The lack of the magic network west of the mountain pass caused certain difficulties for Elsa to block the mountain pass. But Lant had a simple plan after visiting the field.
Throughout the night, Lant was directing the magic goblin to build a magic element tower, the kind built in Yeqi City. From the hillside south of the mountain pass, there are five buildings built in a row all the way to the hillside north of the mountain pass.
Since there are no earth veins here, even if the magic environment is better than in the hinterland of the plains, the highest tower Elsa can build here is only 50 meters high. After the five towers were completed, two 20-meter-high walls were built 50 meters east and west of the towers. Eventually, the five towers and two north-south walls became four towers bounded by the element towers from south to north. a rectangular area.
With the wall and tower in hand, Lant and Elsa began to draw magic patterns, all drawing earth-based magic patterns from the tower to the wall. As the two suns rose, the entire painting work was completed.
"Build a wall using deposited earth elements?" Elsa looked at the completed project and finally understood Lant's thinking, "It's also a way, but for such a big project, how high a wall do you need?"
"100 meters is best, 50 meters is also fine," Lant said with a smile. On both sides of the mountain pass, there are mountains less than 100 meters long. Lant hopes that the city wall of the pass will directly match the mountains.
"Stop dreaming. You can't build it this way even if you have earth veins. With my current ability, the entire wall is about 30 meters long, and the end of 50 meters is over."
Lant did not argue with the big goblin anymore, and returned eastward without even taking a rest. He first went to the West 7th Station to check the training of the Knights of Bit Baixiao, and then went to the iron mine, and as soon as he arrived, he went straight to the iron mine. Market, check the goods and prices in the market.
Unlike Lot's territory, which is small in scale and has completely different varieties, the market in the iron mine is larger than Lant's previous plan. In addition to the sales staff of the caravan within the territory, there are also a large number of stalls rented by local demon supporters. , where they sell some processed items, such as local pickles, leather goods, iron tools, etc.
Looking at the prosperous market, Lant asked Lanya beside him, "Tell the truth, after Gatsby participated in buying and selling in the past half month, are things cheaper in the market here than before?"
"Sir, with the private participation in the market, how can things become cheaper? At most, some less popular products are cheaper than before." Lanya shook her head, "But from any statistics, the market's The size of transactions and the number of goods are both larger, on the one hand the supply of popular goods is greater than before, and on the other hand many families are starting to sell home-made products.”
"Well, now that the market has started to operate, there is no need to have a whole territory for buying and selling." Lant was very satisfied that Gatsby could activate the market. "It's better to let him participate in external trade."
"My lord, do you trust him?"
"How is it possible? It's just that the identities of Dugan and Tierney in the royal capital are too dazzling to run on the black market. Besides, they don't know how to do business." In Lant's view, wizards like Gatsby can be abandoned at any time. , very suitable for underground trading, "There is another thing. There are already some orcs and half-orc tribes west of Luoyue River. You can formulate your own policies to attract some orcs here, as long as they abide by the regulations in the territory."
Rand heard about some neutral orc tribes at several inns in the west, hoping to trade with inns or iron mines. Rand felt that adequate market transactions could reduce security risks in the west.
"Okay, there is a bunny tribe in the west that we have contacted, and two tribes of herbivorous orcs have also sent envoys to us." Lanya nodded, "It's just that their tribe is nearly a hundred kilometers north, and there is no contact between them." So convenient.”
"We can also build a few stations northward along the Luoyue River. Can you help me plan it here?" Lantern patted Lanya on the shoulder. Although she is only the governor of the iron mine, she has a long history from Luoyue River to Iowa passes can be managed.
There was no big goblin on the way back, so Lant couldn't support Li Huo's long-distance jump, so the speed naturally slowed down. Fortunately, in the evening, Lant caught a fleet heading towards Yeqi City, so he arrived at Yeqi City early on the 17th. Qicheng.
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In the early morning of June 17, there was a camp in the east of Yeqi City. This was the camp of Knight Daniko and his auxiliary army.
At this moment, Jim is packing up his tent. This is the fifth day since he arrived outside the east gate of Yeqi City. Five days ago, he always thought that he would succeed his father, Jim, as the steward of East 1 Station. However, on June 12, He received an order to come to this camp and became the assistant of the intermediate knight Daniko.
"Jim? Are you finished over there? We have to go to the canteen quickly." Outside the tent, a figure came in. It was Danico's other assistant Jalger, who was Lanya's assistant when he was at the iron mine.
"It's done, let's go." Jim said and followed Jagger towards the largest tent in the camp. The grass in the early morning was full of dew, and his brown leather boots felt slippery when he stepped on it. Jim touched his fur coat as he walked, feeling so unreal.
Jim still remembered the morning five days ago. When he first arrived at the camp in the east of the city to gather, he thought he was going to work as a housekeeper at another inn, but he saw nearly 1,500 non-demon people gathered in this camp, crowded and chaotic. Noisy. Jim knew some of the non-demon people, such as Cavour, who joined the camp last year when the lord's grandfather captured the salt mine and marched to the south; another example is a man named Sheffield, who entered the territory with the knight Daniel. .
Looking at the vast crowd, Jim probably knew that this group of people was not entering the new inn to become residents, because they were all men, and they were all about 1.8 meters tall. They were definitely strong among the non-demon people. .
Jim, who was looking for an acquaintance, was recognized by Jalger and taken to a special tent. Here he saw a tall knight and a mage grandfather, as well as 60 ordinary demons and dozens of countless people. Demon.
"Knight, everyone is here" Jagger reported to Daniko.
Daniko nodded and said to everyone in the tent: "Everyone, the earl has decided to establish an auxiliary army to assist the Galloping Horse Knights in fighting and transporting supplies. According to your order, the main body of the auxiliary army will be the Demonless. The main tasks are to drive carriages and control ordnance. And you will assist me in managing the entire auxiliary army."
The demon-lovers in the tent were all those who joined the Galloping Horse Knights to fight together at the end of last year, while the demon-free ones were found by Little Cardinal through recent commendations and work summaries.
(End of chapter)
