In the work shed of the sulfur mine, a village supervisor brought a pot of tea to several people.
This is tea made from the roots of a tree called the sap tree. This tree is only found in the Paglos Mountains and is almost extinct in the Oak Ridge area. These roots were also obtained by the village overseers from an adventure group.
In exchange, the water boiled from this tree root has a faint sweet taste, and it can moisturize the throat and clear the lungs when drunk. One root can be boiled dozens of times.
The kobold slaves are still mining sulfur in the mines, but as the sulfur mines in the lower reaches of the lava river are on the verge of drying up, the kobold slaves have to go further and head upstream of the lava waterfall.
Surdak wants to move the sulfur camp closer to the current mine, but a suitable location has not yet been selected.
Andrew sat on a volcanic rock, took a large spoonful of tea and drank it.
He was very uncomfortable with the environment here. In order to avoid inhaling the volcanic ash flying in the sky, he had to cover his face tightly. Even so, his nostrils and mouth were pitch black at the end of the day, and even if he accidentally inhaled the volcanic ash
It will fly into the eyes. At this time, you must not rub it with your hands. You can only take out the water bag and rinse it with clean water. After entering the shed, the dustproof cloth can filter the volcanic ash outside, so Andrew feels better.
He took another sip of water and then said:
"Everything is going well in the village. The old village chief said that this year is probably the best year for Wall Village. There is no need to worry about snowstorms or whether any winter storage company does not do enough and they will starve all winter. It was just the last time there was a blow.
After the desert bandits, although those desert bandits have been peaceful for a while, recently some gangs have emerged from the desert and robbed villages in the deserted land, which is a bit annoying!"
Speaking of the desert bandits, Andrew became a little annoyed and complained to Suldak: "They have learned to be smart this time. They will never stay in any village for more than half a day, and they will not take the same route when they return.
His whereabouts are always unpredictable, and many of the militiamen stationed in the villages have died."
The number of militiamen in the militia camp itself is not large, and they are all somewhat disabled veterans. Although they live in poverty, they definitely do not lack the courage to fight. When the desert bandits attacked the village, some militiamen led the villagers to rush forward to resist.
, they would rather die in battle than be spurned by the villagers.
As a result, the militia battalion, which was originally not very large in number, was rapidly reduced in number after entering winter. In recent times, Andrew has been traveling back and forth between villages, but he still cannot prevent the occurrence of such attacks on villages.
Surdak was silent for a while and then said: "It seems that we still need to strengthen the number of militia battalions and form the basic defense forces of each village!"
To form a militia battalion, young and strong villagers need to be recruited from each village. Weapons and armor can be obtained by applying to the Hilanza City Hall, and you can also receive a monthly subsidy of money and food subsidies.
The Nanai tribe's indigenous warriors are naturally warlike. Although they are naturalized natives of the Maca plane, their bloody nature is deeply imprinted in their blood. Andrew said to Surdak: "Dak, I'm here to find you this time.
I want to go for a walk in the desert and see where those desert bandits are hiding!"
Surdak said: "It's too dangerous for you to go deep into the desert alone. Once you are targeted by those desert bandits, as long as the other party launches wolf pack tactics and just chases you and waits for opportunities, preventing you from getting adequate rest, you may be killed.
It will be too much to bear.”
He actually wanted to wait until he taught the red dragon Iser the rune language and lifted the dragon's blood curse, then go into the desert with Andrew to have a look.
After all, for this desolate land, the southwest is adjacent to the Oak Ridges of Heranza. The southeast is a barren mountainous area called Death Valley, and the northern part of the desolate land is closely connected with the southern foothills of the Paglos Mountains.
Together, to the north and east is a vast desert. According to the villagers in the deserted land, even adventure groups are unwilling to cross that vast desert because there is almost nothing there except a few oases and desert bandits.
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Andrew put his arm around Gulitm's broad shoulders. Gulitm was sitting almost as tall as he was standing. At this time, he was filling the iron pot with water.
To the ogre, this pot-bellied iron pot is more like a teacup.
Andrew said: "So I want to get Gulitem!"
Then he asked the ogre: "I heard that the desert bandits have a large number of camels. Maybe we can get a few of them when we enter the desert. Gulitem, do you want to try them?"
For an ogre, nothing is more important than eating.
Especially when he was burning up after eating salamanders, he couldn't wait to eat some other fresh and tender meat. Of course, the yellow sheep in Wall Village were also very good, but he had hardly eaten camels, so he almost didn't eat them.
He agreed without hesitation:
"Of course, after spending the whole day catching those salamanders in the lava mines, my whole body was almost burning with food. After thinking about it, I thought it was a great idea to go catch a few camels in the desert!"
The two hit it off almost immediately.
Andrew said to Surdak: "With Gulitem joining us, I guess there won't be too many people who can threaten us in the desert."
Seeing their eagerness to try, Suldak knew that he could not stop Andrew, who was free to move, so he said: "In any case, you must be careful not to anger those powerful monsters. By the way, since you are going into the desert, this
I'll lend it to you for now, I don't need it at the moment..."
As he spoke, he took out the 'Earth Shield' magic pattern suit from his magic belt bag and piled it in front of Andrew.
Such a set of top-level magic pattern construction is worth almost more than two hundred magic crystals.
For a small noble family, such a magic pattern structure can be regarded as a family inheritance passed down from generation to generation. It is more valuable than the land in some remote and desolate areas.
"You are actually willing to lend me this set of 'Earth Shield', so you are not afraid of running away wearing this set of magic patterns. I heard that such a set of magic patterns can be exchanged in our city of Wozhimala.
Come to a valley." Andrew said as he took off the guard camp-style armor from his body.
He couldn't wait to put on the 'Earth Shield' magic pattern structure on his body.
Although this magic pattern structure was a bit tight for him, when the mana flowed on the magic patterns and a trace of power from the structure was injected into his body, Andrew wanted to pick up the Butcher and wave it around a few times.
Surdak said nonchalantly: "You are much more important than the Earth Shield Magic Pattern Structure."
Hearing what Suldak said, Andrew grinned even wider.
Surdak took out some scrolls from the magic belt bag. If these scrolls cannot be put into the magic belt bag, they must be packed into wooden boxes to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by extrusion, deformation and damage. Of course, it is best to dress them up.
The container of the magic scroll is a magic sealing box, but this kind of box is a bit heavy and not easy to carry.
Putting the scroll into a long and narrow wooden box, Surdak said: "Bring more water-gathering and fire-gathering scrolls, and bring enough marching rations. Don't ignore Gulitem's appetite, military rations and the like.
, let him carry it on his own!"
Andrew didn't want to bring those water-gathering scrolls, and said to Suldak: "It's snowing in the desert too. Melt the snow into water and boil it to drink. We plan to hunt wild camels in the desert, so we don't need marching rations."
Carrying too much.”
"Then we have to find those wild camels." Suldak put the wooden box into Andrew's hands.
That night, Andrew wore a magic pattern construct and left the sulfur mine with Gulitem.
Every three to five days, a carriage team from Wall Village will deliver various living supplies and transport sulfur ore back to the village.
He was not too worried about what would happen in these mines. He filled his backpack with the collected red crystals, and Surdak returned to the lava mine.
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Recently, the Bena City Guard Camp has done several major things that have won the hearts of the people, which has greatly improved the status of the Guard Camp Knights in the hearts of the citizens.
Among them, the most widely circulated one among the citizens is that Mrs. Dorothy Newman was kidnapped in her lover's home. It is said that the scene was quite erotic. As for whether the hunters and robbers had any sparks with Mrs. Dorothy, the citizens
People also have different opinions. However, this time the knights of the guard camp were full of positive energy in this incident. It took almost one night for the knights of the guard camp to capture the hunter and the robber and rescued Doro who was imprisoned in the Dandelion Hotel.
Mrs. West.
Nowadays, the Dandelion Hotel located next to the Giant Tree Square has become a check-in place for many citizens to travel in winter.
Now, the unlucky Gofilo family has become a hot topic among the citizens of Bena City. Everyone knows that the Gofilo family has been defrauded of a large sum of money. The young Baron Harvey Gofilo has become a wealthy family in Bena City.
The world's borrowed money.
Just when everyone started to wonder where those crooks had gone, the Bena City Guard Camp issued an announcement stating that the gang of scammers had been wiped out by the guard camp. The mastermind, Jack Kennelly, died unexpectedly while escaping from Bena City.
At present, some members of the scammer gang have been arrested and others are hiding in Bena City. We hope that citizens will actively cooperate in reporting...
The citizens of Bena suddenly discovered: 'I don't know when the guard camp knights started to move so quickly.'
But the most regrettable thing is that the large amount of magic crystals has not been recovered. After hearing the news, many adventure groups in the city began to take action. It is said that they are looking for clues all over the world, trying to find the huge amount of magic crystals.
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At the meeting of the House of Representatives in Bena City, Chairman Lance put forward several requirements for "Bena Province's commitment to help other provinces under the current situation", and then the weekly routine government affairs approval was passed, that is, the members of the House of Representatives put forward some requirements
The approval is proposed at the meeting. If no one raises objections, it will be passed. If a member raises objections, a show of hands will be held on the spot. At least two-thirds of the people must support it before administrative approval can be passed.
Almost all the noble lords with status in the city are members of parliament here.
Marquis Luther sat in the corner of the rostrum. As one of the most distinguished nobles in Bena City, he also had a place on the rostrum.
He stood up from his seat, picked up an application for government approval, and strode onto the podium in the middle. Suddenly, countless eyes from all around were focused on him.
He is a representative of the militant faction in Bena Province and has the support of many allies. Any move he takes will have a certain impact on the evidence in Bena Province.
"Everyone, what I want to talk about this time is the proposal to expand the Constructed Swordsman Corps under my command." Marquis Luther glanced around the council hall and said: "Under the current situation, plane wars are happening frequently in various places.
, not only are the Dark Abyss forces invading from various connecting channels, but also various private planes are taking the opportunity to become independent and break away from the Green Empire. They are gradually encroaching on the land that originally belonged to us, which is intolerable to us."
"I will go to the Bailin plane to change defenses this spring. I am currently making active preparations, so... I am just stating this matter. In fact, I have obtained the official authorization from the Duke."
"My proposal is to expand a formal cavalry battalion in my regiment. I hope everyone can support my expansion proposal."
Marquis Luther stood in front of the podium, put down the written application report in his hand, and looked around.
The congressmen around began to talk about it. Some people didn't understand Marquis Luther's approach, so they stood up and asked: "It's just a cavalry battalion. Marquis Luther, you can just sign an official letter to establish it. Is this still necessary?"
Do you want to apply for the official number?"
"Yes! A cavalry battalion...that's all! Isn't this a constructing knights?"
Members of Congress agreed that this was a bit of a fuss.
Marquis Luther coughed twice and said: "Ahem, I need the official serial number issued by the military department of Bena Province, so I hope everyone can support it!"
"Buzz..."
There was a sudden buzz of discussion in the parliament hall. There were no secrets among the nobles. Everyone speculated why Marquis Luther would solemnly apply for the official designation of a cavalry battalion. Some nobles who knew Marquis Luther were naturally confused.
It's hard to guess why.
"Maybe I'm paving the way for that guy. I met him at the dance. He's a very nice young man." Someone said.
"Didn't Luther have a son?" The nobleman who was unfamiliar with the inside story leaned his head closer and asked doubtfully.
A nobleman who was very close to Marquis Luther immediately said very dissatisfied: "Hey! We are talking about the fiancé of his most beloved daughter Hathaway!"
The nobleman next to him immediately said: "I guess this may be part of her daughter Hathaway's dowry!"
The nobleman who was very close to Marquis Luther said: "Of course, it is said that I am going to marry a noble baron. If I want to get the fastest promotion in a short time, of course I have to participate in the plane war..."
President Lance came back to the podium and said to the MPs in the audience: "Everyone will vote by a show of hands!"
The nobles raised their hands one after another, and the number soon exceeded two-thirds. Seeing this, the hesitant members also raised their hands.
"Proposal approved!"
President Lance picked up a small copper hammer and struck hard on the wall clock on the table of the rostrum.
"Ding……"
The sound is crisp and sweet...
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Seeing the scene in front of him, Count Gophero, who was sitting in the back row, felt a little uncomfortable. He thought of the young man waiting at the door of the manor after the heavy snow that day, hoping that he would agree to propose to Beatrice. At that time
He wholeheartedly wanted to marry Beatrice to Baron Jack Kennelly.
And now...
That young man is about to board the Luther family's chariot and go to the Bailin plane.
And that damn Jack Kennelly is already lying in a cold coffin.