After the sulfur on the stone walls on both sides of the lower lava river was mined by kobold slaves, it became imperative to open up new mines.

The lava river waterfall is located on the southern slope of the Pubao Mountain, which is about five kilometers away from the foot of the mountainside, the area at the foot of the Pubao Mountain has a gentle slope, and flows upstream, only near the lava waterfall, the slope of the mountain suddenly becomes steep, and it also forms a cliff nearly seventy or eighty meters high here in the lava waterfall, and the rolling magma flows down the lava river from the top of the cliff, and the volcanic rock riverbed that comes out of this cliff looks like an elephant in front of the giant elephant. The lava flows down the top of the elephant, and as the magma cools, the river piles higher and higher.

There is an umbrella-shaped platform fifty meters away from the waterfall, standing on the platform you can still feel the boiling heat wave from the lava river, the smell of sulfur here is a little pungent, dry and hot, but for kobold slaves, it is an excellent camp, and the environment here does not affect their lives.

Especially in winter like this, the volcanic ash near Pubao Mountain is still flying in the sky.

It was a rare season for the kobold slaves here, as the north winds from the icy tundra swept over the purple green mountains, along the blazing plains over the Majaro Mountains, and along the Paglos Mountains all the way to Bena Province, where heavy snow mixed with volcanic ash fell to cool the area.

It is very simple to build a shed in Pubao Mountain, you can carry some shale fragments to pile up the fence, if you are worried that it will not be strong, you can use volcanic cement to fill the stone cracks between the shales, and there is no need to have a roof, as long as you build a few logs on the shed with a wall, and then spread the dust cloth on the roof of the shed, you can build the simplest temporary shed.

The timber and dust cloth were brought up from the sulphur mines at the foot of the mountain, where in addition to the piles of sulphur ore, there were bags of miscellaneous grains, and a few smoked pork legs, and every week the kobold slaves were given a meal of pumpkin stewed with diced ham and meat with multigrain cakes, which was almost the best reward for the kobold slaves.

Surdak and a few of the villagers couldn't come up with any good ideas, but the kobold slave leader suggested to Surdak that he could lead the kobolds to cut a rock step into the cliff, and the rock wall steps that turned up and down seven times were completely embedded in the cliff.

The dog-headed slave leader's face was full of wrinkles, and from the front he looked like a Shar Pei, with a half-burned candle on his head, and he knew a lot of simple imperial Chinese, although the tone was somewhat peculiar, but it did not affect communication at all.

He used a blackened wooden stick to draw a puzzling sketch on the rocky ground.

Surdak and the five village overseers squatted aside, listening carefully to the introduction of the kobold slave leader, several villagers of Wall Village had lived in a barren land all their lives except for a few years of military service, they had limited knowledge, and when they heard that the kobold slave leader had come up with such a feasible plan, they all felt that they could give it a try, after all, digging mountain rocks was not a difficult task for kobold slaves.

It's just that Surdak thinks that such a project is a little big, and a rock tunnel that turns back seven times may take many days to excavate, and it will inevitably take hard work. At present, kobold slaves who want to dig the sulfur mines in the upper reaches of the lava river can only go around the side of the cliff, an additional seven or eight kilometers to climb to the top of the lava waterfall and collect sulfur ore on both sides of the river.

Surdak sat on a boulder outside the makeshift camp, frowning at the red lava river in the distance, some volcanic ash mixed with snow grits falling into the magma, and suddenly turned into wisps of black gas, which drifted away with the wind.

The kobold leader and the five villager overseers stood aside, its dark nose opening and closing with its breathing, it lowered its eyelids, took out an eggplant stalk from its arms, lit the eggplant stalk against the steaming dark river, and smashed it in its mouth, and the spicy smoke came out of the eggplant, but it seemed to be the best enjoyment of the kobold leader.

Surdak wanted to build a steel cable on top of the cliff so that the Brimstone Mine and kobold slaves could slide down the ropeway quickly, but to find a good steel cable, they had to go to the blacksmith workshop in Bena City to order it, and it was not enough to solve the problem at hand.

"Duck, Duck!"

A man's shout could be heard in the distance......

Before Surdak could stand up, the village overseers standing by him were excitedly running towards the banks of the lava river, and the kobold slave leader also looked over there, only to see Luke standing on a volcanic rock in the distance, waving in this direction.

Then he strode over the smoky rocks and ran towards the platform.

"Oh, Luke, why are you here?"

Surdak walked up to Luke, slammed his fist into him, and asked with a smile.

Previously, Luke and Charlie had taken turns managing the sulphur mines, Charlie led the craftsmen to build a villa for Carl's manor, and Luke had always been in charge of the mine, and after Surdak came to Puss Mountain, he gave Luke a long vacation, and the young people in the village took advantage of the autumn when many people married brides, and there was no reason for Luke to eat volcanic ash in the sulfur mines.

Luke pulled the mask on his face, smiled and said: "I went back to the village and lived for a few days, and I followed the road repair team in the village to build the cement road along the direction of Pubao Mountain, and today the cement road is repaired to the foot of the mountain here, of course I want to come and see you, look at the ...... over there"

Luke pointed to a tiny black line on the distant horizon......

Obviously, it is at least a dozen kilometers away from the concrete road built by Luke.

Surdak is halfway up the mountain, and although it has a wide view, if you want to see the kobold slaves building the road in the distance, you have to distinguish carefully.

"How many kobold slaves did you bring to build this road?" Surdak recited a rune to him, and his eyes became clearer so that he could barely see clearly.

Luke laughed and said, "Almost all the kobold slaves in the village have been dispatched!" With this smooth concrete road, it now doesn't take two days to get to Pubao Mountain by four-wheeled truck from Wo Village. ”

"It's done well, and it will be much easier to transport sulfur ore in the future." Surdak withdrew his gaze from a distance and jumped from the massive volcanic rock. "We will not only build the road from the village of Wall to the volcano, but also build this kind of concrete road between the natural villages in the barren land in the future."

It is very easy to build such a concrete road in the northern part of the barren land covered with volcanic ash, as long as the ash scattered in the wilderness is gathered together to build a roadbed, spread a layer of volcanic ash and sprinkle a layer of water, and then the road surface is compacted with stones, and there is no need for other treatment.

If you want to build such a concrete road in the southern part of the barren area, you will inevitably have to use a large number of horse-drawn carriages to transport the ash, and also mix some lime powder into the ash to ensure that the rainwater can quickly set into solid concrete.

When Luke arrived, Surdak finally had someone to talk to, and for the Lava River Falls, Luke suggested building a solid rope ladder with ropes and a layer of hard oak planks tied to it, so that the road to the top of the cliff could be quickly repaired.

However, such a rope ladder can only be regarded as a temporary solution at best, and a permanent passage will be built later, since Pupu Mountain has now become Surdak's territory, Surdak felt the need to build a road on the bank of the lava river, as for the waterfall cliff, Surdak finally decided to rely on the rock wall, and build a wooden plank path with oak wood to lead to the top of the waterfall.

"I'll take some kobolds to cut down oak trees on the other side of Paglos Mountain, and we can also build a concrete road to that side, as long as we connect Pusbag Mountain with a cement road to the southern foot of Paglos Mountain, we can have a steady stream of free timber in the future, so that we don't have to go to Oak Ridge to cut down miscellaneous trees over there every time we use wood." Luke offered to share some of the tasks and said to Surdak.

"It's fine." Surdak said.

Nearly 1,000 kobold slaves gathered on the side of the sulfur mine, putting a lot of pressure on the entire supply line of Wall Village.

At least fifteen sacks of miscellaneous grain had to be consumed every day to fill the bellies of these kobold slaves, and the brimstone mines could not accommodate so many kobold slaves at present, and Luke led the group of kobold slaves to continue to build the concrete road to the southern foot of Paglos Mountain. Otherwise, there is no smooth concrete road, and it is not easy to transport the timber from the southern foot of Pagros Mountain to Pubao Mountain, given the current road conditions.

However, the lava river will have to build a rope ladder and a ropeway with ropes for the time being.

Surdak was busy in the sulfur mine for two whole days, before he was able to set up a simple flax rope ladder, and the kobold slaves lined up in a neat line to the top of the cliff, and the sulfur condensed in the upper reaches of the lava river was several times more than that in the downstream rivers, and the temporary ropeway that was originally erected became the most convenient way to transport the sulfur ore down the mountain from the halfway up the mountain, which was also what Surdak did not expect.

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Aphrodite also enjoyed the snowy scenery along the mountain road between Constantinople and the city of Highlandza.

In order to prevent the red dragon Isser from starving, Surdak transported nearly ten chests of red crystals to the treasure chamber and told the red dragon Isser that he planned to leave for a while.

Looking at the red dragon's reluctant eyes, he put his huge head on the platform, looked at Surdak pitifully, and was about to close the door of the treasure secret room Surdak suddenly had some inexplicable emotions in his heart, but he immediately reacted that the other party was a young red dragon, not a cat or a dog that he raised casually, it was a dragon.

On the seventh day after Surdak rode back to the village of Vol, Aphrodite had entered the city of Hellanza with the carriage convoy.

Riding a horse into the village of Wall, the market at the entrance of the village seems to be a little depressed, but there are still villagers running to this stall, in addition to a few villagers of Wall Village, there are several merchants in the market at the entrance of the village, the owner of the grocery store who sells groceries, the owner of the tavern who built a simple open-air tavern, and an adventurous group also temporarily stayed here in the village of Wall.

Several villagers from the village of Wall saw Surdak riding in from the outside and stood up to greet Surdak.

With a casual wave of his hand, Surdak crossed the depressed market at the entrance of the village and entered the village of Wall.

Looking at the well-organized townhouses in the village, on the smooth steps in front of the small buildings, there are always some elderly people in the village sitting on deck chairs, basking in the warm sun in this winter day, they are covered with thick felt blankets, squinting, looking at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance, or for the first time, there is no need to worry about the food stored in the winter is not enough, no longer need to run to the snow to find those sea buckthorn fruits buried under the snow, and do not have to worry about the snowstorm is too big, will collapse the roof, these do not need to worry, there is no need to worry about it, there is no need to worry about it.

The reservoir upstream is still holding water, and the village stream doesn't know how long it has been dry, a month, two months...... Or three months? Anyway, after the harvest festival, there was no water in the stream, and all the spring water was stored in the cistern.

Nowadays, whether the villagers wash clothes or draw drinking water for life, they will run to the village square, there are five faucets, all of which are the cleanest and clearest mountain spring water on the mountain, and the women are still used to squatting in a row under the faucets, while washing clothes in the cold weather, while chatting loudly, the children also gather in the village square to play the game of hiding cats, and the village square is very lively.

The house next to the carpentry workshop was originally a children's home, but now there are a few new four-wheeled carriages outside.

However, I am more concerned about the yellow sheepfold near the stream in the lower reaches of the village, in addition to a large piece of land next to the sheepfold, in which there are nearly seventy or eighty horses, there are more than fifty dromedaries in the other pen.

The last time Surdak intercepted the desert bandits, he had captured a lot of camels, but not so many.

The group of women finally saw Surdak, their giggling voices became louder, and Natasha, who was mixed in the crowd, stood up from the crowd under the crowd of the village women, her face was red with shame, but she still walked up to Surdak very bravely, and her big eyes looked at Surdak, and her eyes showed watery tenderness.

Surdak didn't speak, but looked at Natasha intently, and when she got closer, he bent down and stretched out his strong arms to take Natasha in his arms, and let her sit in front of the saddle, and his hands on her soft waist, and rode the horse towards her home upstream.

There was laughter and loud whistles in the square behind him, and a group of children chased after the horses, stopping until they saw the gate of Surdak's house in the distance.

Holding Natasha's slender waist with one hand, Surdak jumped off the horse, letting Natasha lean against the wallpile in the doorway, holding her beautiful face as beautiful as a flower, and gently licking her soft lips.

Natasha also responded very enthusiastically at this moment......

Until Little Peter's voice sounded at the feet of the two: "Mom, what are you doing here?" ”

Like a panicked rabbit, Natasha struggled out of Surdak's arms.

Surdak wiped his mouth, bent down and took little Peter in his arms, and led the Guborai horse into the courtyard with the other hand.