Section 16 Rebuilding the North
This is a territory that has been slaughtered by the Tubis, and there is not a single person or a complete house in the whole territory, and the area of hundreds of miles is all in ruins.
When Miller first arrived here, he looked at the weedy fields and the dilapidated villages and towns, but he didn't expect Miller to smile happily.
Cook asked, puzzled, "What are you laughing at Miller?" You're still laughing at this bleak scene? ”
Miller glanced at Cook, stretched out his hand and pointed to the endless field and said, "Look at Cook, how good this territory is, how vast the territory is, much more than our Alto. ”
Cook poked his gun at the ground, stirred the stones inside and said, "What's good, don't you see that the ground is full of stones, the land here is not very fertile." ”
Miller glanced at Cook and said coldly, "You person, how can I say hello to you." With such a large territory, you are still worried about not being able to find land that can be cultivated? It's close to the fortress, and of course it's rocky underground. There is fertile soil everywhere near the Fengdu River, and there is a forest to the north, which is very suitable for growing crops. Have you planted so much land? ”
Cook smiled and said, "Oh, that's right. Listening to you say that, I think back to my cousin's house when I was a child, and my cousin's family had a nice vineyard with delicious grapes and watermelons. ”
After hearing this, Miller turned to look at Caldis in the distance, and then whispered to Cook: "I told you Cook, and you must not tell your cousin about the past for a while." Look at what has become of this place now, aren't you trying to upset your cousin? ”
Cook glared at Miller, he stretched out his hand and drew his spear, turned on his horse and said, "You still need to say this, hurry up and arrange for the people to hurry, otherwise it will be dark in a while." ”
Miller smiled happily after hearing this, and muttered involuntarily: "Stinky boy, you taught me a lesson in turn." ”
After saying that, Miller reached out and touched his belly, the stitched wound did not heal, and there was a faint pain at this moment.
After the people led the people to the north, Montpot led the archers and knights to garrison the fortress, while the others, led by Caldis and others, returned to the old site of Fengdu City, which had been destroyed by the barbarians three years earlier.
At nightfall, this popular team composed of Huiyuan, Wutuo and Alto finally arrived at the foot of Fengdu City.
The once prosperous Fengdu City is now only a deserted city wall, and the city has become a mess. The streets and alleys are littered with rubble and overgrown with weeds. There was not a single decent building in sight in the city, and the city was filthy and foul-smelling, and the people had to camp in the fields outside the city.
This is a lot of experience for the people from Alto to be cleared and splitting land, and the Count of Xodor also came here with the people, so the next arrangement is to be familiar with the road and orderly.
The next morning, Miller came to the field with thousands of people, and he pointed to the wasteland and said: "When we went to Alto, we were hungry and exhausted, and the time was almost past the time to plant the crops. At that time, there were so many people, and many things were all crowded together. ”。
Ksoldo smiled and said, "But I remember that Lord Miller didn't go to Tubis to sell horses at that time, and you don't seem to have gone to Alto with everyone in the first place." ”
Miller nodded and said, "Yes, I did miss that most glorious moment." But it doesn't matter, this time I kind of caught up. But this time we are not the same, we have plenty of food, and the land here is much more expansive. Also, it's still early for summer planting, and we have a lot of time, and the seeds have already been prepared. ”
Ke Sodo nodded again and again and said, "Yes, this time we have to be much easier, and we don't have to be so embarrassed at all." ”
Miller smiled and said, "Yes." Okay, no more nonsense, let's get to work. We're still the same, you are in charge of registration, and I'm in charge of dividing the fields among the people. ”
After saying that, Miller turned to Caldis and Cook and said, "Lord Duke and Captain Cook are still in charge of digging the ditch." ”
After hearing this, Cook lifted the shovel in his hand, and then said to Caldis dissatisfied: "Cousin, you look at Miller proudly, as if he were our king. ”
After listening to this, everyone laughed for a while, and the hilarious atmosphere revealed that everyone was full of confidence in the future.
Caldis raised his hand and took off the cloak behind him, he handed the cloak to Tarrett behind him, turned to Cook and said, "Let's go Cook, let's go check the terrain area, then draw a map, and then discuss and confirm the location and direction of the ditch." ”
"Okay." Cook looked happy and happily followed Caldis out of the crowd.
In the time that followed, Tubis was cautious after Tuttle's defeat, and instead of conducting military operations against Utos and the Northland, they chose to preserve their strength and hold on to those territories.
Without the threat of war, Miller began to move the people stranded in the small town of Tuttle to the north one after another to settle down. In addition to Fengdu City, they also moved a part of the population to two other towns in Fengdu Territory, Ram and Mamba. This was the first step in their rebuilding of the northern kingdom, with Fengdu, Ram and Mamba as the center, allowing the people to reclaim the surrounding arable land, and then slowly rebuilding the city.
Soon the first people moved into the Northland, although the number was small, only a few tens of thousands, but the many more people were still waiting in Tutl, waiting for everything to settle in the North before making a large-scale migration.
Located on the north side of the Knight continent, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and plateaus, the north side is an endless dense forest, which is rich in products and vast land, and is the richest territory of Knight. The superiority of the northern kingdom is not only the fertility and vastness of the land, there is only one entrance to the entire territory, and that is the long northern road in front of the fortress. Coupled with the existing northern fortress as a barrier, this huge fortress has become the most powerful weapon in the northern land, which can protect the people of the northern country from the threat of war forever.
A journey of expulsion and wandering, and finally obtained the most comfortable territory on the mainland, which is undoubtedly a blessing from God for Caldis and Miller and others.
They cherish every day, and they work hard to organize the people to rebuild the northern country and rejuvenate this dead and silent land again. Corn and sweet potato fields began to be cleared, and countless seeds were sprinkled into the soil, as if they had planted seeds of hope, and then quietly waited for a good harvest.
However, good things came one after another, and the people of the nearby Victorian Territory heard that the northern kingdom had been reconquered, and they left their homes where they had lived for generations, and secretly came to Tuttle without tirelessly, and joined the ranks of the northern kingdom one after another, waiting for the leaders of the northern kingdom to settle them.
Later, another guard came to report that it was deep in the dense forest on the north side that they had found the people of the former northern country who had absconded into the mountain forest.
When Caldis learned of this, he immediately sent Cook to visit them with food and persuade them to return to their hometown and rebuild their homes.
Deep in the maple forests of the Northland, Cook and his guards drove their wagons to the mountainous terrain. At first, they encountered small groups of refugees, presumably who had fled the barbarians when they invaded the North.
But as Cook entered the forest, he was shocked by what was going on inside. In the dense forests with high peaks, Cook saw refugee camps all over the mountains, and it turned out that not all the people of the northern country had been slaughtered, but most of them had fled here, hiding from the barbarians under the cover of the deep mountains and old forests.
These refugees have lost their farmland, and for the past two years they have had to rely on the mountains to eat everything they can eat, and they have also set up camps in the mountains to defend themselves against the barbarians in an organized manner.
However, the barbarians did not come here after all, so everyone was lucky to survive. But with so many people gathered here, food was always limited, and the people of the Northland, who had survived the two years, were so hungry that they were so hungry that Cook burst into tears.
Standing on the top of one of the peaks, overlooking the surrounding ridges and valleys, Cook was shocked by the devastation of refugees everywhere.
He hurriedly ordered Rossabar and said, "Quick, go and tell the Duke and them." I want you to ride your horse yourself, and let the Duke go and deliver a large amount of food at once, for I fear that they will all starve to death in the mountains if they are too late. ”
After hearing this, Rossabar hurriedly turned around and went down the mountain, and hurried back to the camp of the Fengdu River without stopping.
A few days later, in the middle of the northern road, a convoy of more than 2,000 wagons walked quickly in the canyon, and Alius, who was in charge of the escort, kept urging everyone to hurry up.
Alius drove the convoy into the northern fortress, and then continued north through the Fengdu River, bringing the food directly into the dense forest on the north side, and finally handing it all over to the northern refugees.
For the refugees in the North, it was a day of rebirth. They gathered in the valley in patches, tears of joy, tearing open their throats and shouting long live Caldis, as the true savior of the Northland.
On the banks of the Fengdu River, Miller drew a simple map of Fengdu on the ground, pointed to the map with a wooden stick and said: "Lord Duke, those northern refugees must have suffered a lot in the mountains, they are in poor health now, we must transfer them all out and resettle them, and then arrange for someone to treat them." ”
Caldis stared at the map and said, "Well, it seems that we need to hurry up and build a granary and transfer all of Uto's reserves to the Northland. It's much safer here than Wu Tuo, and the people's rations are not small. ”
Miller replied, "These are small things, and we owe it to Duke Asayo for his greed, without whom we would not have been able to have so much food to provide for the people." However, there are so many refugees that no matter how much food there is, there will always be a time when they will run out. So it's imperative that we get them back to their homes and get them back to farming, so that we can have a constant supply of food in the future. ”
Caldis nodded and said, "Yes." Judging from the current situation, it is likely that more people will come to our northern country from other territories in the future. Although our northern country is very depressed right now, after all, this is a holy land, and every Knight longs to work side by side with us in the holy land. So we have to prepare in advance, and we have to solve the big problem of food first. You're right, let's get them back to their original hometowns as soon as possible, and sow all the seeds as soon as possible, while there is still some time to do so. With the return of this group of people, we are no longer a small group of wanderers. ”
After listening to Caldis's words, Miller's face showed a pleasant smile, and he never thought that everyone would have a chance to do it again.
Thinking of this, Miller sneered and said, "They Dragon City actually disliked us and drove us out together. Then let's do it to them, without them Dragon City, we can still do better. Don't think that they are the only ones who can represent Knight, who will do better in the future, everything is still difficult to say. ”
Caldis looked at Miller and urged him, "We'll talk about the future later, and we'll not mention it yet." Let's do what is in front of you, there are many things to be busy with, and it's up to you Miller. ”
Miller shook his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm having fun right now." Hehe. ”
After saying that, Miller said goodbye, went to look for Ksodo, and began to prepare for the resettlement of the refugees.
A few days later, the northern refugees in the mountains and forests began to walk out of the dense forests one after another, rebuilding their days, they were grateful to Dade, and under the arrangement of Caldis and others in the north, they returned to their homes, re-digging those abandoned lands, and were full of confidence in the future.
Just before winter arrives, the first sweet potato harvest begins in the Northern Territories, just as the construction of the fortress of Tattle is completed.
Through their continuous efforts, this group of wanderers led the suffering Knight people, and finally settled in the Northland and Wu Tuo, becoming a new Knight force on the continent that is different from Dragon City.
Winter is coming to the north, and almost no one knows about the great changes in the north on the outside of this narrow northern road.
Caldis and others, who went to the north, did not form a new army for the purpose of relocating the people and protecting the people, nor did they have any plan of action for the outside world. As time passed, the quiet northland was soon forgotten by the outsiders.
However, Warkas did not really forget about the Northland and Caldis, and the popular riots in the occupied territories still occurred from time to time, and the contradictions within the empire began to gradually become prominent, all of which bothered him, making it impossible for him to withdraw from dealing with Caldis and the Northland.
Then Dragon City began to become very unquiet, and the interior of the two empires on the east side began to surge, and the Knight's continent will soon usher in another bloody storm that will change history.