That's very badass

Chapter 79
Looking at the sea in front of him, Roland came up with the idea of ​​drying sea salt, but this land does not belong to humans, so there are certain risks.

The collection of sea salt is more complicated than other salts, but it can retain more trace elements in seawater, can instantly stimulate and retain the original taste of ingredients, fresh and delicious.

Salt has represented wealth since ancient times. Since there is no ocean near the Kingdom of Rhodes, it only relies on salt wells and salt mines in various places. Leaving aside the taste, the price of salt has remained high because of the low output.

If sea salt can be obtained from here, then the hole that needs money for the development of the territory can be filled.

It's just that the production process of sea salt is complicated, the production cycle is long, and the production cost is high; and because of the different places of production, the quality of sea salt also has many differences.

The most famous of these is the 'Lutaichang', which is now the Hangu Saltworks.

According to historical records, 'Lutaichang' was first built in [-] A.D. (the third year of Tongguang in the later Tang Dynasty). The raw salt produced is white and transparent, and of pure quality. It is known as 'Lutai Jade Sand' and is listed as a tribute salt.

The methods of obtaining it include boiling salt and sun drying. Considering the distance, the boiling salt method was abandoned; but sun drying is also for the same reason. This place is too far away from human control areas.

However, opening canals and diversion can solve the above two problems, but it also involves certain risks and requires a lot of manpower and material resources to carry out.

Thinking of this, Roland thought of the erosiveness of wind and sand. There is no need to worry about the Hengduan Mountains, but if the hole is not dealt with, it may slowly erode Roland's territory, from small to large.

This is the situation when a thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest.

Roland put this matter aside for the time being, and planned to investigate the surrounding situation first.

The farther you get from the coast, the less dry land there is, and the less grass dies.

Roland and the others discovered many abandoned gathering points along the way. The wooden strongholds seemed to have experienced a period of fighting; there were also many corpses of orcs and gnolls scattered among them; judging from the architectural style and height, This is a tribe of gnolls.

The blood on the ground had solidified and turned black. Roland came to the campfire and touched it, and found that it had completely cooled down. What happened here had been more than a day.

It seems that the desertification of the land has seriously affected the ethnic groups on this land, and they have begun to fight each other.

What Roland was most concerned about was the situation of the orcs, but he passed by several gathering points, but found no trace of the orcs. It seemed that this was where some other alien races lived.

Judging from the marks on the ground, the grass here is still crisp, but most of it has been eaten by animals.From this point of view, the reason for the imminent desertification here is not only due to climate change, but also from the inducement of destructive grazing.

Roland looked at the angle of the sun in the sky and found that there was still a certain amount of time before it got dark.After replenishing water and food for people and horses, they plan to rest here for a while.Afterwards, everyone dispersed, and made a good investigation to see if there were any threatening tribes nearby.

The development of the territory requires money, and salt is a daily necessity. If the quality of the sea salt dried here is high enough, it will become a pillar industry in the future.

"After the break, everyone spread out and went back to explore, in groups of two and two, and we rushed to the entrance of the cave to assemble before the sunset." After speaking, Roland was still a little worried, "Remember not to fight the enemy."

Following everyone's response, more than [-] riders scattered in all directions, ready to carefully check whether there was any alien threat in the vicinity.

As the exploration continued, Roland found traces of livestock on the ground, and he followed the traces.He discovered a tribe of Orcs. Because some houses blocked his view, he had no way to judge how many Orcs there were.

Because it was daytime, the line of sight of his eyes was far greater than the distance of one kilometer. He had no way to get close to get their real number through the map, but could only judge based on the existing conditions.

This gathering point was larger than anything Roland had ever seen before. When Roland discovered them, they did not discover Roland because Roland was only riding in pairs.In order not to be discovered, Roland dismounted from a distance, and at the same time let the cavalry keep watch over the horse, while approaching on foot.

As Roland approached, he saw a wooden fence outside, surrounded by several tall watchtowers.In terms of architectural style, it follows the rough style of the orcs, and the shape is very abrupt and completely inconsistent with the natural environment.

There is no sense of coordination at all in the senses, pure materials are piled up, and the shape appears chaotic.The top of the watchtower is in the shape of a leather tent, and a few pieces of wood are exposed beside it, but the wood has been cut into the unique fang decoration of orcs, which makes people look creepy.

Looking at the half-orcs standing guard above the watchtower, Roland cautiously took advantage of the cover of trees and stones, walked around the wooden wall from a distance, and came to a stone side obliquely facing the main entrance.

He was not in a hurry to probe, but chose to set his sights on this stronghold after observing the direction of the half-orcs on the watchtower.

There were two rows of half-orcs standing at the gate with various weapons, most of them were single-handed axes, and they held a rough shield in the other hand.Roland didn't understand very much. Aren't these unskinned shields afraid of being pierced?Or are orcs also thick?

Most of the buildings inside are tents, supplemented by wood to build tents and huts, and the roofs are also in the shape of fangs that orcs prefer.Roland opened the map and found that the distance was still about four kilometers. Judging from this situation, he obviously had no way to move forward to find out the number of these orcs.

While he was thinking, a group of livestock suddenly came from a distance. They were mainly cattle and sheep, followed by hundreds of orcs.

To make matters worse, their direction of travel was bound to pass through Roland's hideout.

"damn it."

The armored cavalry in the distance obviously noticed this situation too, but sadly he couldn't do anything, because the group of orcs had already come among them.

If he chooses to attack now, not only will he expose himself, but he will also expose the position of the adult.

If he chooses to lure the enemy away, and he has one man and two horses, let alone half-orcs don't have orc war wolves, even if they have, they probably won't be able to catch up with him.

It's just that he didn't get the order, which made him very repulsed by this approach.Because this may put adults in danger, which he does not allow.

In this way, he could only watch all this happening here. As the half-orc herding team approached, his heart became more and more tense, and he could only keep praying that the half-orcs would change their path.

(End of this chapter)