Lord Highlander

  Chapter 494 493. Spring in Wall Village

   Twenty-two four-wheeled carriages were parked by the reed pond at the entrance of the village, and the carriage drivers jumped out of the carriages one after another and removed the carriage boards.

  The kobold slave came out of the carriage with a numb face. The kobold slave was in a strange environment with a blank face, surrounded by large areas of withered and yellow reeds and red thatch, looking around, there were barren mountains everywhere in the distance.

A dilapidated small village is hidden in a ravine among the mountains. A stream that is almost dead flows out of the ravine. Connecting to the swamp at the bend of the river, the reed pond is not very big. The beginning of summer belongs to the dry season on Pagros. At this time, the reed pond will dry up a little bit, and finally only the small pond in the center of the swamp is left with countless silt deposits.

   Wait until midsummer, the rainy season comes, and the southeast monsoon blows humid air from the endless sea. After a heavy rain, this place will become a swamp.

  At this time, the floating ice on the pond at the entrance of the river bend has just melted, and the breeze blows, sparkling on the water.

More than a thousand kobold slaves were driven to the edge of the pond by Andrew. According to Suldak's instructions, these kobold slaves need to take a good bath here. Wearing warm clothes is not afraid of the cold, but if you let them jump into the icy river in early spring, at this time, it is not a small challenge for these kobold slaves.

These kobold slaves have completely succumbed to the whips of the slave traders. They are used to accepting orders to do things. Andrew drove a large group of kobold slaves off the pond with little trouble. However, due to the large number of kobold slaves, the pond can The area for the kobolds to bathe was very limited, so Andrew directed some kobolds to collect some reeds and pile them into huge haystacks on the shore.

  Andrew lit the haystack with the fire-focusing scroll, and the flames sprang up quickly. Flames burst out from the haystack, and the temperature within ten meters around him rose sharply.

  Thick smoke billowed from the fire and was blown to the north by the wind.

Those kobold slaves who washed off their dirt in the pond, climbed ashore from the pond, and were arranged by Andrew to warm up next to the fire, and each kobold also gave half a piece of cassava to eat breakfast while roasting, because last night The lips of these kobold slaves were slightly swollen after eating cassava, but this did not affect them.

   Seeing that they could receive food after taking a bath, and could sit over there to warm themselves up, these slow-moving kobold slaves began to be agile.

  The coachmen who have completed the delivery task have started their return journey one after another with their four-wheeled carriages. If the journey goes well, they should be able to return to Hailansa City before the city gate closes.

There was a pile of cassava piled under Andrew's feet. He stepped on the pile of cassava with one foot, held a piece of cassava in his hand, and shouted loudly to the kobold slave who was dripping and huddled in the cold wind: "Who is there?" After taking a bath first, anyone can eat cassava, and those who don't want to take a bath will not have breakfast..."

  The kobold slaves who have been imprisoned in the warehouse of Bena City for more than three months, really need to take a good bath.

  Half-elf archer Samira was wearing a red salamander leather armor, standing on a high hillside with a forest bow on his back.

  She kept an eye on the kobold slaves in the pond to prevent them from sneaking into the reeds and escaping. These kobold slaves are the private property of the Suldak knights, and even one of them cannot be lost. Looking at the barren land without even a forest, Samira couldn't imagine what the people in the nearby villages lived on.

  The ogre Gullitum sitting by the pond didn't think so much...

He was looking expectantly at the kobold slaves in the pond, hoping that any kobold slave would have the courage to escape, so that he could capture them back in a justifiable way, and then throw them into the bonfire beside him for a while. He licked his thick lips, squinted his eyes like a lion hunting antelope in the grass, and thought to himself: If he could sprinkle a layer of salt on the scorched kobold slave, it wouldn't be too bad.

  Looking at the desolate mountains around, the succubus Aphrodite walked alone to the distant ridge.

After the reddish-brown rocks are weathered and broken, they are scattered on the hillside. When you step on it, you will roll down the hillside. There are some large rocks at the foot of the hill. When you walk up the hillside, you will find small pieces of gravel. more and more. Aphrodite looked at the blue sky, thinking that she would live here for a long time in the future, she couldn't wait to learn about the surrounding environment.

When she had wings before, she could see them whenever she flew into the sky, so she got used to knowing her surroundings no matter where she went. Now that her wings have been chopped off by the succubus of the same race, she can only climb the highest hillside with her legs. However, Aphrodite will not feel disappointed about this. Whenever she subconsciously prepares to flap her wings and fly, she will comfort herself in her heart: "I have lost a pair of wings, but I have gained a vast sea and sky." '

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  After handing over a thousand kobold slaves to the care of the native warrior Andrew, Suldak walked into Wall Village alone.

  He wasn't worried about these kobold slaves escaping, and it didn't matter how many kobolds escaped. What's more, they are not familiar with this barren land, as long as they don't cross the Pagros Pass, they can't survive here at all.

Eight wagons loaded with cassava stopped at the entrance of the village. Although the cassava was piled up like a hill, for more than a thousand kobolds, it was no more than ten days' rations at best. If you want to continue to feed them, you have to To keep buying more cassava from the city of Hailansa.

   Having to feed so many kobold slaves at once, Suldak suddenly felt that the gold coins in his pocket would not last long.

This time, a total of 30 four-wheeled carriages were hired. Suldak asked those coachmen who were carrying kobold slaves to come to the village entrance to help unload the carts, but some coachmen who were carrying kobold slaves waited for the dog heads The human slave got off the cargo box, completed his hauling task, and then quietly bypassed the village entrance and returned to Hailansa City from the Paglos Mountain Pass. Some coachmen hurried to the village entrance with their four-wheeled carriages to help.

  With the help of the coachmen, several thousand catties of cassava were unloaded to the open space at the entrance of the village. Suldak counted, and there were only 7 coachmen who were willing to rush over to help unload the truck.

A cart full of cassava needs to be bought from Hailansa City for about fifteen silver coins, plus the shipping fee of six silver coins, and a cart of cassava needs to be paid for about twenty silver coins. He paid out three gold coins, and signed a purchase agreement with the fifteen coachmen who stayed behind, asking them to deliver another cart of cassava to Wall Village in five days.

  And Suldak also promised that when the time comes, they will not let them return empty when they return to the city.

The coachmen who stayed behind had no idea that there would be business coming later, and they drove the carriage away from Wall Village with joy on their faces. With a day's income, in the off-season of this kind of car and horse business, it is naturally very happy to be able to receive this kind of haulage task.

  Watching these four-wheeled carriages gradually go away, Suldak walked into Wall Village.

It has been more than three months since I left Wall Village. From the outside, this small village has not changed much. There are some unfinished civil engineering works on the top of the ravine, and there are some scaffolding made of wood at the gate of the reservoir. But it looks like it's still down.

The branches of the dead tree at the entrance of the village have obviously decreased after this winter, and the broken wooden board with the words "Wall Village" painted with white powder foundation is hung on the cross branch of the dead tree, shaking back and forth when the wind blows .

  Suldak walked up the dirt road, and the smoke from the village of Wall was rising in the early morning.

Breakfast is undoubtedly a luxury for the villagers of Wall Village. Except for the busy days in the wheat field, Wall Village generally eats two meals a day, so basically it will not start until the sun climbs the ridge. Eat breakfast.

The traditional breakfast food here is chestnut rice porridge, which is a porridge made of chestnut kernels, barley grains, and beans. It is boiled in the fireplace for more than two hours, and the beans can be cooked extremely fluffy and soft. After cooling, add A spoonful of maple syrup tastes very good, but in Wall Village, there are not many people who can afford maple syrup.

If there is a famine year, occasionally some cassava dices will be added to the porridge. In order to remove the toxins in the cassava, the villagers’ method is to cut the cassava into soybean-sized dices and soak them in cold water for two days, so that they can be drunk until the stomach will not be poisoned.

Several village women walked down from the upper reaches of the river carrying water cans, talking and laughing. This winter is not difficult this year. Every household has enough food reserves, and there is no tragedy that the roof collapsed due to heavy snow. Occasionally, they can eat dried chicken, duck and frozen sea fish, which they never dared to think about before, but now everyone knows that it is precisely the mining of yellow ore on the side of the pustule mountain that improves the life of the whole village.

   Spring is here and the dry season has just begun.

  Last autumn, the old village chief Brett led everyone to build a large dam in the upper reaches of the village. At this time, a pool of spring water was also filled. The water shortage in the planting season in previous years will probably not be there.

  When the group of village women saw Surdak walking in from the entrance of the village, the eyes of the group of women became bright.

   She almost went up to meet him, surrounded him, pushed her full and bulging chest up, and boasted to him, just like what she usually said when chatting.

   "Oh, that's not Little Duck!" someone in the village woman exclaimed.

   A well-informed village woman immediately corrected her and said, "You have to call Sir Suldak Knight..."

   "Haha, little Duck has become a knight!" The other village women said with a smile, their smiles were exaggerated, but the smiles on their faces were so bright.

   From the mouths of these village women, it seems that there is no a little bit of awe for knights.

  Suldak greeted briefly, then walked towards the house.

When passing by Selena's house, he saw faint blue smoke from the chimney on the roof from a distance. He didn't go into the small courtyard, but walked quickly to the house. The courtyard wall was still a bit dilapidated. For a canonized knight with a knight collar, it is a bit too shabby to actually live in this kind of house.

Previously, there was no time to build a new house. Karl suggested that Suldak directly buy the Funak Manor, but Suldak still prefers to build a big house in Wall Village. The large villa in the attic should be built next to the stream, and it is best to build a small wooden bridge, and it is best to transplant a few chestnut trees in front of the house.

  The old cows in the yard blew dully, and Rita's crisp whisper could be heard through the courtyard wall. She seemed to be chatting with Natasha.

  Suldak raised his hand and pushed open the courtyard door, and saw Rita and Natasha squatting beside the cow, milking the cow with a small iron bucket.

The courtyard door was suddenly pushed open, and the two of them turned their heads to look at the door at the same time, only to see Suldak standing at the gate, Rita stood up from the ground in surprise, wiped her little hands on the apron twice, and was pleasantly surprised. Shouted: "Suldak is back..."

   After speaking, he strode to the door and threw himself into Suldak's arms, his big blue eyes filled with excitement and joy.

   On the contrary, Natasha stood quietly beside the cow. She was wearing an off-white cotton dress, her long blond hair was wrapped in a silk handkerchief, her big eyes were like shining night stars, and she had a faint smile on her face.

  Hearing Rita's cry, the door of the house was pushed open, and little Peter rushed out with a wooden sword in his hand, squeezing between Rita and Suldak.

  Old Sheila stood supporting the door, and the wrinkles on Old Sheila's face deepened this winter.

   "Didn't you go out with the guard battalion to perform missions? Why are you still free?" Old Sheila asked Suldak.

  When she received the letter from Suldak, she actually had nightmares for several days in a row. She didn't expect that Suldak actually returned after only three months.

Suldak let go of Rita, lifted little Peter onto his shoulders, and then went straight to the door, and said to old Sheila, "This time I went to a Maca plane, and I just returned to the city in a magic airship yesterday. , because I want to settle down some slaves, I came back overnight!"

   "Haven't you had breakfast yet..." Old Sheila squinted her eyes, looking at Suldak with cloudy eyes and asked.

  Suldak nodded with a smile, and followed old Sheila into the room.

As soon as Suldak sat down on the chair, he said to Rita who came in: "By the way, Rita, help me cook a big pot of wheat porridge later, I still have a few men at the entrance of the village, wait I still have to prepare some breakfast for them, let's prepare it for twenty people!"

   "Your men?" Rita asked Suldak with her eyes wide open.

Suldak proudly pointed to the knight badge on his chest, and said to Rita: "I am now a small captain in the guard battalion. This time I participated in the Maca Plane War and recruited a few men, but They're a little bit special, you better be prepared when you see them later, there's a big guy, he's kind, don't be afraid to see him go, don't look too surprised."

"I heard from Charlie that you joined the guard battalion in the city, and now you have been promoted to be a captain?" Rita kept asking, "Does that mean we will move to the city in the future? ?”

Suldak rubbed his nose and replied: "Not for the time being, the official appointment at the guard battalion will come down soon, and I will be the sheriff of the barren land outside the Pagros Pass in Hailansa City ..."

   "..." Rita opened her mouth wide and looked at Suldak in disbelief. She never thought that after a winter, Suldak actually became a knight master in the guard camp...

  (end of this chapter)