"Sure enough."
Kant nodded thoughtfully.
Once this well was the center of that lowly gnoll tribe.
The gnoll shaman is in charge of allocating fresh water resources. With this well, all 2000+ gnolls in the entire tribe can drink fresh water on a daily basis and ensure the reproduction of the entire tribe.
Judging from the water consumption of so many people, even the original sentry oasis could not satisfy it.
After all, the original water resource of the sentry oasis was at best a pool.
Not even a slightly larger pond!
If there were so many wolf men, no, even 1,000 wolf men would destroy the original sentry oasis in less than 7 days. After all, the scale of thousands of people drinking water daily is extremely terrifying.
What's more, it's still a tribe of gnolls with 2000+ people!
If this well cannot connect to underground rivers or underground lakes, it is impossible to have such a large amount of water.
Kant had guessed this at the time.
And now.
There is no doubt that the mage apprentices have solved this doubt!
"Since this is an underground river."
Kant pondered slightly.
His eyes flickered, the system dialog box opened, and when he saw the buildings in it, his eyes suddenly said: "It's really possible."
well.
It's just the well of the system.
As long as there is an underground water source, Kant can build a system well at any time.
Just like when we were at the central post station, the direction guided by the system was above the underground lake, so the well was built, and then the central post station was built.
In the Nalun Desert, water resources are precious wealth.
occupying water resources.
That is tantamount to occupying a gold mine!
In fact, even if there is a gold mine in the depths of the desert, but there is no well or oasis around it, then this gold mine is equivalent to useless waste, and it cannot even be mined. Is it waste or what
The miners who mined must drink water after all!
"Since there is an underground river here." Kant turned his head to look north.
This underground underground river must have a vein. If this underground river happens to be located not far from the salt mine, it will indeed solve a lot of troubles. For example, the fresh water that needs to be transported every week can be cancelled, and they can fetch water for drinking by themselves. .
It also takes a day to go from the sentry oasis to the salt mine.
It is dusk now.
Kant planned to arrive at the Salt Mine Station before midnight.
There were already civilians working and living there. At the same time, there were 20 desert bandits responsible for guarding the safety of the place, ensuring that the low-level gnolls who were red-eyed by hunger would not appear and attack the civilians who had worked hard all day.
"let's go!"
Kant turned over and mounted his horse again.
It has been abandoned and there is not much future for development.
Maybe when Kant's oasis grows bigger in the future, this place can become a good spreading area. After all, there are underground rivers, and as long as a few wells are built, the oasis can be irrigated.
But it will be a long time later.
After all, it is unrealistic for the sentry oasis to become an oasis group spanning more than ten kilometers.
Only when an aboveground river is fully opened, and the environment on both sides of the river is improved with the help of the river's powerful irrigation ability, can a large-scale oasis appear in the desert. For the dry sandbar, eventually disappeared.
Just like the desert oases that disappeared in various eras on the earth, it was caused by the disappearance of underground rivers and the drying up of rivers above ground.
For an oasis like a fertile plain area, you need rivers.
Kant had already conceived of this.
But in the current situation, it is better to develop his sentry oasis more lushly.
The sentry oasis carrying the "Drehem" castle is the foundation of Kant!
time passed.
Night covered the sky.
Kant and his troops moved forward and looked up at the top of the sand dunes ahead. With the starlight shining, there was a faint fire flickering. That was the salt mine station, where he and his troops could rest temporarily.
At least it's much better than setting up a tent in the desert.
The moonlight is like a soft yarn.
Soon, Kant and the others were also found at the salt mine station.
The 10 desert bandits came galloping on their horses, and the other 10 desert bandits scattered around. They rode their horses and stood on the sand dunes to watch the situation here. They were extremely cautious, for fear of encountering unfamiliar cavalry troops. If you lose the enemy, you can still run away and escape to report to the castle first.
But soon their vigilance was lifted, and the leader of the desert bandits saluted Kant very respectfully: "Lord Lord, I didn't expect to see you at such a late hour. It's a great honor!"
"Well, I just arrived too."
Kant nodded and told him, "Don't be nervous, let people come back."
"Yes!" The desert bandit nodded.
As the rhythmic whistle sounded, the desert robbers waiting for the results on the surrounding sand dunes immediately galloped over, looking at Kant one by one, with honor and excitement in their eyes.
For them, meeting Kant was like meeting their own king!
Surrounded into the station.
Thirty peasants in sackcloth also stood respectfully at the gate of the station to welcome Kant's arrival.
They are salt mine workers.
The daily work is to pack the coarse salt that can be seen everywhere on the saline-alkali land outside the salt mine station into sacks, and wait for the camel team to arrive, and move them to the backs of the camels, so that these camels can return quickly and transport them back to these salt factories. raw materials.
This work can be described as hard work, which is why Kant took the more than 300 prisoners.
There are a lot of slave miners needed on the salt-alkali land.
Especially when the salt workshop expands its production scale, the crude salt output here must be increased.
However, having so many slave miners can obviously relieve a lot of pressure. At least for the captive slaves, Kant doesn’t need to care too much about human rights. It’s okay to let them starve every day, anyway, slaves are consumables.
Since you have become a slave, you cannot treat him as a friend!
When the next camel caravan arrives, these captive slaves will also be transported.
Kant's arrangements are perfect.
Looking at the 20 desert robbers and 30 Swadian civilians in front of him at the same time, his eyes were slightly startled, and he couldn't help asking: "How many wars have you experienced?"
"War? No, not yet."
These people were also puzzled, and shook their heads in denial: "We have not experienced war."
Kant frowned and said, "Look at you, it seems that you have had combat experience?"
"Uh, when we came here, we once strangled some low-level gnolls. There were probably more than 200 of them. They were very hungry and came to attack us, but they were very weak."
The desert robbers and civilians finally remembered.
After all, when he first came to the Salt Mine Station, there were still scattered gnolls around.
They were all struggling survivors in the Nalun Desert. When Kant defeated the entire camp, there were quite a few scattered outside. Although they were almost dead, there were still a lot of gnolls who relied on a few The water and food left alone persisted, and became walking dead wandering in this desert.
That's right, it doesn't matter if they are walking dead, because these jackals have no fixed food source, nor enough water, and they all rely on their talents to endure and support them. When they can't support them, they will die.
Or be killed by desert bandits in partnership with civilians.
To them, these jackals who came to attack are like beggars.
Even civilians can knock down a few with the tools in their hands.
Gnolls with hungry chests stuck to their backs and without strength pose no threat to civilians at all.
What's more, there are 20 desert robbers who are armed and stationed here.
After these two weeks of defense, they killed a lot of jackals, almost turning the surrounding jackals into corpses. This also gave them enough experience to allow them to upgrade.
Kant did not hesitate, and directly chose the upgrade option.
30 Swadian militiamen.
20 elite desert bandits.
After the upgrade, although they are still low-level soldiers, it is easier to guard this area.
What's more, there will be more than 300 captives who will come to be slave miners in the future. With these 50 guards, they can handle it.
How can a slave who has no strength resist
Sleep late at night.
In the early morning of tomorrow, Kant continued to lead the team to set off.
There is still a long way to go to enter the depths of the Nalun Desert.
According to the route reported by the captives of the Gray Mane Kingdom, it would take 3 days to walk this saline-alkali land alone, and then another 5 days to see the Devil's Land.
But the devil's land is so hot that no one can cross it.
The gray mane kingdom's expeditionary force chose to bypass the devil's territory in 10 days.
But Kant went straight to it.
His mission is to enter the devil's land to investigate, and the so-called saint of the Sun God Cult may be in the devil's land. After all, the sun also represents temperature, and the extremely hot devil's land may have a lot to do with it!
Replenish food and water at the station and continue trekking.
Along the way, as we went deeper into the Nalun Desert, the vast sand sea occupied our field of vision even more.
Day after day was desert.
Even the further you go, the more flat the terrain of the desert becomes.
More and more sand appeared in front of them, and the higher and higher temperature made Kant and the others sweat profusely.
Even the knights with extraordinary power and the mage apprentices with the power of the elements began to feel a little powerless in the Nalun Desert, and tired looks appeared on the faces of each of them, and they all endured hard.
Kant is also patient.
"Is this the depths of the Nalun Desert?"
He swallowed.
The chapped lips were no longer moisturized by saliva, and even swallowing the saliva that had been secreted with great difficulty seemed to make the chapped throat cut into cuts.
The cruelty of the Nalun Desert became more and more obvious as it got deeper.
Civilization forbidden zone.
racial desert.
At this very moment, it is undoubtedly revealed!
Putting up the pergola with his hands, Kant looked forward, and there was still an endless sea of sand.
I couldn't help but took out the water bag from my arms, opened the plug and took a sip to moisten my mouth and throat a little, but when the thirst in my throat became more intense, Kant put the cap back on.
Now is not the time to gulp fresh water, he must ensure the reserves of fresh water.
(end of this chapter)