Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 173 Recruits for the attack

The Morrowind of the Soul Breaking Land has silently changed its direction with the change of seasons.

Alan Hotelling, who was born and grew up in the wasteland, walked under the bright stars on foot with a long hemp rope on his back.

He raised his face slightly, and felt the warmth in the morning wind with his young cheeks with fine stubble, so he knew in his heart that spring in the land of broken souls had come after all.

"Come on! We'll be there soon!" The captain shouted not far ahead, "We're efficient today, and we'll try to get the lord to give us a bonus!"

The companions responded in unison, but Alan Hotelling didn't say anything, but just clenched the hemp rope around his shoulders a little more.

On the other end of the hemp rope is a very simple wooden cart, which is filled with frost maple wood that is freshly felled, exuding the smell of earth and the aroma of sap—this kind of strong evergreen that never sheds its leaves. Tough plants have been one of the most important building materials in Frost Maple Ridge since a few months ago.

But these are what Allen heard from the "old guys".

He has just joined Shuangfengling for more than 40 days.

More than 40 days... Alan Hotelling buried his head in pulling the wooden cart behind him, and his thoughts flew into the sky amidst the rolling sound of the wheels: time flies so fast...

More than a month ago, he was attracted to Shuangfeng Ridge by the lord's slogan of "safeguarding the country and the people" and the high military salary of ten gold coins per month, but until now, he has never touched Phoenix seriously. The dazzling frosted maple spears on the stage and the gorgeous daggers made of mysterious materials are just a tattered sling tied around his waist.

Taking advantage of the captain's inattention, Allen stretched out a hand and squeezed the small cloth bag hanging on the other side of the belt: the rough and sharp edges of the stone bullets, and the cold temperature faintly transmitted through the fibers made him I feel a lot more at ease.

After more than 40 days, he joined Shuangfengling as a soldier, but he was still not included in the official battle order. Instead, he and the craftsman team took on the task of cutting wood and building houses.

However, Alan Hotelling, who is eager to wipe out bandits and protect the people, has no complaints about this:

As Instructor Lawrence said, fighting, farming, and construction, including the respectable young lord of Frost Maple Ridge, everyone is contributing to the stability and order of this wasteland in different ways ...

Someone has to be face, someone has to be face - that's what Instructor Lawrence told the reserve soldiers at the Huangpo Military Academy.

Alan Hotelling felt that it was good for him to be both face and face, because at least he was still a human being—and the Soul Breaking Land, which cannibalizes people without spitting out bones, has turned too many people into inhumans, but like Beasts, like devils;
He saw that when bandits invaded the town, the incompetent parents sacrificed their daughters with their own hands just to survive;
He has seen the bloody dawn that turned half of the sky red when the robbers fought;
He has seen countless families where wives and children are separated, like floating duckweeds...

Even his biological elder brother couldn't bear the suffering of poverty, so he resolutely ran away from home and became a bandit.

Allen suddenly remembered how the high-spirited lord swore to them at the meeting to welcome the new recruits held at the Phoenix Terrace a month ago that he would use the sharpest blade in his hand to create the most permanent peace in the land of broken souls.

He believed in the lord.

Amidst the dull sound of the wheels, the gray morning light had already begun to stain the top of the silhouette of the Dusty Mountain Range. This small logging team consisting of more than a dozen people had finally set foot on their own territory.

Allen remembers that when he first arrived in Shuangfengling more than 40 days ago, this area was still a wilderness with no grass growing and frost all over the ground, but now, the desolate land has been reclaimed by hard-working members of the agricultural team. The neatly arranged field ridges and water canals will only wait for the weather to warm up and the water volume of the streams to increase before a new round of crop planting can begin.

These days, along with the population of Frost Maple Ridge, there is obviously also the scope of agricultural land.

Under the command of the leader of the logging team, the members of the team dragging the timber truck carefully avoided the fruits of the agricultural team's labor, and made a detour to continue to the destination.

When passing Fenghuangtai, the members of the logging team found that many of the "old guys" here had already woken up, and there were noisy labor sounds from the opposite side of the green dam wall.

The beautiful Miss Lena Leslie, rubbing her sleepy eyes, tiptoed over the mountains of bricks outside the door, and plunged into the "Griffin Kiln" - the result of yesterday's brick firing, and the artisan team returned to the "Griffin Kiln" It was not shipped in time, and it ended up hindering Miss Leslie's rework.

"Don't look!" A companion poked Alan's elbow narrowly, "Miss Leslie is the lord's person, look at how she can't wake up, she must have been 'busy' last night ..."

Allen rolled his eyes at these boring people: No one in Shuangfeng Ridge will mention the private life of the lord, but everyone will chew a few words in secret.

Tongque Terrace, which is in urgent need of wood to build a house, is the final destination of this logging team, and it is further south of Phoenix Terrace.

Allen's captain slipped to the entrance of Phoenix Terrace halfway, chatted with an instructor, and then turned back at a trot, leading the team to continue southward - on the way, they saw the earliest plantation in Shuangfeng Ridge In the area, the land is already covered with gray-green potato leaves, and there are smoldering braziers that have been magically treated to keep the land warm in the ridges.

According to the calculations of the agricultural group, after a while, the first batch of agricultural products in the territory can be harvested.

Until now, ordinary members of the territory like Allen have eaten food purchased from the left bank town on weekdays: It is said that Chairman Faulkner of the "Left Bank Alliance" and the lord have reached an agreement, and Frost Maple Ridge The food can be purchased from the Lion Heart River area at a reasonable price, so the rapid population expansion in the territory has not caused any shortage of food rations;
However, it is said that according to the lord's wishes, food security must always be in his own hands, and the agricultural team's farming business must continue to expand with the development of the territory - and the newly reclaimed farmland they passed just now is undoubtedly this policy best embodiment.

Soon, the high green dam wall of Phoenix Terrace was left behind by the logging team, and the edge of Tongque Terrace slowly rose in the eyes of everyone.

Unlike the Fenghuang Terrace, which has been in operation for a long time, the Tongque Terrace, which has just been established, has relatively simple defense facilities. The fence wall surrounding the camp is much lower than the Green Dam—but the neatly cut pieces of wood are hidden in the The triangular support structure behind the wall shows that the construction experience of the craftsman group has obviously been tempered. Including this fence wall, the design of the entire Tongque Terrace is rushing all the way on the Kangzhuang Avenue that is fast, cost-effective and cost-effective.

"Praise Lord Lord, we are here!" A team member shouted happily.

From this simple applause, the unique folk customs of the land of broken souls can be seen: if it were changed to the central plains of the empire, when the people expressed their joy, they would definitely shout "Praise the Supreme Holy God";
However, in the towns on the south bank of the Lionheart River, many people were expelled to this barren land by the church because they did not believe in God or even insulted the gods. Over time, the religious sayings were basically eliminated by the residents on the left bank. Now, people generally use more neutral expressions such as "praise the wilderness" and "praise the Lionheart River";

Of course, after joining Frost Maple Ridge, quickly switching to the language mode of "Praise Frost Maple Ridge" and "Praise Lord Lord" is even more natural for these free folk.

In stark contrast to the freedmen who joined later, there are "old guys" from Eagle's Rest like Instructor Tom Lawrence who grew up in the western part of the empire, and many of them still retain their respect for the Supreme Holy Spirit It is said that some people have proposed to the lord to build a Church of the Supreme Holy Spirit after the conditions of the territory improve;

However, judging from the current situation, the lord seems not too interested in this idea.

The logging team pushed the timber trucks onto the platform and parked them neatly. Members of the business team had already come forward with forms and quill pens to make statistics and registrations of their achievements. People, there are rewards for killing enemies in battle, and rewards for construction and production. Teams and individuals with outstanding performance can all receive bonuses from the lord himself!

The reason why Alan's logging team went to the Frost Maple Forest to log in the middle of the night was to try hard to sprint for today's title of "Frost Maple Ridge Production Model", and everyone took a bright gold coin back to squander Woolen cloth;

In view of the fact that they are free to go to the towns on the left bank to eat, drink and shop at kilns during their rotation, so a windfall is still very attractive to the citizens-maybe with a little more money, they can How about replacing a rotten apricot with a fairy peach?

"We've got a lot of wood in the past few days..." A member of the logging team smacked his lips, "At this rate, it shouldn't be long before everyone has a house to live in..."

Indeed, right next to them, there were several piles of unmoved timber trucks, which showed that the logging team eager to contribute to the construction of the territory was not limited to Alan and his group.

"Master Donald told me yesterday that the lord's goal of 'everyone has a house to live' can be achieved within two months!" A recruit whose ancestors were from the same town as Master Donald lowered his voice and told the "insider information" , "If you have time, go to Phoenix Terrace to see, Lord Lord's Horned Eagle Manor has almost been repaired!"

"I heard that the Horned Eagle Manor was repaired once before, and then it collapsed?" A new face with relatively junior qualifications asked.

"Ah? Don't you know about that raid?" The old fritters suddenly became energetic and began to show their "profound" knowledge about the territory. "Instructor Lawrence told us that during that raid, our Shuangfeng The enemy Ling is facing is none other than the elite under the command of the Duke of Houston—the Knights of the Pride of the South!"

"The Knights of the Pride of the South?!" The newcomers were stunned: since the town on the left bank is across the river from the Grand Duchy of Houston, they knew nothing about the family background of this tyrant in the south.

"That's right! If it weren't for the elite of the Duke of Houston, who would be able to blow up the Horned Eagle Manor and let our lord be defeated? What's more, wouldn't it be our Frost Maple Ridge who won in the end?"

A recruit clapped his hands joyfully and said:

"I don't think it will be long before the entire land of the broken soul will be acquired by the lord!"

While a group of recruits were thinking about the future, suddenly there was an untimely cold snort:

"Your layout is so fucking small."

The members of the logging team turned their heads and saw a young recruit named Sean Mountbatten.

Including Alan Hotelling, everyone present had a slight impression of Mountbatten: Whether it was his pale and thin but handsome face, or the melancholy and indifferent temperament hanging between his brows all the year round, all of them were thrown into the crowd. In the team of the Igor Pioneering Army, who is a thick and strong man, there is an existence that stands out from the crowd.

I only heard Mountbatten sarcastically said:

"I see you guys are satisfied with getting a wooden house to live in, and being able to go to Huafang Town to sleep with a few girls-I, Sean Mountbatten, joined the Igor Pioneering Army, not to be short-sighted like you gang cooperation!"

Suddenly someone was unconvinced:

"Didn't you come to Shuangfengling to make a living?"

Sean Mountbatten snorted coldly, his eyeballs were like an out-of-control compass, straight up to the sky:
"How can a mouse know the aspirations of a dragon?"

——If the officials of Xiahou were here, they would be able to translate this imperial saying without losing faith and elegantly into "a bird can know the ambition of a great swan".

"Giant dragon?" The recruits looked at each other for a few moments, and then laughed mockingly.

Sean Mountbatten stared angrily at this scene, his face turned from white to red, from red to blue, and finally turned into a frosty color.

"Do you really think that the footsteps of our Igor Pioneering Army, our Frost Maple Ridge, and our lord will always be confined to the small Soul Breaking Land?!" He yelled sharply while supporting the timber cart, "In this wasteland, failure is a failed bandit, and success is nothing but a successful bandit!"

The recruits looked at each other.

"So?" A big question mark appeared above the head of a recruit, "Where can we go if we don't develop in the land of cracking soul?"

"North!" Mountbatten stretched out a hand and pointed to the north. The veins on the back of his hand were bulging due to excitement and excessive force. "Go north, cross the river! Only by crossing the river can we find the real land of prosperity." land; only by crossing the river, can we stop wasting time in wooden houses; only by crossing the river, can we live in a real big house!"

Frightened by Mountbatten's momentum, the recruits were speechless.

Only the captain's cry suddenly sounded, waking up the silent logging team:

"Hotelling! Alan Hotelling!"

"Yes! I'm here!" Allen quickly stood up.

"Mr. Chris Mann is looking for you!" The logging captain said loudly, and gave Alan and Mountbatten next to the timber cart a meaningful look, "Go quickly, he is on the side of the 'Huangpo'! "

Chris Mann?Allen felt a little dazed, but his legs were already walking towards Huangpo Military Academy mechanized.

For some reason, Mountbatten's hoarse roar sounded in his mind:

cross the river!

(End of this chapter)