The preliminary completion of Winter City allowed Luo Ji to successfully free up a group of manpower, which he planned to invest in the construction projects of various military fortresses.

It is worth mentioning here that this military fortress cannot be built just by finding an open space.

If you build a military fortress on a piece of flat land, it makes no sense at all. If a dozen cannons are pushed over from the other side, they will blow you into rubble.

Choosing the terrain is a very particular matter. Take the Beishan Fortress of Wanjie Civilization as an example. It is directly blocked at the pass of an entire northern mountain range. There is a grand canyon outside. This is the terrain!

The terrain of Black Mountain Castle in the Dwarven Province is also pretty good.

The Ministry of Construction and Engineering is confirming the blueprints, not to mention the Yangtze River Fortress that is under construction.

Once Luo Ji expands his territory in this wave, he will be able to directly block the invading enemies on the other side of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River fortress will directly block the important road, which is a natural danger!

Buildings like military fortresses must be built on this terrain!

Progress reports on various projects continued to come in. Before winter this year, the Construction Engineering Department had officially presented the design blueprint of the Yangtze River Fortress to Luo Ji.

After all, they had never built any ports before, and now Luo Ji asked them to design a Yangtze River fortress that combined a fortress and a port into one, which really cost them a lot of effort.

After Luo Ji saw the design blueprint, with a stroke of his pen, the Yangtze River Fortress project was officially launched.

This winter, civilizations across the world are not at peace. There are many more roars of steam engines. The entire civilization is about to enter the industrial age.

Leaning in the government hall covered with ground dragons, Luo Ji stretched hard after reviewing the report in front of him, then picked up the hot tea at hand and drank it slowly.

Just now, the latest report was sent to him, telling him that another coal vein had been hollowed out.

Currently, there are actually many coal mines in his Myriad Worlds Civilization, and the output is quite high. The depletion of one mineral vein will not have much impact on him.

However, Luo Ji is a man who is wary of danger in times of peace. Next, the development of his civilization will enter the industrial age. By then, the consumption of coal will inevitably double or even increase tenfold. We cannot relax.

As soon as he thought about this, Luo Ji decisively recorded this incident in his notebook.

He is actually a person with a good memory, but he is busy with government affairs and has too many things to do, which may cause some things to be forgotten. Therefore, he developed the habit of taking notes very early.

During this period, this winter was undoubtedly cold for the gray elves who had just surrendered.

It was obviously not that cold in previous years, but this year it was only the beginning of winter, and it was already so cold that Teller wrapped himself in several bloated coats regardless of his style.

The furnace in the castle was clearly burning brightly, but even if they were close to the furnace, Teller and Sera could still clearly feel an overwhelming chill.

By the way, it is worth mentioning here that Luo Ji had no intention of occupying the Gray Elf Castle, but directly changed it into the City Lord's Palace of Sunset City, allowing Teller and Sera to continue to live there.

At the same time, he did not get the magic crystals, magic cores, and spell books in the castle treasury for free. He gave Teller and the others a huge sum of money.

As for how much this huge sum of money is worth?

To put it simply, even if they do nothing from now on and just eat and wait to die every day, they can live a prosperous life for decades. For ordinary people, they can probably live a life without worries about food and clothing.

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For this huge sum of money, Terrell and Serra basically didn't take it seriously.

What don’t they have? Where is the need for this?

At that time, only Mia knew the value of this huge sum of money, so when the reward was distributed, Mia was the one who kept it.

The door to the castle hall slowly opened, and Mia walked in from the outside. She couldn't help but be stunned when she saw her mother and brother who were so cold that they almost lost their grace and just wanted to huddle by the stove to warm themselves.

"Why is it so cold? Didn't you wear the clothes I gave you before?"

"The weather this winter is too cold. Those clothes are so thin. What's the use of wearing them?"

While speaking, Taylor turned his head and looked at what his sister was wearing. He was almost stunned.

"Mia, you are really crazy. You can't wear so little just to look beautiful. You will get sick from the cold!"

At this moment, Mia was only wearing a white turtleneck that looked quite thin. Teller admitted that the dress was quite nice, and Mia looked very beautiful in it, but the problem was that it was too

A little thin, right?

Sera, as a mother, obviously thought so too, and quickly pulled Mia to the stove, and was about to take off her coat and put it on Mia.

In response, Mia showed a look of helplessness on her face and sighed softly...

"I'm really not cold. If you don't believe me, look at it."

Helpless, Mia directly held the hands of her mother, Sera, with her own hands.

At that moment, Sierra could clearly feel that unlike their cold hands and feet, Mia's hands were unexpectedly warm...

Looking at her mother who was completely confused, Mia was also quite troubled. How to explain this kind of thing?

She couldn't say that she was wearing thermal underwear underneath, and the outer one was an expensive but very warm cashmere sweater, right? Her mother and brother probably still wouldn't understand.

In the end, I simply urged them to quickly change into the clothes they bought.

Feeling the astonishing comfort, both Sierra and Teller could not help but marvel. They had no idea what the purpose of this dress was. It looked so thin, but it was stronger than their few coats.

warm.

And just as they were thinking this, the captain of the Lille guard came in from outside.

After surrendering, the elf mages and griffon knights of their gray elf clan were formally recruited and joined the army. The silver-armored guards were left behind by them, and are currently responsible for the security of the gray elf castle.

"Mr. Mia, the courier has been delivered."

"Has it finally been delivered?"

Mia was greatly relieved when she heard this.

Before winter came, she made a special trip to the nearby wood elf city to purchase a lot of things.

However, there is no road at all on the road leading to Sunset City, the road is difficult to travel, and the carriage transportation is not fast. The result has not been finally delivered until now.

"Move in quickly."

Under Mia's signal, one item after another was moved into the Gray Elf Castle. In just a short time, half of the hall was already filled. However, the items were not finished moving yet...

Feeling the glances from her mother and brother, Mia introduced her very simply.

She bought a lot of things because she felt that everything was missing in the Gray Elf Castle.

For example, the mattress and bedding. She had never noticed before that the bedding in the castle was not warm at all. When she slept in the past few days, she was wearing pajamas and wrapped in bedding, but she could still feel the obvious chill.

In addition, there are a series of utensils and daily necessities such as a stove, a pendulum clock, soap, and toothbrushes. Anyway, my mother and brother standing aside were already a little dizzy.
Chapter completed!