Some news has started to circulate in Wilderness Village recently, and everyone has been talking about it in the tavern for almost a week.
It is said that further south of the village, there are often one or two huge black bears roaming nearby.
People who are unfortunate enough to encounter them will not be harmed by them. Some villagers will be watched by these black bears when they return to the village when they return late at night.
Some people say that these bears were sent by God to protect kind villagers like them.
Some people say that these bears actually want to attack the wilderness village and are looking for an opportunity.
In short, the rumors were getting more and more outrageous. At first, Allen didn't want to tell the villagers about Beorn and his family helping to guard.
After all, the bear is a very ferocious beast. Allen was afraid of causing panic among some villagers. Now that he is better, he is still panicking.
Allen had no choice but to summon the villagers and tell them that these bears were indeed protecting them and were very good friends of Wilderness Village, so they should not worry.
After the villagers heard what Allen said, the rumors that the black bear was preparing to attack the wilderness village disappeared.
As a result, the story that Allen and Black Bear had to tell became more intense in the tavern, and even the three recovered dwarves joined the discussion.
Yes, the three dwarves finally recovered. After learning that there was a dwarf blacksmith in the village, Artiman built a blacksmith shop near the Anduin River.
But this is just an empty shelf. Allen can still provide bellows, anvils, hammers, clamps and even pig iron, but fuel and stoves cannot be provided by Allen, so the first thing Frey did after taking office was to build various
This kind of stove is used for melting iron and burning charcoal.
Fortunately, Frey is an all-round expert in blacksmithing, so none of these things are difficult for him.
And the large net mixed with bright silver metal was also dismantled by Fording and the others.
Frey told Alan that the metal mixed in it was mithril, which was the best metal that the dwarves could find in Middle-earth. After melting it, it was as big as two fists.
If Allen is willing, he can use these mithrils to make a set of chain armor for Allen, which contains the unique skills of dwarves. The armor produced is not only very light, but also extremely strong.
After thinking for a while, Allen did not agree to Frey's suggestion.
Allen had a vague feeling that these mithrils might be of greater use in the future.
He didn't know why he felt like this. He always felt that he might have a little inspiration, but he could never catch it all.
Soon other things took up most of Alan's time.
Since the rumors spread that the Wilderness Village was sheltered by a huge black bear, many forest residents came to the Wilderness Village to confirm this fact, and they all began to move closer to Allen's village.
A considerable number of people are loyal to Allen and hope to be protected by Allen.
There are also some people who just moved to the vicinity of the wilderness village and are watching.
Not counting these forest dwellers who have moved to nearby areas, the population of Wilderness Village now exceeds 2,000.
Allen learned from the new villagers that they all came from the south of Wilderness Village, or to be more precise, the southern part of the Black Forest.
The evil forces there are getting stronger and stronger, and many villagers often see large and unusual spiders in the forest, which were not common in the past.
Some villagers said that a long time ago, they saw pale-skinned orcs riding white wolves under the moonlight, leading the wolf cavalry to wander in the wilderness. They did not know what they were looking for, but they never stepped into it.
Passed Beorn's inspection range.
Allen knew that this was the evil power of Dol Guldur, and that pale orc should be Azog. This guy should often travel between Moria and Dol Guldur, manage his own territory, and provide gifts to his master Sauron.
Flattery.
But from the looks of it, Azog probably has no intention of attacking the Wilderness Village in a short period of time. It is obvious that Sauron has given him a more important task.
Allen's current strength is not weak. If all members are gathered, they can recruit more than 600 warriors.
Although most of them are forest dwellers, their weapons and equipment are not particularly good. If it is just an ambush or defensive battle, their fighting is still fine.
Frey has also been using the trophies of the orcs to build some simple weapons, but it is not enough to arm everyone in a short time, let alone armor. It is very slow to make this thing, and it is even slower to make it sophisticated.
Another biggest problem is that Allen's village has almost no walls.
Although the wooden fence has been reinforced and expanded, it is still made of wood and does not have the advantage of height, so it is difficult to prevent a large number of orc attacks.
And not every Orc commander is as stupid as the last one.
Putting aside the racial issue, Azog's commanding ability is very strong, and he can command an army of tens of thousands of orcs.
Allen felt that he could not underestimate him. According to the development speed of Wilderness Village, he might have to fight Azog before the Battle of Five Armies.
Moreover, Allen now has a lot of extra labor force, and they cannot all be released to reclaim wasteland. This would make it too difficult to guard the villagers.
Allen felt that it was time to build a higher, thicker, and wider defensive wall.
This order was recognized by everyone at the meeting in the lord's longhouse, but the problem was also placed in front of everyone.
That is, there are no stones around the Wilderness Village, but there are many in the Misty Mountains. However, transporting stones from dozens or even hundreds of kilometers away to build the city wall, regardless of whether it is dangerous or not, is a cost that Allen simply cannot afford.
After everyone discussed for some time, Yatiman came up with another idea, which was to use wood.
At this time, Yatiman was talking eloquently in the meeting. When he spoke, he always had a feeling of being proud and proud, and he felt like he was the only one who could do anything else.
"When I traveled in Nord before, I found that many towns and castles in the Kingdom of Nord used wood to build their city walls. They buried logs five or six meters long side by side in the soil, and then used iron inside.
Fix nails, wooden boards, wires and other objects together, arrange them in two rows, and then place soil between the two rows of wood. This construction is much faster and less labor-intensive than using stones."
Speaking of this, Yatiman looked at Allen.
He held his head high and said: "Lord Allen, I have studied relevant knowledge in detail in the Kingdom of Nord. Although I have not joined for a long time, please believe in my loyalty and my ability. I will definitely
Complete this matter as quickly as possible.”
Allen had never doubted Artiman's loyalty and ability. He was just thinking about a question: Do you really want the wood to be obtained from the black forest? Will the woodland elves come to trouble him? Allen thought again.
, there is so much wood in the Black Forest, it shouldn’t be a problem to use some for yourself, and I have never heard of Ents in the Black Forest.
Allen remembered again that there was a place called Donglin Bay to the east of the southern end of the Black Forest. That place was carved out by humans cutting down trees. If they were all fine, would he be fine too?
Allen sat in his seat and was confused.
At this time, Fording, who was invited by Allen as an exception, suddenly spoke: "Actually, you can use bricks. After all, the defense of city walls made of wood is not high. If you use bricks, the strength will not be worse than ordinary stones. It just so happens that I know this skill."
For craftsmanship, there is no shortage of suitable clay near the wilderness village. In order to repay your life-saving grace, I am very happy to help."
Okay, now Allen is even more confused. Both options have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Using wood is fast. Although wood requires certain processing, it has a large area and must be built very quickly. The disadvantage is that the defense is indeed not as good as a stone or brick city wall.
If you use bricks, the defense strength will indeed be greatly improved, but the speed will definitely be slower than that of wood;
Allen thought about it for a while and decided not to worry about it, he wanted it all.
Allen looked at Yatiman and said: "Yatiman, you first design the corresponding drawings. My requirement is that it is enough for three thousand to five thousand people to take refuge within the city wall, and there is enough space to store a large amount of
Supplies and water sources, as for construction methods, I think both can be done at the same time."
Allen looked at Fording again and said politely: "I would like to trouble you about the firing of city bricks. On behalf of all the members of Wilderness Village, I would like to thank you for your help."
Fording waved his hands quickly and said: "It should be done, and I am happy to serve you."
Allen then said to Artiman: "I'll leave it to you how to use these materials. I can currently give you a labor force of 700 people. You can build the city wall according to your own ideas. You can list the tools you need.
Give me the list and I will get it done for you as soon as possible. I only have two requirements. The first is to do it quickly, and the other is not to treat the villagers too harshly."
After hearing this, Artiman nodded excitedly. He thought that if he built this city wall well, he would not only be able to gain a firm foothold in Allen's team, but he might also be able to leave his name in history. This would be very important to Artiman.
For such an engineer, the temptation is quite great.
Jamila stood up and said with an embarrassed expression: "Sir, if you want to recruit so many people, the food will not be particularly sufficient. If it is only the first few hundred people, our current food is indeed enough, because
The villagers coming later are currently taking care of it on their own, but if you want to recruit another 700 people and perform high-intensity labor, our food will be exhausted soon."
There were only more than 500 villagers and soldiers in the wilderness village at the beginning. These people either came here completely, or the village was destroyed by the orcs. Allen has always been responsible for their food and clothing problems. This situation will
Lasts until autumn.
The forest residents who later came to Allen ate all the food they had stored, which was enough for them to eat until the harvest festival (late September or early October).
The environment of the wilderness village has a river to the west and a forest to the east. In seasons like summer, villagers can easily obtain extra food.
It would be different if villagers were to be recruited. Allen would have to be responsible for feeding and clothing at least 1,200 to 1,500 people.
Allen calculated carefully. If he used the simulator to buy enough food to last until the harvest festival,
...It actually requires tens of thousands of dinars (fifty people need ten dinars a day, and fifteen hundred people need nine thousand dinars a month. There are at least four months left between summer and autumn. How many dinars are there?
Wan should be right).
Allen had a headache. He still had a lot of dinars left, probably more than 90,000. It looked like a lot, but he didn't expect to use it up so quickly.
"The city wall must be built, and the money will be spent. I am not a miser like the dwarves."
Allen thought as he glanced at Fording quietly, but he didn't expect to be discovered by Fording.
Fording was a little confused as to why this young leader looked at him since he couldn't get food.
Allen, who had made up his mind, said to Jamila: "No problem, I will solve the food problem. Just go down and prepare. I hope everyone can get started tomorrow."
After speaking, he glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, do you have any questions?"
"Then the meeting is over."
Everyone left the lord's longhouse one after another.
Alan, lying in his bedroom, felt that he might have a financial crisis, and began to debate whether to conduct a simulation again.
After resting for more than half a month, Allen felt that his mental state was almost better, but he was afraid that if his recovery was not complete enough, problems would arise.
After struggling for a long time, Allen gave up and felt that he still needed to take a good rest and wait until he fully recovered.
Allen said melancholy on the bed: "Choice is the biggest difficulty in life."
"Sir, do you have any orders??"
Alleyn, who slept next to Allen, asked loudly.
"It's okay, go to sleep."
In response to Allen, Allen closed his eyes.
Since the last meeting, Wilderness Village has entered an unprecedentedly busy stage.
Yatiman led the villagers to start building roads. Transporting wood could not be carried entirely by people, it required the cooperation of horse-drawn carriages.
Fording is also planning a brick-burning site and brick kiln.
Fatis and Bandak's guard work has become even busier, and Jamila is also doing her best to do logistical work.
Even James took his apprentices on the field. During the work, villagers often bumped into each other and received some minor injuries.
Kress...Kress often plays without finding anyone.
Allen was free again.
Everyone knows that after Allen fell asleep for nearly a day last time, his mental state was not very good.
Although everyone doesn't know the reason, they are all very considerate of Allen. After all, there is no one more important than Allen in this village.
Allen collapsed and there was no designated heir. The village didn't know what would happen when the time came.
Faced with such a situation, Allen didn't want to look like an outsider, so he often took Alleyn to appear in front of the busy villagers.
Ask them what their needs are and whether they have encountered any problems at work. If there are any problems, Allen will solve them as soon as possible.
For example, some villagers said that they were vegetarians every day and wanted to eat some meat, so Allen would arrange meat-based meals for them every now and then.
For another example, some villagers suggested that after work, they wanted to drink some wine to relieve themselves. Allen bought some malt liquor and took some time to give them some to drink, but the requirement was that drinking it during work was absolutely not allowed, and it was absolutely not allowed.
There are instances of drunkenness and rioting.
Of course, during this period, Allen would often take Alleyn to visit Beorn to improve his life.
The place where Beorn lives has been built in style. There is already a prototype of a manor. It is obvious that it is very comfortable to live in. Allen is a little envious.
However, it is not all good things. Because of Beorn's help in guarding, there are no orcs around the wilderness village, but there are often orcs on the other side of the river.
They would even appear during the day and shoot arrows across the river in an attempt to kill busy villagers to provoke Allen.
In Allen's view, they were simply seeking death.
Allen stood on this side of the river and used the war bow in his hand to kill many orcs who challenged him.
This situation lasted for a long time. Finally, after hundreds of people died and learned a bloody lesson, these orcs learned the lesson and no longer appeared on the bank of the river, but secretly observed in the dense forest.
Wilderness Village.
Allen was helpless to deal with this phenomenon and could only let them watch.
Time passed like this little by little, and the construction of the city wall moved forward little by little. Allen, who wandered around the village every day, also recovered his mental state little by little.
This kind of life continued until one morning, when some unusual guests came to the entrance of the wilderness village. They were a group of elves who claimed to be from the Woodland Kingdom.