my age of magic

Chapter 1272 76. New Trume Town

No matter the emperor is on a starry night or a fresh green day in the fields.

The plane of Hierro is always cloudy under a gray cloud, and it seems that it may rain at any time.

The strong water element is free in the air, and the dense forest is sultry and there is no wind, which makes people breathless.

This place is like a huge steamer, the misty swamp that evaporates from the soil is lingering in the dense forest, and the branches and leaves on the top of the dense black forest trees are connected into one piece, and they can never disperse.

There is a thick layer of moss growing on almost every big tree, and there are even vines hanging from some trees.

These vines hang down from the top of the tree crown, and the tentacles are deeply embedded in the soil. The Yero natives like to collect these tough tree vines. After drying, they smash them with stone sticks and weave them into strong ropes. Soak in some insect repellent and smear gum on the surface of the vine ropes that are ubiquitous on the treehouses of the Yero Aboriginal people.

Katerina and I hurried back to the plane of Hierro in order to get back to the Trum camp as soon as possible.

Return to the dense woods of the Black Forest.

Under the thin mist, Katerina and I stood in the forest swamp. The strong water elemental atmosphere here doubled the range of my magic perception. I extended my spiritual power to perceive the inside of this forest area. At the same time, look for the two orc warriors who have been waiting in this forest area.

When my magical perception extended to 30 meters away, I found the two orc warriors. One of them was sitting and resting under a big banyan tree, and the other was vigilantly observing the situation in the dense forest.

Perhaps it was the heavy rain that had turned this dense forest into a muddy swamp, and this big banyan tree was the only dry place in the area.

Four ancient Bolai horses were tied to the tree beside them. Under the careful care of two orc warriors, the four ancient Bolai horses were in good condition.

Since the natives of Yero told the orc warriors how to boil the leaves of the star tree and soak in water to drive away mosquito bites, the war horses no longer suffer from mosquito bites.

Katerina and I walked directly along the calm and waveless swamp water, walking on the water, except for some faint ripples, it was almost completely silent.

It's just that the orc warrior in charge of sentry was very vigilant. He might have just woken up his companions just because he sensed someone approaching.

The two orc warriors took down the standard military crossbow from their backs, stringed all five crossbow bolts, and stood back to back under the big banyan tree, looking around vigilantly.

One of the orc warriors tried to untie the reins of the four ancient horses so that they could evacuate in time in case of emergencies.

The standard military crossbows in the hands of these orc warriors were purchased from Louis in order to wipe out the goblins of the Danma tribe in the underground caves of Xinliu Valley. Without a skinned figure, it is absolutely impossible to escape the shooting of the standard military crossbow.

But now it seems that it is very difficult to use these standard military crossbows to deal with spider warriors. If dozens of crossbow arrows did not pierce into the ten book lungs of spider warriors at the same time, these crossbows made of refined steel would not be able to kill them. Spider Warrior, after all, these crossbow arrows are difficult to break through the black bug armor of Spider Warrior, and it is difficult to cause effective damage to Spider Warrior.

Compared with these standard military crossbows, the orc warriors are more willing to directly deal with those spider warriors with flamethrowers or black iron spears in their hands.

Katerina had a whistle made of hardwood hanging on her chest. She picked up the whistle and blew lightly twice. The two orc warriors under the banyan tree on the opposite side heaved a sigh of relief. Looking in the direction of the whistle, the two orc warriors relaxed until they saw me, and handed the reins of the two ancient horses to Katerina and me respectively.

These two orc warriors stayed here specially to wait for Katerina and me in this dense forest.

The two of them need to rush to the Trum camp with me. After I return to the imperial capital from the plane of Hierro, they will stay in the jungle and take good care of my and Katerina's horses, waiting for me. The next time you enter the plane of Yero, continue to follow us on the road.

I have to attend classes at the Royal Academy of Magic every day, and at night I can teleport the altar through Xinliu Valley, enter the plane of Hierro to join these two orc warriors, and then ride the ancient Bolai horse to the Trum camp overnight .

Every time the fine sand in the hourglass of time has flowed away, Katerina and I have to return to the imperial capital to start a new day of magic lessons.

Generally, I will meditate in the dormitory for a while before the morning class, so that I can have enough energy to go to class, and I will rush to the classroom before the class bell rings. Regarding this, the magic teachers of the Royal Academy of Magic have become accustomed to.

If there are no other classes in the afternoon, I will take a rest in the dormitory.

I rushed to Aliya's house before dinner, and asked those female half-orcs who lived in the underground caves of Xinliu Valley to move out the two types of rune boards in her warehouse. In fact, this is not every day. In all, as the production capacity of the magic seal workshop is gradually increasing, it will be transported every four days now.

This day and night running around lasted for a week. Fortunately, Senior Dylan didn’t send anyone to find me during this period, so I finally spent seven nights riding a brisk ancient Bolai horse from here. Green Valley Jungle Return to Trume Camp.

When Katerina and I rode the ancient horse to enter the range of the lord's aura of the ancient war tree in Dustwallow Marsh, we immediately established a new connection with the dryads in the Black Forest, and those dryads seemed to be My eyes and ears let me feel that there are almost no giant spider scouts around the town of Trume, and the area around Tanton City is already very safe.

A patrol team composed of fifty barbarian slaves has already groped into the dense forest north of the Pillar Mountain behind Tanton City. It has long been out of the halo of the Lord of the Ancient War Tree, but it is only in the forest area over there. Inside, you can hunt some giant spiders.

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The last time I was in the Yero plane, I heard from Kalancuo that the food and stone reserves in the camp have been almost exhausted, and new supplies need to be replenished as soon as possible, otherwise the construction of the Trum camp will stall. The Trum camp was in a hurry, and the camp had begun to limit the daily shipment of wheat flour.

Human nature is like this, when the wheat flour piles up like a mountain, no one will care, and no one will think about hoarding some food.

However, when Luka sold the last wheat flour in limited quantities, the more scarce and out of stock, the more people rushed to buy it.

People who buy wheat flour can be lined up from the granary of the Trume camp to the outside of the camp wall every day. The tauren Luka is very troubled by these poor and pathetic residents of Tanton City, but there is nothing he can do.

It was only when Katerina and I returned to Camp Trume that we realized just how exaggerated this food-buying spectacle really was.

Hundreds of Tanton City residents carrying grain bags and bamboo baskets lined up outside the granary quietly waiting for the tauren Luka to open the granary. These Tanton City residents who were going to buy grain even spread a piece of linen on the On the ground, some people sat on the ground and chatted together in twos and threes, and some people just lay on the grain bags and closed their eyes to rest.

Cassandra's grain transport convoy was parked in an open field outside Trum's camp, the coachman was lying on the flatbed, and the Gubolai horses were grazing leisurely on the side.

Katerina and I met Cassandra again outside the small town of Trume. She was explaining something to some coachmen. It was filled with some residents of Tanton City. They were sitting on the cart, holding half a bag of grain in their arms, with a numb expression on their faces. Some people even muttered softly, telling the coachmen to leave earlier.

We rode on Gu Bolai's horse and walked up to Cassandra. Katerina jumped off Gu Bolai's horse and ran over to give Cassandra a hug.

Cassandra was also very happy when she saw Katerina, and invited Katerina and me to have a cup of tea in her tent.

This time she was no longer as fierce to me as before, not only invited me, but also invited the two orc warriors behind me.

Her eyes fell on the two orc warriors behind me, and then she asked Katerina in surprise, "Are you part of the group that built Camp Trum?" '

Katerina nodded slightly, and said to her: "We want to build a small town here to facilitate the supply and trading of adventure groups from Tanton City to this side, and we also want to develop the open-pit iron mine over there. The Duke of Samoyed has sold this land to our lord."

"Your lord is really big-hearted. He dared to build a small town under such circumstances. Isn't he afraid of those Nebulu spider army rushing over and directly razing this place to the ground?" Cassandra said While saying these words, he seemed to be vigilantly looking outside the tent.

Katerina pursed her lips to laugh, but tried to hold back.

It's just that her beautiful ruby-like eyes were bent into crescent moons, and she couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"Besides, the food you found with great difficulty was exhausted so easily, what are you going to do in the future?" Cassandra said to Katerina, and then she began to tell Katerina some of her recent situation.

Their convoy had been stranded outside the Trume camp for some time because they could not buy food.

However, there are still some people queuing up to buy food. Residents who want to return to Tanton City will spend a small amount of money to hire Cassandra's flatbed truck to take them back to Tanton City.Of course, in Tanton City, there are still a large number of laborers who want to find a job at Trume Camp, so her transport team has not been completely paralyzed.

But if this continues, the food transportation team she formed won't last long, and it will probably be forced to disband.

Originally, in Tanton City, some newly formed food transportation teams sprung up like mushrooms, but in this food shortage, those food transportation teams seemed to disappear into nothingness.

That is to say, Cassandra's food transportation team was formed early, and she made a lot of good money, so she was able to maintain the normal operation of the food transportation team.

"Don't worry, the new wheat flour will arrive at Trume Camp soon. This time, besides wheat flour, there are also a small amount of daily necessities. If you are interested, I can talk to the warehouse manager of Trume Camp. I will give you a [-]% discount based on the market price of Tanton City!" Katerina said to Cassandra with a smile before leaving the tent.

Until we were far away from her tent, Cassandra stood at the door of the tent, looking at Katerina and me stupidly...

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In this open field, except for the few hundred-year-old tree spirits standing alone in the field, all other trees have been cut down. These trees are all used to temporarily build wooden frames and springboards for the city wall.

Today, the outline of the city wall outside the Trum camp has been built, and the streets in the town have also begun to be planned according to the drawings.

Next to the granary we found the tauren warrior who was stocking the grain. Luka waved his big hands excitedly when he saw Katerina and me.

Fortunately, Luka found a very good architect in Tanton City. It is said that he has participated in the transformation of the defense system of the inner city circle of Tanton City.

It's just that when the war broke out, he and his family were stranded in Tanton City due to some unexpected factors, and failed to evacuate to Pereira City immediately.Living in Tanton City, the biggest problem at present is the extreme shortage of food.

The average price of wheat flour in the imperial capital was three coppers per catty, but in Tanton City, it once rose to one hundred coppers, which means that one silver coin can be exchanged for a catty of wheat flour.

Faced with such an outrageously high food price, even though the architect had a wealthy family, he could only boldly leave Tanton City and come to Trume Camp to seek a way to make a living.

Although Luka has a simple and honest temperament, it does not mean that he is stupid.

So when he discovered the architect's ability, he immediately persuaded him to stay in Trume Camp.

What the architect has to do every day is to implement the plans on the drawings step by step, arrange the specific work tasks of these workers, check the progress of the project and check the quality of the project every day, the architect quickly trained several young assistants, They have become the main technical force in the current construction of the town of Trume.

Although Trum is only a small town, I think that since I chose to build a brand new town, I must build some modern infrastructure in this town, such as the underdrain sewage pipelines that are only planned in big cities. Every house and household must be connected to the water pipeline, an airport tower with the functions of a clock tower and a watchtower will be built in the northern part of the town, and a circular light track will be built around the stone street inside the town wall, etc.

This town not only has hotels, taverns, restaurants, tailor shops, blacksmith shops, leather shops, magic potion shops, grocery stores, but also theaters, clinics, training grounds for junior fighters, shooting ranges, knight training grounds, Free market, small town council hall, etc.

In order to bring drinking water to every household in the future town, I asked Luka to dig drainage ditches on both sides of the main road before the main road of the town was paved. Semi-enclosed stone troughs hewn out of granite and covered with slabs of stone, these drainage ditches are built on the shrub parapet between the driveway and the sidewalk.

At the same time, water supply pipelines must be buried underground in the entire camp. It seems that countless criss-cross trenches have been dug out in the Trum camp, and there are scenes of mud flying everywhere.

(End of this chapter)