The Dust Plains belong to the Gnolls, given that the City of Angels is likely to have a full-scale war with the Gnolls, Xiao Yi did not bring many guards, except for three guards, he only brought twenty guards, and the other soldiers all stayed in the City of Angels to prevent the Gnolls from sneaking up. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The gate of the castle opened, and Xiao Yi led the guards who had gathered in a hurry, and under the guidance of the mercenaries, they began to drive.

Xiao Yi's brows furrowed as he stepped on the muddy road with delicate leather boots made by the master tanners using the leather of a juvenile bloodtooth boar. Looking at the residents who put down their hands and watched on both sides of the street because of the army's travel, Xiao Yi was a little helpless.

The architecture of this residential area, under Xiao Yi's planning, is quite expansive. The streets are wide, the buildings are neat, and there is a reasonable distance between buildings. But the lack of grassroots officials has made this simple but not humble urban area look chaotic.

Soldiers and mercenaries patrol to keep the area safe, but littering the streets, littered with clutter, and excrement make this nascent city look like a corral!

The road surface was very smooth in the early stage, and it was already soaked in sewage and excrement dumped at will, and Xiao Yi's boots were slippery when he stepped on them! This is why he is reluctant to leave the castle.

Because all the current focus is on building cities, although the city of heroes has built a large number of public toilets, as well as complicated sewer pipes that the system provides for free.

But these people, who used to be farmers and lumberjacks, didn't know how to use it consciously! Due to the unsafe nights, most of these people use spittoons and toilets. During the day, whether it is the sewage from the laundry or the excrement at night, they will naturally dump it in front of the door!

Although a large part of it flows down the sewage pipe, you must know that the ground of the entire city is now muddy, except for the castle, so it is sour.

Xiao Yi once issued a decree that feces go into the pool and sewage goes into the pipe, but the lack of supervision by grassroots officials has led to this decree being useless! And a small number of grassroots officials, a large part of them also have such a habit, they can't do it themselves, do you still want to lead the people to obediently implement it?

If there were horses, Xiao Yi would definitely leave here quickly, but although the mercenary leader Ratcliffe ordered a batch of war horses from Treasure Bay, due to some changes in the twilight forest, these horses have not yet arrived.

"Made! After this matter is resolved, this issue must be solved! Xiao Yi said viciously to Sharif.

The captain of the guard shrugged his shoulders with a nonchalant expression, in his impression, this place was quite good, at least when there were soldiers patrolling, these lords did not dare to dump garbage at will.

After the group was in addition to the town, they immediately hurried to the dust plain to the west, the clay mine was not far away, and it only took more than an hour to arrive.

"Your Excellency!?" When Xiao Yi led people to the clay pit, Ratcliffe, the leader of the mercenaries who was responsible for guarding the place, said in surprise: "Why did you come here in person!" ”

"What's going on now? Did you find any clues? Xiao Yi pushed away the mercenary leader, found a wooden barrel and sat down and asked. An hour's rush made Xiao Yi out of breath.

Offering a water bag with a very eye-catching eye, Ratcliffe replied, "No, my lord!" ”

"I don't know what those bastards are trying to do! They took away all the bodies of the victims. ”

Gnolls have a habit of cannibalism, but if all the corpses are taken away, this is not right, because no large-scale enemy activity has been detected in the vicinity.

"Are you sure the gnolls did it?" Xiao Yi asked in a deep voice.

Ratcliffe's face was serious, and he was silent for a moment: "Yes, I'm pretty sure that there are no other creatures here that move in groups except for them!" ”

"Okay, are we still short of a lot of clay?" Nodding, Xiao Yi asked Sharif.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Yi thought for a moment and said decisively: "Captain Ratcliffe, stop mining clay and let the workers return to the City of Angels." ”

He then said to Sharif: "Send someone back and tell Edie that all mining operations are suspended and that we need to expand our army!" ”

"Your command, my lord." After hearing Xiao Yi's order, the mercenary leader immediately went out to find someone to collect the workers.

And Sharif hesitated a little, he said: "My lord, our people are not many, excluding the old and weak, there are less than 400 people, and now there are 100 soldiers, if the army is expanded, the future city construction will be greatly delayed!" ”

"Execute the order!" Xiao Yi drank, not to mention expanding the army by a hundred, if he could, he would train all the young and strong to become soldiers, if it weren't for the setting of the system that women are not allowed to join the army except for guard officers and nuns, he could train women as sentinels!

This doesn't mean that Xiao Yi has lost his mind, but because the Riverclaw Jackal is really difficult to entangle. Although Xiao Yi has always believed that this race is a waste material. Even a gangster organization like the Brotherhood of Defia, as well as the old, weak, sick and disabled like Sentinel Ridge, can't beat it, but it doesn't mean that the City of Heroes has no pressure to fight them now!

Although it has always been at a disadvantage, I have to admit that the problem of jackals in the western wilderness has not been perfectly solved, not to mention that there are only more than 500 people now, and the soldiers are only 200 emerging snobbery!

However, Xiao Yi also has a way to solve the problem of labor shortage, because not long ago, when the farmer of the dead farmland was delivering food to Xiao Yi again, he hoped that Xiao Yi could get rid of the dozens of refugees who had gathered around the farmland again.

This made Xiao Yi think that the western wilderness is not without labor! You must know that Xiao Yi was just a refugee who looted Jason's farm and the dead farmland, and the population reached five hundred!

Only if the supply of food can be guaranteed, Xiao Yi doesn't even need to go to these refugees in person, as long as he sends some people to various farms to promote the existence of the City of Angels. There will always be refugees who still have the strength to walk and have hope in the City of Angels who will come to the City of Angels to ask for shelter!

Once the war with the gnolls starts, will Xiao Yi still be short of food? Although the gnoll people are not estimated to have much food, there will always be replenishment. Once the gnolls are suppressed and the City of Angels gains the advantage, Xiao Yi can also get in touch with those farmers.

Not to mention collecting taxes, buy some grain to fight the gnolls and take in refugees, and these farmers will definitely sell him food. Not to mention in this world, which businessman dares to come to collect grain? If it rots in your hand, it's better to find an opportunity to sell it.

So Xiao Yi is not worried at all that there will be not enough food at that time!