Chapter 131 Painting Cake
Xu Lai is not a mage, so although he knows that this is a magic book, he doesn’t know how to use it.
Especially this thing, there is not a single word.
Of course, the things that Andy Yin can put away, even if they are temporarily useless, are definitely valuable.
So Xu Lai put it into his backpack without ceremony.
The last thing left was a scroll. Xu Lai thought it was a spell scroll he had harvested before, but when he unfolded it, it turned out to be not a spell scroll at all.
“There are orcs here, brazenly invading our grassland.
Orcs have always been arrogant and even eat humans. They are the common enemy of the human race.
There are caravans from all walks of life. Trafficking supplies to prepare for the orcs, the ministries will stop all plundering of the caravan from the day they receive the order.
But anyone who dares to violate this order will be punished personally in the future.
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——Bello"
The scroll has no function, it only has some words written on it.
However, after Xu read these words, his heart was touched.
But Yin Andi, no matter whether he obeys Bero's orders or not, will not stop plundering the grassland villages.
Can't Xu Lai let Yin Andy plunder? < br>
If you dare to rob me today, don't blame me for picking all your lairs tomorrow.
Therefore, after sighing, this useless scroll was thrown aside by Xu Lai.
Judging from the content of this scroll, the Prairie King will not make much action in the near future. Of course, it is hard to say about the commanders under him, such as the generals.
Anyway, Xu Lai still can't be careless. In addition to promoting Yan Feng and letting him serve as the peripheral patrol captain, he also needs to recruit elite scouts as soon as possible.
Let him lead people to explore the entire surrounding area of Qingfeng Town.
Even if you run a little further, you can't give up leveling. You must do everything possible to strengthen yourself. This is the way to survive in troubled times.
After sorting out the equipment, Xu Lai ate something and took a nap.
In the evening, the newly promoted captain Bai Yang led a few farmers to prepare dinner for everyone. Yan Feng, who was patrolling the perimeter, still saw no trace of Su Ya's large army.
The night was not too cold in June, and there was plenty of food at Su Ya's place, but it was still worrying at night, especially since most of the team were civilians.
Xu Lai waved and asked Yan Feng to lead two rangers, all lighting up torches, to greet him from a distance.
Nine houses have been built, and even the shooter tower has been built by Xu Lai, but it is not in the center of the town, but on the edge of the town together with the sentry tower.
Xu Lai plans to use Swan Lake as the boundary, and the west side of the lake connected to the farmland will be planned as a planting area in the future.
The north side of the lake is a grazing area, and the south side is close to the underground passage. Xu Lai plans to surround it with a wall and use the wall and arrow tower to test the manticore's weight.
Of course, that will have to wait until Qingfeng Town develops to a certain scale. At least for a month or two, Xu Lai cannot guarantee that there will be no major casualties.
The east side of Swan Lake is naturally the military zone planned by Xu Lai. From now on, ordinary civilians will not be allowed to wander in the east zone.
The center is the construction area headed by the Assembly Hall, the business area, and the main activity area of the town.
Although the feet of the God of War in the center of the town are well sealed, their appearance is so strange that it is difficult not to arouse the curiosity of others.
While Su Ya and the others have not returned yet, Xu Lai asked Xiao Baiyang to find a way to cover the feet of the God of War.
Baiyang took several other forest demons and transplanted several saplings that had been cultivated before and had grown to one meter smaller. Then several forest demons worked together to encourage these saplings to grow up quickly. .
They even controlled the growth direction of the saplings, making their branches all move inward, and finally surrounded the God of War's feet tightly.
When ordinary people look at it from the outside, they only think it is a big tree, but they never expect that it is surrounded by four big trees.
Xu Lai held a torch and looked through the gap. Even with his intermediate eagle eye skills, he could not see anything. Others would not be able to know unless they cut down these big trees. There's something hidden here.
The shepherd's talent allows the forest demon to cultivate hundreds of saplings at one time, but it is also extremely labor-intensive. When the big trees surrounded them, several forest demons became obviously weak.
Xu Lai immediately asked Bai Yang to take the forest demons to rest in the courtyard. The four forest demons happened to be sleeping in a side room of the courtyard.
At about 8 or 9 o'clock, Su Ya and the others finally returned to the town with a large force.
Xu Lai, who had been notified in advance by Yan Feng, had already ordered all the torches in stock to be lit, and ten magic lamps, which were not much darker than incandescent lamps, were hung in front of the council hall and the gates of the nine houses.
A magic lamp is brighter than 4 or 5 torches. The key is that it does not waste fuel. It absorbs the magic floating in the air for 24 hours and can be lit for 12 hours.
As long as you remember to turn it off during the day, you can use it for free for one night. If you are careful not to break it, you can use it until death.
However, the magic lamp can only be lit within the sphere of influence of Qingfeng Town. This is not as good as the torch. Although the torch has a time limit, it can be used anywhere.
Under the illumination of magic lamps and torches, the small town looks particularly bright. Xu Lai specially prepared hot rice and hot water. Although the weather is not cold, eating hot food will help you rest better at night.
The two groups of people brought back were placed directly separately. One group was directly stuffed into the crystal mine, while the other group lived in the house under the leadership of Su Ya and Yu Lan. .
It was too late today. Urdola and others still wanted to show their loyalty, but Xu Lai took them over to rest with a smile.
However, they still enjoyed some privileges. There were four of them, including Urdola and Dong Shuqin, so they lived in one courtyard.
During the period, Dong Shuqin expressed that he did not want to live in the same courtyard with so many men and wanted to live with Xu Lai and the others.
However, how could Xu Lai agree and said with a smile, "How about letting you share a room with other women?"
Dong Shuqin burst into tears and finally stayed in this house.
Everyone else was tired after a long day and night, so Xu Lai had to let Yan Feng work harder, leading the gargoyles and flower demons to maintain law and order in the town and the crystal mine.
During the day, Wei Yihong had just tidied up the warehouse. The materials brought back by Su Ya and others could only be temporarily stored in Xu Lai's yard.
Xu Lai placed Yu Lan and Giselle in the east wing to rest, while Wei Yihong and Tahan were in the west wing.
However, everyone was still awake at this time. With the help of Su Ya, Wei Yihong counted various supplies overnight, emptied the supply truck and loaded the equipment and resources that needed to be taken away.
The war between the orcs and the humans does not know when it will begin, so the deal with the temple must not be delayed.
In addition, there were too many materials seized. Even if Xu Lai wanted to expand the warehouse, he would still need manpower and time.
After a night's rest today, Xu Lai decided to let Wei Yihong and others set off tomorrow, taking the first batch of goods there first, and returning in exchange for some gold coins and higher-end supply trucks.
It was a lot of work. Six people in the yard were busy for more than an hour before preparing the first batch of goods.
Xu Lai couldn't let Wei Yihong take away too many people. Urdola and the four of them were from the mercenary group, but the other two were from the same caravan.
Brother Aboka is the manager and captain of a caravan. Now that they have lost their master’s goods, they dare not go back.
Of course, some of the goods they lost were in Xu Lai's hands.
However, not to mention that they did not want to offend Xu Lai, even if they were so thick-skinned, the valuables in the caravan had already been handed over to black market merchants by Yin Andi.
Uldola's situation is similar. His mercenary group undertakes escort missions. He himself is also a senior level 5 swordsman, and is only one step away from becoming a level 6 champion swordsman. .
However, not only was one of his legs disabled, but most of his strength was lost. The mercenary group he brought out also suffered heavy casualties, and only a few people escaped under his cover.
His family still has some savings, but with his little assets, let alone compensating the owner of the cargo, he can't even pay for his brother's pension.
On the contrary, it was the young man named Aaron, a level 5 marksman in another mercenary group. He was only 30 years old, and he was a real talent.
Even Andy Yin was not willing to maim him. He was the cleanest. He was not the boss and did not have to bear any liabilities.
He, Urdola and others joined Xu Lai. Firstly, Xu Lai really saved his life. Secondly, he, as a mercenary, did have a home in all corners of the world, no matter where he worked.
After understanding the identities and backgrounds of the four people, Xu Lai certainly could not let them idle. He decided to let Wei Yihong lead the team tomorrow and lead Urdola and Big Aiboka to the town. Tahan took two knights along the way. Guard and help with transportation.
Several people can ride horses. Except for Wei Yihong, whose riding skills are a little poor, it is also very easy for others to manage several grassland horses carrying goods.
So tomorrow they will bring 700 units of wood, 300 units of stone, as well as a small amount of antique calligraphy and painting and weapons and equipment.
Although wood and stone are the most urgent supplies that the temple currently lacks, their prices cannot be compared with weapons and equipment.
Xu Lai used all the space in the supply truck to store these supplies, mainly to show sincerity to the temple, which is equivalent to selling favor.
Of course, the more important reason is that Xu Lai hopes to obtain a larger-capacity supply vehicle as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be difficult to organize a large caravan with so many people under his command.
He has no shortage of horses and escorts, but he lacks basic caravan personnel such as grooms and porters.
After a night's rest and breakfast the next morning, Wei Yihong was ready for everything.
Xu Laize personally invited Urdola and Big Aiboka over.
They just surrendered to him yesterday, and today Xu Lai sent them out to work. No matter what, he had to paint a big picture for them.
"Aiboka, you have experience in caravan management. I hope you can help Wei Yihong set up our own caravan in Qingfeng Town as soon as possible.
If you are short of manpower, you can recruit it yourself in the town. Some, the caravan will be handed over to you two from now on, and the remuneration and other things will all be the same as those of Old Wei."
The price Xu Lai offered to Wei Yihong was not low. It took Aiboka so many years to become one. The caravan manager, but even so, is not qualified to take the owner's share.
So even though he is only the second in command now, Aiboka is still grateful to Xu Lai.
As for Urdola, Xu Lai patted his shoulder and said to him: "Old Wu, the healing spells of Su Ya and I have no effect on your legs.
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But don’t worry, I have a good relationship with a high priest in the temple. This time, I will ask Old Wei to ask the high priest to come forward and find a good priest to help you treat your leg disease. ”
(End of this chapter)