Lord Helanza

The old village chief squatted under the withered trees at the entrance of the village with a melancholy expression, and the plaque saying "Wal Village" was shaken by the wind above his head.

The village entrance market is in a mess. The vendors get into the row houses to rest, and they have to get out before dawn tomorrow morning. Their precious goods will be stored in the rented row house warehouses. , The worthless ones will be piled up at the entrance of the rented townhouses.

At this time, some strange noises can be heard occasionally over the row houses.

The number of tents in the adventure group has decreased a lot. Many adventure groups have passed through Desolate Land and walked into Pagros Mountain. No one said what they were finding.

The old village chief is still nagging, and the wrinkles on his forehead have become deep, like those crevices cut by the wind on the top of the mountain.

"What is going on with these youngsters now? In a few days after the good days, how come the original intention has changed?"

"Val, this child was not like this before. When he was starving, he was the eldest of the family. His parents went to Oak Ridge to find something to eat. He took care of the little ones at home. When he was so hungry, he ran to Beigou Meadow to dig out the roots of the thirsty undead. He brought home to boil water and drink. The little one was too hungry. He couldn't bear to take a sip. No matter how bitter he was, he never stole anything. How soft-hearted he was at that time! Every sheep has to hide behind a stone mill and cry for a long time."

"Now that he is full, he is dressed warmly, his heart is hardened, how can a person live like he least wants to see it in the first place? ?"

"What is the difference between him and the foreman under the slave master?"

"How come I can't recognize myself?"

The old village chief sat under the tree, his pipe flickering in the dark.

Surdak sat aside, thinking that she might have to discuss with Selena tomorrow, she seems to have taken a little step forward this step.

Since this matter is a bit unclear, Surdak decided not to continue entanglement in this matter. He quickly changed the subject and discussed the issue of the sale of sulfur ore with the old village chief. This time, due to the change of the acquisition location After becoming Constantinople, how to transport the sulfur ore there has become a problem. According to Surdak’s plan, he wants to sign a contract with the carriage in Helanza, and the transportation of sulfur ore will be handed over to Helanza. Chariots and horses.

To transport a cart of sulfur ore to Constantinople, it takes at least two weeks for a round trip, so the cost of a trip will not be less than 30 Silver Coins. It seems that the amount is huge. , But the load of a four-wheeled carriage is about 800 to 1,000 pounds. According to the minimum load of 800 pounds, the freight per pound of sulfur ore is actually less than four Copper Coins.

In fact, the purchase price of the sulfur mine that Iman Owen offered to Surdak was 5 silver and 40 copper pounds, so the premium on the shipping cost was about forty Copper Coins, which was eliminated. Cost management, etc., there is still a lot of remaining after paying the freight.

Listening that Surdak is preparing to hand over this piece of fat to the Helanza carts and horses, the old village head suddenly feels a bit painful. There is no four-wheeled carriage in the village. Not only does it have, the four-wheeled carriage in the village has already The number has been expanded to fifty-two, which is equivalent to half of the four-wheel carriage of Helanza carriage, but now the reservoir construction site, townhouses, and Carr’s villa all require a large amount of volcanic ash, and almost all carriages in the village are carrying volcanic ash.

As the project is getting bigger and bigger, some places closest to Wall Village where volcanic ash is stored have now been swept clean, and the convoy has to extend to the depths of Desolate Land to transport the volcanic ash The journey has increased a lot unconsciously.

Surdak has always wanted to use volcanic ash cement to pave a flat road on Desolate Land. However, this plan has been delayed, and now the reservoir project is about to end. This cement road There is no shadow.

"Let’s do this for the time being. The sulfur ore will be transported to Constantinople and handed over to the carriage. The four-wheel carriage for volcanic ash in the village cannot be moved. A straight avenue is paved between Wall Village, shortening the time to go to the lava river sulfur mine in Pubao Mountain to less than two days. The mountain road in Oak Ridge is also too difficult to walk. Every year after the First Stage snow, from Wall It becomes very difficult to walk from the village to Helanza. If we want to transport the sulphur ore safely, we have to repair this road."

The tidal flat in the lower reaches of the river has now become a piece of land. In the good land, the canal dug by the kobold slave shimmered in the moonlight.

Surdak stood up, walked two steps forward, and said to the old village chief:

"I plan to repair the waterhole in Beigou Pasture this autumn, at least to make it Save some water so that the sea-buckthorn grass and Undying Grass on the slope can start to grow in spring. We need to build a pasture where the terrain is low-lying and there are luxuriant aquatic plants in summer. It is by no means a good place, as long as it can solve the dry season. In drought, the pastures over there can grow up."

The old village chief still has reservations about building a pasture to graze sheep.

In the past, Woer Village did not renovate the Beigou pasture, and did not raise a large group of yellow sheep. Now the Beigou pasture needs to be renovated, which means investing a lot of manpower, material resources and money, the old village head I don't think eating more lamb can change anything.

Mr Bright said: "Duck, even if we don’t build a pasture, that pasture is enough for us to raise yellow sheep."

Surdak thought of ogre, and quickly waved his hand. Said: "Our sheep population needs to be increased, otherwise these yellow goats will not be enough for Guliterm to eat alone. In addition to these yellow goats, I also plan to raise some horses. There may be a guard here in the future. Camp Knight platoon, there must be a place where horses can be kept."

"Horses should be raised!" Village Chief Bright was taken aback. Now Wall Village has more than 50 horses. Horses are all used to pull four rounds of carriage. A guard camp platoon needs at least sixty or seventy horses. The Beigou pasture is not big enough to eat hundreds of horses.

"Of course, it must be raised, and Wall Village must continue to develop, and Beigou Pasture must be operated." Surdak said.

Unlike the yellow sheep, horses can also be counted as wealth in the Grimm Empire. If it weren’t for the bandit group and the northern rebels to send horses twice, the village of Wall would now be impossible to have so many horses. Many horses are worth at least two hundred gold, and the value of war horses is definitely higher.

Surdak continued:

"After the harvest festival, the militia battalion wants to enter Desolate Land for field training. It also needs to organize a small logistics supply team, which also needs horses."

The old village chief looked at Surdak in amazement and asked: "Your militia camp that has been taking food and has never assembled?"

"Um..."

Surdak answered complied.

...

Pushing open the gate of the yard, Surdak led the horse in.

Lead the Gubolai horse to the stable on the side and unload the saddle silently. The trough of the stable is covered with good alfalfa grass. The Gubolai horse slowly shakes its tail and bows its head. Eating fodder in the trough.

Surdak just wanted to take a bucket of water out of the tank by the wall.

The wooden door of the villa was pushed open. Rita in her pajamas and pajamas walked out with a yawn and said to Surdak, "Why did you come back? Natasha and I saw you and the old village head from Passing by the square, you haven't eaten yet?"

Without waiting for Surdak's answer, Rita has already taken Surdak's bucket quickly, and said to him: "You go in, leave it to me here! "

As soon as the lights turned on in the lobby on the first floor, Surdak walked in and saw Natasha tiptoeing back on the lampshade of the wall lamp.

Seeing Surdak walking in with a tired look, he walked forward silently, no matter he was covered in dust, gave him a big hug, and then handed him a wet towel. While he was wiping his face, Natasha began to help him untie the leather armor on his body. I don’t know how long this salamander leather armor has been worn on his body. The shirt in the leather armor has been stained with white salt. I don't know how many times I was soaked in sweat.

The buckle on the leather armor left a few deep impressions on Surdak's shoulder, and Surdak was sour.

Natasha stood behind Surdak, pressed her face against his sweaty and sour back, wrapped her hands around his waist, and hugged him tightly.

"Why..."

Surdak turned his head slightly and asked.

In his memory, Natasha has always been the kind of woman who stands silently behind her. She will neither take the initiative nor refuse, be careful, gentle and sensitive, but not so initiative.

"It's nothing, I just want to hug you."

Natasha hid behind Surdak and whispered.

"Cough cough, I thought you two would be in the restaurant..." Rita stood in the doorway in her pajamas, coughed slightly, and then passed by them casually and walked up to the second floor.

"Ah, I forgot that you haven't had dinner yet. I left a pancake in the kitchen. It's probably still hot now!"

Natasha all of a sudden Woke up, hurriedly ran into the kitchen behind the dining room.

Surdak hung the removed leather armor on the wooden frame at the door, wiped his face, and then walked into the restaurant...