Great time travel

Chapter 44, Paradise of Hypocrisy

When An Li and her sister finished their breakfast, the vegetable and meat soup for 50 people in the big iron pot was also cooked.So, An Li went out to a longhouse used as a collective dormitory across the road, and called the uncle of the short-term laborer her family hired recently. The two of them worked together to lift the heavy soup pot onto a wooden trolley, and put it in the bucket to distribute to the laborers. black bread.Then, An Li sent the uncle, a day laborer, to work in her vegetable garden, while she creaked and pushed the cart along the gravel-paved road to the village entrance, delivering breakfast to the laborers who had already gathered outside the village.

As soon as she walked out of the house, An Li could feel the hustle and bustle.Since the establishment of Karn Village, it seems that it has never been as crowded as it is at this moment.There are construction sites everywhere on the roadside in the village, and the newly felled trees and freshly fired bricks are piled together, making it look a bit messy.

Although many houses have been rushed to repair recently, the village is still full of people.Every newly-built longhouse is packed to the brim, and a considerable number of villagers have vacated the extra vacant rooms in their homes for rent. Some of the most unscrupulous ones even stuffed floor bags into any gaps such as the aisles of the houses. money, and even sent refugees to sleep in stables.But even so, many of the recent paupers could neither pay their rent nor find work in time, so they camped out in tents on the streets — and there was virtually no room for them in the village until the new houses were completed. Living.Fortunately, it's early summer now, as long as you don't get caught in the rain, even if you sleep in the open air, you won't be in danger of freezing to death.

An Li had also thought about whether to use her house to attract a few tenants to earn a rent.But her house was not big, and there were only two weak girls left. Letting strangers live in her house rashly made her feel neither safe nor at ease, so she had to give up in the end.

In this way, she pushed the heavy cart loaded with soup pots and black bread, bypassed the dilapidated tents and shacks, and the construction site that exuded the fragrance of wood, and came to the edge of the village that had expanded several times.

Here, a big fat cat was lying lazily on the watchtower next to the entrance of the village, its body balled into a ball, squinting its eyes at An Li who was slowly approaching, and then raised its paw to say hello, "... Good morning meow! The little girl is very energetic in the morning, meow!"

"...Good morning! Mr. Kitty!" An Li also waved with a smile. For these kitten people who can talk, and even stand up and walk, the residents of Karn Village, after the initial surprise, came to It's no surprise now.

Ever since Great Mage Ainz became a strong man protecting this place, these cats he raised have been frequenting the village, serving as guards and rangers, and sometimes playing with the children in the village, giving They tell stories, teach them arithmetic, and even perform healing magic on the wounded and sick... Whether it is the aborigines of Kahn Village or the new refugees from other places, they all like these cute and enthusiastic little things.

——In the eyes of the aborigines in Kahn Village, the foreign knights who are also human beings still slaughtered themselves wantonly, but these little cute cats saved themselves and maintained the safety and order of the village in today's chaotic situation , and even use all kinds of magical magic to improve their daily life... It's really hard to hate a "good partner" like this.

So after getting acquainted, the villagers' wariness of the kitten people can be said to be almost completely eliminated.And another cuter creature, the goblin with wings, has already established a firm foothold in the village because of their cute appearance, petite and harmless body, and dreamy and gorgeous magic spells. An indispensable presence in the village.Most women and children are very welcome to visit these little guys.

——Although their fanatical nature of pranks has spoiled many naughty children, it has made parents feel very headache.

As for the newly arrived refugees from other places, since they are newcomers, most of them are alone, empty-handed, and have to rely on Ainz the Great Mage for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Naturally, they dare not talk nonsense, let alone offend his subordinates "Magic pet".

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※

After walking out of the village entrance, what caught the girl's sight was a vast field, dyed emerald green by the thriving wheat, swaying under the breeze.An Li felt like she was pushing the cart and walking in the fields, as if she was soaking in a green pool.

By this time of year, the tops of the wheat had swelled indistinctly, and as the harvest drew closer, the wheat would eventually turn a blinding gold.Although the wheat fields dyed with golden colors are the most anticipated harvest scene in the eyes of farmers, the field work such as weeding and weeding before that is extremely difficult and troublesome, but it is absolutely necessary. Don't be negligent, or you will lose your harvest.

After experiencing the previous massacre, several families in Kahn Village have become extinct, and their wheat fields have no one to take care of them. If there is no accident, most of them will gradually go to natural waste.However, as the Great Mage Ainz moved here with a large number of refugees, in order to ensure the food supply for the new population, the situation changed immediately.The middle-aged housekeeper named Sebastian selected fifty people who had done farm work from among the refugees to form a farm work team. Not only did they take over the wheat fields left by the extinct households in the village, they also reclaimed a few nearby. In a new field, some fast-growing vegetables and potato crops were planted—because the season has been delayed, it is basically impossible to plant more wheat.

And An Li is now in charge of cooking and delivering meals to those who do farm work in the fields.As for the lumberyards, quarries, and brick-burning factories farther away, because there are more people who need to eat and they are farther away from the village, they simply hired full-time cooks to cook and start a business there.

When she was panting and pushing the cart to the field, she found that fifty peasants had already gathered in the open space beside the field, eagerly waiting to start work after breakfast.Seeing An Li pushing the cart filled with hot soup and bread, the farmers immediately cheered.

"...Oh! Little sister Anli, breakfast is finally here! I'm starving to death! How do you plan to make up for me, brother?"

A young guy said so with a playful smile, but before An Li could get angry, he was slapped from behind by another middle-aged man, "...What are you yelling about? Can't stop your mouth if you have something to eat? Hurry up!" Order to line up for dinner, there is still a lot of work to do!"

So, the farmers lined up noisily in a long line, took their rice bowls and spoons, received their own portion of hot soup and black bread, sat on the ground and began to eat with a snort.After distributing the food, An Li turned around and dragged the empty cart, and walked back to the village slowly.

A gust of wind blows through the wheat fields, smells of grass and earth, and wipes the heat and sweat off her skin.

At the same time, the wind also brought the hustle and bustle of the distant forest to Anli's ears: the crisp sound of metal hitting rocks violently, the sound of everyone's coordinated work, and the sound of explosions from unknown sources, and all kinds of sounds. Indistinguishable noise.Looking up, one can vaguely see towering ancient trees being cut down one after another, while black smoke of burning bricks, burning lime and charcoal floats in the sky.

An Li knew very well that this was the members of the construction team collecting building materials from the forest.In addition to building houses for the refugees who poured into Karn Village, their more important task was to build a mansion for Great Sorcerer Ainz here.At the border between the forest and the grassland, one kilometer away from the village, a large mage tower stood tall, and a few figures as tall as giants could be vaguely seen busy outside the tower.

——These were the rock golems and metal golems sent by the great magician Ainz to assist in the work.

Although except for a few adventurers who are responsible for hunting and guarding, and farmers who can grow fields (because the whole village originally only had more than 100 people, and there are not many fields that have been reclaimed in the village), all the people gathered in Kahn Village now Almost all young and middle-aged people joined the construction team of the great magician Ainz.But faced with the amount of work that almost required building a town from scratch plus a mage tower, and all the preparations from logging, quarrying, burning bricks and burning lime had to be done by ourselves, so the manpower in Karn Village was still very large. insufficient.

Fortunately, after listening to the grievances of several foremen, the great magician Ainz quickly sent dozens of rock golems and metal golems.

As we all know, the golem is a super good employee who has nothing to do with fatigue. As long as it receives an order, it will silently execute it, and it has a power that humans can never compare.Although the movement and logical abilities of this thing are not very flexible, it is impossible to entrust them with some fine construction operations, and they can only do some rough work such as digging stones, laying foundations, cutting trees, and hauling stones and wood.But even so, the addition of these bulky guys has accelerated the progress of the project with incredible speed.Relying on the day and night work of these golems, in Anli's opinion, the magnificent mage tower that needs to be built in units of years, and the magnificent palace-like ancillary buildings around the mage tower, which are also built with huge stones, cost only It was initially completed in less than a month, and now only some fragmentary work of exterior decoration and interior decoration remains.

By the end of last month, the wall that defended the entire village had also broken ground, and it was wider and stronger than the villagers expected.

In short, Kahn Village in the recent period has seen new changes almost every day, and every day welcomes new travelers.

Perhaps, in autumn, my hometown will really change from a rural place to a city?An Li thought longingly.

Of course, like any densely populated city, Kahn Village, whose population has increased dozens of times, is no longer self-sufficient in food supply.Although there is fertile uncultivated wilderness all around, even new fields will not be harvested until crops are grown.The only way to keep so many people from starving to death in Kahn Village is to purchase food from the outside world.

And in the land where the undead are rampant and the agriculture is deserted.In the Kingdom of Yestij, the price of food has become astonishingly high, and it is difficult to guarantee the safety of the food convoy.Right now, the only place that can purchase a large amount of food is the Bajas Empire on the other side of the border.

——When An Li pushed the empty cart to the entrance of the village, she saw a long line of dusty carriages slowly driving into the village. Idlers lined the streets to watch.

"...This is...the caravan is back?" An Li's eyes lit up, she hurried to the front of the crowd, and then waved to a familiar figure in the caravan, "...Long time no see! Andrew Grandpa! What kind of goods did you bring back this time?"

On a certain carriage, a person is escaping from the fortress city.After Rantil, the old businessman Andrew, who had accepted the employment of the "Great Sorcerer of Ainz", turned his head and smiled, "...Oh, it's Enri? Of course the car is full of food! These are all flowers from Ainz-sama Wheat, beans, bacon and dried fish bought from the Bajas Empire at a high price, as well as wine and beer! Enough for everyone here to eat until next year! By the way, don’t forget to take your sister to the entrance of the village later Line up, Lord Ainz ordered that everyone in the village will be given a copy of these foods!"

"... Oh! This is so generous! People really don't know how to thank this lord for his kindness!" The young girl Enri immediately beamed with joy, "...May the gods bless this kind and benevolent Ainz My lord, let him protect this land forever..."

"...Yes, this is the first time I have met such a kind and benevolent Your Excellency." The old businessman Andrew nodded sincerely.

However, the family member escaped with his mouth.Unbeknownst to Andrew, an old businessman in Rantier, some of the coins used by the "kind and benevolent" wizard Ainz to purchase this batch of food came from the fortress city.In the city of Rantel, the small vault in the cellar of his house...