Chapter 88. New Beginnings
The influence of the God of Light in Reclamation Town was obviously beyond the expectations of most people. The Continent of the Gods has not seen such an obvious and huge miracle for almost hundreds of years, and now the sudden appearance definitely surprised everyone, not only the group of fanatical believers in the Temple of Light, but even other pagans, all of them came to the reclamation town in person or sent personnel with some kind of surprised eyes.
Even the large number of merchants seemed to smell a different business opportunity, and the horse-drawn vehicles carrying a large number of goods quickly transferred from Black Lake City, and even the militia and a large number of regular troops had gathered around the reclamation town. Almost as soon as the sky dawned, the entire reclamation town was already crowded with people.
Everyone had already underestimated the effect of the miracles of the God of Light, and even the legendary Knights of the Temple of Light had a team of ten people riding white sturdy horses, and they came directly to the only small church in the reclamation town without stopping, and they were stationed there, waiting for the next big team. In order to prevent some heretics with ulterior motives from generating unnecessary gossip, a missionary team of 300 people came to the town.
However, although the influx of a large number of people has made the already small reclamation town crowded, there are also quite a lot of business opportunities. At least even outside the current reclamation town, a large number of merchants and people who have come to pray have set up tents and fenced off.
And in order to ensure the safety of this group of people, at least the surrounding hills and woods have been swept by mercenaries and a large number of armed men, which can be said to be clean, not to mention goblins, even if the orcs see the appearance of this sweep, I am afraid that their hearts will be combed. The warrior with a strong fighting spirit personally led the team to sweep, and you can know how strong the scale of the sweep is this time.
"Hey, Steward Wharton, hurry up and get the stuff over!"
With a slight sigh, a young employee put down the rope in his hand and beckoned softly to the bottom, twenty or thirty people immediately nodded in response, but he pointed to the Wharton steward below, shook the other rope in his hand and called out loudly: "The rope has been built!" ”
The Wharton steward below immediately commanded the people to pull the rope that hung down, and quickly and firmly tied a log, and as the people around him worked together, the whole log was quickly pulled up, and with the efforts of several other employees on it, the whole log was immediately placed firmly in the air, and with slight adjustments, it was re-located on a slender building.
They are building a wooden wall, this is Hawke's idea, in order to ensure the safety of the farm, he refers to the appearance of the earthen buildings and fortresses in the previous life, and roughly designed his own simple wooden village, although it is impossible to be like a real military building, but as a protection for himself, as a defense against goblins and orc bandit gangs, it is still possible.
After all, those aliens didn't have any siege weapons, as long as there were a dozen people guarding it, they could make that group of goblins and orcs return in vain. No matter how powerful the orcs were, they couldn't use their weapons to break down a wall of logs, stones, and dirt.
"Very good, everyone, do your best!"
Hawke was standing on a mound not far away, looking at the farm being transformed, and nodded in satisfaction. Thanks to the miracle, a large number of peasants also came from other places on pilgrimage, but they also needed to eat without much preparation, and Hawke came to provide shelter and food, and with a small amount of wages, he could hire thirty or forty people to work for him.
Even in the large farmland not far away, there were people busy, and it just seemed that it didn't matter, and Hawke just ordered the group to make soft land and prepare for the coming year. The current land has only been cultivated once, and it needs to be turned over to soften. After all, Uncle Jax had already given him a lot of rights, and as the main manager of the farm now, this was what Hawke had to do.
"Hey, people over there, has something happened to you guys?"
Just when a large group of people were busy, a cavalry team of ten people came quickly on the road, and one of the captain-like people grabbed his war horse, looked at the busy Hawk and them, and couldn't help frowning and glanced at the dozen Nord robbers who were on guard, or raised his horsewhip, and asked loudly: "If you find anything abnormal, hurry up and report it!" ”
The nine patrol cavalrymen behind him also rode over slowly, each holding a slender cavalry spear of more than two meters in their hands, looking at Hawke's large group of people, and looking at the farm being covered with some doubts, it was easy to see with their eyes that this was built towards the simple wooden fort.
Although the town was not limited to building its own garrison fort, it could still cause the patrols to be wary. After all, a wooden fort with a military role is no longer comparable to those ordinary buildings, and as cavalrymen patrolling security and enemy conditions, they still have their own responsibilities to inquire.
"Mr. Captain, it's still a mess."
Seeing the cavalry of the ten-man team, Hawke beckoned the Wharton steward, walked over first, shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the surrounding environment, and his face also showed a trace of helplessness: "There were just orcs leading the goblins over, but fortunately, there were not many of them, and they were repelled by us." ”
"Orcs?" Before Hawke's words could completely fall, the captain of the cavalry team immediately showed some kind of surprise on his face, turned over and jumped off his horse, frowned tightly and asked, "Wait, you mean that there are orcs leading goblins to attack your farm?!" ”
The cavalrymen behind him also pulled the reins of their horses one after another, and turned their heads to look around with some uneasiness on their horses, if you carefully find that they are all a group of young faces, in fact, they are only in their twenties, and even when they hear the orcs, the faces of these cavalrymen are a little unnatural.
"We've repulsed, and we've left behind three orc corpses."
Steward Wharton walked over, picked up the towel in his pocket and wiped his hands stained with mud, with obvious annoyance on his face, especially looking at the cavalry who was still riding on his horse, he couldn't help but stand still, and said with a slight height: "I really don't understand, why didn't you come until now!" ”
The patrols in the past few days are simply full of loopholes, and it can even be said that there are no patrols at all, if there are really most of the enemies to invade and plunder, then relying on the previous defense of the farm, it may not be able to have any defensive effect.
"We have a fight, you don't need to know."
The cavalry captain frowned, didn't explain much, still turned his head to look at the employees around him who were rushing to build the farm, sighed slightly, or raised his hand and pointed at the farm with a horsewhip and reminded: "Now that the entire reclamation town is already left with your farm, I think you should evacuate quickly for safety." ”
"What?"
Hawke and Wharton were both slightly stunned, but looking at the calm eyes of the patrol cavalry, they both frowned tightly and were silent for a while. Or did Hawke raise his head, look at the cavalry captain and ask, "Mr. Captain, why have all the farms been withdrawn?" Wasn't there a lot of farms in operation before? ”
Although he knew about the so-called King of Fu, Hawke didn't care about it in his heart, the strength of the entire Purple Tulip Principality, it was quite easy to use his regular army troops to fight those rebels. After all, it was through systematic training and running-in that the rebels were a mess, and they were not qualified to compare at all.
"The King of Fu's subordinates have mages, you'd better leave obediently!"
Seeing Hawke's confusion and Wharton's lack of care, a younger cavalry boy behind the cavalry captain suddenly couldn't help it, and directly reprimanded: "If it weren't for the miracle of the great god of light, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see us now!" ”
However, before the young cavalry young man finished speaking, the cavalry captain directly slammed his elbow at him, swallowing his next words into his stomach, and then said lightly: "We have to patrol other places, but if we can, please let us check the corpse of the orc, if it is true, you will get a bounty." ”
No matter where they are, the corpses of orcs can be exchanged for a lot of bounty. The previous merchants who bought the goblin ears wanted to buy the corpses of the three orcs at a good price, but Hawke refused, because if they were sold to the town, although the bounty was much less than that of the merchants, they could get the town's praise and recognition.
If he succeeds in breaking into the upper echelons of Reclamation Town, it will also be a very good thing for Hawke. After all, for him, an endless number of enemies is a symbol of endless experience and proficiency.
"Okay."
Wharton's face was already full of shock, and he walked back and forth between Hawke and the cavalry captain two or three times before he nodded and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and said to the cavalry captain: "The corpse of the orc is over there, please follow me." ”
The cavalry captain beckoned to the cavalry on both sides, this kind of thing does not need his own hands and observation, after all, the corpse of the orc is easy to identify, as long as it is dead, it can be determined, no matter who killed it, as long as it is handed over, he can get a bounty and a reward.
ps: I'm sorry two days ago, what happened to me when I caught a cold, I'm really sorry, I can't make it up, but I can write it down for sure, it won't be a eunuch, you don't have to worry. This is the first update, and I will continue to write to make up for it. (To be continued.) )