Surdak walked into the barracks and could see a line of soldiers bathing under the jugs next to the stables by the light of the barracks.

The open-air bath is built very simply, making it look like a wall from the front.

The huge tank is erected on a wooden shelf built of logs, this wooden shelf was originally supposed to be an arrow tower, but after the town of Dodan built the north city wall, this arrow tower lost its original role, and now the canopy on the platform of the arrow tower has been completely removed, except for some sundries, there is only such a large black water jar.

This jug was originally prepared for the stables of the barracks, but later it was abandoned and now used as a place for the cavalry to bathe, under the jug is a stone wall ten meters long, a stream of clear water flows out of the water tank, and along the top of the stone wall the wooden trough is divided into twenty to a thin stream, and the cavalry can enjoy a comfortable shower as long as they stand under the thin water flow next to the wall.

It's a pity that there is no water gathering magic rune board in the jug, so it is impossible to collect water from the air into the jug bit by bit.

The water in the jug was pumped up by the cavalrymen from the camp's only well and poured into the huge tin pot.

Although it is a bit troublesome to draw water from the well and pour it into the jug, fortunately, there are many young and strong soldiers in the barracks, and they cannot vent their excess energy, so it is not difficult to arrange a squad of soldiers to be responsible for fetching water in turn every day.

It's just that for a few ladies in the barracks, this kind of life is not very convenient.

This inconvenience is not only reflected in the bathing aspect, the barracks dormitory is also an open shop, and the toilets in the barracks are directly across a drainage canal at the back, only a row of low bush walls are blocked, which does not mean that the large facilities in the barracks are simple, it can only be said that this garrison camp is not suitable for mixed living in men.

Fortunately, the commander's residence in the barracks was a small independent attic, which was supposed to be the residence of the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Langdon Legion, and from the outside, this small wooden loft looked very exquisite, and after the commander left the town of Dodan in a hurry, almost all the furniture in the house was left, and these furniture were very exquisite.

There is a set of soft leather sofas in the study, and the furniture in the living room is almost all made of indigo wood, and these wooden furniture are finely embossed.

Including the precious magic cloth curtains in the room and the crystal chandelier on the ceiling, all of them show that the owner of this room was a nobleman with a very exquisite life.

The antechamber downstairs is the barracks' war conference room, and Surdak usually works in the study on the first floor of this small building, in addition to these two rooms, there is a bedroom with a large bed, a small courtyard outside the glass window facing north, and a kitchen, bathroom and small storage room behind the attic.

However, the attic upstairs is still a simple wood-framed structure, uncleaned, and full of dust and rats.

Considering that the daily meetings of the cavalry battalion are usually held in the living room of this attic, and the nine squadron leaders in the cavalry battalion usually come here, it will be very inconvenient for Selena and Signa to live in this small building.

Therefore, Surdak was going to rent a house in the town, so that Samira and Nika would live on the other side of the rented house.

……

Andrew entered the barracks with two hundred cavalry, and ran directly into the barracks restaurant for dinner, although this restaurant is a little simple, but the wooden tables and benches are very complete, which can accommodate six or seven hundred people to eat at the same time, and the cooking utensils here are also existing, and even the warehouse of the restaurant is still stacked with wheat flour and some mutton and vegetables from the warehouse.

The soldiers' dinner was a mutton soup cooked by Selena's own hands, the mutton soup was very thick, boiled in a large pot of noodles and put into a wooden bowl, and then poured such a large spoonful of thick mutton soup, accompanied by two soft and juicy white radish, which was the most delicious meal the soldiers had eaten in recent times.

The cuisine of this method belongs to the typical Vol village cuisine, and the boiled dough sheet is poured with a thick soup is also a specific idea put forward by Surdak, no one in the village can compare to Selena, she has been in charge of boiling a large pot of mutton soup in the village, and she is naturally full of experience in making this kind of big pot rice.

The soup was boiling in a large hot iron pot, and the cavalry who had returned from outside the town returned to the camp, handed over their horses to the herdsmen of Watts Village, and filled their stomachs in the dining room before returning to the dormitory.

In the Surdak station barracks, those herdsmen first scraped off the horses on these war horses, and then led them to the stable to feed some salt water, and then brought them into the stable to feed the forage, seeing that they placed these war horses in an orderly manner, they regretted that when they were in Watts Village, they did not hire more herdsmen, and the cavalry camp obviously lacked this kind of auxiliary soldiers who were proficient in horse breeding.

Andrew ate two large bowls of lamb soup noodles, walked out of the cafeteria, and squatted on the edge of the barracks playground with Surdak, looking at the dark night outside the barracks, Surdak asked Andrew: "This is the first day in Dodan Town, how does it feel?" ”

Andrew a fart. Strands sit on the soft grass.

He leaned back, supported his upper body with the elbow of his right hand, stretched out his left leg and curled up his right leg slightly, half lying on the grass and stretching comfortably.

Said to Surdak: "The barracks facilities here in the barracks are better than expected, the dining room, the dormitory, the stables, and the playground where horses can run, these can fully meet the daily training of a cavalry battalion, and the daily patrol we are responsible for is on the border line of the occupied area outside the northern city wall, which may be a little dangerous, but when we handed over the defense with the Langdon Army in the morning, we found that the road conditions of the patrol route were not bad, and it took more than an hour to run around on horseback. Maybe we'll walk over to the Monster Forest and find out. ”

"Did Gulit hear that the beast tide was approaching and wanted to go hunting in the Monster Forest?" Surdak asked with a smile.

Andrew smiled and said, "He said that the food has not been good recently, and he wants to see what can be eaten in the Warcraft Forest." ”

"I don't care what you do, in short, you must bring back the people you brought out safely." Surdak said.

Andrew pulled out the butcher's axe from behind, took out a whetstone from the bag on his waist and carefully sharpened the edge, and said: "I heard Hans, the captain of the city defense brigade, talk about the beast tide in the morning, but it seems that the lives of the residents of the town have not been affected much, according to me!" Most of the time this northern city wall is strong enough, and the previous beast tide has also been blocked by the garrison, so there should be nothing to worry about. ”

He glanced up at Surdak, saw him looking up at the starry night sky, and said:

"It's that the town hall looks a little troublesome, and Mayor Marco is stronger than he imagined."

This is indeed Surdak's biggest headache, there is an extremely strong magistrate, and there will inevitably be some collisions in the future.

Seeing that the cavalry battalion of the Langdon Regiment couldn't wait to leave the town of Dodan, it was estimated that it should not be too pleasant to get along with this magistrate.

"Yes, looking at his attitude towards doing things today, no matter how you say it, he can't be considered a good person to get along with, if he wants to use Dodan Town as a camp to open up outward, even if he can't get the right to speak in Dodan Town, he still needs the cooperation of Mayor Marko." Surdak tapped his forehead a little helplessly and said to Andrew.

……

After chatting with Andrew for a while, he walked towards the small building.

Walked to the steps of the small building, only to see Signa was sitting on the wooden steps of the small building, with a small wooden stick on the sand casually drawing patterns, Surdak sat next to Signa, and saw that the pattern in front of her was a six-pointed star, around the six-pointed star There are some inexplicable lines, it seems to be irregular, but it is just the right existence, forming a very wonderful composition, Surdak can't recognize what kind of pattern it is, so he asked Signa curiously: "What are you painting?" ”

Signa stared at the big black eyes and innocently said to Surdak, "I saw it in a dream...... Sometimes when I close my eyes, these patterns appear in front of my eyes, and the circles around these six-pointed stars are constantly rotating in front of my eyes, and I am a little dazzled to see, and sometimes, I can't help but want to draw them. ”

Surdak couldn't understand the pattern on the six-pointed star ring, but thinking that Selena was an apostle of the Dark Goddess in the Grimm Empire, responsible for spreading some of the teachings of the Dark Goddess, and it was normal to have some influence on Signa, he guessed that these rings were probably related to the Dark Word, but he was not sure, so he told Signa:

"Usually when there are outsiders, don't just draw these patterns to show them, our Xigna is very talented in drawing, and the light wheel of this six-pointed star looks really good!"

"Yes, my mother told me that." Signa nodded obediently, and then asked Surdak again, "Dak, can you lend me that notebook again?" ”

Looking at the expectation on Signa's face, Surdak felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and took out the Cyrus from his magic waist bag. Hickok's magic notes were handed to Signa.

"Absolutely!" Surdak said.

……

Nika was still wiping the floor in the small building.

She ate a little too much tonight, her stomach is still a little supportive, she doesn't even dare to drink water, and it is harder than usual to kneel on the floor, Selena cooked mutton soup noodles by herself tonight, so she served her a big bowl, and carefully told her that she could bring back the rest of the food if she couldn't finish eating.

But Selena obviously underestimated the amount of food of the aboriginal girl, although she usually eats mutton, but she has never eaten such a delicious and smooth noodle soup, and accidentally, a whole bowl of noodle soup slipped into the girl's stomach.

Her only regret is that she couldn't bring her mother over, she knew that the food here was so good, even if she cried and shouted, she would drag her on the road.

After eating, you have to work, this is what Nika learned when she was a maid in Gos Manor, the housekeeper has to work hard to do the task well, and if there is no housekeeper to assign the task, mopping the floor is the least wrong.

She felt that Baron Surdak must have seen her pity and annoyed the young master of the Baron Goss family, so she brought herself to the side of Dodan Town to avoid the anger of the young masters of the Goss family, and in her heart, she was full of gratitude to Baron Surdak.

The housework she is doing now is also within her usual ability.

She rolled up her sleeves, washed the rag in the basin of water, lifted the cloth skirt, and wiped the floor in the room vigorously.

When Surdak pushed open the door of the small building, he was also slightly stunned, the floor in the entire living room was wiped as spotless as wax, he hesitated to take a step and stepped on it, and suddenly a shallow footprint was left on the floor.

Surdak hesitated for a moment, feeling that he was really ruining the fruits of other people's hard work by walking in boots like this.

He glanced down at Xigna beside him, and Xigna also spread her little hands helplessly, and her big eyes seemed to be able to speak, and the look was clearly to say: "Otherwise, why do you think I am sitting at the door?" ’

Surdak coughed lightly and walked into the living room, hanging his saber on a shelf in the corner.

Nick, who was mopping the floor in the living room, quickly stood up and saluted Surdak.

Surdak glanced at Nika, after a few days of cultivation, Nika's body has obviously recovered, but he has not been nourished since he was a child. The thin figure caused by Liang can't be quickly regained for the time being, but the complexion on his face is much better than before, and the skin color is not the deep amber of other aborigines, but like light-colored beeswax, with a delicate luster.

I haven't had time to take care of this indigenous girl recently, but I didn't expect her to be quite adaptable, Surdak said to the girl:

"Nika, it's so late, you don't need to work so housework, you can rest for a while......"

Nika stood in the living room a little bewildered, nodding her head like a chicken pecking rice, looking obedient and pitiful.

Surdak thought that it would be better to arrange something for her to do, maybe she would not be so nervous.

"Well, there's going to be a fire...... Boil water? Surdak asked.

Nika nodded hurriedly.

Surdak breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly waved his hand: "Then help me boil a pot of water...... Let me see if there is a kettle in the kitchen. ”

As he spoke, he went to the kitchen with some trepidation, to see if there was a kettle on the stove inside, and saw the small servant's room next to the storeroom, patted his forehead, and before he had arranged a room for Nika, he pointed to the servant's room and said:

"That's right! Nika, you will live in this hut tonight, the conditions in the barracks are limited, and when I find a house in the town, you and Selena, Samira, and Signa will all move out and live outside, and the conditions will be better than here. ”

Surprised, Signa asked, "Are we moving away too?" ”

Surdak touched Signa's head and said gently: "Of course, it is not very convenient in the barracks after all, not only you, I don't think those soldiers want to be seen by you while standing by the wall and bathing. ”

Signa lowered her head, obviously reluctant, and pouted and muttered quietly:

"Alright! Duck, you don't need to be looking for a house that is too comfortable to live in, it's better to be closer to the barracks. ”

Surdak knew that Signa was timid, and usually liked to hide in Selena's skirt, thinking that she would live in a strange town, he was estimated to be even more timid, so he picked her up at once and said, "I know, Signa's suggestion, I will definitely consider it seriously." ”