Lord of Hyranza

Sure enough, as the old village chief expected, when Suldak said this, the doubts and objections in the living room disappeared again.

It's just that they don't know that some mine dividends that belonged to them have disappeared.Perhaps it was the few words just now that made Suldak determined to separate the subsequent development of the sulfur mine from the village. After all, even the miners who mined the sulfur mine were a group of kobold slaves.

Since it was Suldak's own money and it was beneficial to everyone, the villagers naturally no longer objected, but some villagers secretly thought indignantly: Why can children from other villages enjoy this kind of welfare...

Someone questioned: "What about those children who are far away? Are they still allowed to live in the village?"

Suldak said casually:

"There are many projects in the village this year, and people are needed everywhere, and they have to take care of their own wheat fields. The artificial canal on the tidal flat is almost dug, but the field around the middle has not been reclaimed. Those who are willing to send their children to The needy households here can arrange something for them to do in the village. At least they can have a meal. I think we can build some reed mat work sheds. Although these work sheds can’t keep out the heavy rain, they can at least house people. The rainy season is here, and it’s time for them to go back to the village.”

At this moment, the old village head sat aside and interjected:

"It's not that the wasteland on the tidal flat is not planted, and the water in the reservoir above has bottomed out. In order to ensure the irrigation needs of the wheat fields in the village, the water source available on the tidal flat is very limited. Now it is so dry, dig a Even the pits can raise a cloud of dust, and there is no moisture in the ground, so no other crops can be grown at all.”

Suldak said casually: "You can choose some drought-tolerant crops, and the tidal flats are low-lying lands, so the drought should not be so serious. I will solve this matter..."

The old village chief said again: "Dake, there are places that need to spend money everywhere at present. Should we delay the construction of the third-level reservoir?"

Suldak shook his head and said firmly: "The project can't be stopped, don't worry about whether the money bag can hold up, this time the plane war on the Maca plane has won, and our advance support army has won a lot of money. If we don’t take advantage of this time to build the third-level cistern, once the rainy season comes, I’m afraid it will take at least September to start the expansion project of the cistern again. It’s best to build the fourth-level cistern this year , so that if there is a four-level reservoir before winter, at least the tidal flat can be irrigated in the dry season next year."

The old village head nodded, and said: "The cassava starch in the village has already been sold in the Hailansa City Market. Although the price is not as high as that of wheat flour, it can still bring us a good profit."

Hearing that the village still has such an income, the originally resentful villagers suddenly became happy again.

Suldak said to the old village chief Brett: "The artificial canal has been opened to the entrance of the underground river, but before the rainy season comes, I plan to continue to widen and deepen the river channel. The deeper and wider the river channel, the longer the rainy season will come. More rain, anyway, those kobold slaves can't be idle, we have to find some work for them."

In this regard, the villagers still agree.

'Yes, those kobold slaves must not be left idle! '

Suldak continued:

"And I want to dig a large lake at the entrance of the underground river to strengthen the water storage capacity, otherwise once the rainfall exceeds the discharge of the underground river, it is likely to cause waterlogging..."

"This time I bought a batch of tomato, onion, and cabbage seeds from the White Elephant Company. We can plant these seeds in advance before the heavy rain. It is estimated that it will not take much water to cultivate these seedlings. Once the rainy season arrives, we will Just transplant these seedlings directly into the field, which can shorten the growth cycle of crops."

The villagers looked at a loss, what kind of seedlings, what production cycle, they couldn't understand at all...

After discussing so many things, the old village chief Brett rubbed his wrinkled forehead.

I am getting older, my memory is not good, and I can't even remember some of the previous things, so I keep thinking in my heart: "Little Dark, why do you have so many ideas at once?" '

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Chapter 514 Lava Land

During this period of time, Suldak has been nesting in the village of Wall.

The young magician Lance and two colleagues came to Wall Village again and visited Suldak.

It is said that the Law Enforcement Team of the Magic Union has recently been looking for the magic members of the Dark Moon Gate organization.

Carl is also very busy during this time.

The infiltration of the Grimm Empire rebels into the province of Bena made the high-level council very angry. This group of rebels organized a burglary and assassination operation in the city of Bena. It is said that they stole a very precious treasure from a nobleman's house. The rebels escaped separately from the city of Bena.

Although some of the rebels had been captured back to the city of Bena, and some of the rebels had died during the capture process, the most precious treasure of the nobleman had never been recovered.

The Bena Provincial High Council believes that the exposed rebels are just the tip of the iceberg.

This matter involves the interests and safety of the nobles, and should be taken more seriously. Therefore, the guard battalions and city defense battalions in the entire Bena province are very busy.

Karl has been running around the countryside all spring with the Cavaliers from his support squadron.

In contrast, the daily routine of the security team in the barren land outside the Paglos Pass is much more relaxed. Andrew likes to ride his horse around in the wasteland. Green is rarely seen on the ridges, and barren wheat fields are only exposed around small mountain villages in some ravines.

As the old village chief Brett said, there is not much water left in the first-level reservoir in the upper reaches of the village. Although a stream of spring water is continuously injected into the reservoir every day, it is still unable to make ends meet. The stored water can only be used to irrigate the wheat fields on the edge of the river.

The main dam of the secondary reservoir has been completed, and three gates of the secondary reservoir are currently being built.As for the bottom of the third-level cistern, more than half of it has been paved, and volcanic ash and lime powder will need to be continuously transported in to further treat the ground at the bottom of the cistern for anti-seepage.

No crops have been planted in the tidal flats of the river bend.

Some crops such as onions, tomatoes and cabbages may not be planted until after the rainy season.

Surdak has prepared the seeds.

Tapioca starch has appeared in the free market in Hailansa City. The current sales of this starch are not bad, and it is still very cost-effective to exchange it for whole wheat flour.

The formula for the gunpowder has been held in Suldak's hands all along. He only said that the second-level earth-type magic scroll "Earth Cracking Technique" that Suldak bought from the magic store in Hailansa City shattered the limestone in the river. Celia Cooper helped Suldak think of this statement.

According to Celia Cooper, the magical effect of 'Earth Fissure' happens to be very similar to the effect caused by this explosive.

Under the auspices of the old village chief Brett, the children's home has been built on an open space 50 meters away from the kobold slave shed at the entrance of the village. The children's home is next to the stream flowing out of the village. The main body of the house is made of oak frames. There is a layer of delicate reed mats outside. What the villagers care most about is the stove built outside the welfare home, because the children's home provides three meals for free to the children. This is the most attractive place.

Except for Wall Village, Selina is temporarily in charge of the current daily work of the children's home.

There is chestnut rice porridge in the morning, oatmeal porridge for lunch, and occasionally a fried stew. In the evening, there are broth and wheat cakes. The amount is not too much, but at least the children can eat enough.In addition to the children in the village, the children's home also took in children from other villages passing by the entrance of the village. When the women who went to Oak Ridge to dig wild vegetables passed Wall Village, those carrying children would be invited by old Sheila. Advise them to keep their children in children's homes.

At the very beginning, some people were still suspicious about this matter. Only the villagers of Woer village happily sent their children to the children's home.

There are only 23 children in Wall Village who meet this age limit.

A week later, those poor people who went to the oak forest in the mountain pass to dig wild vegetables really understood what was going on in the children's home. The number of children in the children's home suddenly increased by more than 100, and the number of women who helped Selena to take care of these children also increased to six. people.

This move by Wall Village immediately made Wall Village the most famous village in the barren land.

……

Suldak sat at the desk, wrote a reply letter to Hathaway, put the letter paper into the envelope of the kraft paper bag, and glued the envelope with baked gum.

I just waited for the drivers from the horse-drawn carriage shop in Hailansa City to deliver cassava in Wall Village, and entrusted them to bring it to Hailansa City. The carriage shop has a mailing service for letter paper, but the postage is much higher than what Suldak thought. It is much more expensive. A letter sent to Bena City actually needs 53 copper coins for one silver coin.

"Dark, we have to go..."

Luke's shouts sounded outside the yard.

Suldak poked his head out of the window, waved to Luke outside the wall, and promised, "Come right away!"

Handed the written letter to Natasha, and asked her to hand the letter to the driver of the carriage. Then, with the help of Natasha, he put on the magic pattern outfit of 'Earth Shield' and rode Gu Bo to The horse walks out of the yard.

Luke was already waiting at the door with his group of people on Gubolai horses. Seeing Suldak come out on horseback, several young people behind Luke straightened their waists unconsciously. From then on, he already had some prestige in Wall Village.

The team walked along the village road to the entrance of the village, and the villagers encountered along the way gave way to both sides of the road.

When passing the temporary residence of the security team, Suldak called out the ogre Gullitum and the native warrior Andrew from outside the yard. The two were waiting honestly at the door. When they saw Suldak appear, they hurriedly joined to the team.

The ogres rarely have the opportunity to leave Wall Village, so this time they followed Suldak into the Pustules Mountain area of ​​the barren land, and they were very excited.

The night before his departure, he also asked the women in the village to sew a face towel for him, which almost completely covered his big face below the eyes, and he couldn't wait to put it on his face before he left Wall Village.

The ogre regards every trip as a picnic meeting, and it is always thinking about how to catch the gray rock iguanas hiding deep in the rock crevices.

Andrew just came back from patrolling outside this time, and caught up with the knight leader who was about to enter the pustule mountain with Suldak, so he planned to follow Suldak into the pustule mountain area. He rarely came to this area, mainly because of the pustule Within tens of kilometers of the mountain, it was covered by thick volcanic ash, and the volcanic ash fell from the sky one after another, almost forming a dead zone in this area.

Not only the villagers in the barren land will not step into this area, even the bandit gangs that run rampant in the desert will not enter here without permission.

After all, Pustule Mountain is the leader of Suldak's knights. Andrew wanted to get familiar with the surrounding environment, at least the positions of the boundary markers, so he followed Suldak into Pustbag Mountain.

Samira was not in Wall Village. A very aggressive black panther appeared in Oak Ridge. It bit several villagers who were digging wild vegetables in Oak Ridge in three days. Most of them were women and half-old children. After Mira heard the news, she entered Oak Ridge almost overnight, probably planning to hunt the leopard.

The succubus Aphrodite has no interest in the lava land. She can be seen everywhere in the burning hell that is more dangerous than the pustule mountain. After finally leaving hell, the last thing she wants to smell is the smell of sulfur. How can she go to the pustule mountain? suffer.

At the entrance of the village, Suerdak and his party joined the carriages that were heading to the mines in the rocky area to transport sulfur ore, and walked into the barren land.

……

It is already the end of June, and the monsoon blowing from the southeast these days already has a damp taste.

When passing by the Beigou Grassland, Suldak actually saw a group of villagers from Woer Village repairing a reservoir at the bottom of the dry pool in the Beigou Grassland.

The four-wheeled carriage that drove out from the depths of the barren land was filled with volcanic ash, and when they passed by Suldak's convoy, everyone greeted them familiarly.

Entering the land full of volcanic ash, the world here is almost a dead place, and all plants and animals have lost their vitality here.

Under Suldak's strict requirements, even the horses wore masks.

The four-wheeled carriage was full of daily necessities, and the road had already been pressed into two clear ruts. It was almost unnecessary to recognize the direction. As long as you walked along this road, you could reach the sulfur mine at the foot of the pustule mountain.

When Suldak arrived at the sulfur mine, the two hundred kobold slaves were still alive and kicking.

Judging from their state, they are far more nourishing than the kobolds in the slave camp in Wall Village. Obviously, they are better adapted to the harsh environment here than humans. Suldak found that the kobolds have a special nose structure that can block the here and there. of volcanic ash.

Apart from the lack of food and water, there was nothing wrong with this group of kobold slaves.

The degree of mining in the sulfur mine in the rocky area is far more thorough than Suerdak thought.

All the raised rocks in the rocky area were turned over by these kobold slaves. They even dug up the cooled lava river. In the place, it piled up into a large black magmatic rock.

Suldak rushed to the sulfur mine with supplies, and Charlie was already waiting at the mine.

Half a month ago, Charlie led two young people from the village to wander around the Pustule Mountain on horseback, trying to find a new open-pit sulfur mine. There was no sign of any sulfur mine at the foot of the mountain within a dozen kilometers. .

Charlie told Suldak that they climbed along a river of cooling lava to the side of the pustule mountain, and saw some sulfur mines by the river of lava flowing with hot magma. These sulfur mines were all attached to some On the raised rock wall, stalagmites are like stalagmites growing against the rock wall. The sulfur mine reserves there are almost ten times that of the sulfur mines in the rocky area. This is the reserve that was conservatively estimated by the first exploration.

"Then transfer the sulfur mine to that side. It happens that the four-wheeled truck can transport the materials here. Except for the sulfur mine, all other materials will be transported there." Suldak said.

Hearing what Suldak said, Luke immediately arranged for people to put away all the reed mats and dust-proof gauze in the mine shed, and loaded them into the four-wheeled carriage.

The faces of Charlie and the other two young men were burned to the point that a layer of skin exploded, and the new skin exposed inside became significantly redder.

In just one month, Charlie became dark and thin. Suldak asked Charlie: "Is this period of time very hard? Not only do you have to manage two hundred kobold slaves, but you also have to ride around on horses. Running around looking for sulfur mines."

Charlie chuckled, showing a row of neat white teeth, and replied to Suldak: "It's actually not bad, just walk up the river of lava, it's more scorching than the vicious scorching sun."

Then he looked at the pile of sulfur mines on the side, and added: "As long as there is a harvest, any effort is worth it."

"How's the situation in the village? Counting the days, it's almost time for rain!" Charlie asked Luke who was walking over.

"We haven't played it before we set off. This time Duck..." Luke told Charlie about Suldak's establishment of a children's home in Wall Village.

In this regard, Charlie was more far-sighted than the old village chief.

Two hundred kobold slaves lined up in a neat line and marched towards the new mining area.

Three four-wheeled carriages filled with supplies followed behind the team, and all the mined sulfur mines were left here, only waiting for the four-wheeled carriages to return, and then returned here to load the carriages.

Charlie rode a horse and followed behind Suldak, and said after a long time:

"It's okay for us to live a little bit harder. Life has always been like this. We've survived the same."

"But our children must not live in such a difficult life in the future. I have been thinking about how to get them into Zhanzheng College before they are 16 years old. Now this goal seems to have been realized suddenly, and We can do better than that, it’s a really good day.”

Hearing what Charlie said, Luke and the other young people also showed expectations for the future.

The mining conditions in the new mining area are even harsher than those in the sulfur mines in the rocky area. The entire new mining area is located on the hillside of the pustule mountain. The river, the sulfur is on the stone walls on both sides of the lava river. If you want to mine these sulfur mines, you have to be close to the hot lava river. It looks very dangerous. Fortunately, there are kobold slaves...

According to Luke's plan, the mining camp was originally planned to be built on the mountainside, but this matter was vetoed by Suldak.

Suldak set up the mine camp at the foot of the mountain, and every time he entered the open-pit mine, he had to walk for at least an hour on the mountain road. In addition, Suldak also asked Luke to ride a horse every time he went out. An eruption of a restless lava river will swallow up a large area of ​​the surrounding mountains. The bed of this lava river is too high, two or three meters higher than other places. When the magma in a river overflows, it will Spread out along the high slope to all around.

To everyone's surprise, the kobold slaves can walk like flying on the hot rocks, they don't seem to be afraid of the heat.

When Suldak, Charlie, and Luke were standing on the edge of the cliff of the lava river halfway up the mountain to explore the reserves of sulfur ore, a salamander happened to show its head in the lava river below, and its glowing red body was completely soaked in it. In the magma, and actually able to swim in the lava, this rare scene made the three of them a little dumbfounded.

The ogre Gullitum also noticed the abnormality here in the distance. He rushed over and found that Suldak was not in any danger, but a salamander was thrown by the lava river under his feet. Big tail, swimming in the river, spouting hot lava from time to time...

Gullitum's eyes lit up instantly.

Chapter 515 The Knight in the Rain

The southeast monsoon from the Great Sea finally brought some moist air.

Since the morning, it has been raining lightly in Hailansa City.

The continuous drizzle makes the mountain city look brand new. The street trees on the street are washed with fresh green, and the lavender lilac trees are competing to bloom on the street. There is a faint smell of lilac in the drizzle.

A magician in a magic robe walked quickly across the corridor and boarded the magic caravan just before the steps beside the fountain.

The magic caravan slowly drove out of the manor, out of the Maple Leaf Avenue in the rich area, and directly merged into the traffic flow on the central street of Hailansa City.

When passing through the city gate, the magic caravan was stopped by the city gate guards, and the coachman jumped down from the driver's seat to talk to the city gate guards.

The door of the black carriage was pushed open from the inside, and a mage wearing black magic long-distance running leaned out half of his body from the carriage, and glanced at the guard at the gate. The guard immediately stood up straight and faced the mage. I saluted.

Afterwards, the magic caravan quickly passed the city gate, and drove northwest along the winding mountain road into Oak Ridge.

A knight in gray hard leather armor stood on a mountain, with a black war horse standing beside him. Some important parts of the hard leather armor were inlaid with a piece of armor. He touched the saber at his waist with his hand , looking anxiously towards the direction of Hailansa City through the sparse oak forest.

A small group of knights was waiting in the woods. These knights set up tents in the forest clearing covered with thick leaves. The horses beside them were covered with a layer of waterproof felt, and several knights were lying in the tents to rest.

A magic caravan appeared on the opposite mountain road. In the drizzle, the knight on the top of the mountain saw the wolf-headed flag on the magic caravan.

He hurriedly greeted the knights who were resting in the tent behind him, and took the time to pack the tent.