Chapter 372 Leisure

A week later, Border Town ushered in the last month of autumn in a heavy snowfall.

Roland looked out from the office window, and there were black figures swaying on the snow-white roof - this is the daily work of the townspeople, shoveling the snow on the roof to the ground, so as not to crush the roof.

As of today, it has been exactly one year since he came to this world, but the autumn of last year was far less cold, and he could not see so many neat and dense houses from here.

It is not surprising that the town at that time was said to be a deserted area that was about to be abandoned. Except for a circle of decent-looking wooden houses around the square, there were all dilapidated mud houses and thatched houses outside. Most of the residences of the nobles are concentrated in the square area, and the only stone road leads to the castle from there. Besides, there is no flat ground in the whole town, and there are human and animal excrement everywhere. .

Now all the roads here have been replaced with water-stabilized roads—even if there is no covering layer, it is still a hard road of excellent quality. The dark lines divide the silver-white town into many squares of different sizes, and the spacious main road On both sides are business districts that will be planned in the future, and on the periphery are residential quarters.

In addition, Border Town's industry has gradually taken shape, or in other words, it has finally changed from a workshop-style production to a self-circulating production line - of course, it is limited to steam engines. The blast furnace area can produce iron ingots suitable for processing, and the steam factory can process them into parts. The blacksmiths were no longer unfamiliar with all kinds of machine tools, and at the same time brought a large number of apprentices. Although the extremely high-precision steam machine tools had to be manufactured by Anna, it was considered an extremely rare improvement for them. After all, before this, this group of people had only touched blacksmith hammers, or they were miners or hunters.

Let's just regard it as something produced by the workers relying on their own strength.

In addition, there is the production of bullets and gunpowder, all of which are arranged by ordinary people. Firearms still need Anna to do it herself. The reason is not the lack of processing machine tools, but because the town's blast furnace cannot produce stable quality steel. This has been listed by Roland as an urgent problem to be solved in the next stage.

The achievements in the chemical industry are much more surprising, probably because I didn't have much hope at first, so any results can be regarded as unexpected joy. Now that mass production of sulfuric acid and nitric acid has begun, and chemical explosives are on the horizon, as long as the output of bullets can be increased, it will not be too difficult to replace it with a new generation of repeating guns.

It doesn't matter if the production method is backward. For the current situation of the town, it is more important to solve the problem. After the white paper's ability is stabilized and it can precisely control its own magic power, maybe the chemical industry will usher in a new peak.

The most important thing is that no matter what kind of production, or education and construction, Border Town is now tending to a benign development stage. As long as there is enough time, more and more educated people will make breakthroughs in various fields faster and faster.

It took a year to turn a barren land into what it is today, and he felt a sense of accomplishment from the bottom of his heart.

Standing by the window and looking at the town, Roland felt like he could watch it all day long.

At this moment, a melodious bell rang from the northwest direction.

That was a warning of an evil beast attack.

After the month of demons arrives, the alarm bell will ring once every three to four days. However, the First Army has become familiar with this kind of situation, and Roland no longer needs to go to the city wall to supervise the battle - thinking that a year ago, if he hadn't appeared in the sight of the militia, it was hard to guarantee that they would not drop their weapons and flee.

"The evil beast is coming again, shall I go and have a look?" Nightingale's voice came from next to my ear.

"Well," Roland nodded, "be careful."

"Don't worry, they can't touch me."

Then he felt a slight heat on his cheeks, and the voice disappeared.

Roland shook his head helplessly. Probably in such a heavy snow day, the witches were all too bored. They said they were observing the situation, but they were actually looking for something to do. Especially the fighting witches brought by Tilly, they would always go to the city wall to watch the battle at this time, waiting for those hybrid evil beasts that could charge up to the wall, so that they could show their skills. Ever since she found out about this, Nightingale became interested, and would follow her as soon as the alarm bell sounded, perhaps because she wanted to compete with the other party to see who was the strongest battle witch.

Roland sighed from the bottom of his heart, and he had never seen her so caring about her studies.

However, since fighting side by side can increase the understanding between witches and ordinary people, he doesn't bother to stop them. The current revolver rifle is good against ordinary evil beasts, but it is still a bit powerless against wolf-lion hybrids. A powerful witch sits on the scene , can effectively stabilize the line of defense and reduce the possibility of troop casualties.

So far, there has not been a single death in the First Army.

Nightingale's departure made him feel moved. Fighting witches had their own activities to relieve boredom, and auxiliary witches would not have so much fun to find. Probably, it's time to create some new entertainment.

Thinking of this, he called Soraya.

"Your Highness, is there a new task for me to complete?"

This painter who has made great contributions to Bian Bian Town looks in good spirits, the freckles on his face have faded a lot, and there is an undisguised youthful vigor in his smile.

Her proactive inquiry made Roland slightly suffocated. Why did he suddenly feel guilty?

"Uh, have you been busy at work recently?"

"No, why do you ask that?" Soraya brushed the ends of her hair in front of her forehead, "There have been a lot fewer people going to work in the factory recently, and I can complete the coating in half a day, and it takes only half a day. The master alchemist, Mr. Kemo, has been busy making those strange metal boxes," she paused at this point, and tilted her head with a smile, "but compared to the days when I was in the mutual aid camp, I prefer the full life now." life, and I am very happy that my ability can help you."

Uh... that smile is so dazzling.

Roland couldn't help feeling a little guilty, "Ahem, I called you here to draw some new cards."

"More gwent decks?"

"No, you're probably tired of playing those things." He waved his hand. "After all, the rules are very simple. If you know the cards in the opponent's hand, there is not much change at all."

"Well, also..."

"Look, the new card is like this, it's very simple." Roland took out a blank piece of paper and drew a rough sketch, "divided into four suits, then counted from one to thirteen, and finally added a king and Queen, a total of fifty-four cards."

Soraya's current ability has made great progress. She directly used the sketch as the base and quickly drew a hard-coated card. "How do you play this?"

"There are many ways to play it, but let's start with the simple one." Roland tried the poker feel, and immediately regained the feeling before time travel. During the Chinese New Year, the most common thing for the family to do is to sit in the fire barrel, watch the Spring Festival Gala, play poker all night, and light firecrackers during the day to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

Compared with mahjong, another traditional entertainment, poker does not require any venues. It can be started with a board on your lap, and there are many ways to play. It is probably the most popular game in the world.

"Go and call Anna," Roland said with a smile, "I'll teach you how to fight landlords."

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