7. Shotgun for gun

The night breeze on the rocky road was bitter, and sometimes it even hurt the face, and the whistling wind, which had made the scalps of many passers-by tingle, was composed into a hymn to the harvest when accompanied by the sound of bells under the horse's mane.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the eastern sky was slowly floating white, and Ash led his militiamen, who had not rested all night and had experienced a fierce battle, but still full of spirit, led more than fifty horses and walked neatly on a country road.

On the backs of these shiny high-headed horses, there are heavy sacks the size of winter melons, the mouths of which are tightly tied, and inside are the robbers' treasures that Ash and the others have just found from a hidden place in a mountain stream under the leadership of the young man they had let go before.

Ash, who was in a happy mood, was at the forefront of the horse at this time, he would ride a horse in his previous life, and the equestrian skills of this body itself were even more exquisite, so it was not difficult to advance on this rugged road, and the remaining militiamen followed closely behind him, guarding the horses forward, after these days of large and small melees, they had captured more than 100 good horses, but these were identified by the system as ' The militia of the infantry, one by one, their equestrian skills are miserable, at most they can only ensure that they can walk on horses on flat roads, let alone fight, even on such mountain paths, they will risk falling off if they are asked to ride horses.

So at this moment, there were only two people on horseback in the entire team, one was Ash, and the other was the half-grown boy who led the way last night.

After some inquiry, the kid named Kazik was actually the youngest son of a very wealthy businessman in Fett City, but he was robbed by the group of robbers when he secretly ran out to play in Rotherl City some time ago without telling his family, and saw that he was weak and there was no threat, so he stayed in it as a handyman, but he didn't follow those robbers to do anything to rob the house, Ash thought about it and agreed to escort him back to Fett City, maybe he could get some reward.

In last night's battle, Ash wiped out the bandits at the cost of only five people, although the rest of the men were more or less injured, but as long as they were not seriously injured by missing arms and legs, these strong and burly guys could recover in a very short time--- and drill into the town center or barracks, and their recovery speed would increase exponentially.

When the sun finally rose over the distant horizon and began to let its light shine all over the land, Ash's party finally reached their makeshift base.

It was even more secluded than the bandits' hideout they had first encircled and suppressed, more than ten kilometers deep into the southern mountains, hidden behind a steep mountain wall, and although there was a thousand acres of open space in it, there was only a path for two horses to pass side by side, which was very safe.

As soon as we skirted the mountain wall, flowed past a rushing stream, and passed through a dense forest, the vast expanse of fertile farmland, the scattered dwelling houses, and the bustling town centre with people coming in and out.

In order not to be discovered, the original base in the valley had been destroyed when Ash left, and now this base is the focus of his full development, not only because this place is more secluded and convenient for them to rob robbers nearby, but most importantly, there are also a lot of stone mines here for the villagers to mine!

Unlike the stones that can be found everywhere, most of them are white-gray, hard, and free of impurities, and if the villagers mine them back and refine them, they can extract about seventy percent of the usable resources from them, and to be honest, when Ash first stumbled upon this place, he was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night.

Sixty villagers felling wood, farming, quarrying, creating a sense of prosperity in this quiet deep mountain, Ash who has no place to return in this world has a feeling of going home, and he is the same, as soon as he sees home, all the militiamen are jubilant, the nervous and vigilant look suddenly relaxed, and the steps under their feet are much lighter and cheerful, the villagers saw Ash coming back with the soldiers, and they also stopped their work and saluted in their direction, Welcoming the return of his own king.

Turning cleanly off his horse, Ash first had Kazik taken to a dwelling to rest so that he would not be frightened mad by seeing something unscientific, and then had his men begin to carry the spoils into the center of town.

Heavy bags were lifted from the horses by the militiamen, and then neatly piled up in front of the town center, and then opened and placed in separate categories, and all the gold items were transported back to the town center, and the ceramics, weapons, silks, and handicrafts were packed separately and prepared to be traded, and the remaining silver coins were gathered by the militia and became Ash's personal property.

In this new yucca continent, in fact, silver coins are the general currency that people mainly use for life transactions, after all, gold is a precious metal, only nobles, rich and noble families or business travelers with a large amount of transactions will use it, so plus the past days, Ash's total property has reached more than 12,000 silver coins, if this wealth is put in Fite City, it can definitely be regarded as the total property of a very rich family, at least Ash thinks, the father of the kid named Kazik, It's definitely not as rich as it is.

After dividing the treasure and settling the soldiers, Ash sat in front of the door in the center of town and glanced at the bracelet on his left wrist.

He now has a total of 1,150 Wood, 2,090 Food, 460 Gold, and 600 Stone.

Don't look at him after so long, robbed so many robbers to get 460 points of gold, in fact, so much gold is converted, it is already a terrible wealth, enough to make a middle-class nobleman with a knighthood blush, and you must know that the general gold coins of the Verte Empire are not minted very large, only two millimeters thick, the size of an adult's thumb, according to the systematic way, such a size of gold coins need three pieces, can be converted into a little gold resources.

Ash knew that he had led people to loot and annihilate dozens of bandit gangs in the surrounding area, and now most of the bandits had noticed their presence and began to dwindle. The frequency of foraging', some of them nested directly in the nest and did not come out, and even a small number of robbers ran away directly and went to other places to find business, and if they wanted to continue to snatch gold from the hands of those guys, it would not be as easy as before--- just like the robber gang that robbed this time, Johnson and his people followed them for a long time before they found their den.

Since black eats black can no longer continue to echo Ash's intention of sustainable development path, it has become a necessary path to go out and integrate into the country, according to which Fitt City, which is not far away, is a very good choice.

He has sent someone to inquire that because of its proximity to the edge of the empire's territory, the people of Fitt City have always been strong, and it is not uncommon for rich and powerful families and businessmen to privately raise soldiers, and it can even be said that there are a lot, and it is this group of guys with a large number of private soldiers who ensure the flow of materials throughout Fit, otherwise such a group of robbers are surrounded on the barren stone road, and their resource supply will not be directly cut off?

In this way, it is unlikely that he will cause any panic if he suddenly leads a large group of soldiers into the city, and besides, they have a large number of supplies from the robbers to use as cover, and it may be a good choice to pretend to be a merchant from afar.

It's just that before that, he has a very important job to do, which is to upgrade his base to the feudal era.

After all, a soldier like Johnson in leather armor and holding a tomahawk in the city of Fit, where everyone is freshly dressed and shiny, is likely to be regarded as a barbarian who ran out of the mountains.

Thinking of this, Ash looked up at the center of the town, and then clicked the button that evolved to the 'feudal era'.

In the next second, a red progress bar appeared in front of Ash's eyes, and then it only took an hour, with a soft 'ding' sound, Ash felt that the style of painting in front of him had changed, and all kinds of buildings that were originally made of wood tied together suddenly became much taller!

The original thin and simple deadwood bracket has become a solid and bright solid wood column, the wooden wall that looks like it will collapse has become a thick bluestone brick wall, and the roofs of each building are paved with thick grass, which is really a whole grade higher than the previous style, and the change of this painting style is still completed in a short moment, which gives people a very strong sense of visual impact.

Holding back the excitement in his heart, Ash jumped up and walked around his territory, then clicked on his list of buildings, and sure enough, many new options had appeared on the list that seemed a little empty: an arsenal, a dock, a market, an archery range, a stable, an observatory, a stone wall and a city gate, and many new technology research options had been added