"Young Master Tang Xuan, what you have ordered us to do has been done."

Yuruo saluted Tang Xuan and said.

"Have all the big trees within a radius of thousands of meters outside the city been cut down?"

The daughter city is surrounded by mountains for three weeks, and the south is bordered by the sea, and there is no shortage of trees in the mountains, and some open land has been cut down for the development of cropping and animal husbandry.

However, now that autumn has arrived, the only way to develop planting and animal husbandry is to wait for the spring of the next year.

"Cutting down trees? Tang Xuan, what are your plans? ”

Murong Xiling asked on the side, many times, she didn't quite understand Tang Xuan's approach.

"I simply designed a drawing, which shows what needs to be built in the whole daughter city and even the surrounding area."

The square drawing, which was about forty centimeters long, was hung by Tang Xuan on the wall with golden wallpaper.

There are all the marks made by Tang Xuan on the drawings, in the center is the daughter city, the direction adopts the signs of going up and down the south, the left and the west and the right east, and the south is near the sea, and Tang Xuan marks the navigation industry and the harbor.

In the west, it is planting and greenhouse vegetables, and in the east, it is animal husbandry, and some crops such as tea will be planted in the southwest corner, and some drinking products such as honey will be planted in the southeast corner.

"Young Master Tang Xuan, we all know honey, what are tea leaves and greenhouse vegetables?"

Bai Ling looked puzzled, the people in this world are backward, so they naturally don't know these things.

"Tea is a drinking product that can make water more mellow and has the effect of calming the mind, while greenhouse vegetables can make seasonal vegetables in spring can be eaten in winter, such as green vegetables and the like."

After explaining, Tang Xuan planned the time, now it is not possible to develop outside the city, and the city must be built first to resist the attacks of bandits and horse bandits.

"Yuruo, lead some workers out of the city with me."

Tang Xuan slapped the pen in his hand and decisively led everyone to set off.

To the west of the Daughter City, a clearing had been carved out of the mountains, and this open ground was very large, about the size of a decent community.

I saw Tang Xuan take out a magnifying glass from his bag, squatting on the ground and moving slowly, he looked at the dry soil under his feet seriously.

"Young Master Tang Xuan, what is in your hand, and what is this for?"

Yu Ruo was puzzled, her beautiful eyes flashed, and she followed Tang Xuan closely, and also followed him to look at the dirt on the ground.

"Come, you see the soil on this land, it is dry and hard, and it is difficult to develop cultivation in this land, and we need enough water."

Tang Xuan pointed to the dirt on the ground and explained.

In this world, there is no operation of digging wells, and the people who live in this world drink water to find rivers, and there is a river outside the daughter city, outside the gate of the city due north.

However, it was very difficult to transport crops from outside the city gate to the west, so Tang Xuan had to teach them the knowledge of digging wells and digging a well around.

"Everyone, let's spread out and look for dirt like this."

Tang Xuan poured the water from the kettle into the dry soil and stirred it with his hands, and suddenly the soil turned into damp mud with a dark brown color.

Everyone nodded and scattered to look for soil, Tang Xuan stood on the slope of the mountain, observing the entire mountain.

Surrounded by hills, it is not an exaggeration to call them hills, and the mountains are not very high, so they are suitable for farming, and it is best to cut a terrace here to develop the cultivation industry.

The hills are rolling and undulating, and in the Daughter City's sphere of influence, this is the best place to grow crops.

"Young Master Tang Xuan, I found it, the soil here is all wet."

Yu Ruo shouted loudly under a small hill, her beautiful eyes flashing with excitement, looking at Tang Xuan.

"Good job."

Tang Xuan smiled, he didn't expect the people here to work so hard.

"Young Master Tang Xuan, I found it too!"

Ten meters away, another worker also said loudly.

"Okay, stay here and don't move."

Tang Xuan first went to Yuruo's place to carefully observe the color and wetness of the mud, the mud under the hills crumbled as soon as he pinched, and the mud contained a lot of water.

"Yuruo, take some people to dig up this place."

Tang Xuan said that, and went to another place with wet soil.

Sure enough, this is also a suitable place to dig wells, and judging by the mountain topography here, there will be a steady stream of clear springs, and if you dig a well, you can irrigate all the surrounding places.

"Dig up this place too," Tang Xuan slapped his palms a few times, got up and said to everyone, "Everyone, after digging up this soil, you will find groundwater, which can replace river water, everyone can drink it with confidence, and in addition, after going back, each person will be rewarded with twenty copper coins." ”

Hearing that there was a reward and spring water, everyone worked harder, and they all took the small wooden shovel in their hands to dig hard, but the digging tool was a small wooden shovel after all, and the speed was slow.

......

"Young Master Tang Xuan, after digging up the soil, I encountered a hard rock, and I couldn't dig it with tools."

Yu Ruo looked at Tang Xuan breathlessly and said hurriedly.

"Let's go back first, and then dig in a few days, we have time, and remember to give rewards to the people when we go back."

Tang Xuan smiled bitterly, no wonder in this world you can only drink river water, you can't dig your own spring water, people living in this world, tools are still in the Stone Age, but most of the tools are wood products, naturally unable to dig up the hard rocks underground.

If you want to dig here again, you have to make iron tools.

Yuruo instructed a knight to lead everyone to collect the copper coins, while he stayed by Tang Xuan's side.

"By the way, the old merchant said that he gave me a gift, but he forgot it when he was busy, Yuruo, you can accompany me on a trip."

Tang Xuan sighed, he had been busy with his plans recently, and he had forgotten about this gift.

"Yes, Young Master Tang Xuan, I don't understand something, why do you want to reward the people after you finish instructing them to do things? Receiving wheat every day is already a good treatment. ”

Yu Ruo's beautiful eyes flashed, and she wondered.

"Fool," Tang Xuan stretched out his hand, gently touched Yuruo's blonde hair, and said with a smile, "The people of the City Lord's Mansion don't like to read the martial arts novels I brought recently?" You've seen it too, right? ”

"Yes, I like Yang Guo and Ling Hu Chong, they are both big heroes, especially Yang Guo, who cares about the people and the world, and dares to confront the nobles!"

"Yes, let me tell you a story, take the hero as an example, if I tell the hero, get up early every morning to practice, practice for ten or twenty years, you can become the first in the world, do you say the hero can practice?"

"I don't think so, if that's the case, then there are too many firsts in the world, Young Master Tang Xuan, what do you mean?"

"Then if I tell the hero again, if you go to the third level, you can play in the water with the girl in the town next door, do you think the hero can practice?"

Tang Xuan said meaningfully to Yuruo.

The reason is that if people are rewarded, they will work harder, provided that the reward is actually in line with their needs.

Yu Ruoqianqian slapped her hand, a golden light flashed in her beautiful eyes, and she exclaimed: "I understand, thank you for your teachings." ”

There was no more words all the way, and when I walked outside the cave, a yin wind blew in my face, and the cold air spread, and the cold entered the bone marrow.

Fortunately, Tang Xuan and Yuruo are wearing clothes from the earth, and the material and warmth are better.

Venture into the cave, it's pitch black, full of rats and cockroaches, and it stenges, like countless pieces of in a garbage can, which makes people sick.

"Huh?" Tang Xuan's eyes condensed slightly, and then he went deeper into the cave mansion, and saw a huge living creature tied to a heavy boulder chain, with a handkerchief stuffed in its mouth.

"Young Master Tang Xuan, be careful."

Yu Ruo had already drawn his sword and hurriedly stood in front of Tang Xuan, looking around and the living creature vigilantly.

"Don't worry, there will be no danger."

As the words fell, Tang Xuan walked quickly to the living thing, and what caught his eye was obsidian-colored hair, and his fluffy little ears were extremely cute.

Those blue eyes were like crystals, her eyes were full of panic, looking at Tang Xuan, she trembled all over, and kept struggling, but no matter what she was, she couldn't break free from the chains that bound her.

"It turns out that the gift from the merchant to me is a cat lady."

Tang Xuan smiled bitterly, took off his clothes, and covered the cat lady's body.

After taking off the handkerchief stuffed in the cat lady's mouth, I only heard her whisper pitifully: "You... Who are you... Please... Please don't... Hurt me. ”

"Yuruo."

The words fell, Yuruo sword came out, a crisp collision sound sounded, and the boulder chain was cut off in an instant.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt you, I'm Tang Xuan, the city lord of Daughter City, and now you're safe."

Tang Xuan said, took out his handkerchief and gently wiped the mud and dust on the cat lady's face, revealing her fair skin.

"What's your name? How did you get caught here by those slave traders? ”

Tang Xuan took out some fish-flavored shredded pork rice from his bag and handed it to the cat lady.

When she saw that there was food, she was at a loss for a while, and looked at Tang Xuan blankly.

Tang Xuan once again showed his gentle smile like a spring breeze, which was irresistible.

The kitten lady's fluffy ears drooped, grabbed the rice bowl and hurriedly ate it, and her muffled voice came out: "My name is Erin, I am from the civet family, and everyone in the clan is... In the south, I was caught by them on my way to find food, and they gave me medicine... I fainted... Wake up and it's here. ”

Erin didn't want to think about these things, and the words fell, and her eyes were clouded.

"Okay, don't worry, in Daughter City, orcs and slaves are equal, and I, Tang Xuan, promise that Daughter City will always be the home of orcs."

Tang Xuan smiled and gently touched Erin's soft and warm hair.

After Erin finished eating, she didn't have time to wipe the rice at the corner of her mouth, and her crystal eyes looked at Tang Xuan again, with a little tear in her eyes.

"I've got a lot of rice here, eat slowly, my little cat."

Tang Xuan wiped the rice from the corner of Erin's mouth with his hand, and said softly, after speaking, he didn't forget to gently pinch Erin's fair face.

"Young Master Tang Xuan... I... Can I go to Daughter City? ”

Erin looked at Tang Xuan and asked in a low voice.

"Of course, not only you, but all orcs can make Daughter City their home, and no one in Daughter City's sphere of influence can harm you."

Tang Xuan and Yuruo stood in front of Erin, waiting for her to fill their stomachs.