Suldak wanted to build a large reservoir upstream of Wall Village, and within a few days word spread throughout the village.
He and the old village chief have been measuring the land around the spring at the uppermost reaches of the ravine these days.
Wall Village is located in a ravine among the ridges in the deserted land of Paglos Mountain. Since there is a spring in the upper reaches of the ravine, the stream gurgls all year round, so the sides of the ravine also show a lush green.
It is like an oasis in the desert. As long as you climb out of the ravine, the slopes on both sides are still covered with gravel-filled limestone. The limestone was originally a large piece. After being exposed to the wind, rain and sun, it is constantly weathered and cracked.
Like a dry riverbed.
Surdak stood next to a mountain wall, holding a piece of parchment in his hand. On the paper, there was a clear outline of the construction plan of the reservoir with charcoal. He wanted to borrow the mountain wall here to build the reservoir.
, as long as a semicircular dam is built, a huge reservoir can be formed. As long as the spring water is introduced into the reservoir and a full pool of water is stored, it can probably survive the drought and lack of rain in the spring.
After several days of surveying upstream, the village chief finally approved Surdak's plan. He has been helping Surdak determine the location of the reservoir these days.
Originally, Suldak wanted to intercept a dam in the upper reaches of the ravine, so that the uppermost area of the ravine could be intercepted and turned into a reservoir. This idea was relatively large and would almost intercept the upper reaches of Wall Village into a Yansai Lake.
But in this way, the entire village of Woer is in the river downstream of the reservoir. The reservoir upstream is like a sharp sword chosen over the heads of the whole village. The old village chief is worried that when the rainy season comes next year, the reservoir will be damaged.
The embankment could not withstand so much water, and the village of Wall would be buried underwater if not careful. So Surdak's first plan was decisively rejected.
This plan is currently the third plan proposed by Suldak, and it has finally been approved by the old village chief.
Now it only needs to be leveled a little. According to Suldak's idea, another five feet will be dug down within the five acres of the entire reservoir. The excavated limestone will be rolled into lime powder, so that the limestone
Powder can be obtained locally, but if you want to obtain volcanic ash, you have to transport it back from the Pudu Mountain area in the distance.
Surdak thought about it in his mind, stood on a big rock and said to the old village chief: "It seems we need a few carriages, well, at least ten..."
The old village chief was worried that Suldak was used to being lavish and lavish, and would be unable to stop doing anything in the future.
He pondered for a moment: "You don't need so many trucks at once... There are carpenters in the village. It's relatively easy to pull up the frame of the truck. But the axle part needs to be customized by Hailansa City. It's completely possible to make a cheap two-wheeled truck.
, if there is no need for magic inscriptions on the axles, a set of axles should not be too expensive."
Surdak listened to the old village chief's introduction to the trucks. It turns out that there are two types of wheels and axles with magic inscriptions and without magic inscriptions, so the trucks that transport steel bars to us are those with magic inscriptions?"
Seeing Surdak jumping down from a big rock, the old village chief followed him, "Yes, that kind of truck has magic inscriptions on both the front and rear axles. A set of axles with magic runes costs about ten gold.
At the beginning, Wall Village also thought about making a wagon, just to make traveling more convenient. I also asked about it at the car dealership in Wall Village. Unfortunately, it was still a bit over the budget at that time, and I still had to raise a horse.
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Surdak calculated it and felt that ten trucks was a bit small. After all, the place where volcanic ash could be collected was at least a day's walk from Wall Village. Since axles with magic patterns are not as expensive as imagined
, you might consider buying a few sets.
Most of the men in the village went to dig sulfur in the sulfur mines in Puyubao Mountain. Only the elderly, women and children remained in the village.
At this time, the only people who could help the old village chief run errands were a few older children in the village who were preparing to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony. Each of them had a sheathed wolf-tooth dagger in their belts, looking very impressive.
Following Surdak's instructions, the children surrounded this area with white lime powder and planned to build an arc-shaped embankment here in the future.
At this time, a boy ran out of the village below the ravine and ran along the dirt road in front of Suldak. He glanced at the old village chief with some fear, and then said loudly to Surdak: "Suldak
Knight Erdak, a messenger has sent you a letter."
"My letter? Where is it?"
"The letter is still in the hands of the messenger. He is waiting for you in the village." The boy squinted his eyes and looked up at Surdak who was standing on a high place, and said loudly and breathlessly.
"Okay, I'll go back right away!"
Surdak walked quickly back to the village. When passing by the river next to the village, he saw a group of women washing clothes by the lake. Rita and Natasha were among them. Natasha tied up her thick golden hair.
She had her hair in a ponytail, and when she was washing clothes, the braid kept swinging behind her head, and her linen top was slightly lifted, revealing a white and slender waist.
Rita's sharp eyes saw Surdak on the road at a glance, and she hurriedly waved to Surdak.
Surdak knew that women in the village were washing clothes and men were not allowed to get close to her. It was a very rash act, so he just waved from a distance and walked into the village.
The messenger was holding the horse and standing under a chestnut tree. He was wearing light leather armor, long leather boots with pointed toes, a large leather bag on his waist, and a crest with a feather on his head.
Wearing a felt hat, he looks very young. When he sees Surdak approaching, he can tentatively ask: "Are you a knight of Surdak?"
Seeing Surdak take out a knight's badge from his arms and pin it on his chest, the messenger breathed out softly, quickly took out a letter with a clay seal from his leather pocket, and handed it to Su personally.
In the hands of Erdak.
"The letter written by Captain Carl Casement to you must be delivered to you personally!" the messenger said seriously to Suldak.
Surdak did not expect that it would be a letter written by Karl. It seems that he must have seen the punishment hammer he gave him five days ago, and also guessed that the death of the bandit leader must have something to do with him.
I wrote a letter and sent a special messenger to deliver it.
Surdak resisted the urge to open the letter on the spot, took out a silver coin and gave it to the messenger, and said: "I'm sorry for bothering you to make a special trip this far away..."
The messenger frowned and said to Suldak: "This is what I should do. Do you have anything to convey to Captain Carl Casement?"
"Please send my regards to Karl and invite him to visit Wall Village..."
"As you wish!"
After the messenger left, Surdak opened the letter with the red clay seal:
‘Dear Surdak:
I am writing this letter to tell you that I have received your gift. It is difficult to describe in words the surprise and joy in my heart.
I didn’t expect that I would receive such a big surprise when I returned from the southern suburbs. In the past half month, I have launched a series of investigations at the Hoyle Manor in the southern suburbs. During the investigation, I found that this incident was not a simple robbery by a gang of robbers.
In the aristocratic manor, the group of robbers may be working for a monastic order with a strong background, and that mysterious monastic order may be looking for a woman.
After returning to Helensa City, I met Miss Hoyle, a survivor of Hoyle Manor, and learned from her that a great knight saved her. I didn’t know until I saw this hammer of punishment.
That great knight turns out to be you.
In addition to this news, I also learned a crucial thing from Miss Hoyle. The person the bandit leader was looking for happened to be one of her former maids named Selina, and the person named
Selina's maid has married into your village. Please help me investigate first. After handling the affairs in Helensa City, I will personally visit Wall Village...'