Two days after the Ashes left, Maisie returned to Border Town beyond everyone's expectations and appeared in front of everyone again.

After asking the reason, her return was warmly welcomed, and there was another new member of the Witch Alliance.

What moved her was that the welcome banquet was held in the back garden of the castle. The long iron rack was full of meat and could be taken out to barbecue at will. The seasonings were also very rich, including salt, oil, minced pepper, pepper, and the barbecue sauce prepared by Roland himself were stewed with mushrooms produced in the hide-and-forest and whole chicken, and then stirred with salt, sugar and wheat flour, which could make up for the regret of not having MSG. Maisie almost stopped after eating her stomach.

In the afternoon, Roland tested her abilities.

According to the Nightingale's judgment, her total magic power is at a medium level among witches, and her ability is manifested as being able to change into various birds. The premise is that she has seen it. The magic power consumes a lot of money during the change, and it can change 4-5 times a day. It consumes very little magic power when maintaining a deformation state. It is a summoning ability and is affected by the stone of divine punishment. The favorite bird is pigeons, but Roland noticed that no matter what kind of bird she becomes, her body shape will be much larger. For example, a sparrow, in his opinion, is about the size of an ordinary pigeon. As for the real pigeon, it is about the size of a sea eagle.

Maisie couldn't become a fantasy flying beast, such as the phoenix, griffin and Kunpeng drawn by Roland, which made him feel quite regretful.

In addition, there is another thing worthy of his attention in Ashes' plan, that is, what abilities do the many witches Tilly gathered have? If there are auxiliary witches who can greatly improve farming efficiency, he doesn't mind exchanging them with technology.

To this end, Roland decided to write a long letter to Tilly, first explaining the natural allies between the two sides, then warning her that the church wanted to unify the continent, and finally delivered an olive branch to express her desire to help and cooperate and make progress together. When Maisie goes to the fjord next month, she will let her take it there.

The next day, the prince welcomed another good news.

The factory used to produce steam engines has finally been built. The factory is located on the opposite bank of Chishui River, located near the west end, next to the test field of Yezi. The entire piece of land has been surrounded by wooden fences, and a simple road leading to the pontoon bridge has been leveled. In Roland's plan, this place will be an industrial park in the future of the town.

Since the building space is to be expanded as much as possible, the factory is built of wood with a light weight, covering an area of ​​about 1,000 square meters. The machine tools made by Anna have been transported in, namely two steam boring machines, two manual milling machines, one manual grinder and one manual lathe. Although these machine tools are simple in principle, their workmanship is first-class. Except for the parts such as the base or pedal are wood, other parts are cut from wrought iron or steel. It can be said that at the level of existing materials, the highest precision processing has been achieved.

Currently, there are only a dozen workers in the factory. They were originally blacksmiths and apprentices from the town's blacksmith shop, but are now recruited by Roland with a high salary of 50 silver wolf every month to learn how to operate high-end machine tools. Their ironwork and blacksmith shop have also been moved to a brick house outside the factory. In addition to creating some unimportant parts, the production of the steam engine will be completed by the machine tools.

Soaring in the sky is a dream of mankind since ancient times. From gliding to hot air balloons, from airships to planes, people have made great sacrifices in groping and challenging, and have never given up on this pursuit. Although there are witches in this world, flying is still the right of a few people. The scenery seen through a high-altitude perspective will inevitably leave a deep impression on people.

"Of course, just fill the air bag with hot air."
Chapter completed!