[Chapter 156: Draft Plan for Winter City]

Although Frost Town of Sean Forrester was established last year, due to lack of time, not much farmland was reclaimed, and naturally not much food was grown. It was

only determined that the new crop of potatoes could grow successfully on this barren land, and then a long and harsh winter came. The first winter

of Frost Town was spent relying on family transfusions. Forrester did not have an accurate understanding of the harsh environment of the northern plains.

With the arrival of the new year, more wasteland was reclaimed into farmland. Sean Forrester soon learned that this barren land could only grow potatoes. The seeds of other crops they brought from Iron Tree Castle would hardly survive and germinate on this land.

Moreover, potatoes that have not been optimized by mysterious power cannot be planted continuously. After two rounds of harvest, Sean Forrester will find that the crops produced in the fields are constantly decreasing, and it is impossible to ensure the consumption of the growing population of Frost Town for a winter.

If the Forrester family does not transport enough supplies in the fall, Frost Town will have a hard time this winter.

As for the villages around Winter Town? David was curious about how many would be left after a winter?

“It turns out that the environment of this place was so bad before we arrived!”

Listening to David’s description, Laura had a direct understanding of the barrenness and desolation of this place for the first time. Before that, her impression of this plain mainly came from Winter Town.

This town under David’s governance did not give her the slightest feeling of barren land.

The farmland in Winter Town is very productive. As Mark planted more and more crops, the variety of agricultural products has become more and more abundant. It is said that the newly planted strawberries have successfully sprouted. This year they can eat strawberries, grapes and other fruits produced in Winter Town.

“Speaking of agricultural products…”

David wondered whether to plant cotton in Winter Town? Otherwise, can the clothes of the entire town only be introduced through trade?

There are also silk fabrics. It may not be possible to raise silkworms in the environment of Winter Town, but he can ask Squirtle to help solve this problem. He remembered that there was a Pokémon with a spider appearance, the Orb-Silk Spider, which could spin a lot of silk, and the quality of the spider silk was very good. That world itself used that kind of spider silk to make silk products.

After sharing these ideas with Laura, Laura agreed with David’s idea, but the topic was suddenly turned to another direction: “Then you can make the things you like in Winter Town, right?”

“Ah? What are you talking about?”

“Men!” Laura looked as if I had seen through everything: “Are you disappointed that I didn’t choose those pairs of stockings?”

“How could that be?” David shook his head: “That kind of thing is easy to buy anyway.”

“Ha!” Laura laughed dryly, feeling quite speechless about David’s reply: “I thought you weren’t disappointed because of Eva!”

David felt the alarm bells ringing in his heart, wondering whether he should start today’s game immediately?

“You’ve taken advantage of your secretary these past two days, haven’t you?”

“Huh?” David opened his mouth, his face full of surprise, “Why do you say that? Eva and I are innocent.”

“Really?” Laura stared at David’s face and looked at him carefully. From her understanding of David, this person is not very good at hiding his true thoughts. The surprised expression on his face seems to be a real reaction: “Nothing really happened?”

“Of course!”

Hearing David’s answer so decisively, Laura was confused: “I saw Eva always cheerful and happy these two days, and I thought she finally succeeded!”

“…” David was speechless. Laura’s words made him feel strange.

“Speaking of which, I ran away for several days this time, and you didn’t do anything to Eva. Such a good opportunity was wasted in vain!”

Looking at Laura’s funny look, David wondered if this woman was deliberately setting a trap to trick him? Should he try to show his sincerity?

However, David tried to express his sincerity, but in the end, Laura only said hoarsely: “How about I help you hold Eva’s hand?”

“…”

After helping Laura make a cup of honey and feeding her a large cup, the two fell asleep in each other’s arms: “Don’t think about it, have a good rest!”

Laura mumbled a few words, but it was unclear and I couldn’t understand what she said. When I wanted to ask, Laura had fallen asleep. After

resting for a night with Laura in his arms, David got up on time the next day, full of energy, leaving Laura to continue to make up for sleep. After David walked out of the cabin, he went directly to find Squirtle.

Since helping David recruit a large group of Squirtle and several Eevee, in order to distinguish the original Squirtle, Laura prepared some equipment for this Squirtle.

Sunglasses and cuffs have become the unique outfit of this Squirtle. David also made five bars on the cuffs with a bad taste, which means the captain of all Pokémon in Winter Town.

However, since then, the Pokémon Captain has been a bit slack. David has not seen more Pokémon coming to Winter Town, and Squirtle, except for appearing on time at mealtime, would bask in the sun and swim by the river every day, and occasionally catch some seafood for himself to eat.

So, in the morning, Squirtle might be near the Winter River. After getting up, David went straight to the Winter River.

“Huh? Mark? You got up so early today?”

“It’s not that I got up early, it’s that I didn’t sleep last night.” Mark looked in good spirits, not like someone who hadn’t slept all night.

“Isn’t your usual routine very normal? What problems have you encountered?”

“It’s not a problem, it’s that I finally became a real shaman, and I’m so excited that I can’t sleep at all.” Mark was excited in the house all night yesterday. Even if he had nothing to do, he couldn’t sleep. He tossed and turned until the early morning, and then he just got up.

“So…you are waiting here for me?”

“Yes!”

Mark appeared in front of David because he wanted to share his joy with others. To put it bluntly, he wanted to show off.

“Congratulations!”

“Thank you!”

After becoming a real shaman, Mark has the qualifications to use the power of elements.

At the same time, the power of elements will strengthen Mark. In addition, Mark has trained hard for a while with the holy light injected by David, so his physical fitness is already very strong.

In addition, by urging the release of various spells of elemental power, Mark will soon be able to cross the limits of ordinary people and become an extraordinary existence.

“Are you going to the Winter River?”

“Well, I have something to say to Squirtle.” When it is not emphasized, the Squirtle in everyone’s mouth actually refers to the original one.

I told Mark that I wanted Squirtle to help find some orb-silk spiders to come to Winter Town, and also mentioned the plan to grow cotton.

“I think planting cotton is not an important thing.” Mark thought that David’s idea was fine. In comparison, David should consider another thing: “Have you considered the future layout of Winter Town or even Winter City?”

“Of course I have.”

David has considered this issue more than once since he discovered that the golden finger was related to the territory.

However, Winter Town has not been truly built yet, so he is not in a hurry to tell everyone about the follow-up plans.

“Anyway, there is nothing to do now, so tell me about it. I’m quite curious.”

Mark looked around. The sky had just become slightly brighter, and the residents of Winter Town had already gotten up one after another.

Watching the residents queuing up to wash, fetch water, and then prepare to have breakfast and start a day’s work, these have become the daily routine of the residents of Winter Town.

Mark looked at this scene and began to wonder what the future Winter Town, or Winter City

, would look like. At least, this kind of scene of queuing up to wash and fetch water should not be seen.

“I only have a rough plan in my mind, and the specific details need to be gradually improved.”

“So…”

“With Winter Fortress as the center, I plan to make the southwest an agricultural area.”

In David’s current thinking, the farmland area will develop southward next, so that it is located in the southwest of Winter Fortress. This side is close to the water source, the terrain is flat and vast enough, and it is most suitable for developing agriculture. As for the

residence of farmers, houses can be built around the farmland area, not far from the center of the town, and within the radiation area of various water and electricity lines originally planned.

“The southeast is the main residential area, the northwest is the commercial area, and the northeast is various institutions, military camps, etc.”

David’s plan is just a rough division. When it is actually built, even the southeast area designated as a residential area will definitely have various shops.

“It sounds good.”

David then talked about more ideas, such as building various factories in the forest-covered area in the north.

Among them, important factories such as water plants need to be built as upstream as possible.

As for the Northern Military Industry, whose scale is not yet determined, the products produced are not yet determined, and only the name is determined, it is also planned to be arranged in the north to ensure that it can be protected by Winter City.

Docks, shipyards, etc. will be built on the western bank of the Winter River.

“If all these things you envision are built, this place will definitely not be able to be called Winter Town anymore.” Mark imagined David’s description in his mind, and he couldn’t wait to see the real thing as soon as possible.

“Of course it will be Winter City by then.”

If they really want to reach the scale David envisioned, it would be far from enough for all the population on the northern plains to gather in Winter Town.

“I have a question.”

“What question?”

“Although you have a clear plan for the future, and the current development of Winter Town is also very stable and rapid.” Mark paused before asking the question he wanted to ask: “But before that, don’t you consider building a city wall?”

David was stunned when he heard this question. He really hadn’t thought about this problem.

“City wall… If you didn’t mention it, I would have forgotten about it.”

(End of this chapter)