The whole village knew that a group of kobold slaves had dug an artificial canal at the edge of the tidal flats of the river bend downstream of the village of Wall.

The main purpose of this canal is to drain the large amount of rainwater that collects from the surrounding mountains when the rainy season comes, and the tidal flats of the river bay form a swamp every year due to the abundant summer rainfall, which occupies a large area of low valley depression downstream of the village of Wall, where a large number of reeds and red thatch grow.

Countless reeds and red thatch grow to wither, and finally decay completely, becoming fertilizer for the tidal flats over the years.

The old village chief, Bright, had also summoned the villagers of Wall to clean up the tidal flats, but they were all shelved because of the huge amount of work, and Surdak wanted to turn the fertile tidal flats into fertile fields for growing wheat, the most important thing was to block the abundant rainwater from the mountains on all sides before the rainy season came, and divert this rainwater to the entrance of an underground river.

In addition to the artificial channel now dug by the kobold slaves, the old village chief planned to build a low-lying flood control dam on the periphery of the reclaimed tidal flats.

After nearly a month of excavation, the kobold slaves have dug a river channel nearly five kilometers long near the village of Wall, because the sedimented silt is only less than two meters, after the kobold slaves hollowed out the silt in the river, the limestone rock layer at the bottom of the river was revealed.

Surdak stood on one side of the embankment and watched as a group of kobold slaves lifted the limestone blocks from the bottom of the river to the edge of the embankment to build a stone wall, and a dozen villagers poured cement slurry into the limestone cracks to form a flood control levee nearly a meter above the ground. So he asked the old village chief Bright, "Uncle Bright, do you think that this canal can drain the rainwater collected from the surrounding mountains?" ”

"If it rains a lot, I'm afraid this canal is a little insufficient, but the rain in the barren land in recent years has been less than a year, and if you calculate according to last year's rain, this drainage canal will definitely be more than enough." The wrinkles on the old village chief Bright's face unfolded, and it was a long-cherished wish that he had not been able to complete for so many years to control this tidal flat, and now seeing this group of kobold slaves digging out the river little by little, the old village chief's heart was full of emotion.

According to the old village chief's estimate, in two months this canal can be dug to the entrance of the underground river, Surdak wants to widen this river channel by ten meters, this is not a difficult thing, these kobold slaves digging the mud in the tidal flat is not slow, but Surdak also wants to dig this river channel one meter deeper, the bottom of the river has been dug to the limestone rock formation, and then dig down, can only chisel stones a little bit, seeing that the excavation progress of the canal is slowing down, the old village chief Bright is still a little anxious.

Pointing to the other side of the levee, Surdak said to the old village chief, Bright, "We can also plant willow trees on both sides of the embankment of this canal in the future......

'What can you do with willow trees, but you might as well plant some chestnut trees and oak trees, and then harvest wave trees and oak fruits in the autumn?' ’

The old village chief Bright said in his heart.

He didn't know, of course, that someone wanted to plant willows by the river out of some kind of feeling.

Although he did not agree with this, it was not to the extent that he had to oppose it, and he considered something else.

"Little Dark, are you really not going to make this your territory?"

The village chief of Bright did not understand that Surdak had spent a lot of money to renovate the village of Wall to build a reservoir, and dug a river channel in the tidal flats to open up new wheat fields, but he was unwilling to divide this land as his knight's domain, which was of course good for the villagers of Wall, but Surdak was not beneficial, and the old village chief Bright felt that he still needed to talk seriously about this matter with Surdak.

Surdak smiled indifferently and said: "The boundary monuments of my territory have been erected, and my territory covers almost the entire Pusy Mountain on the territory of Hailanza, which is not inhabitable, but it is still good, except for having a sulfur mine, and a large amount of volcanic ash accumulated in the territory, which is a first-class building material, and after the construction of the cistern in the village, I am also going to sell these volcanic ash cement to the city of Highlandza." ”

"Whether it's building a house or building a wall, there's nothing better than cement." Surdak pointed to a pile of volcanic cement not far away, and said to the old village chief: "Although the land here in Wall Village is very good, even if I own this knight's territory and have a large area of new wheat fields, even if all the wheat produced by these wheat fields is ground into wheat flour in the future, how much profit can it bring me?" ”

The village chief of Bright saw a sturdy cistern dam built with his own eyes, and of course he knew how convenient this kind of volcanic ash was, and after adding a special lime powder, it was possible to build a stone wall as solid as rock, but he never thought about the fact that volcanic ash can be sold for money.

"Those volcanic ash everywhere...... Can also be sold for money? The old village chief looked at Surdak in amazement.

"Of course, you also know how strong the cistern dikes made of pozzolana cement are, these pozzolana cement can be used not only to build the walls of the city of Highlandza, but also to build stronger houses, there are many half-stone and half-timber attics in the city of Highlandza, if they are built with this kind of pozzolana cement, at least two more floors high, such a good building material, if it is very cheap, even lower than the cost of wood, someone must be willing to buy it."

In this regard, Surdak still has some confidence.

The old village chief Bright hesitated for a moment, but he couldn't help but say the words that he was holding back in his heart.

"I have no problem with widening the channel of this canal, but if the limestone layer at the bottom of the river is to be excavated, I am worried that before the rainy season comes, the drainage channel may not be able to complete the final step of connecting with the underground river over there, and that it will need to be cleared by hand," he reminded Surdak. ”

Surdak walked down the embankment, stood in the limestone channel, and said to the old village chief: "I am going to let the villagers clear that tidal flat, and in a few days the land over there will be wasted, and then you will personally divide this land for everyone, so as not to cause unnecessary disputes." ”

"You're not going to ask for this land?" The village chief of Bright was completely puzzled by the young man in front of him.

Surdak shook his head and said: "My knight is on the side of Pusbag Mountain, although my personal relationship with the Bird tax collector is not bad, but when the time comes to collect taxes in the autumn, this wheat field will inevitably have to pay taxes to the empire, if it is distributed to everyone, in view of the poor subsidy bill introduced by the city hall, this part of the tax is estimated to be a symbolic collection." ”

The old village chief Bright thought in his heart, maybe this is the knight's vision!

……

After Surdak returned to the village of Wall with the vigilante, Andrew and Samira assumed the duties of sheriffs, began patrolling the nineteen natural villages in the Badlands, and began to draw a new map of the Badlands.

The two of them rode around the villages on their Gubolai horses, and they already had a general understanding of this barren and barren land.

There is a shortage of materials here, these villages are far poorer than they think, and most of the villagers have never seen much of the world, they can't even tell the difference between the guard battalion knight and the tax officer, and when they see Andrew in the guard battalion uniform, they think he is a tax collector, and when they see Andrew appear from a distance, they are so frightened that they jump into the wilderness, so that Andrew at first thought that he had encountered the bandit gang.

When he rushed over, he found that these villagers who had fled from the desert were poor villagers who could not even afford to drink multigrain porridge.

Every day, the ogre Gulitham follows the wagon that pulls the ash into the depths of the Badlands.

He went to the depths of the barren land, of course, not for the volcanic ash, but to hunt those limestone iguanas living on the Gobi desert, the ogre was almost obsessed with the dish of braised lizard tail, this season was not the best time to hunt limestone iguanas, and if the ogre wanted to eat this delicacy, he had to go into the depths of the barren land to hunt.

Only the succubus Aphrodite has the easiest life, and her favorite thing to do every day is to sit on the ridge and bask in the sun.

The villagers knew that she was Surdak's servant.

Surdak had brought back a Mithril-plated mask from the city of Highlandsa, it was a mask polished as smooth as a mirror, smooth except for the holes in her eyes, she loved it so much that she wore it on her face almost every day, and she never greeted the villagers, at most she occasionally walked around behind Surdak to see the excitement.

So much so that the people in the village were accustomed to her presence, but they didn't dare to get close to her, and no one would take the initiative to provoke her.

At the end of the month, Charley took five villagers to the sulphur mines in the rocky area to exchange Luke and five other villagers who were stationed there.

Twenty four-wheeled horse-drawn carriages from Wall Village were constantly transporting volcanic ash to the reservoir site, and the bricklayers on the site were busy until late every day, including Rita and Natasha, who were in charge of cooking for the bricklayers.

Surdak has been situating for the Badlands Security Team outside the Paglos Pass for the last few days, and it was the old village chief Brett who decided to set aside a plot of land upstream of the village near the edge of the fifth-level reservoir embankment.

Surdak plans to build a three-storey villa along the hill here, and the specific architectural drawings will be similar to those of Celia. Cooper discussed it a few times, and the magician, who was good at space magic, also had some knowledge of architecture, and several conversations gave Surdak some useful advice.

However, what Surdak didn't expect was the visit of Lance, the law enforcement team of the Hylantha Magic Union.

Little Peter stood on the hillside, pointed to a dark shadow in the sky, and excitedly shouted to Surdak: "Surdak, look! That person will fly ......"

Surdak let the group of bricklayers continue, and he walked to Little Peter's side, looking into the dark shadows in the sky in the dazzling sunlight.

By the time the magic handle became clear enough, Surdak finally saw the magician riding on the handle.

The magic rod circled over the cistern, then plunged down and landed beside Surdak, and the young magician in beige magic robes jumped down from the magic handlebar, and Surdak greeted him and hugged him, before he said cordially:

"Lance, how did you have time to come to me?"

"I'm here to find you this time!" Lance said to Surdak, and then he saw little Peter standing next to Surdak with a timid look, so he asked Surdak, "Is this your son?" ”

Surdak smiled and nodded.

Lance took two steps toward little Peter, crouched down in front of him, and reached out to reach for a delicate wooden box from his bosom.

Surdak thought the wooden box was a music box.

Lance lifted the lid of the wooden box, and a dancing little fire man appeared in the wooden box.

Little Peter looked at the little fire man in the wooden box in great amazement, he could even feel the scorching temperature of the little fire man, he wanted to reach out and take it, but he didn't dare a little, he looked at Surdak with some hesitation, Surdak nodded to him encouragingly.

By this time, Lance had already re-cloned the wooden box and handed it to Little Peter.

"Thank you!" Little Peter said in childish words.

Lance smiled and said to little Peter, "You should call me Uncle Lance!" ”

"Thank you, Uncle Lance!" Little Peter said again.

"Remember, don't play with this box in the dead grass or in the firewood!" Lance reached out and touched little Peter's head and admonished him.

Surdak walked up to Lance and motioned for little Peter to go over there to find old Sheila, and then turned to Lance and asked him, "What happened to you that you came to me so specially?" ”

"Do you know the Dalle Wizard of the White Elephant Firm?" Lance asked bluntly.

"Yes, I have some business dealings with the Magician of Dale, and I found an open-pit sulfur mine in the knights' realm, and almost all of the sulfur that has been mined recently has been sold to the White Elephant Firm." Surdak replied truthfully.

"It turned out that it was for the brimstone that you chose the knight to lead the knight in the place where the birds don't!" Lance said with a look on his face.

"Pay attention to quality! You're a good magician nobleman, you shouldn't be so rude......" Surdak retorted to his friend.

"Ha, okay, let's get down to business, I'll go somewhere else to investigate later!" Lance said, "We suspect that this Dalla mage has some kind of connection with a group of space mages who collectively defected from the Grimm Empire's Magic Guild a few years ago. ”

"The Dark Arts Retreat?" A cold sweat broke out behind Surdak's back.

Lance shook his head and said, "It's not a hermitage, it's another illegal space magic organization, in order to find the mystery of space magic, these space magicians have come into contact with some forbidden magic openly declared by the Imperial Magic Guild, so ...... You know, sometimes people who don't follow the rules are always prone to ostracism......"