Five four-wheeled trucks pulled by two horses were driving slowly on the mountain road outside Helensa City. A group of knights from the guard camp rode up along the mountain road and stopped the carriage. Two knights from the guard camp were riding on their horses, seriously.
After carefully verifying the identities of the coachman and Surdak, he said to Surdak:
"In recent times, there have been bandits on this road. You must be more vigilant and pay attention to safety when traveling."
Surdak did not expect that just after the carriage left Helensa City, he met the patrol team of the Helensa City Guard Camp. It seems that bandits have been very rampant recently, and the knights can no longer sit safely in the chairs in the office.
, but to patrol everywhere outside the city on horseback.
"Okay, everyone!" Surdak waved to the knights of the guard camp who were about to leave.
"I will, Lord Knight!" the coachman stood aside and said respectfully.
“See you later!”
This group of knights waved goodbye to Suldak and the coachman at the fork of the mountain road.
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The carriage had just left the city of Hilanza, and the mountain road was lined with trees on both sides.
The sun shines in through the leaves, leaving mottled traces on the mountain road. Natasha and Rita have their backs to the coachman, sitting on a large wooden box filled with apples, like this one filled with red apples.
There are three large wooden boxes in the carriage.
In addition, the carriage was filled with twenty bags of wheat flour that Suldak bought from the free market. Natasha held a light yellow silk scarf tightly in her hand. She and Rita each
There was one for each person, and each of them also had a comb. Although these were not worth much, the two of them were still excited for a long time.
Natasha thought that last night Suldak took out the horn comb and silk scarf, and how she imitated Rita and kissed him on the cheek. Her face became a little hot, and she secretly looked at it.
I glanced at Suldak who was sitting in the carriage and saw that he was drawing on a piece of parchment with a charcoal pencil.
The two horses trotted behind the truck. She hugged her knees tightly and tried to hide her feet in her long linen skirt.
Rita sat next to Natasha, chewing an apple in an inconspicuous manner.
The most valuable thing on this four-wheel carriage is not the apples or the twenty bags of wheat flour, but the more than two hundred steel bars with a length of twenty feet at the bottom of the carriage.
These steel bars were bought by Surdak from a trading firm in Helensa City for fifteen gold coins. More than half a month ago, this trading firm accepted Suldak's commission and ordered one in Bena City.
This batch of steel bars has just arrived in Hilanza City in the past few days.
Suldak hired five trucks to haul away all the steel bars. The trucks traveling in droves left several deep ruts on the mountain road. The trucks behind them also contained some other vegetables and fruits.
There are also some daily necessities that are in short supply in the village.
When the convoy arrived at the mountain pass, it was already completely dark. Because bandits were always coming and going in the mountains recently, the coachmen did not dare to camp overnight in the mountains. They could only light lanterns at the four corners of the carriage and rush to Wozhou slowly under the cover of night.
Er Village.
By the time the truck arrived at Wall Village, it was almost midnight.
Five carriages were parked on the threshing floor. After hearing the news, the old village chief came over and arranged accommodation and dinner for the carriage drivers. He also arranged for people to feed the horses. As for the goods on the carriages, they planned to unload them after dawn.
Natasha and Rita led the horses home. The old village chief grabbed Suldak, frowned and asked Suldak: "What did you buy? It takes five four-wheeled carriages to pull it."
return."
Suldak signaled for Rita and Natasha to go first. He took the old village chief to the side of the carriage and took off a trunk panel from the truck. Under the bright moonlight in the night sky, it was dark inside the carriage.
When Suldak jumped into the carriage, a wooden box happened to crack open, and a pile of round onions rolled out.
"This is... an onion?" The old village chief did not expect that this was what Surdak bought.
Surdak looked embarrassed and quickly pushed the onions aside, revealing the bundles of steel bars inside. He smiled at the old village chief and said: "These onions were just brought back by the way. I mentioned to you before.
I want to build a reservoir upstream of the village, and I also used volcanic ash to build a section of wall in your yard."
The old village chief suddenly remembered that the women at home still watered the wall every day. If they had known it was so troublesome, they should not have built the lime wall in their yard. The old village chief said bravely: "That lime wall
The wall looks good now, and it is getting stronger after watering."
Surdak pulled out a steel bar about the thickness of his little finger and said to the old village chief: "The cement wall alone is not enough. Some keels of iron bars must be added inside the cement wall to make the reservoir stronger. These
I bought them all from Halanza City."
"These are all iron bars?" The old village chief rubbed his eyes hard. He was no stranger to this kind of iron bars. Many blacksmith workshops make arrowheads by heating these iron bars red and rolling them in forging tires.
Now Surdak actually used this iron bar to weave the keel and built it into the wall. The old village chief asked with a distressed look: "Did you buy these iron bars to be sandwiched in the lime wall?"
"That's right." Suldak nodded nonchalantly.
The old village chief looked at the large dark bundle of steel bars in the carriage and could only sigh: "It is really a luxury to buy so many iron bars at once!"
Why is it necessary to build a reservoir? There is no shortage of water in the village all year round. It is just that it is difficult to irrigate in the early spring of the dry season. Isn’t this how it has been for so many years?
The old village chief thought secretly in his heart that he didn't understand this matter.
Then he shook his head with his hands behind his back, thinking that after Surdak became a knight, this Wall Village would be his property sooner or later. Now Surdak wanted to do something in the village, especially if he paid for it out of his own pocket, the old village
It’s really hard to say anything else.
It was already midnight. The old village chief looked to the right and could see the entire village. A dirt road stretched out far away, and it could be seen very far under the moonlight.
Everything fell into a deep and silent sleep, and there was no movement in the village. It was hard to believe that nature could be so quiet. Looking at the village under the moonlight, the dirt roads, thatched huts, haystacks and chestnut trees covered with chestnuts, the old man
The village chief's heart suddenly became very peaceful. The night was so gentle, sad, and beautiful. The village was located in a valley, with green fields on both sides.
In the wheat field filled with moonlight, the wheat ears bent the wheat stalks that were about to wither. The life here was slowly changing, and everything became prosperous.
The old village chief looked at the young man who jumped out of the truck. He had broad shoulders and an inverted triangle of abdominal muscles on his waist. His eyes were bright in the night, and many plans were being realized step by step in his hands.
Already.
But now, the carriages of these trucks are filled with supplies that I didn't dare to think about before, so what can I be dissatisfied about.
"Go home quickly. It's been a busy day and it's so late now. You should have a good sleep!" He looked up at the bright moonlight and said, "Tomorrow will be a good day again..."