Lord of Arcane

Chapter 425

Three days later, the sky above Linshui Village gradually turned cloudy, and the wind was also whistling. Everything indicated that the belated heavy snow finally came.

On this day, Xia Duo presided over the distribution of houses for the last batch of residents. So far, all the residents of Daxia have realized "home ownership". shelter.

Next, there is another small goal, which is "every family has a pot". Although the big pot meal in the cafeteria will not stop for a long time, it is good to have a pot at home, even if it is used to boil some water occasionally.

Xia Duo has already placed an order at the blacksmith shop in Savile Town, and all deliveries will be made next year. However, as the population of the territory increases, this order will gradually become a long-term order.

After allocating the houses, Xia Duo and Layton chatted while walking in the village, "Have all the supplies for the winter been distributed?"

"It's all been handed out. In addition to firewood, leather clothes, and blankets, each person also gave out two bags of steamed buns—heads."

When Layton said this new vocabulary originated from Chinese, he couldn’t always speak well, and his accent was still a little awkward. Xia Duo didn’t care, and continued:
"There will be a group of new residents coming soon. When the time comes, you can directly arrange accommodation for them. Appease the existing residents and don't let them discriminate against the new residents."

"Is it the Langas from the north?"

"Ah."

About two months ago, Xia Duo received a message from Mrs. Patty, saying that the people sent to the north were already on their way back, and there were two small tribes of Langas accompanying them.

When he got the news at that time, Xia Duo told Laiden, counting the time now, those people should be here soon, but I don’t know why there is no news at all during this period of time.

"By the way, does Dong Zhi have any opinion on assigning him in the Southern District?"

"No."

"very good."

Dongzhi's house was allocated relatively early. He originally thought that he usually needed to train and look after the hounds, so it would be more convenient to put it in the south near the barracks.

Now it seems that it was really a coincidence that he was allowed to live with his compatriots in Langas and help his compatriots integrate into the Daxia collar.

However, in the future, there may no longer be any distinctions between Langas and Nethers, let alone civilized people and barbarians. Here, there is only the name of Bactrians.

Before they knew it, the two had reached the brick kiln area.

Winter is coming, the land is gradually freezing hard, and the development of farmland outside the fence in Linshui Village has temporarily stopped a few days ago, but the wooden house making workshop and the brick kiln here have not stopped.

Approaching here, bursts of heat waves hit our faces, without the slightest breath of winter.

"Has there been any progress in the brick kiln recently?" Xia Duo asked Leiden.

"A few days ago, someone discovered a new kind of stone by the Linshui River. After making bricks, the effect of making bricks is much better than using ordinary stones."

Xia Duo remained silent. In fact, he was more inclined to use clay to make bricks instead of putting some stones in them. However, his idea was proved to be unfeasible after many attempts.

After all, the burning of bricks in the magical world can still be different on Earth, but considering the existence of spells such as [Turn Mud into Stone], theoretically, it should be feasible not to put stones.

It may be that certain conditions have not been met. In this regard, Xia Duo is going to study after he has learned the [Turn Mud into Stone] spell. For now, let's see how the leaders behave.

Just as the two were about to go to other places, Xia Duo suddenly received a prompt from Ta Ling, "Xia Duo, the agent—"

Without any hesitation, Xia Duo immediately ordered the tower spirit to conduct a guided teleportation. After returning to the Tower of Time, there was almost no pause, and the teleportation continued to the projection hall on the plane exploration layer.

"projection!"

But there was no response in the projection hall, and only then did Ta Ling's reminder continue to come, "Executor Xia Duo, the foreign affairs mage has sent news that the ship of the Slavin Chamber of Commerce has returned, and there is a ship of Langas on board."

Langas?

Xia Duo realized that he was too excited. There was no news from the projection plane in the past two months. He was a little impatient. As soon as he received the reminder from Ta Ling, he couldn't wait to send it back, for fear of missing the short projection window of the projection plane.

Fortunately, it is not bad to know that his new leader has arrived.

When he came to the port, Xia Duo saw Fleck, the president of the Slavin Chamber of Commerce, standing on the trestle bridge from a distance, but his expression seemed not very good now.

Next to them were two middle-aged men who looked like they were in charge. One of them lowered his head, as if he had just been reprimanded, while the other was a little further away from them, as if unhappy.

Although only the ship of the Slavin Chamber of Commerce went north this time, in fact, several other chambers of commerce also contributed. The most important thing is that each of them sent a mage guard. Among them, Mrs. Patty's Liadon Chamber of Commerce , also provides an additional communication instrument, which can transmit messages from the north to the south.

Looking at the situation now, needless to say, Xia Duo also knew what might be going on, and he hoped that his new subjects would not be affected.

……

"President Fleck!"

"Ah, Master Xiaduo, why are you here?!"

"Is this trip going well?"

"smoothly!"

Xia Duo could see that Fleck was somewhat insincere, but he didn't continue to ask, it seemed that it had nothing to do with his new subjects.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two boarded the ship together, and the two stewards followed.

When he arrived on the boat, Fleck turned his head and said heavily: "Bourne, why don't you introduce the situation to Lord Xiaduo!"

"Yes, yes, president." Bourne knew that he had lost the mage in this trip. Even if the president was his brother-in-law, it was impossible for him to pass the test easily. The chamber of commerce was not owned by his brother-in-law alone. It must also be accountable to other contributors.

Now his hope is pinned on Lord Xiaduo. If Lord Xiaduo can be satisfied, he may be able to avoid this hurdle. Thinking of this, Bourne couldn't help but glanced at his brother-in-law gratefully, and then talked about the situation with emotion. The experience of the second trip to the Northland——

"My lord, we visited a total of seven Langas tribes this time, but in the end only one Kadun tribe agreed to join the Great Xia Territory."

"Wait." Xia Duo suddenly realized something was wrong, "Didn't you send back the news that there were two tribes? Why is there only one?"

Bourne was not surprised that Lord Xiaduo noticed this. When they sent back the news before, there were indeed two tribes. It's just a message back that someone has been found and is returning.

Now Lord Xiaduo asked, Bourne immediately explained, for fear of causing the Lord's dissatisfaction:

"My lord, autumn and winter are often the seasons of fighting and merging among Langas tribes. The tribe that was agreed before had disappeared when we informed them when we returned, and now the Kadun tribe, at that time The situation is also very urgent, and it was almost wiped out."

"..."

Xia Duo's understanding of the Langas people is limited to a few words from the book, and the narration of the Langas man Dongzhi in the territory. Judging from the "Blood Trial" and the annexation of the tribes, the Nethers called them " savages", and they are not wronged.

Of course, the Nethers are not as civilized as they think.

(End of this chapter)