The Witcher: Start with the Lord Marrying a Wife.

Chapter 78: The Witch's Farming Attribute

The quarry in Frostwolf Ridge.

Due to the decline of the Frostwolf family, this quarry has long been abandoned.

And today, the quarry has a new owner, a witch.

Hill was wearing a simple linen dress and looked like an ordinary civilian. No one would associate her with a witch.

Coupled with the conscious disguise, not to mention that those who knew Hill had been secretly eliminated, they might not recognize him even if they stood in front of him.

"Ms. Hill, I'll be thanking you for your hard work from now on." Lena said.

After the last unspoken rule, she finally got the lord's consent and started a large-scale infrastructure project in Frostwolf Ridge to build a Frostwolf City.

"Leave it to me, Sister Lena." Hill said with a smile.

sister.

Reina's heart moved, but she nodded calmly.

Then she turned around and looked in the direction of the castle.

Hill had already arrived in front of the quarrying wall and began to activate her abilities. She pressed one hand on the rock wall, and it immediately began to crack.

The elements of the earth continued to gather and wrapped around the rock wall. Soon cracks began to appear on the entire rock wall, and then it suddenly shattered.

The effect and efficiency are even more efficient than the high-tech tools David used in his previous life. After David learned about it afterwards, he also showed a surprised expression.

really.

Wizards are the primary productive force in this world.

After Hill destroyed the rock wall, he began to control his strength to break the broken rocks into relatively flat pieces, which were enough to build the city wall.

Hill himself is a stonemason and has a very strong control over this.

Then, neatly arranged stones appeared.

The stones that originally required hundreds of stonemasons to spend a long time to trim were successfully made in a short time with Hill's power.

It can be seen that Hill has practiced a lot in his normal times, and this skill is also Hill's way of improving his own abilities.

Although a witch's power comes from the blood of her wizard ancestors, as long as she continues to train and develop, it is possible to further stimulate the power in her blood.

After all the stones were trimmed, the refugees immediately pushed carts to transport the stones away. Although it was hard work, the refugees were all smiling.

As long as they work, they will get paid, which is definitely no less than a reward for these refugees.

On the construction site on the other side, militiamen and refugees were also digging trenches.

The main force among them was naturally the militiamen. Some of them had been physically trained and could dig trenches very quickly, with deep trenches appearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Of course, if Hill were to do it, it would probably take less than a few days to dig it out completely, but that would be too conspicuous.

The quarry was secretly sealed off, and others only thought that there were a large number of quarry workers and stonemasons inside, so it was too difficult to seal it off from the outside.

When the knights' squires of the Frostwolf Knights joined in, they lifted up the trimmed stones and began to build the city wall.

Soon a small section of the city wall will be built, twenty feet high and ten feet wide. This is the standard height of the northern fortress walls, and it can even withstand the attacks of the Sky Knights.

At night, Hill would come in person to check on the construction of the city wall, and use his abilities to further squeeze and reinforce the wall.

Although she couldn't make the stones change their shape at will, she could use the earth element's power to squeeze them so that the stones could be more tightly fused together.

Looking at the wall in front of her, Hill showed a proud expression on her face, and when she looked towards the Frostwolf Castle, she showed a grateful look. The wizard not only gave her life, but also gave her dreams.

She will definitely help the wizard to build this city well and make it a pearl on this continent that will stand forever.

……

Frostwolf Hill, City Hall.

"Your Excellency the Duke, the recent cost of recruiting craftsmen and handymen has been quite high." Lena held a stack of parchment and reported the recent financial situation to David.

Although Frostwolf Ridge had previous taxes and ransoms, plus annual taxes from vassal families, its income was still scarce.

David took it and looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up. At the top was a map with several circles on it, marking various minerals.

"Did Hill find those mines?"

Frostwolf Ridge is the ancestral home of the Frostwolf family and has not been developed.

Although David had guessed that there might be mines among the mountains, he didn't expect that there were so many mines that it could be called a treasure land.

The person who discovered these mines was naturally Hill. As an earth witch, she could not only control the elements of the earth, but was also very good at exploring underground.

In a short period of time, the Earth Witch had brought her farming attributes to the limit, confirming David's original words that wizards were the primary productive force.

Wizards can indeed promote the rapid development of a territory on their own.

Once the mine is fully developed, the town will be able to develop many other industries, such as blacksmith shops.

Of course, he looked down upon these mundane weapons. Only if he could find an alchemist wizard could he make the extraordinary weapons that interested him.

In addition to this is the opening up of trade routes. These ores are hard currency no matter where they are, and can bring endless wealth to Frostwolf Ridge.

As David stared at the list in thought, Rena was also watching him.

After getting to know him for a while, she was surprised to find that the Duke of Frostwolf's perspective on things was completely different from that of other nobles in this world.

This can be seen from the fact that the Duke is willing to use his wealth to build his territory instead of hiding it in the vault as his own collection.

And those refugees.

No lord would treat these refugees as human beings.

Even less would any lord be willing to spend money to recruit these refugees and have them work in exchange for relief.

Those lords only knew how to levy conscription, using weapons and whips to squeeze the value of these refugees.

These actions of the Duke seemed stupid in the eyes of other nobles, but Reina could keenly sense the mystery hidden in them.

From the refugees' support for the lord, we can see how high David's status is in the eyes of Frostwolf Ridge and those refugees.

During this period of time, there were constant refugees and civilians coming to Frostwolf Ridge to settle down, which was also an invisible wealth for a territory.

"He has the potential to be a king."

Lena thought to herself that this was undoubtedly what attracted her the most and made her deeply fascinated by it.

"Why, you want it again?" David looked over with a smile.

Reina came back to her senses, with a shy yet determined look in her eyes, and she took the initiative to sit in the Duke's arms.

[You have completed a training session, Snow Demon Soul +141]

(End of this chapter)