People in the Green Empire like to wear clothes cut from linen. The main reason is that flax crops are grown in most parts of the empire. Workshops for weaving with linen threads are everywhere in the Green Empire. Most of the trading houses in Helensa City deal in linen.
The cloth business.
In comparison, cotton cloth is not widely used in the Green Empire. The texture of cotton cloth is softer and finer than linen cloth, but the price is nearly four times more expensive than linen cloth. Common people generally rarely buy linen fabrics, and nobles generally do not
They know how to use cotton. They prefer silk and wool, which are more expensive. Of course, they are more expensive than silk, and they also have magic weave cloth. It is said that the magic robes worn by magicians are cut from some magic weave cloth.
When going to the city of Hiranza, Surdak habitually bought a piece of cotton cloth. In his opinion, underwear made of cotton cloth is more close-fitting and absorbs sweat.
It’s just that I haven’t had time to sew my underwear yet, and now I’m rushing to mine sulfur in the open-pit mine of Pudu Mountain. Pudu Mountain is a very active volcano. The smoke column from the top of the mountain reaches straight into the clouds. Near Pudu Mountain, a large amount of volcanic ash is released every day.
It fell like fine light snow.
In this case, mining sulfur ore at the foot of Puyubao Mountain is not only dangerous, but also staying in a place full of severe dust for a long time will cause people to suffer from serious pneumoconiosis if the volcanic ash in the air is inhaled into the lungs.
It was with this thought in mind that Suldak left the old village chief's house in a hurry.
He didn't want the masons from Wall Village to suffer from this kind of lung disease when they came back from Pussy Mountain.
When Suldak returned home, he saw old Sheila sitting at the door, holding a bowl of fresh milk in her hand. And little Peter was nestling in the arms of old Sheila, drinking milk one after another, and the white milk skin was stained on little Peter.
On the lips, little Peter saw Suldak returning from outside and wanted to run away from Old Sheila's arms in excitement, but Old Sheila bluffed and asked Little Peter to finish the milk.
Suldak sat down next to little Peter and said to old Sheila: "Can you sew some masks for me?"
Old Sheila saw that little Peter had finished drinking the last bit of milk, then put the pottery bowl aside, stared at Suldak and asked: "I have no problem with ordinary needlework, but I have never seen a mask... What does it probably look like?"
?”
Surdak quickly took out a piece of parchment, quickly sketched a simple pattern on it with charcoal, pointed to the two strings on it, and said to Old Sheila: "You can cover your face with this like a scarf."
But it won’t affect your vision, and it’s also very breathable, so it won’t get too hot after being worn for a long time.”
Old Sheila didn't listen to Suldak's explanation at all, and said: "I can try, but my eyesight is not very good and I can't sew fine stitches. Rita, Natasha, you two come here..."
Old Sheila was a little old and her eyesight was a little unclear. She found Rita and Natasha. First, she cut a piece of cotton to make a shape according to Suldak's pattern, and Suldak wore it on her face.
, pointed out the shortcomings of this kind of mask, and changed it several times before sewing two qualified masks.
When sewing the mask, Natasha not only refused to communicate with Surdak, she even did not dare to look at him. She always shrank behind Rita, which made Surdak feel a little embarrassed.
Seeing that Rita and Natasha had mastered the production method, Suldak hurriedly left home.
Rita blinked her blue eyes and whispered to Natasha: "You can't do this. You should be more proactive. This is related to your future life, unless you plan to live another life..."
When Natasha saw Suldak leaving, she relaxed her body. She said a little embarrassedly: "What else can I do, like Selena? I can't learn."
Rita sighed softly, "Natasha..."
…
In addition to masks, some of the ground in the Pudu Mountain area is very hot, and it is covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash. It is impossible to see where there are lava underflows or deep pits filled with volcanic ash. Ordinary shoes are not protective at all.
Hot. If you go the wrong way and your feet fall into the hot volcanic ash, you can easily get burned.
Surdak left Wall Village on horseback and went directly to the oak forest where the weapons and leather armor of the bandit group were hidden, and dug out twenty-two pairs of leather boots from the tree hole.
These leather boots were left behind by the bandits. Although they were badly worn, the texture of these leather boots was pretty good, and they were all in the style of long riding boots, which could at least prevent the villagers' feet from being burned. Except for Twenty-Two
In addition to a pair of leather boots, Surdak also took out four alloy bows. He could not stay near Pudu Mountain forever. The villagers who stayed there to mine sulfur mines must have some means of defense.
Many villagers can use hunting bows, but those hunting bows cannot even kill wild boars. The Green Empire's standard alloy bow is obviously a good choice.
Surdak put these leather boots into three canvas pockets, which were actually full. These canvas pockets can be hung on the left and right sides of the saddle. The other four alloy bows can only be used with a somewhat tattered linen garment.
Wrap up, then get on your horse and walk out of the oak forest, along the mountain road back to Wall Village.
When passing through the mountain pass into the deserted land, Surdak actually saw a team of knights on the top of a mountain not far away. In front of them were those wooden crosses. The bandits were still hanging on the wooden crosses, and no one was there.
Collecting the corpses, their corpses had been eaten to pieces by carrion birds, leaving only some skeletons.
Surdak's eyesight was very good. He could see that the knight team at the mountain pass was all wearing the Halanza City Guard Camp standard leather armor. He thought that this knight team was probably Karl's men. Maybe Karl was there.
Among these people, they were not afraid that the canvas bag hanging on the saddle would be searched, so they directly rode their horses to meet the knights.
At this time, the group of knights also saw Surdak at the mountain pass, and two of the knights rode down from the top of the mountain.
Surdak and the two knights met halfway up the mountain. The two knights saw the knight's badge on Surdak's chest at first sight. The two of them performed a knight's salute to Surdak. Surdak quickly
Return the favor politely.
"Are you the knights from the guard camp of Helensa City?" Surdak rode closer and asked.
Seeing Suldak taking the initiative to greet him, the two knights temporarily put aside their doubts, and one of them replied: "That's right, your Excellency, who is...?"
Suldak quickly introduced himself and said: "My name is Suldak. I am a friend of Karl. I want to know if he is here?"
The two knights heard Karl's name and ran up the mountain just to see Karl. The vigilant look on their faces suddenly disappeared.
A knight had a slight smile on his face and said: "It turns out that he is a friend of Karl. The jurisdiction he is currently assigned to is the southern suburbs of Helensa City. I would like to ask you, who is it that hangs these robbers here?"
Is it on a mountain pass? We came here specifically to investigate this matter."
"When I stayed in Helensa City a few days ago, Karl was looking for someone to help. I was busy with something important at the time, so I couldn't help much. It turns out that you are still investigating this matter..." Suer
Dak said, then shrugged and continued: "Sorry, I just learned that a construct knight killed a group of bandits at the mountain pass. I don't know many friends here, so I don't know who did it.
."
When the two knights heard what Surdak said, there was a hint of disappointment in their eyes, but they immediately said:
"It's nothing, this matter will eventually come to light..."
When Suldak saw that the two knights had no intention of continuing, he said:
"Since Karl is not here, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave! If you have some free time, you might as well go to Wall Village and have a cup of lemon tea."
The two knights responded politely, "Thank you for your kindness. We have official business for the time being, so we won't bother you."
Then Surdak rode his horse and swaggered down the mountain carrying four large canvas bags. When he returned to the mountain pass, Surdak stopped his horse, turned around and waved to the group of knights on the top of the mountain.
One of the knights even waved the flag of the guard camp at him.
Suldak took these leather boots to the lower reaches of the river in Wall Village. He poured the leather boots out of the canvas bag by the stream, and then took out a pig hair brush to clean the bloody boots one by one.
Just wash them clean and dry them on the river beach.
…
It was already afternoon when Surdak rode back to Wall Village.
A group of children were playing a lattice game under a dead tree at the entrance of the village. When they saw Surdak riding a horse back to the village, the bolder children shouted loudly: "Suldak, Surdak, Surdak
!”
The children's voices were very loud.
Not far away, a group of women from the village stood up when they heard the shouting and looked towards the entrance of the village.
They can only wash clothes by the stream at the entrance of the village. This is a rule set by the old village chief. The clothes must be washed downstream at the entrance of the village to avoid affecting the drinking water in the village. Seeing a group of women looking this way, Surda
Ke could only nod slightly to these enthusiastic women.
Entering the village on horseback, Suldak passed under a chestnut tree along the dirt road in the village. He happened to see a piece of wooden stick sticking out from behind the earth wall. A thin little hand held the wooden stick tightly.
, a dirty little face emerged from behind the wall, and she climbed up an earth wall with difficulty. She stood on the earth wall in fear. The earth wall of more than one meter high was not high for Suldak.
But it is very high for Signa.
She stood carefully on the earthen wall and walked towards the chestnut tree little by little.
Most of the fluffy green chestnuts in the lower parts of the chestnut tree have been knocked off, and only the higher places are covered with chestnuts whose surface burrs have hardened.
Even though Signa stood on the wall, even though she still held a wooden stick in her hand, she still couldn't reach it, just a little bit.
She raised her head, stared at the ball of chestnuts with her eyes, bit her lip stubbornly, stood on tiptoes on the wall, and finally poked the ball of chestnuts, but at this moment she lost her balance on the wall, and saw the little
The girl fell towards the wall...
A big hand firmly caught the little girl, and Suldak appeared under the wall and lifted Signa up.
Signa's eyes that had been tightly closed suddenly opened. She thought she would fall miserably, but she didn't expect that she was caught firmly.
"Don't be so rash next time, it's too dangerous!" Suldak put Signa down and asked her to stand still, while checking whether she was injured or not, he said to her.
Signa glanced at Suldak, said nothing, turned around and ran back.
Turning around the intersection, the little girl suddenly threw herself under the woman's skirt. The woman was Selena. She stretched out her hand and pulled the little girl out from under the skirt. She stared and said angrily: "Signa, where are you going?"
How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to run around or steal other people's chestnuts..." Selina scolded. She seemed to be angry. She broke off a thorn from the roadside and slapped the little girl's arm hard.
After a hard slap, a red mark immediately appeared on the little arm like a white lotus root.
Signa did not dodge, but stepped forward and hugged Selena's hand holding the thorn tree, and whispered with tears in her eyes:
"Mom, I really didn't steal it. This belongs to my grandma. Yesterday, grandma told me that whoever knocks down the chestnuts from her tree belongs to her, but she just can't help me..."
"Mom, we have chestnut porridge to eat tonight..."
With that said, Signa opened the small cloth bag she was carrying and raised it high in front of Selina. She saw that the small cloth bag was filled with thorny chestnuts.
Selina suddenly hugged Signa in her arms, and her tears rolled down like broken beads.
Originally, when Surdak saw Selina through the earth wall, he planned to lead the horse back quietly and bypass the road here to leave.
But when he saw the previous scene through the earth wall, he realized that he seemed to have overlooked many things. The most important thing was that the lives of the villagers might be worse than he thought. Thinking of when he first arrived at old Sheila's house, the old
Sheila's family also eats chestnut rice porridge mixed with cassava. This kind of life will probably not get better until the chestnuts are completely mature.
Seeing that little Signa was actually allowed by the owner of the courtyard to steal his own chestnuts, the owner was unwilling to take the initiative to give the chestnuts to them, obviously not wanting to have too much involvement with Selina, a woman known as an ominous woman.
Seeing Signa's clean and clear eyes, Suldak felt as if a thorn had been stabbed in his heart.
He stopped, turned around on his horse, returned the same way, and walked up to Selena.
Surdak took out a bag from his magic waist bag that contained several large toasted wheat cakes, which were the dry food left over from his last trip. He put the bag into Selina's hand.
But Selina didn't answer. She just looked at Suldak with a stubborn face, her green eyes still filled with crystal tears.
Suldak was slightly startled. He looked at Selena with a puzzled expression in his eyes and asked her: "Why...don't you want my things?"
He squatted down and picked up Signa. He held the horse with his other hand, looked at the most dilapidated stone house in the village, and said to Selina who was standing there in a daze:
"Let's go... I don't think I've even been to your home officially!"
Selena did not follow her, but asked while wiping her tears: "Aren't you afraid that I am an ominous woman?"
Suldak grinned and said to her with a smile: "...Now you think of asking this?"