Today's Duodan Town has entered the lane of rapid development. The prosperous commerce in the town has driven the rapid development of surrounding agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, and mining. The town is not only building new residences in large areas, but also renovating old buildings.
Old residential area.
Surdak brought back a large amount of Warcraft materials from the Invercargill Forest, and once again became the goods that merchants in Dodan Town were competing for.
Businessman Malacom's Thunder Rhino Merchant Group is mainly responsible for transporting copper ingots from the copper mines, and is not very interested in the hard armor of the ghost-patterned soldier ants.
The large amount of hard armor hunted during this northern expedition was brought back to Dodan Town by Suldak and piled in the square in front of the military camp. The businessmen who got the news ran to the town one after another and passed Mrs. Luna.
Talk to Tax Officer Batra to get specific information about these Warcraft materials.
Some businessmen also approached Aung San. This aboriginal man was also considered a popular figure in the eyes of Viscount Surdak. He controlled a labor team of more than a thousand people, mainly responsible for undertaking various tasks in Dodan Town and the copper mine.
construction projects.
The Junior Warrior Academy in Dodan Town was also built by Aung San’s Labor Corps, with Baron Marin Martino responsible for the design and production.
The entire mound was filled with foundation stones of various sizes. The site looked very messy and even looked a little depressed after a few snowfalls.
The construction of the Junior Warrior Academy requires a large amount of stone, which is mainly supplied by the quarry in Dodan Town, but some exquisite marbles and statues are purchased in bulk from the Art Center in Wilkes City.
Unlike the Twin Goddess Temple, which was built quickly, the construction period of the War College took as long as two years. Most of the buildings are made of rocks. After the college is completed, it will be filled with a large number of artistic statues and reliefs.
Now the foundation of the college has been completed, and dense wooden frames have been built around the mound.
Rows of exquisite wooden houses have been built in the large open space between the Warrior Academy and Dodan Town. These wooden houses have been built all the way to the south bank of the Dodan River. These wooden houses are not even painted, and the original yellowish wood grain is exposed. Many wooden houses are actually
Businessmen who came to Dodan town to do business lived in it.
Surdak rode through this residential area and saw many four-wheeled carriages pulling bundles of firewood to sell to the residents here.
Smoke drifts from the chimneys of wooden houses, and you can smell the aroma of bacon and grilled fish when you stand on the street.
Children built some snowmen and castles on both sides of the street. A group of naughty children stood in the castle made of snow, throwing snowballs at pedestrians on the street. When they were discovered, they dispersed into the alley behind.
Escape.
The surface of the Dodan River had completely frozen into ice, which reminded him of the Janna mermaid named Siya. In such a cold weather, even if she was hiding in a wooden house, her life would not be easy.
Surdak stood in front of the gate of the Twin Goddess Temple on the north bank of the Dodan River. Today happened to be the prayer day for the residents of the town. Many residents came to the temple to pray to the goddess. This was also the most important thing for Selena, Nika and Xigna.
a busy day.
The bell rang in the temple to end the prayer, and a group of townspeople walked out of the temple side by side wearing thick coats. Everyone was wearing heavy clothes and chatting while walking, making a crunching sound on the snow on the ground.
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Surdak did not wear salamander skin armor. He casually put on a woolen cloak and walked leisurely through the snow to the temple backyard, just like an ordinary traveler, so that the townspeople did not notice.
The man standing in the snow in the courtyard is the mayor.
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When it was completely dark, the residential areas in the town turned on lights one after another, and the street lights were turned on one by one by night watchmen.
Selena slowly walked out of the temple with Xigna and Nika. They locked the door of the temple, turned around and walked along the riverside building towards the riverside wooden house.
Surdak then stepped forward and appeared in front of the three of them.
Seeing the white frost on Surdak's beard, Selena looked at Surdak in surprise and asked him:
"How long have you been waiting here? Why don't you come in when it's so cold?"
Her voice was soft and a little sweet, which made Suldak feel warm in his heart.
He walked closer and held Selena and Xigna in his arms.
Xigna broke away from Suldak's arms, looked up at Suldak's majestic side face, and said with some confusion: "Dak, I feel like you are a little different from before.
Already..."
Xigna's voice is still like a little milk cat.
"What's different?" Surdak leaned over and asked Xigna.
"I can't tell!" Xigna said, shaking her head hesitantly.
The four of them walked side by side along the riverside path. Selina stayed close to Suldak, raised her chin slightly and looked at him and asked: "I heard that the Northern Expedition did not go well?"
"It's okay." Suldak said with a slight smile.
"When we come back this time, will the Northern Expedition be over?" Selina asked with concern.
"It's over!" Surdak exhaled a breath of white air and said, looking at the river covered with thick snow.
Xigna cheered: "Ha, that's great..."
Three magic caravans were parked at the gate of the riverside cabin.
Surdak and his party came over.
Mrs. Luna, Tax Collector Batra and Aung San pushed their way out of their carriages, quickly walked out of the carriages, and faced Surdak, their eyes full of eagerness to talk.
Surdak looked around, then at the wooden house without any smoke and smoke, and hesitated before saying:
"Everyone hasn't had dinner yet! Let's go and find a warmer place to have something to eat together. By the way, I'll also hear about what you have gained during this period of time and what difficulties you can't solve."
Mrs. Luna and Tax Collector Batra quickly asked Suldak and Selina to board the magic caravan.
Aung San smiled and did not argue about it. He quickly returned to his magic caravan and let the magic caravan follow behind.
Tax collector Batra was sitting in the magic caravan and suggested to Surdak: "Then go to the newly opened barbecue restaurant in the town. The chef in that restaurant came from Bena City and his cooking skills are very good."
Surdak nodded and asked Tax Officer Batra: "Are there any financial problems in the town?"
"It's the end of the year, and some documents require your seal before they can be filed..." Tax Officer Batra said
"With such a warrior academy, does the town have great financial pressure?" Suldak asked again.
Tax collector Batra leaned forward and said to Surdak: "One-third of the project fee for the Junior Warrior Academy has been paid, and the quarry is basically paying on a monthly basis, so there is not much pressure.
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This newly opened barbecue restaurant in town is not far from the wooden house on the Suldak River. It is built on the west side of the central shopping street and south of the road. It is a one-story wooden building facing the street. The glass windows at the door are very clean. From the outside,
Through the glass window, you can see the chefs feeding skewers of barbecue into the huge oven, and there is a delicate aroma of fat floating outside.
This open design structure of the kitchen allows customers to see what is going on inside the store at a glance.
There were many customers eating in this restaurant in the evening, and there were even a dozen customers waiting in line at the door.
Tax Officer Batra got off the carriage first, and then asked Suldak, Selina, and Mrs. Luna to get out of the carriage. The waiter at the door seemed to know Tax Officer Batra. He quickly ran to the hall and asked the restaurant manager to come out.
The well-dressed restaurant manager respectfully invited everyone to a well-decorated private room inside.
This move inevitably caused the guests waiting in line to protest, but a waiter immediately came forward to appease him.
When the lobby manager introduced the restaurant's special dishes to Suldak, Surdak learned that the so-called specialty here was to use silver oak nuts as charcoal to grill the limestone iguana, a specialty of the Bena province...
No one was very interested in iguanas, so they just ordered some smoked fish and lamb shank.
While waiting for the appetizers, Surdak asked the three of them:
"Now, what do you want to tell me?"
Mrs. Luna coughed slightly, and then reported to Suldak: "President Buckley wants to apply for fifty hunting certificates for the Mercenary Union at the Chain Bridge Hunting Ground..."
Suldak snorted and said noncommittally:
"Tell him to come to me at the town hall tomorrow morning."
Hearing what Suldak said, Mrs. Luna knew that this matter was probably not going to work, and she couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards the president of the mercenary union.
At this time, Tax Officer Batra hurriedly came over and whispered: "Epson, the owner of the tailor shop, heard that the miners in the mine wanted to order uniform clothing, and the styles of the clothes sent were not approved. I would like to ask me to ask you..."
Surdak rarely bothers with such trivial matters recently. These trivial matters can basically be decided by the mine manager of the copper mine...
Surdak said: "What's there to know about this, Aung San? What kind of clothes would you wear if you were a jungle hunter?"
Aung San was at the dining table, using a silver table knife to handle a piece of fried meat. At this time, he quickly raised his head and said without thinking: "Of course it's leather armor, and we need to make some jungle camouflage."
Surdak asked again: "Batra, you are a tax collector, what kind of clothes do you usually wear?"
"Just wear it all. You can put a charcoal pen in the chest pocket, and you can also put the account book in the pocket..." Tax Officer Batra replied.
Surdak then explained to Tax Officer Batra:
"What the miners in the mine need is a kind of work clothes sewn from linen fabric that is tough and relatively cheap. The key point is that it is wear-resistant and practical, and it is also relatively high-quality and cheap. I don't want to see these miners wearing clothes that look like this."
That kind of pullover skirt made from a linen bag, with neither sleeves nor trouser legs, and anti-smash leather shoes. By the way, tomorrow you invite the shoe shop owner to come to my town hall."
Tax officer Batra nodded quickly and said, "I understand, I will bring him over in the morning!"
In addition to the tax collector Tobatra, the owner of the tailor shop, who asked Surdak about the detailed requirements for the miners' uniforms, several businessmen also asked the tax collector Batra to ask Surdak what to do with the Warcraft materials...
Surdak thought for a while and then said: "These Warcraft materials and frozen meat will be transported to Bena City. There is a leather goods trading house in Bena City that can process these hard armors, and the frozen meat will be sent to the free trade there.
Market, but the amount of materials shipped back this time is huge, and it is not impossible to do transactions with me. Businessmen who can produce ten recent tax payment receipts can come to the town hall to find me..."
Lady Luna and Tax Collector Batra got the answers they wanted from Surdak and shut up.
Aung San began to report to Surdak on the progress of the Junior Warrior Academy project, as well as the renovation of houses in the imperial immigrant residential area and the construction of residential areas on the south bank of the Dodan River.
In the past year, Aung San has transformed from an ordinary hunter to a small town builder. Not only has he created countless wealth for the indigenous people, but his own life has also undergone earth-shaking changes.
All of this probably happened after he worked as a guide for Surdak.
Not only Dodan Town, but also copper mines and canyon camps are represented by the Aung San Labor Group.
"Viscount Surdak, do you want to build a long wall on the southern cliff of the mountain stream?" Aung San looked up at Surdak and said respectfully: "This is a big project.
If you have such a plan, I will lead people to cut down the trees in winter and start construction next spring..."
Suldak put down the table knife in his hand, took a sip of sweet wine, and then said: "There is no need for a defensive wall now. You have a general understanding of the terrain over there. In fact, I have also had some considerations in the past few days.
We plan to establish a hunting ground in the area north of the Chain Bridge Camp and south of the Poison Swamp..."
Aung San did not expect that Surdak would adopt such a radical plan. He immediately thought that the Northern Expedition seemed to be a complete victory.
Thinking that the cavalry battalion under Suldak did have the ability to fight against the ghost-striped red ants, he said: "The hunting ground is a really good idea. Then I will build some wooden houses in the Chain Bridge camp..."
Surdak shook his head and said: "The focus of your next task is to lead the labor team down to the tribes."
He touched the clothes on his body, tapped the plates on the dining table with his fingers, looked up at the room in the restaurant, and said to Aung San: "We are going to gradually change the living conditions of the indigenous tribes. The initial stage is nothing more than
It means changing their food, clothing, housing and transportation."
"In the future, we will also allow children from the tribe to study in the Warrior Academy. Since they have become subjects in my territory, I have the responsibility to improve their lives."
Signa and Nika sat at the dining table with some restraint, looking at Suldak with admiration.
The candlelight reflected on their red faces, making their eyes sparkle...
It wasn't until the dinner was over and Suldak and Selina took Nika and Xigna back to the riverside cabin in a carriage that Selina asked Suldak in a low voice: "Can I ask those indigenous people in the future?"
The tribe passes on the teachings of the Dark Goddess?"
"certainly……"
Surdak looked at the hint of gold in Selena's eyes and immediately answered without thinking.
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Samira received a letter from Wozhimara City in the Maca plane. It was sent to Samira by the old nun in the asylum.
The general meaning is that they have received a large sum of money, so they are planning to renovate the house in the asylum and take in more children. This money will allow the asylum to maintain for a long time, so there is no need for Samira to continue to send money.
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The letter mainly said only this one thing, and the rest were various blessings from the children. Some wrote blessing words and their names on the letter paper, some drew some pictures, and there were also some small gifts and broken pieces in the envelope.
Small dolls with cloth heads, grasshoppers woven with grass leaves...
Samira sat in front of the bed in the attic of the garrison camp, her eyes became very soft under the moonlight...