Lord of Hyranza

The birds looking for food on the wasteland have returned to their nests one after another.

Some villagers slowly climbed over the mountains and walked home.

There are not as many wild vegetables in Oak Ridge as imagined. If you want to dig more wild vegetables, you have to go further into the mountains.

The kobold slaves dragged their exhausted bodies back from the river. After washing themselves, they waited obediently by the big iron pot in the slave camp.

The smell of beans in the multigrain porridge cooked in the iron pot wafted far away. When the women returning from Oak Ridge passed Wall Village, the eyes of some children who followed them would involuntarily look towards the slave camp.

After a group of kobold slaves washed by the river, they sat outside the slave camp and silently ate porridge.

A lot of multigrain porridge is cooked, because occasionally Wall villagers come here to drink porridge, just to save a dinner. The wheat bran in this kind of multigrain porridge is a bit throat-piercing, but it is definitely not unpalatable Well, the cook who is in charge of distributing the porridge will only ensure that each kobold slave gets a big bowl, and the remaining miscellaneous porridge will not be controlled too strictly, and it is not impossible for the villagers to drink porridge.

If the cook feels that the porridge is not enough, she will add some water to the pot, and stir it casually to make another big pot. Of course, this situation cannot be seen by the old village chief, otherwise he will really scold people .

Rita and Natasha exchanged jobs with women in the village. They came from the reservoir construction site to the slave camp to cook porridge. The main reason is that the women in the village felt that the food at the reservoir construction site was better. After all, the cook can still have a working meal every day, and Rita and Natasha probably are the only women in the village who don't care about this dinner.

Old Sheila took little Peter and sat on the big rock beside the slave camp, waiting for the two of them to get off work.

Andrew and Samira led their horses and walked back from outside the village. The two of them would patrol the barren land every few days, and this time they went out for nearly a week.

Seeing little Peter staring eagerly at the kobold slaves drinking porridge, and licking his lips from time to time, Andrew squatted in front of little Peter, put his arms around his shoulders and asked with a smile:

"Why, hasn't our little knight had his dinner yet?"

Little Peter shook his head, stretched out his hand and patted the small cloth bag on his back, indicating that it contained food.

"Then why are you drooling while watching the kobold slaves eating dinner?"

Little Peter replied crisply: "Uncle Andrew, I just want to know what is boiled in the pot, they eat delicious duck!"

Andrew touched little Peter's head, and said seriously: "That's not delicious, are you really going to try it?"

Hearing what Andrew said, Little Peter became a little hesitant.

Samira came up from behind, took out an apple from his pocket and stuffed it for little Peter. Andrew and little Peter made an appointment to test his homework tomorrow morning, and they led the horse back to the village.

It wasn't until the two left that the kobolds in the slave camp breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The villagers couldn't feel the strong murderous aura emanating from the two, but their noses could smell the blood, whether it was the butcher behind Andrew , or the quiver hanging on Samira's back waist, all have this strong aura.

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Kobold slaves would go into the shed to rest after dinner, and their easy-going personality could easily be satisfied no matter where they went.

There was still a little grain porridge left in the big iron pot. Rita and Natasha were going to scoop out the porridge, scrub the big iron pot well, and the day's work was over.

The two were chatting about what to eat for dinner. Suldak came back for dinner tonight. Natasha wanted to make the dinner richer. Little Peter was sitting on the side eating apples. Apples can still be eaten in this season Yes, there is only the half-elf archer under Suldak in the village.

Old Sheila came to Rita, stooped to pick up a big wooden bowl from the big wooden basin, and handed it to Rita.

"You want to eat this?" Rita's eyes widened, she looked at the big wooden bowl in Old Sheila's hand, and then pointed to the porridge that was about to cool down in the iron pot with a spoon.

When old Sheila faced Rita, she didn't have any scruples in speaking. She stared and said to Rita:

"Can't I have a bowl if I don't eat it?"

"I didn't say that." Rita muttered, and filled a large wooden bowl of multigrain porridge for Old Sheila casually.

Natasha, who was busy at the side, hurried over and said to Old Sheila, "The porridge is a bit cold, how about I warm it up?"

Old Sheila waved her hand and said, "That's good!"

After finishing speaking, he took advantage of the moonlight to walk out of the village entrance. Under the dead tree outside the village entrance, a sallow and thin woman was holding a child in her arms, and two smaller ones were sitting quietly beside her. There, old Sheila walked over with a big wooden bowl and handed it to the woman without saying a word.

Such a large bowl of multigrain porridge is enough for a woman and a few children to eat.

After the woman thanked her, she distributed the porridge to the three young ones. After the three children were full, she poured the rest of the porridge into her stomach.

Then they took advantage of the moonlight to leave Wall Village.

It wasn't until the woman and the children walked away that Rita, who was hiding not far away, stood up, raised her eyebrows and said dissatisfiedly to old Sheila:

"Hey, what are you trying to do?"

Old Sheila walked towards the slave camp with an empty wooden bowl without raising her head, and said casually, "Can't you see?"

"But it's against the rules!" Rita declared her position to old Sheila.

Old Sheila stopped in her tracks, turned to Rita and asked, "Just because I asked you for a bowl of porridge?"

"You're going to make it hard for us," Rita said.

Old Sheila looked up, looked into Rita's eyes and asked her, "What's the problem?"

Rita argued, "If other people follow your example, how can we refuse?"

"Why did you refuse?" Old Sheila asked Rita as she stuffed the wooden bowl in her hand.

Rita said: "There is only so much porridge. Whoever eats more is destined to eat less. If too many people are like this, what will those kobold slaves who dig river channels for us eat?"

Old Sheila said very dissatisfied: "They just ate a little leftover, will anyone be hungry? Have you forgotten the days when you were starving?"

The dispute between old Sheila and Rita continued until the dinner table. The candles on the table kept dripping wax oil on the candlestick. Little Peter looked at the candles on the candlestick with some fascination. He really wanted to pick the one that kept dancing with a knife. flames.

Natasha sat aside and didn't dare to intervene. Seeing that the staple food basket on the dining table was still empty, she took out a basket of white bread from the kitchen.

Dinner is fried steak, which is very tender and only medium rare.

If this kind of meat is overcooked, it will lose a lot of juice and become smaller. Therefore, the barbecue meat eaten by the villagers is basically only medium rare.

There was still a glass of golden cider in front of Suldak, and Natasha silently put a piece of white bread on his plate.

Suldak cut up the fried meat on the plate and distributed it to everyone's plates, then said to old Sheila and Rita with a smile: "Don't argue, in fact, this matter is easy to solve. I'm also discussing this with Uncle Brett..."

Chapter 513 Wall Village Meeting

The most difficult season in the Badlands is actually June.

In Suldak's memory, June belongs to the season when everything grows and flourishes.

But for the people in the barren land, before the rainy season comes, the difficult life continues. Even cassava is more expensive this year than in previous years.

The nineteen natural villages in the barren land have a population of nearly 7000, only half of them can fill their stomachs, and the remaining half who are able to go out to earn a living also left the barren land.

The remaining old people, children, and women could not leave the barren and desolate land, and there was no one to help them. Their family members who were begging for a living outside could not bring back food in time, or if there were no such family members at all, some people would starve.

At this time in previous years, some people in Wall Village would also go to Oak Ridge to dig wild vegetables to eat.

This year, Wall Village has changed a lot. All the villagers who are willing to work have earned a little money. Although the wheat produced by themselves is not enough to eat, as long as they live a little more carefully, with some chestnut rice, pumpkin, miscellaneous grains and beans, etc., they can survive a long time. There is still some surplus food left after winter.

Even if some people ate up all the stored food, as long as they were not lazy and willing to work on the construction site of the reservoir, they could still eat it.

Suldak, Luke, and some respectable old people in the village gathered at the house of the old village chief Brett. Aunt Brett made lemon tea for everyone. The room was full of people. Luke and several young people in the village crowded together In the corner of the living room, everyone hurriedly made tea for everyone, while chewing roasted pumpkin seeds.

Life is not so hard, and the wheat in the fields does not grow badly due to lack of water. The villagers all have a confident smile on their faces, and even when chatting, they become much more humorous.

Suldak sat beside the old village head, and almost everyone looked at Suldak and the old village head.

Seeing that it was almost time for people to arrive, the old village chief knocked hard on the pipe in his hand.

'tuk tuk tuk'

The oak pipe hit the edge of the wooden bench, making a series of muffled noises, and the living room immediately became quiet.

The village head, Brett, looked around in the living room, and then said: "Almost all of you here are the parents of various families in the village. It was Duck who invited you here today. Whatever matters are discussed inside, this method will continue, and everyone can gather here to discuss anything."

Some of the young people leaning in the corner stood up and boldly asked:

"Uncle Brett, you mean to say that if you don't care about fairness or unfairness in some matters, we can object to the decision?"

Village Chief Brett stared at him and angrily said, "How dare you?"

The young man was so frightened that he immediately retreated into the crowd, really daring not to stand out.

There was a burst of laughter in the living room.

"It's my idea to invite everyone to come today!" Suerdak said, the living room fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to him.

Suldak leaned on the chair and said to everyone: "I plan to build a children's home in the village to take care of children. I will provide three meals a day for free every day. In addition, I will teach the children some imperial language, basic combat skills, and life skills. Common sense and so on, the children who cannot be taken care of in the village can be sent to the children's home, which can also liberate the women who take care of the children in the family to participate in the production and construction of the village."

Hearing what Suldak said, the surrounding villagers began to talk about it.

Surdak raised his voice and said: "Whether it is the construction site of the reservoir, the artificial drainage canal, the land reclamation of tidal flats, or the carpenter workshop, the village fleet, and the starch workshop all need additional manpower, and as long as they are willing to work earn a wage."

An old man sitting next to Village Chief Bright opened his eyes, looked at Suldak and asked:

"Little Duck, are you telling the truth? No matter whose family's children can be sent to this children's home? Not only can they help take care of them, but they can also stutter every day?"

Suldak glanced at Uncle Brett. When he first mentioned this matter to him, Uncle Brett objected.

This time, although he frowned, he didn't object.

Suldak nodded and said, "That's right!"

A middle-aged man stood up. He was one of the few hunters in the village who were good at hunting gray rock iguanas. What he was best at was finding the hiding places of gray rock iguanas.

At this time, he seemed somewhat excited, and asked Suldak:

"Can you teach them Imperial language and combat skills?"

Suldak nodded and said, "Imperial language can be taught by Selena, and I will arrange for members of the security team to take turns teaching combat skills."

The villagers seemed a little excited, and asked one after another: "How old can a child be sent to the children's home in the village?"

Suldak thought for a while, and said, "Children under the age of eight can come here to stutter."

As soon as Suldak finished speaking, the living room exploded. Everyone didn't expect such a good thing, and they discussed who's children were eligible to enter the children's home.

The old village chief Bright frowned, turned to Surdak and said:

"A seven or eight-year-old kid is about to catch up with an adult in one meal, Dak, this is too much of a burden on our village, should the age limit be lowered?"

Many children aged seven or eight in the village can help adults pull weeds in the wheat fields, which is at least half of the labor at home.

Suldak was also worried that making the children's home too big at once might cause some mistakes, so he said, "That's under six years old!"

Seeing that everyone was talking enthusiastically, Luke, who was huddled among the young people, stood up suddenly and said to Suldak:

"Dark, I haven't had time to say this time when I come back..."

The living room became quiet again. Everyone in the village knew that Luke and Charlie were the leaders of the sulfur mine. He and Charlie had the most weight among the young people in the village.

Luke hesitated for a moment, and said: "The open-pit sulfur mine in the rocky area of ​​Pustout Mountain is almost finished mining. Charlie is going there this time, and he is going to explore the area outside the rocky area. There is no such thing as an open-pit sulfur mine, and once the open-pit sulfur mine is exhausted, we simply cannot sustain the current huge expenditure."

The villagers in the living room couldn't help looking at each other, they didn't expect that the duck that was about to reach its mouth was about to fly away.

After all, Wall Village has the current situation. In addition to Suerdak’s own pocket, this open-pit sulfur mine is also another economic pillar. Now that the mine’s sulfur is about to be harvested, everyone really can’t accept it.

However, Suldak waved his hand to Luke, signaling him not to worry, and then said: "In a few days, I will go to Pustule Mountain to do a field survey. How can such a big volcano have only a piece of sulfurous land? The good news is that when I went to erect the boundary marker there last month, I found that there were still a few stone remains left by the river of lava. Rivers are everywhere."

Hearing what Suldak said, the tense atmosphere in the living room suddenly relaxed again.

Seeing that everyone accepted the proposal, Suldak went on to say: "This is what I think. Now is the time when people in other villages are in a difficult situation. I can't control adults, but as a Pa The Sheriff of the Badlands at Gros Pass..."

Speaking of this, Suldak's voice raised a little.

"I don't want any children in my jurisdiction to starve to death because they can't eat. There is no milk and oatmeal. It's still okay to have a sip of multigrain porridge."

Speaking of this, Suldak tapped the Knight's Medal of the Guard Battalion on his chest, and several villagers who wanted to speak out immediately swallowed their words.

Aunt Brett and Charlie's wife came running over again to refill everyone's water.

Suldak paused for a moment before saying:

"So... I thought, this children's home in our village can recruit children from the nineteen natural villages in the entire barren land, especially those who are young and can't eat!"

The villagers in the living room immediately yelled:

"How many children do you have to take in! You can't eat up our village!"

"That's right, little Duck, you can't do this, isn't it a drag on us all..."

"Just after eating a few full meals, I forget about it. How many people are starving in the barren land, can we all manage it?"

The old village chief Brett wiped his face vigorously. Hearing what everyone said, he didn't even have the desire to swear.

' What a group of short-sighted fools! '

The old village chief sighed and thought in his heart.

Surdak did not expect so many people to raise objections.

There is nothing wrong with the reason for everyone's opposition, that is, they are worried that the starving children in other villages will encroach on everyone's vested interests.

Suldak had already decided on this matter, he was silent for a while, and then said:

"This money does not come from the village. The sulfur mine in the rocky area is now jointly developed by me and the village, but the sulfur mine found in my knight's collar is my industry. I will take a part of the income from these industries. A sum of money to pay for this part of the expenses!"