The riding and chopping simulator of the Lord of the Rings

Chapter 91 Complete the promise, the progress of the dense forest road project.

As a small businessman who travels all the year round and is lonely, Manid quickly accepted the status quo. For him, to be loyal to a king is simply to complete the class leap in life.

In the continent of Calradia, it is impossible for any lord to look at people like Manid differently. They will only carry out endless exploitation of this small businessman who does not belong to their family.

You have to pay taxes when you cross the road, you have to pay taxes when you enter the city, you have to pay taxes when you trade, you have to pay taxes on your head, you have to pay taxes on animals, and you have to pay extra taxes when you go to war, not to mention the cruel nobles who often lead troops to plunder the caravans passing through the border. .

Only by becoming the caravan leader of the nobles and having a strong backer protection can they have a certain degree of security in the business, and the privileges of the nobles also allow these caravans to only pay a very small amount of taxes and fees.

Although Manid hated the greed and exploitation of the nobles very much, he would be very willing to become a subordinate of the nobles, but he suffered from no connections.

Although he had his own arrangements for Manid, Allen still gave this down-and-out businessman the right to choose. After all, only when a person is doing what he likes can he show his full potential.

Allen gave two options. The first is to lend money to Manid and let him form a caravan. This is a cooperative model.

As the lord, Allen will give Manid the protection of force, and at the same time, as his backer, let Manid trade in various forces in Middle-earth in the name of King Rovanian, and the profits from the sale of goods will be paid by Alan. Lun wants to take at least [-]% of it.

From a certain point of view, [-]% is not a big deal. Businessmen in this era, as long as they have a stable and safe environment, can easily make huge profits. It just so happens that Allen can provide Manid with these now.

The second is to ask Manid to become an official of the Kingdom's cabinet, temporarily under the management of Jamila. His initial job is to be the leader of the caravan. Manid needs to be responsible for exploring prices in various places, and then plans the development of the caravan. Lead the merchant team in person, and Alan will take care of everything else, but the same thing is that Manid can only receive one salary.

But Allen promised that if he did well, he could give Manid a title of consultant.

Manid, who had just arrived, did not understand the actual environment here, but he was a little shrewd, and immediately realized that these two choices represented wealth and power respectively.

Manid chose the second option without the slightest hesitation. If possible, he hoped to see a country with prosperous commerce, not a country where nobles were allowed to collect excessive taxes and stifle commercial activities.

At the very least, the merchants should be able to make some profits, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of the merchants to strengthen the commercial behavior between various places. To accomplish this, he needs certain rights and the support of the king.

Manid, who can wake up with a smile in his sleep tonight, does not know what kind of business environment will be waiting for him. After all, since Sauron occupied Dol Guldur, Eriador and Rovanian The commercial activities of the company have gradually decreased, and in recent years, they have been almost completely cut off.

In such a difficult environment, it is bound to be a long way to go to restore commercial prosperity.

Manid, who didn't know all this, followed Alan to meet Jamila in high spirits the next day.

Allen was also in a good mood today. He looked at his Hand of the King and introduced both sides with a smile on his face.

After all, the series of things that have happened recently, for Allen, the results are all good, and the results of the simulation are also very good. It is a matter of course that he is in a good mood.

The most important thing is that after clearing the high pass, Alan has no troubles that need special attention. It feels like playing a game. When all the tasks are ticked green, the moment Simply not too comfortable.

Jamila didn't care about Manid's background, but arranged for a subordinate to take this new colleague to familiarize himself with the environment of Wilderness Town, which is very important for any newcomer.

After Manid left, Jamila looked at Alan with a bright face, feeling a little puzzled.

"Could it be that something happened recently, a good thing that even I don't know?"

Before Jamila could think too much, Alan, who was smiling, extended his invitation.

"Beautiful Miss Jamila, after half a month, I wonder if you have time to go to the Lonely Mountain with me to attend the enthronement ceremony of King Sorin II?"

Allen sent out such an invitation with his own considerations. First, Jamila, as Allen's Hand of the King and the second-in-command of the Rovanian Kingdom, should get acquainted with the Rovanian Kingdom both emotionally and rationally. Several main allies, and Alan's powerful vassals.

This includes Thorin II of the Lonely Mountain, Ironfoot Dyne of the Iron Hills, Thranduil of the Woodland Kingdom, and Bard of the Dale City. If there is a chance in the future, it should also include Elrond of the Rivendell Lord of Germany, the Celeborns of Lothlórien.

Not only let Jamila know them, but also let the bigwigs of these forces know Jamila. In case Alan leads troops to go out in the future and there is a problem in his rear, Jamila is also enough to fight with Alan. These allies of Lun have something to say.

So the enthronement ceremony of Sorin II this time is a very good opportunity, and it doesn't need to take a long time. Now that the orcs have retreated completely, the road is very safe, and a month's time to go back and forth is enough.

On the other hand, during these four or five years, Jamila has been staying in the wilderness town to deal with the complicated government affairs entrusted to her by Allen, from the first day of the new year to the last day of the new year, in a cycle ,Open all year round.

Even the ancient emperor still had a few days off. Allen thought that Jamila was working too hard, so he also hoped that he could take this opportunity to take Jamila out to relax and see the King of the Woodlands. And the scenery of Lonely Mountain is also good.

When Jamila heard Alan's invitation, the first reaction in her mind was surprise, then joy, and finally she felt a little absurd.

The king actually wants to take the prime minister to attend the coronation ceremony of his allies, so who will handle so many government affairs in Wilderness Town?
Who will solve the problems in the village under construction?Who will supervise the farming work in spring?Who will take care of the wounded and martyrs who appeared in the war at the high pass?

Then one figure after another appeared in Jamila's mind, and she found suitable candidates for various tasks.

"Fatis can preside over the pension work. He is the Minister of Military Affairs. It is his duty to provide for the soldiers. He only needs to prepare the corresponding supplies and coins in advance."

"Agriculture has been on the right track for the past few years. Let Carl do it first. After you come back and check the progress, it shouldn't be a big problem. It's been like this for the past few years."

"The preparation of the village is a bit troublesome. Tyr and Artiman are not here. If it doesn't work, let James take care of it. After all, he was there when the wilderness village was established. He should have some experience. In fact, it can be seen As long as you understand the drawings, you will be fine.”

"As for the construction work on the old dense forest road, the salary for these two months has just been sent by troops, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"As for the management of the town on weekdays, Doris and the others should not have either."

After thinking for a while, Jamila suppressed the joy in her heart, smiled slightly on her fair and beautiful face, and said solemnly: "Master Alan, there is no problem, I will arrange the next work." .”

After hearing this, Allen said little by little: "Okay, then we will see you in half a month."

Jamila was taken aback when she heard it, and asked, "Do you want it?"

"Ah, by the way, I'm going to take a trip to Old Jungle Road to see the progress of the project there, and then deal with a little trouble."

Because Thorin's enthronement ceremony is still one and a half months away, if he leaves now, he will have to wait for a long time in the Lonely Mountain. Alan thought that he might as well use this time to go to the old dense forest road and take a look over there The specific situation, after all, after that battle, he has not paid attention to it.

And I can also send Malhebi by the way, Allen plans to send ten Twilight Knights, let them send Malhebi back home as soon as possible.

Once he promised others, Alan just wanted to fulfill his promise as soon as possible.

"Good lord, I wish you a smooth journey, I will immediately arrange people to prepare for the corresponding together." Jamila nodded to show that she knew, just about to turn around and leave, then seemed to think of something, and added: "My lord, I hope you can come here Come back on time in half a month, don't delay attending the enthronement ceremony of important allies."

"Okay, I know."

Allen nodded, and called Gail beside him, asking him to inform Malhebi to get ready and set off for the jungle road in the afternoon.

As the person in charge of opening up the dense forest road, Till has been extremely busy recently. In order to improve the completion progress of this project, he divided more than 500 people into three parts.

The first part is the villagers of Oak Village. There are about 400 people. Their village head, Barron, is in charge of managing there. The main job is to cut down the trees covering the road from west to east. meter width.

The progress there is not bad. The main problem is that although Barron is an excellent hunter, he is really a bit slow when it comes to things like construction.Even though Tire drew the blueprints and drew the guide lines on the ground, the villagers still crooked after hacking, and they crooked in one direction.

This caused Tyr to have to go over to correct them every once in a while. In the tens of kilometers of forest, the dwarves would have to walk for a long time even if they rode a pony.

The second part is the villagers of Pine Tree Village. There are nearly [-] of them, and they are managed by Gail's grandfather Hank.

Hank is an old and strong northern human. He is warm and generous to others on weekdays, and he is willing to meet new friends. Within a month, he got along with Till, Allen and Stephen, and at the same time, he also treated his employer. Allen had some insight.

After all, their lives are still a bit difficult when they are eating and sleeping outside. Hanke often invites Allen's subordinates to drink with home-brewed fruit wine and prey after work breaks, and the relationship between the two parties will naturally become closer.

Of course, this did not delay the progress of the project. In the two villages within a month, almost one-sixth of the entire road has been opened up.

Till simply measured it. This forest-covered road is about 1000 kilometers long. To open a road with a width of 4000 to [-] meters, at least [-] to [-] trees need to be felled. These [-] people have already cut down nearly [-] trees, and the progress is still very good.

After all, the trees covering this road have grown for an unknown number of years, and most of them are very tall and thick, and the working environment in the forest is very poor. These northern humans are able to do what they are now, which can be regarded as extremely diligent and hardworking.

Moreover, only half of the more than 1000 people can do heavy physical labor, and most of the other old, young, women and children are responsible for some simple jobs.

For example, leveling the ground, picking up some small branches as fuel for daily life, fetching water from nearby water sources, living and cooking and other trivial things, and doing everything I can to get my own share of rations from Allen.

In addition to Pine Village and Oak Village, more than [-] people in Shanmu Village, under the leadership of Caroline, were responsible for further processing the large number of felled trees, and then transported them to the east end of Jungle Road, where they were piled up in the rushing river. Dry nearby.

When the trees are almost dry, Tire will arrange for them to start building the stronghold. After all, the wood that has just been felled can only build some temporary houses.

The corner between the dense forest road and the northwestern junction of the Benliu River is a large piece of gentle hills. On the east side is the running river that flows throughout the year, and on the west and north are lush black forests. The land is already full of greenery at this time.

Allen, who just set foot on this land from Jungle Road at noon this day, knew at a glance that there is no problem in the surrounding environment for two to 3000 people to survive, but Wilderness Town does not have so many people moving here for the time being. , can only build a stronghold first, stick to this important road, as for other things, we can only talk about it later.

The direction Allen and his party are heading towards is the temporary camp set up by Allen. Three hundred soldiers are currently stationed there, and Stephen and Till will also rest there after finishing their daily work.

After Alan and his party approached the camp, they found that patches of land had been reclaimed around the camp. Alan randomly summoned a nearby soldier to understand what was going on.

After Aileen stationed here with [-] soldiers, nothing unusual happened. Not to mention the enemy, even the beasts in the forest were unwilling to approach these large numbers of humans, and they were also afraid.

After handing over the nearby investigation work to the Nord royal guards who are already good at riding, Elaine began to lead the soldiers to train, but they couldn't train every day. I can't stand it.

So after training, these soldiers who were born in the forest began to cultivate farmland on the nearby land.

They don't know how long they will stay here. Using the surrounding land to grow some vegetables and food can also improve their food and improve their overall living standards. Why not do it.

The food Stephen bought from other human settlements is extremely monotonous, either wheat or barley. For the current soldiers, it is easy to feel bored after eating for a while. If conditions improve, they will naturally do it.

It can only be said that under Allen's rule, the people's living standards have indeed improved a lot. They are no longer satisfied with the living conditions that can be survived, and instead find ways to pursue a better living standard, no matter from which aspect , which is all a good thing.

When he arrived at the camp, Allen wanted to fulfill his promise, and arranged for Horimion to lead the five Twilight Knights to send Malhebi home.

Allen prepared a lot of supplies for them, and each of them was equipped with three fast horses, so that the group of them could complete the journey as quickly as possible.

Malhebi is naturally very grateful to Allen for his arrangement, and then he promised when he parted with Allen that he would definitely promote exchanges between Honghe Town and Wilderness Town after returning, and at least try to establish a trade relationship.

Of course, Allen agrees with this. Even if there is nothing else, it is good to be able to buy more food. With the development of various projects, Allen deeply feels that there seems to be not enough food.

"Master Allen!!"

At this time, Allen, who learned that Allen was coming.But he rushed out of the camp on horseback, and greeted Allen from a distance.

　It's the end of the month, so let's briefly report the situation to everyone.

　　Let me talk about the update first. This month, less than 16W words have been updated. On average, 5K words per day are guaranteed to be free of any problems. It’s Wan Geng, I also had some drafts at that time, but now I don’t have any, so the overall situation is about the same.

　　Let’s talk about subscriptions. The average subscription is still 1800++. The new additions are not very good, but they are also very good. After all, I am a part-time writer, and I am very grateful to all book friends for their support.

　　I won’t say much about the plot, I’m actually not very good at writing farming all the time, and I’m also not very good at writing descriptions where the people next to me are shocked by the protagonist’s decision, but as time goes by, the large forces around will definitely It is inevitable that there will be more intersections with the protagonist, and Sauron's arrangements for the protagonist will also be revealed little by little.

　　Of course, I also know that tomorrow is the end of the month, but I still have a leave note, which is exchanged for 1 points. Recently, because of the epidemic, there are many things that need to be dealt with, so I will ask for a day off tomorrow and give me some time to go to the village. Some food is also good.

　　So thank you all book friends again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)