The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

This year, the winter in Wissus has been calm and peaceful.

The heavy snow like goose feathers arrived as expected.

But in one night, Wissas became a vast expanse of white, crystal snowflakes covered the streets, roofs, and treetops, and Paar Mountain in the distance was also covered with a layer of silver. A different kind of beauty.

early morning.

Old Andrew pushed open the door, let out a sigh of relief, rubbed his cold palms and took out a shovel to clear the snow accumulated outside the house.

After a while, Mo Ke, who lived next door, also came out. After greeting each other, they chatted while shoveling snow.

The content of the chat between the two was nothing more than their daily work and the situation of their son in the soldier training camp.

Dry salt in summer and scoop alkali in winter.

The Kojit Sea is still magnificent, and the salt fields along the coast are still busy.

However, due to the recent heavy snowfall, the work in the salt farm has been temporarily suspended, and the work volume of the production line has been reduced a lot.

Although there was no way to go to the salt field due to the heavy snow, old Andrew was not panicked at all.

His wife worked as a cook in the subsidy station, and the money was collected every day, and two copper coins were distributed every night when she returned home.

Not only that, those who volunteered to work at the subsidy station were given two coats to keep warm on the first day.

The thick coat he was wearing was brought back by his wife.

Mork sighed: "I heard that Earl Bivis Elliott ordered the gates of Fort Comoy to be closed. Now no one can come out, and no one can go in... Fortunately, we left Comoy early. Fort Moy."

Old Andrew was very grateful indeed.

If his son hadn't stolen money from him to pay the head tax and ran to sign up, now he doesn't dare to expect such a good life. I'm afraid he will be as regretful as the slave trapped in Fort Comoil.

Old Andrew thought of his son, and also thought that the three-month practice assessment was approaching soon.

"Mike came back last time and said that this season's assessment will go to the northwest side of Pa'er Mountain for actual combat exercises. The two officers and lords have already led people to survey the terrain in advance. When the time comes, the lord will go with him."

Mork did hear his son Maier talk about this.

Far and dangerous to the northwest of Paar Mountain, people have gone missing before, and others have been dragged away by brown bears... Few civilians or slaves go there.

Since hearing the news.

Mork was a little worried.

Old Andrew was quite open-minded: "If there is any danger, all the personnel in the soldier training camp will go, and there will be the leader of the knight commander. Even the wolves have to hide and go."

Mork nodded, feeling slightly relaxed.

He said enviously: "Your family's Mike is really up to date."

"In the last rehearsal, not only did I get No.1 and received a reward, but I also became the squad leader. I heard that he is very highly valued by the knight leader now."

Old Andrew is proud: "He has always been very assertive and very hardworking."

The first three days of winter drills are about to start.

Fort Comoi.

Beavis Eliot has a guest at his castle.

The identity of this guest is Matthew Luke, an earl from the Kingdom of Gaina.

The huge benefits brought by the sale of salt are coveted.

Even though Xia Zuoyi has given up [-]% of the benefits to the king, he still has enough temptations in his hands to arouse the greed of those who are interested.

Beavis Elliott had gone after the letter.

Bas Ridges once again wanted to claim Wissas for himself.

But this time it is impossible to directly send knights disguised as robbers to assassinate like last time.

They need a thorough plan.

Therefore, Bas Ridges secretly contacted a very ambitious Marquis of the Kingdom of Gainar.

The Marquis is a direct descendant of King Gainar and has the right to inherit, but the chances of success are not great.

Bas Ridges throws out the bait, and after Weishasi belongs to him, the refined salt will be sold to the Marquis at the lowest price, and the Marquis will sell it at a high price to earn intermediate profits.

The Marquis agreed to Bas Ridges' plan and ordered the lord closest to Fort Comoil to cooperate, that is, Earl Matthew Luke, who was entrusted by him.

Bivis Elliott had received the news long before that that Designia would also go to Paar Mountain for winter drills.

The knights brought by Matthew Luke met with the knights he sent on the northwest side of Paar Mountain, and set traps and ambushes in advance, so that Designia would never return.

After killing Designia, Matthew Luke will lead people to pretend to capture Wessas, and Bivis Elliot will lead people to rescue them. The two will play a scene, and Wessas will be taken over smoothly.

But Bevis Elliott felt uneasy again when he thought of the number of soldiers in the training camp.

"Have you ordered someone to ambush you? That brat Dexinia brought a lot of soldiers, just in case..."

Matthew Luke sneered: "What are you worried about? It's just a mob composed of a group of untouchables. How strong can a large number of people be?"

"Haven't you already done all the research and only trained for six months? Do you really think that pariahs can compete with knights?"

"Lord Marquis attaches great importance to this cooperation, and even sent a team of knights in his territory. We will not be at a disadvantage in terms of numbers... Captain Dyna, where did you lead the people to ambush?"

Behind Matthew Luke stood a knight commander who belonged to the Marquis. He was tall and straight, wearing thick armor, and his helmet covered his face, so he couldn't see his face clearly.

The commander of the knight rushed back to Fort Comoi to report the mission after he had ambushed. Hearing the words, he said in a dull voice, "In the narrow valley on the northwest side of Mount Paar."

Matthew Luke said to Beavis Elliott: "You just wait for the drill in three days to kill people in Parshan, this time it must be foolproof."

The money and the team of the army are all there.

Xia Zuoyi decided to arrange the winter exercise as an actual combat project on the northwest side of Paar Mountain, and took advantage of the opportunity of the exercise to find the natural asphalt mine.

The streets, houses, etc. of Wissus need to be remodeled.

Mining construction in spring, moisture volatilization in summer and autumn, the construction will be completed before winter next year, just in time for occupancy.

Xia Zuoyi's little abacus was playing loudly.

He was afraid that the weather would be unpredictable, so he moved forward the scheduled drill date by one day. After asking the soldier training camp to bring the necessary items, he set off for the northwest side of Pa'er Mountain.

Some of the knights stayed behind in Wissus, and the rest followed.

Go southeast over Mount Paar.

They walked to the flat valley between the mountains on both sides, and there was a frozen lake in front of them, surrounded by a wide grassland, which was also covered with ice and snow at this moment.

Xia Zuoyi ordered to rest next to Paal Lake.

The next drill will also start from here.

The snow hadn't completely melted, and the ground was muddy. Carriages could not enter the mountains, and they could only ride horses or walk.

Therefore, Xia Zuoyi was tightly wrapped by Judith holding her chest and riding up the mountain.

Gibran and Toby did not follow, but stayed in the castle.

Judith dismounted first.

Then he stretched out his hand, and carefully carried Xia Zuoyi off the horse into the tent that the soldiers had set up long ago. After a while, Fernandi and Walker also walked in, holding a small stove, hot water Good dry food and water.

Xia Zuoyi: "I don't know whether the ice on the lake is thick or thin. Let the soldiers stay away and don't go there."

"Yes, Lord Count."

Walker William glanced out, Taylor Kennedy turned and left, obeying orders.

Xia Zuoyi drank hot water in small sips, and nestled in the thick blanket warmly, not wanting to move.

He looked out through a gap in the tent, and saw a vast winter mist in the mountains. After the wind blew, it slowly dispersed, and the frost on the treetops was crystal clear and trembling slightly...

Xia Zuoyi thought with admiration that the valley of Mount Pa'er will be very beautiful in spring, with green lakes, grasslands all over the mountains, green pavement, and green felt forests... the place is wide enough and spacious enough.

He was in a daze for a while, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind.

The castle was built on a cliff along the coast of Kogit. Even though it can be seen from a high place, the seaside is humid after all, and the winter is even colder...

Furthermore, there is a lot of room for development in the Kojit Sea, and there are still many values ​​worth exploring. The salt farms alone only occupy a small position on the coast.

If he wants to continue to develop the marine economy, it is really not a good choice for the castle to be built by the sea in the long run.

It would be better to rebuild the castle in Paar Mountain.

Like... the shores of Lake Paarl?

The more Xia Zuoyi thought about it, the more she thought it was a good idea.

At this moment, a bit of surprise and astonishment flashed across his eyes.

Then he told Judit calmly that he wanted to take a nap.

After Judith and others went out.

Xia Zuoyi frowned and smiled, "098, you're back from your trip."

The system interface appeared after a "ding" sound just now, and the stickman with the number 098 on his head knocked on the cosmic mailbox.

【Surprise, host, 098 is back with a gift. 】The stickman compared his heart to Xia Zuoyi.

Xia Zuoyi was puzzled and curious: "What gift?"

System 098: [It's a very surprising gift, it's in the cosmic mailbox, the host may wish to guess first, and then release 098. 】

Xia Zuoyi: "...give me a hint."

This buddhist system even amuses the host.

098: 【Fierce and cute, can roll. 】

"... Fluffy? Can your cosmic mailbox still send living things?"

[Yes, is it convenient for the host to be around? 098 can place gifts around the host. 】

Xia Zuoyi thought about it: "Wait for a while, I need to find the right time."

[Okay, 098 is not in a hurry. 】

After the break.

Fernandi Edward announced the specific content of this winter exercise.

Winter drills are going in a very different way than last time around.

Ordinary soldiers and reserve soldiers fight against each other. Both sides are enemies. Each carries a small flag on his body. The ordinary soldiers have a blue flag, while the reserve soldiers have a red flag.

According to the distribution of the map, the two sides each occupy a base location, with a narrow valley in the middle.

The drill task of the soldiers is to plant the flag behind their respective bases, no matter what method they use, sneak into the opponent's base and snatch the opponent's flag.

Then bring the snatched flags into the small valley for protection. Within the specified time, whichever snatches the most flags will win the victory.

Such actual combat exercises not only test the soldiers' latent combat capabilities, but also test the soldiers' random response strategies.

Whether it is grabbing the flag or guarding the flag, it requires the tacit cooperation and flexible minds of the soldiers to face the problem.

Xia Zuoyi figured out the way of winter drills.

Fernandi and Walker took the knights to survey the terrain in advance and draw a map.

The narrow valley in the middle of the map is where the natural bitumen mines are located.