The fifty young guard battalion knights of the guard battalion security squadron are temporarily responsible for the security of the deserted land. Surdak selected eight captains from this group of young people and asked them to be responsible for the daily work of the guard battalion.
The militia battalions were dispersed to various villages, and Suldak also provided more than twenty horses to the militiamen of the thirteen natural villages, so that the militiamen could patrol around the villages in time, and they could be in time when the bandits attacked the villages.
Report to the Wall Village Sheriff's Office.
Baron Suldak's cavalry battalion recruits young recruits.
As long as the recruits pass the assessment, they can serve in the cavalry camp in Surdak.
The news was like a letter with wings, reaching the ears of young people in each village one after another. It was a great blessing for the young people in the deserted land. Serving in the cavalry camp of Baron Suldak was destined to be a disaster.
They would become cannon fodder on the battlefield. Not to mention that Baron Surdak was the lord of the Desolate Land, all the natives of the Desolate Land were considered to be the subjects of Baron Surdak.
Just talking about the cost of setting up a cavalry battalion, a cavalryman must have war horses, armor, weapons and daily marching items. The total value of these things must be at least sixty or seventy gold. Naturally, such a large cost investment cannot be reduced to nothing on the battlefield.
cannon fodder.
Whether it is a cavalry battalion or an archer battalion, they will not be abandoned casually on the battlefield. This kind of recruitment of cavalry has never happened in the Deserted Land. No noble lord will make a special trip to a remote place like the Deserted Land.
Recruit cavalry.
Such news spread from Wall Village, and the villages in the deserted land became excited.
Young people in various villages who have not yet completed military service are preparing to join the cavalry battalion.
Almost at the same time, the news that Suldak led the cavalry battalion to eliminate sand bandits in the desert also spread like wildfire. Especially the veterans in the cavalry battalion entrusted some of the trophies to be brought to their families. At this time of winter and spring,
Villagers in almost all villages have to survive the long drought period in spring. Grains, cassava, wild vegetables, and grass roots are almost frequent visitors in the stomachs of the villagers. Therefore, some valuable trophies at this time are extremely precious, and at least they can be eaten by the family.
Live the most difficult days.
After some villagers came to Wall Village, they discovered that Surdak's victory in the desert was far more glorious than they thought. Horses, grain, and women were all crowded in this small mountain village. Although the deserted land
The population was less than 2,000, but it took almost an afternoon for the cavalry battalion to recruit 300 recruits.
Such a fast speed greatly exceeded the expectations of Suldak and the old village chief.
In order to reduce the pressure of population gathering in Woer Village, after obtaining 150 war horses, the Woer Village fleet was quickly established. The village currently has nearly 60 four-wheeled carriages. The old village chief ordered fifty four-wheeled carriages with a stroke of his pen.
The carriage followed Luke's road construction team into the depths of the deserted land to build cement roads. At present, the main cement roads Luke is building are almost the road network between Wall Village, Pussy Mountain and the Great Rift Valley.
In the past, the main force in building roads in the village were kobold slaves. Now some villagers in Huangbei who have no money to eat have also offered to the old village chief, willing to join the road construction team in the village, just for the two meals a day.
These villagers moved with Surdak's cavalry battalion from the northern part of the deserted land to Wall Village. Due to the limited arable land here, the villagers could not immediately be allocated fields to grow wheat. The rations they brought from the deserted north were not available.
There was not much. If you wanted to survive the dry season and settle down in Wall Village, you had to leave as much of these rations to your family as possible, so some of the strongest laborers chose to join the road construction team.
The villagers in the outer village were willing to work with Luke to build the cement road, and Suldak was not going to let them work in vain, so he discussed with the village chief Bright how much living allowance should be given to these villagers. The village chief Bright was also considering this matter.
, we couldn’t allow them to join the road construction team while their family had to starve in a tent outside Wall Village, so after much calculation, we decided to pay a monthly living allowance of ten silver coins.
If you use this money to buy grains, it will still be enough to feed a family, but it will only fill your stomach.
In this way, the village has to provide nearly ten gold coins as a living subsidy every month. The income from the Puyubaoshan sulfur mine is temporarily in the hands of the old village chief. It is not difficult for the village to come up with this money.
With the arrival of spring, the village's construction team will continue to build a five-level reservoir. According to Suldak's design, this reservoir will be composed of a low shallow pool, which will become a reservoir in the future.
The overflow pool in the rainy season will also become a large swimming pool in Wall Village in summer because the depth of the pool will not exceed one meter.
In addition to building a water reservoir, Suldak also plans to expand more rowhouse-style buildings along the rowhouses outside the village entrance to accommodate the villagers who migrated north to Wall Village.
In addition, these female prisoners of war who have been plundered from the desert can also increase the population base of Vol Village. However, if you want them to stay and cannot be slaves, they need to integrate into some families in Vol Village.
, this kind of thing will be rejected by the hostess of the family to some extent, and only the old village chief Bright is best suited for this job.
Surdak led the cavalry battalion to Bena City. The fastest way is to take the magic airship from Helensa City directly to Bena.
We also need to recruit magic airships in Helensa City. This matter cannot be solved in one day. If the construction team of Wall Village wants to continue to develop and grow, it must get out of the desolate land. Now it has
A good start, so Suldak was going to take Charlie to the city of Helensa to let him get to know his network of contacts in the city.
In this way, he could receive business from the nobles in Helensa City.
…
moonlight
silent night
Selena lay on the wooden bed like an Aries, her arms and slender legs wrapped around Suldak's body like an octopus. Her skin as white and as delicate as milk and her bronze skin covered with burn scars showed a distinct contrast.
comparison.
She gently scraped Suldak's slightly hard Adam's apple with her little finger. There were extremely fine dark lines under the skin. Selena would feel the throbbing in her soul every time she touched it.
Coercion.
In the night, her eyes were as gorgeous as sapphires, and her straight nose almost stuck to the side of Suldak's face.
She panted slightly, and her legs exerted a little force to resist Suldak's invasion.
"Take me to Bai Lin's plane, okay..."
She hugged her very tightly.
Surdak didn't expect Selena to make such a request.
Obviously, bringing Selina along will greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion, but the trouble is her identity. Such a formal expedition to the Bailin plane for a defense change mission, with an unidentified woman by his side, is a
Big trouble, she is still the apostle of the Dark Goddess. Although the Temple of Liberty has been completely lonely, such a heretical identity will still not be accepted by everyone.
What's more, the magical arts she is best at are basically related to the night, and it is easy for others to mistake her for a black magician.
The Green Empire Magic Guild spared no effort in attacking black magicians...
Just thinking about it gives me a headache. The Bailin plane is not a deserted place, so how to conceal one's identity is definitely the most troublesome thing.
"take me……"
Selena insisted.
Surdak pretended to think and said: "Let me think about how to conceal your identity."
Selena leaned into his ear and whispered: "Didn't you take Aphrodite to Bena City last time? How did you keep her away from the sight of those magicians? I will do the same.
Well hidden."
Suldak slapped his forehead hard.
"Well, I'm a little worried about leaving you in Wall Village. It's better to follow me to the Bailin plane."
Surdak compromised and said.
The next moment, Selena kissed her.
The moonlight enters the snow and falls through the glass window onto the bedroom floor...
…
On the first day of March, the warm westerly wind from the southern part of the Pai Plateau finally blew into the interior of Bena Province, blowing away the cold wind on the ice and snow tundra.
The thin layer of ice and snow covering the desolate land seemed to have melted most of it overnight, exposing large areas of red rocks and gray-white limestone, allowing the land to reveal its original appearance.
The snow on the surface is the last bit of water in spring, quietly seeping into the underground water veins of the desolate land, and is about to enter a four-month drought period.
This warm westerly wind only reaches Oak Ridge and is blocked by the mountains.
Surdak's cavalry battalion gathered at the entrance of Wall Village. Seven hundred and fifty war horses and 500 cavalry made this team appear unprecedentedly large. Surdak sat on the Gubo war horse, Andrew, Sami
La, Viru, and Charlie were riding horses on both sides of him, and the cannibal Gulitem was standing behind the crowd carrying a bone-crushing stick. Whether it was a war horse or Selina's white camel, seeing the cannibals
When the demons hit me, I would tremble all over.
As Suldak waved his hand, the cavalry vanguard quickly rushed towards the Paglos Pass, climbed over the pass, and quickly entered the rugged Oak Ridges of the mountain road.
Arrive at the city of Hiranza before sunset. It is impossible for a cavalry battalion of 500 people to enter the city directly. Suldak must submit an application to enter the city to the Hiranza City Hall and the Guard Camp General Assembly. At this time, the city gate
When it was about to close, Suldak asked Andrew to lead the cavalry battalion and station it in the woodland next to the hotel outside the city.
Entering the city of Hiranza with only Samira, Selena, Viru and Charlie.
Just after seeing a cavalry regiment coming outside the city, the city defense department of Hilanza City quickly received the news.
In the past two years, the gangsters had caused panic. When the guards on the city wall saw the cavalry battalion stationed next to the hotel, their hearts in their throats dropped slightly.
But the city defense guards still did not dare to take it lightly. When they saw several knights entering the city under the afterglow of the setting sun, the guards at the city gate realized that the one walking at the front was Baron Suldak. This time they were completely relieved.
They quickly moved the roadblock away, and Surdak and his party finally entered the city of Hiranza just before the city gate closed.
"Baron Suldak!"
The guards at the city gate saluted Surdak.
They didn't even ask about the identities of the four people behind Suldak. They just saw the white camel Selena was riding with a curious look on their face.