Lord Highlander

in early july

The village didn't need so many kobold slaves, so the old village chief arranged for Charlie to send two hundred kobold slaves to the Lava River Sulfur Mine on Pustbump Mountain to mine sulfur mines.

At present, there are only less than 600 kobold slaves left in Wall Village, and most of these kobold slaves are mining limestone on the hills not far from the village.

The villagers of Wall Village drove the four-wheeled carts and transported the square stones from the mountain bag back to the village.

They first blasted the large limestone body with black powder, and then used mining picks and chisels to cut the limestone into rectangular stones. The row houses at the entrance of the village were built with the stones dug out by these kobolds for more than half a month. The volcanic ash cement is poured into the gap, which looks like a thick city wall from the outside.

Suldak arrived at Wall Village smoothly with fifteen carriages. A group of villagers rushed to the entrance of the village. Everyone unloaded wheat flour and miscellaneous grains and stored them in the newly built warehouse.

Seeing that Suerdak brought back so much wheat flour and miscellaneous grains from Hailansa City, the old village chief frowned and said, "Why did you buy so much wheat flour again? The food in your house is enough to eat the autumn wheat." When it is mature, if the wheat flour is not well preserved, it will become moldy and prone to worms in the summer. Although you are now a nobleman, you can't waste food like this..."

Suldak rubbed his nose and explained to the old village chief: "Uncle Brett, this time I went to Hailansa City to meet Marquis Bernard. Our barren land lacks a local defense chief. He wanted me to form a defense force, so I prepared to recruit some retired veterans from various villages to form a barren land militia battalion, and I exchanged the wheat flour from the military expenses at the military supply department."

The old village chief was overjoyed.

"You mean that the Marquis Bernard asked you to raise a battalion of militia?"

But he immediately remembered that Suldak is currently the knight captain of the Hailansa Guard Battalion, so he asked again:

"Don't you have a security team with a guard battalion? Why do you want to form a militia battalion?"

Suldak was also a little confused about the powers and responsibilities of Hailansa City. He only knew that the security team of the guard battalion was in charge of daily security affairs, but the militia battalion was regarded as the local garrison and the local defense force.

Then he said: "The security team of the guard battalion is responsible for peacetime security, and the militia battalion is the defense garrison."

Village Chief Bright frowned and said:

"Dark, everyone is a lucky survivor from the battlefield. Everyone has been on the battlefield and knows how cruel the battlefield is. I don't think anyone will be willing to join your militia battalion."

Surdak looked at the wheat flour on the carriage and said:

"That's why I shipped these wheat flour back. All veterans who join the militia battalion will get a certain amount of payment every month, temporarily ordering a bag of wheat flour."

The old village chief's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help asking: "Can I get wheat flour regardless of whether there is a war?"

Suldak nodded and said: "Well, and there will be no training in summer and autumn, only in winter when the farm is slack, some field training in barren land will be organized, and there will be extra living allowances for participating in these trainings. If I don’t organize this militia battalion, when the bandits attack the village, the villagers will rise up and resist, and I will provide some material subsidies here, wouldn’t it be better?”

"In this case, try to take care of our Wall Village when selecting candidates." The old village chief told Suldak.

"Of course, if they are willing to join, they will be the first choice, but they will not all find people from the village. Every village must have people from the militia battalion to keep abreast of the situation in each village."

Hearing what Suldak said, the old village chief nodded in satisfaction.

Two carriages loaded with strips of limestone drove into the village. The old village chief hurriedly walked over with a cane, pointed to an open space, and shouted to the two villagers driving the carts: "Pull the stones over there... Yes, that's over there!"

...

These coachmen who transported whole wheat flour had been coming to Wall Village a while ago.

When they came to Wall Village again and saw that in just over half a month, a city wall with a length of 700 to 800 meters had been built at the entrance of the village, and when they drove the carriage into Wall Village, they were also amazed at these stone houses.

Entering Wall Village, the changes in the village are even greater. In addition to the large amount of building materials piled up in the village square, the village has actually built a series of horizontal and vertical cement roads. These cement roads are very wide, and the middle of the road is flat. It is enough for two carriages to drive side by side, with cement stone steps with slow steps on both sides, and a drainage ditch made of cement next to it.

It has been raining continuously for the past two days, and most of the rainwater from the upper reaches of the village flows into the reservoir, while the rainwater from the village flows into the river along the drainage ditch.

In the past this season, the roads in the village would become muddy, but now that situation seems to have completely disappeared.

These cement roads have been repaired from the entrance of the village to the reservoir in the upper reaches of the village, neatly cutting Wall Village into countless regular strip-shaped areas. Some of these areas still have some dilapidated thatched houses, and some thatched houses have been knocked down. , and rebuilt the cement foundation on the original homestead.

Suldak's model of a townhouse built of clay and wood stands on a wooden stand in a shed in the village square.

This is a kind of two-story western-style building that is very common in later generations, with an attic and a terrace on the roof, which looks chic and grand.

Now it has become a gathering place for children. Many half-grown children in the village also like to use mud and wood to build a model of a house like Surdak, and then proudly hold the model of the townhouse they made to show off. , because most of the houses in the village had to be demolished and rebuilt, so there was an upsurge of discussion in the village, and everyone had some ideas of their own.

The logs on the threshing floor are piled up like a hill, and the carpenter's workshop in the village has been using saws day and night to break the oak boards.

There are many forest farms outside Hailansa City. In addition to the acorn business, these forest farms also sell wood. Most of the trees in this mountain range are oak trees, so the price of oak is relatively cheap.

Not long after the rebel knights attacked the village, Wall Village began a major reconstruction project. The reason was simple. The thatched huts in the village could not withstand the rebel knights' spears, and they were completely shattered.

Wanting to re-pave red thatch on the earthen house is not only laborious and time-consuming, but in the end it is still a thatched house that cannot withstand a knight's shot. It is better to just tear down and rebuild.

As for the cost of building these new townhouses, it is still borne by Wall Village and Surdak.

Villagers do not need to pay anything.

In addition, the villagers who are willing to work on the construction site can get a salary of 100 copper coins every day. Almost every day there is something new in Wall Village.

When Suldak returned from Hailansa City, the foundations of several homesteads had already been laid.

The reason why Suldak wanted to persuade Old Wall Village to invest in rebuilding Wall Village was mainly to convince the stubborn old Sheila...

After entering the rainy season, the construction of the reservoir temporarily stopped, and Suerdak wanted to build a house in Wall Village.

A month ago, Suldak told the old Sheila that she was going to tear down the existing house in the family and expand it into a house. The old Sheila didn't agree at first, and she didn't want to give up the old house that she had lived in for so many years.

She felt that as long as she still lived in the old house, she could still lie on the rattan chair next to the fireplace, and occasionally close her eyes to remember those difficult days in the past, and those people hidden in her heart could occasionally appear in her dreams.

She was afraid that if the house was gone, those memories would be gradually forgotten by her, and there were some things she didn't want to forget.

So she told Surdak that everyone in the village lived in thatched huts, and she didn't want to live in a new house.

Suerdak discussed with the old village chief to tear down the thatched houses in the village and rebuild them into brand new stone houses with wooden roofs, so that he would not worry about the roof collapsed by the snowstorm in winter.

A while ago, the rebel cavalry swept Wall Village to pieces, the roofs of some thatched houses were lifted off, and some courtyard walls and house walls were trampled down by the iron hooves of war horses. Now it is a good opportunity to tear down and rebuild.

Suldak's new manor was not built on the original site of the old house. After careful consideration, Suldak still felt that the old house should be preserved, leaving old Sheila a place to remember the past.

Suldak's new house is located at the highest point of Wall Village. When the reservoir is built, it will be far away from the security station, and there will be a vast pool of water seven to eight hundred meters away.

Seeing that the old house hadn't been demolished, old Sheila's stern face was back to normal these days.

Only then did Suldak heave a sigh of relief. He had nothing to do with old Sheila's stubbornness, but now that he had fully integrated into the life here, there were many things here that he was unwilling to give up.

He took his family to a piece of land leveled out by the new house. He hugged little Peter, pointed to the large piece of land in front of him, and asked him: "Son, a big house will be built here, and there will be There is a swimming pool, a loft, a watchtower, your own bedroom, a reading room, and a training room. No matter what changes happen in the future, everything here will become a gift from me..."

Hearing what Suldak said, old Sheila gave him a complicated look.

Natasha looked at him with infinite tenderness in her eyes.

After walking around here, when everyone was about to leave the homestead, Suldak saw old Sheila muttering to herself as if alone, but couldn't hear what she was muttering...

...

The Western-style building of the Sheriff's Office is the first new-style building in Wall Village, and the main body of the entire building is completely made of volcanic ash cement.

In view of Gulitum's special size, Suldak specially built a large bedroom for him in this security station.

The mansion has been completed and a fenced terrace has been built on the roof.

The exterior decoration of the entire building is a bit biased towards the style of Wojmara.

Samira even asked the bricklayers to use volcanic ash cement to decorate some stone pillars on the outer wall. There are also cross arches like gazebos on the terrace on the second floor. The volcanic ash cement is very malleable. Samira also carved some stone pillars on the outer wall. Vine ornamentation.

Suldak came to the security station.

Half-elf archer Samira was carrying a bucket of paint, squatting on the second floor window sill to varnish the window frame, her long legs spread out on the window sill, revealing a piece of white flowers.

Seeing Suldak walk into the police station, Samira nimbly jumped off the window sill with a paint bucket in hand.

"Is there no painter in the village?" Suldak asked Samira when he saw Samira put the paint bucket aside.

"I happened to have nothing to do, so I let them go back. I think I paint better than them..." Samira replied while bending over to pour paint from a larger wooden bucket.

Seeing that her enthusiasm for work was not diminished, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with the security station, Suerdak walked into the house. As soon as he entered the door, he was at the front desk. After walking around the front desk, he entered the first floor lobby. Facing some horse stools that have not yet been removed, the four walls of the house have been painted with a layer of white lime powder, but it seems that the walls have not yet dried out, and the whole room is a little damp. This will be the office area of ​​the police station in the future , There is also a tea room and lounge next to it.

Suldak walked through this office area and went up the stairs to the second floor. There were only six rooms and a common area on the second floor. These rooms will be temporary dormitories for members of the security team. In the future, Samira, Afu Rudy and Andrew are going to live here.

Walking onto the terrace with a wide view, Suldak saw the succubus Aphrodite wearing a cool suspender silk dress lying on a rattan chair basking in the sun.

Seeing Suldak coming up, she waved her hand casually, then lazily turned around, turning her back to him.

In the hot summer, Aphrodite dressed cooler than anyone else. The suspender skirt exposed a large area of ​​dark skin on her back, and there were two obvious scars on the shoulder roots of her severed wings. She was completely healed, but the two bulges that she had expended made her body obviously different from others.

Her long hair was also loosely draped over her shoulders. The dark purple hair was very smooth, and two demon horns were exposed from between the hair. Suldak could even feel the magic aura continuously condensed at the tip of the horns.

Suldak reminded her: "Aphrodite, be careful to cover your wings, don't always expose them, challenge the vigilance and eyesight of the villagers..."

Aphrodite just turned her face slightly, and waved to him to show that she knew.

Not seeing the ogre Gulitum nor Andrew, Suldak walked down the balcony of the security station.

Samira has exhausted all the freshness of the barren land at the beginning, and she is no longer willing to ride a horse to wander around the barren land. The weather is hot, and she has to cover her face with a hood, wrapping her whole body in leather. In the middle of the armor, the sweat on his body was wet and wet, and the leather armor was soaked with salt, and the taste was not pleasant at all.

So Samira would rather hide in the police station and paint than patrol in the vicious sun.

Only Andrew is still diligent and diligent, wandering around in the barren land every day...