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Chapter 31 Heavy Snow and Harvest Years! (Ask for a monthly pass!)

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Time smoothly transitions to December.

The southern plains ushered in the first snow of the year, and the snowflakes fell on this pristine and beautiful world, covering everything with a layer of silver.

The temperature in the entire southern plains can be said to have dropped all of a sudden.

In such a world without the greenhouse effect, winter is much colder than on Earth.

Even in areas with a warmer climate like the southern plains, it may reach more than ten degrees Celsius throughout the winter. It can be said that except for some areas near the sea and on the warm current belt, other places will become extremely cold throughout the winter. Most of the creatures have been seldom active since December, and the intelligent creatures, including the orcs with extremely strong physiques, will also hide in the burrows and wait for the cold winter to pass.

For many creatures, winter also means death.

winter.

It is hard for people living in the 21st century, where productivity is greatly developed, to imagine the difficulties involved.

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Murphy's plan to start a trade with the half-elves failed.

For these half-elves who don't need silver coins, he really doesn't know what else the territory can provide them. In this primitive world, many self-sufficient and self-sufficient races do not accept silver coins, which is quite a painful thing.

Although he couldn't provide what the half-elf needed, the diplomat Tobayes sent someone back with a piece of news that made Murphy dumbfounded. After expressing little interest in the supplies provided by the city of Athens, the half-elf priests who were in charge of contacting him suddenly expressed that Her Highness the Queen is very interested in their lord, the Governor of Athens, His Excellency Murphy, if he is willing to come in person If it's a trip.

Her Royal Highness, the half-elf, said that she could first provide a batch of food in the city of Athens free of charge.

this.

What does it mean?

When Murphy heard the news, he was a little troubled immediately.

The high priest who was sitting next to him at that time gave him a half-smile.

Half-elves are a hybrid of elves and humans. However, in terms of living habits, social composition, etc., they continue the tradition of the elves, that is to say, they are still a matrilineal society, and female half-elves have a high social status, and only women can serve as priests. As for the male half-elves, they are responsible for planting crops, working in the fields and so on. At most, they take up bows and arrows as a warrior or some of them are very talented and can become a druid.

This is not due to any twists and turns. The real problem is that female half-elves can better inherit the blood power from the elves.

They are much stronger than male elves in various aspects such as elemental sensing ability and so on.

Ability determines status!

That's all.

Under the gaze of the high priest, Murphy refused the matter with righteous words.

Said that the city of Athens does not need alms, and he has every means to buy food from other places.

"Isn't the half-elf in charge the high priest of the moon god, or the servant of the goddess of life? When did a queen pop out? Could it be influenced by humans?" The so-called elf queen is actually just another race name only. Within the elves, the being called by humans as Your Excellency the Elf Queen is essentially the High Priest of the Goddess of Life.

Of course, the high priest is the highest ruler in the elf society except the ancient elves.

Since the time of the Second Era, the Elder Elves have been sleeping for a long time. In fact, only a part of the high elves who have not yet returned to the tree of life are left to form the entire upper elves system, and the high priest of the goddess of life is also selected from the high elves here. In addition, a slightly extended novel is required. The term of the Elf Queen is 1000 years.

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It snowed for three days in a row.

The construction progress in the Athens territory was completely suspended, and the too cold weather made it impossible for the citizens to work. The near-subzero temperature made the land frozen hard, and they could only hide by the campfire to keep warm and wait quietly for the cold winter to pass. At present, the kiln factory is still maintained in the territory. The kiln workers are rushing to burn and hoard a batch of bricks to prepare for the construction after the spring.

The time is nine o'clock this morning.

Just a few minutes after the snow stopped, Murphy received a very bad news.

The heavy snow that fell for three full days collapsed several houses, and the number of casualties calculated so far has exceeded forty. There are still some people buried in the heavy snow waiting to be rescued, and the soldiers stationed there are rushing over under the leadership of General Leo Dalie. Fortunately for now, the casualties are mainly concentrated in the three newly established towns, and such things have not happened in the city of Athens.

"Let the citizens come out and clear the snow off the roof immediately!" The snow outside the house was piled up to a thickness of 15 centimeters, and when a person stepped on it, a large piece sank directly.

When Murphy walked out of the governor's mansion, it was already a vast expanse of whiteness outside.

When the sun shines on the snow covered on the ground, the refracted brilliance is silvery, which is slightly dazzling.

The snow on the roof has accumulated nearly 20 centimeters, which can almost be said to be a thick layer.

The maids and guards in the governor's mansion came out wearing warm clothes. They took all kinds of tools and began to clear the snow under the orders of the housekeeper. Only the little girl, Bell, was very playful. Although her little face was so red with cold that her nose was about to run out, she still happily made a snowman with the snow swept from the roof.

clang!

"Oh, it hurts!" The little girl cried out in pain, touching her forehead.

Murphy, who was about to rush to the snow disaster area for inspection, raised his hand and gave the little girl a brainstorm.

After being tapped on the small head by Murphy, the girl Bell became much more honest immediately. She immediately picked up a broom and lowered her head to pretend to sweep the snow. But when Murphy was gone, she still couldn't help but sneak out a few big snowballs and put them aside.

The citizens of Athens have all come out.

Under the command of the newly promoted genius general Jerry Rivard, they began to clear the snow in batches and cleared the roads one by one.

It snowed heavily for three whole days, and the road built outside was almost completely covered.

Riding a horse is definitely not enough.

Murphy could only take the attendants of the general guard and walk towards several other towns according to the location of the road in memory.

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After Murphy finished dealing with these things.

It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. Because of the cold climate, the snow melts slowly. This era doesn't have so many heat-generating devices like the earth, and it may take a long time to wait for it to completely melt away. If it continues to snow in the future, it may even have to wait until next spring.

The houses in the town are basically wooden structures, and this heavy snow fell for too long.

Dozens of houses were crushed and collapsed.

The final count of casualties was close to more than 160 people.

Many people's houses suddenly collapsed in the heavy snow, and they were directly crushed inside. At that time, it was still snowing heavily outside, and the others didn't know it at all.

In the end, these people all froze to death in the snowstorm.

After the snow stopped, General Leo Darlie came quickly, so all the wounded were rescued later.

In this primitive and material-poor era, it is normal for a group of people to freeze to death in winter. If there is a snow disaster like now, I am afraid that more people will die than in Murphy's territory!

Because the serfs and poor people in other territories lived in thatched houses.

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By the time Murphy returned to Athens, the road had been cleared and citizens were sweeping the snow out into the Nidoria River.

Many people gathered in the central square in front of the temple.

Even Helen, who had been staying in the Temple of Love and didn't show much, came out. She was assisting the high priest in treating the sick. A heavy snowfall caused many people to get sick. It seemed a bit like the flu in the previous life. Some people even had a fever. The high priest was leading other priests to treat them.

There's basically nothing Murphy's doing here.

So he took the agricultural experts to the farmland.

It was snowing too hard.

Many crops were completely buried in the snow, without even thinking about it, it could basically be said that they were all crushed to death and frozen to death.

The only good thing is that the winter wheat will not show new buds until next spring, and this heavy snow has not affected them.

Standing on the vast expanse of white land.

Murphy looked at the place north of the Karazhan Mountains, looked at the trees and peaks covered in silver, and couldn't help thinking silently.

It is estimated that the human city-state and the orc tribe have lost a lot in this heavy snowfall, right?

But this heavy snow means too many things.

Murphy stared at the world covered in silver, and couldn't help but speak slowly: "Auspicious snow heralds a good year!"

The climate in this world is generally cold, so crops are very resistant to cold. This level of heavy snow is not a small trouble for intelligent creatures, but for the winter wheat that is still in a dormant state, it is a sign of a bumper harvest next year!

If next year is a bountiful year, then...

Thinking of this, Murphy couldn't help looking at the location of the canyon pass. If that's the case, after the harvest in June next year, I'm afraid those half-orcs will not be at peace.

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With a heavy snowfall and the natural phosphate fertilizer mined in the island, I am afraid that a bumper harvest in the territory next year is already doomed.

I hope that by that time next year, I will be ready for everything.

Thinking about it, Murphy turned around and led the general's guards towards the Governor's Mansion.

The food in stock is already in short supply.

According to the current consumption, the reserves in the treasury can only last until the end of February next year at most.

He was waiting for news from Diplomat Tobajes.