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A sail appeared at the end of the light gray sea antenna. There were no other merchant ships passing here, so the only ones you could see were ships from the Isle of Sleep.

"Hmm," Tilly replied softly, her voice mingling with the murmur of the water washing the shallows. With his back to him, Roland couldn't see her expression.

"Going," Andrea's tone was regretful, "I like your territory, and I don't know if I'll be able to make ice cream bread as delicious as this one when I get back to Sleepy Island." ”

In addition to an agreed bolt-action rifle, Roland also gave her the recipe for ice cream, "As long as there are eggs and milk, the taste will not be bad, waiting for your next visit to the border town...... No, when there is no Winterfell, I will have something better to eat here. ”

"Better than ice cream?" Andrea said with a smile as she held back her fluttering blonde hair, "Lord can't lie, I remember what you said." ”

"If you're so reluctant, why don't you just stay here," Ash said, "Your Highness Tilly won't mind having someone else around you who can eat so well - Sleeping Island won't allow you to eat with your belly open." ”

"Oh, yes, the ice cream won't be your share when you get back," Andrea glared at her, "and you'll give me dried salted fish every day and fish soup." ”

As the two men engaged in a routine bickering, the sailboat approached the shore, and the pink flag fluttering at the top of the mast showed that it was the Pretty Beauty.

Savi summoned an invisible barrier and traveled back and forth between the shallows and the sailboat, carrying the books and supplies to be brought to the fjord. The final deliveries were the card-playing trio and the Five Princesses, and just as Tilly stepped onto the barrier, Roland stopped her.

“...... What's wrong?" she turned her head, her eyes welling with mixed emotions.

For the occasion of parting, Roland is not good at it, calling her name is only subconscious, and finally he took a deep breath and said in a loud voice, "If you encounter any problems on the Sleeping Island, you can tell me at any time, and I will find a way to help you solve it." Plus, you're always welcome in Neverwinter!"

"......," Tilly smiled after a moment, "Thanks, and so do you." ”

"Goodbye, everyone. Andrea and Savi waved.

Ash didn't speak, but waved his hand at the two of them.

After saying goodbye to the witches, the barrier carried four people and quickly slid towards the beauty.

"What's the matter, reluctant?" said the nightingale's voice from behind him.

"It's just a pity, more than three hundred witches...... It would be nice if we could all move to the West," Roland said with a pretended relief.

"Yes, then your sins will be greater," the nightingale gave him a blank look.

"Ah...... Sin?" Roland said.

"Why, isn't life better here than on Sleeping Island?" Anna was puzzled.

"You don't understand," she turned and walked straight for the hot air balloon, "that's the most infuriating." ”

Looking at the other party's back, Roland breathed a sigh of relief, and after disappearing for two days, the nightingale seemed to have returned to its previous state, which made him finally feel at ease.

"Let's go back too, there's a lot of work ahead of us," Wendy laughed.

"Hmm," Roland and Anna smiled at each other, took each other's hands, and walked together towards the Lookout.

......

Back in the office, Roland unfolded his notepad and began to think about where the territory would take in the new year.

There are undoubtedly two things that are most important at the moment.

The first is to remove Tifeko from the throne so that he does not continue to use the madness pill to consume the kingdom's population potential, and at the same time, it can greatly expand his prestige in preparation for the next unification of the Grey Keep.

The second is to digest the Long Song Fortress as soon as possible, so that Neverwinter City can get on the right track as soon as possible.

With regard to the former, he had consulted many times with Iron Axe, Carter, and Tasa, who was far away in the royal capital, and decided to launch a spring offensive at the end of April, that is, at the end of the month. It was the day when most cities were ploughing and sowing, and the professional First Army would not be affected by the ploughing period, but it was different for the traditional aristocracy, when a large number of people would be tied to the land, and no one would want to risk starvation in the future. If the army suddenly appeared on the outskirts of the royal capital, it could completely catch the opponent off guard.

Now the steam engine factory, the ammunition factory and the cement ship shed are all working overtime to produce war materials, and the logistics are also running at full speed, and now the town hall is fully staffed, and the First Army is not the first time to go out to fight, whether it is the items that need to be prepared or the deployment plan, both sides know it, and Roland is not too worried about this.

Therefore, the focus of recent efforts should be on absorbing the resources of the fortress.

Thinking of this, Roland summoned the chief steward Barov to the office.

"Have you counted the industries in the Changge Fortress and the surrounding territories?"

He took out the small notebook he had with him, "It's all here, Your Highness, and the main income of the fortress comes from mining and salt." In particular, the former one, to the west of the fortress of Changge, near the Desperate Mountains, is a high-quality gem mine, which previously accounted for more than half of the fortress's income. ”

"Gem mines?" Roland was not very interested in this luxury, "Isn't there also rough gemstones produced in the North Slope mines, why was the town so poor when I came?"

"No, Your Highness," Barov said, rubbing his hands, "the gems from the North Slope Mines are all born with other veins, and the quantities are very small, and they may not be used as jewelry raw materials after being cut. But the gem mine of the fortress is different, its rock wall is full of colorful stones, and you can get a high-quality five-color stone by knocking it casually, and you can sell dozens of golden dragons when it is transported to the royal capital, and the output and quality are far from being comparable to the North Slope mines. ”

"Five-colored stones?" he wondered, "what is it?"

"It looks a little transparent, it has no fixed color, under the sun, it can reflect different luster, it can change from light green to orange-red, and even show a variety of colors on a gemstone at the same time after cutting, compared to ordinary red and sapphire, it is more like the crystallization of the sun. Barov paused, "The five-colored stones of the Grey Castle, the cryolite of Eternal Winter, and the luminous stones of Dawn are the most sought-after jewels among the nobility. ”

It sounds gorgeous, Roland thought, he would use it to create a ring for Anna in the future, but for the construction of people's livelihood, the gem mine is of little significance, "Are there any other mineral resources?"

"The Maple Leaf family and the Wild Rose family each own an iron ore mine," Barov said, "and neither of them is as big as the North Slope mine." ”

And both of these realms are next to the desperate mountains—the mountains that straddle the four kingdoms are a treasure trove, and Roland thought to himself that perhaps it would be necessary to take Sylvie and explore the base of the mountains to find out the ore reserves of Neverwinter. After all, for industrial production, steel represents power. (To be continued.) )