Lord of the Oasis

"System, give the detailed data of the clock tower."

Kant's thinking flickered.

On the retina, detailed data from the system immediately pops up.

【ding...system prompt】

[Bell Tower: Military building. A stone-built building topped with a small bronze-cast bell for daily chimes or alarms. Building Feature: Emergency Mobilization. When the war comes, ringing the bronze bell can recruit all civilians to be armed to protect their homes. During the defense of the city, all civilians will be temporarily promoted to recruits. Construction cost 1000 dinars and took 10 days. 】

The data is clear.

Kant raised his eyebrows slightly, the effect of this building is more than special.

Simply the only one!

So far, Kant is the only building with character that Kant has seen.

[Emergency mobilization]: When the war comes, ringing the bronze bell can recruit all civilians to arm and protect their homes. During the defense of the city, all civilians will be temporarily promoted to recruits.

"It seems a little, familiar."

Kant licked the corner of his mouth.

This architectural feature can almost be called a magical skill when defending the city.

When there are a large number of civilians in the fortress, if the bronze bell is rang to officially activate this architectural feature, then Kant will instantly add 500 Swadian recruits who have received basic military training and have a certain combat foundation.

Although it can't fight against powerful enemies.

But it can delay the occupation and resist the enemy's attack in a short time.

"Build the bell tower."

Kant's mind makes decisions immediately.

【ding...system prompt】

[Building the bell tower cost 1,000 dinars and took 10 days to start construction. 】

The system responds.

"10 days." Kant's mouth curled slightly: "Simple."

This time-consuming

He could still wait.

Although the expedition of the gnolls may appear at any time, Kant still remembers that Asage, who was pulled out by him before, said that it would take at least 30 days to cross the Naron Desert.

This is an ordinary transport caravan.

If it is an army trying to invade on a large scale, the preparation time will definitely be longer.

Military strikes against other countries across the desert have never been seen on Earth.

Deserts often represent forbidden areas and belong to the moat. If it wasn't for the gnoll's talent to endure high temperature and low temperature, then Kant would not take the Graymane Kingdom on the coast of Mannheim in his heart now.

Ordinary human troops, it is difficult to pass through the mountains.

Not to mention the desert.

Kant also didn't believe that those high-level gnolls dared to give up all supplies and came here like a broken vessel.

Without logistics, it is tantamount to defeat.

It is not so easy to fight for war.

Even if the Mongols who once set off a wave of terror on the earth and traversed the Eurasian continent, supported the war with warfare during the unprecedented western expedition, they still had to ensure a certain degree of logistical supplies for the troops.

"Wait." Kant was stunned.

Thinking of fighting to support wars and logistical supplies, he seemed to think of something more.

Slightly frowning, Kant murmured: "War support war..."

In an instant he seemed to understand.

The gnolls will definitely fight to support the war. With the help of the rest of the sentry oasis, when the human kingdoms do not know the advanced gnoll troops at all, they will use the fastest speed to break through the stone pass and successfully establish a foothold in the North County of the Principality of Lions.

A steady stream of follow-up troops will come, slowly encroaching on the North County of the Principality of Lions.

At that time, there will be plenty of food, sufficient drinking water, and the fortifications of the stone pass. These expedition forces will be able to form their own faction. They can harass and invade Beijun, and retreat to the oasis of sentry posts.

If it fails, defend the sentry oasis, and there is still a chance to start all over again.

"Is it so?"

Kant raised his eyebrows slightly and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

Although speculative.

But it was this kind of speculation that he really speculated about the strategic plan of the Greymane Kingdom.

Combined with Asage's description.

The Greymane Kingdom, which was seriously affected by foreign affairs, obviously regarded this place as a breakthrough for take-off.

Having plundered a lot of human wealth, the gnolls on the coast of Mannheim will definitely recover again and compete with the developing lizards and elves, instead of slowly declining and becoming fish on the chopping block of the two tribes.

Of course, Kant would not have thought of it either.

The troops of Greymane Kingdom came here, not just to plunder.

And conquest.

These gnolls with advanced intelligence completely want to conquer the human kingdom and become their colony.

Let the human kingdom become a conquered colony, and the constant blood-sucking by them is what is most needed.

It's just that Greymane Kingdom can't imagine it.

Sentinel Oasis has welcomed its lord.

And it has been built into a fortress that allows the blood of the gnolls to flow through!

………………

A construction team of nearly 400 people arrived in Suno.

The leader is the chubby construction leader who is said to have made a fortune from construction.

When Kant saw him again, he found that his chubby appearance was a bit richer. He didn't look like the honest and capable construction leader before, but like a landlord who contracted a manor.

"Dear Lord Kant."

When the building team leader saw Kant, he immediately saluted respectfully: "Hello from your faithful servant!"

"Pay attention to the name." Kant shook his head, his personality was still the same.

Looking at the more than 400 construction workers he brought along, as well as the hundreds of carriages loaded with wood and stones, Kant nodded slightly: "The next step will be a big project."

"That's right, Lord Kant."

The team leader quickly smiled: "But don't worry, there will be no problem with the quality."

"This is the best." Kant nodded.

While this guy loves to swipe, the quality of the house built is really good.

Without continuing to chat with him, Kant gave a few casual orders and returned to the Consulate Hall.

The planning of the 43 houses has been completed, and there are foundations drawn with lime powder on the ground, including the entire south side, forming a total of four streets, basically occupying all the vacant land reserved in advance.

When these buildings are completed, there will not be much empty space in the fortress.

The tranquility of the sentry oasis disappears.

The noise took over the entire fortress.

Everyone is busy.

Especially the 400 construction workers who came and went in the southern residential area, shouting and coordinating with each other to carry wood and stone, the entire residential area has become a construction site, and these hard-working workers are also exhausting themselves. He worked hard to build the 43 houses and the brand new towers.

It was built for Lord Kant, and they gave it heartily.

Just for the Fatis, these construction workers...

Probably too much.

If they didn't know that they were all construction workers from Suno, Fatis would definitely arrange for troops to be stationed next to them. After all, once so many people rebelled, the entire "Drehem" fortress would definitely be in chaos.

Although the combat effectiveness of these construction workers is not comparable to the militia.

But these numbers are still troublesome.

Beating, smashing, looting and burning, although those mobs can't fight with the enemy on the battlefield, they are very good at destruction.

Even if the army is finally mobilized to suppress it, it will disturb Lord Kant.

In Fatis' view, it was already a fault.

In fact, even the crossbowmen stationed on the city wall were also alarmed by so many construction workers below, especially after Fatis' reminder, they focused some of their attention on them.

In the attic of the city wall, the Swadian crossbowmen will look at the workers with cold eyes.

And the Vicia archer at the top of the arrow tower did not hide that he had bent his bow and arrow at all, and would shoot if there was any abnormality, which made the construction workers below terrified.

They came from the Vicia Snowfield, and their personalities were as cold as snow.

For this reason, the construction team leader could only ask Kant for help.

These archers, with such cold eyes, are like looking at dead people. These honest construction workers really can't work seriously.

Kant could only issue an order to lift his high internal vigilance.

After all, these construction workers are all from the system, and their loyalty can be guaranteed.

time flies.

The foundation of the building has been laid.

The weekend is over.

Come Monday.

Compared with last week, the size of the troops increased by a little Kant, and directly paid more than 6,000 dinars of military expenses.

However, with the Gnoll appendix sold before, the remaining dinars are still worth over 10,000.

This further deepened Kant's idea of ​​setting up a slave-catching team.

The slave trade is really profitable.

But with the arrival of Monday, the caravan leader Jocelyn also bid farewell to Kant and returned to Zhivadin.

The new caravan will not arrive until next month.

The slave trade could only be temporarily stopped.

After all, there is no acquirer. Even if Kant allows those desert robbers to capture hundreds of gnolls, it will be a waste of food in the end, and there may even be problems due to the custody.

When the caravan arrives next month, it doesn't matter if we catch more prisoners.

Days go by.

43 houses, from foundation to wall.

The construction workers did their due diligence, and the progress of the project improved very quickly.

Arrived on Friday, and finally all the houses were completed.

Fifty standard Swadia houses were built side by side, uniform in style and materials, filling the otherwise empty south, truly forming the current residential area, forming four brand new streets.

And right on the edge of a residential area.

The construction of the 5-meter-high bell tower in the area close to the Consulate Hall is about to come to an end.

It can be expected that in two days, the clock tower, which is responsible for telling the time in peacetime and recruiting peasants to become recruits in wartime, is also about to be completed.

Time flies, and construction is just as fast.

Right in the inn in the south of the Nalen Desert.

The 10 recruits left behind are entertaining Manid and the others who have returned from the Stone Pass.

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