I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 241: The Prototype of the Ship City, Innocent Jamie
Outside the Gray Desert City.

Mifeiyin came here on behalf of Cloya to inspect the first phase of the project and negotiate with Lord Graysand.

The two of them had already arrived outside the city. The time was just about to end at night and the sun was about to rise.

Jamie had been waiting here for a long time.

He looked a little excited. There were many young men wearing uniforms produced by Hanjiao Island standing around him, waiting here, ready to introduce the bridge to the two of them.

Under their feet was a long metal road about five meters wide. The silver-blue metal was particularly dazzling at night, and there were even street lights on both sides of the road.

Looking up, the silver-blue road is particularly dazzling in the gray desert, like a road in mythology, appearing at night, full of regular beauty.

It is really shocking to see such a bridge and road suddenly appearing from the disorder and chaos of the desert.

Lord Gray Sand stopped and watched for a while before speaking:

"This height is about ten meters."

He looked at the pillars below: "Can these purple duckweeds actually bear the weight of these pillars?"

Although he was paying attention, he had some expectations in his heart, so he didn't have a particularly detailed understanding, just so that he could personally experience the novelty brought by this silver-blue bridge and the houseboats.

"of course can!"

Jamie immediately replied: "According to our many tests, this bridge can carry a maximum weight of about ten tons. You can test it now."

Working in the desert every day, Jamie's face became two shades darker. When he smiled, only his remaining white teeth were particularly dazzling.

This honest look unexpectedly makes people feel very trustworthy.

Seeing his expression, Miffy couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you use the sunscreen potion distributed to you on the island?"

Hearing this, Jamie and the others scratched their hair in embarrassment.

They really had no use for it. The thing was made by a group of female apprentices using materials such as pearls from sea water and floral dew.

It is quite popular among some noble ladies and young masters and ladies in the royal capital. It has a good whitening effect. It is said that even Vice President Estner and Archmage Celeste highly recommend it.

But, that Hanhai Pearl Cream is so fragrant.

Every time it is applied, it becomes a source of artificial fragrance, and the fragrance is everywhere within three or four meters around it. If it is mixed with the smell of sweat... they find it a bit inconvenient and pungent, so they don't apply it.

As a result, my skin became two shades darker in just one month.

Seeing this, Mi Feiyin immediately understood and said helplessly: "Then I will make a batch of products specifically for you after I go back.

Croa is paying close attention to you."

Mi Feiyin's casual tone made Lord Gray Sand burst out laughing - it seems that they are really confident in their project, otherwise they would not be so calm.

But he still has to carry out acceptance.

You should know that the most basic function of bridges and roads is to allow traffic. Stability and load-bearing capacity are the most important, especially when they will be in floods in the future. If they are unstable, it will be very dangerous.

"Then I'll try to see if it's stable."

Immediately, he released a huge black fish with hard scales on its body, spikes on its belly, and sharp teeth in its mouth.

The black fish was like a tank, wriggling its body and gliding on the bridge with a grunting sound. It was at an extremely fast speed and soon disappeared from sight.

"..."

After witnessing the black fish going away, Mi Feiyin clenched the wheat ear bracelet in his hand and whispered, "Leviathan fish."

The apprentices were also silent. They all felt the deep and evil magic emanating from the black fish, as deep and as vast as the ocean.

Obviously, he is not a good person.

"Haha." Lord Gray Sand waved his hand casually: "It's just a fish, don't worry about it."

He looked at Miffin and invited him, "I will use this fish to reward the children for their hard work. I would also like to trouble you to use your sacred magic to purify the evil power in its body."

"..." Mi Feiyin was silent for a moment, then nodded.

That fish was a follower of the Abyss Lord Leviathan. He had originally doubted the extent to which the Grey Sand Lord had utilized the power of Leviathan, but now it seemed a bit beyond his imagination.

Generally speaking, the guys who borrowed the power of the Abyss Lord were the disadvantaged party, but this guy actually opened his mouth and wanted to eat Leviathan's followers...

"Is this guy showing off his abilities to prove to me and Croa that he can stabilize the situation here?" Miffy thought.

He accepted Cloya's mission and came here not only to follow the inspection and negotiate the formal contract, but also to see whether the situation here is stable.

For infrastructure work, it will be very, very troublesome if the local lord cannot stabilize the situation.

The protective Kroa doesn't want his apprentices to be disturbed and influenced by external factors when they are building bridges and houseboats every day.

From now on, it seems that Lord Gray Sand, this God-favored One, is really not an ordinary God-favored One. At least in this gray desert, he should be able to suppress some troubles.

Mi Feiyin knew what was going on.

They didn't communicate for the rest of the journey.

They followed the bridge that was run over by the Leviathan fish, observing whether the bridge was deformed or unstable. After walking about a thousand meters, they saw the first houseboat.

This houseboat looks like a fortress. It is estimated to be about two hundred square meters in area and has the overall shape of a bird's nest.

There are fluffy and soft dandelions growing on the surface of the houseboat, and vines intertwined and entwined, completely hiding the magic pattern deep within the dandelions and vines.

"This building looks nice, what's inside?"

Lord Graysand looked up at the houseboat with interest and glanced at Jamie next to him.

Jamie introduced: “Sir, we will build a houseboat like this every two kilometers.

There may be differences in size, but all can accommodate people to live and take refuge here.

Please follow me and I will show you what's inside."

He took two quick steps forward, and the tightly closed door of the houseboat sensed someone coming and slowly opened, allowing bright light to pour in from inside the door.

Huisha, Mifeiyin and several other apprentices followed them into the houseboat. The first thing they saw when they came in was the spacious and bright hall.

This time, the decoration design of the hall did not follow the usual exquisite style of Hanjiao Island, but was very simple - bright white floors, walls and ceilings, with some sofas, chairs and other furniture, and that's it.

Although not particularly refined, this crisp and neat style is more suitable for the aesthetic tastes of most people.

Besides...cleanliness itself is a miracle.

Lord Gray Sand only took a glance and felt quite satisfied.

"It is estimated that this place can accommodate 300 people for a short period of time." Jamie introduced: "The houseboat is equipped with a basic life support array, so there will be no shortage of air even in a flood.

In addition, there is also a magical plant called the Sky Magic Flower that can produce air."

He pointed to some inconspicuous flowers that looked like balloons in the corners of the wall and said: "If the air here is too turbid, they will bloom and effectively purify the air here."

"Here is ..."

Afterwards, he took everyone to visit the rooms that could accommodate more than a hundred people to sleep, the bathrooms, and even the public kitchen and other facilities.

The decorations inside these facilities are all in an extremely simple style, and were drawn by Cloya when he had nothing to do.

To be honest, by the standards of Hanjiao Island, this houseboat is really just a very simple one. But in the gray desert, it is really not easy to have a place to take shelter when a flood hits.

After the tour, Lord Gray Sand could no longer hide his smile and praised, "I didn't expect it to be so special. But it must have taken a lot of resources to build the houseboat and those bridges, right?"

After all, he was a wizard or a lord, and he knew how much effort it would take to build a place like this - special materials, intelligently controlled magic pattern arrays, and life-sustaining magic patterns... It was estimated that each one would cost tens of thousands of magic crystals, right?
He has the resources to build dozens of them, but if he wants to spread such houseboats and bridges all over the gray desert, the price is simply unimaginable.

But when he saw such a good thing, it was really hard for him to refuse.

Hearing this, Miffin took out a list, cleared his throat and began to read:
"The basic material of the houseboat is the floating moon alloy developed by Hanjiao Island. Inside, the Elf Kingdom Orpheus family's unique life support array and intelligent control array are used. Each houseboat needs at least one hundred floating dandelions and a sufficient number of evil sea purple duckweed."

He did not specify the specific price of these materials.

However, whether it was the Floating Moon Alloy forged by the wizard, the life-support array and intelligent array of the Orpheus family, or the specially modified magic plants, these unheard-of things made Lord Gray Sand feel puzzled.

The unknown and high-end-sounding object gave him the feeling that it was very expensive.

He was silent for a while and then asked, "Have you found the mine?"

According to the verbal agreement between him and Cloya, all the minerals and magical plants along the project belong to Cloya and can be mined at will.

Originally he was quite confident that the price of these minerals should be enough, but now he suddenly became uncertain. Is it really enough?

Jamie continued, "So far, we have discovered a vein of first-level magic material gold sand mine."

"..." Lord Graysand could not help but frown. This gold sand mine was actually the first gift he gave to Croa. It was a special ore that had more decorative value than practical value.

Apart from making some decorations and planting earth element magic plants, it has almost no other use.

The price is naturally worrying.

Honestly speaking, he was even a little worried that Croa would suddenly evacuate - there was no money to be made, no resources to be gained, so why would anyone go to the trouble of doing infrastructure construction for him?
Although he did promise Cloya that any mineral deposit would be fine, since it could not be discovered in the short term, how much investment would be required to get a return?
They were all smart people, and there wasn't much friendship between them. It was more of an exchange of interests. He knew this, and he believed that Cloya knew it as well.

While he was thinking, the lights on the side suddenly began to flash, accompanied by a serious reminder voice: "Warning, warning, flood is expected to hit in twenty minutes!

Please evacuate to the nearest shelter immediately!"

This sound was not only heard inside the houseboat, but was also played in a loop by the street lamps standing on both sides of the road outside, accompanied by increasingly rapid flashing of red lights.

This kind of atmosphere makes people feel that the situation is very urgent.

Of course, there is no one on this road now, and the only few people are staying in the houseboat.

Jamie said: "The flood is coming, and you can see how to deal with it."

"Okay." Lord Gray Sand temporarily put aside what he was thinking and looked out the window - the flood was coming.

They suddenly appeared from the sand, and after gathering together, they turned into a huge flood that covered the sky and the sun, roaring towards this side.

In just a few minutes, the silver-blue bridges and roads were completely submerged.

The bridges still stood firm despite the flood.

As time went by, the flood became gradually stable, and the purple devil duckweed at the bottom of the bridge suddenly pulled out its roots, carrying the bridge towards the water.

The whole process was extremely stable. The people inside the houseboat didn't even feel any shaking or bumping, and they rose directly to the surface of the water.

After reaching the water surface, the roots of the evil sea purple duckweeds intertwined and gathered together, and at the same time, they sprayed out some strange magic power, turning the water into ice that wrapped around them.

The bottom of this bridge, which stretches for dozens of kilometers, is covered with ice and is not afraid of the impact of floods.

In this way, the whole thing is completely stable.

The road formed by the bridge and houseboats floated quietly on the water. No matter how the surrounding floods washed and surged, it did not shake, as if it was on flat ground.

The morning light shines on these silver-blue bridges. The golden light and the silver-blue light reflected by the magic alloy are intertwined. They stand tall in the gray flood, which is extremely beautiful.

The voice sounded again:

"The bridge stabilization work has been completed. Please leave in an orderly manner and try not to extend your body outside the bridge railing."

Upon hearing the sound, Lord Gray Sand relied on his great skills and courage to run directly to the outside of the houseboat and walked back and forth on the bridge, facing the morning light and hot wind. No matter how he jumped, the bridge did not shake. Even when he released another Leviathan fish, the bridge remained strong.

"It's unimaginable!"

During the day, it is possible to move freely in the flood like this!

This was something he had never thought of!

In his original thought, Croa was strong enough to build a bridge on the quicksand, but he didn't expect that this bridge would also be able to play a role when a flood comes.

If there could be more bridges like this, connecting various cities and gathering points, wouldn't the impact of the chaotic magic in the gray desert be minimized?
——People can travel freely in the Gray Desert, which is a feat that had not been accomplished even before the Gray Desert was invaded by Leviathan's magic!

When he thought of that scene, he felt every cell in his body excited. He had caused irreparable damage to his hometown because of his wrong decision.

There is still room for recovery now, and we cannot let the construction team from Hanjiao Island leave at any cost!

There is no time to be reserved in the current situation.

Lord Graysand took out a map from his pocket and said to Mifeiyin, "Let's sign a formal contract. This map is the mineral vein map I surveyed."

The mineral vein map of the Gray Desert!
You have to know that a chaotic magical environment can produce some extremely rare minerals after a long period of gestation, not to mention special areas like the Gray Desert.

It is no exaggeration to say that the most valuable thing in the Gray Desert now is the mineral deposits.

Miffin took a quick glance and saw a series of precious minerals such as Desert Heart Stone Mine, Leviathan Iron, and Howling Gem.

Of course, it was covered by magic, so one could only see the name of the mine but not its specific location - after all, for extraordinary people, they could basically remember it after just one look.

Lord Graysand pointed at the map and said, "From Graysand City to Sandcastle, there are three mines along the way, namely Quicksand Iron, Yellow Sapphire, and Howling Sapphire.

I will give you the specific location in exchange for you building two bridges about 100 kilometers long and houseboats."

Mi Feiyin pretended to calculate and nodded: "Okay."

He directly took out the contract that Kloya had prepared long ago, and agreed with Huisha to write down the specific content and terms on it, and finally imprinted the magic mark belonging to Huisha City and Hanjiao Island.

After the signing, Jamie suddenly said, “Lord Huisha, have you ever thought about letting us take over the construction of the entire city?

We can build a fortress made up of bridges and houseboats, which can float with the flood when it comes, and can be deployed in place when the flood ends.

In this way, the location of Gray Sand City will not be fixed, and you can go wherever you want."

This guy was obviously well prepared. He took out a blueprint and showed it to Lord Gray Sand - this blueprint was actually the advanced version that he had shown to Cloya.

Lord Graysand could certainly see the subtlety of this blueprint at a glance, but after a brief moment of astonishment, he shook his head with difficulty.

"not now."

He refused and said, “Once the contents of this contract are completed, I will give you the right to build a small city.

Gray Sand City has a special status, and it cannot be rebuilt on a large scale right now."

Hearing this, Jamie nodded, not very disappointed.

The apprentice changed the subject and proposed a wish to Lord Huisha: "Lord Huisha, can you collect slaves in the name of the city lord? I need them to help us complete some basic construction."

Lord Graysand's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he stared at Jamie: "You want to give them a chance to live?"

Although it was a question, the tone was extremely firm.

Nothing in Graysand City could be hidden from his eyes. He certainly knew that Jamie had purchased many slaves for training, and even some of them were overly obvious acts of goodwill.

"Yes." Jamie nodded, and the apprentices behind him nodded as well - Jamie had discussed this with them.

Faced with Jamie's insistence, Lord Graysand nodded without comment: "For Cloya's sake, I promise you."

He agreed and walked outside. When he was about to enter the flood, he suddenly turned to Jamie and said, "You need to understand the reason for the slave trade. Otherwise, how many people can you save?"

After saying that, he jumped directly into the water and disappeared.

Only Miffy was left, patting Jamie on the shoulder who was in a daze: "Sometimes being naive is not a bad thing, but naivety may lead to some bad consequences."

The former bishop of Mother Earth knew the slave trade very well. After all... slave trade only existed when there was a demand for buying and selling.

If Jamie cannot clearly recognize this and think of a way to deal with it, the slave trade in Graysand City will only increase.

But he wasn't ready to say it directly.

because……

Being naive is not a bad thing sometimes. What if it leads to good results?
In this regard, he and Cloa have very similar views. Change is a good thing, and they will be there to help if they hit a wall.

He looked at the apprentices who were lost in thought, clapped his hands and said loudly: "The competition on the island will be over soon, and Cloya said he would give you a holiday.

Don’t think too much, just come back to Hanjiao Island with me for vacation now, and all expenses will be free during the vacation.

Let’s continue working hard after the vacation.”

Vacation!

These two words instantly made the apprentices forget everything and their eyes lit up.

Having stayed in the desert for more than two months, they did feel a little homesick, and more importantly... everything was free!

There is no doubt that this must be the reward and benefit given to them by Croa.

"Great!"

"Oh hoo! Thank you, Master Croa!"

"I want to go home and soak in the hot springs!"

Even Jamie stopped thinking about the slave issue and cheered.

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(End of this chapter)