The morning sunlight had not yet made its way into the West Tower, but Sophia was already sitting in the laboratory where half the window had been blown out the night before.
She looked expressionlessly at the unidentified black object standing opposite her—Irene.
At this moment, Irene was smoked pitch-black by fireworks. Her iconic pink twin-tails stuck out dryly, and on her face, only a pair of azure eyes blinked awkwardly amidst the black soot.
"Your Majesty, it was an accident, purely an accident."
Irene shrank her neck, her voice as small as a buzzing mosquito.
"I was trying to synthesize that kind of transparent soft membrane using ore extracts last night. But the ratio was a little bit too passionate, and it... it gave my furnace a vacation."
Sophia's pale golden pupils reflected Irene's guilty appearance, while the little person in her heart was already rolling her eyes.
A little bit too passionate?
You nearly scared This Queen into the afterlife!
However, seeing that her dark circles were about to drop to her chin, this scolding would be put on the tab for now.
"Get to the point."
Sophia spoke coldly. "The plastic film failed, so can you still toss together that 'greenhouse'?"
Upon hearing a research topic, Irene instantly revived to full health. Ignoring the black soot on her face, she spread out a sketch that had several holes burned into it by sparks.
"Your Majesty, I have reflected on it!
"That kind of transparent plastic film is too advanced for our current industrial level, and the alchemy reaction furnace is simply unstable."
Irene pointed to a crisscrossing underground piping system on the sketch.
"So I decided to give up on the sunlight from the sky and turn to utilizing the heat from the underground! I have named it—the Fire Kang Style Greenhouse!"
Sophia raised her brows slightly.
Fire Kang?
She was familiar with this thing; it was a life-saving artifact in the winters of the north in her past life.
"Elaborate."
"Simply put, we dig crisscrossing 'fire channels' beneath the foundation of the greenhouse and connect them to a huge furnace on the side."
Irene became more excited as she spoke, dancing with her hands and feet.
"We lay raw iron plates with excellent thermal conductivity and specially made quartz ceramic bricks on top.
"As long as we keep adding firewood over there, the heat from underground will conduct upwards continuously. Even if we only cover the top with a layer of thick straw mats or the like, the room temperature can be maintained above twenty degrees!"
Sophia considered it feasible.
Although it would waste a bit of resources and manpower, in the winter of these remote small kingdoms, there was nothing more important to do anyway.
Thus, three days later, by the trial fields of the Palace rear garden, a scene of bustling construction began.
Sophia sat as usual on that velvet armchair lined with thick fur.
She held the black tea with milk that Willow had just brewed, observing quietly.
Daphne hid curiously behind Sophia's chair, watching the wondrous sight before her.
"Move faster! The slope of that fire channel isn't enough; the smoke will flow backward!"
Irene had now changed into a set of crisp clothes, holding a huge wooden measuring ruler in her hand as she shuttled back and forth across the clearing.
A dozen Black Rose Guards had taken off their armor and were wearing casual clothes, digging deep trenches according to Irene's instructions.
The One-Eyed Dragon and the others who had once caused trouble in Kree Village had also been transferred over. They were currently heaving and huffing as they carried heavy heat-insulating stones.
Irene ordered the soldiers to pave a thick layer of crushed stone and plant ash at the bottom of the fifty-meter-long deep trench.
Afterward, they used fire-resistant green bricks to build a return fire channel that looked like a maze.
Irene's design was very perfect; she had even designed simple ash removal ports at the turns of the flue to prevent blockage in the future.
The most ingenious step was that Irene covered the top of the fire channel with black iron plates shipped from the Kingdom of Qubi, and then spread a layer of filtered fine sand and nutrient-rich soil evenly over the iron plates.
Chancellor Victor stood behind Sophia, looking at the Girl Queen who sat as steady as a mountain.
He noticed that although Sophia said nothing, her gaze remained fixed on those soldiers who were sweating like rain.
A stormy sea rose once again in Victor's heart.
Your Majesty seems to be sitting idly, but the direction in which the steam from the black tea in her hand rises is likely her perceiving the wind direction and air pressure!
Is this the inventive talent Miss Irene spoke of?
She had Miss Irene build this kind of warm house not just for grain, but to conduct an extreme experiment regarding food.
The sweat shed by those soldiers, in Your Majesty's eyes, is probably just data for calculating thermal energy efficiency, right?
On the other side, Daphne, who had been somewhat cramped, looked at this scene with eyes full of awe.
Her Majesty Sophia... she can actually make murderous bandits farm land, and make smoke carrying fire nurture life.
Daphne clutched the necklace at her chest, her inner thoughts running wild.
This kind of mighty power that reverses life and death and defies the seasons is the true Holy Light.
She sits there, just like the timing hand of this new world.
As long as she doesn't move, the nationals of Mason will never lose their direction.
Is this the Ability of Queen Sophia?
Thinking about it from another angle, isn't Queen Sophia also a kind of Magical Girl?
The Magical Girls of their world use magic and kindness to dispel darkness and defeat bad guys, making the residents of the magical world safer and happier.
And Her Majesty Sophia is also using her own methods to make the residents of Mason eat better and live better.
Vasha watched this scene, secretly startled as well.
Royal Father always felt that Mason was impoverished, but this efficiency, this cohesion where everyone moves like an arm directing the fingers...
Even if the Kingdom of Orr has three times the population, it is absolutely impossible to build this kind of Divine Miracle within three days.
Moreover, what shocks me the most is that Sophia didn't hide this series of greenhouse construction progress from me at all.
Does she simply not fear that after I learn these things, I will return to Orr and use them for the Kingdom of Orr?
What kind of confidence and magnanimity is this...
"Add fire—!"
Irene gave a final thunderous shout.
The One-Eyed Dragon, who was in charge of the furnace, fiercely stuffed in a large bundle of dry pine wood.
With the pulling of the bellows, a dull firelight licked frantically inside the furnace chamber.
After just a quarter of an hour, the ground, which had been frozen stiff by the deep autumn cold dew, actually began to emit faint white smoke.
Sophia extended her hand and gently pressed it against the stone bricks at the edge of the greenhouse.
Oh... it's warm.
This feeling is simply like touching the radiator in my hometown during winter.
"Your Majesty, look!"
Irene, somewhat exhausted, rubbed up against Sophia's side, pointing to the interior of the greenhouse that had already been covered with double-layer quartz plates.
"The current soil temperature is twenty-three degrees!
"We can not only plant wheat, but we can even plant those delicate vegetable seeds from the Orr Palace!"
Sophia looked at that patch of land in deep autumn—the only warm room emitting heat and moisture—and hooked the corners of her lips in satisfaction.
"Very good, Irene."
Sophia spoke coldly.
"From today on, this place is the Spring Hope of the Kingdom of Mason.
"Victor, classify all seeds into the warehouse. Anything that is edible, plant it in there for This Queen."
"Order received!"
The crowd shouted in unison, the wave of sound even shaking down the residual frost under the eaves of the West Tower.
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