"Hey, dig deeper at this location," Lu Xidong was a little annoyed. Standing on the outer edge of his territory, he was pointing at a group of Artisan Goblins who were furious. "That place is dug crookedly. How stupid!"
In order to deal with the invasion of foreign enemies, especially the "mourn of the dead" mentioned by Tyr, Lu Xidong decided to reorganize the settlement they could now control.
Lu Xidong's current sphere of influence is based on the original nests of the six goblin tribes. It is located in the dense forest on the western edge of the Forbidden Forest and is approximately 45 acres in size.
Such a territory may not be big, but it is not small either. If the enemy comes from an unknown direction, Lu Xidong and the others will not be able to cover everything with their current numbers, combat power, and equipment.
In order to solve this problem, Lu Xidong came up with a way to build a natural defense line at the outermost edge, which can effectively delay the enemy's attack and provide a buffer zone in space and time for one's own defense.
In the Cold Weapon Age in history, whether it was antlers, walls, trenches, or castles, most of them served the above-mentioned functions.
But what kind of defensive belt to choose? This was Lu Xidong's biggest headache.
The reason is simple. Goblins and ogres are basically uncivilized primitive tribes in terms of civilization, and their technical level in construction work is almost zero.
Perhaps it was because Lu Xidong had unnecessary expectations. When he saw the thatched house built by the craftsman goblins for the first time, he could only feel unconcealed disappointment.
Wooden supports of different lengths are crookedly fixed with wooden boards full of gaps. The stone base is not very stable, as if a gust of wind can blow down the leaky wooden house above.
"I'm very sorry, Master," the Goblin leader in charge of the birth, a tall male Goblin named Daliwa who was one of the original five tribal leaders, was admitting his mistake to Lu Xidong with a look of fear on his face, "said I feel ashamed... We have never needed such a big building before... "
Indeed, the Goblins who were only a little over one meter long before could barely fit in even a low cave. Now they have all "grown up", not to mention the taller One-Horned Trolls, who need the quality of their houses. It’s also very different.
Monsters that lack metallurgical skills have no iron nails or other objects to fix the wood. The wood that the ogre chopped with brute force is rough and lacks necessary processing, making it difficult to tie it up neatly.
As for using stone to build a house, it is just a fantasy. There are very few stones in the Forbidden Forest, and most of them are pebbles from the river, which are not suitable raw materials for construction. The most important thing is that they lack the ability to build walls. Necessary adhesive.
This is the current technical level of Lu Xidong and his men. They can't even build the simplest house, let alone build walls and fortresses, so he decided to take advantage of the Goblin's strengths - dig a river to protect the "city" , the location of Demon King Lu’s future castle.
Living in caves for a long time has made Goblins very good at digging. Their flat and hard fingers are the two digging shovels that Goblins bring with them. After evolving into Big Goblins, their abundant physical strength has been enhanced. their advantage.
Originally, there was a river next to Guluwa's territory. He introduced the river water into the ravine he dug. At the same time, he used the excavated earth and wooden piles to build a towering guardrail on the inside of the moat. This was Lu Xidong's design. ideas.
In fact, Lu Xidong actually had another consideration why he surrounded his territory with water. In his previous life, he remembered that living corpses relied on their sense of smell to find the location of living creatures, and the monsters here, including goblins, all You must have a more or less keen sense of smell. Blocking the smell with water can ensure your own safety.
There were so many Craftsman Goblins, equivalent to hundreds of diggers, that they thought it would be easy to dig a four-meter-wide and three-meter-deep trench. However, when he actually did it, Lu Xidong discovered that he was actually quite right. Lack of preparation for difficulties.
How can this moat ensure that all the intended areas are included? How to ensure that the long trench is in a straight line after digging? A crooked moat will only leave more dead ends and many loopholes in your defense.
Without precise measurement and perfect planning, even with brute force, it is difficult to achieve the desired results. This is the most important mistake of layman Lu Xidong.
Sure enough, with the hard work of the goblin craftsmen, on the east side of their territory, a winding 200-meter trench with different depths was the result of their first day's work. Lu Xidong was looking at it from a high place. He looked at it with a frustrated look on his face.
Once the project is out of control, it is difficult to say what the final result will be. For example, this snake-like trench that was dug out with difficulty will obviously deform in width as it is dug, sometimes widening and then narrowing.
This can't continue like this. A voice in Lu Xidong's heart told him that unlike other novels, he was farming with a group of simple-minded primitive monsters, and he was technically deficient.
For example, the moat project is a seemingly simple task. To ensure that the results are the same width and depth and in a straight line, it should require two simple measuring instruments, theodolite and level. This is what the workers of municipal road construction in previous lives saw. Look at the positioning instruments and rulers used.
It's a pity that there are no professional instruments here, and even if there are, no one knows how to use them. Lu Xidong's major is not science and engineering, and he knows nothing about it.
I am afraid that such problems will continue to appear in the future. Clothes, equipment, houses, food reserves... there are too many things that cannot be solved by just messing around.
Of course, if I just want to be a chief of a primitive tribe, I can be satisfied with the current situation, but am I such a person who doesn't want to make progress
Lu Xidong smiled bitterly and shook his head. No, we have to change this situation...
"Master, although you say so, it should be difficult to seek help from humans." Guluwa said this after hearing Lu Xidong's idea of seeking human technical support.
"Yes..." The five goblin leaders also said the same. In this world, there are many insurmountable grudges between humans and demons, which can even be said to be hatred, so they feel that Lu Xidong's proposal cannot be overcome. accomplish.
Damn it, isn't it because you guys are so stupid? Lu Xidong cursed in his heart, but he still had to seek advice from the goblins, "Is there no guy in this world who is willing to help the demons?"
"Well... that's not the case. From time to time, some dwarf traders come to our territory to buy equipment left behind by adventurers."
The Goblin leader who was responsible for the financial management of the tribe, the eldest Goblin whom Lu Xidong called Kiminwa, provided information, "They are not hostile to us, and they are very smart. They should know how to build a house."
Guluwa and the others thought that Lu Xidong was just dissatisfied with the quality of the houses built by the goblins. They never imagined that the "digging" that their race was best at was, in Lu Xidong's eyes, also a shoddy and shoddy project.
The subsequent conversation gave Lu Xidong a deeper understanding of the dwarves in this world, a subhuman race.
The dwarves are a special case in this world. They have exactly the same attitude towards humans and demons. They are a neutral race. Even ordinary monsters can still trade with them to get what they need. s things.
Of course, you have to come up with something that the other party is also interested in. The dwarves' hobby is production and creation. They cannot tolerate inferior weapons and equipment, so the dwarves will collect a large amount of materials for making equipment and weapons.
Goblins are a kind of monster with a collecting habit. They will move all the items and equipment obtained by fighting adventurers or accidentally dropped by adventurers back to their lair.
Therefore, there is a certain intersection between the dwarves who are traveling merchants and the goblins.
"I see, maybe you can go to them and give them a try." Lu Xidong seemed to see hope, "Aside from Hong Shang, do you know where the other party lives?"
"Well, I remember they said it was a free trade city called Zenda in the northern mountains." Kiminwa replied.
"Okay, I'm going to take a look," Lu Xidong had already decided, and then turned to the Goblin Lord he had conferred, "Guluwa, can you help me prepare?"
To travel far to visit the dwarf city, one needs to prepare manpower, food and trading materials. Guluwa is responsible for the management of all affairs in the territory, and Lu Xidong leaves these chores to him.
"As you command, my master, everything will be taken care of by your subordinates." Guruwa was super motivated and agreed.
Dwarf City Tour…
Lu Xidong is looking forward to it!