Chapter 413 The First Snow in Ellington
After returning to Shahela, Tang En, Laura and others celebrated a little, partly to celebrate the future cooperation relationship, and partly to celebrate the resolution of the big problem of the Demonic Abyss.
Laura sat down with Barrod on behalf of Luo Lin and renegotiated the negotiations. Laura, who had already abdicated, took the power and once again angered Luo Lin. Although she was her daughter, she repeatedly robbed her of her speech. Without power, she, a veritable queen, has no status at all.
Fortunately, Hailey comforted her, and Luo Lin finally managed to swallow her breath.
So what if I don’t hold it back? Now that she is still young, she cannot beat her in terms of strength, cannot compare with her in terms of figure, and is not as experienced as her in terms of bed skills——
but!
Luo Lin firmly remembered Tang En's words.
A silver-haired legal lolita with unlimited potential is an extremely rare treasure!
Although Luo Lin didn't know what a silver-haired legal loli meant, it was definitely true that he liked her very much!
This means that from now on, her attractiveness will definitely be stronger than that of her mother!
With Tang En's help in the future, will her position as queen still be unstable?
Luo Lin clearly knew how much Tang En was valued by the goddess!
Luo Lin sneered in her heart. When she gets the power, she must let her taste the humiliation she has suffered - when the time comes, Tang En will tie her up and torture her a thousand times!
Of course Laura, who has always been arbitrary and dominant, doesn't know that her daughter has taken notice of her. She is currently discussing the division of territory with Barrod.
Since the trade has been negotiated with Ellington, there is no need for both parties to continue arguing over those poor mushroom caves. Instead, it will be more profitable to continue to develop existing trade resources. Therefore, at the end of the negotiation, Tang En On the advice of Barrod and Laura, a new agreement was reached.
The two sides divide their respective territories based on the existing actual control areas, and the vicinity of the Black Rock Cave is a neutral zone.
The Demon Abyss Competition that has lasted for hundreds of years will still continue, but in the future it will only be a communication activity between the two parties, and there will no longer be any disputes of interest.
The two parties jointly developed mushroom caves and water sources, and the harvested food was distributed according to the proportion of labor output - but Tang En felt that after they tasted the food from the surface world, they would soon be disgusted with the mushrooms and lizard meat.
In addition, since both parties have trade relations with Ellington, Twain wants to build a transfer station in the underground world.
The neutral black stone cave was prepared by Tang En for this purpose.
After negotiating these matters, Ellington's warriors activated the Return Crystal one by one under Tang En's order and returned to Ellington. The adventurers, dark elves, and underground dwarves who witnessed all this were all very excited. got up.
Because Tang En had just said that as long as the technology matures, the Homecoming Crystal will become Ellington's signature product exported - by then everyone can buy this very useful treasure with some gold coins.
After saying goodbye to Laura and Barod, Tang En also left Shahela, but he did not return directly to Ellington, but returned to the Black Stone Cave first.
This place has been flattened and reinforced by him once after the last war, so it is very strong and there is no need to worry about collapse.
Tang En floated in the air, observed the structure of the cave, and then took action.
He first smoothed the uneven ground of the entire cave and the buildings that had been left behind. The power of the powerful spellcaster allowed him to easily shape and transform the cave according to his own wishes.
Soon, he made the black stone cave neat and tidy, and he also inlaid a large number of light crystals on the surrounding stone walls, making the entire cave brighter.
"Well, first of all, let's set up a square in the central area with the teleportation array as the center."
Tang En flew to the center of the cave, looked down at the ground at his feet, thought for a moment, and slapped his palm downwards. There was a "boom" from below, and several circular ravines appeared on the ground. There were about thousands of people circled in the center. square meters.
Tang En raised his fingers again, and the solid rock slowly rose under the influence of magic power, so a square platform slightly higher than the surrounding area appeared in the black stone cave.
Then Tang En began to arrange the teleportation array in the center of the square. The scale of this teleportation array was not small, bigger than the one in Kia Links. On the one hand, it was because this place would become the distribution center for underground world trade in the future. On the other hand, it was It was because Tang En planned to build the Tang Dynasty Magic Energy Military Factory here.
Not all the things produced by the Mana Military Factory are gadgets...
The Magic Energy Arsenal will be the most important industrial building in Ellington. A large number of core competitive technologies will be involved here. Many of the imaginative magic modification products conceived by Tang En will be produced here. In order to ensure Ellington's peaceful image to the outside world, secrecy is necessary here.
In the future, even the employees here will need to hire red stone dwarves and dark elves from the underground world - they all happen to have strong magical talents and are very suitable for these jobs.
In order to ensure the stability and power of the teleportation array, Tang En finally used the top material he had this time - astral square crystals.
As the name suggests, the astral square crystal is a crystal born in the star realm. It is a very stable space material and the best material for making space equipment or the core of the teleportation array. This rare material is of course extremely rare in Purandar. In fact, even Tang En didn't have much on hand.
"I don't know if I can apply for supplies after I run out of materials..."
Tang En muttered while setting up the teleportation array. If possible, he would also like to apply for supplies from Nisi Claire and the others.
He soon gave up the idea. Just talking to Nisclaire had caused a change in the Chaos Gate in the Emerald Forest. If they were allowed to supply him with goods, it would probably have a greater impact on Purandal.
"Done!"
No one bothered him. Tang En was very efficient. He quickly completed the construction of the huge teleportation array, and then carefully calibrated the coordinates of several other teleportation arrays.
After he was sure that there was no problem with the teleportation array, he sealed the Black Stone Cave again, then stepped onto the teleportation array and returned to Ellington.
"Huh?"
As soon as he stepped out of the teleportation array, Tang En was stunned for a moment.
The gloomy sky was low-pressure, as if it was about to cover his head. The cold air rolled the white elf into Tang En's neck, making it chilly.
Snowing.
Obviously nothing had changed when I came back, but just two days later, the entire Ellington was covered with a layer of white snowflakes, with pedestrian footprints, bicycle prints, carriage wheel prints, and horse hoof prints all mixed together. It was trampled and dirty, and was soon covered again by falling snowflakes.
It's snowing heavily.
In the cold air, pedestrians walked hurriedly. Some were locals who had lived in Ellington for many years, and some were new residents who had just moved here recently. Facing the sleeping moon with the severe cold, their attitudes were obviously uncomfortable. Same.
The residents of Ellington have already had blind trust in Tang En's leadership over the past few months. Although they cannot withstand the cold, their faces are full of positive fighting spirit, and their daily work attitude is still very good. Hot - After the order was issued to stop expansion and turn to internal construction, they are closer to work and more motivated.
However, those new arrivals obviously do not have full confidence in Tang En, especially now that it has entered the second half of the Sleeping Moon. Once it starts to snow, it means that the trade routes to other towns are blocked, and resources cannot be obtained. It will be extremely difficult.
Some people even began to worry that Ellington might be starving.
At the Heart of Oak Tavern, the cold and white snow outside can't stop the heat inside the tavern. Due to the heavy snow, we have recently stopped working early for a rest. In the past few months, many people who have received their wages and have a little savings have gathered at Old Tom's. In the pub, he brewed mulled cider and ale, which was the only one in Ellington.
A strong man opened the door and walked into the tavern with a blast of cold air. The warm wind that hit his face made him groan. He walked to the table and took out ten copper coins: "Hey! Old Tom, Hurry up and get me a glass of hot apple cider! This weather is going to freeze my nose off!"
Old Tom, who was chatting with several customers next to him, smiled when he heard this, put away the copper coins, and then poured him a full cup of hot cider. He said casually: "You should be satisfied. If the lord hadn't given you the opportunity to work, Can you pay off your debts and have enough money to drink?”
A group of people nearby laughed loudly: "Yes, who would have thought that Henry, the laziest drunkard, could find a job with the lord? I can only say that the lord is too kind."
"Hmph! You are jealous that I have found a good job!"
The drunkard Henry snorted and said proudly: "Now I can earn ten gold coins every month in the charcoal factory! What right do you have to laugh at me?"
Several people were immediately embarrassed. Most of them had a monthly salary of only five gold coins.
Old Tom knocked on the table and warned: "Don't be too proud. The lord gives you such a high salary not to show off, but to enable you all to live a better life."
"Old Tom is right. If it weren't for the lord, if it snowed this winter, people would have died again..."
A man looked at the snow outside the window and couldn't help but trembled: "Damn it, you remind me of the time when I was hungry in winter."
The other person shook his head, took a sip of wine, and said, "If it's still the same as before, how can we still be in the mood to sit here, drink wine, chat and enjoy the snow scene?"
His words resonated with others. A group of people stared at the snowflakes outside, seeming to think of their dead friends. They sighed in despair and continued drinking.