With the arrival of summer, cassava is no longer available in the free market of the city of Highlandza.

The cassava trees in the mountains could not be dug until autumn, and the starch workshop in the village of Vol suspended starch production because of the lack of raw materials, leaving only a neat row of water tanks around the village washing tank, which was surrounded by a flat cement platform where the women of the village squatted in the shade while washing clothes.

A group of half-grown children jumped into the crystal clear water for a swim, a summer mecca for the children of the village.

In the summer, the creek becomes abundant, and the mountain springs are like beating notes, tinkling through the valleys.

The secondary cistern only opened one gate, and the stream flowing down from the gate smashed on the waterwheel, causing the waterwheel to rotate slowly, and the waterwheel drove the huge stone mill in the mill next to it to rotate slowly, and the old village chief Bright also built a mill in the village, and the villagers could carry the wheat here to grind wheat flour at any time.

Surdak's room for making gunpowder was some distance from the village of Wall, in a row house near the river, and Surdak made only ten packets of gunpowder at a time, and then instructed the kobold slaves to dig a deep hole in the mountain wall and stuff the gunpowder into it before detonating it.

When the explosives are detonated, the entire hill will tremble violently.

These shattered rocks were the main target of the six hundred kobold slaves, who would pry loose rocks out of the walls, and the huge stones would be smashed into smaller pieces, and some of the smaller stones would be chiseled by the kobold slaves to remove the sharp corners and make as many rectangular stone strips as possible.

Kobold slaves are very good at digging stones.

In order to build the townhouse in Wall Village, the 600-meter kobold slaves almost dug a large pit in the mountain outside the village, and from a distance, it looked like a big pit had been smashed out of the mountain wall by a giant punch.

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Another month has passed in the hustle and bustle.

In late August, veterans from the militia battalions from the villages again came to the security station to receive rations.

They lined up to carry the whole wheat flour, and the villagers of Wall, imagining that they had been training hard in the courtyard of the police station, did not show up, and still received their rations and left the village.

Seeing such a scene, many of the villagers of Wall Village felt like they had eaten a sour lemon, and they finally realized what they had missed.

Many people regretted it and wanted to find the old village chief to intercede in front of Surdak and was willing to join the militia, but they were scolded by the old village chief Bright on the spot.

A group of villagers stood on the construction site of the townhouse with tools in hand, watching with envy as the veterans left with food on their backs.

"No big deal!" A villager craned his neck and looked at it for a long time, then withdrew his gaze with mixed feelings, and said to his companions: "Those wheat flours may be ...... with moths."

"Yes, it must be like that!" The villager next to him said. "In more than a month, the wheat in our field is about to ripen, there is no shortage of water during the dry season this year, the wheat is growing very well, it is estimated that there will be a bumper harvest, it is estimated that there is no need to store cassava and miscellaneous grains, these wheat alone, enough for us to eat for a winter."

Speaking of these, several villagers in Wall Village suddenly became energetic and interjected:

"With all the money we earn, how much wheat can't be bought?"

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The townhouses in the village of Wall are being built every day at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

One of the first townhouses has a roof sealed.

The first batch of villagers began to move into the townhouse one after another, and the villagers who lived in this small building were the same people whose houses were destroyed when the rebels invaded the village, and now they have become the first beneficiaries of the village and the envy of the whole village.

The walls of these houses are still slightly damp, and the walls of the houses have not yet been whitewashed with plaster.

A group of carpenters are installing doors and windows, and everything is brand new.

All the villagers of Wall Village have been very busy this summer, and they have to build all the townhouses before the fall......

The wheat in the fields began to grow wildly, and many villagers from other villages were idle again during this time.

Some of the villagers brought their children to the village, sending the younger children to the children's home, and they themselves went to the construction site to carry stones.

With the participation of these villagers from other villages, the speed of building townhouses in the village has suddenly accelerated.

The villagers of Wall Village felt the pressure brought by the competition of the villagers from other villages, and they began to hug tightly and squeeze the villagers from other villages.

According to the words of the old village chief, don't think that you are from Vol Village, you take everything for granted, and if anyone dares to cause trouble, I will send him to the slave camp to dig stones with such kobolds.

With the words of the old village chief Bright, the villagers really became much more peaceful during this time.

Recently, there have been horse-drawn carts carrying supplies to the village, so the entrance to the village has become very lively.

These coachmen, who came from the city of Highlandza, in addition to the materials agreed by the shipper, would also carry some dried meat, chickens, ducks, daily groceries and other goods.

Many coachmen are willing to set up a stall at the entrance of the village to sell the private goods they have brought with them, ranging from all kinds of food to groceries and daily necessities.

The villagers work on the construction site every day, and when they have some spare money in their pockets, they have more thoughts.

Occasionally, I would buy an air-dried chicken or duck to take home for the whole family.

As the price of sulphur in the market has been rising, there have been a number of adventurers and mercenary groups in the village who have come from the city of Hylanza to find the sulphur mines, and these caravans have also brought with them to search for brimstone mines in the barren lands.

In this way, Wall Village became the best place for adventure groups, mercenary groups, and caravans.

Adventure groups rush from the city of Highlanza to the Paglos Pass, usually in the evening, most of the adventure groups will not go deeper, they will choose to set up camp at the entrance of the village, many of the members of the adventure group will also enter the village, ask the villagers about the situation of the deserted land, and even some of the adventure group will hire guides.

Normally, at this time, the villagers of Wall Village are not too willing to take care of them, if it was in the past, the villagers would not refuse, but now every family is in a hurry to live in a small townhouse, no one wants to run into the depths of the barren land to eat sand in this hot summer, and staying in the village to build a house is far more expensive than being a guide.

The old village chief asked some villagers to pick some seasonal vegetables from the tidal flats and put them at the entrance of the village to sell.

Whether it's an adventure group or a mercenary caravan, in addition to wheat cakes and broth, a little vegetables are also essential for dinner.

Unconsciously, the entrance of the village has slowly developed into a small market in just a few weeks.

Sometimes, some villagers from neighboring villages will also bring some goods to sell here, and some merchants passing by also see this opportunity, they rent a terraced house from the old village chief as a warehouse, and usually store some unsold goods into the terraced house.

In this way, a small market slowly appeared outside the village of Wall on the Paglos Pass.

It provides the necessary supplies for all the adventuring parties that delve into the mountains of Paglos and the Badlands.

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Ever since the ogre Gulitum decided to graze his sheep in the North Ditch Meadows, the number of yellow sheep in the village began to shrink rapidly, so much so that Surdak had to buy some yellow sheep every once in a while to fill the village's flock.

Gulit had a talent for cooking, and he quickly mastered the art of roasting lamb on a charcoal grill until the skin was crispy, then filling his stomach with wheat cakes, and finally drinking a large pot of vegetable soup that would make the ogre's belly bulge.

He would occasionally go to the lava river in Pusbag Mountain to hunt salamanders, usually when a new salamander was found on the side of the Brimstone Mine, and then Luke would send someone to call for help from the village of Wall, and Gullitham's favorite thing to do lately was to hunt salamanders so that he could eat the freshest salamander meat.

Charlie and Luke believe that the river of lava must be connected to the belly of the mountain, and that the salamanders are swimming out of the river of lava.

These salamanders belong to the second level of demonic beasts, their skin is thick and they are not afraid of flames, and ordinary warriors basically have nothing to do with them.

Only warriors like Gullitham and Andrew were capable of killing salamanders, and during this time, seven or eight salamanders were hunted one after another, which became an additional income for Surdak.

The salamander meat is delicious and rich in the fire element, and some magicians who are good at fire love to eat it, so this kind of fresh meat is expensive in the city of Highlandsa.

After Surdak sold salamander meat in the city of Highlanza several times in a row, a magician flew to the village of Vol on a magic handle to buy salamander meat.

Sometimes, if you are lucky, a magician who happens to meet the ogre Gullitum returning from the depths of the barren land with a salamander on his shoulder, he will be able to get some fresh salamander meat.

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Surdak's manor was built very quickly, after all, it was the big financier of all the works in the village of Wall, and every day more than forty bricklayers built the main body of the mansion in Surdak's new manor, and truckloads of volcanic ash and limestone were transported to the reservoir, and soon the high walls on all sides appeared in front of everyone.

By the beginning of September, a three-story villa had appeared in the far reaches of the village.

Old Sheila would take little Peter around the magnificent villa every day, and she would always secretly say to little Peter: "Grow up, my little Peter, grow up, my little Peter." ”

On the day the villa was built, Karl in the city of Highlandsa. Kesment personally sent a cashmere rug that could be spread in the living room, and the color on it was said to come from the orc tribe of the Pai Plateau, and the female orcs were born to be experts at weaving blankets.

The tax collector and Mrs. Hoyle sent a set of walnut furniture, a whole set including a sofa in the living room / coffee table / table / display table / cloakroom / cabinet / double bed / dressing table, etc., these walnut furniture can almost fill three rooms, the walnut furniture in the city of Highland is second only to the indigo furniture, Surdak is not ready to buy such high-end furniture, in the carpenter's workshop in the city of Highlandsa, the most common is oak furniture, strong, strong, heavy, durable, and fire-resistant.

In order to fill such a large house with furniture, Surdak had to take out at least nearly 100 additional gold coins, and in addition to the furniture, he also had to prepare carpets in the hallway, cashmere carpets in the living room, velvet blankets in the bedroom, various murals and ornaments, more than 50 sets of curtains, 14 bed sheets, and some supplies in the kitchen and bathroom.

The entire exterior wall of the villa is made of limestone, and the uniform stone crevices are filled with pozzolana cement, which is so smooth that it looks like a flat ring pattern from a distance, and the whole stone wall of the house feels unusually heavy.

Karl stood in the empty garden of Surdak's house, where there was nothing, and looked at the villa built on the edge of the mountain and water a few dozen meters away, looking a little red-eyed, and clamoring for a stronger house to be built out of pozzolana cement and granite, at least as strong as the walls of the fortress of Fellan in the province of Durva.

As a result, the cement workshop in Wall Village, which had not yet been established, received its first order.

For Carl. Baron Kesment built a villa in his domain that was stronger than the Khan Fortress, with a three-story main building, an attic and a watchtower, and a dungeon and underground storage room underground.

In his garden, Surdak asked Rita to bring a piece of parchment, and drew an architectural drawing for Carl on the spot, and the connection between the corridors of each floor of the spiral staircase was handled just right, Carl stared at Surdak and asked him curiously: "Dark, where did you learn all this architectural knowledge?" ”

Of course, Surdak couldn't say that he didn't know how many high-rise buildings he had seen in his previous life, so he could only bite the bullet and point to the small townhouses on the slope of the valley and say:

"You see how many small buildings I've built recently, and I also made a model out of clay and wood, and put it in the village center square, and almost all the townhouses were built according to that model."

Karl looked at Surdak with some suspicion, although he felt that something was wrong, but he didn't delve into it, and happily said to the old village chief on the side: "Village Chief Bright, I have to worry about your villa. ”

The village chief of Bright didn't expect to build a house in the village, not to mention, he actually received a commission to build a house, and this project should be able to make a lot of money after careful calculation.

Thinking that he didn't have any previous experience in undertaking construction projects, the village chief of Bright said with some humility: "Dark, none of us have ever left Wall Village...... And the ...... of volcanic ash and stone."

"Uncle Bright, it's okay, let's transport the pozzolana cement directly from the barren land, and as for the stones, which can be purchased from a nearby quarry, or dry firewood can be used locally, just like the way I built this villa, it's not a big deal."

Surdak said to the old village chief.

Hearing Surdak say this, the village chief of Brett nodded, thinking that after completing this single project, the money he would earn might be higher than the harvest of Wall Village in a year, and his heart was on fire.