Lord Highlander

  Chapter 885 872. Tribute to freedom

  Suldak ignored the Janna mermaid under the bridge and planned to leave Wilkes City directly.

  He didn't want to get caught up in this kind of slave escape. If someone caught him, the nobles who assisted the slaves in escaping would not be convicted, but paying a fine equivalent to that of the slaves would be enough for him to drink a pot.

  He also didn't want to provide any information for the arrogant noble lord.

  After experiencing the incident in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest, he felt that the noble lords of Wilkes City were not trustworthy. In their eyes, personal interests always came first.

  He left very decisively, planning to return to Dodan as soon as possible to prepare for the copper mine in Invercargill Forest.

In the recent period, as the ghost-striped red ants gradually disappeared in the Invercargill Forest, the monsters who had escaped for refuge returned to the forest one after another. Andrew led 500 cavalry, but he couldn't defend the belt hundreds of kilometers deep in the east-west direction. shaped forest.

  …

   Wait until these people on the bridge leave.

  The Janna mermaid under the bridge hole slowly raised her head out of the water. She looked around curiously with a pair of clear and beautiful eyes, and the duckweed on her head made her look a little playful.

  She looked thoughtfully at Suldak who was going away, and he didn't have the malice in the eyes of others.

  Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from the bluestone slab in the distance, the Janna mermaid flipped under the bridge and dived back into the water.

Although she is not familiar with the inland waterway here, she is not a fool, so she will not continue to swim to the DC area. After thinking about it, she slowly walked along the waterway in the direction where Suldak left, all the way to the gate near the north city wall. swim.

  She is naturally friendly to the water element. If she hadn't been too eager just now, she would have paid more attention when swimming, and there would be no arrow-shaped water marks on the water surface at all.

  It is like a shadow at the bottom of the water, silently moving forward against the side wall of the inland river.

  Finally disappeared at the intersection of Shiqiao Sancha Waterway...

  …

  When Suldak arrived at the north city gate on horseback, dozens of carriages were already crowded on the stone road inside the city wall.

Suldak handed over the horses to an aboriginal Nanai tribe, walked to the gate of the city alone, and found that a caravan's wagon in front had broken on the bridge, the entire axle was broken in two, and a large amount of supplies The suspension bridge was almost blocked, and the employees of the carriage and horse dealership were rushing to repair it on the spot.

  The city defense knights kept urging.

  The passages of the entire North City were blocked by them.

  Suldak originally wanted to turn around and leave Wilkes City through another city gate.

  But after thinking about it, he felt that such a detour was too far away, and the blockage here might have been cleared in the middle of the detour, so he decided to wait in the shade under the city gate.

  Many travelers going out of the city chose to detour, and some carriages waiting at the outermost edge turned around and left.

  Suldak led the horse to the willow tree by the river. There were not many people waiting at the city gate, and not far away was the north exit of the inner river in Wilkes City.

  The damaged part of the truck in the distance seemed to be very troublesome. People from the caravan ran to the suspension bridge one after another, removed the goods from the truck, and carried them to the open space outside the city.

  Suldak was a little bored waiting. While looking around, he saw a figure appearing in the shadow of the fenced waterway connecting the inland river and the moat. Under the sparkling light, it was actually the Jana mermaid.

  She hid in the deepest part of the water cave, clinging tightly to the rock wall under the moat wall.

  The two knights in charge of guarding the waterway stood across the river, and Suldak could even hear the two of them talking about the **** battle of the gladiators in the arena, as if someone had won a lot of money because of it.

  They only occasionally glanced at the outlet of the inland river. From their angle, they couldn't see the Janna Mermaid hiding inside anyway.

  The place where she hid happened to be the blind spot of the line of sight over there.

Seeing her lingering at the fence of the water hole, Suldak didn't expect that she could actually swim here along the waterway, but it seemed that she was blocked by the iron fence in the waterway, so she couldn't swim out at all. .

  Suldak touched his mouth, and after careful consideration, he decided not to deal with this matter, so as not to offend the local nobles of Wilkes City.

   Turning his face away deliberately not to look at the waterway under the city wall, Suldak admitted that he had just seen the extremely disappointed face of the Janna mermaid, and he was a little soft-hearted.

   Pulled the horse's rein, ready to leave Wilkes City as soon as possible.

  He didn't think he could save the Janna mermaid, at least he didn't even have the ability to send her back to the sea.

  Suldak took the reins of the horse and turned to go. The moment he turned his head, he saw a pair of clear eyes, which contained ignorance and longing for freedom.

  'For freedom...I am for freedom! '

  Suldak turned his head and muttered to the two bewildered Nanai natives.

   Then he took out a long mithril dagger with a fish skin sheath from the magic pocket, which was one of the fifth batch of magic weapons traded to him by the merchant Malakom.

   At least on the outside, it should look like a magic dagger plated with a layer of mithril. The magic attribute given to this dagger is 'sharp', and there is a row of fine sawtooth polished on the back of the dagger.

  Businessman Malakom said that this dagger is an imitation of the epic dagger 'Flesh Splitter'.

  The enchanter endowed this magic dagger with a high degree of sharpness, allowing it to pierce through most solid armor, and the sawtooth on the back of its blade can saw through some iron fences.

  This dagger, like other magical weapons, was bought in batches by Suldak for 30 gold coins each, and was going to be brought back to Dodan Town to be listed on the merit exchange list as a reward.

   Now he secretly held the dagger in his hand. He was standing by the riverside. He had to wait for the right time to throw the dagger without disturbing the knight on the opposite side.

  The truck that was blocked on the suspension bridge of the moat had been dismantled by the caravan, and all the goods piled up on the suspension bridge had been emptied. At this time, the horse-drawn carriages waiting in the city began to drive out of the city one after another.

  There was a commotion at the gate of the city, and all vehicles squeezed forward...

  The movement at the gate of the city attracted the attention of the two knights. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Suldak bent down and casually placed the thirty-gold dagger against the river, and threw it into the river.

  Thirty gold coins were thrown into the river like this, without even hearing a sound... Freedom is really expensive.

   When turning around, Suldak just complained in his heart.

  Feeling that he had done what he could do to the maximum, Suldak rode across the suspension bridge without looking back.

  Take two Nanai aborigines and head north along the road leading to the northern area.

  In the river water, a faint shadow extended from the water hole, stopped at the place where Suldak had just stayed, and then quickly got into the water hole.

  The inland river here has been flowing slowly, and the sound of the river flowing slowly came from the water hole under the city wall.

When the noble lord also led a team of knights to the north city gate, a thumb-thick iron bar in the center of the iron fence in the water cave had been sawed off, and the iron bar was inserted obliquely at the bottom of the river. In the mud, the mermaid in the water has long since disappeared.

  …

  Suldak is by no means a stingy person, he even has a somewhat paranoid belief that there must be rewards for his efforts.

When passing through Kieran Town this time, he deliberately ran to the hotel where the only truth is, found Nika, the little sister who was the receptionist in the hotel, and gave her a stack of golden gold coins, and then left Kieran Town .

   Only returned to Dodan in early August.

During this period of time, Suldak has not been able to learn the 'Call of War'. He even knows that what he lacks is the level of strength. Maybe when he is successfully promoted to a second-rank powerhouse, he will be able to fully control this rune language the power contained in it.

  The process of learning the language of runes with the red dragon Iser had to come to a standstill.

   It is said that if you make a choice, you can be promoted to a second-rank powerhouse, but Suldak just can't find that point.

   How to get rid of the dark star in his body, Suldak has been trying to explore recently.

  …

  After the town of Dodan entered August, the water level of the Dodan River on the south side of the town soared.

The water level has spread to the yard, and the wooden house by the river has become a residence on the river. People living in the wooden house only need to sit on the foundation platform under the eaves, and then they can put their feet into the clear river water and lie on the floor outside the wooden house. Looking at the river flowing slowly past the eyes through the guardrail, it makes people feel that this moment is so close to nature.

Selena also moved her family to the wooden house by the river, and the tailor shop owner’s small attic was returned. Now there are many businessmen who go to Dodan Town to do business. The houses in the town are very easy to rent out, and the tailor shop owner is very happy. The deposit was returned to Selena.

  Suldak was almost delayed in Wilkes City for two months.

During this time, the rowhouses in the slums of the town have begun to take shape. The foundations and the one-meter-high walls of these rowhouses are built with stones from the quarry. , The wooden house is directly spliced ​​with oak wood, and the gable roof is covered with wooden boards.

In order to save costs, the aborigines did not apply rain-proof gum on the roof, but softened the hard carapace of ghost pattern worker ants, put it into a wooden model like roof tiles for shaping, dried in the sun, and finally made a cheap and solid house. watt.

  This kind of red roof tiles has a uniform system and is very strong. It looks like red fish scales when placed on the roof, and it has become a landscape of Duodan Town from a distance.

  The streets in the aboriginal slums were re-paved with stone slabs, and the new streets were cleared of dirt and weeds.

  On the original site of the shack that was removed first, new townhouses have been repaired, and some aborigines have moved into their new homes one after another.

  In fact, this kind of townhouses almost encroached on the courtyards of many aborigines, and even more effectively used the original space to build small townhouses.

   Aung San, who is in charge of supervising the construction of these townhouses, is standing beside Suldak at this moment.

Aung San has lost a lot of weight recently, but he looks more energetic. He is no longer dressed in aboriginal costumes, but leather armor on the upper body, loose leggings on the hips and hips on the lower body, and long leather boots on his feet. Some are nondescript.

   I don’t know how long I haven’t shaved, the beard on my chin looks like a hedgehog covered with spikes

  The two stood on the long street near the river and walked from west to east while chatting. The small townhouse in front of them gradually changed from the foundation to a small building.

  The closer to the east, the more complete these small buildings become...

   Aung San followed behind, looked at Suldak's back, and said to him: "In two months, the main bodies and roofs of all the small townhouses in this area will be completely completed."

  His labor group of more than 500 people has now expanded to more than 800 people, and the settlement is based on daily wages every day. As long as you don't work lazy, you can earn a silver coin every day.

   Aung San walked here and was relieved to see that Surdak was not picky about anything, so he said:

"At that time, the aborigines in the town will probably only be able to fill half of the houses, and the remaining half can be sold to the merchants and adventure groups in the town. In the past half a month or so, many people have asked me The price of these terraces."

   "The construction speed here is really fast..." Suldak nodded and said.

At this time, just when work was off at night, some aborigines walked out of the construction site carrying tools, talking and laughing. When they saw the boss Aung San standing in the middle of the road with a big man from a distance, they were frightened and chose bypass.

   Aung San said proudly:

"Duodan Town is rich in wood resources, as long as you can buy shaped wood with money, building a house in this model is like building blocks. As long as the land is sorted out, the foundation can be made the next day. Stonewall, the next thing to do is very simple."

  The main places of these row houses are drawn with linen thread, so the stone walls made out of them appear straight.

  Suldak nodded and asked, "Have you encountered any difficulties so far?"

Aung San immediately said: "The only thing missing is the doors and windows. All the skilled carpenters in Duodan town have been hired by the lumber camp. If there are not enough carpenters, we can't make those doors and windows. How about you go to the lumber camp? While talking, let the carpenter over there give me a few..."

   After finishing speaking, he took the opportunity to push open a courtyard door and walked into the courtyard of the small townhouse.

  Each townhouse has an independent courtyard, but the area is very small, only two fruit trees can be planted and a kennel can be built.

  Aung San pointed to the empty window and door frames of the small building, and said to Suldak: "Look at the terraced buildings here...just waiting for the doors and windows to be installed."

  Suldak thought of the carpenter's workshop in Wall Village. It is estimated that the carpenters in the village should not be too busy at the moment, and they can transport some window frames and doors from Wall Village.

Then he said: "Leave me to solve the wooden doors and windows. Give me the size of the doors and windows. It is best to give me a finished wooden window and wooden door. My request is only one. The size of the doors and windows of all wooden houses should be as large as possible." likely to remain consistent."

   Aung San didn't expect that Suldak would directly come forward to solve this matter, and immediately said happily:

   "Okay, I will send you to the main camp tomorrow morning... or the cabin by the river?"

  Suldak thought about it for a while, and he probably wanted to live at the riverside cabin at night, so he said, "Then send it to the riverside cabin."

  (end of this chapter)