When Roland woke up in the morning, it was not Tyr who served him, but an elderly maid.

Walking out of the bedroom, Chief Knight Carter was waiting for him outside the door.

"Your Highness, I have to tell you the sad news," he said in a deep voice, "your maid died last night. ”

"What?" Roland's eyelids jumped, and although he had known that this was the result, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart. After all, this man died because of him.

"She fell from the balcony of her room, there were no signs of a fight, and the guards did not see outsiders entering or leaving. So...... It should have been an accident that she accidentally fell. ”

The knight reported the results of the investigation, and at the same time looked at Roland with a strange look in his eyes. Roland knew what he was thinking, of course, and it was a well-known fact that the Four Princes had repeatedly tried to take Tyr during his time in Grey Keep. In this era, it is normal for a prince to have a relationship with the maids around him, there are few entertainment activities, there is almost no nightlife, and when he has nothing to do, he will naturally think about creating people. Not only do they make their own creations, but they also exchange women between princes and upper-class nobles, and even get together to create a party, so the real chaos in your circle is not just a joke.

The fourth prince is already relatively restrained in this convenience, and after being replaced by Roland, he has not even touched a woman - except for Tyre, the level of the rest of the maids can be called cold. In addition, he had to face the Demon Moon after crossing over, and his mind was almost full of farming plans, and he didn't have time to enjoy the aristocratic life of the wind and snow.

"It's a pity," Roland pretended to be sorry, "I'll leave Tyr's funeral to the older maid who served me this morning." She's the new chief maid. ”

Kater nodded, saluted and left.

As soon as Roland stepped into the office, he saw the nightingale sitting on the mahogany table.

"Did you ask something?"

"Nothing, she killed herself when she saw me," she said in a somewhat frustrated tone, "too fast, without even the slightest hesitation." ”

"You didn't restrain her?" Roland rounded the other and sat back in the back chair.

"I've tied her up," Nightingale leaned in, leaning in, "who thought she had poison in her teeth." I had to fake it as an accidental fall. ”

"I thought you were so experienced that you were embarrassed to get paid like that?"

"Hey, don't say that, just because I didn't get anything out of her mouth doesn't mean I found nothing," Nightingale chuckled twice and placed a folded piece of paper in front of Roland, "from her room." ”

Roland spread out the paper, it was a letter from home, the sender referred to Tyr as his sister, and the content was just ordinary small talk. However, he noticed that the other party mentioned the sea many times, such as the beautiful scenery by the sea, and her favorite thing to stay on the beach and watch the sunset. At the end of the letter, she asked when her sister would be back, and she missed her very much. Thinking of the territories of several brothers and sisters, Roland said uncertainly, "Sister Sanwang of Bishui Harbor?"

"That's probably the case, those two brothers of yours can't see the sea. I suspect that Garcia Wimbledon, the daughter of the Three Kings, held her sister hostage and used her as a hidden pawn. Judging by the decisive style of her suicide, it is unlikely that it was arranged at random. In other words, she has at least two to three years of relevant training before being placed with you. ”

Roland sighed softly, sure enough, the battle for the king will not end so easily. Even if he doesn't fight, it doesn't mean staying out of the matter. For the sake of the throne, his brothers and sisters have no worries at all, and I am afraid that similar things will happen again in the future.

"Ah, someone's coming. I'll take my leave, Your Highness. ”

The nightingale blew a provocative breath at Roland, and then disappeared into thin air in the blink of an eye.

Although it was not the first time I had seen it, it still scared Roland by playing such a game in broad daylight. He hesitated, and tentatively stretched out his finger towards the empty table, but halfway through it was intercepted by a soft-touch hand, "Your Highness, you will make Anna sad by doing this. ”

Well, it seems that her ability is to be invisible and not to disappear, Roland thought, otherwise it would be too scary.

There was a knock at the door, "Your Highness, I'm Barov." ”

Roland withdrew his fingers and returned to his expressionless appearance, "Come in." ”

The assistant minister walked into the office with a large bundle of files, and began to report on the state affairs of the past week before his ass was hot. Roland also put away his thoughts and listened intently to what he had to say. After more than a month of hearing and seeing, he found that he was able to keep up with the rhythm of the other party, instead of being dizzy and completely confused at the beginning.

In general, the finances of Frontier Town have improved to a certain extent, mainly because after selling ore and gem rough to Liuye Town, nearly two hundred gold dragons were obtained. After this money was used to buy food and pay wages, there were still ninety left.

Barov is also in a high mood, and with money in his hand, it will not be too difficult to get through this winter.

However, Roland is not destined to let him be idle, "I will select a group of people from the people to fight against the evil beasts, and they must be gathered and trained from now on. The instructor is my chief knight, and I will explain the details to him. You're going to have to make a purchase plan, and they'll have to have sturdy leather armor and a spear, as well as two sets of winter clothes that you can change. ”

"Your Highness, this ...... Isn't it customary to temporarily conscript the people to fight?"

"The untrained troops are nothing but a rabble, and the outnumbered ones can scare off the beasts? ”

"Are you really going to defend the border town?" asked Barov hesitantly.

"If we can't hold it, of course we'll retreat, but I don't think we can't even deal with a few mutated beasts. ”

"If you do what you planned, you'll have to pay an extra buck. ”

The other party made Roland laugh with a miserly look, "These are all necessary expenses, go and do it." ”

He also had more than 300 gold dragons in his own treasury, which were mainly used to pay for the construction of the city walls. The materials and parts needed to order the steam engine from the blacksmith were also out of his own pocket, and the first one cost about twenty gold dragons, and he needed at least three.

It is true that the steam engine promoted the first industrial revolution, but it does not mean that the steam engine equals the industrial revolution. Historically, Britain has developed to the point where it was in dire need of a new impetus to replace people and livestock to meet the needs of mining production. Watt received a large number of orders immediately after improving the steam engine, and this new power spread to various industries in a short period of time.

At this time, the frontier towns had no basis for the industrial revolution at all, and it could even be said that industry did not exist. Therefore, Roland did not expect to make his first pot of gold by selling steam engines, he only wanted to put this kind of machine in the North Mountain mine for pulling ore and crushing stone. After the output of the mine increases, the scale of the use of steam engines will be expanded, which is equivalent to promoting industrial development from top to bottom.