Chapter 339 Ruins in the Snow
We haven’t seen each other for a while. Compared with the sickly appearance of Wang Dong who was recovering from a serious illness at the beginning, not only did his face look better, but his original skinny face also improved. The body also becomes plump visibly.
This made him very grateful for his current life.
After that, the two briefly chatted for a few more words, during which Zhou Xu also casually talked about the war on the grassland.
Wang Dong, who was a people's teacher before time travel, in addition to teaching and educating people, he also read some miscellaneous books.
Although he has the thinking of a modern person, Zhou Xu can feel that he does not understand and is not very interested in this war.
"Teacher Wang, aren't you afraid that if I lose the battle, you will have to die again when the lizard men attack?"
Faced with this question, Wang Dong smiled.
"If the leader hadn't summoned me, I would have been dead. Every extra day I live now is a gift."
It can be heard that Wang Dong is not lying. Zhou Xu couldn't help but feel a little admiration for his free and easy attitude of looking down on life and death. At least, he couldn't do this.
After that, Zhou Xu stopped talking to Wang Dong about the war, and instead turned to talk about the other party's subsequent missions.
Wang Dong did not object to this. After all, this person had been idle and was very bored.
The weaving factory in Salt Lake Village has basically been completed. Without any new projects, the weavers here can already complete the weaving of linen by themselves.
At the same time, tailor shops were opened next door to the weaving factory, specializing in making simple linen clothes from woven linen.
And the first batch of linen clothes had already been prepared and sent to the soldiers on the grassland first.
Zhou Xu asked them to weave the linen as thickly and with a high density as possible. However, since their weaving industry was still in its infancy, the thickness and density he wanted could not be achieved for the time being, and there was nothing he could do.
In any case, the presence or absence of Wang Dong has little impact on the work in the weaving factory.
After understanding Wang Dong’s abilities, Zhou Xu assigned three tasks to him.
Weaving, papermaking and teaching respectively.
The task of weaving cloth has been initially completed, and paper making is not in a hurry.
There were not even many people who could read, so the demand for paper production was naturally not high.
Although drawing some design drawings also requires paper, animal skins can also be used.
To be honest, the fragile paper in the early days was definitely not as good as animal skin in terms of preservation ability.
For maps and some important design drawings, animal skin paper is mainly used to facilitate their long-term preservation.
In this way, during the winter, when a lot of work could not be carried out and it was generally a leisurely period, Zhou Xu also hoped that Wang Dong could quickly teach his subordinates who held important positions to read.
By the time things happened here, it was already approaching evening, and Zhou Xu was not in a hurry to return to Black Moon Village, so he simply rested for the night in Salt Lake Village.
Early the next morning, he rushed back to Black Moon Village. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, the messenger from Prairie Village just arrived, and Zhou Xu listened to the report directly at the entrance of the village.
The lizard man still hasn't appeared, and something has happened in the village. The snow on the grassland has been getting heavier and heavier in the past two days. I'm afraid a blizzard will soon sweep over.
This time, both Zhou Xu and Ye Jinghong were calm about the upcoming blizzard, and even had a hint of expectation.
The reason is very simple. Once the blizzard blows on the grassland, everyone will stop trying to cause trouble, so their situation will naturally be safe. In the following days, although Zhou Xu planned to let the other side of the mountain launch further operations to find and annex the primitive tribes living deeper in the mountain, he had no intention of rushing there himself.
The current situation requires him to take charge of Black Moon Village.
Imagine that if an unexpected situation occurs in Prairie Village, he can still respond in time in Black Moon Village. If he is in Tieshan Village, it will most likely be too late.
The situation on the grassland is more critical now, and he must be biased here.
As for Tieshan Village, no difficult enemies have been found at this stage. At the same time, according to Shi Lei's temperament and ability, Zhou Xu felt that even if something happened, he should be able to stabilize the situation.
Not to mention that there are also ten vine-armored soldiers stationed there, and their combat power is guaranteed to a certain extent.
This group of recruits in the recruit training camp had already set off this morning. At the same time as this group of recruits set off, a total of thirty new recruits were recruited from several villages here. The new recruits also officially entered the camp and began their recruit training.
At the same time, on the grassland...
Riding the war horse borrowed from Zhou Xu, Hilke braved the wind and snow and galloped all the way.
There was no danger along the way, but the wounds on his body were torn open several times while riding.
Fortunately, the previous period of rest allowed Silk to regain some strength. With his own healing methods, he was able to stabilize his injury and prevent it from getting worse.
Maintaining this state all the way, he finally arrived near the elf village.
The originally lively village was now reduced to ruins, and many places had even been submerged in snow. At this moment, Hilke could not help but feel a trace of sadness on his face.
Turning over and dismounting, Hilke led the horse into the village. The snow could not cover up the mess of the village after the war. Most of the internal buildings were destroyed.
With a sense of luck, Silk turned his head and looked at the hills not far away.
It was a shelter they spent many years hollowing out inside the hills.
Every winter on this grassland, there is a high probability of a snowstorm. This kind of extreme weather is very dangerous even for the grassland elves.
Once they encounter this kind of weather, they will choose to hide in the shelter to survive it. Even if it is a blizzard, there is nothing they can do.
However, at this moment, such a reassuring refuge was reduced to ruins!
It can be clearly seen from the outside that their shelter must have been hit by some strong impact. After being knocked open, the entire shelter collapsed because the structure was damaged.
Hilke made a 'pop' sound and knelt down directly in front of the ruins of the hilly shelter.
At the same time, the appearance of the armored dragon appeared in his mind unconsciously.
Except for the huge beast, he couldn't think of anyone on the other side who could destroy this solid hilly shelter like this.
“Damn it!!”
At this moment, the intense grief, indignation, unwillingness and pain made Silk punch him hard and hit him directly on the snow, and then he couldn’t control his hug. Headache and crying.
"Damn it, damn it! Damn it!!"
Update is here, thanks to the book friend "The Little Panda Who Loves Fish" for the reward!
(End of this chapter)