Everyone in the village knows that a group of kobold slaves dug an artificial water channel on the edge of the river bend and tidal flat downstream of Wall Village.
The main purpose of this canal is to drain the large amount of rainwater collected from the surrounding mountains in time when the rainy season comes. The tidal flat of the river bend forms a swamp every year due to abundant rainfall in summer. This swamp occupies a large area downstream of Wall Village.
In the low valleys and depressions, a large number of reeds and red thatch grow here.
Countless reeds and red thatch grow, wither, and finally rot completely, becoming fertilizer for this tidal flat over the years.
The old village chief Bright also summoned the villagers of Wall to manage this tidal flat, but they were put on hold due to the huge amount of work. Suldak wanted to turn this fertile tidal flat into good land for growing wheat, and finally
The main thing is to block the abundant rainwater that gathers from the surrounding mountains before the rainy season comes, and to divert the rainwater to the entrance of an underground river.
The artificial river now dug by the kobold slaves is a diversion canal. In addition to this canal, the old village chief also plans to build a low flood control dam outside the reclaimed tidal flat.
After nearly a month of excavation, the kobold slaves have dug a nearly five-kilometer-long river near Wall Village. Since the deposited silt is less than two meters, after the kobold slaves hollowed out the silt in the river, it was revealed that
There is a limestone rock formation at the bottom of the river. If you want to further break through this part of the rock formation, not only the amount of work is huge, but also you need a stone pick to dig out the rock formation.
Surdak stood on one side of the embankment, watching a group of kobold slaves lift limestone blocks from the river bottom to the edge of the embankment to build a stone wall. A dozen villagers from Wall Village were building a stone wall on the limestone.
Cement slurry was poured into the gap to form a flood control dam that was nearly one meter above the ground. He asked the old village chief Bright: "Uncle Bright, do you see how this canal can collect rainwater from the surrounding mountains?"
Drain it out?"
"If there is a heavy rain year, this drainage channel may not be enough. However, in the past few years, the rainfall in the deserted land has been less than a year. If calculated based on last year's rainfall, this drainage channel must be more than enough." Old Villager
The wrinkles on Chang Bright's face relaxed. Managing this tidal flat was a long-cherished wish that he had not been able to fulfill for so many years. Now seeing these kobold slaves digging out the river channel bit by bit, the old village chief was filled with emotions.
.
According to the old village chief's estimation, the canal will be dug to the entrance of the underground river in two months. Suldak wants to widen the river by ten meters. This is not difficult. These kobold slaves are digging the tidal flats.
The siltation rate on the ground is not slow, but Suldak still wants to dig the river channel one meter deeper. The limestone rock layer has already been dug at the bottom of the river. If you dig further, you can only chip away at the stones bit by bit, watching the excavation of the channel.
The progress has slowed down, and the old village leader Bright is still a little anxious.
Suldak pointed to the other side of the flood control embankment and said to the old village chief Bright: "We can plant some willow trees on both sides of the embankment of this canal in the future..."
“What’s the point of planting a willow tree? It’s better to plant some chestnut trees and oak trees, and then harvest rice and acorns in the autumn. What use will a willow tree have?”
Old village chief Bright cursed in his heart.
Of course he didn’t know that someone’s desire to plant willow trees by the river was entirely motivated by a certain sentiment.
Although he didn't agree with it very much, it wasn't to the extent that he had to oppose it. He was thinking about other things.
“Little Duck, are you really not going to add this place to your territory?”
Mayor Bright didn't understand that Suldak had spent huge sums of money to renovate the village of Wall, build a reservoir, and dig river channels on the tidal flats to open up new wheat fields, but he was unwilling to classify this land as his own knight territory. For the villagers of Wall,
Of course this is good, but Surdak is of no benefit. The old village chief Bright felt that he still needed to have a serious talk with Surdak about this matter.
Surdak smiled nonchalantly and said: "The boundary markers of my territory have been erected. On the territory of Helensa, my territory almost covers the entire Pussy Mountain. In addition to being uninhabitable, everything else there is
Yes, in addition to owning a sulfur mine, there is a large amount of volcanic ash accumulated in the territory. These volcanic ash are first-class building materials. After the construction of the village's reservoir is completed, I am also planning to sell these volcanic ash cement to Hailan.
Go to Sacheng."
"Whether it is building a house or building a city wall, there is no material more suitable than this cement." Suldak pointed to a pile of volcanic ash cement not far away and said to the old village chief: "Although the land here in Wall Village is very good, it is
Even if I own this knightly land and a large area of new wheat fields, even if all the wheat produced in these wheat fields is ground into wheat flour in the future, how much profit will it bring to me?"
Chief Bright saw a strong reservoir dam being built with his own eyes. Of course he clearly understood how convenient this volcanic ash was. After adding a special kind of lime powder, it was actually possible to build a stone as solid as a rock.
Wall, but he never considered the aspect of "volcanic ash can also be sold for money".
“Those volcanic ash that are everywhere...can be sold for money?” The old village chief looked at Surdak in surprise.
"Of course, you also know how strong the reservoir dam made of pozzolana cement is. These pozzolana cement can not only be used to build the walls of Hailansa City, but also can be used to build stronger houses. In Hailansa City,
There are also many half-stone and half-timber lofts. If built with this kind of volcanic ash cement, it can be at least two floors taller. If such a good building material is very cheap, it will even cost less than using wood. There must be someone
Willing to buy."
Suldak is still somewhat confident about this.
Old village chief Bright hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but say what he was holding in his heart.
He reminded Suldak: "I have no objection to widening the channel of this water channel, but the limestone layer at the bottom of the river needs to be dug out. I am worried that before the rainy season arrives, this drainage channel may not be able to connect with the underground there."
The river has completed the final step of connecting, and moreover, manpower is still needed to open up the tidal flat."
Suldak walked down the river embankment, stood in the river covered with limestone, and said to the old village chief: "I am going to let the villagers open up that tidal flat. The land there will be cleared in a few days, and then
You have to come and divide this land for everyone in person to avoid unnecessary disputes."
“You don’t want to take this land either?” Village Chief Bright was completely confused by the young man in front of him.
Surdak shook his head and said: "My knight is leading over the Pussy Mountain. Although I have a good personal relationship with Tax Collector Byrd, when the tax is collected in the autumn, this wheat field will inevitably have to pay taxes to the empire."
If the tax is distributed to everyone, given the poor subsidy bill introduced by the city hall, this part of the tax will probably only be a symbolic collection."
Old village chief Bright thought in his heart, maybe this is the vision of a knight!
…
After Suldak led the security team back to Wall Village, Andrew and Samira took on the duties of the police officers and began to patrol the nineteen natural villages in the deserted land, and began to draw a new map of the deserted land.
map.
The two of them rode ancient Bolai horses around these villages and already had a general understanding of this barren and barren land.
There is a lack of supplies here. These villages are far poorer than they thought, and most of the villagers have never seen much of the world. They can't even tell the difference between a guard camp knight and a tax collector.
Andrew, thinking he was a tax collector, jumped up in fright when he saw Andrew appearing from a distance. At first, Andrew thought he had encountered a gang of bandits.
When he rushed over, he realized that these villagers who had fled were poor villagers who could barely afford cereal porridge.
The ogre Gulitum follows the carriage pulling volcanic ash into the depths of the barren land every day.
He went to the depths of the deserted land, of course, not for the volcanic ash, but to hunt the gray rock iguanas that lived in the Gobi Desert. The ogre was almost obsessed with the braised lizard tail dish. This season was not
The best time to hunt gray rock iguanas. If ogres want to eat this delicacy, they have to go deep into the deserted land to hunt.
Only the succubus Aphrodite has the easiest life. What she likes to do most every day is sit on the ridge and bask in the sun.
The villagers all know that she is Surdak's retainer.
Surdak brought back a mithril-plated mask from the city of Helensa. It was a mask that was polished as smooth as a mirror. Except for the holes for a pair of eyes, everything else was extremely smooth. She liked it very much.
She wore a mask on her face almost every day, and she never said hello to the villagers. At most, she would occasionally follow Surdak around and watch the excitement.
So much so that the people in the village were used to her existence, but they did not dare to approach her, and no one would take the initiative to provoke her.
At the end of the month, Charlie took five villagers to the sulfur mine in the rocky area and exchanged Luke and five other villagers stationed there.
The bottom of the secondary reservoir in Wall Village has finally been leveled, and grouting of the waterproof layer at the bottom has begun. Twenty four-wheeled carriages from Wall Village are continuously transporting volcanic ash to the reservoir construction site.
The bricklayers on the construction site are busy until late every day, and even Rita and Natasha, who are responsible for cooking for the bricklayers, have to come back very late.
Surdak has been selecting sites for the deserted land security team outside the Paglos Pass in the past few days. In the end, the old village chief Bright made the decision and designated a piece of land upstream of the village near the edge of the fifth-level reservoir dam.
land.
Suldak plans to build a three-story villa along the mountain here. The specific architectural drawings will have to be carefully discussed several times with Celia Cooper. This magician who is good at space magic also has some experience in architecture.
, several brief discussions gave Surdak some very useful suggestions.
But what Surdak didn't expect was the visit of Lance, the law enforcement team of the Helensa Magic Guild.
Little Peter stood on the hillside, pointed at a black shadow in the sky, and shouted excitedly to Suldak: "Suldak, look! That man can fly..."
Suldak asked the group of bricklayers around him to continue, while he walked to Little Peter's side and looked at the black shadow in the sky against the dazzling sunlight.
When the magical harpoon became clear enough, Surdak finally saw clearly the magician riding on the harpoon.
The magic harpoon circled in the sky above the reservoir, then plunged down, and landed next to Surdak. The young magician in beige magic robe jumped down from the magic harpoon handle, Surdak
Dak went up to him and hugged him, and then said kindly:
“Lance, why do you come to me in such a free time?”
"I came here specifically to see you this time!" Lance said to Suldak. Then he saw little Peter standing next to Suldak with a timid look on his face, and asked Suldak:
"Is this your son?"
Suldak smiled and nodded.
Lance took two steps toward little Peter, squatted down in front of him, and reached out from his arms to take out an exquisite wooden box.
Suldak thought the wooden box was a music box.
Lance easily opened the lid of the wooden box, and a dancing fireman actually appeared in the wooden box.
Little Peter looked at the Little Fire Man in the wooden box with great surprise. He could even feel the scorching temperature of the Little Fire Man. He wanted to reach out and take it, but he didn't dare. He looked at Surda with some hesitation.
Like Ke, Suldak nodded to him encouragingly.
At this time, Lance had already re-covered the wooden box and handed it to little Peter.
“Thank you!” Little Peter said in childish words.
Lance said to little Peter with a smile: "You should call me Uncle Lance!"
“Thank you, Uncle Lance!” Little Peter said again.
“Remember, you must not play with this box in the dry grass or the firewood pile!” Lance reached out and touched little Peter’s head and warned him.
Suldak walked up to Lance and signaled to little Peter that he could go over there to find old Sheila. Then he turned to look at Lance and asked him: "What happened to you coming here all the way?
"
“Do you know the Dale magician from White Elephant Trading Company?” Lance asked bluntly.
"Yes, I have some business dealings with the Dale magician. I discovered an open-pit sulfur mine in the Knights Territory. Almost all the recently mined sulfur was sold to the White Elephant Trading Company." Surdak answered truthfully.
“It turns out it was because of brimstone that you chose the knight leader in that useless place!” Lance said with a look of astonishment on his face.
"Pay attention to your quality! You are an excellent magician noble, you shouldn't be so rude..." Surdak countered to his friend.
"Ha, okay, let's talk about business. I will go to other places to investigate later!" Lance said: "We suspect that this Dale magician has some kind of connection with a group of space magicians. This
The group of space magicians collectively rebelled against the Green Empire Magic Union a few years ago."
“Is it the Black Magic Hermitage?” Surdak broke into a cold sweat behind him.
Lance shook his head and said: "It's not the Priory, it's another illegal space magic organization. In order to find the secret of space magic, these space magicians came into contact with some forbidden magic publicly announced by the Empire Magic Union, so...
You know, sometimes those who don't follow the rules are always vulnerable to rejection..."