Thousands of sparks

Chapter 74 Armed Miners
The naval commandos and the postmen in red who stayed in Fern County were warmly received by the residents at night.

These destitute villagers have nothing to entertain guests.But they still decided to take all their "good stuff" out.

Such as grilled squid, such as rabbit meat, such as hard bread, such as larvae caught in the woods that need to walk for several hours to reach, and... mushrooms and wild vegetables dug in the forest.

Except for turtle fish, these things are almost no different from garbage in the eyes of commandos and postmen in red.But when the residents enthusiastically took out the food they had collected and handed it to them with humble and timid smiles, no one could say a word of rejection.

Dusande couldn't refuse either.The food in front of him was the most abundant - the dozen or so fat and writhing insect larvae were said to be the most delicious delicacy.

"These bugs are dug out from the bark." A [-]-year-old young man beside Dusand is introducing this "food", and swallowing while talking, "Just eat it raw. It’s ok, the juice inside tastes very sweet, more delicious than the sweetest wild fruit..."

With some difficulty, Du Sande picked up the worm that was still wriggling in front of him, and then... was bitten by the worm.

"It doesn't matter, you can eat it when it's cooked." The young man took the initiative to act as a waiter. He skillfully pierced the bugs with a thin wooden stick with a sharpened end, and then set it on the fire to start grilling. .

The fat, white bug quickly twisted under the flames, and after being burnt for a few seconds, it completely stopped moving.

"Eat it while it's hot." The young man swallowed several times, and then stuffed the stick with the worms into Dusand's hand.

Seeing the young man's expectant look, Dusande really couldn't refuse.He could only bite the bullet, closed his eyes, and stuffed the bug into his mouth.

A fatty taste filled Dusand's mouth, and there was a slight woody smell unique to plants in the sticky taste.

In addition, it is sweet-sweetness.

Du Sande felt that he had eaten a strange food made of pure pig fat, sawdust seasoning and three catties of white sugar.

"It tastes good, doesn't it?" The young man smiled. "This is something we are usually reluctant to eat—only women who are about to give birth can eat it."

Fat and sugar are precious sources of energy that these poor people usually find difficult to obtain.So much sweetness and richness...it's easy to satisfy them indeed.

"Master..." The young man looked around, then lowered his voice and asked, "In the future... can we really have our own land to grow wheat?"

"Of course there will be." Dusande nodded, "In the future, with the steam carriage, you can dig up all the surrounding soil—then there will be fields that can be cultivated!"

Digging up the soil and carrying it back and piling it in the fields is the main way for villagers to transform the land now.Thanks to their continuous efforts, the fields in some places now have a soil layer nearly ten centimeters thick.

Getting enough soil thickness for your fields is only the first step in starting farming.Despite the difficulties, they are still in their own way, "creating" land for themselves that can be used to grow crops.

"That's great." The young man smiled, "We won't have to go hungry anymore!"

Hundreds of people gathered around the fire and ate together, which made everyone very relaxed.Although the villagers had no wine of their own, the marine commando soldiers each carried flagons.

After eating the grilled worms, the sailors drank and shared the rum they carried with the villagers—a rum distribution to naval commandos was the tradition of the Imperial Navy.

"I wish you good health!" Toasts are required for drinking, and marine commandos and villagers don't do as much work as nobles.After a while, they began to wish General Horne and Dusand "good health" over and over again.

Du Sande also joined in the fun with everyone. Although he didn't drink, he was still very happy.

"Boom!" Everyone was busily drinking wine and eating meat, but Dusande vaguely heard the sound of an explosion coming from afar.

Before Dusand could react, General Horn suddenly threw the flagon in his hand.

He withdrew the pistol with one hand and gave a cry.

"Everyone is there, enter the position!"

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Dusande was escorted by two postmen in red to the cave where he was imprisoned before. Colt sat on the ground and looked at him with a half-smile.

Looking at this situation, no matter how nervous Colt is, he should know that he was being tricked by Dusand.But he was completely free from the anger of being calculated.

"Just the postman in red, and those poor people, it is impossible to stop the elite team of the Security Department." Colt said to Dusand, "Mr. Lord, give up resistance. In the name of Mr. Duke Guaranteed, after giving up resistance, we will guarantee your safety."

"You all heard it." Du Sande sneered twice, and said to the red-clothed postmen beside him, "This old man has moved the Duke out—this is a blatant framing of the Duke."

"We will make a record and convey it to the Privy Council." The postman in red who escorted Dusand showed a bright smile. "This is a merit that can get a badge. Thank you, Mr. Lord, for your report."

Colt laughed a few times, he still seemed to think that Dusande had no chance of winning.

"Landmines can only impede the attack, but they cannot repel the enemy." He said to Dusand, "The naval commando can only exert its full combat effectiveness with the support of naval ship shelling, and you will lose."

"Go on." Dusand found a cleaner ground and sat down.He rolled his eyes at Colt and said, "How many people can you get in a fishing company with less than 300 people? There is a battalion of naval commandos outside. If you can't beat this, then I will die."

"Who said... we only have less than 300 people?" Colt enthusiastically answered Dusand's question, "Mr. Duke has four mines around Bosenk, and there are at least 500 mine supervisors in the mines." People. Besides, we still have a lot of miners to use.”

He winked at Dusand, "Like Finn, they used to be miners of Union soldiers. When they take up weapons, the power they can unleash is much higher than that of naval commandos."

Du Sande paused, and then sneered nonchalantly, "Give weapons to the miners, and they will probably kill you first!"

"Ordinary miners do, but mine slaves in the alliance are different." Colt chuckled twice, spreading his hands together, "If you want them to work hard for me, you only need to reward them with a ticket that can return to the alliance." Just a boat."

(End of this chapter)