Chapter 509 508. Hypnosis
One meter of sunlight at dawn brought the village of Woer back to life.
The cooks are the earliest group of people in the village. They are divided into two groups to prepare breakfast for the kobold slave camp and the construction site of the secondary reservoir. The meals in these two places are very different. The bricklayers on the construction site They ate scones and chestnut rice porridge, while the slave camp only had multigrain porridge mixed with a lot of wheat bran, and they could only eat pumpkin pie once in a while.
When the sun emerged from the mountain ridge, the kobolds in the slave camp rushed to the river bay to dig mud on the side of the river.
The construction site of the reservoir also started a day of heavy work. Now the waterproof layer at the bottom of the secondary reservoir has been basically completed. The bricklayers dug a deep ditch nearly two meters wide at the edge of the reservoir. After the steel is delivered to Wall Village, a kilometer-long keel must be braided in the trench, and then poured with volcanic ash cement and sand.
This will be the second line of life support in Wall Village. Surdak has only one requirement for this dam, which is firmness.
Even if the most violent flash flood broke out in the upper reaches of Wall Village, this embankment must not be washed away by the flash flood.
An old Wa general who came to Woer village from Guta village to work squatted on the edge of the foundation, staring at the large piece of land that was being vacated for the construction of the third-level reservoir below, and clicked a pipe that choked his throat. know muttering 'how much does this cost...'
His bronzed forehead was covered with wrinkles, and his cloudy eyes looked at this huge project. He could foresee that life in Wall Village would gradually get better because of this reservoir. At least during the dry seasons in spring and summer, the villagers here They will not have to worry about irrigation.
The dug trenches are waiting to be put into the steel keel. This part of the steel alone is not affordable for the mountain people in the backcountry.
Nearly 300 people are busy on this construction site every day, not counting the Wall villagers who drove the horse-drawn cart back from the depths of the barren land day and night, and invested so much manpower and material resources, the old bricklayer seemed to have appeared in front of him. A huge lake in the sky, this artificial lake will surround most of the valleys upstream of Wall Village.
In fact, the old craftsman didn't know at all that the cost of the first-level reservoir alone made the old village head Brett stamp his feet in distress. Although most of it came from Suldak's pocket, this way of burning money It was still unacceptable to the old village chief who was already poor.
Fortunately, the open-pit sulfur mines in the rocky area in the lower reaches of the Lava River at the foot of Pustout Mountain have produced some extra income, which finally gave the village some extra income. This income first bought twenty four-wheeled carriages, and later A carpenter's workshop was built, and there is still a large amount of money in the village's ledger. The old village head plans to take this money out and invest it in the construction of the secondary reservoir.
The old village head had a very optimistic forecast for the reservoir project. He thought that the second-tier reservoir would continue the construction scale of the first-tier reservoir, but he did not expect that the second-tier reservoir would be larger than the first-tier reservoir. Several times, the little extra money in the village was invested in the reservoir project, but only a small splash was turned over.
Until now, the old village chief finally understood the design drawing of the reservoir drawn by Suerdak on the parchment. Those hand-painted curved dams are not out of proportion at all. As shown in the picture, the next three levels The cistern will again be several times larger than the secondary cistern.
Continuing to enlarge according to this scale, the stepped cistern will have a total of five steps. The old village head Brett really doesn't know how much money will be invested for this cistern that is comparable to a large lake in the sky.
And just as Suldak planned, he built the security post in the barren land of Paglos Mountain Pass, the Hailansa Guard Camp, on the edge of the cliff a few hundred meters away, and told Charlie and Luke that the villa was A lakeside building, when you go out in the future, you will see a large lake with blue waves, and the garden will be full of flowers...
Because of this, the bricklayers in other villages knew how much benefit this huge reservoir would bring to Wall Village, but no one dreamed of building a reservoir in their own village.
Many craftsmen in other villages thought that the Suldak knights were developing and building their own knight collars.
However, some people still don't quite understand that the canonized knight is not a hereditary nobleman, and the assets of the territory may not fall into the hands of his son Peter Jr. in the future.
At the beginning, even the old village head Brett thought that Suldak would designate Wall Village as a knight leader. Unexpectedly, Suldak silently chose the knight leader in Pustule Mountain. Now he has invested a lot of money to build a lot of foundations The well-equipped Wall Village actually still belongs to all Wall villagers, including the artificial canals dug in the tidal flats downstream and the hundreds of acres of wheat fields that will be reclaimed on the edge of the tidal flats. These are also owned by Wall Village. industry.
The old village head stood on the high place of the reservoir construction site, looking at the sparsely scattered thatched houses in Wall Village. He has lived for most of his life, and he has never seen a second person like Suldak who has such courage and broad-mindedness. young knight.
Although Suldak had never fought for old Sheila in the village, when the villagers saw old Sheila now, apart from keeping her posture extremely low when she took the initiative to say hello, there was more respect in their eyes. It's like seeing those noble lords in gorgeous clothes.
The life of the old Sheila's family has not changed much. They still live in the old house that has lived for decades throughout the winter. Natasha and Rita, like other women in the village, still go to work every morning. Cook breakfast for the bricklayers at the cistern site.
"Rita, Rita..." Not far away, a village woman shouted to Rita who was carrying water.
"coming…"
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The carpenter's workshop in the village installed a waterwheel at the gate of the primary reservoir. The waterwheel drives the stone mill, and a group of women grind a large amount of cassava into white pulp beside the stone mill. After filtering and rinsing the precipitate, a large amount of water starch can be obtained, and the starch formed after drying is finer than wheat flour.
For more than half a month, nearly a hundred flour bags were filled with the starch produced by Wall Village. The old village head did not distribute these starches, but planned to send them to Hailansa City to sell and exchange them for some Whole wheat flour or beans will also work.
In short, after hearing from Suldak that this thing might be sold for money, the old village chief began to strictly forbid the villagers to eat this thing.
However, apparently these people do not include the succubus Aphrodite. No one in the villagers of Wall Village knows her true identity. They only know that she is a follower of Suldak, and her two demon horns are hidden in With thick hair and a mithril-plated streamer mask on her face, she added a layer of mystery and danger to her whole temperament. Although some people in Wall Village have seen Aphrodite, But no one will talk about her beauty.
The breakfast that Succubus Aphrodite prepared for herself was the stew invented by Suldak. Put the crystal clear cubes into a frying pan coated with a layer of butter, and then a faint fragrance wafted out from the yard .
"Aphrodite..." Andrew stood outside the yard and shouted at the succubus who was preparing breakfast in the yard.
At present, the succubus Aphrodite, Samira, Andrew, and Gulitum have moved out of the Suldak house. After all, the yard is a bit small, and their work and rest time affects the normal life of the family. In the name of the guard camp, they rented a yard in the village. The owner of the house was an old couple. They would get eight silver coins in rent every month, and they lived happily in their son's house.
Aphrodite stood up, glanced at the native warrior Andrew, unhurriedly put the food in the pan into the plate, pressed a stone slab on the stove in the yard, and walked out of the yard.
Since living in Wall Village, no one has looked for him so formally.
Aphrodite suddenly felt that this seemed to be a good idea. She put on a mithril mask before going out, and then looked at Andrew expectantly.
Andrew brought Aphrodite to the entrance of the village, and the succubus saw Suldak and the ogre waiting under the tree at the entrance of the village, and asked Suldak expectantly, "Are you going to explore? "
"There is no such plan yet. If you get tired of staying in the village, you can go out with Samira." Suldak said to Aphrodite.
Aphrodite seemed to understand what Suldak was thinking, she shook her head slightly, and said to Suldak: "This kind of life is actually very good, but occasionally I feel a little boring, if possible , lend me the books you brought out from the ruins of the city."
Her face was hidden under the mask, and Suldak couldn't see her expression.
"Okay, I don't understand what these books are written in. You can choose from here!" Suldak said, and randomly dug out a few books obtained in the city ruins from his magic pocket. Suldak turned in the books on space magic when he was in Wal-Mara City, but he still kept the rest of the books he brought out from the library.
The succubus Aphrodite glanced at Suldak, flipped through the books, picked one at random, and asked him:
"What's the matter with you asking Andrew to call me?"
Suldak pointed to the wooden cage next to the slave camp where the two rebels were imprisoned. The two rebels were still sleeping in the cage at the moment, and the bright sunshine in the morning didn't affect them at all.
"I want you to ask them for me..." Suldak said to Aphrodite.
"What do you want to know?" Aphrodite's eyes flickered.
Suldak thought for a while, and he didn't seem to have anything to ask, so he said, "You can just ask. It is estimated that someone from Hailansa City will come to hand over to us tonight. I don't want to talk about their situation. I don’t know anything, and I don’t want to hear their lies.”
Aphrodite made a gesture and said to Suldak:
"Understood, leave it to me!"
Suldak did not stay at the entrance of the village. He was going to the river in the tidal flat. He heard that the kobold slaves' excavation progress had slowed down. There were large pieces of limestone in the river ahead. Time, and progress is slow, he wants to measure other places, to see if it is feasible to divert this artificial canal...
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When they woke up, the two rebels found that it was daylight, and the slave camp was quiet, and all the kobolds had disappeared.
The two rebels looked around in the wooden cage. This time, the person guarding the two of them turned out to be a woman wearing a silver mask. Although this woman was wearing a loose black robe, she still couldn't hide her proud look. figure.
The woman's face could not be seen, and the two rebels still felt as if a fire was burning in their lower abdomen. They licked their lips. They hadn't drank water all night, and their lips were almost dry and cracked.
One of the rebels stood on the edge of the wooden cage, and boldly asked Aphrodite, "Is there anything else to eat?"
Aphrodite sat on a rock not far away, shaking her head slightly.
"Then can you give me a sip of water?" The rebel begged Aphrodite with a bitter face.
Aphrodite still shook her head, but did not speak.
"Don't you want to ask me something?" The rebel couldn't help but said.
The succubus Aphrodite stood up and approached the two rebels step by step. Seeing her graceful figure, the rebel couldn't help swallowing.
After approaching, Aphrodite reached out and took off the mithril mask, revealing that coquettish and beautiful face.
For a moment, the two rebels almost forgot to breathe, only to hear a vague voice in the spiritual world: "Look into my eyes...you are sleepy, you feel tired, you are sleepy, you see the barren You and your partner want to cross the Gobi and go north along the Pagros Mountains, where do you want to go?"
'Hypnotism' is the black magic that Aphrodite is best at besides 'charm'.
The rebel was unprepared and fell into a state of stupidity, and said with a confused face: "Let's go to the depths of Mount Pagros to find a cemetery to find the sword of Quel Sela."
"Where is the tomb where the sword of Quercella is hidden?" Aphrodite continued to ask.
"I don't know," said the rebel.
Aphrodite did not continue to ask, but changed the subject:
"How many people are in your organization?"
The rebels replied: "Probably a few hundred people."
"Where do you live?"
The rebels replied: "It is located in the foothills north of the San Carlos Plain, and only the guides can pass through the Burning Plain..."
When the two rebels woke up again, it was completely dark, and the kobold slaves at the slave camp work shed seemed to have had their dinner. This time, no one brought them food. The meal was still last night, and he was lethargic all day long, and he didn't even drink a sip of water. There seemed to be a layer of sand stuck in his throat.
The two rebels saw a strong soldier sitting across from them, so they didn't dare to ask him for water, so they could only shrink in the cage and suffer.
Until there was a sound of horseshoes in the silent night, from far to near...
A five-member knight squad from the guard battalion rushed to Wall Village and stopped at the entrance of the village.
Seeing that they were wearing the same attire as himself, Andrew stood up from the ground and waved to them.
(end of this chapter)