Suldak continued: "So... Uncle Brett still needs you to manage this side of the village. I can't take care of this side. Not only that, we also need to build a team that is strong enough to guard the barren land after I leave the barren land. The militia battalion in the land can at least resist the bandit group coming from the desert, and Bena Province may not be too peaceful recently, I just hope that the chaos will not spread here."

After hearing what Suldak said, the old village head Brett asked, "What's the plan for next spring? The reservoir has been built, so don't worry about not being able to grow crops during the dry season in spring and summer. Will we continue to develop the tidal flats?" ?”

At this time, Rita came out from the kitchen with a pot of lemon tea, made steaming hot tea for everyone, and brought some pastries before sitting down. She also wanted to hear about the plans for Wall Village next year.

Suldak said: "Of course, but while developing tidal flats, it is actually reducing the area of ​​swampy depressions. In this way, when the rainy season comes, without well-developed drainage channels, those tidal flats will be washed away by floods. Therefore, drainage He has to dig wide enough."

"With this year's experience, it is actually not a problem to develop some tidal flats." said the old village chief Brett. "There's something I've been wanting to discuss with you!"

"...You said." Suerdak knew that this was the purpose of the old village chief's coming here.

The old village chief rubbed his wrinkled forehead with his hands, pondered for a while before saying: "Recently, everyone in the village may have lost the pressure of life and can't find a place to vent their excess energy, so I thought I should find them Something to do, recently those kobold slaves in the village were taken by Luke to build roads, I wondered if I could organize a road repair team in the village, so that everyone could be busy..."

"Are you planning to form a road construction team composed of villagers?" Surdak asked in surprise.

In fact, even if the old village chief didn't say anything about it, he still planned to do it.

"That's what happened." The old village chief nodded and admitted, "I plan to let them take a rest on the mountain road from Wall Village to Hailansa."

In the opinion of the old village chief Brett, the Oak Ridge is separated from High Lansa City and the barren land. Nesting in the village, it is better to find something for the villagers to do.

But in this way, the village will have to bear the cost of road construction, and provide free three meals a day and salary to the villagers. This part is not so much borne by Wall Village, but rather Suldak pays for it himself. Sulfur mines that can be exchanged for gold coins in the warehouse in Wall Village are strictly speaking Suldak's private property.

"Would it be too hard to build a road in such a cold day? It's freezing to go to Oak Ridge to dig stones..." Suldak didn't continue.

In fact, what he wanted to say was: 'Kobold slaves don't do such hard work...'

"It's okay. At this time of the year, I would take everyone to the icy and snowy ravines to cut logs, and then transport those giant logs out to get a little wages. Road construction is easier than transporting logs anyway. Some." The old village chief Brett smiled freely.

He has lived in the barren land for so many years, what kind of hardship has he never suffered...

Speaking of this matter, I can only blame Suldak for treating the kobold slaves too well.

The old village chief said with emotion: "I'm thinking that the barren land is located in the remote northwest area of ​​Hailansa City. Because the road leading to Hailansa City is not smooth, every year there are school-age children who miss a year." It was an awakening ceremony. For so many years, no child in the barren land has awakened the magic pool and became a magician noble. If this road can be repaired, and there are so many carriages in the village, maybe there will be no more children. Missed the awakening ceremony."

Now that there have been three heavy snowfalls, the conditions on the side of Oak Ridge have become extremely harsh. Suldak thought that if there were any accidents during the road construction, it would not be worth the loss.

He thought for a while and said to the old village head Brett: "Otherwise, we will change the goal and let the road construction team in the village build roads in the barren land. I want to connect all the natural villages in the barren land with cement roads." Together, so that once a village is attacked by desert bandits, it will be convenient for us to rush to rescue."

The old village chief couldn't turn his head around a bit. He stared at Suldak and said, "Building roads in the barren land... The flat land here is all barren land. Where is the need to build a special road?"

In fact, as the old village chief said, the barren land is adjacent to Oak Ridge in the south and the Pagros Mountains in the north. Large sand dunes are gradually spreading from the northwest corner to the barren land, but there are no mountains in the barren land. , and even the hills are huge and extremely gentle slopes, only in the center of the barren land is a large rift valley running from east to west.

The old village chief couldn't figure out why Suerdak wanted to build a road on the flat wasteland. Couldn't he go without a road?

Suldak leaned over and pushed away the tea tray on the tea table in front of him, then dipped his finger in the teacup for a little water, drew a simple outline of the barren land on the table, and then drew a few simple lines with water. A few small biscuits and teacups were placed on the waterline, and he pointed to the teacup and said, "This cup represents the outpost, and this biscuit represents the bridge..."

The old village chief Brett looked at the table with a confused expression.

Suldak continued to explain: "The road network I am talking about is not a pure concrete road, but also includes a series of additional facilities such as lookout posts, checkpoints and bridges, at least to allow cavalry to cross the Great Rift Valley The camels of the desert bandits are more suitable for the Gobi desert in the barren land, and if we want the militia battalion to have enough mobility, we must have enough four-wheeled carriages to pull them. I hope that no matter which natural village in the barren land is destroyed by the desert bandits Attacking the village, the militia battalion can arrive at the scene within half a day..."

The old village head did not expect that Suerdak would have such a huge road construction plan.

"In fact, building roads in the barren land is not as difficult as imagined. Just spread volcanic ash, sprinkle water, and compact it with stones, and it will become a smooth concrete road..." Surdak continued to tell the old village chief Talk about your initial thoughts.

"So you already have these plans!" Andrew, who had been sitting quietly listening to the two talking, couldn't help interjecting: "Recently, desert bandits are harassing villages on the edge of the desert again, although Gulitum and I went there We blocked the desert bandits a few times, but as soon as they saw us, they ran away from a distance, and they didn't dare to contact us at all. Our horsemanship is not as good as them, as long as we let them enter the desert, it will be even more difficult to catch up..."

Andrew glanced at the half-elf archer beside him: "Recently, we are worrying about these desert bandits, so you have already thought of a series of methods against them!"

"Expand the militia battalion, train the archer regiment, recruit veterans to form a cavalry battalion, build roads throughout the barren land, use the convenience of a four-wheeled carriage to transport the combat power of the militia battalion, and set up checkpoints in the barren land. It's all about those desert robbers!" Andrew said excitedly.

After hearing what Andrew said, the village head of Brett realized that building roads in the barren land would bring many benefits, so he didn't say anything more.

He just wanted some energetic villagers to have something to do, and it was relatively easier to build roads in the barren land.

"What? Those desert robbers are making trouble again?" Suldak raised his eyebrows and asked.

Andrew looked a little depressed and said: "Yeah, at the beginning, Gulitum and I were able to stop one or two unlucky desert bandits, but later they became alert and couldn't catch them no matter what. Besides a group of camels, we can only hang a few fresh heads on the cross at the mountain pass, and let the desert robbers escape into the depths of the desert again.”

Tomorrow spring, Suldak will leave the barren land with the cavalry battalion. If these desert robbers cannot be properly dealt with, I am afraid it will be a real problem. Even if a militia battalion with archers is formed, it may not be able to survive these robbers.

Suldak rubbed his temples in distress, and said: "It seems...we must find a way to deal with these desert bandits. Let me think about it. The best scouts in the desert should be eagle-eyed archers. I will go to Hailan Go around Shacheng to see if you can hire a mercenary group with eagle eyes. If not, you should hire a magician. In any case, we have to sweep these oases on the edge of the desert. !"

"It should have been like this a long time ago! I can bear this tone for a long time..." Andrew waved his fist excitedly, and said to Samira beside him.

Chapter 657 Bootcamp

Winter nights always come early.

When the setting sun was silent among the mountains, a huge shadow quickly swallowed every inch of land in the valley.

The sky darkened, and stars gradually inlaid in the night sky.

Dinner was actually fried fish. Suldak felt that there were very few opportunities to eat fish in Hailansa City. There were no lakes here, so it was rare to see fish.

After entering the winter, these sea fish are transported from the coastal fishing boats to the port, each of which will be frozen hard, and then transported to the inland provinces of the Green Empire by four-wheeled trucks or magic airships, so they can only be eaten during this season to sea fish.

In previous years, the caravan would never transport sea fish to the barren land, because the merchants knew that the poor villagers of Wall Village would never be able to afford sea fish, but this year was different from previous years. The villagers of Wall will buy some from the merchant to taste.

Luckily, some frozen fish arrived this time, and Natasha and Rita decided to buy some and try them at home.

When frying the fish, there are only peppercorns and salt. The fish has a slight fishy smell, but it is little Peter's favorite.

The wheat cakes were also toasted and crispy, and they were served with sour plum sauce, so delicious that little Peter almost bit his tongue.

Old Sheila looked at Suldak, who was picking fishbone from little Peter, and the grudges in his heart had begun to slowly dissipate... He came all the way to Wall Village just because of a promise he had made on the battlefield.

Every year, some young people in Wall Village go to the battlefield because of their military service. At least half of them will become cannon fodder on the battlefield and will never be able to return to their hometown. These young infantry soldiers fully interpret the meaning of cannon fodder.Therefore, it is normal for the villagers in the barren land to have their relatives die in battle on the plane battlefield. Old Sheila just prays earnestly every day, hoping that her son can return safely...

Old Sheila even felt that it must be because her prayers were not devout enough to become like this...

……

After dinner, Suldak held a cup of lemon tea and laid out a map of the barren land on the coffee table. Considering which village the paving team would build the concrete road to first, he put the charcoal in Wall Village and A line is formed between the pustule mountains, and a line is formed at the edge of the pustule mountain and the southern foot of the Paglos mountain range. These cement roads have been opened up by the kobold slaves. Next, Suldak plans to Extending the road to the northwest of the Badlands...

He drew a big cross on the edge of the desert with charcoal. As the sheriff of the barren land, he had to deal with the robbers in the desert before he followed Marquis Luther to the plane to change defense.

He sat on the recliner by the glass window of the bedroom, looked at the starry sky above his head, and wondered whether he would go to Hailansa City tomorrow and hire a mercenary group to come back.

The fireplace is in the downstairs living room, but there is a flue passing through the bedroom, so the room is also very warm. Surdak is wearing only a cotton shirt, thinking about some words that the old village chief said before leaving.

The old village head heard that Suldak was preparing to build a cavalry battalion, and in the spring, he would follow Marquis Luther's army to garrison the Bailin plane.

Being able to ride in Marquis Luther's chariot is naturally because Suldak has a marriage contract, mainly because Marquis Luther wants Suldak to take this opportunity to earn some merit. Nobles can only earn merit by going to the battlefield. Only then can he be promoted to his own title. After all, a little baron marries the daughter of a marquis, and the status gap is a little bit big.

The cavalry battalion with the official number of the empire is eligible to recruit some recruits. These recruits can be registered at the Hailansa Logistics and Quartermaster Office, and then serve four years of military service in the Suldak Cavalry Battalion.

The old village head first thought of those young people who were of the right age in the village but had not yet served in the military. He hoped that Surdak could select some of these young people. Although they were young and had no combat experience, they were worth training and retired in the future. After that, it can become the backbone of the barren land.

It turned out to go to the Bailin plane to change defenses. This errand is obviously a reward in disguise. There is no danger in itself, and those who are capable can earn some merit...

Suldak's original idea was to recruit some veterans with rich combat experience and return to the battlefield in the form of employment. He is not short of the mercenary's salary, so that a cavalry battalion will have combat effectiveness, but Bright Village The proposal made by the chief made him somewhat change his mind. He thought that if he did not recruit this group of young people in the village and let them obey the dispatch of the Military Supplies and Logistics Department of Hailansa City, then he would be destined to be stuffed into a certain army. The heavy armored infantry regiment acts as cannon fodder, and the battle loss rate of this infantry regiment ranks first among all services.

There were already very few males in the village, so he scratched his hair in distress.

Natasha walked up to Suldak's feet with the silver tray filled with warm water, put the silver basin on the floor, and gently squatted down to help Suldak take off the long military boots on his feet. Pulling up his trousers, he soaked his feet in the warm water, and lifted the water to splash on his calves.

Suldak took the opportunity to sit up, cupped Natasha's pretty face with both hands, and kissed her soft lips.

Natasha's face turned red instantly, and she whispered while resisting: "The door is not closed yet..."

She was fit and flexible, avoiding Suldak's hands, turned around and quickly walked to the door to close the door, then walked back to the recliner with a blushing face, knelt down and put her hands into the warm water basin, Grabbing a pair of callused feet of Surdak, whose toes were deformed due to long-term wearing of these hard military boots, she rubbed those feet with her hands without saying a word. foot.

Suldak stretched out his hand, stretched his fingers along her side face to her chin, raised her chin with two fingers, looked seriously at Natasha's blue eyes like the sea, and gently pressed his forehead against hers. on the forehead.

After drying her feet with a linen cloth, Natasha took away the water basin, and squeezed into a slightly narrow recliner with Surdak. She was wearing a long dress with a low-cut neckline, and when she lay down, there was a lot of white snow. Her skin was exposed to Suldak's sight, and she shyly stretched out an arm to cover her eyes, not daring to meet Suldak's fiery eyes.

A kiss is like a small flame ignited from the bottom of my heart, it can silently express the longing and love in my heart...

"You won't abandon us, will you?" Natasha asked Suldak in a low voice, her eyes sparkling.

Suldak stroked Natasha's brocade-like smooth back with his hand, and said to her: "Of course, I came here to continue his life and the original promise. I will always take good care of you, and I will also take care of you." I want to protect this village well, now that I have become the sheriff of the barren land, maybe I have a heavier responsibility on my shoulders, and I have to protect every inch of land in the barren land, this is my responsibility."

Natasha's lips curled up, her hands wrapped around Suldak's neck...

……

The old village head acted very quickly. He probably mobilized the villagers of the right age in the village last night, and gave everyone a very tempting salary, one silver coin per person per day and three meals a day. In previous seasons, Wo The villagers of Er Village followed the old village head to log in a certain forest farm to earn some money to subsidize their families. Therefore, the villagers responded positively to the old village head's proposal.

Moreover, there are so many four-wheeled carriages in the village, which can be used to transport volcanic ash. Most people in the village can drive horse-drawn carts. A large number of villagers gathered on the road, and some villagers even brought in a boy who had just participated in the coming-of-age ceremony this autumn in order to receive double salary.

According to the laws of the Grimm Empire, as long as you have participated in the coming-of-age ceremony, you can no longer be regarded as a teenager, and should be a new batch of young people.

However, this time the old village chief made another decision, which made some villagers feel dissatisfied, that is, all young people in the village who have not served in the military are not eligible to participate in the village's road construction team.

Regardless of their age, these young people must join the winter training team of Wall Village from now on in order to deal with the spring recruitment. The cavalry battalion, even if the unselected young people cannot join the cavalry battalion, at least they must have some combat expertise, so that when they serve in the military, the logistics quartermaster doesn't even need to think about it, and throws them into the cannon fodder.

The old village chief's idea was very simple. He felt that no matter what, since it was the cavalry battalion that Suldak planned to build, if the young people in the village could pass Suldak's approval and don't ask for special attention, they could at least be treated equally, and... …A cavalry battalion, these are cavalry, not the cannon fodder regiments of heavy armored infantry regiments!

Regarding the inside information, the old village head did not reveal the slightest word. Against the dissatisfaction of some villagers, he quickly formed a road repair team in Wall Village, and drove more than 30 four-wheeled carriages along the barren land. A cement road goes deep into the area covered by the volcanic ash of Pustout Mountain, continuously transporting truckloads of volcanic ash to the planned new road.

As soon as construction started in Wall Village, the villagers in the neighboring villages ran to the old village head and applied to join the road construction team.

To this, the old village head firmly refused. He carried volcanic ash to build roads in the winter against the north wind and snow. As for the chaos in other villages, he doesn't have the ability... and it's not his turn to take care of it.

After thinking about it, the old village chief felt that it was those silver coins that made these simple villagers change their faces.

The old village head called together some young people of the right age in the village who had not served in the military. Under the active call of the old village head, a temporary winter training team was finally set up. In order to allow everyone to actively participate, Suerdak It is promised that the training team will provide free breakfast and lunch every day, and the recruitment targets of the training team are not limited to Wall Village, as long as they are villagers in the barren land who have not served in the military, they can join.

Andrew and Samira are temporarily serving as the instructors of the training team. They don't let the people in the militia battalion like Suldak do. They pulled the team of less than ten people into the freezing snow on the first day. Let them run with their lives until they vomited all the food in their stomachs, and finally fell exhausted in the snow. After the first day of supercomputer training, three young people asked the old village head to withdraw from the winter training.

The old village chief sighed slightly, and didn't stop him. He just stood on the steps and turned to ask other young people, "Which one of you still wants to quit? No matter who it is...you can leave at any time."

The other seven young people were a little bit stronger-willed, they gritted their teeth and did not choose to quit.

The young people in the surrounding villages heard that Woer Village had formed a winter training team, and provided free breakfast and lunch to all members participating in the training, and then asked clearly about the joining conditions: "As long as it is a barren land and there is no service Young people who have served in the military are exempt from taking the test. '

So the next day, more than 50 young people who had not served in the military suddenly appeared in the village of Wall. Andrew led the team that day. This guy led the team to practice in the field. If you exit directly, no one will stop you.

It wasn't until the seventh day that no young people finally joined the training team. These days, Andrew led this group of young people to run wild in the wild almost every day...

It is said that only young people who can persevere in this kind of high-intensity training can get Andrew's next instruction on several fighting postures.

During the seven days, there were more than 150 young people gathered in the training team. Surdak had no idea that they had the opportunity to recruit so many young people at once. Under the seemingly difficult environment, these young people were all in good physical condition. And the psychological quality is also very good, at least enough perseverance.

……

While Andrew and Samira were busy training these young people in Wall Village, Suldak made a special trip to Hailansa City.

Aphrodite returned to the city of Hailansa with the convoy of the carriage company. Although there were only more than 30 war horses led from the city of Bena, Suldak needed to make a special trip to the city of Hailansa to meet them. Suldak is also planning to recruit a mercenary group in Hailansa City. Only those who have the guts to go into the desert with them to hunt down the bandits will do so. It is best to have an eagle eye who can cope with the complex terrain of the desert...

He didn't ride through the rugged oak forest on the mountain road, but Aphrodite happened to come to Hailansa City and asked her to summon him there...

He seems to have gotten used to this convenient airborne method recently.

The top of Hailansa City is already covered with snow, and Hailansa City, which is located on the mountainside, is also hidden in this mountain scenery.

Walking out of the gate of the void, he gave Aphrodite a big hug, and said repeatedly: "It's been a hard journey, a hard journey!"

Seeing Suldak walking out of the magic circle, Aphrodite couldn't help but roll her eyes, and was unmoved by her thanks to Suldak...

Chapter 658 Suldak's Security Squadron

The succubus Aphrodite wrapped herself in a fur coat and even wore a thick mask on her face, looking very much like a northern woman.

She stood in the shadow by the wall, pushed Suldak away with disgust, and said with some resentment: "You may not imagine how cold it is in the mountains and fields at this time. What I have to do every day is to ride in the carriage." Sitting bored in a place all day long, unable to reach the next town because of the snow on the road, enclosing all the carriages and camping in the wilderness, and being forced to detour because the road ahead is blocked by snow, you don’t experience Once I may never realize the hard work involved, although I am a succubus, it does not mean that I am not afraid of the cold!"

The magic summoning circle on the ground disappeared little by little, and Suldak didn't care about Aphrodi's disgusted gaze, and pulled the succubus Aphrodis out of the uninhabited alley.

"Sorry, I thought you would enjoy this trip!" Suldak felt that he should appease Aphrodite.

Aphrodite took off the mask, with a mature and sexy face, and said to Suldak: "The scenery on this journey is good, but it's a bit boring to be alone..."

It is very close to the Garden Plaza Hotel in High Lansa City. Aphrodite is very familiar with this place, and she even booked a room with Mrs. Nian Cohen, the owner of the hotel alone.

Seeing Suldak and Aphrodite walking in side by side, the proprietress Mrs. Cohen said with a look of surprise: "Duck, where did you come from? Why didn't I see you when Aphrodite was choosing a room yesterday?" you!"

Suldak stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Cohen, and said, "I just entered the city, and I made a special trip to pick up Aphrodite and return to the barren land. She traveled to the city of Bena a few days ago."

Just as Suldak and Aphrodite were about to go upstairs, Mrs. Cohen, the proprietress, chased after her and asked enthusiastically, "Dark, I cooked some apples, do you want to try them?"

Suldak quickly said: "No, thank you, we have to rush to the airport pier later."

Then the two climbed along the 'Z'-shaped stairs to the room with the attic on the top floor. This place is usually empty most of the time. Only when some old customers come, Mrs. Cohen will take out the keys to entertain friends.

Back in the room, there was a bottle of golden cider on the table next to the window.

Aphrodite poured two glasses of golden cider, handed it to Suldak, took off her mask and took a sip.

Leaning on the sofa in the room, Aphrodite squinted her eyes and asked Suldak: "The batch of full armor is temporarily stored in the warehouse of the coach shop, and there are quite a few coachmen who want to take this job." , do you want to hire them to transport those full-face armors to Wall Village?"

"Calculating the time, the war horses we bought in Bena City should have arrived. I am going to wait for the airport pier, and then transport them back to Wall Village with these full armors. I guess what we need is not the coachman in the carriage shop. , but should find some horse drivers." Suldak sat opposite Aphrodite and asked her: "By the way, do you want to go to Pustule Mountain, where you can see volcanoes and lava , it’s just volcanic ash everywhere.”

Aphrodite glanced at Suldak and said directly: "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

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