Time flies, 3 weeks passed quickly.
It's the end of the month.
The sentry oasis is still busy, but full of vitality.
The civilians are busy in the agricultural and livestock areas on the north side, and no one can relax, but no one complains about this kind of life. Instead, they all have happy smiles on their faces, full of love for building their homes.
They are driven.
At the celebration banquet back then, Lord Kant, the lord of this place, made a promise.
"Drehem" will not treat any citizen badly!
This sentence was spoken by the lord personally, and it is absolutely authoritative. These civilians who have suffered enough exploitation and war troubles in the Calradia continent expressed their absolute applause.
So they all regard the sentry oasis as their home and work hard.
What's more, this is a place of miracles.
The reputation of the lord Kant is even more spread in Calradia. Under the eulogy of the bards, everyone knows that this is a young, kind, and philosophical lord. Even the nobles will respect him when they hear this name. , so ordinary civilians like them will never be deceived.
And when they came here, they also noticed Kant's kindness.
Because in terms of poll tax, these civilians only need to pay 1 dinar a week.
On weekdays, I take care of food, drink and accommodation.
Here in Calradia, those greedy nobles who want to break their bones and suck their marrow don't care about the life and death of the civilians in their territories. They only know how to collect taxes and taxes, and then expand their troops to build stronger troops and plunder other lords , or respond to the king's call to attack the territories of other kingdoms.
"May God bless Lord Kant."
Thinking of this, the civilians who were still busy with farm work prayed in their hearts.
Such a good lord is rare.
at this time.
Kant is walking in the attic of the city wall.
Inside, the Vaegir sharpshooters scattered among the city walls and arrow towers came to Kant respectfully, bowed down and saluted him, showing no airs of level 5 arms, and complimented Kant extremely.
"Have you found anything unusual?"
Go to the top of the Arrow Tower in the northeast corner.
Kant stood in the 10-meter-high arrow tower, overlooking the rolling sand dunes to the north.
The sharpshooter behind him replied: "No, my lord, everything is normal."
"very good."
Kant nodded, and at the same time urged: "Keep an eye on me."
"Yes." The marksman replied.
Although they had defeated the expeditionary force of the Graymane Kingdom and sold all the captives into slaves, basically annihilating the people from the coast of Mannheim, they still had to be vigilant.
God knows if those high-level gnolls will continue to send people over.
After all, the Gray Mane Kingdom on the coast of Mannheim is an independent kingdom force, and it is very simple to send people over to inquire about the results of the expeditionary force.
And the most crucial point.
Manid, 30 dromedary camels, and a caravan of 20 desert robbers have gone deep into the Nalun Desert to collect coarse salt at the natural salt mine. It has been 3 days and they are probably coming back soon.
A dromedary is as fast as a desert horse in the desert.
Kant spent 20,000 dinars to buy another 20 dromedary camels, which are no different from the previous 10. They are all desert boats, elves who can walk briskly among the sand dunes.
And the ability to load is even better.
"There is a situation."
Kant just wanted to step down the arrow tower.
At the same time, the sharp-eyed Vigia sharpshooter who was looking into the distance found something. After careful identification, he immediately reported: "Due north, Mr. Manid's camel caravan is back!"
"Huh?" Kant also turned his head to look.
Across the lush 30-acre date palm forest, there is still a vast sea of sand at the end of your eyes.
Slightly frowned.
Kant naturally knew that it was impossible for these Vaegir marksmen to deceive him.
Waited for a while.
Finally, at the end of the line of sight due to the north, tiny black dots appeared in the eyes. Although it was still not clear, Kant still smiled and praised: "Well done."
The vision of the Vaegir sharpshooter is much better than his.
Leave the Arrow Tower.
Kant speeded up his inspection of the city wall.
In fact, there is no need for inspections, and the soldiers are very conscientious.
Rather than saying that this is an inspection of the city wall, it is better to say that Kant is venting his energy. After all, since the end of the city defense battle at the beginning of the month, with the arrangement of various constructions in the fortress, the sentry oasis has returned to calm. As the lord He didn't have anything else to deal with.
What I can do every day is to look around and see my newly changed territory.
That's all there is to change.
After three weeks, Kant was already a bit boring.
Although the previous days were a little tense and somewhat depressed, he was still quite full, and now he suddenly relaxed, which made him a little uncomfortable.
After inspecting the city wall, Kant walked down the stairs.
The three Swadian sergeants following behind were following with their burly bodies shaking.
This is his bodyguard.
"Master Kant, good morning."
"Hello, my lord."
"Good morning, my lord."
The civilians on the street saluted Kant eagerly.
"Okay." Kant nodded in return.
As a nobleman, he should enjoy this kind of respect as he should. After all, he is still the lord of this place. If these commoners meet the lord's disrespectful salute and hello in Calradia, they will be rewarded by the lord according to his temper. A whip, or directly caught and thrown into a cell, to squeeze out a ransom that is enough to go bankrupt.
It's just that Kant sneered at this, a group of lords who were poor and crazy because of the war.
Walk along the street.
The slight sweet smell is permeating, and the sugar workshop is making date palm honey sugar.
Those careful peasant women and citizens who know how to measure have been able to boil sugar on a large scale, cut it into thumb-sized pieces, put them in rattan baskets, and put them in a cooler underground storage room to prevent them from being tanned by high temperatures.
There are now 20 baskets of date palm sugar in the storage room of the administrative hall, all of which were brewed during this period.
Wait for Manid's camel team to bring back coarse salt.
All of them are processed into expensive fine white salt in the salt workshop, and will be transported together to Jianshi Pass.
The Principality of the Lion is not only short of salt, but also short of sugar.
These coarse date honey candies are also precious sugars.
Moreover, the sweetness is more intense and prominent than pure honey, and it will definitely become another cooperative business with Jianshikou like these salts, and the amount of trade will also be larger.
Of course, if Kant wants to expand trade, the captured more than 3,000 sets of Gnoll chain mail and two-handed battle axes can be sold for sky-high prices at the Stone Pass. Even Baron Dylan can’t afford it, and the entire North County of the Principality of Lions is needed. , or the South County directly under the king can eat it all.
After all, according to the proportion of the wolf man.
A set of chain mail can be cut into two sets suitable for humans, and a two-handed battle ax can be smelted and rebuilt, and at least 4 long swords can be made.
This is a great strategic resource!
It is impossible for Kant to sell rashly, which arouses the suspicion of the Lion Principality.
The "motherland" next to him does not need to cross the devil's land and trek for more than 30 days in the desert to reach the southern part of the Nalun Desert. If those greedy nobles want to, they can appear outside the walls of "Drehem" in a week.
Although his elite troops can ensure that he is no longer afraid of the threat of these nobles.
But it will also disturb the development of "Drehem".
Now the promoted building is under construction in full swing, and the construction workers from Sunuolai are responsible for the construction. The barracks, which took the most time, can be completed on the last day of the month.
At that time, it will be the time for "Drehem" to be officially upgraded to a castle.
Before that, I plan to personally lead the team to the Stone Pass, continue to communicate with my uncle, Baron Dylan, explore the road by the way, get familiar with the terrain in the Sanwaya Mountains, and plan to establish a village in a hidden place.
This is his main purpose.
At the beginning, he imagined that even if there was no village, he wanted to build a logging camp in the Sangwaya Mountains.
Especially the expeditionary force that defeated the Graymane Kingdom.
Kant completely brought the natural salt mines under his control, and increased the production of fine white salt was also on the agenda.
This will also consume a lot of firewood, and the daily fire for cooking and the boiling of sugar in the sugar workshop all need firewood as fuel. It is obviously not enough to rely solely on the date palms that were cut down before.
The establishment of new villages will alleviate this problem.
Although I don't know which country's village will be randomly visited.
But in Kant's mind, he had already positioned this village, which he planned to build in the Sanwaya Mountains, as a lumber mill and a slave land.
Provides a large supply of high-quality charcoal to the sentry oasis.
And for Kant, provide a large number of low-level gnolls.
After all, in this mountain range that separates the Nalun Desert from the Principality of the Lion, there are many small groups of low-level wolf-man tribes that thrive in it. And more.
After all, although the mountains are barren, it is obviously easier to live than in the desert!
Go back to the Consulate.
Kant didn't wait too long, and Manid and his camel team hurried back.
After properly arranging the task of the salt workshop, Manid took off the linen robe on his body, adjusted his appearance, and after confirming that there was no disrespect, he quickly entered the hall.
"Lord Kant, I'm back."
Manid bowed first and saluted Kant.
"Very well done." Kant nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down, drink some water and eat something."
"Thank you very much."
Manid continued to thank him respectfully.
The peasant woman who had prepared food next to her brought it over and placed it in front of Manid.
Freshly baked bread.
And sweet wheat porridge, as well as fresh fried lamb and fried eggs.
Pretty hearty food.
Manid, who was already hungry, did not hesitate. He was familiar with Kant's character, and after continuing to thank him, he quickly ate it hungrily, but he also guaranteed the most basic etiquette in front of Kant, the lord.
After eating quickly, he wiped the corner of his mouth and apologized to Kant: "I hope you are not rude, my lord."
PS: The second update is a bit late, so there is no update. Tomorrow, well, it should be said that there will be an update during the day. If not unexpected, we will continue to update five times, thank you for your support!
(end of this chapter)