just around the corner!

Charlotte: Can't you tell me this kind of thing in private?

……

In the middle of the hall, a large, specially made wooden table sits in the middle.

Fat Luo, Little Jinli, Luna, Alice, Eudora, and the great poet Goethe, who has been busy with TV broadcasting, his daughter-in-law Meranda, Celine and her brother Xiaodi, who have entered the peak of their singing career, Vic the Great Demon and the dwarf Kaka......

All in one!

In fact, the separation didn't last long, more than half a year?

But there were so many things that happened during this period that when I think about it now, I actually have a feeling of a long time.

Now that things in the Northland are over, Goush just lets him and Tampas fight.

Charlotte wants to open up the Wasteland Peninsula, so she naturally hopes that her friends can help her.

The family needs to be in order...... Phew! The bad luck of the New Year!

For more than two weeks, Charlotte had been in meetings.

With friends, with partners, and with some of the bigwigs in the half-planes.

Combining the opinions and plans of various parties, he formulated a big plan. And there are also several ancillary programs. Just wait for the beginning of spring to start acting!

There are many people making dumplings, but there are also many troublemakers.

A group of people are all hands and feet of Huohuo dough, all want to show their skills to make the best dumplings.

"Vic! Why do you still have a nose on this dumpling? Is this a pack for an elephant? ”

"Hell elephants! Hellish nose! I'm a tank! Tanks know what! This is a cannon barrel, but the noodles are too soft. ”

"But why do you want to make dumplings and make a cannon barrel? Do you still need a cannon barrel for dumplings? ”

"Yes! Everything needs a barrel! The more, the bigger, the better! I'm going to have to add one! ”

"Gotcha! You're busy! ”

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"Governor, it's hard to make a square dumpling for you......"

"After my calculations, such dumplings can be filled with the most filling." The governor gave a stiff smile......

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"Alice, I know you want to pack a monster fighter. But can you make it shut up? This dumpling filling is about to fall out! ”

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"Yo, Luna is still your elven ingenuity! This wheat ear bun is vivid, but there is no filling......"

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"Xiao Jinli, if you wrap the dumplings into pyramids, I will wrap you in them......"

Xia Luo let out a long sigh, "Hey~ Is it so difficult to eat a meal of dumplings?" I'm so tired! I don't feel like I'm going to eat dumplings anymore......"

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The space door of the half-plane was wide open, and countless people came in and out.

There are high-class goblins peddling knick-knacks......

In the winter, I only wear a sleeveless leather vest to show off my muscles......

There are colorful gnomes who dress themselves up......

There are mountain people dressed in furs......

There are Black Iron Dwarves with flasks and Main Plane Dwarves......

There are honest cavemen in new clothes......

There are kobolds who drag their families to buy snacks on the street......

There are black and white round panda people......

There are rabbit people with two long ears standing up......

There are fat-headed, big-eared pig people (Pandaria) and their distant relatives, wild boar people......

There are a small number of acrobatic tricks of the raccoon and the foot dance......

There are lizardmen and koi people who wear thick ones and wear thermal magic guides......

There are ogres drooling around people's food stalls......

Even the Mushroom Kid rode Scroogo all over the ground.

On such a day, everyone put down work and enjoyed a rare holiday time.

There are often children on both sides of the road who light small cannons to scare passers-by. Then the bear child was chased by the parents, and the chickens and dogs jumped.

Chinese New Year! If you don't set off artillery battles and don't post Spring Festival couplets, it's not interesting!

In order to get some red paper, Charlotte even made a paper workshop!

"The sound of firecrackers is the old year, and the bear child will start fighting tomorrow." Well, don't beat the children during the New Year, this family is exquisite!

"People are good at home, everything is smooth, and they eat snacks every day." It looks like an ogre stuck to the mouth of his cave!

"The days increase and people live longer, and next year we will double our efforts in scientific research." The entrance of a scientific research laboratory......

"The traffic is busy all the way, the birds are singing, the flowers are fragrant, and there are many fruits." The monkeys of Hundred Fruit Orchard also put pen to paper.

"If you don't drink alcohol during the festival this year, you will drink Baiguo Brew if you drink." It's an advertisement for a distillery!

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The dumplings are out of the pot, scoop them out with a big colander and eat them while they're hot!

Because of the huge harvest in Pandaria, all kinds of fruits, vegetables and spices are available.

Dipping vinegar if you want to dip in vinegar, Dipping soy sauce if you want to dip in soy sauce, and minced garlic and chili oil!

Considering that the big mouth with a broken horn can eat three in one bite, plus Artoria is also a strong player. Charlotte chose eight cauldrons to cook together, and the dumplings kept going!

Fortunately, there were nearly 100 children who helped make dumplings.

Today, the children that Charlotte has raised in Helsin and the Land of Freedom have been taken over, and there are more than 800 of them.

The oldest is fourteen or fifteen years old, and the youngest is only four or five years old. Although they were not rich, they had to survive. Now everyone is wearing new clothes, waiting for the dumplings to come out of the pot with a smile on their faces.

Now Charlotte is finally going to settle down, and she plans to give them a home.

In order to cater to other tastes, there are also large pieces of barbecued meat and fish sizzling on the fire, large elbows and ham are shiny, bread is stacked into small mountains, and cheese is all in pots! More than two dozen copper hot pots on one side are also tumbling. The cut meat rolls were placed on several tables!

"Eat! Eat as much as you want! Next year we will go all out to build our home! Let's work hard! ”

Charlotte raised her glass, "Come!" Cheers to us! ”

The bell rang at twelve o'clock, and the bell placed high in the city spread far and wide.

Fireworks are starting here at Charlotte! Countless human-high fireworks canisters are lit, and colorful fireworks explode in the air to form brilliant patterns!

Charlotte took out a large pile of red envelopes and distributed them to the children.

Over there, Artoria put a dumpling in Alice's bowl, and Alice ate it, "Huh? I've got the Golden Dragon! "A golden dragon is wrapped in dumplings.

Everyone laughed and praised Alice for her good luck......

In the distance, Feiyun, who was wearing thin clothes and carrying a rag bag on his back, was handing out wood carvings to children on the street, looked at the fireworks in the sky, and smiled gently......

In the distance at the royal palace banquet in Ecstasy, Andre looks in the direction where the fireworks appear and wonders what Charlotte is doing......

The old year is over, and the new year will surely usher in a better life, right?