Chapter 32: Cement

Sometimes, love is indeed an exceptionally unreasonable emotion.

Su Na had to admit that after that night, she now possessed a weakness and could no longer view this world through an omniscient, god-like perspective.

That feeling was highly curious, as if her detached mindset of grinding favorability in a video game had thoroughly settled into reality.

A profound sense of security rose from the very depths of her soul.

In the darkness of the night, Su Na revealed her concerns to Adelaide, explaining in detail her views on the future situation of the kingdom and the preparations she wanted to make.

Lady Adelaide pondered as she listened: “Your ideas are generally correct; I will speak to your father about the military reform, and you can arrange and train my knightly order as well.”

Seeing Su Na frown as if she wanted to decline, Adelaide reached out to smooth her brows and said softly: “You have grown up now, and you need a group of loyal subordinates. These people are highly reliable; they were once your grandfather’s subordinates, and you can trust them completely.”

Su Na did not dwell on the matter, but instead brought up the issue she had been wanting to mention: “I had a dream during the meditation ceremony before…”

After Adelaide heard this, no surprise appeared on her face; instead, she sighed: “What must come will eventually come… If you trust Mommy, Nana, wait until after your sixteenth birthday ceremony to go.”

“Can Mother tell me why?”

Adelaide fell silent for a moment before explaining: “I cannot explain the specifics clearly, but in short, it is a trial. Therefore, my advice is to wait a few years until you are more mature before going. Knowing some things too early is of no benefit to you; your life experience is still insufficient and will only bring unnecessary worries.”

Su Na nodded and did not press further.

Adelaide and the others had long since proven their deep regard for her through practical actions; if Adelaide said now was not the time, then it truly was not suitable.

At noon the next day, after inspecting the goblin factory, Su Na took Levi into the city to wander through the marketplace.

The Fafnir City of today had undergone immense changes compared to the town Su Na had first seen when she arrived years ago.

Fafnir City in the past was actually more like a larger town of this era.

Initially, it served as a resting and stopping point for traveling merchants, and later the Fafnir family took over the land and developed it heavily, gradually forming the town scale seen today.

It was primarily engaged in the service industry, providing supplies, lodging, and entertainment for passing caravans, alongside some market trade functions.

With no resources of its own nor any strategic value, its development could be described as utterly unremarkable.

However, since Su Na had transmigrated over, this small city had welcomed new developmental opportunities.

From horse-drawn heavy plows used for deep plowing, various steam engine power units, and cheap, high-quality iron and coke, to soap, craft beer, and a dazzling array of low-priced, high-quality products—all of these deeply attracted merchants who smelled gold coins to gather here from all over the kingdom.

Attracted by high-paying jobs through word of mouth, countless skilled craftsmen and artisans had come seeking a living.

Today, this was a veritable commercial metropolis.

Every day, countless travel-worn caravans arrived with massive quantities of raw materials for sale and trade, before departing with carriages packed with goods along deep ruts.

Even the wind and snow could not halt their steps in pursuit of gold.

However, looking at the dirt roads on the streets, ruined by excessive loads, Su Na felt highly troubled: “We have to find a way to build roads.”

Hearing this, Levi blinked and glanced at the rutted road, where carriage wheels slipped inside the grooves from time to time, and some even required a group of people to push hard from behind.

This kind of scene was actually quite normal in Levi’s eyes and nothing to be surprised about, because except for a few large cities that used stone bricks and gravel for roads, the road conditions of cities in the vast majority of regions were like this, if not worse.

In Fafnir City, ever since waste could be sold for money, excrement had almost vanished from the streets.

If you changed to another city, especially in the summer, finding such rutted hollows filled with urine and manure was only to be expected.

Otherwise, why did they take a carriage every time they brought the young lady out?

Without a carriage or horse, going out and returning would mean having one foot wet and one foot dry.

Wasn’t the most intuitive, basic impression of the rabble that they were filthy and smelly?

Precisely because they did not have such travel conditions and had to live with feces and urine year-round, it would be strange if they weren’t smelly and dirty.

Even if the Heavenly Emperor came, he would still step on a pile.

Su Na did not notice Levi’s distraction but was carefully calculating the production method of primitive cement.

In fact, making cement at this time was indeed perfect, because under Su Na’s conscious guidance, the core area of the Fafnir territory was transitioning toward the development of light and heavy industries with a standardized division of labor, while also reclaiming wasteland to plant cash crops.

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