After doing more testing, Gawain decided that there was no need to continue the verification.

Rebecca is unable to establish contact with the Crystal.

He asked Amber to come over and try it again, but it didn't work either.

It seems that other than himself, no one else can get in touch with the mysterious monitoring station in the sky even if they touch the crystal, so what did Gawain Cecil leave this crystal for seven hundred years ago?

Gawain thinks there seem to be only two answers, either, Gawain Cecil seven hundred years ago was special and he had a special way to use these crystals, or ...... These crystals were not used by Gawain Cecil himself, but were left for him seven hundred years later......

The second answer is particularly creepy.

"Ancestor...... Rebecca looked at the ancestor in front of her with a little trepidation, she had just experienced a confused test, although she didn't know what the purpose of the test was, but she could still clearly realize that the test had failed, which made her feel that she was afraid that she had disappointed the ancestor again, "Is it that my talent is too poor so I ......"

"No, it's not your reason, didn't Amber try it just now," Gao Wen suppressed all kinds of thoughts in his heart and comforted the girl, "This crystal itself is not for ordinary people, I just asked you to try it on a whim." By the way, tell me about the results of your investigation outside. ”

At the mention of this topic, Rebecca's mood immediately improved: "Yes, yes, I was about to say this just now!" Ancestor, did you know from the beginning that the land here had been purified? I searched according to the range you gave and found that it was all unpolluted land, and the terrain was open and flat, and it was easy to get water, and the farmer said that this was the most suitable place for land reclamation......

Gawain was not surprised by this answer, he certainly knew the situation here.

At least ten years ago, the pollution in the area had subsided—but no one in the kingdom knew about it.

It is unknown when the influence of the Demonic Tide in the Dark Mountains subsided, but it was still a polluted area at least a hundred years ago - the records of the pioneer sites left by the Cecil family, which had not yet declined, can confirm this, and it was precisely because the Demonic Tide was still polluted at that time that the treasure trove in the mountains was still preserved to this day, otherwise the Moen family might have taken those ancient materials back; And after the great change of the Cecil family and the severance of the Moen inheritance, no one knew the secrets of the treasure house in the mountains anymore, and the kingdom completely gave up the mess of pollution and disasters in the south every year, and no one knew about the subsidence of the demon tide.

After all, the "winds of uncleanness" still blow over the Dark Mountains on a regular basis every year, and even if the pollution in the land has subsided and the toxic dust storms are present, it is still not a good place to explore.

Gawain could only be sure of one thing, in the top view he had stored in his mind, it had been unpolluted ten years ago.

The nearest noble territory is the town of Tanzania of the Leslie family, according to the laws of Ansu, the nobles of the southern border are also responsible for monitoring the contaminated area of Gondor, so Gawain guesses that Viscount Andrew should know more or less about the fading influence of the demon tide, but for the traditional nobleman who relies on the mines and the nourishment of life, this temporarily settled land is probably still not worth investing, plus the pioneer tide of this era has cooled, I'm afraid that Mr. Viscount didn't send anyone to see the situation here at all......

Gawain nodded and looked at Rebecca: "At present, the area of land that can be determined to be safe is the part I have drawn, and the pollution on the outside should also subside, but that will be carefully surveyed after the large army is in place, you don't go over first." ”

The clear top-down view in my mind is from a decade ago, and the polluted area should have shrunk further in the past decade, but to what extent...... In view of the fact that the satellite view has become a "magic image" and cannot be adjusted, Gawain cannot be sure for the time being, so it can only be arranged in this way.

Time went on, and after Hetty's efforts and the adaptation of the people in the territory, the new system of work finally showed its results, and the people who worked began to realize that labor meant better rationing, and those "smart people" who tried to exploit loopholes in the new system realized that what was more painful than drinking vegetable soup and watching others eat meat was starving and watching others eat vegetable soup—for Gawain, those clumsy exploiting skills were really not brilliant, and the punishments he instituted were never merciless.

This is a question of the future survival of all human beings, and there can be no emotion.

As a result of the new system, the construction of the outpost camp was completed with astonishing speed, and preparations were made for the arrival of the subsequent large army—under Gawain's plan, the fence around the camp was extended hundreds of meters to the south and east, leaving a large open space for the next seven hundred men to set up tents, and reserved for carpenters, stonemasons, and blacksmiths, as well as new space for stacking materials. He also ordered the construction of a temporary small wharf of wood at the camp facing the river beach, and a sawmill on site near the wharf to process the timber flowing down from the forest cutting point to the west.

Of course, the docks and sawmill were still only on the blueprints - a hundred laborers were really limited, and even with Hetty's magic assistance, it was too much to build a camp, and Gawain really hoped from the bottom of his heart that Rebecca could cast a spell other than fireballs......

Standing on the high ground on the riverbank, Gawain looked at a large wooden house being completed in the distance—one of the few buildings in the camp that could be called a "house", and it was a very large building. It and the large open space around it are to be used as a temporary blacksmith for some time to come. Although there are many smelted metal ingots in the mountain treasury, it is difficult to come in handy in the construction of the camp: most of them are Mithril, pure gold, copper, and steel, and no matter how wide Gao Wen's heart is, it is impossible to melt those things and hammer nails, right?

The iron ore in the east has been roughly explored, although it is not yet time to dig the ore hole, but it is still possible to take some ore back and verify the condition, and now the first ore has been excavated, and when the blacksmiths set up their furnaces, Cecil will enter the Iron Age......

It's terrible.

Thinking about the demon tide that he didn't know when it would come and the mysterious monitoring station in the sky, and then looking at the slow-moving pioneer camp in front of him, Gawain couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Rebecca, who was building a pergola next to her and didn't know what she was looking at, noticed Gawain's movement, turned her head and frowned at him: "Why are you sighing?" Can't I just rest here? ”

"Don't always think of me as so bad," Gawain gave her a helpless look, "When did I really squeeze you?" ”

"It's fun to talk to you!" Amber looked confident, "It's the first time I've seen a big nobleman who can argue with people and not get angry, this feels so fresh!" ”

Gawain turned his head and ignored her.

However, Amber was not going to give up: "Hey, you haven't said it yet, why are you sighing?" ”

"It's too slow," Gawain shook his head, "it's too slow." ”

Amber's eyes widened, "You said how fast they worked?" Is this still slow?! ”

Then she waved her arms exaggeratedly: "Do you still have a conscience!" These are the fastest serfs and migrant laborers I've ever seen in my life! Yesterday they finished the fence in less than a day, and today they started building the blacksmith shop - you know how fast it is to go crazy, right? ”

Then she muttered, "I saw you give them meat and forbid whipping, and I thought you were really a good person......"

Gawain glanced at her: "I'm a good person, and I don't blame these people for their poor work - I'm not blind, I can see that they are not lazy, but on the whole...... It's a fact that the camp wasn't being built as fast as I planned. ”

"Your plan was unrealistic," Amber pouted, then looked at Gawain a little suspiciously, "I didn't think it was right before...... You've been looking weird for the past two days, always looking like you're preoccupied, and you've drawn a lot of weird things on paper. Especially this morning, when the camp has just been set up, you are even starting to think about building an urn city...... What are you panicking about? ”

Gao Wen didn't reply: "Panic the end of the world, panic the sky falls, panic the sky and outsiders?" ”

"You just don't want to admit it, huh, but I can look at it, you're just panicking," Amber crossed, "I guess when it started...... Oh yes, that's when the sun was red before! You've been restless ever since......"

This time Gawain was really a little surprised, he looked Amber up and down a few times: "Do you usually observe me all the time when you are idle?" ”

"How can I have such spare time," Amber crossed, "but the question is, you can't hide this change from anyone else." In fact, your two great-granddaughters who are not known how many generations have been behind have also found out, but they didn't dare to ask you......"

Gao Wen was stunned: "Really? It's already so obvious? ”

After a brief pause, he couldn't help but start reflecting on his recent change in mentality and considering how to adjust it, while Amber pinched his chin and thought for a while, and suddenly threw out a question: "What did you just say about a visitor from outside the sky?" ”

Gawain: "......"

How does this guy's reflex arc go up and down like a Brownian motion? I didn't think this guy was paying attention to the word at all......

At this moment, a small figure suddenly appeared in the corner of Gawain's vision, and Betty, a little maid in a coarse cloth dress, was running towards this side.

The little girl ran up to Gawain, gasped for a few breaths, and then blinked her big eyes and said in a daze, "Mrs. Hetty, please come over." ”

"What's the matter with her?"

Betty thought for a moment: "Forgot! ”

Gawain: "......"

At this time, Amber suddenly noticed that Betty's hand was empty, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where's your baby frying pan?" ”

Betty tilted her head and replied with a serious face, "Miss Rebecca said this is the new home, and when I get home, I'll put the pan in the kitchen." ”

When you go out with the group, you are responsible for carrying the cooking utensils, and when you get home, you put the things back in the kitchen—which Mrs. Hansen taught her.

And Gawain already knew the reason why Hetty was looking for him at this time.

He had seen the figures that had appeared in the distance to the west.

The second group of ...... It's finally here.