There are many mountains around the city of Helensa, and patches of oak forests produce gold and silver acorns. However, the oak forests are also mixed with chestnut trees, cassava trees, wild autumn pear trees and some hardwood trees. Chestnut trees are also called
Tree rice is one of the most important winter storage grains for villagers in nearby mountainous areas in autumn. When many wheat fields reduce production, mountain people near barren lands will go into the mountains in autumn to collect a large number of wild chestnuts to survive the long
winter.
The main reason why cassava is not accepted by the mountain people is that it has a certain degree of toxicity. Even if the cassava is cut into small pieces and soaked in water, it will be difficult to completely extract the paralyzing toxins. After eating it, not only will the mouth become swollen
, can also cause abdominal pain and other conditions.
Surdak brought more than a thousand kobold slaves from Bena City. These kobold slaves need to eat at least three thousand pounds of cassava every day. Therefore, when the coachmen brought the first batch of cassava, Surdak
Let them continue to purchase cassava in the free market of Helensa City and transport it to Dawall Village. Surdak promised that the purchase price of each cart of cassava will not be less than twenty silver.
This was big business for the carriage house, which had a sluggish transportation industry in the spring.
Of course, the twelve coachmen would not let go of this good opportunity to make money. The day after returning to Helensa City, the coachmen arrived at Wall Village with twelve carts of cassava. The old village chief, Brett,
Satomura had a sum of money that he had saved from several sulfur ore transactions with the White Elephant Trading Company during the winter, and he happened to use it to pay the settlement commission for purchasing cassava.
By the time Surdak returned to Wall Village, two weeks had passed since the kobold slaves arrived at Wall Village. Within just two weeks, twelve four-wheeled carriages drove between the city of Helensa and Wall Village.
After going back and forth five times, the cassava delivered by these twelve four-wheeled carriages alone allowed the old village chief Bright to build three large warehouses at the entrance of the village.
But after the third batch of cassava was transported to Wo Village, other coachmen in Helensa City learned the news, and they also purchased cassava from the free market in the city and transported it to Wo Village until Surdak returned to Wo Village.
So far in Er Village, the old village chief has built five large warehouses at the entrance of the village. Although the old village chief has sent a message to the carriage house to suspend the purchase of cassava, four-wheeled carriages filled with cassava are still arriving in the village.
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Seeing these mountains of cassava, the old village chief Bright was dumbfounded and wanted to reject the cassava. However, the carriage drivers begged the old village chief that it was not easy to reach Wall Village with a full cart of cassava.
I would rather keep the cassava here at a discount.
The old village chief, Brett, was wondering whether he should collect these cassava. He felt someone secretly tugging at the corner of his clothes. He turned his head and glanced at Selina behind him. Selina looked towards the Beigou pasture.
With a fiery light in his eyes, the old village chief followed Selina's gaze and saw a convoy slowly walking towards Wall Village. The knight at the front was Surdak.
He pulled the reins of the horse and waved to the old village chief.
In the dusk, the old village chief stood up holding his chair, a relieved smile blooming on his wrinkled old face.
"Dak, you're finally back!" the old village chief shouted to Suldak in a loud voice.
Surdak jumped off the horse, and the ancient Bolai horse neighed loudly. Leading the ancient Bolai horse, Surdak walked quickly towards the old village chief.
The ogre Gulitum followed Surdak like a mountain of flesh, attracting the attention of many villagers and carriage drivers, while Aphrodite and Samira behind the team were ignored by everyone.
Seeing many four-wheeled carriages stranded here, Suldak stepped forward and asked the old village chief: "Uncle Bright, why are there so many carriages here?"
The old village chief Bright told Suldak the whole story.
Then the old village chief said: "There is nothing else, except that we have purchased so much cassava at once, and there are so many carriages filled with cassava waiting here. I am worried that the kobold slaves will not be able to finish it.
It’s all over the mountain, I don’t think we need to waste so much on acquiring it, Dak, why don’t we collect less and let them take back the rest?”
Surdak looked at the long line of four-wheeled carriages at the entrance of the village, and said decisively to the old village chief Bright: "Take it, Uncle Bright, let's take all these cassava!"
The village chief Bright wiped his forehead with a handkerchief and shouted to the young villagers standing next to Okura: "Val, you guys come here and continue to weigh these cassava. All these cassava are weighed. Celine
Na, you are responsible for calculating the weight of these cassava and how many silver coins we will spend!"
"Okay, Uncle Bright!" several young villagers shouted.
The carriage drivers at the entrance of the village originally thought they were going to bring the cassava back to Helensa City intact. Everyone gathered together to discuss countermeasures. When they saw that the old village chief was finally willing to relent and agreed to continue the purchase, they hurriedly ran back.
Your own magic caravan is lined up waiting to be weighed.
When the old village chief turned around, Suldak winked at Selina who was standing behind the old village chief and quietly said hello.
Selina stood there holding the sheepskin account book with a delicate and pretty face. When she turned around, she avoided the old village chief and gave Suldak a roll of her eyes. Her expression was extremely charming.
The old village chief Bright came to Suldak's side, lowered his voice, and asked mysteriously: "Dak, I know you have some ideas, what do you need me to do for you?"
Surdak pressed his forehead with his hand. He actually thought of a way to remove the poison from cassava, but he didn't know whether this method would work. So he said to the old village chief Bright: "I just have some ideas.
Until now, I still don’t know if it’s possible…”
"Uncle Bright really needs your intervention in this matter. I need some water tanks and barrels. I can just move them to the village's usual washing sink."
"Oh! By the way, please ask some women in the village to help."
Village Chief Bright also has a resolute character. When Suldak said this, he immediately agreed: "I will do it now."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the village.
"Okay! Uncle Bright." Suldak followed and walked toward the village together.
Selina took advantage of the old village chief not paying attention, came over and asked Suldak in a low voice: "What on earth are you doing?"
"You'll find out when you wait and see." Suldak said with a smile to Selina.
At this time, the young villager who was responsible for bearing the cassava shouted to Selena with no expression: "Selena, one thousand and fifty-seven pounds, hurry up and record it!"
Selena glanced at Suldak, held up the hem of her long fur skirt, turned around and walked back angrily.
Aphrodite looked at Selina's back with curiosity as she turned away, with a faint smile on her face.
Surdak turned to the ogre behind him and ordered: "Gulitem, help me get some cassava here..."
There were several large boxes next to the cassava pile. The ogre easily carried a wooden box of cassava on his shoulders, followed Surdak as he walked towards the village, and asked him naively: "Captain,
What shall we have for dinner?”
He simply didn't want to eat the cassava in the box.
When Suldak saw the herd of yellow sheep being driven back from the Beigou pasture by two and a half-year-old children, he smiled at the ogre and said, "Let you try our sheep soup in Wall Village tonight..."
"Oh...mutton soup, Gulitem likes to drink mutton soup." The ogre immediately grinned happily when he heard that he was not eating these mouth-numbing cassava.
On the bank of the creek not far from the carpentry workshop, there is a natural pool. The women in the village usually wash their clothes here. In summer, the children in the village also bathe in this pool. There are also some pavers next to the pool.
Slate, even if the river has stopped flowing, there is still a pool full of clear water here.
Surdak asked the ogre Gulitem to place the large wooden box of cassava by the pool first.
Several women in the village were chatting and squatting by the pool to wash clothes. Suddenly they saw an ogre walking from the village carrying a large wooden box. They were so frightened that they picked up the wooden basin and ran away, sneaking away while running.
look back……
Samira and Aphrodite looked at the poor village curiously.
Surdak pointed to the uppermost reaches of the village and said, "Let's go, I'll take you up there to have a look!"
The village's water reservoir project has resumed work, and the river has been completely cut off. Four-wheeled carriages are loaded with volcanic ash, driving along the village road towards the upper reaches of the village. Surdak led members of the security team
Came to the reservoir in the village.
With the completion of the first-level reservoir and the construction of the water gate, the village's horse-drawn carriages continued to pull volcanic ash and lime powder to the construction site. The shape of the second-level reservoir is completely surrounding the first-level reservoir.
It has been expanded by ten meters, and the terrain here is obviously nearly two meters lower than the first-level reservoir. More than fifty bricklayers are smoothing the ground with cement. The foundation part of the second-level reservoir has been completed, and they are just waiting.
After the ground is ready, construction begins.
At this time, Rita, Natasha and several women in the village were cooking dinner for the bricklayers on the construction site.
Surdak stood on the embankment of the first-level reservoir, pointed to a large piece of land downstream of the reservoir, and introduced to Andrew, Samira, Aphrodite, and Gulitem: "The next step is here.
Three more stepped reservoirs need to be built to increase the water storage capacity on the upstream side. Affected by the climate and monsoon, Helensa City has drought and little rain in spring, but abundant rainfall in mid-summer can easily form
There is waterlogging, so we built a reservoir here. The water in the reservoir can irrigate some wheat fields downstream of the village to cope with this dry season."
Half-elf archer Samira asked Surdak a little strangely: "Since there is abundant rainfall here in summer, why is it still so deserted?"
Surdak pondered for a moment and then said: "The geological feature of the deserted land is that it is covered with highly permeable limestone rock formations, and rainwater can easily seep into the ground. In addition, there is a lack of fertile soil for plant growth, and the dry season happens to be when all things
In the late spring and early summer when they are growing, many plants cannot survive on this land. Only some thorn grass and thirsty grass can survive. Only some valleys with water sources can show a trace of vitality, except for Wall Village.
In addition, there are more than a dozen villages near here that are almost like this."
"Except for the main plane of Roland continent, nowhere else can compare to Wozhimala." Andrew muttered to the side.
"But this point is precisely the most important thing." Aphrodite countered, standing next to Andrew.
The indigenous warrior's lips moved, but in the end he couldn't think of any suitable words to say back.
At this time, a young man ran up the embankment panting and shouted to Suldak: "Dak, Uncle Bright is ready..."
"I'll be right over..." Suldak waved to the young man.
He did not take the members of the security team directly back to the village pool, but took a detour to the stone roller in the village threshing floor, and asked the ogre Gulitem to lift the base of the stone roller directly, and Andrew carried it.
Di Nianzi, then returned to the pool.
Under the surprised eyes of the villagers, the ogre placed the nearly thousand-pound stone mill base by the pool, and then helped Andrew rearrange the stone mill.
The old village chief Bright had moved eight large water tanks and collected dozens of wooden barrels. These wooden barrels almost filled the stone platform beside the pool. A group of village women were frightened when they saw the ogre.
Their faces were pale and their legs were weak. After being scolded by the old village chief Bright, his mood stabilized.
"Dak, what are we going to do?" the old village chief Bright came up and asked Suldak.
"Uncle Bright, this process is not difficult, you just need to watch how we do it..." Surdak said to the old village chief.
After saying that, Suldak asked Andrew to place the cassava in the box on the stone roller. The ogre Gulitem pushed the stone roller, crushing the crispy radish-like cassava to a pulp, making it look like mud.
The milky white cassava juice flowed into the wooden barrel along the stone trough, and soon filled the wooden barrel. Then Suldak spread a piece of coarse linen cloth on the water jar, and then poured the barrel of white pulp into the barrel.
Enter the water tank and add two buckets of clean water to the water tank.
In this way, Gulitem and Andrew crushed a wooden box of cassava into white pulp. After filtering the white pulp, they mixed it with a large amount of clean water and put it into a water tank and let it stand.
The old village chief led a group of women in the village to watch silently. No one could figure out what Surdak was doing by squeezing the cassava juice.
Soon the water in the first water tank became clear and transparent. Surdak asked Samira to scoop out the clear water in the water tank until there was only a thick layer of white slurry at the bottom of the water tank.
He filled two more buckets of water and stirred the white slurry vigorously. Then he waited for the slurry in the water tank to become clear. After repeating this three times, Surdak collected the mushy white slurry into a wooden bucket.
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The old village chief came up with a frown, looked at the two barrels of white pulp that had settled after consuming a whole wooden box of cassava, and asked Surdak: "Dak, is this potion science or alchemy? This thing
what is it call?"
Surdak rubbed his temples vigorously and introduced to the old village chief Bright: "Now... we can call them 'water starch'. After they dry, they become starch. This thing not only removes the cassava
It is poisonous in the food, and it is quite delicious to eat. I also know how to cook this kind of food. People there call this kind of food 'stewed'..."