Fifty young guards battalion knights of the Guard Battalion Security Squadron were temporarily in charge of the security of the Badlands, and Surdak selected eight captains from among the young men to take charge of the daily work of the guard battalion.

The militia battalions were scattered to the villages, and Surdak also took out more than 20 horses and distributed them to the militiamen of the thirteen natural villages, so that the militiamen could patrol around the villages in normal times, and they could also report to the Vol village security office in time when the robber groups attacked the villages.

Baron Surdak's cavalry battalion recruited young recruits.

As long as the recruits pass the examination, they can serve in the cavalry battalion of Surdak.

The news is like a letterhead with wings, and it has reached the ears of the young people in various villages, which is a great thing for the young people of the Barren Land, serving in the cavalry battalion of Baron Surdak, and is destined not to become cannon fodder on the battlefield, not to mention that Baron Surdak is the lord of the Barren Land, all the aborigines of the Barren Land are considered to be the subjects of Baron Surdak.

Speaking of the cost of forming a cavalry battalion alone, a cavalryman can be worth at least sixty or seventy gold from war horses, armor, weapons, and daily items on the march.

Whether it is a cavalry battalion or an archer battalion, it will not be abandoned at will on the battlefield, and this kind of recruitment of cavalry has never been done in a barren land, and no noble lord will go to a poor country like a barren land to recruit cavalry.

Such news came out of the village of Wall, and the villages of the barren land boiled over.

Young people from the villages who had not yet served in the military were preparing to join the cavalry battalions.

Almost at the same time, the news that Surdak led the cavalry battalion to clear the desert of sand thieves also spread, especially the veterans of the cavalry battalion brought some of the booty to their families, at the turn of winter and spring, the villagers almost had to survive the long drought period of spring, and miscellaneous grains, cassava, wild vegetables, and grass roots were almost frequent visitors in the stomachs of the villagers, so at this time some valuable trophies were precious, at least to let the family survive the most difficult days.

When some of the villagers came to the village of Wall, they found that Surdak's victory in the desert was far more brilliant than they thought, and the horses, grain, and women were all crowded into this small mountain village, although the population of the barren land was not even more than two thousand, but in almost an afternoon, the cavalry battalion had recruited three hundred recruits.

Such a fast speed greatly exceeded Surdak and the old village chief's expectations.

In order to reduce the pressure of population gathering in Wall Village, after obtaining 150 war horses, the team of Wall Village was quickly formed, and the village currently has nearly 60 four-wheeled carriages, and the old village chief let 50 four-wheeled carriages follow Luke's road construction team to build cement roads in the depths of the barren land, and the cement roads that Luke mainly builds are almost the road network between Wall Village, Pupu Mountain and the Great Rift Valley.

In the past, the main force of road construction in the village was kobold slaves, and now some Huangbei villagers who can't eat also offer to the old village chief that they are willing to join the road construction team in the village, just to provide two meals a day.

These villagers migrated with Surdak's cavalry battalion from the northern part of the barren land to the village of Wall, due to the limited arable land here, the villagers could not immediately allocate the fields to grow wheat, they did not carry much rations from the north of the barren, and if they wanted to survive the dry season and settle down in the village of Wall, these rations had to be left for their families as much as possible, and some of the physical able-working people chose to join the road construction team.

The villagers from other villages were willing to build the cement road with Luke, and Surdak did not intend to let them work in vain, so he discussed with the head of the village of Bright how much to give these villagers some living allowance, and the village chief of Bright was also thinking about this matter, and after they could not join the road construction team, the family would have to go hungry in the tent outside the village of Wall, so after calculating, they decided to pay a living allowance of ten silver coins a month.

With this money, it is still enough to feed the family, but it is only to fill the stomach.

In this way, the village has to come up with nearly ten gold coins a month for living subsidies, and the income of the sulfur mine in Pubaoshan is temporarily in the hands of the old village chief, and it is not difficult for the village to come up with this money.

With the arrival of spring, the village construction team will continue to build a five-level cistern, which, according to Surdak's design, will be composed of a low shallow pool, which will become an overflow pool for the rainy season in the future, and since the depth of the pool will not exceed one meter, it will also become a large summer pool in the village of Vol.

In addition to the construction of the cistern, Surdak plans to expand more terraced houses along the terraced houses outside the village entrance to accommodate the villagers who have migrated north to the village.

In addition, these female prisoners of war who were brought back from the desert can also increase the population base of Wall Village, but if they want to stay, and they cannot be slaves, they need to integrate into some families in Wall Village, which will be more or less rejected by the mistress of the family, and only the old village chief of Bright is most suitable for this work.

Surdak led the cavalry battalion to Bena City, and the fastest way was to take a magic airship from Hylanza City to Bena.

It is also necessary to requisition the magic airship in the city of Highlandsa, this matter cannot be solved in a day, if the construction team of Wall Village wants to continue to grow and develop, it must get out of the barren land, and now there is a good start, so Surdak is ready to take Chari to the city of Highlandsa and let him know his network in the city of Highlandsa.

In this way, he will be able to receive business from the nobles of the city of Highlandza.

……

moonlight

Silent night

Selena was lying on a wooden bed like an Aries, with her arms and slender arms. The legs were wrapped around Surdak's body like an octopus, and the white, milky skin contrasted with the bronzed skin covered in burn scars.

She used her little tail finger to gently scrape Surdak's slightly hard Adam's apple, where the skin was covered with fine dark lines, and Selena felt the pressure that throbbed her soul with each touch.

In the night, her eyes were as magnificent as sapphires, and the straight bridge of her nose was almost attached to the side of Surdak's face.

She gasped slightly, her legs straining slightly against Surdak's aggression.

"Take me to the White Forest Plane, okay......"

She hugged it tightly.

Surdak didn't expect Selena to make such a request.

Obviously, bringing Selena will increase the combat power of the cavalry battalion, but the trouble is her identity, such an official expedition to the Bailin plane for a change of defense, bringing an unidentified woman by her side, is a big trouble in itself, she is also an apostle of the Goddess of Darkness, although the Temple of Liberty has been completely lonely, but such a heretical identity will still not be accepted by everyone.

What's more, the magic techniques she is best at are basically related to the night, and it is easy to be mistaken for a black magician.

The Grimm Empire Magic Guild has almost spared no effort to crack down on black mages......

It feels like a headache when I think about it, the Bailin plane is not a barren place, and how to hide your identity is definitely the most troublesome thing.

"Take Me to ......"

Selena insisted.

Surdak pretended to think about it, "Let me think about how to hide your identity. ”

Selena leaned into his ear and whispered, "Didn't you take Aphrodite to Pena City last time?" How did you manage to keep her out of the eyes of those magicians? I'll hide it well, too. ”

Surdak slapped his forehead vigorously.

"Okay, I'm a little worried about leaving you in Wall Village, so it's better to follow me to the Bailin Plane."

Surdak compromised.

The next moment, Selena kissed her.

The moonlight fell into the snow and spilled onto the bedroom floor through the glass windows......

……

On the first day of March, warm westerly winds from the southern Pai Plateau finally reached the interior of Bena Province, while blowing away the cold winds over the icy tundra.

The thin layer of ice and snow covering the barren land seems to be in one. Half of it melted overnight, revealing large areas of red and gray-white limestone, revealing the land as it was.

Snow on the surface is the last bit of water in the spring, silently seeping into the underground veins of the barren land, and soon entering a four-month dry period.

This warm westerly wind only hits Oak Ridge and is blocked by the rolling hills.

Surdak's cavalry battalion gathered at the entrance of the village of Vol, 750 horses and 500 cavalry made this team look unprecedentedly large, Surdak sat on the Gubolian warhorse, Andrew, Samira, Viru, and Charli rode on his sides, and the ogre Gulitum stood behind the crowd with a bone-crushing stick, whether it was a war horse or Selena's white camel, they were all trembling when they saw the ogre.

With a wave of Surdak's hand, the cavalry vanguard team quickly rushed towards the Paglos Pass, crossed the pass, and quickly entered the rugged Oak Ridge.

Arriving in the city of Highlandsa before sunset, a cavalry battalion of 500 men could not enter the city directly, Surdak had to submit an application to the city hall and the general association of the guard battalion in Highlandsa, and at this time the city gate was about to close, so Surdak asked Andrew to take the cavalry battalion to be stationed in the woodland next to the hotel outside the city.

Enter the city of Highlandsa with only Samira, Selena, Viru, and Charlie.

As soon as he saw a cavalry regiment outside the city, the city garrison of Highlanza City quickly got the news.

In the last two years, the bandit group has been in a state of panic, and the guards on the city wall have seen the cavalry battalion stationed next to the hotel, and their hearts have only fallen back slightly.

But the city guards still didn't dare to take it lightly, and when they saw several knights entering the city through the afterglow of the setting sun, the guards at the city gate realized that it was Baron Surdak who was walking in the front, and this time they were completely relieved.

They quickly removed the barricades, and Surdak and his party finally entered the city of Hylanza just before the gates closed.

"Baron Surdak!"

The guards at the gates saluted Surdak.

He didn't even interrogate the identities of the four people behind Surdak, but he saw the white camel that Selena was riding, and he looked curious.