Chapter 686 675. Expedition
Fifty young guard battalion knights from the security squadron of the security battalion are temporarily in charge of the security of the barren land. Suldak selected eight captains from among these young people and let them take charge of the daily work of the security battalion.
The militia battalion was scattered to each village, and Suldak also took out more than 20 horses and distributed them to the militiamen in 13 natural villages, so that the militiamen could patrol around the villages at ordinary times, and they could be dispatched in time when the bandits attacked the villages. Report to Wall Village Sheriff's Office.
Baron Surdak's cavalry battalion recruits young recruits.
As long as the recruits pass the assessment, they can serve in the cavalry battalion in Suldak.
The news is like letterheads with wings, spreading to the ears of young people in various villages. It is a great thing for young people in the barren land. Military service in Baron Suldak's cavalry battalion is doomed. It will become cannon fodder on the battlefield, not to mention that Baron Suldak is the lord of the barren land, and all the aborigines of the barren land are regarded as the subjects of Baron Suldak.
Just talking about the cost of setting up a cavalry battalion, the combined value of a cavalryman's horses, armor, weapons, and daily marching items must be at least sixty or seventy gold. cannon fodder.
Whether it is a cavalry battalion or an archer battalion, they will not be abandoned at will on the battlefield. This kind of recruitment of cavalry has never happened in the barren land, and no noble lord will make a special trip to a remote place like the barren land. Recruit cavalry.
Such news spread from Wall Village, and the villages in the barren land boiled with it.
Young people in every village who have not yet served in the military prepare to join the cavalry battalion.
Almost at the same time, the news that Suldak led the cavalry battalion to wipe out the sand bandits in the desert also spread like wildfire, especially the veterans in the cavalry battalion entrusted some of the spoils to their families. The villagers in every village almost have to survive the long dry period in spring. Miscellaneous grains, cassava, wild vegetables, and grass roots are almost the regular customers in the stomachs of the villagers. Live the hardest days.
After some villagers came to Woer Village, they realized that Suldak's victory in the desert was several times more brilliant than they thought. Horses, food, and women were all crowded in this small mountain village. The population is not even two thousand, but in almost an afternoon, the cavalry battalion has already recruited three hundred recruits.
Such a fast speed greatly exceeded the expectations of Suerdak and the old village chief.
In order to reduce the pressure of the population gathering in Wall Village, after obtaining 150 war horses, the Wall Village fleet was quickly formed. The village currently has nearly 60 four-wheeled carriages. The old village head let fifty four-wheeled carriages The carriage followed Luke's road-building team into the depths of the barren land to repair the cement road. At present, the cement road mainly built by Luke is almost the road network between Wall Village, Bump Mountain and the Great Rift Valley.
In the past, the main force of road construction in the village was kobold slaves. Now some villagers in the wild north who can’t eat have offered to the old village chief to join the road construction team in the village, just to provide two meals a day.
These villagers migrated from the northern part of the barren land to Wall Village with Suldak's cavalry battalion. Due to the limitation of arable land here, it is impossible for the villagers to allocate fields to grow wheat immediately. The rations they brought from the barren north were not Not much, if you want to survive the dry season and settle down in Wall Village, you must leave as much of these rations as possible for your family members, and some physically strong laborers choose to join the road construction team.
The villagers in other villages are willing to build cement roads with Luke, and Suldak does not intend to make them work for nothing, so he discusses with the village chief Bright how much living allowances should be given to these villagers, and the village chief Bright is also considering this matter After they joined the road construction team, they couldn't let their family members still be hungry in the tent outside Wall Village, so after all the calculations, they decided to pay a monthly living allowance of ten silver coins.
Using this money to buy miscellaneous grains is still enough to feed a family, but it is only enough to fill the stomach.
In this way, the village has to give out nearly ten gold coins for living allowances every month. The income from the Pubaoshan sulfur mine is temporarily in the hands of the old village head, so it is not difficult for the village to take out this money.
With the arrival of spring, the construction team in the village will continue to build the five-level reservoir. According to Suerdak’s design, this reservoir will be composed of a low shallow pool, which will become a reservoir in the future The overflow pool in the rainy season will also become a large swimming pool in Wall Village in summer because the depth of the pool will not exceed one meter.
In addition to building a cistern, Suldak also plans to expand more rowhouse-style buildings along the rowhouses outside the village entrance to accommodate the villagers who migrated to Wall Village from the north.
In addition, these female prisoners of war plundered back from the desert can also increase the population base of Wall Village, but if they want to let them stay, and they cannot be slaves, they need to integrate into some families in Wall Village , this kind of thing will be rejected by the mistress of the family to some extent, and only the old village chief Bright is the most suitable for this kind of work.
Suldak led the cavalry battalion to Bena City. The fastest way was to take a magic airship from Hailansa City to Bena City.
It is necessary to recruit magic airships in Hailansa City. This matter cannot be resolved within a day. If the construction team in Wall Village wants to continue to grow and develop, it must go out of the barren land. Now there are It's a good start, so Suldak is going to take Charlie to Hailansa City to let him know his network in Hailansa City.
Only in this way can he receive business from the nobles in Hailansa City.
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Moonlight
silent night
Selena was lying on the wooden bed like a white sheep, her long and slender arms and legs were wrapped around Suldak's body like an octopus, her white skin as delicate as milk and the bronze-colored skin covered with burn scars presented a distinct contrast. contrast.
She gently scraped Suldak's slightly hard Adam's Apple with her little finger, where there are extremely fine dark lines under the skin, every time Selina touches it, she will feel the throbbing of her heart Coercion.
In the night, her eyes were as magnificent as sapphires, and her straight nose almost stuck to the side of Suldak's face.
She was panting slightly, and her legs slightly resisted Suldak's aggression.
She hugged her tightly.
Suldak didn't expect Selena to make such a request.
Obviously, bringing Selina will greatly increase the combat power of the cavalry battalion, but the trouble is her identity. Such a formal expedition to the Bailin plane for a defense change mission, with an unknown woman by her side, is a challenge in itself. Big trouble, she is still the apostle of the Goddess of Darkness. Although the Temple of the Statue of Liberty has been completely lonely, such a heretical status will still not be accepted by everyone.
What's more, the magical arts she is best at are basically related to the night, and it is easy to be mistaken for a black magician.
The Magic Union of the Green Empire almost spared no effort in attacking the black magicians...
Thinking about it gives me a headache. The Bailin plane is not a barren land, so how to conceal my identity is definitely the most troublesome thing.
"take me…"
Selena insisted.
Suldak pretended to think and said: "Let me think about how to cover up your identity."
Selena leaned into his ear and whispered: "Didn't you take Aphrodite to the city of Bena last time? How did you keep her from the sight of those magicians? I will also Well hidden."
Suldak patted his forehead hard.
"Well, I'm a little worried about leaving you in Wall Village, why don't I go to the Bailin plane with me."
Suldak said compromised.
The next moment, Selena kissed her.
Moonlight into the snow, through the glass window onto the floor of the bedroom...
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On the first day of March, the warm westerly wind from the south of the Pai Plateau finally reached the interior of the Bena Province, while blowing away the cold wind on the icy tundra.
The thin layer of snow and ice covering the desolate land seemed to have melted most of it overnight, and a large piece of red rock and gray-white limestone was exposed, revealing the original appearance of this land.
The snow on the surface is the last bit of water in spring, silently infiltrating into the underground water veins of the barren land, and it will soon enter a four-month drought period.
This warm westerly wind blows just as far as Oak Ridge, where it is held back by rolling hills.
Suldak's cavalry battalion was gathered at the entrance of Wall Village. The 750 horses and 500 cavalrymen made the team look unprecedentedly large. Suldak sat on the ancient Bolai horse. Andrew, Sami La, Viru, and Charlie rode horses on both sides of him, and the ogre Gullitum stood behind the crowd carrying a bone-crushing club. Whether it was a war horse or Selena's white camel, seeing the cannibal When he was a demon, he was trembling all over.
Following Suldak waved his hand, the cavalry vanguard quickly rushed towards the Pagros Pass, crossed the pass, and quickly entered the rugged Oak Ridge.
Arrive at Hailansa City before sunset. It is impossible for a cavalry battalion of 500 people to enter the city directly. Suldak must submit an application to enter the city to the Hailansa City Hall and the Guard Battalion General Assembly. At this time, the city gate When it was about to close, Suldak asked Andrew to take the cavalry battalion to station in the woodland next to the hotel outside the city.
Only bring Samira, Selina, Viru and Charlie into the city of Hailansa.
Just saw a cavalry regiment coming from outside the city, and the city defense department of Hailansa City got the news quickly.
In the past two years, the bandits have made people panic. The guards on the city wall saw that the cavalry battalion was stationed next to the hotel, and their hearts hung in their throats.
But the city guards still did not dare to take it lightly. Seeing several knights enter the city in the afterglow of the setting sun, the guards at the city gate realized that Baron Suldak was walking in the front. This time they were completely relieved.
They quickly removed the roadblock, and Suldak and his party finally entered the city of Hailansa just before the city gate closed.
"Baron Suldak!"
The guards at the city gate saluted Surdak.
Didn't even question the identities of the four people behind Suldak, but looked curious when he saw the white camel Selena was riding.
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