After the exile, the Goddess of War became a group favorite

Chapter 114

To the west is a river as shown on the map. The river is extremely wide, estimated to be more than 200 meters long.

To the north is a plain, and on the far side of the plain is the grassland where the Tartars live.

In the east, the place where the primeval forest connects with Licheng is completely open, and in the south is the Golden Gate Pass.

Lu Anran carefully calculated the distance from Licheng to the nearest mountain, which is about ten kilometers. If they are completely surrounded by walls, they should be able to completely resist the attacks of barbarians and Tartars.

The entire city can be built into a square. In order to ensure the area of ​​the farmland, it is enough to expand the entire city to at least 50 kilometers in both horizontal and vertical directions. The terrain here can be used for construction.

After taking a general look at the terrain here, Lu Anran walked to the south outside the city, which is the direction they came from.

There, there are many barren fields. When I came here, I saw people in twos and threes farming.

When they got there, they couldn't help but startled, thinking that they were all young and strong, and they could be children and women, but what they never expected was that they were all old people!

All of these old people have gray hair and stooped bodies. Even though they have a lot of inconvenience in physical movement, they still work. It is probably because if they don’t farm the land, they will have nothing to eat, and they will not be able to live without food.

"Grandpa, who is the manager here? Is there anyone in charge?"

Lu Anran saw an old man with barely angry eyes, so she went up to ask.

When he heard the voice, the old man became vigilant at first, but when he saw her, he couldn't help being taken aback: "Little baby, who are you, I don't seem to have seen you before?"

The old man looked up at Lu Anran and Lu Ziqi, his gentle demeanor made the two of them feel like a spring breeze.

"If there are no problems, I will become the city lord here in five days, and all of this is my territory." Lu Anran said with a smile.

The old man was stunned, looked up and down Lu Anran, inexplicably, sad: "You, you mean, His Majesty gave this place to you? He...does he care about our life or death?
God, even if we don't ask, it's better than putting our lives in the hands of a milk baby, my God..."

"Old man, you are overthinking." Lu Anran smiled, and when the other party looked over, he lightly pressed his palm on the boulder not far away.

However, with such a light palm, a deep palm print unexpectedly appeared on the boulder, without sound or sound, as if the stone was dough, she pressed a palm print forcefully like that.

The old man's eyes widened, and he ran slowly from the ground to the boulder, looked at the palm prints and then at Lu Anran, and after going back and forth several times, he finally spoke, his tongue was dry: "Master..."

Obviously, this is agreed by force!
He smacked his lips and said after a while: "You mean, you will rule this territory, including us?" The old man said with a hunched body, looking at the baby 'lord' with a strange look.

"That's right, I have the responsibility to help you with your food and clothing expenses in the future." Lu Anran nodded.

Although he didn't believe it, the old man still decided to hold a glimmer of hope.

He stood up and held Lu Anran's hand tightly with rough and dirty hands, "Okay, okay, okay." He choked up, Lu Ziqi wanted to come up and shake the old man away, Lu Anran shook his head , motioning him not to move.

"So grandpa, you have to tell me who is managing this place now, and who is most familiar with the surrounding environment.

Only after I understand it can I plan here so that everyone can live a good life! "Lu Anran looked at the excited old man with a smile.

The old man raised his head and wiped away the cloudy tears in his eyes with his dry hands: "Have I waited until this day too?

Lord lord, I am the village head here. I don’t know how long it has been since there was no city lord, because I am the oldest here, and I can barely handle some things for them.

My lord, is what you said true?You are going to build this place. "His voice gradually trembled, and the crying sound gradually became stronger. He has suffered for too long, but there is always hope that someone has not forgotten them.

Even if the child who came now is not the hope he expected, he still wants to try to believe it, even if it is a lie, he still wants to believe it once, let him die with such hope before he dies!
"Grandpa, if it's convenient for you, can you tell me about the situation here and show me the surrounding environment at the same time?"

Lu Anran still had a smile on his face, and secretly used his spiritual power to calm the other party's emotions, lest the other party faint from excitement.

Probably because he felt that the lord was very kind, not at all like those people in his memory. Although it had become a memory decades ago, it was still vivid in the old man's heart. He took a deep breath:

"Yes, Lord Lord, I have lived in this place for 88 years. I am very familiar with every plant and tree here, and I am willing to serve you."

The adult's smile soothed the sadness in his heart like a spring breeze, making him feel much younger.

"Can you tell me how this city became like this?"

"Yes, my lord." The old man wiped away his tears and began to babble, a bit like a storyteller, "It all started 50 years ago.

When I was middle-aged, this city was still acceptable. There was a large piece of land in the south of us that could grow food, and the output was quite good. That was the place. "

The old man pointed to the distance and said, "When I was young, the barbarians would be repulsed by the city lord every time. There are endless caravans passing by here, and the city is relatively rich.

Therefore, the army has been stationed in this place for a long time. Later, when a war broke out in the country, this place was abandoned. Most of the young people in the city were conscripted into the army and died on the front land.

There are also some young people who fled to other places because they were afraid of war. There were no businessmen in this place, and it gradually became desolate. Later, almost no one cared about it.

We can only barely support ourselves by growing food, and because there is no protection, the savages come to raid every autumn.

They are only for food, and will not harm us, as long as they rob the food.But if we don't give, they will kill.

Of course, what is even more hateful is that there are Tartars who came down from time to time to beat the autumn wind. That is the most hateful thing. They kill people when they see people, take them into captivity when they see food, and take women and children... Hey, they are all animals, so run away more people.

Every year we can only hide some food to cope with the annual life, and dig nearby wild vegetables. We are too old to bear the long-distance migration.

This is our root, and we can only stay here. If we leave here, we have no way to live. We just wait and live like this year after year. "

The old man was crying as he spoke, as if he had been through too long, unable to express his inner thoughts, and finally met someone who was willing to listen to him.

Hearing this, Lu Anran suddenly felt admiration in his heart, and he was still full of expectations for this place after 50 years.

"Grandpa, can you take us around the city?"

"Yes, of course."

The old man nodded, and took the two brothers and sisters to walk around the whole area. Lu Ziqi quickly wrote down what the old man said with carbon blocks, and kept writing and drawing on the waste cloth to calculate the area of ​​the whole area.

(End of this chapter)