In the winter of previous years, it was difficult for the elderly and children to survive, and it was too normal for hundreds of people to freeze and starve to death every year, and even the vast majority of lords had already selectively ignored this.

However, under the leadership of Donn's policy, this year, the lord's palace allocated a batch of warm clothing, and even a subsidy for poor families to spend the winter, this kind of benevolence and compassion for the people made Donn's prestige and dominance among the people have been unprecedentedly enhanced, and Ellington's cohesion has reached an unprecedented peak.

All in all, under Donn's drastic reforms, this year, for the first time in Ellington, no one fled in the winter, because, as long as they are willing to work, as long as they are willing to work, they can definitely earn enough money to buy food for the winter, so these people are now in the mood to sit here and drink.

"Even if I had money and food, I wouldn't necessarily go out," complained a man sitting by the fireplace, "Looking back now, our road to Ellington used to be really torturous, wet when it snowed and rained, and it was very uncomfortable to wet my shoes, like now?" Even if it's snowing or raining, the road surface is still hard, so it's no problem whether you're walking or riding a bicycle. ”

"So didn't the lord say that if you want to get rich, you must first build a road, and this road should be this kind of asphalt road."

"I've heard that Miss Fiona said that the lord is preparing something to survive the winter......

Inside the tavern, a goblin and a handsome red-haired man sat opposite each other with a glass of ale on a table in the tavern.

It was none other than Garion and Eldraine Kamanda.

Due to the sudden heavy snowfall, the construction of the Star Diamond Bank had to be stopped, and lately there were goblins everywhere in Ellington - much to the displeasure of Nokia and their dwarf craftsmen.

Garion shook his ears and laughed in a low voice: "Originally, I just wanted to come out and listen to his comments, but I didn't expect to hear good information." ”

Eldraine Kamanda put down the book with "How to Train Your Dragon" on the cover, glanced at the hall curiously, and said, "You mean, that asphalt road?" Well, it's a good investment. ”

Garion's eyes lit up, and he said, "We have experienced the superior performance of this kind of road, if we build a network of roads all over Brandal, and then provide toll services, we can make money lying down!" ”

Eldraine Kamanda thought for a moment and nodded approvingly, "You goblins are indeed geniuses in this regard. ”

"It's a pity that I can't afford this kind of project myself."

Garion was very dissatisfied and said, "I'm afraid that only our leader can use the power of the entire Star Diamond Bank to eat it." ”

"The premise is that Don agrees to cooperate."

"He'll cooperate."

Eldraine Kamanda put down the book, recalled the incident about Donn, and couldn't help but nod and said, "You're right, he'll agree, I have to admit it, he's a good guy, and even I'm attracted to his charm." ”

"Oh?"

Garion looked at Eldraine Kamanda in surprise, "As a red dragon, would you be attracted to a human?" Or a human male? - Oh, I didn't mean that, I don't have a problem with whether you want to cross that line or not...... You're a dragon anyway. ”

Eldraine Kamanda said with a smile, "Man...... Doesn't seem to have anything wrong with that, right? ”

Garian grinned, "I don't comment. ”

"Forget it, I'll admit he's very attractive, but I'm not too strong to hold back my impulses - honestly, it scares me a little because I don't understand what's going on."

Eldraine Kamanda shrugged and said, "If one day I really can't control myself and attack him, remember to wake me up." ”

"Oh."

Gary settled down for a moment and asked, "How much equivalent?" ”

"How big it is, how big it is."

As soon as Eldraine Kamanda finished speaking, she suddenly paused, and then smiled, "Our lord is back, do you want to go and greet him?" ”

"Greeting? Forget it, let's get out of here, I don't want to know what happened to those ballast cargo magic iron bombs. ”

Garion drained his beer in one gulp, muttered and jumped out of his chair, ready to leave.

"Ahh

As soon as Eldraine Kamanda snapped her fingers, Don and Fiona, who met on the way, pushed the door in the snow.

The people in the tavern were stunned for a moment, and then they all cheered: "Lord Lord! It's your lord! ”

"There are a lot of people."

Tang En smiled and waved his hand: "Everyone eat and drink well, I'll come over and drink a glass of cider to warm up." ”

With that, Don and Fiona went to the bar, and the nervous old Tom immediately brought Don and Fiona two full glasses of hot cider, which overflowed with wine, and served them with a few hot fruit pies.

Don took a sip: "The whole body is warm, how much?" ”

Old Tom shook his head vigorously and said, "My lord, I am laughing, it is my honor for you to come to me to drink, how can I ask for money?" ”

Don laughed and said, "Then you mean that I will let the soldiers of the Ellington Guard come to you every day in the future, and you can eat and drink for nothing?" ”

Old Tom's face turned white at once, so many people still don't eat him bankrupt?

"If you wish......"

"Just kidding, how much is how much."

Don motioned for Fiona to pay, and then said casually: "Power corrupts people, and dictatorship is even more so, if you don't want me to become like those people, don't engage in any personality cult, don't use this indifferent profit to slowly corrupt me." ”

"Your lord, you are the lord of Ellington, everything here, including us, belongs to you, how can this corrupt you."

Don shook his head and said, "There are no saints in this world, I have always lived in the aura of personality cult, and sooner or later, I will become the kind of person you hate the most - and you yourself too." ”

Fiona was stunned, she certainly thought in a different depth than everyone else, Don was telling the truth, everyone knew, the same, everyone wanted to be the dictator who ruled everything, but no one ever thought about whether it was a mistake or not.

Is it fundamentally a mistake to put all the power, all the wealth, all the hope of the whole world on one person?

If power is decentralized......

"Fiona, let's go back and implement what I just told you as soon as possible, these issues can't be put off any longer."

Donn said to himself, unaware that Fiona was pondering the rudiments of a parliamentary system in her contemplative mind.

When the two first met, Don was watching a few children running around in the snow.

Seeing their carefree appearance, Don smiled and ...... He thought of himself who had been dominated by his holiday homework.

Education is a very important issue.

There is no so-called compulsory education here in Plandal, there are no ordinary compulsory education schools here, there is not even systematic language and mathematics education, the nobles will hire erudite scholars to conduct elite customized training for their offspring, and no one cares about the education of the commoners, and of course they will not specifically spend money to solve the education problem.

There is only one real school in the whole of Ilus, and that is the Royal Military Academy of Ilus.

However, this academy only teaches military experience, and it is a place to train corresponding talents.

In addition to this academy, the only academy that Tang En had heard of that was truly in line with compulsory education was the Star and Moon Secret Law Academy in Silver City, where mages would discover outstanding magical talents when they traveled around the world, and then bring him to the Star and Moon Secret Law Academy to receive a systematic and complete education.

The saying that knowledge is power is best embodied in the Silver City.

Ellington's population is now increasing day by day, and by the next year, the population will soon enter a period of explosive growth, once the population exceeds 100,000, this place can really be called a city, now start building schools in advance, when the time comes to implement a compulsory education system, teach every school-age child language, mathematics, physics, chemistry, art and other basic skills, at the same time can also open combat training courses, all-round training.

In this way, Donn believes that he can discover the potential children in the territory, and then carry out elite training to enhance their sense of belonging and further strengthen Ellington's strength......

It's a virtuous circle, and it's very necessary - a territory full of illiterates is destined to have little to do.

Of course, at Donn's level, he can only make a start, like the initial first driving force.

“…… Now the Ellington children are so idle other than delivering newspapers that if they could use that time to do their homework...... I mean, learning literacy and math will definitely be better for their future growth......"

Don babbled a lot, and then suddenly found that Fiona was distracted: "Fiona? What are you thinking? ”

"Huh? Your Excellency? I—I'm listening. ”

"Just listen, all in all, the expansion of the outer city has been suspended, and if the internal construction begins, the issue of education will have to be put on the agenda."

Don took a sip of hot cider, thought for a moment, and then said, "Speaking of which, there is another thing, after the winter, vegetables and the like are basically gone, right?" ”

"There's still some replenishment from the Emerald Forest, so it's not too much of a rush."

"Human beings can't always rely on others, and we have to solve this problem ourselves...... I'll give Brian a technical plan for them, because it's not too difficult, so let them implement it immediately. ”

Fiona looked at him curiously: "What technical solution?" ”

Tang En smiled slightly, put down the wine glass and said, "Greenhouse off-season planting technology. (To be continued.) )