Charley is currently in charge of the village construction team, and the bricklayers who built the reservoir in the village have all joined Charley’s construction team. The construction team took the first order last autumn to build a villa for Baron Karl casement. The main body of the villa is made of reinforced pozzolana cement, but the structure is very strong, but the project is a bit small, and it has been dragged on and not completely finished.
"Charlie, you didn’t go to Karl Manor. Why did you come back so soon?" Surdak asked Charlie, who had lost a big circle.
Charlie didn’t let go of the pancakes until then. He looked up at Surdak and smiled and said, "The construction of Baron Karl casement Manor has almost come to an end, and I can’t help you with anything. I have been back to Wall Village for almost half a month."
"Some noble lords in Hailanza saw Baron Carl’s villa, and it is said that several of them also want to build some houses in the pozzolanic cement manor. Recently, many people have found Wale Village to come here. You have been outside and we are still waiting for you to come back and make up our minds." Charley said with great interest.
"I’ll ask Carl and Bird tax collectors about going to Hailansa in a few days to see which business can be accepted. Not every noble master has money in his hand, and I don’t want to build a house for them," Surdak said to Charley.
Charlie clenched his fist and waved vigorously, and said with joy, "I came here early in the morning and waited for you!" "
Surdak said to Luke, "It must be very hard to bring back so much food and grass without horses and only by the manpower of kobolds and slaves!"
Luke looked up with his mouth full of pancakes and said vaguely, "I don’t work hard. It’s those kobolds slaves …"
After drinking saliva, Lu Kecai swallowed his food. He said, "It’s easy to walk from Pustuca Mountain to Woer Village. We left the village last night. I didn’t expect you to bring back so many people … horses and camels."
"Well, I have gained a lot from going out this time," Surdak said. "The horses eliminated from the cavalry camp will be handed over to the village team. After the team is reorganized, it will be dedicated to road construction teams and construction teams to transport building materials. Uncle Brett will help me manage this team."
"Duck, you brought almost all the villagers in the northern part of the barren land back to Wall Village. Is it necessary to build roads?" Luke inquired.
"Of course, in the first half of this year, our goal is to establish some road networks and various points in this area, such as Pustus Volcano, Wall Village and Rift Valley. After establishing some strong outposts, I will be in charge of public security in the barren land. Of course, the garrison troops here will be established." Surdak said to Luke, "If there is extra energy, I want to renovate the mountain road from Hailansa City to Wall Village. Every time I ride back to Wall Village from Hailansa City, I have to walk in the oak ridge for a whole day. Besides the long journey, the rugged mountain road will take a lot of
"And you have to take care of a sulfur mine on the pustule mountain and a logging yard at the foot of Pageloth Mountain. In the future, all the wood will probably be shipped back from the logging yard." Surdak said to Luke again
Surdak several people are chatting in the dining room and there is a push door sound outside.
Soon Andrew and Samira walked into the restaurant.
Chapter 674 New Army
"Just in time. I have to send someone to the security office to find you two."
Surdak napkin wiped her mouth and called Andrew and Samira to sit down for dinner. Rita brought a basin of porridge to Andrew’s plate.
Natasha followed Rita’s footsteps and brought a plate of fruit in front of Samira. People who are familiar with Samira naturally know her eating habits and like fish and fruit.
This semi-elf archer has not only been guarding the village of Wall for the past two months, but also insisted on training militia battalion members in archery every day.
The village also organized a group of young people who did not serve in the military to train. In addition to practicing basic swordsmanship, the greatest progress this winter was actual archery.
Except for the marksmen, the hunting archery of ordinary archers is very different. The biggest difference is that the hunters usually hide in the dark like marksmen to strike their prey accurately, while ordinary long archers pay attention to the coverage of long-range projectiles.
Samira almost trained these young people who did not serve in the army in archery all winter.
According to the requirements of uncle Brett, the old village head, even if they become a cavalry, they should be selected to enter the archer camp.
Samira lifted the hat pocket. Even though these people have seen Samira’s delicate face many times at the dining table, when she lifted the hat pocket, she was still attracted by the crystal clear and beautiful face. Her reddish pupils made her look out of place with other elves.
Every time Surdak thinks of the scene of the watchtower on the wall of Wozhmala, his eyes are cold and the watchtower is high, overlooking the wall, and the hellhound is in a desperate situation, and he doesn’t want to retreat. One arm is torn to pieces by frequent blood pressure to pull the bowstring, blood vessels and meridians.
Surdak smiled at Samira, a half-elf archer, and asked, "How are the training of those young people in the village?"
Samira left the pie mouth to reveal some expressions of dissatisfaction, and some Nai street vendors said to Surdak, "Make the alloy bow talk almost 30 meters away."
This result is no better than that of a novice.
"The results are really bad!" Surdak gave a quick laugh.
Say to Andrew at the end of the table, "Otherwise, let the young people in the village form a squadron of longbow shooters!" Long archers don’t require high accuracy in archery. They have mastered the most basic volley. This period of training is a bit of a battlefield. "
Andrew nodded his head.
Surdak asked Samira again, "What about his training?"
"I have learned some basic fencing and defensive posture, and I still can’t ride a horse," Samira said truthfully.
Seeing village chief Brett, Luke and Charley looking puzzled at Surdak, he explained, "This time, I will lead a cavalry battalion to Bena City. In addition to the current cavalry battalion with 200 cavalry, I will recruit more cavalry. My idea is to give priority to recruiting from barren areas. If the number of cavalry is not enough, I will go to Hailansa City Hall to ask for some new recruits. Maybe there is a squadron of long archers in the cavalry battalion."
"How many more people will be recruited?" The old village head asked Surdak.
"I’m going to take a 500-man cavalry regiment and recruit 300 new cavalry," Surdak said.
"There are less than ten young people who participated in the winter training this time, but there are so many young people from neighboring villages. Now it seems that there are still 200 people short of the cavalry camp. I will go to the villages to see if there should be young people of the right age who are willing to join, or those veterans who have been hesitating before seeing the veterans in the cavalry camp harvesting in the desert can also want to join the cavalry camp this time," said the old village head.
It is not easy to cobble together a cavalry battalion with such a large population in a barren land.
Then Surdak asked Andrew the placement of cavalry battalion.
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After breakfast, Surdak and the old village head and his party came to the platoon house, where the cavalry battalion was stationed.
The veterans near the dried-up Hetao surrounded a racecourse with temporary straw ropes and tree sticks. The biggest harvest in the Surdak desert was kept here-nearly 900 horses and more than 100 camels. A group of horses circled around the racecourse and trampled the Hetao sand dusty for a while. The horses were panting, so that the winter morning was like a transpiration mist in the stable.
Fifteen veterans of the cavalry battalion squatted on the ground as high as the grass hill, and a group of kobold slaves climbed out of the haystack around them. Last night, they just slept in the haystack for a night, and the kobold townhouses were occupied by the veterans of the cavalry battalion. The kobold slaves were not too afraid of the cold.
Kobold slaves didn’t seem to have seen so many horses galloping, and they were stunned by the horses in the racecourse for a while.
These kobolds were brought back by Luke last night. They pushed wagons and sent some forage from Pustus Mountain overnight. These nearly 1,000 animals consumed a lot of forage every day in the stable. Wall Village didn’t prepare so much forage, which is why Luke came back overnight.
Waiting for the veterans to cut hay cutter’s forage into a basin and scatter it in the manger. So many horses crowded together, and horse manure and urine smelled everywhere in the manger.
"So many horses can almost form two cavalry battalions."