Lord Highlander

  Chapter 251 250. Taylor's death

  Chairman Brett didn't expect that Suldak would have such an idea. There is no doubt that this is something that is beneficial to the whole village.

It’s just that for Wall Village, this matter is not so easy to achieve. The old village head has lived in Wall Village for most of his life. He is very familiar with the mountains, rivers, plants and trees here. The land is barren, and the people living here are all poor people who are struggling on the food and clothing line. It is not easy to build a reservoir.

  In fact, there are not many pools similar to reservoirs in this area, and the seepage of limestone into the ground is particularly serious.

Every year when the rainy season comes, the bottom of the ravine in the Beigou Grassland will collect rainwater flowing down from the surrounding mountains. It only takes two heavy rains to fill the pool in the Beigou Grassland. However, this pool only exists for one summer. If there is no more rainfall near Beigou Grassland, the pool at the bottom of Beigou will dry up quickly.

The main reason is that there are many gaps and holes in the limestone layer at the bottom of the ditch, and the rainwater will continue to seep into the ground. Only when the rainfall is abundant, the Beigou grassland will have a water pool. Good anti-seepage work of the reservoir.

The other is to solve the problem of labor. Of course, the construction of the dam will not be just a simple earth wall. Pool repaired.

Suldak said to the old village head: "I think after the Harvest Festival, people in the village will be asked to build a reservoir. Those who are willing to work will be paid one silver coin per day. They will have two meals a day. In the morning, whole wheat bread and chestnut rice Porridge, scones and stew for lunch."

Seeing what Suldak said, the village chief Brett had obviously made up his mind. He also thought that after Suldak got his diploma from the Knight Academy and officially became a knight, Wall Village would be destined to become his fief. , there was no objection.

The old village chief squinted his eyes, and heard from Suerdak that the construction of the reservoir would cost the villagers a lot of wages, and he sighed repeatedly: "It's enough to take care of the food, and what's the wages, besides, it's a matter of the village, where can I get it?" Let you pay another salary..."

Standing beside the old village head, Suerdak said to the old village head: "Since you are willing to work, there is no reason to do it in vain. The autumn harvest is about to come. This matter has been decided in advance, and we have to wait for the cement Only if it can be used really well, I plan to build a smaller pool to try whether this cement pool will seep or not..."

  …

The carpenters in the village have come to the village chief Brett's house one after another. The old village chief has long wanted to repair the dilapidated and old houses in the village. Last winter, two old houses were crushed by heavy snow overnight. Dig out from the ruins under the snow, people have been frozen hard.

It is precisely because of this that the old village chief asked Suerdak to go to Hailansa City personally when he learned that the salamander tail could bring extra surplus to the village, and sold the salamander tail in exchange for a large number of nails, hinges and Door bolts and the like, just want to repair the houses in the village.

Suldak didn't want to get involved in repairing the houses in the village. When the carpenters arrived one after another, Suldak left the old village chief's house with five young people in the village. The money returned from selling the salamander meat in the city was distributed to five young people with fifty silver coins each according to the previous calculation.

  When the five young men received fifty silver coins, even Charlie was a little uneasy.

  Everyone got together to discuss whether they should try their luck in the pustule mountain area again. If they could meet another salamander, they would make it.

  Val put fifty silver coins into his pocket. He tried to bite almost every silver coin with his teeth, and sat on a stone under a dead tree at the entrance of the village, having fun alone.

  On the distant mountain road at the entrance of Wall Village, a caravan appeared. The crisp bells made a pleasant sound, but this time the caravan arrived at Wall Village, the children in the village did not rush out of the village in a swarm like before.

  The children are all confined at home. Today they need to help take care of their younger brothers and sisters at home. The older children have to go with their families to cut red thatch on the tidal flats of the river bend.

The whole village is busy repairing their houses. The herringbone wooden frame on the roof will be strengthened again, and then a thick layer of red thatch will be re-covered. The tidal flat is already crowded with villagers harvesting red thatch. Bundles of red thatch are laid out to dry on the sand by the river beach, and occasionally a few wild ducks hiding in the red thatch will be frightened away.

When the caravan arrived, the old village head would naturally greet him. Thirty gray iguanas were still being kept in the villagers' homes. The caravan purchased these iguanas according to the original agreement price. The acquisition process was very slow. It went well, but holding two gold coins in his hand, the old village chief suddenly felt that something was missing, and after thinking about it, he found that he lost the joy he had in the past. Although this money was sold last year, any joy was lost. The harvest that Suldak brought back last night was diluted.

After the caravan leader bought the salamanders, he was not in a hurry to leave Wall Village. According to the plan, they needed to rush to the next village tomorrow morning, but this time the enthusiasm of the villagers for buying was much less than before, and the stalls at the entrance of the village were almost Few people patronize. After inquiring from the old village head, I found out that today the village is undergoing house repairs, and almost the whole village is busy. At this time, of course no one would come to the caravan to hang out.

  The old village head held a walnut pipe in his hand, sat on the root of the dead tree at the entrance of the village, and chatted casually with the caravan leader.

  The caravan leader put a handful of shredded tobacco into the old village head’s pipe, and then lit the pipe for the old village head with a match. After everyone sat together, the caravan leader said:

"A big event happened here yesterday. A group of bandits originally planned to enter the Pagros mountain area to rob, but they didn't expect to be wiped out by someone just after arriving at the mountain pass. All the bandits were killed. Being nailed to the cross on the top of the mountain, speaking of which, our caravan escaped a catastrophe inexplicably this time, and I also heard that the bandit group ransacked many noble manors in Hailansa City recently."

   Speaking of this, the leader of the caravan was a little overjoyed.

  The old village head rolled his cloudy eyes, pretending to be confused, and asked, "Over the mountain pass?"

  The leader of the caravan replied: "Yes, when you have the opportunity to go to Hailansa City and pass the mountain pass, don't forget to look at the top of the mountain."

  The old village chief asked again: "Then have you heard who wiped out that bandit group?"

  The caravan leader shook his head, and only said: "I don't know this yet, everyone guesses that it is the guard camp of Hailansa City..."

  When everyone was talking about this, Suldak sat aside and listened quietly...

  …

  Grenfell Manor in Highlander

  A knight in dark red leather armor broke in and said in a low voice to Baron Grenfell who was reading a black leather magic book:

   "Taylor is dead..."

   A quill in Baron Grenfell's hand snapped off with a 'click'. He frowned and said angrily:

   "He just sent back the news that he found the hiding place of the saint. Now you tell me that he died on the mountain pass of Mount Pagolos? Our clues are broken again!"

  The knight in the dark red leather armor also changed his face slightly, and asked, "Didn't he tell me where the saint is hiding?"

   Baron Grenfell smashed the tea cup on the desk against the wall, unable to suppress the anger in his heart, he said angrily:

   "Is this really him? In the barren land of the Pagolos Mountains, even the consul of Hailansa City doesn't know how many natural villages are hidden..."

  The knight in the dark red leather armor standing opposite him didn't look too irritable, and smiled sullenly: "But... this time, there is a direction to look for, isn't it?"

  (end of this chapter)