Chapter 85, if you want to get rich, build roads first
Pan Long collected the old butler's corpse into the imitation of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and he was not worried that this thing would be polluted - as long as he did not consume the aura exchange, anything from the world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas would not be able to leave the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and would only turn into aura in the mezzanine world.
Not to mention the corpse of a mortal who believes in an evil god, even if it is the body of an evil god, it will make no difference.
In fact, he was really curious, if this world was really like what the old earl who was already nervous was out of his nerve said, the planet under his feet was actually a sealed evil god, then what would happen if this evil god followed him to the mezzanine world?
When it collapses, the aura it emits must be spectacular......
Of course, this was just a thought, and he didn't believe the madman anyway.
There is no clear plot in the game, but there are many hints in it. The most obvious evidence of this is that the Moon God and the Old Earl have diametrically opposed statements about this world. The Moon God said that this world was just a dream of the gods, and the old count said that the world was built on the bodies of the gods, and although the two sides agreed on the aspect that "once the gods woke up from the dream, the world would collapse", there was little else in the same way.
As for the nonsense that "the world will be destroyed if it happens", at least nine out of ten people who believe in a mess of religion will say so. Not to say so, but very few.
If you believe this kind of thing, then you should really go to the hospital to see a doctor, do a deep brain scan, and see if your brain folds are smoother than others......
Just as the corpse of the old butler disappeared into the imitation of the Book of Mountains and Seas, behind a sealed gate under the ruins of the town's hilltop castle, a muffled voice screamed in a terrifying place covered with wriggling flesh that could drive ordinary people crazy just by looking at it.
"Who was it? Who killed my family?"
With that sound, a slightly humanoid monster poked out of the wriggling flesh in the scarlet blood light, and let out a deafening roar.
Its roar echoed through the crimson flesh and spread in all directions, eventually being blocked by a heavy gate, unable to be heard.
Pan Long and the Earl naturally couldn't have known, so they worked together to rummage through the cabinets in the old butler's room and found a lot of things related to the sacrifice of evil gods.
The two of them didn't talk nonsense, and directly burned all these things - as we all know, there is no need to track down anything about evil gods, these things are either just the fantasies of a madman, or there is a powerful madman hiding behind them, but no matter what, it is not worth tracking.
Pursuing this will only bring trouble to yourself.
The Count is busy now, and it would be nice to have less trouble. Pan Long was not afraid of trouble, but he didn't know who was behind the old housekeeper at all, and there was no need to check it at all.
Without this troublemaker lurking in the town of Hamlet, the operation to clean up the town and the surrounding demons will definitely be much smoother......
When the flames were extinguished, Pan Long and the Earl went to find the tribune Jackson and asked him to arrange for him to follow Pan Long out of the town and establish a stronghold in the nearby wilderness to repair the road from the town to the outside world.
Jackson was very convinced by the earl, and he also trusted Pan Long very much, and immediately went to prepare when he heard this.
He was indeed a capable man, and in less than half an hour he had recruited two or three carpenters, as well as a dozen risk-takers willing to work hard, and a dozen or so strong inhabitants.
Adventurers are not all ruthless people who lick blood with knives, and many people go out to mess around with the mentality of "earning what they can". Some adventurers even live on the edge of the poverty line all year round, and it is not uncommon for them to suffer from hunger and cold.
If it weren't for the fact that there was a problem with life, how could there be so many people who didn't take their lives seriously?
The kind of one who is in pursuit of pleasure and freedom, has wine today and is drunk today, and will die in the gutter tomorrow...... Such people are always in the minority.
This time to establish a wilderness stronghold, it is naturally an official task issued by a small town, and the remuneration is okay, in addition to a sum of money, you can also cover a few days of food and lodging. Pan Long specially added one - he was injured in the line of duty, and he was responsible for treatment.
...... Anyway, there are still some herbs left, and of course it is not enough to treat him, but it is more than enough to treat these rookies.
Of course, with him to escort him, it is said that there should be no accidents. But don't talk too much, after all, accidents can always happen. Everyone who is full of confidence and puts up a flag for themselves is often slapped in the face by reality in the end.
There has never been a shortage of people like Ma Jian in the world.
They made preparations in the town, and in addition to the carriages, they got four or five large carts, and set off in a great way to the forest road that led the town to the outside world.
"According to the plan, we are going to expand this road. Pan Long took out the map and pointed it out to them, "Cut down the trees on both sides of the road, cut at least two meters on each side, and expand the original two-meter-wide road to six meters or even wider so that more vehicles can pass and go." ”
"If you can allow two carriages to run side by side, it will be much easier. "And, when the roads are wider, the large caravans will be able to enter and exit, and commerce will prosper." ”
"The cars of large caravans can only go on repaired roads. They wouldn't want to come to a muddy field like this. An experienced adventurer said.
"So we're going to build roads. Pan Long patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, it's me who is the main contributor, you just need to help me fight." ”
The adventurers cast skeptical glances.
Of course, they knew that this "Mr. Dragon" was powerful, and he could roam the underground ruins alone, and all kinds of demons and monsters were almost vulnerable in front of him. But no matter how strong you are, can you still compete with the forest and the road?
Pan Long used facts to tell them that it was indeed possible.
When they had entered the forest, and got out of the carriage, he walked to a tree by the side of the road, and with both hands he held the trunk, and roared so loudly that he heard the sound of the roots breaking, and then he uprooted the tree, which was thicker than the waist of an ordinary man.
For a moment, the sound of falling leaves, the sound of branches breaking, the sound of the ground cracking...... Together, with a bang, the tree was thrown to the ground by Pan Long, who turned his head and went to pull out another tree.
Everyone was stunned and couldn't believe their eyes.
"This ...... This is a little too strongman......" The adventurer who was almost middle-aged muttered to himself, "Where is this still a human, it's just a giant bear!"
"Does the bear have that much strength?" asked a young adventurer.
"No way. An adventurer with a bow on his back immediately shook his head, "I'm a hunter by training, and I've shot two bears before I was an adventurer." At most, they have broken or knocked down a tree with a thick bowl mouth, and they want to pull up such a thick tree...... I've never seen such a strong bear anyway. ”
Pan Long was amused when he heard it.
This group of people really didn't know anything, but they were just trees with thick waists, and those monsters and giant bears in the north could even break the big tree when the two of them hugged each other. And if a "wild beast" like that cyclops appeared, even the kind of towering giant trees as thick as a yard would be knocked down by them.
Probably only the legendary ancient tree god tree that resembles a mountain can not buy the accounts of these guys, right?
Such a big tree, Pan Long has never seen it anyway.
Tree by tree on his side, carpenters with axes and saws cut off and saws the branches, while the inhabitants and adventurers carried the trimmed trees to carts and sent them to the town.
Soon, one trunk after another was brought to the town, and the branches and leaves, which could be useful, were also taken away. The useless ones are piled up next to them, waiting for them to rot naturally and turn into dirt.
After a morning, Pan Long had carved out at least a hundred meters of the road. Because he uprooted the tree too quickly, those who followed him were too busy.
So Jackson hurried back to town and continued to mobilize men.
Gradually, the whole town got busy.
The crowd formed a flow between the town and the woods, and they came to the woods in a huh-la-la-la to find the right tree, pruned it a little to reduce the weight, and several people worked together to carry it to the car and push it away one by one.
Later, because the cart was really insufficient, some people even tied the canopy with ropes, repaired and smoothed the roots, and dragged them to the town.
There is a reason why they work so hard.
When Jackson returned to the town, he reported the situation to the Earl of Hamlet, who, after a little consideration, announced that he would receive half of the money as long as the trees were brought back to the town, and when the timber was sold. If you want to keep the wood for your own use, it's completely free.
As soon as the order was delivered, the townspeople suddenly became as excited as if they had been beaten with blood, and they all found their tools and rushed impatiently towards the woods.
Even the adventurers who got the news were a little overwhelmed.
Wood isn't expensive, but it's definitely not cheap either. Such a whole log is worth several days' worth of food.
Most of the adventurers did not have a high income level, and seeing that they could earn enough to feed and clothe themselves for a few days with a little effort and hard work, they quickly became more active than the residents.
And many of them were strong and could take advantage of the timber transport. Maybe a busy day is worth the income of several adventures.
Taking risks naturally makes money quickly, but taking risks is a matter of fighting with your life. Even if you make money, the cost of healing and cultivation is not a small amount, not to mention dry food, herbs, etc...... Every stroke is money.
In contrast, as long as you spend effort to transport wood, there is no risk, and you can get money steadily, so why not?
Soon, the people of the whole town of Hamlet were busy.
They are so enthusiastic, there are so many of them, even the robbers who usually emerge in an endless stream do not appear - robbers are also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, seeing so many people here, and a humanoid monster that can directly uproot the big trees one by one, naturally they dare not come over and send them to death.
In fact, there are even robbers who are already discussing whether or not to move.
Pan Long's performance was so terrifying that even the robbers were shocked by him.
Leaving aside the bandits' affairs, even though almost all the residents and adventurers of Hamlet Town have been dispatched, they still can't keep up with Pan Long's speed of uprooting trees.
With Pan Long's strength, even those in the north who are stronger than Gu Niu are practicing Wuhan Zi, it will take hundreds of people to be worth his labor alone. No matter how active the inhabitants of Hamlet are, the strength is not very large, how can they be busy?
When it got dark, Captain Jackson told everyone to hurry back to town.
The forest at night is dangerous, and even robbers hide back in their nests to avoid the horrors that come out and roam in the night.
It is said that they are dangerous people who believe in evil gods and use evil magic, or simply, a group of crazy people.
These people don't care whether they are dead or alive, and they don't care whether others are dead or alive, they only want to do one thing, which is to make sacrifices to all the living people they can catch and sacrifice to those evil gods that don't even exist.
For the robbers, even if they were caught by the soldiers of Count Hamlet, they were nothing more than hanging. Since they dare to come out and do business without capital, they are not afraid of death.
Moreover, many of them had gone mad in the deep darkness of the forest, and death might be a relief for them.
But if you are caught by those madmen who use evil magic, it becomes a luxury to even die a happy death.
The madmen always tortured the sacrifices as much as they could, in order to please the gods they had imagined. In their view, the pain and wailing of the sacrifice were the favorite things of the gods. The more painful the sacrifice is, the more it will please the gods.
Because of this, the robbers who died at their hands all died miserably. The worst of them even wailed for five or six days before he was relieved and breathed his last.
Even...... Even if you die, it doesn't necessarily mean liberation.
More than one robber had witnessed those people using sorcery, and some of them were able to manipulate what looked like ghosts.
This means that the souls of those killed by them may continue to be tortured.
Thinking of this, even the most daring, or the most insane bandits, trembled for it, and did not dare to approach these people.
Therefore, the forest in the middle of the night is much more "safe" than during the day.
After all...... There are a lot of bandits, but the number of those sorcerers is really not much.
Pan Long stood on the top of a large tree, motionless and silent. Like a falcon patrolling its territory, its gaze swept across a large forest, searching for the sorcerers who should have come out at night.
Since he intends to help the town of Hamlet improve its transportation environment, of course, it is not just about building roads.
It's important to build roads, but it's also important to get rid of those who get in the way of traffic and restore peace and tranquility to the roads.
For this reason, he didn't sleep in the middle of the night and came here to drink the northwest wind.
(Come out quickly!Let me finish the fight early, and I still have time to go back and sleep for a few hours...... )
Looking at the silent forest at his feet, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.