Lord of Hyranza

There are many pedestrians coming and going on the long stone steps in front of the city hall, and the square in front is also very lively. Many citizens are sitting on benches under the shade of trees, and a group of children are running and playing around the fountain pool on the square. .

A familiar figure just passed through the crowd and walked towards Surdak head-on. She lowered her head, wearing a set of tight-fitting crystal lion leather armor, and a pair of high-heeled leather boots. An exquisite saber, that gorgeous red hair fluttering in the wind.

She was strong and strong, and she walked on the long steps with her long legs. Without seeing how hard she was, she jumped over the crowd around her.

With bright red lips and deep blue eyes, Suldak saw Dacie Christie from the crowd at a glance.

As if sensing Suldak's gaze, Dacie Christie suddenly raised her head and looked at Suldak at the top of the steps in surprise, never expecting to meet her here.

She was a little pale, a little tired, and her eyeshadow was a little heavy.

She hesitated for a while before walking up, standing in front of Surdak, raised her proud pointed chin.

"Long time no see, Suldak..." Daxi took the initiative to greet Suldak.

"Oh, long time no see, Daxi!" Suldak smiled at her and asked, "How are you doing?"

I haven't seen each other for half a year, and the two seem to be far apart.

Darcy supported the saber with one hand, looked around the crowd casually, and said casually:

"Okay, how long have you been back from the Maca plane?"

Suldak said: "It's been about three months. After returning from the Maca plane, I got the graduation certificate from the Knight Academy. Afterwards, I accepted the assignment of the guard battalion and went to the barren land to serve as the sheriff over there."

Darcy nodded slightly, indicating that she knew.

In fact, he didn't mention many details. For example, during this period, he accompanied Hathaway and Beatrice to visit High Lansa City, which she knew.

For a moment, the two of them seemed to have nothing to say, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Just when Suldak didn't know what to say and was about to say goodbye to Dacie Christie, a noble young man walked out from behind Dacie Christie, stood beside her, looked at Dacie intently and asked road:

"Daxi... who is this?"

Daqy was not in a high mood, she didn't even have a perfunctory smile on her face, and replied flatly: "Suldak knight!"

Daxi introduced to Suldak: "This is my fiancé, Baron Armand Bulwer, who works in the Quartermaster Department of the City Hall."

The young man showed a standard aristocratic smile on his face, and said to Suldak: "Hello, Knight Suldak, I have heard people talking about you, and they all say that you are a member of the Hailansa Guard Battalion. A very great knight."

"Hello, Baron Bulwer!" Surdak nodded and greeted him.

Baron Bulwer smiled, and he could see that he was also a proud nobleman, trying hard to show his bearing, he said to Suldak:

"You can call me Armand."

His tone was somewhat condescending.

Suldak glanced at Dacie Christie, and it seemed that their tempers were somewhat similar.

After saying hello, Baron Armand Bulwer took Darcy Christie into the city hall.

Darcy held Armand's arm, her long red hair fluttered slightly with her steps...

When Suldak walked down the steps of the city hall, Dacie Christie turned her head with a look of regret, looked at Suldak's blurred back and sighed slightly.

……

Suldak received [-] gold coins from the city hall, and then figured out how to spend the money.

According to Marquis Bernard, he can form a private army. This private army is not responsible for the daily security of the barren land, but a private armed force stationed in the northwest of Hailansa City. Assigned by Lansa City, responsible for guarding the gate to the northwest of Hailansa City.

To establish a private armed force, you first need to recruit people, and then you have to buy horses, weapons and armor, build barracks, and so on.

The matter of recruiting manpower is the best for Suldak. He plans to recruit some experienced veterans from the nineteen natural villages in the barren land. Usually, they don't need to be stationed in the barracks. They can also farm at home. It's just that when there is a battle situation, it is enough to be able to call together quickly, which belongs to the militia mechanism.

Suldak also doesn't need to buy armor and weapons. The rebel knights who attacked Wall Village last time left behind a batch of hard leather armor, knight spears and long swords. He is going to spend a sum of gold coins to buy them directly in his hands These weapons and armors, as long as the accounts are done beautifully, Marquis Bernard should not care where these weapons and armors come from.

In the future, if there is a chance, I will apply to the logistics department for maintenance and repair of weapons and armor in the name of the Badlands Security Corps, which will save a lot of money.

In this way, the money for purchasing weapons and armor can fall into his own pocket steadily, Suldak thought so.

In addition, Suldak also ordered a batch of cheap wheat flour from the Military Supply Department. This is a benefit that only the sheriff of Hailansa City can enjoy. It is [-]% lower than the price of wheat flour on the market. These whole wheat flour All are high-quality wheat flour shipped from the southern provinces.

Suldak was delayed in Hailansa City for another two days because of this batch of whole wheat flour.

It was already four days later when I left Seablue City.

Fifteen four-wheeled carriages pulled nearly [-] pounds of whole wheat flour and nearly [-] pounds of miscellaneous grains, wheat bran, and beans across the moat and into the mountain road of Oak Ridge.

Karl Casement was worried that rebels would rob these grain trucks along the way, so he led a group of knights from the support squadron outside the city to escort these grain trucks to the fifth mountain ridge before waving goodbye to Suldak.

Suldak returned to Wall Village from Hailansa City, and brought back a large amount of supplies as usual, but this time the supplies were obviously much more than before. The main supplies were a large amount of whole wheat flour and miscellaneous grains, which the Green Empire did not lack For food, in the past, everyone would go hungry because the people here were too poor.

Raising nearly a thousand kobold slaves, these kobold slaves consume nearly a thousand pounds of miscellaneous grains every day. These miscellaneous grains are only enough for kobold slaves to eat for half a month. How to fill the stomachs of these kobold slaves is Sur Dak needs to consider seriously. If it weren't for the income from the sulfur mine in Pustule Mountain, he really wouldn't be able to support so many kobold slaves.

When he returned to Wall Village, Suldak saw the old village chief standing under the dead tree at the entrance of the village, staring at a row of slave labor sheds that had been rebuilt not far away.

This time, these kobold slave labor sheds are no longer simple sheds simply surrounded by reed mats, but limestone blocks are used to build row houses like city walls. The entrance to the south of the village is completely blocked, and a female wall is built on the roof of the row houses. Even the river in Wall Village has a long door-like waterway built at the entrance of the village, with fence-like sluices on both sides. .

Since the last time the rebel knights attacked Wall Village, Suldak planned to build a row house similar to a city wall at the entrance of Wall Village, and usually let those kobold slaves live in it. When the rebel knights attacked, this was the first line of defense in Wall Village, at least it could stop those cavalry from driving straight in and rushing directly into the village.

The old village chief has been complaining to Surdak recently that these row houses only need to be strong, and don't need to be built too beautifully...

People in the village haven't lived in this kind of house yet, but these kobold slaves are cheap.

Chapter 527 Those Unforgettable People

in early july

The village didn't need so many kobold slaves, so the old village chief arranged for Charlie to send two hundred kobold slaves to the Lava River Sulfur Mine on Pustbump Mountain to mine sulfur mines.

At present, there are only less than [-] kobold slaves left in Wall Village, and most of these kobold slaves are mining limestone on the hills not far from the village.

The villagers of Wall Village drove the four-wheeled carts and transported the square stones from the mountain bag back to the village.

They first blasted the large limestone body with black powder, and then used mining picks and chisels to cut the limestone into rectangular stones. The row houses at the entrance of the village were built with the stones dug out by these kobolds for more than half a month. The volcanic ash cement is poured into the gap, which looks like a thick city wall from the outside.

Suldak arrived at Wall Village smoothly with fifteen carriages. A group of villagers rushed to the entrance of the village. Everyone unloaded wheat flour and miscellaneous grains and stored them in the newly built warehouse.

Seeing that Suerdak brought back so much wheat flour and miscellaneous grains from Hailansa City, the old village chief frowned and said, "Why did you buy so much wheat flour again? The food in your house is enough to eat the autumn wheat." When it is mature, if the wheat flour is not well preserved, it will become moldy and prone to worms in the summer. Although you are now a nobleman, you can't waste food like this..."

Suldak rubbed his nose and explained to the old village chief: "Uncle Brett, this time I went to Hailansa City to meet Marquis Bernard. Our barren land lacks a local defense chief. He wanted me to form a defense force, so I prepared to recruit some retired veterans from various villages to form a barren land militia battalion, and I exchanged the wheat flour from the military expenses at the military supply department."

The old village chief was overjoyed.

"You mean that the Marquis Bernard asked you to raise a battalion of militia?"

But he immediately remembered that Suldak is currently the knight captain of the Hailansa Guard Battalion, so he asked again:

"Don't you have a security team with a guard battalion? Why do you want to form a militia battalion?"

Suldak was also a little confused about the powers and responsibilities of Hailansa City. He only knew that the security team of the guard battalion was in charge of daily security affairs, but the militia battalion was regarded as the local garrison and the local defense force.

Then he said: "The security team of the guard battalion is responsible for peacetime security, and the militia battalion is the defense garrison."

Village Chief Bright frowned and said:

"Dark, everyone is a lucky survivor from the battlefield. Everyone has been on the battlefield and knows how cruel the battlefield is. I don't think anyone will be willing to join your militia battalion."

Surdak looked at the wheat flour on the carriage and said:

"That's why I shipped these wheat flour back. All veterans who join the militia battalion will get a certain amount of payment every month, temporarily ordering a bag of wheat flour."

The old village chief's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help asking: "Can I get wheat flour regardless of whether there is a war?"

Suldak nodded and said: "Well, and there will be no training in summer and autumn, only in winter when the farm is slack, some field training in barren land will be organized, and there will be extra living allowances for participating in these trainings. If I don’t organize this militia battalion, when the bandits attack the village, the villagers will rise up and resist, and I will provide some material subsidies here, wouldn’t it be better?”

"In this case, try to take care of our Wall Village when selecting candidates." The old village chief told Suldak.

"Of course, if they are willing to join, they will be the first choice, but they will not all find people from the village. Every village must have people from the militia battalion to keep abreast of the situation in each village."

Hearing what Suldak said, the old village chief nodded in satisfaction.

Two carriages loaded with strips of limestone drove into the village. The old village chief hurriedly walked over with a cane, pointed to an open space, and shouted to the two villagers driving the carts: "Pull the stones over there... Yes, that's over there!"

……

These coachmen who transported whole wheat flour had been coming to Wall Village a while ago.

When they came to Wall Village again and saw that in just half a month, a city wall with a length of 800 meters had been built at the entrance of the village, and when they drove the carriage into Wall Village, they were also amazed at these stone houses.

Entering Wall Village, the changes in the village are even greater. In addition to the large amount of building materials piled up in the village square, the village has actually built a series of horizontal and vertical cement roads. These cement roads are very wide, and the middle of the road is flat. It is enough for two carriages to drive side by side, with cement stone steps with slow steps on both sides, and a drainage ditch made of cement next to it.

It has been raining continuously for the past two days, and most of the rainwater from the upper reaches of the village flows into the reservoir, while the rainwater from the village flows into the river along the drainage ditch.

In the past this season, the roads in the village would become muddy, but now that situation seems to have completely disappeared.

These cement roads have been repaired from the entrance of the village to the reservoir in the upper reaches of the village, neatly cutting Wall Village into countless regular strip-shaped areas. Some of these areas still have some dilapidated thatched houses, and some thatched houses have been knocked down. , and rebuilt the cement foundation on the original homestead.

Suldak's model of a townhouse built of clay and wood stands on a wooden stand in a shed in the village square.

This is a kind of two-story western-style building that is very common in later generations, with an attic and a terrace on the roof, which looks chic and grand.

Now it has become a gathering place for children. Many half-grown children in the village also like to use mud and wood to build a model of a house like Surdak, and then proudly hold the model of the townhouse they made to show off. , because most of the houses in the village had to be demolished and rebuilt, so there was an upsurge of discussion in the village, and everyone had some ideas of their own.

The logs on the threshing floor are piled up like a hill, and the carpenter's workshop in the village has been using saws day and night to break the oak boards.

There are many forest farms outside Hailansa City. In addition to the acorn business, these forest farms also sell wood. Most of the trees in this mountain range are oak trees, so the price of oak is relatively cheap.

Not long after the rebel knights attacked the village, Wall Village began a major reconstruction project. The reason was simple. The thatched huts in the village could not withstand the rebel knights' spears, and they were completely shattered.

Wanting to re-pave red thatch on the earthen house is not only laborious and time-consuming, but in the end it is still a thatched house that cannot withstand a knight's shot. It is better to just tear down and rebuild.

As for the cost of building these new townhouses, it is still borne by Wall Village and Surdak.

Villagers do not need to pay anything.

In addition, the villagers who are willing to work on the construction site can get a salary of [-] copper coins every day. Almost every day there is something new in Wall Village.

When Suldak returned from Hailansa City, the foundations of several homesteads had already been laid.

The reason why Suldak wanted to persuade Old Wall Village to invest in rebuilding Wall Village was mainly to convince the stubborn old Sheila...

After entering the rainy season, the construction of the reservoir temporarily stopped, and Suerdak wanted to build a house in Wall Village.

A month ago, Suldak told the old Sheila that she was going to tear down the existing house in the family and expand it into a house. The old Sheila didn't agree at first, and she didn't want to give up the old house that she had lived in for so many years.

She felt that as long as she still lived in the old house, she could still lie on the rattan chair next to the fireplace, and occasionally close her eyes to remember those difficult days in the past, and those people hidden in her heart could occasionally appear in her dreams.

She was afraid that if the house was gone, those memories would be gradually forgotten by her, and there were some things she didn't want to forget.

So she told Surdak that everyone in the village lived in thatched huts, and she didn't want to live in a new house.

Suerdak discussed with the old village chief to tear down the thatched houses in the village and rebuild them into brand new stone houses with wooden roofs, so that he would not worry about the roof collapsed by the snowstorm in winter.

A while ago, the rebel cavalry swept Wall Village to pieces, the roofs of some thatched houses were lifted off, and some courtyard walls and house walls were trampled down by the iron hooves of war horses. Now it is a good opportunity to tear down and rebuild.

Suldak's new manor was not built on the original site of the old house. After careful consideration, Suldak still felt that the old house should be preserved, leaving old Sheila a place to remember the past.

Suldak's new house is located at the highest point of Wall Village. When the reservoir is completed, it will be far away from the security station, and there will be a vast pool of water seven to eight hundred meters away.

Seeing that the old house hadn't been demolished, old Sheila's stern face was back to normal these days.

Only then did Suldak heave a sigh of relief. He had nothing to do with old Sheila's stubbornness, but now that he had fully integrated into the life here, there were many things here that he was unwilling to give up.

He took his family to a piece of land leveled out by the new house. He hugged little Peter, pointed to the large piece of land in front of him, and asked him: "Son, a big house will be built here, and there will be There is a swimming pool, a loft, a watchtower, your own bedroom, a reading room, and a training room. No matter what changes happen in the future, everything here will become a gift from me..."

Hearing what Suldak said, old Sheila gave him a complicated look.

Natasha looked at him with infinite tenderness in her eyes.

After walking around here, when everyone was about to leave the homestead, Suldak saw old Sheila muttering to herself as if alone, but couldn't hear what she was muttering...

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The Western-style building of the Sheriff's Office is the first new-style building in Wall Village, and the main body of the entire building is completely made of volcanic ash cement.

In view of Gulitum's special size, Suldak specially built a large bedroom for him in this security station.

The mansion has been completed and a fenced terrace has been built on the roof.

The exterior decoration of the entire building is a bit biased towards the style of Wojmara.

Samira even asked the bricklayers to use volcanic ash cement to decorate some stone pillars on the outer wall. There are also cross arches like gazebos on the terrace on the second floor. The volcanic ash cement is very malleable. Samira also carved some stone pillars on the outer wall. Vine ornamentation.

Suldak came to the security station.

Half-elf archer Samira was carrying a bucket of paint, squatting on the second floor window sill to varnish the window frame, her long legs spread out on the window sill, revealing a piece of white flowers.

Seeing Suldak walk into the police station, Samira nimbly jumped off the window sill with a paint bucket in hand.

"Is there no painter in the village?" Suldak asked Samira when he saw Samira put the paint bucket aside.

"I happened to have nothing to do, so I let them go back. I think I paint better than them..." Samira replied while bending over to pour paint from a larger wooden bucket.