The house where Suldak lives is built next to the reservoir. The whole house is very grand. It has five master bedrooms, five guest bedrooms, two living rooms, and two dining rooms upstairs and downstairs.
The large kitchen comes with a storage room. Since steel bars and volcanic ash cement were used during construction, the span of the room is very large, so there is a lot of room for imagination in layout design.
During the decoration design, some of Suldak's suggestions were also fully adopted. The arched dome and the main beams and stone pillars next to the inner cloister all have a bit of Rococo style. Just one bathroom is almost as old as the old Sheila family.
It is as big as a whole thatched house.
The marble bathtub is placed next to the glass window in the room. Although it is a little cold in winter, you can see the snowy scenery outside and the fifth-level low dam of the reservoir through this glass window. Sur
Duck held the parchment paper in one hand and carefully read the letter written by Marquis Luther. Maybe it was written by someone. The handwriting on the letter looked very graceful, but it was not Hathaway's handwriting.
Natasha walked in carrying a large bucket of hot water, put her hand into the bathtub to test the water temperature, and then added some more hot water to the bathtub. She put on a linen skirt that she usually wears at home, covering her head.
With a slightly plump figure, Suldak sat up from the bathtub, leaned his upper body, held Natasha's round and delicate white face in his hands, and kissed her soft lips.
Half-kneeling next to the bathtub, Natasha was kissed by Suldak until her neck flushed. Panting, she grabbed Suldak's restless hand and whispered: "While the water hasn't cooled down yet,
I’ll rub my back first…”
After saying that, he asked Suldak to turn around.
Surdak lay on the stone shelf carved out of the bathtub, just enough to expose his back under the water.
Natasha squatted aside and gently wiped Suldak's back with a piece of loofah pulp. Surdak put aside the parchment letter in his hand, leaning his face on a piece of oak, and asked Natasha to wipe a warm piece of paper on his back.
A hot towel was spread on his face, he closed his eyes and enjoyed Natasha's delicate massage, but his mind was thinking about the letter that Marquis Luther had just written.
Although the current situation in Bena Province is still relatively stable.
Among all the provinces of the Green Empire, the security and economic conditions of Bena Province have not declined significantly. Although Duke Newman is currently leading the main force of the Bena Legion to participate in the war on the Warsaw plane, it is a reinforcement force after all. As long as the top brass of the legion is aware of it,
The war situation in the plane is not that optimistic. You can evacuate the plane at any time, but you have to give up all your vested interests in the plane.
But at least in the planes controlled by Duke Newman and the major lords of Bena Province, no plane war has broken out yet, and no signs of infiltration by the dark legions of the Abyss forces have been found. Only the Maka plane has encountered a siege by a large group of hellhounds.
But that was just the demon bird of hell demon clan accidentally throwing the space channel into the plane of Maca, and the chaos quickly subsided.
On the other hand, the mainland of Bena Province has always been uneasy. Some time ago, bandit groups and other bandit troubles broke out in various places. Some bandit groups fleeing from other provinces took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Bena Army was no longer on the main plane and arrogantly entered the Bena Province.
territory, plundering villages and towns everywhere, and sometimes even threatening some remote cities.
The security battalions in each city had no choice but to expand their establishments and extend their outposts on the outskirts of the city to remote areas. It was for this reason that the senior officials of the Hellanza Guard Battalion decided to establish the Deserted Land Security Squadron. Last year, the Hellanza City Guard Battalion wiped out countless
A gang of robbers formed, and the security here suddenly improved a lot.
When winter came, Constantinople was besieged by bandits, and the firearms workshop outside the city was captured by bandits. According to the confessions of captured bandit prisoners, Lord MacDonnell was related to the bandit siege, which made Bei
The situation in the Tarapagan area in northern Na Province has suddenly fallen into a very delicate state. The lords of Tarapagan are now squeezed into the cracks, unable to make a choice, and are miserable.
It's hard to say what Lord MacDonnell wants, but with the current garrison in Bena Province, even if a dispute occurs, they may not be able to get any benefits. The Bena Army is stationed in the Warsaw plane and it will be difficult to escape in a short time. Therefore, the Bena Army
The current situation in the province appears to be very delicate.
In fact, Lord MacDonnell does not fully control Tarapagan. His territory of power only radiates to the southern corner of the tower.
It was also under this situation that the Bena Provincial House of Representatives passed the decision of Marquis Luther to station in the Bailin plane. Now that Lord McDonnell has taken control of the Ganbu plane, the Bailin plane at this moment is very important to Bena.
For the noble lords of the province, it is even more crucial.
Marquis Luther's army stationed in the Bailin plane is also to strengthen the strength of the Bailin plane garrison.
In the letter, Marquis Luther informed Suldak to lead the cavalry battalion to gather in Bena City. Calculating the time, if he wanted to reach Bena City in mid-March, he would have to lead the team at least in early March.
There is also a recruitment order attached to the envelope. Without such a recruitment order, if you want to lead the cavalry battalion to leave the territory at will, it will violate the relevant regulations of the Green Empire Lords Law.
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In the early morning, the dazzling sunlight fell on the room.
Surdak woke up from his sleep and found that Natasha beside him was gone.
Hearing someone talking in the yard, Surdak pushed open the bedroom door and walked onto the terrace. Facing the bright sunshine, he saw Viru standing on the third-level embankment of the reservoir in the distance, his whole body actually in contact with the mountain.
Integrate into one.
At this moment, Surdak had the idea in his mind that Vilu could shoot through the dam of the reservoir that had been built with so much painstaking efforts.
"Is Duck up?"
Mayor Bright, Charlie, and Luke walked in from the door and chatted familiarly with Rita.
Rita was wearing a long burlap skirt and was cutting grass in the yard. When she saw Mayor Bright walking in, she stood up obediently and called "Uncle Bright".
Suldak, who was bare-chested and only wearing a pair of trousers, was not afraid of the cold wind outside and stood on the terrace. He held his hands on the railing and said to the old village chief in the yard: "Uncle Bright, why did you come here so early?"
Already?"
"If the cavalry stationed in the townhouses want to live there permanently, they need to renovate the townhouses today. At least they need to do some cold-proofing, and the large shops can be slightly spaced so that several rooms can be separated.
Ten rooms are out. There is still some wood in the carpenter's workshop. If you think it is okay, I will take care of this matter. The villagers from the deserted land who followed you to migrate back, as well as the female prisoners of war you brought back.
, where are you going to place them? They can't always live in a tent outside the village!" the old village chief said straight to the point.
Suldak touched his nose, waved to them, and said: "It's quite cold outside. Let's talk about it after we come in. You haven't had breakfast yet! Rita, please invite Uncle Brett, Charlie and Luke to the living room.
I'm preparing three more breakfasts for Natasha..."
With that said, Suldak walked into the bedroom with his arms crossed, put on a pile of clothes on the bedside, and hurried downstairs.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Natasha had already served hot pancakes and a bowl of oatmeal that was overflowing with milk. Charlie and Luke were not polite and were eating milk oatmeal. However, the old village chief was because
I have something on my mind and I can't eat.
Suldak took a sip of the hot porridge, grabbed a piece of burnt pancake from the plate, stuffed it into his mouth, and then said to the old village chief:
"I have received a call-up order from the Bena Provincial House of Representatives. In the next few days, I will lead the cavalry battalion to the city of Bena and report to the Marquis Lutheran Army. This time I will not only take away all the cavalry
Battalion, we need to recruit some new troops to form a cavalry battalion of 500 people."
Hearing what Suldak said, Village Chief Bright, Charlie, and Luke all looked at Suldak in astonishment.
They had heard Suldak talk about this before, but they didn't expect it would happen so quickly.
Surdak tried hard to swallow the food in his mouth, and then said to the three of them: "Those captured women can be arranged to live in row houses temporarily. Some of them were originally villagers in the deserted land. If
If you want to go home, inform their family members to come to Wall Village to pick them up. Some of them are the families of the Sand Pirates. They probably won’t dare to do anything while I’m here. Once I lead the cavalry battalion out of Wall Village,
, be careful of their revengeful actions."
The old village chief Bright couldn't help but frown and lowered his head in thought.
Suldak continued: "There are some women here who were robbed by sand thieves from neighboring provinces. Their identities are mixed, and I don't have time to identify them. If anyone wants to write a letter home, we will
We must actively cooperate and help them contact their families. As for the remaining homeless people who have returned, they will probably have to be reported to the Helensa City City Hall, and it will not take long for them to be allocated."
I thought that Surdak wanted to use some of the prisoners of war as slaves and sell them to the slave market.
After hearing what he said, I realized that he had no such plan at all.
This is different from other lords.
Surdak rubbed his forehead and thought for a while before saying: "As for the villagers who have migrated here, they need to be resettled properly. If they want to go elsewhere, at least let them bring enough food. If they want to stay in Wo temporarily,
In Ercun, some row houses are being cleared, and those vacant rooms can be occupied."
I originally wanted to integrate these people into Wohl Village, but I was also worried that the old households in Wohl Village would collectively reject these outsiders, so I had to let them live there.
Whether you accept it or be accepted, there is always time to adapt.
Suldak then warned the old village chief: "They may not carry much food, and some may even have nothing at all. The village can send people to Helensa City to purchase some miscellaneous grains, and provide them with some food every day."
Free grain porridge, stewed dried vegetables, etc. In short, we cannot let them go hungry. If the road construction team and construction team in the village hire workers, they can also give priority to these people and at least give them some means of livelihood."
The latter words were spoken to Charlie and Luke, who were in charge of the village's construction team and road construction team respectively. Since Suldak had transferred all the horses to the cavalry battalion, the convoy was still idle for the time being.
Charlie currently manages the village's construction team. The bricklayers who built the reservoir in the village have now joined Charlie's construction team. The construction team received its first order last fall, for Carl Casement.
The baron built a villa. The main body was made of steel bars and volcanic ash cement. The structure was very solid, but the project was a bit slow and it was never completed.
"Charlie, didn't you go to Karl's manor, why did you come back so soon?" Suldak asked Charlie, who had lost a lot of weight.
Only then did Charlie put down the pancakes in his hand, raised his head and smiled at Suldak: "The construction of Baron Carl Casement's manor has almost come to an end, and I can't help much with the decoration or anything else.
, I have been back to Wall Village for almost half a month."
"Some nobles in the city of Helensa saw Baron Carl's villa. It is said that several of them also want to use volcanic ash cement to build some houses in the manor. Recently, many people have come to Wall Village.
Come here, you've been out all this time, and we're still waiting for you to come back and make up your mind." Charlie said cheerfully.
"I will go to Hellanza City in a few days. I will ask tax collectors Carl and Byrd about this matter to see which business can be accepted. But not every noble master has money in his hands, and I don't want to give it to him for free.
They build houses," Suldak said to Charlie.
Charlie clenched his fists, waved them vigorously, and said happily: "I ran over here early in the morning, just waiting for your words!"
Surdak then said to Luke: "I thought you would have to wait until today to transport the grain and grass back. Without horses, it must be very hard to transport so much grain and grass back with only kobold slaves pulling it manually!"
Luke raised his head, his mouth still full of pancakes, and said vaguely: "I'm not working hard, it's the kobold slaves who are working hard..."
After taking a sip of water and swallowing the food, Luke said: "The road from Pudu Mountain to Wall Village is very easy to walk. We set off early, so we arrived outside the village last night. I didn't expect you to bring so many people back."
…and horses and camels.”
"Well, in short, I gained a lot from this trip." Suldak said: "The horses that were eliminated from the cavalry battalion this time will be handed over to the village. After the convoy is reorganized, it will be specially used to transport buildings for the road construction team and the construction team.
Material, until there is no person in charge, Uncle Bright, you have to help me manage this team."
"Duck, you brought almost all the villagers from the northern part of the Desolate Land back to Wall Village. Is there still a need to build roads in the Desolate Land?" Luke asked.
"Of course, our goal in the first half of this year is to establish some road networks in the area between Pussy Volcano, Wall Village and the Great Rift Valley, as well as establish some strong outposts at various key points. From now on, I will be responsible for the desolate areas.
To maintain public security in the area, of course we must establish a garrison here." Surdak said to Luke. "If I still have extra energy, I would also like to renovate the road from Helensa City to Wall Village.
As for the mountain road, every time we go back to Wall Village from Helensa City, we have to walk through Oak Ridge for a whole day on horseback. In addition to the long distance, the rugged mountain road also consumes a lot of time."
"And you have to take the time to take care of the sulfur mine on the Pudu Mountain and the lumberyard at the foot of Paglos Mountain. In the future, the wood will probably be transported back from the lumberyard." Surdak told Luke again.
said.
Suldak and others were chatting in the restaurant, and there was another sound of the door being pushed outside.
After a while, Andrew and Samira walked into the restaurant.