Chapter 122: Pioneering
And when the soldiers who returned from the clean-up were eating meat and drinking wine, there were several teams of soldiers patrolling and guarding the wall more than four meters high and one meter thick, and at the same time, there were three sentries holding bows and arrows on each arrow tower at the four corners of the camp at any time to be vigilant around the camp.
Although the wall consisted of two solid wooden walls, the inner and outer walls, and the middle was completely filled with thousands of linen bags filled with dirt, even if the surface of the wooden wall was destroyed, the sandbags inside that were pressed against each other by weight could not be pierced in a short time, but no one was relieved by this.
In the center of the barracks, a small, apparently well-built two-storey building, was very dimly lit in contrast to the inside of the barracks, which was illuminated by blazing torches and bonfires.
A faint candlelight radiated from the slender candle burning on the candlestick, and shone on a man with monocles, dressed in a modest outfit, who was carefully looking at a thick stack of accounts in his hand.
Duke Roy blinked his eyes, which already felt unusually sour, and put down the thick stack of accounts in his hand, he liked to quietly review the accounts in such a dimly lit environment, and he couldn't help but feel extremely proud to see that the lines of the accounts had finally equaled the horrific expenses of the previous period, and even slightly exceeded the income figures.
As descendants of the loyal followers of the founding fathers of the Newton family, each generation of the Roy family heirs is a loyal retainer of the Newton family, and by this time Duke was already the eleventh generation.
And time has also proved that the loyalty of the Roy family is impeccable, so each generation of Newton family heirs is also dedicated to the Roy family and entrusted with important tasks.
Duke is of course trusted by Atro, and he has taken over his father's responsibilities as the commercial director of the Newton family, and has been in charge of most of the Newton family's external business affairs for more than a decade.
It is also for this reason that for this important development of the Great Forest and the mining of silver mines, Atro did not hesitate to appoint him to take command, and even did not need so many manor guards in the manor due to the protection of the magic circle...... Or rather, most of the private soldiers were sent here.
At the same time, after the personnel who guarded several logging sites set up by the Newton family in the Great Forest were dispatched, there were even more than 100 experienced and well-trained warriors in this camp!
In the first few days, even with the help of Lydia's golem puppet, the swarming of all kinds of monsters made these Newton family warriors suffer, almost piling up a small safe area here with blood and lives, and it was also the time when the money was like flowing water and the expenditure was the most terrifying.
But fortunately, there were golems that withstood the most tricky monsters, and Lydia occasionally took out high-level monsters that infested them, and the situation finally stabilized.
And after the reinforcements arrived, the situation gradually improved, and as the camp was slowly built and improved, everything was on the right track, and even now the soldiers could sleep peacefully in the rough but solid and safe enough barracks!
Although no fool would really sleep defenselessly in a large forest where danger could come at any moment!
The dangers in the Great Forest are also directly proportional to its rewards, and the various precious products collected and the various useful parts of the monsters killed can be sold for an eye-popping price in the market of Deira!
When the first harvest of the Great Forest was brought back to the Newton family, Atro did not hesitate to order the most precious parts of these harvests to be picked out, carefully packaged and sent to the various families with whom he had made a secret agreement, and then undoubtedly received more support!
The steady stream of harvest brought by the development of the Great Forest has also provided a strong impetus for the Newton family's business operation that has been devastated by various recent affairs, and the intuitive manifestation of this is the large list of soaring income figures on the account sheet in Duke's hands now!
From this situation, as long as this camp can be firmly held and a safe zone can be carved out in the great forest, whether it is the benefits brought by it now, or the obvious huge development prospects in the future, the Newton family will be able to become stronger than before the battle with the Alec family!
And Atro, who clearly knew that the key to keeping all this was Lydia, a powerful mage, decisively mobilized more manpower and funds, and gave Lydia and the pioneer team the greatest support while keeping the confrontation in Deira City from falling behind!
After Duke rested for a while, he picked up the thick ledger and looked at it again.
Lydia was dealing with a huge gray-white boulder in the Radiant Lands, and under the effect of the barely visible white light in her hand, the boulder in front of her was like soft mud that could be rubbed by others, and the gray stone chips fell with a slight touch, and then a large stone brick in the shape of a long strip was cut out by her, and stacked aside.
Whenever ten stone bricks were created, a stone golem would carry them and transport them to a specially fenced area to lay them down.
And the captivity in this area is full of squirming lilac slime monsters!
When the stone golem lowered the stone bricks, which still carried strong radiant energy, the slime monsters crawling all over the ground crawled towards the stone bricks like dogs that smelled the smell of bones, covering them and moving regularly, as if they were constantly sucking something.
With the movements of these slime monsters, the radiant energy carried by the stone bricks gradually faded until it disappeared!
But while constantly absorbing radiation energy, the purple color on the slime monster's body became more and more intense, and its temperament became more and more violent, and they actually began to attack and devour each other. And when the purple in their bodies reaches a certain level, they will automatically swell up, and then explode with a bang!
Soon, the boulder in front of her was completely divided by Lydia. Clapping her hands, Lydia motioned for the stone golem to move the stone bricks beside her, and after following behind the stone golem to take a look at the slime monster's cultivation, Lydia turned and left directly.
In the direction she walked, a three-story tower had been largely built!