Chapter 21

As the number of occupants in the village continued to increase, the farmland’s construction progressed very quickly.

It took less than a week to complete the remaining construction.

Because Mortimer’s family were all farmers, he knew a lot about farming and breeding.

After he found out about this detail, Joshua immediately took over the position of chief of the public office from him.

He arranged for Mortimer to help the female demi-humans in farming and the breeding of animals, teaching them how to tend to their crops and raise poultry.

Although he took over the position of public office chief, there was not much to do.

Since he was a young boy, Mortimer had already been trained to be an exceptional public servant.

This made it very easy for Joshua. All he needed to do was to stamp his seal and confirm the necessary representative matters.

Before noon, Joshua had already finished all matters in the public office.

At this time, Georgi Fox had already been waiting at the public office’s entrance for a long time because his main responsibility was to protect Joshua’s safety.

He no longer needed to interfere in the village’s patrol and guard matters. The nine demi-humans would be on duty according to their schedule.

It was only when there was a war or nearby chaos like what had happened in the jungle that he would be utilized in these situations.

“Georgi, it’s been a long time. How have you been recently?”

Georgi was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that Joshua would ask him this question.

After thinking for a moment, he replied, “Everything’s been good! Recently, because there are tribe leaders who take turns on duty in the village, I don’t need to assist them anymore! So from today onward, I’ll be responsible for your safety!”

Hearing this, Joshua could not help but think about what Georgi had done recently and said, “It’s been hard on you during this period of time. Now that the village is so safe, why don’t you give yourself a vacation?”

Even if Joshua said so, there was no place to go in this wilderness.

Therefore, Georgi shook his head and said, “It seems calm now, but there is always danger lurking at every corner! For the sake of safety, it’s better for me to protect you at your side. If something happens to you, I’m not facing your father, but everyone in this village.”

Although Georgi’s words were very unpleasant, it made Joshua realize his own importance!

After all, this area was built by him. If anything happened to him at this time, the people here would definitely be in chaos.

Therefore, Joshua did not blame him for his words and let him follow behind him.

After patrolling around the village, Joshua found that the new villagers had gradually gotten used to life here.

Moreover, the different races of demi-humans had all become good friends with each other, and even more hostile races had gradually become friendly with each other.

“Georgi, what do you think we still lack?”

Joshua’s original goal was to build houses that everyone could live in but under the system’s inference, that did not seem to be an optimal goal so he was currently a little confused.

Hearing what Joshua said, Georgi thought for a moment and answered seriously, “Now the village has basically reached a standard similar to other villages in the Empire. However, it lacks all sorts of different entertainment outlets like pubs and all.”

“Pubs! It’s not difficult to make wine, it’s something that can be done at this stage!”

Hearing this, Georgi’s brows relaxed a lot.

Seeing Georgi’s expression change, Joshua couldn’t help but tease him. “Although it’s not very difficult, it’s not that simple either!”

Just as he said that, Georgi revealed a disappointed expression.

Seeing the change in Georgi’s expression, Joshua covered his mouth and laughed. “I finally know why you’re so easy to manipulate!”

Hearing this, Georgi’s ears immediately became red. This was the second time he had heard someone tell him that.

Previously, it was Joshua’s butler, Mortimer.

Doubtful after hearing the same thing twice, he asked Joshua, “Can you tell me why?”

Joshua thought for a moment and said to him, “When you talk, pay attention to your expression! Just now, when I mentioned wine, you immediately became interested!

“Then, when I said that wine is not easy to make, you immediately became nervous! Your expression fully betrayed you, so you’re very easy to read and manipulate.”

After listening to Joshua’s words, Georgi finally knew why he was so easy to be framed in the past. It turned out that it was because of his face…

“Thank you, Village Chief Joshua! I’ll think of a way to change this in the future! However, is it really that difficult to brew wine?”

Joshua immediately waved his hand at him and said, “It’s not difficult. During this period of time, I’ll go find Alger and ask him to make some wine barrels. He’s been quite busy recently so I’ll let him get some rest first.”

Upon hearing this, Georgi immediately became happy. After all, wine had become an indispensable thing in his life.

It was not until the sun set that Joshua returned to his home.

Before entering the door, he heard a loud voice shouting, “Is Village Chief Joshua not back yet? Can’t you go and find him?”

Lena had already explained to Alger countless times, “I told you! Village Chief Joshua is very busy today so we have no idea when he will be back!”

“Ah! Is that so?”

After only a few minutes, he asked the same question again. “Village Chief Joshua…”

Having guessed that Joshua had already heard him at the courtyard’s entrance, Joshua hurriedly pushed the door open and walked in.

Seeing that Joshua had returned, Alger jumped up in joy. “Village Chief Joshua, you’re finally back! I’ve been waiting for you this whole afternoon!”

Joshua immediately comforted him. “I’m really sorry. I was delayed by something but I’m back now.”

Alger touched his head and agreed. “It’s good that you’re back! I’ve already prepared the things you want. You can now show me what it’s used for. I’ve been thinking about this for an entire day but I still don’t have the faintest clue.”

In the Eastern continent, everyone used stones to cook things so they had no knowledge of pots!

Therefore, Joshua brought Alger to the kitchen and demonstrated it himself.

He put the vegetables that Lena had already prepared into the big pot and stewed them.

Not long after, a fragrance began to bubble out from the edge of the pot’s lid.

Everyone present was attracted by this delicious fragrance, and their mouths were already drooling!

“Today’s dish is vegetable stewed demon beef! Since there are so many people here, let’s eat it together!”

Upon smelling this fragrance, Alger immediately said, “Wait for a moment, I’ll go get my wife! It just so happens that I’ve brewed quite a lot of wine recently so I’ll also bring some over too.”

Hearing this, Georgi immediately ran behind Alger. He decided to help make sure that Alger had enough pairs of hands to bring back enough wine for everyone.

After tonight, the two of them had become very close drinking buddies!