Chief Bright did not expect that Surdak would have such an idea. There is no doubt that this is something that is beneficial to the whole village.
But for Wohl Village, this matter is not so easy to achieve. The old village chief has lived in Wohl Village for most of his life and is extremely familiar with every mountain, water, plant and tree here.
The land is barren, and the people living here are poor people struggling to survive. It is not easy to build a reservoir.
In fact, there are many pools similar to reservoirs in this area, and it is particularly serious when water seeps into the ground from limestone.
Every year when the rainy season comes, the bottom of the ravine in Beigou Grassland will collect rainwater from the surrounding mountains. It only takes two heavy rains to fill the water pool in Beigou Grassland. However, this kind of water pool only exists for one summer. When autumn comes,
When there is no more rainfall near Beigou Grassland, the water pool at the bottom of Beigou will quickly dry up.
The main reason is that there are many gaps and holes in the limestone layer at the bottom of the ditch, and rainwater will continue to seep into the ground. Only when the rainfall is abundant, Beigou Grassland will have water pools. If you want to store the rainwater, you must first do something
Do a good job in anti-seepage of the reservoir.
In addition, we need to solve the problem of labor. The construction of the dam is of course not just a simple earth wall. It requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Based on the situation of Wall Village, even if it takes 20 years to build this simple dam, it may not be possible to build it.
The pool is repaired.
Surdak said to the old village chief, "I want to ask the people in the village to build a reservoir after the Harvest Festival. Each person who is willing to work will be paid one silver coin per day and will be provided with two meals a day, whole wheat bread and chestnut rice porridge in the morning."
, scones and stew for lunch.”
Seeing Surdak say this, the leader of Bright Village had obviously made up his mind. He also thought that when Surdak got his diploma from the Knight Academy and officially became a knight, Wall Village was destined to become his fief.
, and did not express any objection.
The old village chief squinted his eyes and listened to Suldak say that the villagers needed to be paid for the construction of the reservoir. He even sighed, "It's enough to take care of the food. What kind of wages do you need? Besides, this is a matter for the village. Where else can we pay for it?"
You pay me another salary..."
Surdak stood beside the old village chief and said to the old village chief, "Since you are willing to work, there is no reason to do it in vain. The autumn harvest is about to happen. This matter has been decided in advance. We still have to wait for the cement to be ready."
Only if it can be used, I also plan to build a smaller pool to test whether this cement pool can seep water..."
…
Carpenters in the village have been coming to Mayor Bright's home one after another. The old village chief has long wanted to repair the dilapidated old houses in the village. Last winter, a heavy snowfall overnight crushed two old houses.
Digging out from the ruins under the snow, the person has long been frozen solid.
It was precisely because of this that the old village chief learned that the salamander tail could bring extra surplus to the village, so he asked Suldak to personally go to the city of Hiranza, sell the lizard tail and exchange it for a large number of iron nails, hinges and
Door bolts and the like, just want to repair the houses in the village.
Surdak did not want to get involved in repairing the houses in the village. When the carpenters arrived one after another, Surdak took the five young people in the village and left the old village chief's house.
The money the city got back from selling the salamander meat was distributed to each of the five young men fifty silver coins according to the previous calculation.
When the five young people received fifty silver coins, even Charlie became a little uneasy.
Everyone gathered together to discuss whether they should try their luck in Pudong Mountain area again. If they could encounter another salamander, it would be great.
Val put fifty silver coins in his pocket, tried to bite almost every silver coin with his teeth, and sat on a stone under a dead tree at the entrance of the village, enjoying himself alone.
A caravan appeared on the mountain road in the distance at the entrance of Wall Village. The crisp bells made a sweet sound. However, this time when the caravan arrived at Wall Village, the children in the village did not swarm from the village like before.
Rush out of the village entrance.
The children are all confined at home. Today they need to help take care of the younger brothers and sisters at home. The older children have to follow their families to cut red thatch at the riverside tidal flat.
The whole village is busy repairing their houses. The herringbone wooden frames on the roof will be re-strengthened and then re-paved with a thick layer of red thatch. The tidal flat is already crowded with villagers harvesting red thatch. Everyone will be together.
Bundles of red thatch are spread out to dry on the sand beside the river beach, and occasionally a few wild ducks hiding in the red thatch fly away.
When the caravan arrived, it was natural that the old village chief had to personally come out to greet it. More than thirty gray rock iguanas were still being raised in the villagers' homes. The caravan purchased these gray rock iguanas at the original agreed price. The acquisition process was very simple.
Everything went smoothly, but holding two gold coins in his hand, the old village chief suddenly felt that something was missing. After thinking about it, he lost the joy he had in the past. Although he sold more of this money last year, any joy was gone.
The harvest that Surdak brought back last night was diluted.
After the caravan leader purchased the salamanders, he was not in a hurry to leave Wall Village. According to the plan, they needed to rush to the next village tomorrow morning. However, this time the villagers were much less enthusiastic about buying than before. The stalls set up at the entrance of the village were almost
Not many people came. After asking the old village chief, I found out that houses were being repaired in the village today, and almost the whole village was busy. Of course, no one would come to the caravan to hang out at this time.
The old village chief held a walnut pipe in his hand, sat on the roots of a dead tree at the entrance of the village, and chatted casually with the caravan leader.
The leader of the caravan put a handful of extremely finely cut tobacco into the old village chief's pipe, and then used a match to light the pipe for the old village chief. Everyone sat together, and then the leader of the caravan said
"A big event happened here yesterday. A group of robbers originally planned to enter the Paglos Mountains to rob, but unexpectedly they were wiped out by someone who didn't know who they were when they arrived at the mountain pass. All the robbers were killed.
Nailed on the cross on the top of the mountain, it seems that our caravan somehow escaped a disaster this time. I also heard that the bandit group recently looted many noble estates in the city of Helensa."
Speaking of this matter, the caravan leader beamed with joy.
The old village chief rolled his cloudy eyes, pretending to be confused and asked, "Over the mountain pass?"
The leader of the caravan replied, "That's right. When you have the opportunity to go to Helensa City and pass by the mountain pass, don't forget to take a look at the top of the mountain."
The old village chief asked again, "Have you heard who wiped out that bandit group?"
However, the caravan leader shook his head and said, "We don't know this yet. Everyone is guessing that it is the guard camp of Hailansa City..."
While everyone was talking about this, Suldak sat aside and listened quietly...
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Grenfell Manor in Helensa
A knight wearing dark red leather armor broke in and spoke in a low voice to Baron Grenfell, who was reading a black leather magic book.
"Tyler is dead..."
A quill broke in Baron Grenfell's hand with a 'click', he frowned and said angrily
"He just sent back the news that he found the hiding place of the Saint. Now you tell me that he died at the pass of Paglos Mountain? Our clues have been broken again!"
The knight wearing dark red leather armor also changed his face slightly and asked, "Didn't he tell you where the saint is hiding before?"
Baron Grenfell casually smashed the tea cup on the desk against the wall. Unable to suppress the anger in his heart, he said angrily
"Is this really true? In the deserted land of Paglos Mountains, even the governor of Hailansa City doesn't know how many natural villages are hidden..."
The knight in dark red leather armor standing opposite him didn't look too irritable. He smiled sinisterly and said, "But... there is a direction to look for this time, isn't it?"