Helping each other with countless me.

Chapter 397: A Thousand Poems Are Not as Good as a Fateful Encounter

The expansion of Iris City is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Li Zhongren could see everything clearly through the three-dimensional map.

Outside the outer city, another outer city was expanded.

The area of ​​Iris City was directly doubled.

At the same time, roads are also being built, from Iris City to a dozen nearby villages and towns, as well as roads between villages and towns. Once completed, everything around here will be connected.

By then, the entire economy will be revitalized.

When the economy is revitalized and people's living standards improve, it will promote population growth.

After all, for Li Zhongren, what he has to do is to expand his territory reasonably under the attention of the outside world.

But then again, the scene at the moment looks like a game, a virtual infrastructure game like City Skylines, which is quite interesting.

Watch the city under your control get better little by little under your control.

Great sense of accomplishment.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, Li Zhongren's eyes turned.

A carriage came from the north of the city, that is, the road in the middle of the mountains that he opened.

Since this mountain road was opened, merchants from the territories of the lords of the border kingdom on the other side of the mountains, as well as merchants from the Xia Empire adjacent to the border kingdom, have all come here through this road.

The reason is also very simple.

It's for extraordinary materials.

The positioning of this thing on Blue Star is equivalent to oil.

No worries about selling.

The reason why he paid attention to the carriage was very simple.

His three-dimensional map has built-in reconnaissance properties. Anyone who steps into his reconnaissance range will be detected. At the same time, they will be marked with different brightness according to their energy levels. Once the combat mode is turned on, all hostile units will be marked in additional red.

Although this carriage is not marked as a hostile force in red, it has a considerable energy level. It may not be very powerful, but it must have a lot of MP.

"So who is it?"

Li Zhongren curiously zoomed in, but when he got closer he found a barrier wrapping around them. This was the opponent's defense system. He could naturally break through it by force, but once he broke through, the opponent would be able to sense it.

After a while, Li Zhongren no longer cared about it. After all, in his own little piece of land, there were dragons coiling and tigers lying.
"call"

In the carriage, the woman let out a long breath.

There was a hint of sweat on his forehead.

"Madam, what's wrong with you?"

"I was stared at by the witch."

"what?"

At the side, the beautiful maid was stunned.

"Hehe, you don't even understand."

The woman stopped talking and gently patted the girl in her arms. This was her daughter and the only blood of her husband in this world.

After hiding for two years, during which time her daughter was born, she thought she could not hold on, but this legendary witch who suddenly appeared gave her a chance to survive and even take revenge.

As the saying goes, "A thousand poems are not as good as a fateful encounter."

She was also taking a gamble.

But just now, when she was stared at by the witch, she even had a feeling that the other party could easily destroy her alchemical barrier and crush her to death like a bug, but the other party might not bother to do so.
Of course, the more this happened, the happier she was.

This means that once you are valued, you will also be protected.

"My Lord, a woman who claims to be an alchemist wants to meet you. This is her gift."

At noon, the carriage stopped outside the castle, and the guard handed a bottle of potion sent by the woman to Li Zhongren through the butler.

"Let her go to the study."

"Okay, Lord."

Li Zhongren was looking through the test tube in his hand. After Anna drank the potion and connected with him, he could now be considered a knowledgeable alchemist through the gift of the potion. However, he would not reject local alchemists.

"hiss~"

He sniffed the smell. Even though his knowledge came from other worlds, he had compared it with local things these days and had already made some local construction. He knew that this thing should be a combat potion.

It's probably similar to the Berserker Potion, and its unique formulation can greatly reduce the damage to the body when side effects occur. It can be said to be a very good potion.

Soon.

A woman, holding a little baby with wild eyes in her arms, walked into the study.

Li Zhongren sat in the host's seat.

He looked at the woman.

His skin is very white, probably because he stays in the alchemy laboratory all year round.

On one side of his cheek, there was a dark red burn mark as if it was caused by a spark, which should have been caused by an experimental accident. He was wearing silver-wire tiger-colored glasses on his face.

Under the gray linen cloak is a dark green waisted robe, which looks very capable.

"Pfft~"

But as he continued reading, Li Zhongren almost laughed out loud.

why?

Around her waist, she had a special leather belt, which was roughly similar to a tactical belt, but what was pinned on it was not the various potions commonly used by alchemists, but a baby bottle, which looked inexplicably cute.

"Old York."

"My Lord, what do you want?"

"Call Lily and Coco, and ask them to heat up the fireplace in the guest room so that the little guy can have a good sleep in that room."

"As you command, Lord."

"Thanks you."

The woman was slightly stunned, but without further ado, she handed the child to her maid and motioned her to follow the housekeeper.

"Thank you for your trust."

"You're welcome."

The woman bowed slightly.

"I believe that no one would dare to act recklessly in Iris City under the watchful eye of that witch lady."

"The bottle is nice. Did you make it yourself?"

Li Zhongren picked up the coffee pot, poured a cup of coffee, handed it to the woman, and his eyes fell on the bottle of milk on her waist.

"Yes, the constant temperature heating bottle comes with a mithril charm that can automatically kill any bacteria and viruses that may be present in the milk."

"sharp."

Li Zhongren's fingers tapped lightly on the table.

"The mithril is wrapped around the copper core to form a closed loop. When the first drop of milk triggers the rune etched on the bottleneck, it will awaken the salamander gallbladder powder sealed at the bottom. The heat is not released directly, but through the frost rune etched on the bottle, the bursting flame is transformed into a constant temperature."

"But why not pure Mithril?"

The woman raised her eyebrows.

She originally thought that this lord was just a spokesperson. After all, the news that the witch had taken over this lord had spread throughout the world. But now it seems that the information was wrong. Although this bottle was just made by herself, the technology inside it was indeed her exclusive patent. Now, the other party could tell the general idea at a glance.

She felt a sense of urgency.
"Because." The woman put her hands on her knees, scratched her robe, and sighed for a long time.

"Because I have no money."

"The dragon slayer's knees are stained with dragon blood, but he can be pressed into the mud of the royal capital by a goblin silver coin."

Li Zhongren raised the coffee cup and shook it. The woman also picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. In an instant, she felt much more energetic and most of the fatigue from the journey disappeared. It was obvious that some kind of magic potion must have been added to it.

"You are right. So, I came here to seek refuge with you, the witch."

"Welcome to Iris City."

"You agreed?"

The woman was stunned. She even felt it was a little unreal. The other party didn't ask her name, didn't ask what she could do, and didn't even ask if she had any enemies.

"Iris City will be undergoing an expansion, and there is a lot of work to be done. We need talents from all walks of life. As long as you can make it to Iris City alive and sincerely serve me and Ms. Anna, we don't care about anything else."

"Tick tock."

Tears welled up from the woman's eyes. She couldn't help but cover her face. Her body trembled slightly, but she stopped herself from crying out loud.

Finally, can I finally breathe a sigh of relief?

At the same time, she couldn't help but sigh, this is the legend -
night.

Castle restaurant.

Li Zhongren met the female alchemist again. This time, she looked much more relaxed. After taking a bath and changing clothes, she looked as white as a piece of jade.

"I am Ekvira Jintong from the Kingdom of Char. Nice to meet you, Lord."

"How was your rest? Did you have an okay rest?"

"Thank you for your generosity. I'm finally feeling better."

Ekvira leaned back in her chair with a slightly relaxed look on her face. She glanced across the restaurant and saw only two sets of tableware. In other words, the legendary witch would not be coming. She breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was indeed a bit stressful for her to go and meet her.

"How's the kid?"

"Your maid was very professional and helped me give her a bath. She had a lot of fun and then slept soundly. God of Alchemy, I think I can have a good sleep tonight."

Ekvira shook her arms.

"I feel that doing experiments in the workshop is not as tiring as holding her."

"what."

Li Zhongren glanced at Ekvira inconspicuously. There was nothing he could do. A woman who was breastfeeding would have huge breasts even if she was shaken lightly.

"So, what aspect of alchemy are you proficient in?"

"Machinery and medicine."

After a moment's silence, the woman spoke.

"I majored in mechanics, and I studied pharmacy by myself from the books my husband left me."

"Condolences."

"Thanks you"

"Then let me tell you about the future development direction of Iris City."

"In fact, coincidentally, I had already established an alchemy workshop before you came. Similar to you, I also taught myself some alchemy manuscripts left by my ancestors. However, my ancestors learned a lot of different things, and dabbled in a little bit of everything."

Ekvira nodded.

She probably understood that the so-called dabbling in everything is actually being broad but not pure. When she was in school, her teacher told her not to do that, because unless she was a genius, it would just be a waste of her life.

"And your arrival also allows me to confirm that I plan to vigorously develop alchemical machinery in the future."

"So, my idea is that I will be the director of the alchemy workshop, and your position will be the deputy director and workshop director."

“Very fresh vocabulary.”

Aikovira's eyes rolled, but she still understood the meaning.

Basically, the workshop will be divided into several areas, and she will manage these areas, but the one who really decides the direction is still the lord.

"As for the research direction, since Anna can produce a large amount of extraordinary materials, we want to create a product that can be sold all over the world, mainly based on the raw materials that Anna can produce. To be honest, I don't know what it is specifically. You are from Char, where alchemy is better. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Well, I need to know what kind of materials Ms. Anna can make."

"No problem, she will summon you tomorrow."

"My pleasure."

Ekvira took a deep breath and swallowed when she thought of the pressure she had felt during the day.

"Um, don't you want to ask my enemies?"

"I said, Ma'am, we won't get involved in the grudges outside, but as long as you can come to Iris City alive on your own and be loyal to me and Anna, we don't care about anything else, even if the other party is a legend."

"I understand. I will spend the rest of my life repaying you and Ms. Anna for your kindness."

"Master, you are back."

"Ah."

Ekvira took off her coat and felt the warmth in the room.

On the soft bed, his daughter was sleeping soundly.

"What are you looking at?"

At the side, his maid was looking at him from left to right, especially at his neck.

"Ahem, it's nothing. I thought the Lord kept you for so long!"

"I think you need to be punished."

Ekvira pinched the maid's face.

"Don't talk nonsense. We don't know the witch's temper."

"oh oh."

The maid stopped smiling, she knew that she had probably crossed the line.

"Don't worry, the witch won't bother with a maid like you."

"So, what did you talk about with the Lord?"

"future."

Ekvira sat by the bed, gently stroking her daughter.

"The future of Iris City, my future, and of course, my daughter's future."

While talking.

Aikovira couldn't help but think of the scene described by Li Zhongren.

It's not grand, it's just to make the common people live a boring and ordinary life in terms of food, clothing, housing, transportation and medical care.
But she could feel that kind of... that kind of indescribable happiness from it. Perhaps, these are what most ordinary people in this world expect.
"oops!"

"what happened?"

Ekvira looked at her maid.

"Master, you are wet here."

"Pfft."

Ekova's face turned red instantly.

There is one thing that all breastfeeding women know, an embarrassing thing, that is, milk will overflow.

During the dinner, she wore light clothes to suit the occasion. Now, she could only hope that the nobleman did not see this.
(End of this chapter)