After learning that Suldak had come to inspect the iron mine, the chiefs of the indigenous tribes in the Invercargill Forest rushed here quickly. Many of the indigenous chiefs wanted to meet and have a private chat with Suldak.
Fan.
Nowadays, iron mines have absorbed a large number of young people from indigenous tribes, and disputes over workers in the mines can no longer be regarded as the main conflict between the tribes.
But as Surdak's lord army fought on the Three Rivers Plain, almost the entire Three Rivers Plain was included in the territorial territory. The brilliant achievements displayed by the lord army once again gave the chiefs of these indigenous tribes some other ideas.
idea.
Under the empire's universal military recruitment system, the indigenous tribes are now considered the subjects of Surdak's territory, so Surdak has the right to recruit soldiers from these indigenous tribes.
In fact, Surdak's current garrison in the Bailin plane, except for the 500 cavalry he brought from the deserted area of Hilanza City, the other nearly 2,000 warriors are almost all warriors recruited from the indigenous tribes and local aborigines.
This lord's army belongs to the army on the Ganbu plane, but the chiefs of the indigenous tribes don't care about that. They actually took the initiative to ask Surdak: Look, so many young people in the tribe have not served in the military. You, because of this,
Lord Forcargill should expand his private army.
For this matter, Surdak thought over and over for two nights before summoning the tribal chiefs who came from all over the place.
He said that it was impossible for him to evacuate all the young warriors in the tribe at once, and now that the two mines are employing people, the iron mines will still need a large number of miners. Invercargill Forest does follow the empire's recruitment system
, but that is only for tribal young people under the age of twenty. Of course, not all of these young people have to join the army, but they will join the army in batches within four years to perform military service.
Although the Green Empire's universal recruitment system is the obligation and responsibility of all male citizens, Surdak's army implements a series of rewards, punishments and living allowances. That is, in Surdak's lord army, young indigenous warriors serve four
During the annual military service, you will also enjoy the military's living allowance, and there will be some rewards if you participate in the war.
Just like the indigenous warriors currently stationed in the military camp in Dodan Town, the first batch of warriors to join the army will retire in two years. By then, they will bring home a full set of heavy armor, heavy swords and
Iris Shield, these weapons and equipment will greatly improve the tribe's combat power.
If you can accumulate enough merit points in the army, you can not only exchange them for gold coins, but also for precious magic weapons.
In fact, these garrison camps in Dodan Town and the Great Rift Valley Bridgehead Camp have already been implemented. Now Surdak has only extended this part of the welfare benefits to the entire army. This is why the tribal chiefs so actively encourage the young people of the tribe.
The biggest reason why people serve in the military.
There are not many ways for the weapons and armor controlled by the Imperial Military to flow into the indigenous tribes, especially the sophisticated Imperial Army standard weapons and equipment.
Surdak originally just wanted to inspect the iron mine and stay for two days before going to the copper mine to have a look. However, due to the arrival of tribal chiefs one after another, it was delayed for seven or eight days in a row. In the end, he had to move
Copper mine trip canceled.
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After winter has entered the occupied area in the northern part of the Bailin plane, the grasslands are full of desolation. Small towns everywhere are spending the winter. All residents in the towns will stay at home and sit by the fireplace to warm up.
However, Duodan Town became very lively at this time, and a large number of caravans wanted to rent temporary warehouses in Duodan Town.
Since the rocs in the sky frequently attack caravans in the wild, caravans now basically travel in groups. Often, caravans will have one or several adventure groups or mercenary groups to ensure that rocs attack.
It's time to have the power to fight back.
This also indirectly caused the caravans to be unwilling to take other remote trade routes and all gathered in Dodan Town.
Originally, Tunan Town and Plantos Town, which also belonged to the Spiny Mountain Pass, were not far from Duodan Town.
In order to avoid being unable to rent warehouses in Duodan Town, merchants usually use these towns as their strongholds for many business groups, but this year they gave up this dangerous approach because of Pengniao.
So this winter, the buildings in Dodan Town...even the doghouses were rented out by businessmen.
The homesteads in Duodan Town are currently under the control of the property management department of the town hall. Currently, even in the fringes of the town, random construction of residences is not allowed. All residential and commercial buildings are unified under the management of the town hall. If you buy a residential house or warehouse, then
It costs money, and this amount of income alone accounts for half of Duodan Town’s annual fiscal revenue.
In the winter, all construction projects in the town stopped, and Selina finally became a little more leisurely. She then handed over the affairs of the town to Mrs. Luna, then took Xigna and followed the merchant Malaccom.
The Thunder Rhino caravan passed through the Dodan Gorge and entered Invercargill Forest.
Originally, she planned to meet up with Surdak at the copper mine, but Surdak was temporarily delayed at the iron mine due to something else. Selina had no choice but to take Xigna and continue walking north on the Thunder Rhino until they arrived at the iron mine.
When I saw Surdak, the first snowflake just fell from the gray sky.
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Surdak strode out of the wooden house and gave Signa a big hug first.
Xigna has grown up a lot, and is so tall that it almost reaches Suldak's chest. She has a dark brown braid, and her eyebrows already look like Selena's, but her eyes are more like Selena's.
It was bright, she was wearing a fur cloak, and the cold north wind mixed with crystal snowflakes always penetrated into people's necks, making Xigna's little nose turn red from the cold.
"Hey, Dark! You've been in the Bailin plane for so long, and you didn't even come to Dodan Town to see us. You made us brave the heavy snow to come here to see you..." Xigna complained to Surdak.
Surdak smiled "hehe" and wanted to put his hands under Xigna's armpits and lift her up high.
Unexpectedly, Xigna struggled and jumped away, and shouted to Suldak: "Please... don't treat me like a child anymore. Nika can help you in the military camp, and Siya is also helping you, but
In your eyes, what can I do to grow up?"
Seeing Suldak reaching out to touch her head lovingly, and whispering next to her ear.
The person in charge of the mine who was accompanying him immediately knew that the beautiful little girl in front of him should be the Princess of Invercargill who lived in the town of Dodan.
After calming Xigna's mood, Surdak hugged Selina, who was standing quietly beside her.
She was wearing a black priest's robe, and her beautiful eyes looked around without any disturbance. When people looked at her, they could clearly feel the majesty of a god.
Selena put her face against Suldak's stubbled face, and the two separated immediately.
This time she came from Dodan Town, not just for bed matters. After becoming the high priest of the Twin Goddess Temple, the level of power she obtained from the Night Goddess also increased by a level, so she came here this time.
Came here to join the war.
Malacom's Thunder Rhino caravan brought a large amount of supplies, part of which was to be kept at the iron mine, while the other part was military supplies and was to be transported to the Qiaotou camp.
Selena traveled day and night to the iron mine, but was unable to rest for one night in the mine cabin.
Because the first snow in the Invercargill forest had already fallen, Suldak climbed directly onto the platform on the back of the Thunder Rhinoceros and moved into the wooden house where Selina lived.
The Thunder Rhinoceros Merchant Group was slowly forcing its way in without stopping for a moment. These Thunder Rhinoceros had huge cloth pockets around their mouths. They almost ate while walking, constantly taking in nutrients to offset the body's huge energy loss...
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Selena looked out of the window with unfocused eyes. At this moment, her mind was completely empty. She could clearly feel that there was another leader in her body, but she could still feel all the feelings of her body very clearly, but she had lost it.
control of the body,
Fortunately, she had long been accustomed to the strong mental power coming to her body, just like galloping on the vast grassland, and finally stopped exhausted.
She looked through the glass window at the sky filled with snowflakes, watching...
Then she slowly closed her eyes and carefully savored every strong beating of her heart.
"I thought you would wait another two years..."
Selena sat up around the sheets, leaned over and poured a cup of lemon tea for Suldak, then leaned against the wall of the wooden house, leaning her head on the window frame and looking out the window.
Her back was as soft and shiny as ivory, and her long hair fell down.
Her straight nose, slightly raised lips, and pointed chin made her look beautiful. Her eyes fell on Xigna who was building a snowman seriously outside the window, with a soft smile on her face.
"Well, the construction of Luyint City requires a lot of funds. After much thought, I had to bite the bullet and go for these ghost-striped red ants..."
After finishing speaking, Suldak smiled.
He put the tea cup on the bedside table and continued: "Besides, I don't want their population to continue to expand. I guess the people in the Dark Worm Valley are probably aware of the dangers outside, and they may not continue to do so once every ten years."
If she continues to grow the number of beasts every day, she should have accumulated a lot of troops by now. For the safety of Invercargill Forest, this war is imminent."
Selina stood up from the bed. Regardless of how cold the north wind was blowing with snowflakes outside the window, she directly opened the window and leaned her upper body with her bare round shoulders out of the window. The view of the wooden house on Thunder Rhino's back was originally very large.
It was open, and she looked at the rolling mountains below her feet, and the caravans lined up in a long line on the winding mountain roads between the mountains.
"Now that I think about it, I still can't believe it. It turns out that such a large piece of land belongs to you, and your territory will extend out of the Thorny Mountains and include the plains to the east. Therefore, now...it is natural to eliminate the dangers in the north.
source."
Selina squinted her eyes and looked into the distance, her body shivered uncontrollably, and she said to Suldak.
Then she couldn't help but think: Who could have imagined that after leaving the desolate land of Helensa City, the outside world would have such a vast world...