Lord Highlander

   Chapter 506 505. Ordinary life

  Everyone in the village knows that a group of kobold slaves dug an artificial canal on the edge of the tidal flat in the lower reaches of Wall Village.

The main purpose of this canal is to drain the large amount of rainwater gathered from the surrounding mountains in time when the rainy season comes. The tidal flats of the river bend form a swamp every year due to the abundant rainfall in summer. This area occupies a large area in the lower reaches of Wall Village. In the low valley, there are a lot of reeds and red thatch growing here.

  Countless reeds and red thatch grow to wither, and finally completely rot, and after many years, they become the fertilizer of this tidal flat.

The old village chief Brett also summoned the Wall villagers to manage this tidal flat, but they were put on hold due to the huge amount of work. Suldak wanted to turn this fertile tidal land into a good field for growing wheat. The main thing is to block the abundant rainwater gathered from the surrounding mountains before the rainy season, and divert the rainwater to the entrance of an underground river.

  The artificial river dug by the kobold slaves is a drainage channel. In addition to this channel, the old village chief also plans to build a low flood control dam outside the reclaimed tidal flats.

After nearly a month of excavation, the kobold slaves have dug a nearly five-kilometer-long river channel near Wall Village. Since the deposited silt is less than two meters, after the kobold slaves dug out the silt in the river channel, they revealed The limestone rock formation at the bottom of the river, if you want to further break through this part of the rock formation, not to mention the huge amount of work, you also need a chisel pick to dig out the rock formation.

Standing on one side of the embankment, Suldak watched a team of kobold slaves lift the limestone blocks from the bottom of the river to the edge of the embankment to build a stone wall. A dozen villagers of Wall Village were building the limestone Cement slurry was poured into the gap to form a flood control dam nearly one meter above the ground. Then he asked the old village chief Brett: "Uncle Brett, do you think this canal can drain the rainwater from the surrounding mountains?"

"In a year with heavy rain, this canal might not be enough. However, in recent years, the rainfall in the barren land has been less than one year. If calculated according to last year's rain, this drainage canal must be more than enough." Old Village The wrinkles on Long Brett's face stretched out. It is a long-cherished wish that he has not been able to fulfill for so many years to treat this tidal flat. Now seeing these kobold slaves digging out the river bit by bit, the old village head is full of emotion .

According to the estimate of the old village chief, the canal will be dug to the entrance of the underground river in two months. Suldak wants to widen the river by ten meters, which is not difficult. These kobold slaves dig the tidal flat The speed of the silt is not slow, but Suldak still wants to dig the river one meter deeper. The limestone rock layer has been dug at the bottom of the river. The progress slowed down, and the old village chief Brett still felt a little impatient.

  Surdak pointed to the other side of the flood control embankment, and said to the old village chief Brett: "We can plant some willow trees on both sides of the embankment of this canal in the future..."

  'What's the use of willow trees? It's better to plant some chestnut trees and oak trees, and you can harvest pomegranate and acorns in autumn. What use willow trees are? '

  The old village chief Brett slandered in his heart.

  Of course he didn't know that someone wanted to plant willow trees by the river out of some kind of sentimentality.

  Although he didn't quite agree with this, it wasn't to the extent that he had to object. He was thinking about other things.

   "Little Duck, are you really not going to include this place in your territory?"

The head of Bright Village didn't understand that Suldak spent huge sums of money to rebuild Wall Village to build a reservoir, and dug rivers in the tidal flats to open up new wheat fields, but he didn't want to designate this land as his knight's territory. It's good to say this, but Suldak is not good. The old village head Brett feels that he still needs to have a serious talk with Suldak about this matter.

Suldak smiled indifferently, and said: "The boundary markers of my territory have been erected. On the territory of Hailansa, my territory almost covers the entire pustule mountain. Apart from being uninhabitable, there are other things that are still there. Not bad, besides owning a sulfur mine, there is a large amount of volcanic ash accumulated in the territory. These volcanic ash are first-class building materials. After the construction of the reservoir in the village is completed, I plan to sell the volcanic ash cement to Hailan Go to Sacheng."

"Whether it is building a house or building a city wall, there is no material more suitable than these cements." Suerdak pointed to a pile of volcanic ash cement not far away, and said to the old village chief: "Although the land here in Wall Village is very good, but Even if I own this knight collar and a large new wheat field, even if all the wheat produced by these wheat fields is ground into wheat flour in the future, how much profit will it bring me?"

The head of Brett Village witnessed a solid reservoir dam being built with his own eyes. Of course, he clearly understood how convenient this kind of volcanic ash is. The wall, but he never considered 'volcanic ash can also be sold for money'.

   "Those volcanic ash everywhere...can be sold for money?" The old village chief looked at Surdak in surprise.

"Of course, you also know how strong the reservoir dams poured with volcanic ash cement are. These volcanic ash cements can not only be used to build the walls of Hailansa city, but also to build stronger houses. In Hailansa city There are also many half-stone and half-timbered attics. If they are built with this kind of volcanic ash cement, at least two more floors can be added. If such a good building material is very cheap, it is even lower than the cost of using wood. Someone must have Willing to buy."

   In this regard, Suldak still has some confidence.

  The old village chief Brett hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but speak out what was in his heart.

He reminded Suldak: "I have no problem with widening the channel of this canal, but the limestone layer at the bottom of the river needs to be dug. I am worried that this drainage channel may not be able to communicate with the underground over there before the rainy season comes." The river has completed the last step of connection, and manpower is still needed to reclaim the tidal land.”

Surdak walked down the embankment, stood in the limestone-covered river, and said to the old village chief: "I'm going to let the villagers open up that tidal land, and the land over there will be opened up in a few days, and then You have to come and divide this land for everyone yourself to avoid unnecessary disputes."

   "Are you not going to want this piece of land?" Village Chief Brett was completely confused by the young man in front of him.

Suldak shook his head and said, "My knights are on the other side of the pustule mountain. Although I have a good personal relationship with Bird tax collector, when the tax is collected in autumn, this wheat field will inevitably have to be paid to the empire. Taxes, if distributed to everyone, in view of the Poor Subsidy Bill introduced by the city hall, this part of the tax is estimated to be a symbolic collection."

  The old village chief Brett thought in his heart, maybe this is the vision of the knight!

  …

After Suldak led the security team back to Wall Village, Andrew and Samira assumed the duties of the security officers and began to patrol the 19 natural villages in the barren land, and began to draw a new map of the barren land. map.

  The two of them rode Gubolai horses around these villages, and they already had a general understanding of this barren and desolate land.

There is a shortage of supplies here, these villages are far poorer than they thought, and most of the villagers have never seen the world, they can't even tell the difference between a guard battalion knight and a tax officer. Andrew, who thought he was a tax official, jumped out of fright when he saw Andrew appearing from a distance, which made Andrew think that he had encountered the bandits of the bandit group at first.

   When he rushed over, he realized that these villagers who had fled were all poor villagers who could barely afford porridge.

   The ogre Gullitum followed the wagon that pulled the volcanic ash into the depths of the barren land every day.

He went to the depths of the barren land, of course not for the volcanic ash, but to hunt the gray rock iguanas living on the Gobi Desert. The ogre is almost obsessed with the dish of braised lizard tail. This season is not It is the best season to hunt gray rock iguanas. If ogres want to eat this delicacy, they have to hunt in the depths of the barren land.

  Only the succubus Aphrodite lived the most relaxed life. Her favorite thing to do every day was to sit on the ridge and bask in the sun.

  The villagers all know that she is Suldak's servant.

Suldak brought back a mithril-plated mask from Hailansa City. It was a mask that was polished as smooth as a mirror. Except for the holes in the eyes, the other parts were extremely smooth. She liked it very much. She wears a mask on her face almost every day, and she never greets the villagers. At most, she walks around behind Suldak occasionally to see the excitement.

   Even the villagers are used to her presence, but they dare not approach her, let alone provoke her.

  At the end of the month, Charlie took five villagers to the sulfur mine in the rocky area, and exchanged Luke and the other five villagers who were stationed there.

The bottom of the secondary reservoir in Wall Village has finally been leveled, and grouting for the waterproof layer of the pool bottom has begun. Twenty four-wheeled carriages in Wall Village are continuously transporting volcanic ash to the reservoir construction site. The bricklayers on the construction site were busy very late every day, and even Rita and Natasha, who were in charge of cooking for the bricklayers, could not come back until very late.

Suldak has been choosing a site for the security team in the barren land outside the Pagros Pass in recent days. In the end, it was the old village head Brett who made the decision, and drew a block at the upper reaches of the village near the edge of the fifth-level reservoir dam. land.

Suldak intends to build a three-story villa here along the mountain. The specific architectural drawings have to be discussed several times with Celia Cooper. This magician who is good at space magic also has a certain amount of knowledge in architecture. , Several brief talks gave Surdak some useful suggestions.

   But what Suldak didn't expect was the visit of Lance, the law enforcement team of Hailansa Magic Union.

  Little Peter stood on the hillside, pointed to a black shadow in the sky, and shouted excitedly to Suldak: "Suldak, look! That man can fly..."

  Suldak let a group of bricklayers around him continue, while he walked up to Little Peter, and looked at the dark shadow in the sky against the dazzling sunlight.

   When the magic handle became clear enough, Suldak finally saw the magician riding on the handle.

The magic stick circled over the reservoir, then plunged down and landed beside Suldak. The young magician in a beige magic robe jumped off the magic stick, Sur Dak went up to him and hugged him, before saying cordially:

   "Lance, why do you have time to come to me?"

"I'm here on a special trip to find you this time!" Lance said to Suldak, and then he saw little Peter standing beside Suldak with a timid look on his face, so he asked Suldak: "This is your son?"

  Suldak smiled and nodded.

  Lance took two steps towards Little Peter, squatted down in front of him, and reached out to take out a delicate wooden box from his arms.

  Suldak thought the wooden box was a music box.

  Lance easily lifted the lid of the wooden box, and a dancing little fireman appeared in the wooden box.

Little Peter looked at the little fire man in the wooden box in amazement. He could even feel the burning temperature of the little fire man. He wanted to reach out to take it, but he didn't dare. He looked at Sulda hesitantly. Like Suldak, Suldak nodded encouragingly.

   At this time, Lance had already closed the wooden box and handed it to Little Peter.

   "Thank you!" Little Peter said in immature words.

  Lance smiled and said to Little Peter: "You should call me Uncle Lance!"

   "Thank you, Uncle Lance!" Little Peter repeated.

   "Remember, don't play with this box in the withered grass and firewood!" Lance stretched out his hand and touched Little Peter's head, telling him.

Suldak walked up to Lance, motioned for Little Peter to find Old Sheila over there, then turned to look at Lance, and asked him, "You came here so specially, what happened? "

   "Do you know the Dale magician from the White Elephant Firm?" Lance asked bluntly.

   "Yes, I have some business dealings with Magician Dale. I discovered an open-pit sulfur mine in Knightland. Almost all the sulfur mined recently was sold to the White Elephant Firm." Suldak replied truthfully.

   "So it was because of the brimstone that you chose the knight in that place where the birds don't shit!" Lance said with a dazed expression.

   "Pay attention to your quality! You are an excellent magician nobleman, you shouldn't be so rude..." Suldak countered to his friend.

"Ha, well, let's talk about the business, I will go to other places to investigate later!" Lance said: "We suspect that this Dale magician has some kind of connection with a group of space magicians. A group of space magicians collectively rebelled against the Grimm Empire Magic Union a few years ago."

   "The Black Magic Priory?" Suldak broke out in a cold sweat behind his back.

Lance shook his head and said: "It's not the Priory, it's another illegal space magic organization. In order to find the secrets of space magic, these space magicians came into contact with some taboo magic publicly announced by the Imperial Magic Union, so...you Know, sometimes those who don't follow the rules are always prone to ostracism..."

  (end of this chapter)