A strange world

Chapter 593 Section 250. Mobilization

With the arrival of December, the weather is getting colder day by day. The sea fog that filled Liberty City earlier today left a thin layer of frost, but it was melted by the warmth after sunrise, making the children who were looking forward to the snow day unhappy.

The nights are now so cold that they are almost freezing, and many houses are starting to light fires for warmth. This is the advantage of the mansion - because of the flues in the public kitchen and common areas, as long as the fireplace is lit, the entire mansion can be kept at a constant temperature. Those who bought single-family homes could also afford firewood.

In addition, the generous salaries paid by the city lord's mansion after hiring workers ensured that everyone could afford a piece of clothing to keep out the cold.

At least this winter, no one will suffer from the cold - except for the drunken man lying on the roadside.

Only Da De would not be happy watching the trees being cut down.

Annan observed the subtle mood of his Minister of Agriculture and told her that Liberty City wanted to create a natural city. Burning firewood was only temporary. In the future, they would use coal instead, and they might even use magic in the future.

Da De just followed this trick. No one ever tried to persuade the Druid with reason, and Annan kept his word - the trees in the Forest Mountains not only did not decrease due to the emergence of Free City, but instead expanded. The saplings at the edge of the forest thrive under the care of druids and tree elves, surging with natural vitality.

The problem that gives Annan a headache now is the water source issue... When the site was selected, Annan didn't consider the water source at all because of the existence of the Elemental Legion. He chose this place because of the beauty of Gem Bay. Now it seems that there is always a reason why a beautiful bay is ignored.

Although there is no water crisis in Liberty City as spring water from the Forest Mountains is diverted down the mountain, winter is coming and the rivers will freeze and dry up.

The domestic water supply is okay, and the 164 registered mages in Free City can solve it with water magic, but the drainage system of the public toilet is helpless.

Unless discharged into the bay or used seawater.

Not to mention the former, Leila alone would not be able to spare him. And Annan doesn't want the people of Free City in the future to wander in the sea water with feces and garbage floating in it.

The latter's corrosion of pipes is a minor problem, but it makes the manure no longer usable as fertilizer.

What the sea washes away is not the feces, but the wealth of Liberty City.

So Annan is doing two things recently:

Stick to the magic ring, and give it and the Elder Water Elemental a soda when you encounter it.

The large water elemental had no reaction, but the elder water elemental expressed joy. He would melt the lemon soda water into his body and watch it bubble up.

It is estimated that after a few more sendings, Annan's relationship with the water element elder will become like that with the fire element elder.

The second thing is to meditate hard. Annan is about to be promoted. He hopes that reaching the elite will change the situation.

On this day, in the square outside the city lord's palace, the crowds of people lined up in two loose lines.

The personnel of the city lord's palace in front of the temporary tent were asking the strong man in front of them: "Hello, do you want to apply for a job as a worker or a miner?"

"Are you blind? I am a professional!" The strong man flexed his muscles: "Give me a job that a professional can do!"

"These are all basic commissions. If you need special commissions, please queue over there." The staff of the City Lord's Mansion said with a formulaic smile.

"You handle it for me." The strong man stared at him.

"Sorry, we only accept basic entrustments here."

The strong man was breathing heavily and was about to argue with the official when a calm voice sounded from behind.

"If you don't want to do it, get out of the way."

The strong man was about to get angry when he caught a glimpse of a guy wearing a mage's robe standing behind him...a mage?

He stood aside, wanting to see what this guy wanted to do.

"Hello, do you want to apply for a job as a worker or a miner?" There was no change in the official attitude.

The young mage replied: "Worker."

"What is your mage level?"

"Level three."

"Third-level mage... To release thirty mage hands continuously, you need to work for forty-five to one hundred and twenty minutes. The hourly salary of an ordinary mage is six gold coins. Can you accept it?"

The mage nodded reservedly.

The official handed him a piece of parchment: "Please go to the north wall or the west wall to start work."

The mages who received the parchment left as the people around them spontaneously avoided it, and two guards also came over: "Is there anyone making trouble here?"

The official said nothing and glanced at the strong man on the side.

The strong man stared at the musket on the guard's back, showing fear.

After some foreign professionals who did not understand the rules caused trouble and were punished, the power of these magic props has spread... The Lord of Annan City is really rich and generous when he distributes precious magic props to ordinary people...

But the dignity of a soldier did not allow him to lower his head. "I lined up in the wrong line." After saying this, the strong man raised his head and pushed through the crowd to line up in another line.

The official raised his head and looked at each other with the two guards, shrugged, and greeted the second mage who came up in line.

"Are you applying as a worker or a miner?"

"I am a second-level mage of the Summoning School."

"Two low-level water elements last for 20 minutes. The hourly salary of an ordinary mage is six gold coins..."

Conversations in the distance came to mind, and the strong man with hunched shoulders muttered in his heart: "What the hell...these master mages actually come here to do the work of untouchables..."

On the second floor of the City Lord's Mansion, Annan stood in front of the window, looking at the enthusiastic crowd in the square.

Preparing for war now feels really familiar...

It was the same in Xingyue Bay back then. We prepared for war, we built walls, we ran away...

But this time it's different.

Annan looked at the long line of city walls to the north.

This time is different...

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In the past, there were only a few thousand people in Xingyue Bay, but now it is ten times that number. There are also wizard towers and powerful neighbors that were not available then.

The theaters scattered in the Tatooine Empire, the Principality of Montablrock, the Kingdom of Dimon, and the Principality of Keating began to put up notices to summon the people of the former Breeze City and Star-Moon Bay.

The old people were once evacuated to the Kingdom of Dimon and Middle-earth by Annan and Olmedo. Now, the entire northwestern part of the Allen continent has been drawn into the clouds of chaos, but no one is moving them anymore.

Annan and Olmedo have to take responsibility for their former people. They plan to send the old people to the typhoon shelter town of Olmedo and then go home through the portal.

After five months of digestion, Liberty City has been able to accept a wave of new residents.

Annan originally wanted to leave the matter to Francois, but Joan ran to the city lord's palace and volunteered. This down-and-out girl who once called herself Joan Ecosela Jeanne d'Arc Bechdard Clement Montreal and pretended to be a member of the golden family, after studying hard in school, now looks like a Really noble.

The neat shoulder-length short hair and the men's-style dress accentuate his handsome figure... and he is almost taller than Annan.