Lord of Hyranza

Sitting on a long stool, the businessman Malakom introduced to Suldak that the manager of the business group brought back bulk commodities from the city of San Carlos this time. He mainly hoped that this big customer could choose several commodities.

Apart from the magic pattern structure, Suldak only left some bed crossbows and catapults. These armaments are also very expensive in the Grimm Empire, especially the magic bed crossbow, which is not cheaper than the magic pattern structure. How many.

Although he made some money during this beast tide, as a self-made lord, he needs to use every gold coin where it is most needed.

Malakom sat beside Suldak, spent a lot of saliva, but failed to persuade Suldak to buy the few items he highly recommended, such as trays with heating function, which can be nailed to any wall The faucet that can automatically flow water when you turn it on, the magic mattress that can automatically shake slowly...

He even suspected that the shortage of Grimm Empire magic pattern constructions might be due to the fact that these magicians were not doing their jobs all day long.

"Lord Suldak, there are almost no people in our tribe except women, old people and children. All the strong laborers either ran to the mine or joined your army. Fortunately, there are no monsters in the hills now, otherwise A small group of maned beasts can crush my tribe." The patriarch of the Dakuni tribe came in from outside the work shed and complained to Suldak.

At the beginning, he strongly opposed the clansmen in the tribe joining the lord's private army. Unfortunately, the situation in the Invercargill Forest suddenly changed, and all the lords accepted the rule of Lord Suldak. He could only adapt to the situation, otherwise Daku The Ni tribe also needs to migrate to the Anya Swamp.

"I know, don't worry! I'll take care of this!"

Suldak sat on the front bench and comforted the old patriarch.

The native women outside the shed brought in some warm water soaked in mint leaves, and a little lemon was added to the water, which tasted pretty good.

Other indigenous patriarchs walked into the shed one after another, and everyone whispered and discussed the incident in the aboriginal language. A large number of young aborigines surrounded the shed.

Almost all the aboriginal chiefs in the Invercargill Forest gathered here. The young aborigines in the mine could not remain indifferent. Everyone crowded outside the shed. The aboriginal mine manager stood outside the shed and organized these young aborigines to sit on the ground. He stepped forward Quiet everyone.

The open space outside the shed was almost full of young natives.

After the 37 indigenous patriarchs gathered together, Surdak stood up from the bench, supported the table with both hands, tapped the table lightly, and said:

"Dear patriarchs, I know that it is not easy for you to come to the mine camp in your busy schedule. I would also like to thank you for your support to the Invercargill Territory. Now the mine is basically able to operate normally. The miners here are basically There are young people from various tribes, each of them is very good, and they work almost hard work in the mine. They have never complained to me, the place to live is poor, the food is poor, and the salary is low , less time to rest..."

"When I came to the mine, I have been working hard without complaint. Here, I want to express clearly that all the young people of the tribe have overturned my superficial understanding of the tribe."

These words made the workshop become silent, and all the indigenous chiefs were listening to Suldak's speech carefully.

The eyes of the natives who had mastered the imperial language suddenly lit up when they heard Lord Suldak's affirmation to the young people in the tribe.

Suldak knocked heavily on the table and said loudly:

"However, due to the limited scale of this mine itself, you should have seen that I just customized three sets of refining furnaces. The copper ore that these furnaces can swallow every day is fixed, that is, even if I have more miners, the actual There is no way to smelt the mined copper ore into copper ingots."

"The upper limit of recruiting miners for this copper mine is [-]. Once this number is exceeded, the copper mine will actually not be needed..."

"So please ask the chiefs of the tribes to restrain the young people in the tribe a little bit. In fact, I hope that the tribes can formulate a roster. Of course, I hope that the young people of the tribe can come to work in the mine, but now the scale of the mine is limited, so it needs The patriarchs are here to restrain. I think that the young people from each tribe who come to work in the mine should not exceed 60 people. If any tribe is willing to come to the mine with too many young people, then they can also use a shift system... "

Hearing what Suldak said, the tribal chiefs who originally planned to complain to Suldak immediately expressed the hope that Suldak could relax the limit on the number of miners.

Suldak waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued:

"As for the army in the territory, I actually hope to have a complete recruiting system. We can't flock in like now. Everyone wants to serve in the army, and don't want this enthusiasm to be extinguished. If there is no People are willing to join the army. My army now has more than 2000 people, and there are more than 3000 people. I’m afraid it won’t work. The weapons and equipment can’t keep up, and the other series of benefits may not keep up. .”

"Then it is divided into each tribe, in fact, the same number is about 60 people. I hope that a patriarch can control this number. I hope that the number of young people who join the army every year in each tribe will be less than half of the number!"

"I understand that if all the young people in the tribe leave, it will hinder the development of the tribe itself."

"So I hope that the recruitment of soldiers will be orderly and more planned."

Hearing that Suldak did not plan to keep all the young people in the tribe in the army, the native chiefs who were a little worried were relieved at this moment.

Then they wanted to complain to Suldak, so they heard Suldak say directly:

"I know that there has just been a beast tide here. This forest needs to recuperate. Now that there are fewer wild beasts, hunting may not be enough. Life in each tribe may be a little difficult, but you have everything in this forest. A large piece of land is a wealth in itself, and the tribes can try to engage in animal husbandry..."

"Malakom is a big businessman in Wilkes City. I invited him here this time to discuss with everyone. He can buy a batch of yellow sheep on his behalf."

Suldak turned his head to look at the merchant Malakom.

Malakom, who was sitting by the side, immediately understood, coughed, and then said to the chiefs of these indigenous tribes:

"Each tribe will raise some first for the time being, uh... raise about a thousand head. Gazelle goats have a high calving rate. An ewe basically gives birth to two cubs every three years. If more than half of the flock is ewes , the number can double in three years..."

These indigenous patriarchs almost snapped their fingers below, only then did they realize that it was really...

Immediately, he agreed to Suldak's proposal, thinking that he would soon have a large group of gazelles, and couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

Some tribal chiefs even lamented in a native language: "If I knew that raising sheep is so profitable... who would hunt!"

In fact, Suldak would like to remind them that it is actually more profitable to hunt monsters.

But thinking about it, I still swallowed this sentence back to my stomach...

Chapter 910 Curiosity and Cats

After receiving satisfactory answers, the tribal chiefs left one after another with the grain purchased from the mine market.

But this upsurge has not completely cooled down, and many young aborigines are unwilling to leave.

The existing indigenous miners in the mine will continue to work, and the mine will no longer recruit new miners for a period of time.

Suldak promised the chiefs of the tribes that every year at the turn of autumn and winter, the quota of recruiting miners would be allocated to each tribe, so that the young natives left the mine with full expectations.

Currently, Suldak's army temporarily maintains a strength of [-] troops.

[-] heavy armored infantry, [-] mounted archers and [-] heavy cavalry.

Young aborigines who join the army belong to military service, and there is no military salary to receive every month.

But these young natives can all receive a little allowance, and every time they go out to perform missions or fight, they can get merit. If they accumulate [-] merit points, they can be exchanged for one gold coin.

Therefore, besides actively participating in high-intensity training every day, the only thing these young natives who joined the army hoped for was to be able to participate in field operations.

However, the heavy armor and weapons worn by the [-] heavy armored infantry are still being customized, and all infantry are receiving intensive training in the garrison camp.

Only cavalry and archers are out on duty.

……

During the recent period, Samira led eighteen thunder rhinos frequently between the copper mine and the northern valley of the forest. She was obviously more interested in making money than participating in battles.

In order to prevent the old iron trees buried under the moss and dead leaves in the woodland from being stolen, she not only left [-] archers in the forest in the northern valley, but also borrowed [-] cavalry from the Andrew Cavalry Battalion. Also stationed on the northern border of the Invercargill Forest to patrol around the valley all day long.

Samira's idea is very simple, that is to transport these iron logs out as soon as possible, but there are many more iron logs buried under the leaf mold in the forest than she expected.

When Suerdak and his party passed through this forest area before, they only saw some iron trees exposed on the ground and covered with a layer of moss.

When Samira transported the old ironwood exposed on the surface of the forest to Dodan Town in sections, only now did he find that many ironwoods were deeply hidden in the forest soil, and some ironwoods were even connected to the roots of these trees in the forest. tangled together.

Because of its non-perishable nature, the iron wood has been buried in the soil for many years. Now only the outer skin has rotted away, but the iron wood inside is quite well preserved.

These ironwoods have been buried in the woodland for so many years by moss and leaf mold, and now they are finally seen again.

Samira worried that once Lei Tingxi transported a large amount of iron and wood, it would definitely attract the attention of some interested people.

She didn't want these iron trees to be stolen...

……

Suldak also returned to the northern border of the Invercargill Forest.

He didn't come here to bring back the ironwood buried in the woodland, but wandered with a group of cavalry on the south bank of the mountain stream every day.

Recently, he is paying attention to his neighbor in the north of the territory. The once-in-a-decade animal swarm fills him with a sense of urgency. If this dark worm valley cannot be settled within ten years, his territory will be trampled by thousands of red ants. Razed to the ground.

If that is the case, long-term investment will not be possible here.

He has been thinking for the past few days whether he can use this mountain stream to build a new line of defense.

This forest with dense foliage is located in the northern part of the Invercargill Forest, only separated from the Dark Insect Valley by a deep mountain stream, and occasionally there will be one or two ghost-striped red ants.

Maybe it's because of the dark bat of the fourth-level monster. The local aborigines only know that this forest area is dangerous, and they don't usually come here.

The mountain stream in the northern part of the forest almost completely separates the Invercargill Forest and the Dark Worm Valley. Although the ghost-striped red ants are good at climbing cliffs, they are very afraid of water. There is a flowing river under the mountain stream. It is this river that separates the red ants from going south.

It is said that when the beast horde broke out, the ant colony wanted to cross this mountain stream. It was a bridge built by countless soldier ants hugging each other to the other side of the river.

When Samira followed Suldak to the south bank of the mountain stream, she also saw some dried ghost-striped worker ants corpses on the cliff at the bottom of the valley. , but the bridges made up of their bodies were completely broken.

Occasionally, the corpses of some red ants will fall into the valley below the mountain stream, and the only sound of the river flowing can be heard.

When Suldak came here last time, the indigenous warriors of the Dakuni tribe took him across this mountain stream, but they didn't venture into the Dark Worm Valley at that time.

……

Since the three fourth-level monsters entrenched in the Invercargill Forest were hunted down by the army led by Suldak, there were no monsters in the forest that could threaten the adventure group.

Everyone knows that the Invercargill Forest is full of treasures.

After the beast tide ended, there were not many low-level monsters left in the forest, and many monsters had migrated back from the Anya Swamp.

But during this time, a large number of adventure groups rushed into this forest before winter, and the monsters in the forest were almost hunted by the adventure groups.

There is no room for the monsters to live in this woodland, and because of this, the adventure group's footprints are moving towards the north of the forest little by little.

A large number of adventure groups came to the south bank of the mountain stream near the edge of the Dark Worm Valley in the Invercargill Forest, and finally stopped.

The members of the adventure group found that what stood in front of everyone was not only a deep stream, but also the poisonous fog that could hardly be dispersed in the opposite valley, as well as those ghost-striped red ants that appeared in the poisonous fog.

Everyone can see the red ants moving in the dense forest across the mountain stream.

They hardly leave the woodland full of poisonous mist, let alone cross the rushing river valley at the bottom of the mountain stream.

……

Across the bank, I saw that there were still many ghost-striped red ants infested in the opposite woodland, and many adventure groups did not want to return empty-handed.

At this time, some members of the adventure group showed the wild imagination of human beings.

They began to secretly build a few iron cables leading to the north bank on the south bank of the northern mountain stream in the Invercargill Forest, and then these adventure groups launched a special hunting on the bank of the mountain river.

That is to use various baits to introduce the ghost-striped red ants in the poisonous mist into the forest, and then kill them one by one...

They peeled off the hard armor of the ghost-striped red ant, hung it on a tree to dry, took out the magic core from the head, and put it in their pockets.

Originally, many adventure groups started to think about leaving because there were no monsters to hunt in the forest of monsters. However, some adventure groups discovered the business opportunities here, so many adventure groups began to gather towards the north of the forest.

In Bailin in October, ant-type magic materials appeared again in the two markets of the Copper Mine Field and Dodan Town.

……

The night sky in the Invercargill Forest is full of stars, and several members of the adventure group are sitting and chatting in the camp.

They set up several tents under a rocky cliff, and they have been hunting the ghostly red ants on the other side of the mountain stream for the past few days. The rock walls and branches outside the tents are covered with the hard carapace of red ants.

Don't dare to camp too close to the red ants. This rocky cliff has to climb over a mountain to reach the mountain stream further north.

This kind of harvest day will always make people feel happy.

The weather has started to turn cold. At night, you can feel the biting wind blowing in through the gaps in the tent. Even if you get into a sleeping bag, the cold wind blows your face a bit.

The head of the adventure group has already begun to calculate the departure and return date. He doesn't want to wait until the first snow falls, otherwise the road in the forest may be even more difficult.

The adventure group has had a good harvest in recent days, and the members feel a little relaxed. The weather here is a bit cold. In addition to fatty food and spicy food, there are also fruit wines that can keep the cold away.

After dinner, several members gathered around the campfire, sharing a wine glass and taking turns drinking a glass of fruit wine.

When chatting, there are always people who like to brag, so as to enliven the atmosphere of the chat.

Tonight's topic is: 'What's on the other side of the mountain...'

From the boundary markers, everyone knows that the mountain is the northernmost territory of Viscount Suldak in the Invercargill Forest.

What makes everyone curious is that every intersection in this mountain forest is nailed with wooden boards, and two lines of writing are written on them in imperial language and aboriginal language.

'Private territory, free for idlers'

In fact, if you don’t write these words, the slope is the most difficult to walk in this barren mountain and wild ridge. There are thorns, thorns and shrubs everywhere among the tall trees. Maybe the members of the adventure group will not easily go to that area to solve their personal problems. Lin Zi, they are worried that those thorny vines will accidentally pierce their buttocks.

But there are always those boards near the boundary markers...

Although the words written on those wooden boards are clear and straightforward, in the eyes of adventurers, those words are more like "Come in quickly, this place is very mysterious..."

Now the members of this adventure group, after drinking a little fruit wine, are discussing this issue.

"Every time I pass by that creek, I always see that wooden plank. I'm just thinking! What's hidden in it? You know, there are no warning signs like this in copper mines!" A young ranger tearing his hands The roasted red ant meat inside, said in a low voice.

"What exactly did they transport back to Dodan, you say?"

A shield warrior sitting opposite put down the whetstone in his hand, inserted the polished one-handed sword back into the leather scabbard, and began to check the belt buckle on the back of the shield. For the red ants who came up, he had to make sure that there were no problems with the weapons and armor.

"Sneak in and have a look!" A thin ranger with a glossy beard on his lips said frivolously.

The skinny ranger has the most outstanding appearance in this adventure group, and the leather armor he usually wears is also very elegant. He also has two long legs, which allow him to run extremely fast.

His bow skills are not outstanding, but he has a flexible mind. He is always responsible for the most important investigation tasks in the adventure group.

And every night, I can always meet the only female swordsman in the regiment.

This makes everyone a little dissatisfied with him in private, isn't it just a little whiter...