Chapter 143: Rand's Absent Lair, Lysa's Little Invention

Elsa walked to the Lord's Hall as usual, and seeing Lysa standing in front of the giant stone Lord's Chair in deep thought, she said in a light voice: "Acting Lord, you don't have to hesitate any longer. Rand will not find you offensive."

Lysa touched the stone seat with her hand. "I just feel a little bit dangerous."

"I didn't think so at first." Lysa took her hand back. "Rand told me not to mention the goddess of abundance and the god of struggle, and especially not to say prayers."

"It seems that this chair is interesting." Lisa sat on the stone lord's chair, raised one leg and folded it on the other leg, crossed her fingers and gently placed them on her knees.

"Report." Lisa looked at Elsa standing in front of her with her golden eyes.

Generally speaking, an acting lord is not qualified to sit on the lord's iconic seat unless he is the one who specifically plays the role of the lord and defends the lord against assassins.

But Rand gave Lysa special authorization, so there would be no offense.

"Tsk tsk." Elsa glanced up and down at Lisa, who was sitting there with a dignified and calm temperament. She had to say, even though she was wearing just ordinary casual clothes, she really had some of the majesty of a queen sitting there.

This superior temperament is something Rand does not have.

However, Elsa didn't care much. She quite approved of Lisa as the acting lord, so after clicking her tongue twice, she reported: "Part of the work of the hideout has been assigned to the students in the small classroom at the foot of the mountain as a practical course. The alchemical item Rand called soap has also been developed to the second version, and the effect has been effectively improved."

Lysa nodded. "What about the blast furnace?"

Without Ellie and Olenna to take care of it, the workload on them was undoubtedly much heavier. Elsa continued to report: "The progress of the blast furnace is not very good, but the theory given by Rand has improved our original ironmaking process. The effect of the ironware produced recently has become significantly stronger."

Lisa nodded again to show that she understood. "Let the people in the alchemy workshop develop the third version of the soap, and then the second version of the soap can be mass-produced and placed in the store of the resort. Let them promote it and see if it can be sold."

"Don't be too anxious about the blast furnace. Take your time. Rand said this can't be completed in a short period of time. My personal suggestion is to go to the ruins and see if there are any suitable materials to build the main body of the furnace." Lisa thought for a moment and made arrangements.

Afterwards, Ryza and Elsa talked about a lot of things related to internal affairs. However, Elsa was not very familiar with internal affairs, so her efficiency was not very high. At this time, Ryza was very patient and slowly sorted out things one by one with Elsa.

For example, the planning of farmland, the promotion of farming systems, the distribution of fertilizers, the income from the large bathing pool at the foot of the mountain, and the overall tax revenue of the resort.

These matters are very troublesome to handle, including the taxes of Crescent Moon Territory as a whole, as well as those of the villages and towns. After being processed by the grassroots and middle levels, they will finally be summarized here.

Elsa talked with Lisa for a long time, and then went to the office to talk with the middle and grassroots managers for a long time before she finished the day's work. However, Elsa will go to the small classroom at the foot of the mountain to teach tomorrow, and many things will need to be done by Lisa herself.

At night, Elsa reported the last of the events to Lisa and said, "Want to take a bath together?"

Lisa blinked and said, "Okay, but I have something else to do."

"Do you need help?" Elsa subconsciously thought that what Lisa had left to do was important business.

Ryza knew that Elsa had misunderstood, but she still said, "Come and help me."

After that, Ryza took Elsa to the alchemy workshop. There was no one in the alchemy workshop at this time. Ryza turned on the ruins light in the alchemy workshop, pointed to a large ball and said, "That is a large toy. The frequency of vibration can be controlled. The controller can also control the large toy from a long distance."

"According to Rand, the current signal transmission distance is two kilometers. If the distance can be doubled and the cost does not increase significantly, we can try to install it in the hideout and the administrative center of Crescent Territory and use it as a communication device."

When Elsa heard that this big round ball was a large toy, she was stunned and didn't know how to play with it. It was not until she heard the introduction that she realized that it was used for communication.

Then, Lisa took out an oval object from a locked cabinet that belonged to her alone.

"Extremely effective enhanced toy" Lisa picked up the extremely effective enhanced toy and turned on the switch. Suddenly, there was a violent vibration and a buzzing sound like some small insects flying past her ears.

"Are you really asking me to help you with something serious?" Elsa began to doubt.

Lisa didn't answer, but took out another pair of cat ears and what looked like a tail from the locked cabinet, but they were all made of relic parts in an intricate way.

The cat's ears and tail are also connected by complex wiring.

Lisa pressed the main control mechanism a few times, and the cat ears in the mechanical structure suddenly bent. Lisa pressed it again, and the cat ears returned to normal.

However, the tail cannot be controlled very well. A cat's tail has a snake-like structure. It seems impossible to control the entire structure flexibly by simply splicing instruments.

"Did you see any control components or similar beast-shaped mechanical monsters when you were on vacation in the ruins?" asked Lisa.

Elsa really admired that Ryza could discuss some strange things without blushing or beating her heart. "It seems that there is, but I don't have time to help you find it recently."

"No rush." ​​Lisa said, "There are still many things that need to be debugged."

Lisa looked up and saw Elsa's suspicious look, and explained: "I slowly put these together in my spare time, not secretly during work hours, and this is not completely for use as a toy."

"Ah?" Elsa really didn't understand what real use this kind of thing could have.

Lisa still looked proud and mysterious. She picked up the vibrating toy and said, "Have you ever thought about using this thing to communicate?"

Elsa tilted her head: "Indeed not."

Lysa put down the vibrating toy, then picked up the cat ears and tail, and said, "Of course, this can also be used seriously. Do you want to guess?"

Elsa rolled her eyes and said, "I can't guess. Just tell me."

"Rand is too weak. Although the power he suspected to have obtained from God is very effective, it cannot cover up the problem that he is too weak. If he is a top-level assassin like you, even if he is always protected by top-level professionals, there is still a chance that he will be killed."

"Rand died, and we dispersed."

Elsa nodded, indicating that it was indeed the case, but what did that have to do with cat ears and a cat tail.

"My current research on cat ears and cat tails is just a prototype. The essence of my research is mechanical structure and control." Lisa explained seriously, "In the future, maybe I can make a mechanical armor for Rand, on which I can install some automatic response counterattack or defense devices, so that Rand's safety will be greatly improved."

Elsa stopped talking. Although this still seemed like nonsense, she knew very well that Lisa must have at least thought about it and must have tried it.

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Lisa is the most reliable person in the den. Although many of the things Lisa did were not known to everyone in the den, even just the things that were known were enough to make everyone in the den feel how reliable Lisa was.

For example, Elsa knew that Rysa would check whether there were any dangerous people in the holiday villa at the foot of the mountain in her spare time. When the White King came, it seemed that Rysa also took some measures.

And now, Elsa feels that Lysa really wants to try to make a more advanced mechanical armor for Rand, although what she has made now are cat ears and a cat tail.

After Ryza and Elsa studied cat ears and cat tails together for a while, they went to the resort's large bathtub to take a bath together.

In the summer, the big baths are extremely profitable.

At first, they didn't really understand why Rand reduced taxes and increased residents' income, until Rand developed so many money recovery devices, large baths, taverns, and endless new and novel merchandise in the holiday resort's shops.

They effectively collected huge profits from the residents, adventurers, caravans, other neighboring nobles, and the White Kingdom, and handed over their accumulated wealth to Rand in a voluntary manner.

According to Rand, this is called the economic cycle. Now Elsa has somewhat understood it. In comparison, the economic means of the noble territories and royal cities of other countries are far behind.

…

Count Feihu's territory was not far from the royal city, and he was preparing his costumes at this moment.

The aristocratic system of the Frost Moon Kingdom does not require strict distinctions in clothing styles for nobles of different ranks, but there are still some conventional clothing specifications for attending formal occasions.

At least Count Feihu’s original clothes could no longer be worn.

He had a new dress custom-made to the earl's specifications. It fitted the dress perfectly in every way and was made of very comfortable fabric, but Earl Feihu still felt uncomfortable no matter how he wore it.

The original Grand Duke-style clothes were still hanging in his luxurious wardrobe, but he no longer had the chance to wear them out.

And the reason for all this has something to do with that lowly seed named Rand.

And now, that Rand was still disgusting him. He actually captured the knight he bribed and joined forces with so many nobles to try to impeach him.

So now, he was summoned by the king to go to the capital to confront the incompetent Earl of the Stag, who always liked to dress up and hold banquets.

It was all Rand's fault.

The steward of Earl Feihu looked at his lord with some worry. Earl Feihu was not like this in the past. In his eyes, Earl Feihu was always wise, brilliant, brave, good at battles and experienced in domestic affairs.

But now, after being deprived of most of his territories and leaving only the core Earl of Feihu, Lord Feihu has changed. He has become sinister and is always planning some strange things. He even regards a small, newly promoted viscount as an enemy and has done many things that are completely worthless.

Unfortunately, as a butler, he had no right to comment on the noble earl's behavior. However, he was very worried that if things continued like this, the family might decline even faster.

(End of this chapter)