Chapter 228 The feng shui of this place is not good and needs to be changed (14)
From Silver Moon Castle all the way north to Crescent Town, it takes about one day to ride a fast horse, and if you use an ox cart to transport goods, it takes two days.
In Huangshui Highlands, 150 ox carts, 60 mid-level Silver Moon Rangers, 300 mercenaries, and more than 20,000 accompanying civilians are already an extremely powerful force.
Not to mention ordinary thieves, not even the baron dared to make up his mind.
Of course, if Fubos went crazy and brought the Silver Moon Second Legion who were willing to go crazy with him, he would be able to kill them all, but this was obviously impossible.
So, the journey was uneventful.
At three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the convoy arrived at Crescent Town safely.
To be more precise, we arrived at the original location of Yuehui Town.
As the convoy entered the surrounding area of the town, Rosen began to carefully observe the former Moonlight Town.
This place was burned to scorched earth due to war, and then a new town was built on top of the scorched earth. As a result, the new town was burned to rubble again.
Seeing her like this, Rosen simply gave her his flower staff in exchange for the Holy Spirit Dagger.
After looking at the map for a few times, his gaze was fixed on the right side of the map. Ten miles east of Yuehui Town, there was a winding river that passed through the mountains and forests.
"There is no major road at present, but there are mountain roads and the terrain is not undulating. Oxen carts should be able to pass there without any problem."
Gaius is a magistrate, a talent recruited by Harric.
"Very good, next, you send people to the surrounding villages to make announcements as well."
Rosen's heart trembled, and he knew that he was a little careless. After all, this was not the Silver Moon Castle where the count protected him.
Rosen and Thrandis stood side by side on the top of the mountain.
They looked at the convoy, most of them were curious, but more of them were frightened.
"Mayor of the town." Gaius couldn't finish his words.
His future work will be to explore the terrain near Crescent Town, measure the land, divide farmland for farmers, and confirm the boundaries of each family's farmland.
"My dear, I will focus on surveying the terrain next, and I have to rely on your protection."
There are a few people with a hint of greed in their eyes.
Rosen was delighted: "What a good place to build a dam."
Rosen then reached out and grabbed Gaius' arm: "Let's go directly to the river to have a look."
After flying for a few seconds, a figure quickly followed, but it was Thrandis wearing a neat leather armor.
After saying that, he activated his flying technique and took Gaius into the sky, quickly flying towards the Moon Creek.
"In short, I can't see a decent one, but all those with some ability have run away."
After hearing the noise outside, the residents in the shed ran out to watch. They were all old people, children and disabled people, but no healthy young men and women were visible.
Thrandis looked around, wary of his surroundings.
As for sending soldiers for protection, it is also necessary. There are rebels in the mountains to the north, and these rebels must have spies among the old, weak, women and children.
"Yes, Mayor." Crier Ola turned around and went to make arrangements.
"But in this case, it's a bit far from the mine."
"There is a dry season for half a year every year, but during the flood season between spring and summer, it is easy for flash floods to occur with shocking destructive power."
This sentence is meant for every citizen in the territory, especially for the rebels in the mountains.
Harrick shouted to the crowd.
At this time, Harrick came and asked: "Mayor, do you want to start unloading the truck?"
"ah?"
"Ola~ Crier Ola~ Go to the shack and read the announcement to the townspeople. Knight Hamil, you send a team of soldiers to protect him."
"I understand, you go and rest."
The ruins are very large, about six to seven hundred meters in radius, and are basically wooden buildings.
Rosen thought it was good. In his opinion, as long as the water volume is sufficient, it doesn't matter if it is unstable. Dams can be built to adjust it.
He nodded and said, "Okay."
"Uh okay."
He thought for a moment, turned to Xia Bolay, who was chatting with the rangers, and shouted: "Uncle, I'm going to take a look nearby. Please pay attention, be careful of rebel sneak attacks."
'The Iron Arm Brotherhood has quite a few spies.'
"Okay~"
In Rosen's opinion, this project is not big at all, and it does not even have high technical content. A gravity dam can be built using only compacted loess, not to mention the help of petrochemical technology.
"Gaius, come here and bring the map of Crescent Town."
"This is not far from the origin of the river. The river flow is small, the river channel is narrow, and the terrain on both sides of the river channel is complex."
After the meeting, the bailiff Grimman came back first and reported the details of the town to Rosen.
Gaius was shaking violently. He finally overcame his fear and carefully looked at the terrain below.
However, due to lack of care, there were more weeds than crops in the fields. The crops grew so thin and weak that it was difficult to survive, so there was no need to think about the harvest.
Before Gaius could say anything, he pulled him up and flew into the air again. He flew downstream for 10 miles and finally landed on a fairly open and flat plain.
Bare and blackened tree stumps can be seen in the grass. Many of the stumps are not completely dead, so many new branches have grown.
"this?"
The ruins have been deserted for more than a month, and the charred ruins have been covered with a layer of green weeds.
As for Griemann, as the magistrate, his main job is to collect statistics on the specific situation of the people in his territory, and he will also be responsible for managing population-related matters in the future.
"What if we build a dam upstream and a diversion canal downstream, release floodwater along the canal in spring and summer, and store water in autumn and winter?"
Charbolet waved his hand to express his understanding.
There are no rivers around here, so any transportation work must be done by animal power. Irrigation of farmland is even more of a big problem.
"Yes, Mr. Rosen."
"Uncle, our Crescent Town is built here. It's about thirteen miles away from here. It's too late today. Let's continue on our way early tomorrow morning."
After looking around, he was satisfied and returned to the convoy with Gaius without landing.
For example, which family gives birth to a baby, which family gets married, and which family dies, he will register it and report it to the local temple.
"I have a preliminary idea, but I need to conduct an on-site inspection. It will be done soon. Uncle, please let everyone rest where they are first, and by the way, find a camping spot where it is safe to spend the night."
He immediately asked Gaius: "What's the water volume of this river to the east?"
Gaius stepped on the solid ground with his feet again, his legs softened, and he sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.
After all, guarding the mines for Silver Moon Castle is a major obligation of the lord of Crescent Town to Silver Moon Castle and cannot be neglected.
The implication is that this river is not easy to use.
It's like being cursed by an evil god with bad luck.
Rosen watched for a while, then turned and waved to a young man in his twenties.
The group of people took the order and left.
After looking around the shack, he looked at the mountains and forests surrounding the ruins.
Rosen then began to focus on observing the moon stream in front of him.
After Rosen recovered, he pointed to the scorched land around him and said, "What do you think of Crescent Town being built here?"
But that's not the point.
"Mayor, the recruitment announcement has been announced and everyone clearly understands the content of the recruitment announcement. But no one seems to be interested. Everyone says you are lying."
"Oh~ This should be possible, but this is a big project."
After looking at it for a while, he spoke.
"The core sentence is: take care of food and housing, and the salary is 1 Cray a day. You must spread this sentence to the ears of everyone in the New Moon Leader."
This situation was expected by Rosen.
Rosen opened the map and glanced at it casually.
"Ah? Where is it built?" Harrick was stunned for a moment.
Thrandis bowed to Rosen as if joking, and said with a sweet smile: "As you command, Lord Mayor."
At this time, Rosen's mana was still about 40%, and Thrandis's was still 90%, which was almost as if he was overheated.
In the woodland near the ruins of the town, there are a large number of fields that have been simply cultivated, and many of them are planted with crops.
So, the three of them flew eastward.
"Mr. Mayor, this is a good place. The only problem is that once there is heavy rain in summer, flash floods will break out in the upper reaches and wash away all the way down, easily inundating the land."
Harrick is only responsible for specific government affairs, and the overall direction depends on Rosen. Whatever he tells us to do, we will do it.
"Don't unload it yet, our Crescent Town will not be built here."
"Now the recruitment announcement can be sent out, and we will follow the plan we have discussed."
When he returned to the convoy, the young man was still a little reluctant to leave.
"I will."
She said: "Together, we can take care of each other."
It must have taken a lot of effort when it was first built, and many people must have had expectations for a better life.
"Of the remaining 136 people, 30 are children under 10 years old, and 70 are men with physical disabilities, either lame, severely hunched, or suffering from brain problems."
The terrain of the original site of Yuehui Town is flat, the view is relatively wide, and it is not far from the mine, but it also has huge shortcomings.
There are six to seven thousand able-bodied men and women, it would be a pity not to use them to cultivate the land.
The nearby mountain forest was burned to the ground, and within the visual range, there was a stretch of rolling grassland.
On the edge of the ruins, you can also see many simple huts scattered here and there.
Gaius came back to his senses and began to carefully look at the surrounding terrain. After looking around, he looked at Rosen again and hesitated to speak.
"As long as it's possible."
"Want to see the sky?"
The two flew high into the sky and looked at the stream and the surrounding terrain from a distance.
With the experience of flying a few times before, Gaius got used to it a little, and actually enjoyed it a little while flying.
After a while, the crier Ola also came back.
"Sir, this is a map left by the previous local magistrate. It is not very accurate and can only be used reluctantly."
Rosen nodded to express his understanding. In fact, he had seen this picture before and had a new idea.
He felt that the geomantic omen of Yuan Yuehui Town was not good, and there was no future for the town to be built here.
Not only was it not enough to look at one place, but he also followed the stream up and down for more than twenty miles before returning to Gaius.
"Mr. Mayor, please inform me in advance next time so that I can be prepared."
Rosen was not idle either, and together with Harrick, he called together more than a dozen political officials and began to discuss a detailed plan to build the town.
It was early autumn. The water surface of Yuexi River at the foot of the mountain was about ten meters wide. The water flow was fast and the water made a loud splash. The water quality was slightly turbid, but the stones on the bottom of the river could be vaguely seen, indicating that the stream was not deep.
"Mayor, there are only 536 people in the town, and there are 289 elderly people over 50, accounting for more than half. There are more than 120 women under 50 years old, but they are all over 35 years old, ugly in appearance, and have some diseases.
"
These days, farmers are basically illiterate, so there must be a special announcer with a loud voice to read documents to the farmers.
"Okay."
Rosen only needs to come up with an overall idea and let them solve the problem, while Rosen only needs to coordinate resources in the middle.
He picked up the map, drew a circle on the map with a charcoal pen, and found Harik among the crowd.
Gaius walked up holding a large scroll.
"Yes." Gaius swallowed, with uncontrollable horror in his eyes.
It's a pity that the reality is cruel and all the longings have been blown away by the wind.
Rosen immediately satisfied his idea and took him flying to an altitude of several hundred meters to look down.
Gaius shook his head: "This is a tributary of Hanshui River, called Yuexi."
"Okay." Harrick turned around and went to make arrangements.
Borrowing the perspective adjustment from the adventure log, Rosen saw everyone's expressions in his eyes and secretly sneered in his heart.
"Alice, let's look up and down the river."
Harrick looked at the map carefully, scratched his head, and asked, "There seems to be no way to get here, right?"
In the past, Yuehui Town relied on pyroxene mines and relied on outsourcing for most of its food, but things are different now.
With so much extra land, if used properly, many, many people can be fed. Even without pyroxene mines, they should be able to live well.
He found that most of the sides of the stream were high mountain walls, which just outlined an irregularly shaped valley.
"Tribune Griman, you should also go along and make a good count of the town's remaining population."
"It was a bit far in the beginning, but it will get better soon."
The so-called planned plan is the strategy used to deal with the Iron Arm Brotherhood.
This aspect is not his expertise, but it is the expertise of these officials.
Have to change.
About 5 minutes later, the three of them were standing on the top of a low mountain next to Yuexi River.
In the sky, Gaius felt a strong wind coming, and there was nothing underneath him. The earth was retreating rapidly. He felt both excitement and fear, and he couldn't help but scream.
Rosen turned around and continued discussing work with other administrative officers.
Just when he was too busy to drink water, several vague figures appeared on the hillside in the distance.
These people wore dry white leather armor that was the same color as the ground. They were also covered with a lot of weeds, and their body outlines completely blended into the surrounding grass.
They lay on the ground and quietly watched the motorcade in the distance for half an hour before quietly retreating.