Hathaway's first impression of Dodan Town was that it was just a very simple border town.
And there is nothing, no noisy opera house, no large auction house, no bustling shopping street, not even a decent restaurant.
Standing at the western end of the street and looking eastward, you can easily cross the long street and see the tattered plaque on the easternmost store facing the street.
She was willing to come here just to meet her fiancé Suldak, to know the real situation of his life here and to know a little bit of worries in her heart.
In fact, when Surdak led a battalion of miscellaneous cavalry into the Bailin plane, Marquis Luther was also a little worried.
When he suggested that Surdak join the Luther Legion, he had already prepared a cavalry team. The weapons and horses were standard equipment for heavy cavalry, and five hundred knights were also prepared.
Yes, they are knights who have received formal training at the Knight Academy and have official knight status.
They are not those cavalrymen who are civilians and only know how to fight on horseback.
Marquis Luther felt that if he sent it out, Suldak might not be too rare. He hoped that Suldak could personally propose it. Even if he revealed a little bit, he would hand over the prepared knights.
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Unexpectedly, Surdak actually used his own ability to build a cavalry battalion that was almost a motley army, and then happily entered the Bailin plane, pretending to be fearless.
Then Marquis Luther led the Constructed Knights to the Tarapagan area. Although he had no time to deal with this matter, he sent his most trusted follower, the Great Swordsman Chester, to the Bailin plane to take charge of the situation and ensure that Sur
Dak can have enough strength to face the beast tide.
Hathaway was very worried when she heard that a beast tide would break out here.
But then he received some gifts one after another. In the letter, Suldak told some interesting facts about Dodan Town, as well as some local specialties from the White Forest Plane. Hathaway's uneasy mood was relieved a little.
What shocked Hathaway and Beatrice the most was that Surdak brought back a large amount of hard armor from the Bailin plane, which completely changed Count Gophero's behavior. Beatrice and Surda
Gram's attitude.
The number of these hard armors is so huge that people can't help but make random guesses: What kind of cruel war would lead to harvesting so many hard armors?
That's why Hathaway and Beatrice took a long leave from the Foreign Affairs Bureau and came to visit Suldak.
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Hathaway and Beatrice lived in the town, and on the third day they started to establish a complete tax system for the town as Suldak said.
At the door of the town hall of Dodan Town, two ladies, Hathaway Luther and Beatrice Gofello, walked to the door and were immediately greeted by the acting mayor, Mrs. Luna, and the tax collector, Batra.
They saw the dignified and beautiful Miss Hathaway, who was wearing an exquisite long dress, revealing her delicate collarbones, and they warmly invited her to the town hall.
Tax Collector Batra even donated a separate room owned by the tax collector as a temporary office space for Hathaway and Beatrice.
"Miss Hathaway, Miss Beatrice, welcome you to Dodan Town." Mrs. Luna greeted the two women warmly.
She has followed Mayor Marco for so many years. Although she has no ability, she has a good eye.
"Commander Surdak has informed us that he hopes we can cooperate with the two ladies to establish a financial system in Dodan Town. If there is anything we need to do, just ask!" Tax Officer Batra saw Hathaway's magnificent appearance.
His emerald-like eyes became a little stuttering when he spoke.
Mrs. Luna glanced at Tax Officer Batra with a speechless expression, and continued: "This is Batra, our tax officer from Duodan Town. In the coming days, he will fully cooperate with you two."
Hathaway walked into the town hall and asked Tax Officer Batra very politely: "Tax Officer Batra, how many tax officers do you have?"
The receptionist at the front desk of the town hall quickly stood up and curtsied.
Tax collector Bartra followed Hathaway and stammered: "Only...only me."
Hathaway stopped and asked in the corridor with a surprised look on his face: "Is there only one tax collector in Dodan Town?"
Tax collector Batra hurriedly wiped the oily sweat on his face with a handkerchief, and his plump lips trembled a little. Hathaway Luther was the most noble man he had ever seen in his life. He wanted to show off to the best of his ability.
After seeing Miss Sevi Luther, she found that her legs were trembling.
He wanted to calm down, but found it difficult to do so.
He could only continue to stutter: "Actually, this is the case. In the past, our tax revenue was very small. Many nobles did not need to pay taxes when they were doing trade. At the same time, those commoners could not afford to pay taxes, so it was enough for me.
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He said truthfully: "Commander Surdak now requires all business groups in Dodan Town to pay taxes, so I have become very busy recently."
"In that case, the town must recruit some tax officers..." Hathaway said very ably.
Tax officer Batra quickly agreed.
It's just that the town is recruiting tax officers, which cannot be accomplished by Batra Tax Officer alone.
In addition, to establish a sound tax system, there must also be corresponding regulatory authorities. Someone must keep an eye on these tax officers. Otherwise, if they act recklessly like wild horses and pocket some tax revenue, they will definitely become the town of Duodan.
The largest borer.
Surdak hopes that the town of Dodan can become prosperous with the help of this beast tide.
If a small town wants to develop, it must have money.
After all, whether it is infrastructure costs, maintenance costs, or the salaries of town hall officials, these probably all rely on tax revenue.
Only when the town of Dodan develops and grows gradually can it gather more residents, so that he can have enough manpower to open up the Invercargill Forest.
Hathaway walked into the office that Tax Collector Batra had moved out, and sat on a chair. When she raised her head, she could see the majestic Thorny Mountains outside the window. The white snow on the peak was connected with the clouds, and countless Thorny stone pillars grew from the middle of the mountain.
When you come out, it looks like a thick piece of dead grass from a distance.
Beatrice took out the tax reports for previous years from the reference room, and the two young aristocratic ladies began to get busy.
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During this period, Hathaway and Beatrice only occasionally went to the military camp. They usually only sat in the small building for a while, had lunch with Suldak and then left by car.
Surdak will also go out of the city with the cavalry battalion to hunt ghost-striped red ants in the past few days. This tide of beasts is like a development opportunity for Dodan Town and an opportunity for the cavalry battalion to grow and develop. After all, when everyone resists the ants,
After the impact of the tide, you can wait for an opportunity to harvest some Warcraft materials.
Even though the huge amount of Warcraft materials has caused the hard armor to continue to depreciate in the magic market in Wilkes City, the enthusiasm for hunting ghost-marked red ants here continues to rise.
During the beast wave ten years ago, the Bena Legion was responsible for guarding the Thorny Mountains. At that time, almost all the wealth was divided between the Bena Legion and the merchants.
They didn't consider building this border town, and they didn't even think about how long they could stay here. They just thought that to block the tide of beasts and make a profit, the subsequent development of the plane area would require local noble lords to do these things.
Suldak wanted to build the town of Dodan, mainly because he wanted to add a large area of Invercargill Forest to the territory of the Green Empire, and his original purpose was just to occupy the two mines and become a mine owner.
The cavalry battalion has been cleaning up ghost-striped red ants in the hills and mountains for two consecutive weeks.
The ant colonies in the hills and mountains around the northern exit of Duodan Canyon are almost cleared. Many ant colonies are migrating to the east and west one after another. If the cavalry battalion wants to hunt a large group, it needs to go east along the Thorny Mountains.
After walking for a whole day, we entered the area on the north side of the mountain road in Plantos Town.
The mountain road was crowded with ant colonies of ghost-marked red ants. Surdak's cavalry battalion occupied the northern entrance of the mountain road and completely blocked the inside of the mountain road with the ghost-marked red ants.
After going through so many battles, Lance finally understood how unrealistic it was to rely solely on a mercenary team to hunt down the ghost-patterned ant queen.
The queen ants are always hidden in the deepest part of the ant colony, guarded by dozens of male ants that are larger than the magic caravan, and tens of thousands of soldier ants and worker ants surrounding them.
Only by the cavalry in the cavalry battalion charging continuously on the periphery and nibbling away the red ants on the edge of the ant colony can these ant colonies be finally digested.
Of course, if you can master large-scale attack magic such as meteors, fire showers, lightning waterfalls, and falling meteorites, you may be able to eliminate these ghost-marked red ants in an instant.
These cavalry are like a group of never-tiring war machines in the hills and mountains, always running alternate charges.
Regardless of the cavalry or the horses with hard armor, they are constantly fighting in this way. The merits of the cavalry are calculated according to the number of ghost-marked red ants they hunt.
Lance has seen the Constructed Knights of the Green Empire, as well as the heavy cavalry regiments of other legions.
Compared with the Constructed Knights in the Constructed Knights, the cavalry in the cavalry battalion still lacks some explosive power and lethality. The Constructed Knights do not use this cannibalizing tactic. They can directly charge for a few rounds and maybe be able to defeat them.
These ant colonies dispersed.
Compared with other heavy cavalry regiments, the cavalry in the Surdak Cavalry Battalion showed... full resilience.
Both cavalry and war horses possess extremely abundant physical strength.
In addition to having three second-level experts in the cavalry battalion, this may be the biggest advantage of the cavalry battalion.
Lance discovered that Surdak would always hold a blessing ceremony before going off to battle, and all cavalry and war horses would be baptized by the Holy Light before going into battle.
This kind of baptism of holy light can usually last for three days. Under the baptism of holy light, both strength and physical strength will be greatly improved, and the cavalry can fight tirelessly.
In fact, such battles are also an extreme physical exercise for the cavalry.
Frequently engaging in battles that exceed the physical limits of the body and possessing extremely good recovery power can continuously enhance physical fitness. This is how many veterans have the opportunity to be promoted.
Several magicians have already contributed a small amount of their achievements. In fact, there are more than a dozen ghost-striped ant queens hunted these days, and even high-level magic crystals have been harvested more than ten.
The cavalry battalion can be said to have achieved numerous results.
Of course, the magicians were not idle either. They also provided many magic scrolls for the cavalry battalion. Among them, Galena, a water magician, would lock herself in the wooden house almost all day long, drawing 'hydrotherapy'
Magic scroll, this kind of healing scroll is the most practical on the battlefield.
In addition, since Surdak contacted the indigenous tribe, he has successively hired more than a hundred young indigenous warriors from the indigenous tribe.
Surdak also exchanged some standard weapons for some low-level magic herbs from the indigenous tribes. Some of these magic herbs are silver leaf grass and kudzu root, which can be used to prepare secondary life potions.
This is also the real purpose of the glasses magician coming to Bai Lin's plane. Now, as a magic pharmacist without the support of noble lords and business groups, he wants to continue on the road of refining magic potions. I don't know if there is any way.
How difficult.
Magic herbs are almost in the hands of the great nobles and lords, and these things have rarely been leaked out.
So when other magic pharmacists want to refine magic potions, the most difficult thing is to get herbs. Now the spectacled magician has finally succeeded in making a secondary life potion, and he has picked out some swift grass from some herbs.
, made bottles of antidote.
This potion is simply too practical.
The cavalry fought against the ghost-striped red ants. The most difficult thing to defend against was that the red ants spit out acidic liquid. Now they have an antidote, which happens to be effective against this kind of acidic liquid.
At the beginning, the cavalry were very dissatisfied with the magician throwing fireballs at will during the battle, because the sparks from the fireballs always caused some accidents.
Therefore, the cavalrymen had strong objections to these magicians, but they were friends of the commander and respected magicians.
At best, the cavalry would not communicate and avoid silently...
But after Galena's 'hydrotherapy' magic scroll successfully healed the injured cavalry, everyone became enthusiastic about this beautiful female magician.
It was these secondary healing potions and detoxification potions in the hands of the spectacled magician that allowed the magician to make a comeback.
Later, the two sides came into more contact. Through mutual exchanges, Lance also found his position on the battlefield. Magicians often acted together with archers, but the role of magicians was much greater than that of archers. They provided microscopic information during night battles.
Lighting technique', pointing the way in battle...
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As Surdak's cavalry battalion opens up the situation in the hills and mountains, the mercenary group in Dodan Town often organizes operations to hunt red ants.
The mercenary group in the town harvested Warcraft materials, so more caravans and adventure groups gathered towards Duodan Town.
In just half a month, the hotels in the town were filled with outsiders.
Many adventure groups choose to rent houses in small towns. Duodan Town is not large, so many outsiders poured in, and the town was crowded in an instant.
Even this could not stop the enthusiasm of outsiders, there were still some caravans and adventure groups riding horse-drawn carriages into Dodan Town.
At the entrance on the south side of the town, the hard carapace of six ghost-patterned male ants are now placed side by side, making the outsiders who are new to the town look at them with suspicion...