The sky was getting darker and darker, and a bleak cold wind was whining in the dark night sky.

The lively dinner party had long since ended, and the drunken men, supported by the women and their families, were sent home, and fell asleep on the beds, and from time to time there were two dream words: "Cheers, drink again..."

The woman sat on the edge of the bed with tears and laughter, sorting out the belongings of the house, and in a while it would be the annual trading day in Bull Town. This is the last trading day before the onset of winter, and both the hunters in the mountains and the merchants of the south will seize this last time to come to the town, because when winter comes, all the roads outside will be covered with snow and ice.

The woman counted the gold coins in her hand over and over again, and the yellow golden light reflected on his simple face under the illumination of the candlelight, and the woman touched the gold coins and smiled. Her man is a soldier, and although she is awakened in her dreams every time, the monthly allowance given by the young master is indeed a lot. Coupled with the reward given by the young master after the victory of the war, he has accumulated 2 gold coins in his family in a short period of time, plus the original ones in the family, this winter should be warm.

"May the father bless the young master," the ordinary woman prayed in her heart.

Like this family, all the families in the whole town are getting ready, and even the homeless are packing their bags and waiting for the day to come.

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And in the vast mountains, there are also many people who are preparing.

In the middle of a huge cavern, a huge fire burns in the cavern, and a group of tall humans sit around the fire. The average height of these people is about 2.2 meters, and the tall ones are even 2.5 meters, and even the smaller children are about the same height as ordinary adults.

"Where are you going this time? I've heard that the orcs have gone south, and I'm afraid we won't even have a place to trade this time. An old man walked out. He was hunched over the waist and holding a wooden stick in his hand, and his old face looked particularly ugly. He had only one hand, the one on crutches, and the other arm was empty, as if it had been cut off.

"Old shaman, this time I'm going to Bull Town," a sturdy man said with a smile, "Recently, I heard from the hunters who went up the mountain that the orcs did not attack Bull Town, but were killed a lot by Bull Town, and we are going to go to Bull Town this time." I just went to get some weapons and came back, and I wanted to see what the little men who defeated the orcs looked like. ”

The man's words made his companions laugh, and they were big enough to call humans dwarfs.

"Be careful, humans don't want to be as weak as you think, and there will always be heroes among them." The old man moved his old lips, and his face showed a hint of helplessness: "It's not like we can only live in this group of mountains, and be in the company of wild beasts. Ay... Forget it, I'm old, I can't go with you this time, you take Theron with you, he'll teach you how to deal with humans. ”

"Theron?" The sturdy man said uncertainly, "Old shaman, is it appropriate for Theron to keep up, he's a .....?"

"What are you talking about?" The old shaman struck the strong man on the leg with a stick, and the seemingly light stick knocked the strong man to a stumbling and almost falling. You must know that for these strong men running in the mountains, even if they are resisted by the wild boar, they will not take a step back, but in the hands of this old man who looks old and weak, just a light stick makes the strong man almost fall.

"Remember, Theron is my disciple and the heir of the future shaman, and it would be disrespectful for you to say such things again." The old shaman looked at everyone and said solemnly, then looked at the strong man covering his legs: "And you, if you say this kind of thing again, don't want your legs." ”

"Yes...."The strong man hurriedly replied.

"Hmph..."The old shaman snorted lightly, turned to leave, and looked like an ordinary hunchbacked old man from behind, completely unable to see the momentum just now, but the scene just now was remembered by everyone.

The sturdy man clutched his legs, cursing in his heart, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

In the darkness of the cavern, a pair of glowing eyes watched everything silently, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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Bull Town.

The night passed, and the laughter and noise of last night had long since dissipated, and all that remained was the scene of the townspeople toiling at work.

The siege of the jackals did not cause damage to the town of Boer because they did not use siege equipment, but because the gnolls used the "mound" formed by the corpses last time and rushed directly to the city wall, Qin Feng asked all the townspeople to use the rare time of the past few days to raise the city wall. He had seen it in the system, and although the system could build a city wall, the construction cost of 2,500 gold coins was too shocking.

The town of Bull itself is located on a large mountain, with a steady supply of stones, and the town of Bull itself has a quarry. Aside from the fact that it takes a little time to mine, the rest costs almost nothing.

And although the weather has turned cold and there are very few displaced people who have fallen to Pur Town, the number of displaced people who have been taken in for a period of time is still too large, and resettlement is a problem. And they happen to be the best laborers, as for Qin Feng, all he needs to pay is just daily food.

Because of his "stinginess", Shirina gave him a lot of face, which is strange to say, although he didn't target her, but she always seemed to have trouble with herself.

As for why they were still here, this matter was partly because Sirigon's might have guessed the old earl's intentions, and on the other hand, it was also because Qin Feng coveted those knights of the Renault family. There are 20 of these knights, and they have been serving as guards to protect Siricorn and Silina, but the appearance of the elite can still be seen at a glance.

Qin Feng had previously traded 100 war horses from iron dealers, and except for the 10 guards, the rest were all locked up in the stables. There were cavalry in the system, but Qin Feng didn't look down on those Roman cavalry at all. Now, not only can you get 20 cavalrymen, but you can also get Sirigon, the cavalry captain of the Renault family.

After living for so many years, of course he knew what Qin Feng had in mind when he left them, but this was exactly what he thought. Guessing the old earl's thoughts, he now only wants to protect Silina, the youngest daughter in the direct blood of the Renault family, and now the safest in the whole north is only Bull Town, in order to make Sirina live here more decently. He could only let Qin Feng see his value, but fortunately, his value was also what Qin Feng needed very much at the moment.