One meter of sunlight at dawn restored the village of Wall to vitality again.
The cooks are the first ones to get up in the village. They are divided into two groups to prepare breakfast for the kobold slave camp and the secondary reservoir construction site. The food in these two places is very different. The bricklayers at the construction site
They ate scones and chestnut porridge, but in the slave camp they only had multigrain porridge mixed with a lot of wheat bran, and they could only eat pumpkin pie once in a while.
When the sun emerged from the mountain ridge, the kobolds in the slave camp rushed to the river bend and tidal flats to dig mud on the other side of the river.
A day of heavy work has also begun on the construction site of the reservoir. Now the waterproof layer at the bottom of the secondary reservoir has been basically completed. The bricklayers dug a deep trench nearly two meters wide at the edge of the reservoir.
After the steel materials are delivered to Wall Village, a kilometer-long keel will be woven into the trench, and then volcanic ash cement and sand and gravel will be poured.
This will be the second life support line in Wall Village. Suldak only requires one thing for this embankment, that is, it is strong.
Even if the most violent flash flood breaks out upstream of Wall Village, this dam will never be destroyed by the flash flood.
An old tile general who came to Woer Village from Guta Village to work squatted on the edge of the foundation, staring at the large area of land below that was being vacated for the construction of a third-level reservoir. He took a puff of his pipe and kept talking.
I know how much money this will cost...'
His bronze forehead was full of wrinkles, and he looked at this huge project with cloudy eyes. He could foresee that the life of Wall Village would gradually get better because of this reservoir, at least in the dry season of spring and summer, the villagers here would
They will not have to worry about irrigation.
The dug trench is waiting to be put into the steel keel. This part of steel alone is not something that the mountain people in the remote countryside can afford.
Nearly three hundred people are busy at this construction site every day, not counting the villagers of Wall who drive horse-drawn carriages day and night to transport volcanic ash back from the depths of the desolate land. They have invested so much manpower and material resources that the old bricklayer seems to have a building in front of him.
A huge sky lake, this artificial lake will surround most of the valleys upstream of Wall Village.
In fact, the old craftsman had no idea that the cost of the first-level water reservoir alone made the old village chief Bright stomp his feet in distress. Although most of it came from Surdak's pocket, this way of burning money
This was still unacceptable to the old village chief who was used to being poor.
Fortunately, the open-pit sulfur mine in the rocky area downstream of the lava river at the foot of Mount Pudu has produced some output, which finally gave the village some extra income. With this income, it first purchased twenty four-wheeled carriages, and later
A carpenter's workshop was built, and there is still a large sum of money on the village's books. The old village chief plans to use this money to invest in the construction of a secondary reservoir.
The old village chief had a very optimistic forecast for the reservoir project. He thought that the second-level reservoir would continue to be built at the same scale as the first-level reservoir. Unexpectedly, the second-level reservoir was actually larger than the first-level reservoir.
Several times, the little extra money the village had invested in the water reservoir project turned out to be only a small splash.
Only now did the old village chief finally understand the design of the reservoir that Suldak drew on the parchment. Those hand-drawn curved dykes were not out of proportion at all. As shown in the picture, the next three levels.
The reservoir will be several times the size of the secondary reservoir.
Continuing to enlarge according to this proportion, this stepped reservoir will have five steps in total. Old village chief Bright really doesn't know how much money he has to invest in this reservoir that is comparable to a large lake in the sky.
And just as Surdak planned, he built the Hellanza Guard Camp and the Desolate Land Security Center at Paglos Pass on the edge of the cliff a few hundred meters away, and told Charlie and Luke that the villa was
A lakeside building. When you go out in the future, you will see a large lake with rippling blue waves, and the garden will be filled with flowers...
Because of this, the bricklayers in other villages knew how much benefit this huge reservoir would bring to Wall Village, but no one had the illusion that they could build a reservoir in their own village.
Many craftsmen in other villages thought that this was the knight of Surdak developing and building his own knight's territory.
However, some people still can't understand that the canonized knight is not a hereditary noble. In the future, the assets of the territory may not fall into the hands of his son Peter.
At the beginning, even the old village chief Bright thought that Surdak would designate Wall Village as a knight's territory. Unexpectedly, Surdak silently selected the knight's territory in Pudu Mountain and is currently investing huge sums of money to build a large number of foundations.
Wall Village, which has no facilities, actually still belongs to all Wall villagers, including the artificial canals dug in the downstream tidal flats and the hundreds of acres of wheat fields that will be opened up on the edge of the tidal flats. These are also owned by Wall Village.
industry.
The old village chief stood on the high ground of the reservoir construction site, looking at the sparse thatched houses in Wall Village. He had lived for most of his life, and he had never seen the second person like Surdak - with such courage and courage.
A brave young knight.
Although Surdak has never fought for anything for old Sheila in the village, when the villagers see old Sheila now, in addition to taking the initiative to say hello with a very low posture, their eyes are more of respect.
It was like seeing those noble nobles in gorgeous clothes.
The life of old Sheila's family has not changed much. They still live in the old house that they have lived in for decades throughout the winter. Natasha and Rita, like other women in the village, still go to work every morning.
Cooking breakfast for the bricklayers at the reservoir construction site.
"Rita, Rita..." Not far away, a village woman shouted to Rita who was carrying water.
"coming……"
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The carpenter workshop in the village installed a waterwheel at the gate of the first-level reservoir. This waterwheel drives the stone mill. A group of women grind a large amount of cassava into a white pulp next to the stone mill. The white pulp is repeatedly processed
By filtering and rinsing the sediment, a large amount of water starch can be obtained. After drying, the starch formed is more delicate than wheat flour.
For more than half a month, the starch produced in Wall Village has been filled with nearly a hundred flour bags. The old village chief did not distribute the starch, but planned to send it to Helensa City to sell it and exchange it for some.
Whole wheat flour or beans will also work.
In short, after hearing that Suldak said that this thing might be sold for money, the old village chief began to strictly prohibit the villagers from eating this thing.
But obviously these people do not include the succubus Aphrodite. Today, no one in the village of Wall knows her true identity. They only know that she is a follower of Surdak. Her two devil horns are hidden in the
Her thick hair and a mithril-plated flowing mask on her face added a layer of mystery and danger to her whole aura. Although some people in Wall Village had seen Aphrodite,
But no one talks about her beauty.
The breakfast that the succubus Aphrodite prepared for herself was the stew invented by Surdak. She put the crystal clear cubes into a frying pan with a layer of butter, and then a faint fragrance wafted out from the yard.
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"Aphrodite..." Andrew stood outside the yard and shouted towards the succubus who was preparing breakfast in the yard.
At present, the succubus Aphrodite, Samira, Andrew, and Gulitem have moved out of Suldak's house. The yard is smaller after all, and their work and rest schedules affect the family's normal life, so they can
We rented a courtyard in the village in the name of the security camp. The owners of the house were an old couple. They received a rent of eight silver coins every month, and they happily lived in their son's house.
Aphrodite stood up, glanced at the indigenous warrior Andrew, slowly put the delicacies in the pan onto a plate, pressed a stone slab on the stove in the yard, and walked out of the yard.
Ever since I moved into Wall Village, no one has ever looked for me in such a formal way.
Aphrodite suddenly felt that this seemed good. She put on a mithril mask before going out, and then looked at Andrew expectantly.
Andrew brought Aphrodite to the entrance of the village. The succubus saw Surdak and the ogre waiting under the tree at the entrance of the village, and asked Surdak expectantly: "Are you going to go out on an adventure?
"
"There is no plan yet. If you get tired of staying in the village, you can go out for a walk with Samira." Surdak said to Aphrodite.
The succubus seemed to have almost no other activities these days besides climbing to the top of the mountain and sitting quietly.
Aphrodite seemed to understand what Surdak was thinking. She shook her head slightly and said to Surdak: "This kind of life is actually very good, but occasionally I feel a little bored. If you can,
, lend me the books you brought out from the ruins of the city."
Her face was hidden under the mask, and Surdak couldn't see her expression.
"Okay, I can't understand what these books are written on. You can choose from here!" Surdak said, and he took out a few books from the magic pocket and obtained them in the city ruins.
Surdak turned in the books about space magic when he visited Wal-Mart, but he still kept the other books he brought out from the library.
The succubus Aphrodite glanced at Surdak, flipped through the books, picked one at random, and asked him:
"Why did you ask Andrew to call me?"
Surdak pointed to the wooden cage next to the slave camp where two rebels were imprisoned. The two rebels were still sleeping soundly in the cage at this moment, and the bright morning sunshine did not affect them at all.
"I want you to ask them for me..." Surdak said to Aphrodite.
"What do you want to know?" Aphrodite's eyes flickered.
Surdak thought for a moment and realized that he really didn't have anything to ask, so he said, "You can just ask. It's estimated that someone will come to Handover with us from Helensa City tonight. I don't want to comment on their situation."
I don’t know anything and I don’t want to hear their lies.”
Aphrodite made a gesture and said to Surdak:
"I know, leave it to me!"
Surdak did not stay at the entrance of the village. He was going to go to the river on the tidal flat. He heard that the excavation progress of the kobold slaves had slowed down. There were large pieces of limestone in the river in front. It took a lot of money to clean up the limestone.
Time was running out, and the progress was very slow. He wanted to measure other places to see if it was feasible to divert this artificial water channel...
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When they woke up, the two rebels found that it was already daylight, the slave camp was actually quiet, and all the kobolds were gone.
The two rebels looked around in the wooden cage. This time, the person guarding them turned into a woman wearing a silver mask. Although the woman wore a loose black robe, she still could not hide her proud face.
figure.
Although they couldn't see the woman's face, the two rebels still felt as if there was a fire burning in their lower abdomens. They licked their lips. They had not drank water all night, and their lips were dry and cracked.
One of the rebels stood on the edge of the wooden cage and bravely asked Aphrodite: "Is there anything to eat?"
Aphrodite sat on a stone not far away and shook her head slightly.
"Then can you give me a sip of water?" The rebel begged Aphrodite with a bitter look on his face.
Aphrodite still shook her head and did not speak.
"Don't you want to ask me something?" the rebel couldn't help but said.
The succubus Aphrodite stood up and approached the two rebels step by step. Seeing her graceful figure, the rebel couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
After getting closer, Aphrodite reached out and took off the mithril mask, revealing her voluptuous and beautiful face.
For a moment, the two rebels almost forgot to breathe. They only heard a vague voice in the spiritual world: "Look into my eyes... You are sleepy, you feel tired, you are drowsy, you saw
In the barren land, you and your friends want to cross the Gobi and head north along the Paglos Mountains. Where do you want to go?"
'Hypnotism' is the black magic that Aphrodite is best at besides 'charm'.
The rebel was unprepared and fell into a state of stupidity. He said with a confused face: "Let's go to the depths of Paglos Mountain to find a cemetery and find the Sword of Quel'Sera."
"Where is the tomb where the Sword of Quel'Sera is hidden?" Aphrodite continued to ask.
"I don't know," the rebel said.
Aphrodite did not continue to ask, but changed the topic:
"How many people do you have in your organization?"
The rebel replied: "About a few hundred people."
"Where do you live?"
The rebels replied: "Located in the foothills to the north of the San Carlos Plains, only those who can lead people can cross the Burning Plains..."
By the time the two rebels woke up again, it was completely dark. The kobold slaves in the slave camp's work shed seemed to have had dinner. This time, no one brought them anything to eat.
The meal was the same as last night. I had been sleeping all day, and I didn't even drink a sip of water. It felt like there was a layer of sand stuck in my throat.
When the two rebels saw a strong soldier sitting across from him, they were a little afraid to ask him for water, so they could only huddle in the cage and endure.
Until the sound of horse hooves came from the silent night, from far to near...
A five-man knight team from the guard battalion arrived at Wall Village and stopped at the entrance of the village.
When Andrew saw that they were wearing the same clothes as himself, he stood up from the ground and waved to them.