Lord of Hyranza

Thinking of this, he didn't say anything. He wanted to ride a horse to discuss with the old village chief. Since the sulfur mine had brought a lot of wealth to the village, how could he further improve the living conditions of the villagers.I can't eat stew and white bread every day by myself, the whole village is struggling on the line of food and clothing...

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, Suldak saw old Sheila sitting under a tree, a group of children playing hopscotch in the open space, and little Peter also participated in it. Some sharp-eyed children next to him reminded little Peter, and little Peter just accidentally made a mistake in jumping and was defeated, so he threw a bag of joy into Suldak's arms.

Suldak held him in his arms, led the horse and walked to the old Sheila. The old Sheila looked at Suldak with a peaceful face and asked him, "Have you not had dinner yet?"

Standing in front of old Sheila, Suldak always felt an inexplicable pressure. After all, no matter what the purpose was, he could be regarded as replacing the knight status of his son, and now he slept with Natasha. On the bed...he said with a sneer, "I ate some on the way, and I'm not hungry yet!"

"Has everything been done in the city?" Old Sheila asked again, her wrinkled face remained calm, and she tilted her head slightly.

Suldak scratched his head and said, "It's done, this time I signed up at the High Lansa Knight Academy, and I will go to the academy to take classes in a few days, and I will be considered a formal knight after graduation."

Old Sheila nodded slightly, and looked at little Peter tenderly.

Of course she could understand the implication in Suldak's words. If there were no accidents, this official knight status would fall on little Peter in the future.

Seeing that Suldak was being hugged onto the horse, little Peter leaned against Suldak's arms and screamed excitedly, and old Sheila's eyes lit up with a faint light of hope...

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On the construction site of the reservoir, bricklayers are sitting on the outermost stone platform of the reservoir to rest. In just three days, the place has already taken shape, and the bottom of the reservoir is almost flat. The gentle slope here was suddenly artificially flattened a lot, and the excavated limestone was piled up on the outermost edge of the reservoir to form a high stone pestle.

A total of 37 concrete piers have been planned for the foundation of this half-moon arc-shaped embankment, and only twelve of them have been poured so far. There will be a ground beam nearly one meter deep on the cement piers. According to Suerdak's design drawing, each Eight steel bars will protrude from the foundation concrete pier, and these steel bars will be tightly bound to the ground beam steel cage before pouring pozzolan cement. Only when the foundation is firmly established can the three-meter-high reservoir dam be built.

The coolies hired from other villages had already carried bags of volcanic ash back from the mountain. Selina was counting the amount of volcanic ash. She saw Suldak coming back on a horse from a distance. Her fair face With an undisguised smile, she was wearing a long gray linen dress, a beige sweater, and a turban covering her long hair. Her tall figure stood out from the group of coolies.

Signa didn't get under Selena's skirt this time, but sat on a rock next to her, pointing at something with her fingers.

On the mountain road leading to the outside of the village, people carrying volcanic ash came back one after another, and it was difficult for Selina to escape for a while.

At this time, Suldak also saw the busy figure of Rita and Natasha. The two of them were carrying a large wicker basket full of hot baked wheat cakes, and they were offering to the craftsmen who gathered together to rest. They distributed wheat cakes, and a few village women behind carried large steaming wooden barrels filled with vegetable soup. These people ate dinner on the construction site.

It seemed that this group of people didn't intend to rest immediately after dinner, and the construction site of the reservoir would not be finished until later.

Seeing Natasha in the crowd, little Peter struggled to get off the horse, and ran towards Natasha and Rita while running and jumping.

Suldak led the horse to the stream, let it drink to its fullness, and then walked up to the old village chief.

At this time, the old village head was standing beside a big stone, on which was covered the sheepskin drawing drawn by Suerdak himself, and was explaining something to the bricklayers beside him.

Just listen to him say: "Tomorrow, the rest of the foundation stone pier must be poured out. These buried parts still need to be raised with water for a period of time. The ground for paving the reservoir can be moved to the back. Looking at it now, the volcanic ash It is enough, I will increase the manpower for grinding lime powder overnight to ensure that there will be enough cement for the start of work tomorrow!"

Then he felt that the bricklayers around him were a little distracted, and they looked out one after another. Just about to scold, but saw Suldak walk in, his face softened and said: "...Oh, Suldak, you are back , Okay, let’s go eat first, and then tidy up the venue before it gets completely dark!"

The old village chief waved the bricklayers away, took a sip of water from his cup, and said with a long breath, "How is the trip to Hailansa going well?"

Suldak nodded, and said: "It's going well, all the needed materials have been bought, and a large number of materials should be delivered tomorrow! I've only been away for three days, and this side has already been repaired like this. You Don't be afraid to exhaust these craftsmen!"

Speaking of this, the old village chief said with some pride: "You don't know how many people come to me every day to intercede, begging me to hire them to repair the reservoir. What is there to be dissatisfied with finding such a job outside the mountain pass? ?”

Then the old village chief pulled Suldak and whispered: "It's not that I'm too harsh, these accounts don't count... You don't know what you spend every day. I finished work the night before yesterday. I asked Selena to count After looking at the accounts, I found out... Good guy, as long as we start working, we have to throw at least one golden coin into the reservoir every day. This is the way it used to be, I didn't even dare to think..."

"As long as I think of it, I can save a gold coin by finishing the work one day earlier, how dare I get tired..."

Chapter 301 Plan

The sun slowly sank into the valley in the distance, and the sky gradually became dark. Then the old village chief waved his hand, indicating that everyone can call it a day and leave.

The craftsmen from the outer village built some simple yurts on the side of the construction site. After work was over, everyone ran to a small pool to wash up.

However, in order to avoid affecting the water use of the villagers downstream, the old village chief asked for an additional canal to be drawn at the source of the river. This canal will be the main waterway of the reservoir in the future. It is just to provide some water for the construction site. Now it is simple opened up.A group of men were shirtless, exposing their muscular bodies, huddled by the side of the ditch, and the scene was very lively.

Suldak and the old village head are discussing where to set the gate of the primary reservoir. The old village head wants to place the gate in the center of the dam. This layout is quite satisfactory, but Suldak is different. Based on the idea, Suldak wanted to set up a sluice gate on the east and west sides of the reservoir embankment, but this not only increased the construction cost, but also greatly increased the difficulty of construction.

The two argued for a long time, but they still couldn't convince each other, and there was a strong smell of gunpowder in their words.

Rita brought over a stack of wheat cakes. The young woman behind Rita was Charlie's wife, holding a can of vegetable soup in her hand. The two women placed the wheat cakes and vegetable soup on the stone platform. The old village chief Only then did he wake up from the dispute, picked up a piece of wheat cake and tore it in half, took a bowl of hot vegetable soup, and said with some emotion: "I usually eat corn porridge and cassava at home, even if I eat wheat cake It's not a festival, and it can only happen once a week. Who would have thought... Just to build this reservoir, two bags of wheat flour will be taken out every day to cook scones. The day will be like this."

Suldak also picked up a piece of wheat cake, and took the opportunity to ask Rita in a low voice if she had eaten. Rita nodded slightly calmly, then smiled and left with Mrs. Charlie, and turned to Sulda before leaving. Kebi gestured: control emotions.

"Of course, the future of Wall Village will only be better than it is now, and we have just taken the first step now." Suldak is full of confidence in this.

The last ray of the setting sun reflected on the wrinkled face of the old village chief, a trace of worry flashed across his dark face, he just said: "I've been thinking over and over again these few nights, what about the mines over there?" How big can it be? After hollowing out those brimstones, what else can we get?"

Probably these problems in front of him are the reason why the old village chief is extremely anxious.

"Of course the real wealth is right in front of our eyes..." Suldak said, looking at the cistern that had just taken shape in front of him.

"You mean this cistern?" The old village chief's eyes lit up slightly, as if he had found some answers.

"The cistern is just one of them..." What Suldak actually wanted to say is: the cistern is just one of the experimental products. Once it is confirmed that the volcanic ash cement is as rumored, then Wall Village can offer Hailansa This new type of building material is transported from the city to replace the original stone or wooden houses. In the future, Wall Village can also form a construction team to build gorgeous Baroque buildings everywhere. What business can be more profitable than real estate?

Before Suldak finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by the old village chief.

The old village head said very excitedly: "Yes, when all these reservoirs are built, the village will not have to worry about being unable to cultivate in the dry season. At least some chickpeas and cassava can be planted on the ridges in spring. When it comes to the rainy season, everything will be better, if there is enough water in the reservoir, these wheat fields will not lose production, and everyone will no longer worry about food rations, only food is the most real thing.”

"..."

Suldak knew that now was not the best time to talk about the construction team and real estate. Even if he said it, the old village chief probably wouldn't understand it. Instead, some benefits that the reservoir in front of him could bring gradually emerged.

His eyes passed over Wall Village, and he saw a large tidal flat on the far side of the river bend below the village. If it hadn't been for the large amount of rainwater gathered here during the rainy season, causing terrible waterlogging, perhaps that tidal flat would be the most fertile soil. , rotting reeds and red thatch made the silt extremely fertile.

Suerdak pointed to the tidal flats downstream of the village, and said with emotion: "These reservoirs are built, and when the rainy season comes, the rainwater washed down from the mountains will first gather in the reservoirs until the fifth level. The reservoir is fully filled, and the excess rainwater will flow into the tidal flats downstream. I plan to dig a drainage channel on the tidal flats downstream of the village during the dry season next spring, and all the excess rainwater will flow into the drainage channel , In this way, the tidal flat land will no longer be dry and waterless in winter and spring, but will become a swamp full of stagnant water in an instant during the rainy season. That piece of land will be a large area for us. Fertile soil."

Probably there is nothing in this world that can impress the old village chief more than the land. After hearing Suerdak's imagination, his eyes lit up. With his years of farming experience, he certainly knows what kind of land is more suitable. Tilling, his lips trembled a little, the delicious vegetable soup even became bland and tasteless, his slightly cloudy eyes tried hard to look into the distance, as if a beautiful picture had already appeared in his eyes.

The old village head nodded repeatedly and said: "The tidal flats are full of fertile mellow soil. No matter what you plant, you can have a good harvest. As long as the flood can be solved, it will be a large piece of good land. As long as the reservoir can be built, tomorrow spring I will take people to open up wasteland on the tidal flats. Four-three-three is not practiced in the barren land outside the Pagolos Pass. The Green Empire does not look down on the land here. Then you can get [-]% of the land. Whoever reclaims the tidal flats will get the remaining [-]%."

"Why did you give me so much land?" Suldak asked in surprise.

At this time, the old village head looked as if he was taking it for granted, and said to Suldak: "This will be your fiefdom. After you become the lord here, no matter who cultivates new cultivated land here, there will naturally be part of you." share."

"...This is the rule, and you spent so much effort building the reservoir, it should be harvesting that tidal flat."

The old village chief seemed to have found the ultimate goal of Surdak's insistence on spending huge sums of money to build the reservoir, and he was indeed very far-sighted.

"..." Suldak didn't understand the laws of the Green Empire.

Those coolies carried the volcanic ash for a whole day, and at night they rubbed each other's cramped legs outside the yurt.

Suldak thought that the complete set of wheel axles that Karl had ordered for him would arrive in Wall Village tomorrow along with the materials he purchased, so he said: "Forty sets of wheel axles will probably be delivered tomorrow, as long as these If so many axles are installed, we will have 23 horse-drawn carriages, and there will be no need for manpower to carry the volcanic ash."

The old village chief smiled wryly, sighed and said, "The women in the village still hope that they can make a good fortune by carrying the volcanic ash, so they don't want to assemble the carriage."

However, Suldak shook his head. Even if the strong men in the village worked hard for several days in a row, if they didn't know how to adjust their bodies, they would inevitably be exhausted. Said: "When the capacity of the volcanic ash is sufficient, then we will need more lime powder. At that time, we can set up a mill dedicated to grinding lime powder. If women in the village want to work, they can arrange to go to the mill."

"A mill that grinds lime powder?" the old village head asked suspiciously.

"Hmm!" Suldak said to the old village chief, "I found that many people in the village have stone troughs for pounding wheat?"

The old village head nodded and said: "In the past, the village organized strong laborers to find work in the quarry after the harvest festival. These stone troughs were carried back from the quarry at that time. But... since Digo Village was established A windmill was built on the edge of the Grand Canyon, and few people in the village pounded wheat at home, and it was easier to carry the wheat to the mill, and these stone troughs were also left unused.”

Suldak took out a charcoal pencil and found that the parchment in front of him was already covered with various figures, so he directly drew the sluice of the reservoir with a few strokes on the big rock in front of the two of them, and then drew the water sluice under the sluice. A waterwheel...Obviously, if the sluice gate is in the center of the primary cistern, it will flow directly into the secondary cistern. In this case, the waterwheel will not be able to be installed. Only the sluice gates will be placed on both sides of the cistern. In order to put down two waterwheels at the edge.

Then he explained to the old village head: "I want to build a waterwheel next to the sluice of the reservoir. Then we will have our own mill. We can build a simple mill in advance. It doesn't matter if we can't grind the wheat." , then coarsely grind lime powder first, and after the reservoir is built, it is not easy to grind wheat..."

"Waterwheel mill?" The old village chief didn't expect that a waterwheel could be installed in such a stair-shaped reservoir. This thing is not difficult to say, but no one has ever thought about it.

Suldak continued to explain to the old village chief: "Actually, this thing is not much different from a windmill..."

Of course, it won’t be too difficult. When Digo Village built the windmill, as one of the designers, the old village chief once visited the major mills around Hailansa City. He is naturally very familiar with the windmill. Otherwise, how could the villagers of Wall Village be eligible to use the windmill in Digo Village for free...

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Suldak stepped into the house under the bright moonlight. Gu Bolaima stood beside the material trough and chewed the hay leisurely. The saddle had been removed from its body. He flicked his ponytail twice, not knowing whether he was welcoming him or repelling mosquitoes and flies.

Every autumn at this time, mosquitoes and flies always rush to the body desperately.

The oil lamp was still on in the main house. Surdak stopped at the door and saw old Sheila sitting in the room, as if teaching Rita how to sew wooden-soled linen shoes. Saying hello, Rita saw Surdak coming back from the outside, looking at him with big eyes full of expectation.

Suldak smiled and said, "I was in a hurry to go to Hailansa City this time, and I didn't ask you what you want me to bring. I bought it at a grocery store as I passed by. Don't think this gift is too shabby!"

As he spoke, he took out a beautiful comb from his bosom and handed it to Rita. Rita's sun-tanned face was extremely attractive, and she took the comb with joy. When she was in a good mood, she would Squint your eyes.Rita inserted the comb into her thick golden hair, and whispered to Suldak with some embarrassment: "Actually, there is no need to buy us gifts all the time... I just want to say, I like this gift very much!"

"You have been working hard for a few days, take a good rest!" Old Sheila said to Suldak.

Suldak nodded and said, "Then I'm going to rest."

Walking out of the main house, Suldak saw Natasha carrying a bucket of steaming hot water into the wooden bucket in the bathroom. It was hard to believe how her slender waist could carry such a big one. The wooden barrel saw that old Sheila and Rita hadn't come out of the main house, so he hurried over and hugged Natasha's slender waist from behind.

Natasha was startled at first, and looked behind, and found that it was Suldak, so she put down the big wooden barrel in her hand, but then she found that the two were tightly pressed together, and her cheeks immediately turned blushing .

At this time, the old Sheila and Rita were not sleeping in the main house. Natasha naturally refused to let Suldak take advantage of this time, and did not dare to push her hard, so she could only hold Suldak as hard as she wanted to explore. She put her hands in her clothes, and while looking at the main house, worried that someone would come out from there, she bit her lip and begged in a low voice: "Hurry up and let me go, I will be hit by Rita in a while, and I will die laughing at her." of."

Suldak hugged Natasha's soft body, of course he didn't want to let go, chasing after Natasha's soft lips, how could Natasha break free from Suldak's embrace, just when she was about to lose herself, He promised in a low voice to Surdak that he would come to him secretly after everyone fell asleep, so that he escaped a catastrophe.

Suldak didn't care who Natasha prepared the hot water for, he got into the wooden barrel and took a comfortable hot bath. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Rita to hold a pile of clean linen clothes and pants, These clothes were placed on the wooden shelf next to the barrel, and they complained to Suldak: "You are in a hurry, Natasha obviously boiled the water for me, why did you take it up..."

Surdak huddled in the big wooden barrel, pretending to be asleep, and ignored Rita at all.

Rita has nothing to do with this kind of rascal, she can only turn around and walk out.

After taking a bath, all the fatigue was eliminated. Suldak returned to his room, lay on the wooden bed, and fell asleep in a daze after being relaxed. The soft body was pressed against his arms, and Suldak opened his eyes, and found that at some point, Natasha slipped into the room with wet hair, as if she had just taken a bath.

Seeing that Suldak was asleep, she wanted to slip away quietly, but happened to be seen by just waking up, and she hugged her in her arms...

Chapter 302 Natasha

A burst of dog barking broke the morning tranquility of Wall Village.

A light morning mist shrouded the small valley, and when the sun rose, the morning mist would quickly dissipate.

There was the sound of gently pushing the door from the yard. The hinges on the door of the main house probably lacked some lubricating oil. When the door was pushed, there would be a jerky creaking sound. It was the sound of opening the door that woke up the sleeping Sulda Ke, this is the sequelae left on the battlefield, and any sign of trouble will make him vigilant again.

A corner of the blanket by the window was lifted, and Natasha would always leave the room quietly before dawn.

She is an introverted woman, shy, reserved and not good at expressing.

Her life circle is very small, and she would occasionally talk to Suldak about the things between old Sheila, Rita, and little Peter, and talk about some troubles in life, and she didn't really need someone to help her resolve them. Just wish there was a quiet listener.

In fact, Suldak is a very good listener, he will not interrupt easily, he will only express his views at the right time, he will not complain, nor will he have any prejudice, Natasha likes it very much Pillowing on his arm, whispering to him close to his ear, the soft long blond hair spread out, the lake blue eyes, the incomparably soft touch of the milk-white skin under the moonlight clearly told Suldak, this is not a dream.

Natasha said that old Sheila would suffer from leg pains in winter, and the pain could only be relieved by sitting by the fireplace all day long. She and Rita would go to the woods at this time to pick up some pine towers, pine nuts and Mushrooms are their extra harvest. Although the past days were a bit difficult, they were not hard, and life was always full of fun.

Rita is a guy who is good at finding fun everywhere in life (tashigedoubi). Her naive/cheerful/optimistic personality always infects Natasha. The behavior of various female men has also conquered many women in the village. Rita's figure is not slender. Above, but her waist is definitely not thick, it is the kind of waist with clear mermaid lines and abdominal muscles. She can carry two buckets of water and walk back and forth from home to the stream with ease. The green grass, taller than her body, walked back from the Beigou pasture without stopping.

In Little Peter's mind, Suldak has always been described by the old Sheila as a great hero. The biggest ideal in Little Peter's heart now is to become a knight like Suldak. He practices very hard every morning .

Suldak wondered in his heart whether he should be stricter with little Peter.

You must know that if you want to become a knight, you can't succeed overnight, and you need to pay far more than ordinary people.

At this time, Natasha must be making breakfast in the kitchen. However, even though her life is rich now, old Sheila is still very frugal.

The corner of the kitchen is full of wheat flour, and there is a whole row of hams hanging on the roof beams, but everyone still eats chestnut rice porridge every morning, and occasionally some cassava is mixed with the porridge, only Suldak and little Peter’s dinner plate , to see wheatbread and a thin slice of ham.

Rita is very busy in the morning, she has to go to the stream to fetch water in the early morning, and also go to the Beigou pasture to mow grass and feed the cows, especially when Suerdak is at home, there are more Gubo horses, The forage that needs to be prepared is nearly twice as much as usual.

Suldak lay on the bed for a while, intending to get up and help Rita share some housework. He wanted to go out to fetch water with a wooden bucket, but was snatched by Rita, and said, "Let me do it." , you don't even know where to fetch water..."

During breakfast, Suerdak learned from the old Xilana that fetching water in the village is very particular. Usually, women go to the creek to fetch water in the morning, and the source of water is close to the upper reaches of the creek. When idlers in the village go to fetch water, they will be chased and scolded for half a block by village women with aggressive personalities. If they are far away from the water source, the water brought back can only be used for washing. Although the place is poor, the villagers are also concerned about the sanitation of drinking water. very important...

After the old Sheila had breakfast, she took Peter to the yard to milk the cows. Suldak also swallowed the last mouthful of corn porridge, bit the corner of the baked oatmeal on the plate, and slipped out behind the old Sheila. Rita asked from behind: "Brother, are you going to the reservoir construction site? Wait for me and Natasha, we are going too..."

Natasha followed Rita, stood at the door without saying a word, looked at Suldak with expectations in her eyes, and her eyes were full of tenderness like the sea.

Hearing Rita's clear voice, Suldak stopped in his tracks, his heart warmed up for no reason, and he said, "Um, are you going to the construction site too?"

Rita hastily wiped her wet hands on the apron, took off the apron and folded it, and caught up with Suldak and walked side by side with him: "Of course, Uncle Brett chose some of us for those The artisans make lunch and dinner. We and Natasha are responsible for baking wheat cakes. You don’t know how much these guys can eat. They can eat at least two bags of wheat in a day. Natasha and I have been baking from morning until night."

Saying that, following in the footsteps of Suldak and walking out, Natasha followed Rita, lowering her head and smiling silently.

Rita continued to say to Suldak: "There is probably not much wheat flour in the granary, or tell the old village chief that we are frying some multigrain cakes today. It is impossible to give them wheat cakes every day. We all Didn't eat so well."

Suldak pondered for a while, and then said: "Three meals a day is enough to eat wheat cakes. This is what we discussed before. It cannot be changed casually. Don't worry about not having enough wheat flour. This is not something you should consider."

Seeing what Suldak said, Rita spread her hands indifferently and said:

"Okay... I just want to remind you."

Then she praised Suldak again: "By the way, the wolf fur mattress you gave me is so warm."

"Natasha, what do you think?" Rita turned to Natasha on the other side and asked.

Natasha was a little hesitant, thinking that she didn't sleep in her own room at all last night, how could she feel the warmth of a wolf fur mattress, or the warmth of a big satyr? Natasha didn't know how to answer, so she could only hold back. He faltered and said, "Er... still... not bad!"

Rita asked incredulously: "Could it be that you didn't want to make the bed last night?"

"I...really not." Natasha's fair face turned red.

The three of them walked out of the yard together and walked along the village path to the construction site of the reservoir upstream of the ravine. As soon as they reached the construction site of the reservoir, they were stopped by a young man in the village: "Knight Suldak, villager!" A caravan came from outside, saying that it was a special trip to deliver the goods to you."

"Here we come..." Suldak didn't have time to take a look at the construction site, he left Rita and Natasha behind, and dragged the old village chief who had just arrived at the construction site and walked directly to the entrance of the village.

This caravan sent forty sets of wagon axles and three large wagons of wheat. These two hundred bags of wheat flour were almost enough for the craftsmen at the reservoir construction site to eat for two months. After two months, it was estimated that it would snow. The reservoir project on the village side will stop at that time...