Lord of Hyranza

In spring, everything revives. At this time, pumpkins are rarely eaten in Wall Village.

Villagers in Wall Village prefer to go into the mountains of Oak Ridge in late autumn to collect chestnuts and cassava as winter food storage.

Few people want to store pumpkins.

This is mainly because the villagers cannot guarantee that the pumpkins will still be edible after a whole winter.

However, the neighboring villages have large cellars to store such vegetables.

The reason is also very simple, because several adjacent villages have large cellars.

This kind of large cellar and magic sealing box can store magic scrolls and prevent the mana of the scrolls from passing away. The large cellar itself has a simple magic circle, which can keep the food in the cellar fresh and prolong the storage time. However, this large cellar The cellar is expensive, and it can only be built by gathering the strength of the whole village. Wall Village originally had such a large cellar, but after the magic pattern circle was damaged, it has never been able to rebuild it.

"It's not the surrounding villages, and I don't know who brought the starch out of the village!"

When talking about this matter, the old village chief looked angry, and then he said: "Many people in the neighboring village heard that we can extract starch that is finer than wheat flour in Woer Village, so they all want to change it back. Try it a little bit. In this season, what these people can get is really limited. The only thing that can be exchanged for food is the rotten pumpkin in the cellar. However, I think it’s okay to exchange starch for some pumpkins to improve the food for these kobold slaves. Not bad, just change some."

Suldak asked: "Then has our method of extracting starch been spread?"

The old village head, Brett, waved his hand and said with certainty: "No one knows yet. If anyone dares to reveal this secret, I will break his leg and drive him out of the village..."

This is probably the most severe way of dealing with the old village head.

The succubus Aphrodite who was following Suldak couldn't help curling her lips. Her face was hidden behind the black veil, no matter what expression she made, no one would see her.

These few days, she lived very leisurely in Wall Village. Every day, she would climb to the bare ridge alone, sometimes she would sit on the hillside for a whole day, and sometimes she would go far away, but she would definitely be there in the sky. Heiqian returns to Wall Village, she never speaks to anyone other than Old Sheila, Rita and Natasha, and the people in the village only know that she is a follower of Suldak.

At this time, the old village head walked to the center of the kobold slave workshop, and he asked a young man behind him to throw a large piece of pork on a wooden tray to a group of kobold slaves sitting around eating together.

The nine kobold slaves stared wide-eyed at the oily pork in the tub, and did not dare to stretch out their hands for a moment. The smell of meat wafted to the entire work shed. Many kobolds could smell the smell of meat and follow the smell of meat. Turn around and look this way.

The old village chief stood beside the kobold slaves, tapped a kobold slave on the shoulder twice with a short stick in his hand, showed a look of relief, and shouted to the rest of the kobold slaves in the shed: "Their team has performed the best in the past few days. The river dug out is fast and good. This piece of leg meat is their reward."

When the old village chief said this, the kobolds in the slave shed began to whisper to each other. Obviously, this piece of meat was very attractive to kobold slaves.

The old village chief said proudly to these kobold slaves: "As long as you work hard at my place, you will not only be able to eat multigrain pancakes and pumpkin porridge, but also have this delicious meat reward regularly, and I want you to make a promise that as long as Dig this channel, and you will rest for three days."

The whispers of the kobold slaves grew louder.

Aphrodite stuck behind Suldak, probed into Suldak's ear and whispered: "At first, I thought that only us succubus were good at 'demagogic', but I didn't expect you, the village chief..."

She squinted her eyes and looked at the old village chief Brett. There was a faint fragrance wafting from her body, and the warm breath that she exhaled made Suldak's ears a little itchy.

Samira, who was standing next to her, glanced at Aphrodite dissatisfiedly, and Aphrodite shut her mouth and distanced herself from Suldakra again.

Suldak saw that the kobold slaves in the slave shed were no longer what they used to be, their expressions were full of depression, decadence, numbness, and confusion. Although they were still depressed, they were still sitting around the reed mat in the shed exhaustedly. , but Suldak can see a glimmer of hope for future life from their eyes...

This hope should be brought to them by the old village head.

The old village head recently won a lot of benefits for these kobold slaves. He tried to reduce the number of times the kobolds ate cassava, and more often advocated that they eat some grain porridge mixed with wheat bran. Now he added boiled pumpkin to the recipe. Obviously Let these kobold slaves have a feeling that life can gradually get better, so a desire for future life gradually grows in their hearts.

Following the old village chief out of the shed, Suldak looked back at the kobold slaves in the shed, thinking that they might have really changed.

Chapter 505 Ordinary Life

Everyone in the village knew that a group of kobold slaves had dug an artificial canal on the edge of the bay in the lower reaches of Wall.

The main purpose of this canal is to drain the large amount of rainwater gathered from the surrounding mountains in time when the rainy season comes. The tidal flats of the river bend form a swamp every year due to the abundant rainfall in summer. This area occupies a large area in the lower reaches of Wall Village. In the low valley, there are a lot of reeds and red thatch growing here.

Numerous reeds and red thatch grow from growing to withering, and finally rot completely, becoming the fertilizer of this tidal flat after many years.

The old village chief Brett also summoned the Wall villagers to manage this tidal flat, but they were put on hold due to the huge amount of work. Suldak wanted to turn this fertile tidal land into a good field for growing wheat. The main thing is to block the abundant rainwater gathered from the surrounding mountains before the rainy season, and divert the rainwater to the entrance of an underground river.

The artificial river dug by the kobold slaves is a drainage channel. In addition to this channel, the old village chief also plans to build a low flood control dam outside the reclaimed tidal flats.

After nearly a month of excavation, the kobold slaves have dug a nearly five-kilometer-long river channel near Wall Village. Since the deposited silt is less than two meters, after the kobold slaves dug out the silt in the river channel, they revealed The limestone rock formation at the bottom of the river, if you want to further break through this part of the rock formation, not to mention the huge amount of work, you also need a chisel pick to dig out the rock formation.

Standing on one side of the embankment, Suldak watched a team of kobold slaves lift the limestone blocks from the bottom of the river to the edge of the embankment to build a stone wall. A dozen villagers of Wall Village were building the limestone Cement slurry was poured into the gap to form a flood control dam nearly one meter above the ground.Then he asked the old village chief Brett: "Uncle Brett, do you think this canal can drain the rainwater from the surrounding mountains?"

"In a year with heavy rainfall, this canal may not be enough. However, in recent years, the precipitation in the barren land has been less than one year. If calculated according to last year's rain, this drainage canal must be more than enough." Old Village The wrinkles on Long Brett's face stretched out. It is a long-cherished wish that he has not been able to fulfill for so many years to treat this tidal flat. Now seeing these kobold slaves digging out the river bit by bit, the old village head is full of emotion .

According to the estimate of the old village chief, the canal will be dug to the entrance of the underground river in two months. Suldak wants to widen the river by ten meters, which is not difficult. These kobold slaves dig the tidal flat The speed of the silt is not slow, but Suldak still wants to dig the river one meter deeper. The limestone rock layer has been dug at the bottom of the river. The progress slowed down, and the old village chief Brett still felt a little impatient.

Suldak pointed to the other side of the flood control dam, and said to the old village chief Brett: "We can plant some willow trees on both sides of the embankment of this canal in the future..."

"What's the use of planting willows? It's better to plant some chestnut trees and oak trees. In autumn, you can harvest pomegranate and acorns. What use willows are?" '

The old village chief Brett slandered in his heart.

Of course he didn't know that someone wanted to plant willow trees by the river out of some kind of sentimentality.

Although he didn't quite agree with this, it wasn't to the extent that he had to object. He was thinking about other things.

"Little Duck, are you really going to include this place in your territory?"

The head of Bright Village didn't understand that Suldak spent huge sums of money to rebuild Wall Village to build a reservoir, and dug rivers in the tidal flats to open up new wheat fields, but he didn't want to designate this land as his knight's territory. It's good to say this, but Suldak is not good. The old village head Brett feels that he still needs to have a serious talk with Suldak about this matter.

Suldak smiled indifferently, and said: "The boundary markers of my territory have been erected. On the territory of Hailansa, my territory almost covers the entire pustule mountain. Apart from being uninhabitable, there are other things that are still there. Not bad, besides owning a sulfur mine, there is a large amount of volcanic ash accumulated in the territory. These volcanic ash are first-class building materials. After the construction of the reservoir in the village is completed, I plan to sell the volcanic ash cement to Hailan Go to Sacheng."

"Whether it is building a house or building a city wall, there is no material more suitable than these cements." Suerdak pointed to a pile of volcanic ash cement not far away, and said to the old village chief: "Although the land here in Wall Village is very good, but Even if I own this knight collar and a large new wheat field, even if all the wheat produced by these wheat fields is ground into wheat flour in the future, how much profit will it bring me?"

The head of Brett Village witnessed a solid reservoir dam being built with his own eyes. Of course, he clearly understood how convenient this kind of volcanic ash is. The wall, but he never considered 'volcanic ash can also be sold for money'.

"Those volcanic ash everywhere...can be sold for money?" The old village chief looked at Surdak in surprise.

"Of course, you also know how strong the reservoir dams poured with volcanic ash cement are. These volcanic ash cements can not only be used to build the walls of Hailansa city, but also to build stronger houses. In Hailansa city There are also many half-stone and half-timbered attics. If they are built with this kind of volcanic ash cement, at least two more floors can be added. If such a good building material is very cheap, it is even lower than the cost of using wood. Someone must have Willing to buy."

In this regard, Suldak is still somewhat confident.

The old village chief Brett hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but speak out what he was holding back in his heart.

He reminded Suldak: "I have no problem with widening the channel of this canal, but the limestone layer at the bottom of the river needs to be dug. I am worried that this drainage channel may not be able to communicate with the underground over there before the rainy season comes." The river has completed the last step of connection, and manpower is still needed to reclaim the tidal land.”

Surdak walked down the embankment, stood in the limestone-covered river, and said to the old village chief: "I'm going to let the villagers open up that tidal land, and the land over there will be opened up in a few days, and then You have to come and divide this land for everyone yourself to avoid unnecessary disputes."

"Aren't you going to want this piece of land?" Village Chief Brett was completely confused by the young man in front of him.

Suldak shook his head and said, "My knights are on the other side of the pustule mountain. Although I have a good personal relationship with Bird tax collector, when the tax is collected in autumn, this wheat field will inevitably have to be paid to the empire. Taxes, if distributed to everyone, in view of the Poor Subsidy Bill introduced by the city hall, this part of the tax is estimated to be a symbolic collection."

The old village chief Brett thought in his heart, maybe this is the knight's vision!

……

After Suldak led the security team back to Wall Village, Andrew and Samira assumed the duties of the security officers and began to patrol the [-] natural villages in the barren land, and began to draw a new map of the barren land. map.

The two of them rode Gubolai horses around these villages, and they already had a general understanding of this barren and desolate land.

There is a shortage of supplies here, these villages are far poorer than they thought, and most of the villagers have never seen the world, they can't even tell the difference between a guard battalion knight and a tax officer. Andrew, who thought he was a tax official, jumped out of fright when he saw Andrew appearing from a distance, which made Andrew think that he had encountered the bandits of the bandit group at first.

When he rushed over, he realized that these fleeing villagers were all poor villagers who could barely afford porridge.

The ogre Gulitum followed the wagon that pulled the volcanic ash into the depths of the barren land every day.

He went to the depths of the barren land, of course not for the volcanic ash, but to hunt the gray rock iguanas living on the Gobi Desert. The ogre is almost obsessed with the dish of braised lizard tail. This season is not It is the best season to hunt gray rock iguanas. If ogres want to eat this delicacy, they have to hunt in the depths of the barren land.

Only the succubus Aphrodite lived the most relaxed life. Her favorite thing to do every day was to sit on the ridge and bask in the sun.

The villagers all knew that she was Suldak's squire.

Suldak brought back a mithril-plated mask from the city of Hailansa. It was polished as smooth as a mirror. Except for the holes in the eyes, the other parts were extremely smooth. She liked it very much. She wears a mask on her face almost every day, and she never greets the villagers. At most, she walks around behind Suldak occasionally to see the excitement.

So much so that the villagers are used to her presence, but they dare not approach her, and no one will take the initiative to provoke her.

At the end of the month, Charlie took five villagers to the sulfur mine in the rocky area, and exchanged Luke and the other five villagers who were stationed there.

The bottom of the secondary reservoir in Wall Village has finally been leveled, and grouting for the waterproof layer of the pool bottom has begun. Twenty four-wheeled carriages in Wall Village are continuously transporting volcanic ash to the reservoir construction site. The bricklayers on the construction site were busy very late every day, and even Rita and Natasha, who were in charge of cooking for the bricklayers, could not come back until very late.

Suldak has been choosing a site for the security team in the barren land outside the Paglos Pass in recent days. In the end, the old village head Brett made the decision and drew a block at the upper reaches of the village near the edge of the dam of the fifth-level reservoir. land.

Suldak intends to build a three-story villa here along the mountain. The specific architectural drawings have to be discussed several times with Celia Cooper. This magician who is good at space magic also has a certain degree of dabble in architecture. , Several brief talks gave Surdak some useful suggestions.

But what Suldak didn't expect was the visit of Lance, the law enforcement team of Hailansa Magic Union.

Little Peter stood on the hillside, pointed to a black shadow in the sky, and shouted excitedly to Suldak: "Suldak, look! That man can fly..."

Suldak asked a group of bricklayers around him to continue, while he walked up to Little Peter and looked at the dark shadow in the sky against the dazzling sunlight.

When the magic handle became clear enough, Suldak finally saw the magician riding on the handle.

The magic stick circled over the reservoir, then plunged down and landed beside Suldak. The young magician in a beige magic robe jumped off the magic stick, Sur Dak went up to him and hugged him, before saying cordially:

"Lance, why do you come to me when you have time?"

"I'm here on a special trip to find you this time!" Lance said to Suldak, and then he saw little Peter standing beside Suldak with a timid look on his face, so he asked Suldak: "This is your son?"

Suldak smiled and nodded.

Lance took two steps towards Little Peter, squatted down in front of him, and reached out to take out a delicate wooden box from his arms.

Suldak thought the wooden box was a music box.

Lance lifted the lid of the wooden box smoothly, and a dancing little fireman actually appeared in the wooden box.

Little Peter looked at the little fire man in the wooden box in amazement. He could even feel the burning temperature of the little fire man. He wanted to reach out to take it, but he didn't dare. He looked at Sulda hesitantly. Like Suldak, Suldak nodded encouragingly.

At this time, Lance had already closed the wooden box and handed it to Little Peter.

"Thank you!" Little Peter said in childish words.

Lance smiled and said to Little Peter, "You should call me Uncle Lance!"

"Thank you, Uncle Lance!" Little Peter repeated.

"Remember, don't play with this box in the dry grass and firewood pile!" Lance reached out and touched little Peter's head, telling him.

Suldak walked up to Lance, motioned for Little Peter to find Old Sheila over there, then turned to look at Lance, and asked him, "You came here so specially, what happened? "

"Do you know the Dale magician from the White Elephant Firm?" Lance asked bluntly.

"Yes, I have some business dealings with Dale magician. I discovered an open-pit sulfur mine in Knightland. Almost all the sulfur mined recently was sold to the White Elephant Firm." Suldak replied truthfully.

"It turned out that it was because of the sulfur that you led the knight to that place where no shit!" Lance said with a dazed expression on his face.

"Pay attention to your quality! You are an excellent magician nobleman, you shouldn't speak so rudely..." Suldak countered to his friend.

"Ha, well, let's talk about the business, I will go to other places to investigate later!" Lance said: "We suspect that this Dale magician has some kind of connection with a group of space magicians. A group of space magicians collectively rebelled against the Grimm Empire Magic Union a few years ago."

"Is it the Black Magic Priory?" Suldak broke out in cold sweat behind his back.

Lance shook his head and said: "It's not the Priory, it's another illegal space magic organization. In order to find the secrets of space magic, these space magicians came into contact with some taboo magic publicly announced by the Imperial Magic Union, so... You know, sometimes those who don't follow the rules are always prone to ostracism..."

Chapter 506

"According to the news from the Magic Union of Bena Province, a great magician in this organization has sneaked into the city of Hailansa quietly. Our law enforcement team is secretly investigating this matter recently."

Speaking of which, Lance took out a magic portrait from his arms.

A magician stood in the portrait lifelike. Lance pointed to the magician in the portrait and introduced to Suldak:

"His name is Arvid Ives. The bounty on the arrest warrant from the General Magic Union has reached as high as [-] magic crystals. It is said that several demon hunter organizations are looking for him everywhere, because he is good at space. He is based on magic, so he escaped several rounds of arrests against him. This time there are clues that he came to Hailansa City and met with a rebel liaison. Although the magician of our law enforcement team who was in charge of tracking this matter did not track down I found the whereabouts of Arvid, but found clues about the rebel liaison in the city of Hailansa."

The dark red magic robe is covered with strange magic patterns, a wand inlaid with seven gems, surrounded by several lightning bolts, looks extraordinary.

Suldak said to Lance in surprise: "The rebels... There are rebels in the Grimm Empire? This is really the first time I've heard of it..."

Lance nodded and said: "That's it. Even in the most stable period of the empire, there were some rebel forces everywhere. Some forces usually occupy a small plane and then cut off the portal with the Roland continent. It is not uncommon to conduct such an organization on such a small plane, and most of these rebel organizations are related to this magical organization."

Suldak signaled Lance to continue talking...

"A week ago, we received news from our informant that the rebel liaison actually appeared in the White Elephant Firm, but not long after he left the White Elephant Firm, he died in a back alley of a commercial street, and was subsequently arrested by a group of people. A maid who went out to take out the garbage found that when our people arrived, the body had already been completely cold, and there were no clues left behind."

Lance said to Suldak:

"We suspect that this incident has something to do with Magician Dale, Duck, on April 4th of this month, you went to the White Elephant Firm?"

Suldak thought about it, that day happened to be the last day he stayed in Hailansa City, he nodded calmly and said, "That's right, I went to see the Dale magician and signed a contract with the White Elephant Company on the sulfur Mine contract."

Lance asked: "When you were in the White Elephant Firm, did you ever see a thin-faced outsider in black?"

Suldak recalled it seriously, and said affirmatively, "No."

There was some disappointment in Lance's eyes, he patted Surdak on the shoulder, and said, "If you have any clues about this, please write to me."

Seeing that Lance didn't ask any other questions, Suldak asked back in astonishment: "Eh...you flew here just to ask me these in person?"

Magician Lance nodded seriously: "The matter is of great importance, and every piece of information must be checked carefully."

He pulled out the magic stick from the magic pocket, let it float in front of him and straddled it, and hurried away on the magic stick without even drinking his saliva.

Of course, the arrival of the magician Lance cannot be hidden from the old village chief Brett. When he arrived at Suldak, Lance had already disappeared in the sky, and stood alone on the cornerstone, Looking at a trace of floating clouds in the sky, he sighed sincerely:

"This young magician really forgot to sleep and eat when he was working. When he came to Wall Village, he left without even drinking his saliva..."

The security team’s house was built according to Suldak’s design drawings and construction methods. The foundation was paved with strips of limestone, and then the gaps in the rock blocks were filled with volcanic ash cement slurry. So far, only the foundation part has been completed.