When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 873 Changes
The pickaxe collided with the rock, sending up flying sparks.

On the bottomless cliff, dozens of laborers, with hemp ropes soaked in pine resin tied around their waists, clung to the nearly vertical rock wall like spiders.

One by one, sturdy fir stakes were inserted into the stone caves carved out of fossil mud.

These wooden piles are divided into two layers, arranged in a staggered manner.

On one side of the mountain path, dozens of craftsmen were sitting on some shaky fir stumps, waving hammers and hammering nails.

Thick wooden boards should be inserted between these wooden piles and connected with square nails to form stable triangles.

To prevent breakage, the middle part of the wooden pile is reinforced with iron hoops.

Large wooden boards and long straw mats are laid on the top layer to share the force and prevent the contact area from being too small and the local pressure from being too great, which would damage the road surface of the wooden plank road.

All the small hardware factories in Lower River County suspended external sales and focused their efforts on supplying the construction of the boardwalk.

"how much longer?"

Standing on the mountain road opposite the wooden plank road project, Andre put down the telescope and asked Senius and other engineers and stonemasons.

Senius had experience in project management, so he answered first: "It will take about two weeks."

"Today is May 25th. Can you give me a definite answer? Can you get it done before June 5th?"

Senius looked at the laborer hanging on the cliff and scratched his head: "Then you must unload half of the goods when you pass the plank road."

"No, I want a large number of troops to pass through quickly." Andre flatly refused.

Chief Pastor Valen Taylor said to Senius: "This is just a temporary passage. It's enough to ensure your passage... There's no need to guarantee your safety when you return."

Senius paced back and forth for a while, combed his neat hair into a mess, and then turned his head: "Prepare the fluorescent lamps and high pensions. We will work at night and make sure the boys can go there and come back."

Andre patted his chest and said, "I'll pay for the pension. If you do well, there will be a bonus of 100 gold pounds."

Senius immediately turned around and called a few stonemasons to start adjusting the construction plan.

Valen Taylor patted Andre's shoulder with relief: "This must cost you about a third of your fortune, are you so generous now?"

"One third of my fortune in exchange for a war captain. It's worth it!"

The relief on Valentyl's face disappeared: "When will you have some noble pursuits? Tell me what the value of being a chapter leader is?"

"Well, with this Chapter Master I can fish again. Springs are more valuable than pools."

Valentyl's face darkened instantly, and he walked away muttering the common saying that you can't carve a good statue out of rotten stone.

While openly talking about embezzling money, Andre turned around and asked the quartermaster whether the summer herbs and sugar had arrived.

Andre tried his best to fish, but he knew what he could fish for and what he could not fish for.

Not only did Andre not take military supplies like this himself, he also did not allow others to take them.

If someone is involved in smuggling, the people who come to investigate are just military police. If someone is involved in reselling military supplies, the people who come to investigate are either the Cheka or the enemy.

"I'll be there in two days, Sir Andre."

"Well, there's also the giant spider's silk. Buy more and mix it with the hemp rope. It will be much more durable than ordinary hemp rope."

The quartermaster quickly took out a small notebook and wrote it down, but just as he was about to turn around and leave, he stopped.

Andre leaned over his shoulder: "What do you want to say?"

The quartermaster shuddered: "I, I heard a piece of news from the merchant, but I don't know if it's true..."

"explain."

"The prices in Lower River County have been skyrocketing recently, especially food, meat, etc."

Andre smelled a hint of danger: "That's not right. Rapid City has He Shu to suppress it, the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce to maintain stability, and the Cheka and the military police. Who dares to hoard goods?"

"From what I heard, the Cheka military police were all sent to Mountain County to maintain stability, and there are very few people in Rapid City. Yihe Shu was taken away by Her Highness Catherine, and it seems that he was going to reinforce the frontline troops.

Currently, only the Megdi Chamber of Commerce is still fighting with them, but you know that the Chamber of Commerce is not very stable and unified..."

It has to be said that no matter in which era, there are always people who are lucky and short-sighted, even among the elite class is no exception.

The backbones of the Magdi Chamber of Commerce have basically dispersed to state-owned factories or the Holy Fathers system, and the rest are dependent peripheral businessmen.

Horn had died trying to stop them from hoarding goods, and now he was asking them to bleed to fight against others' hoarding.

Businessmen put profit first, so naturally they work without putting in any effort.

"Is there a problem on the Nauan River front?" The moment Andre heard that Catherine had taken away Yihe's loss, he reacted, "Why didn't I receive the letter?"

In a flash, Andre sorted out his thoughts and began to issue orders: "Quartermaster, you ride on horseback to catch those merchants. I want to meet him in person.

Hey you, ride a fast horse, bring a few friends with you, and go to the detention dock immediately to confirm the news and report the situation.

Sochet, you go to Ladenburg immediately... Then you can lead your troops to split into two groups, one to Ladenburg and the other to the Holy Equipment Court, and let Her Excellency Novia fly to Ladenburg to report the news..."

After a few orders, in less than five minutes, more than a dozen horses neighed and disappeared on the mountain road.

"I hope I'm just making a fuss out of nothing." Andre stood there for a while, and was about to get on his horse, but was shocked to find that all the horses around him had been sent out.

He had no choice but to trot along the mountain road, shouting, "Valen Taylor... Valen Taylor... where the hell have you been!"

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Heading north from the Nauan River, across the buffer zone between the two sides, you will enter the territory of the Shattered Stone Plain nobles.

The reason why the Border Knights were able to reach the banks of the Nauan River so quickly was because they had left behind a large number of logistical personnel. Now that they have no supplies, they can only ask the Shishiyuan people for them.

After spending two days in Yinwan City, they replenished their food, arrows, and soldiers.

During this period, Wenceslas, the chief priest of the Border Knights, also discussed food and logistics with the local parish.

Having solved the logistical problem, the border knights continued their journey and arrived at the buffer zone between the Thousand River Valley and the Gravel Plain.

While passing through the buffer zone, the Border Knights began to engage in battle with the Rangers, Orc Hussars, and the latest small number of Dragoons.

The Rangers and Hussars are okay, but the Border Knights hate the Dragoons the most.

These dragoons used light, long-pole clockwork muskets and were mixed in with the rangers.

Each time they would dismount and fire a wave of black guns to block and ambush the enemy, then get back on their horses and run away in different directions, making it impossible to catch up.

They only wore short cloth armor (iron plates and nails were inserted inside the armor to protect against arrows), carried a straight sword and a holy gun, and their horses were extremely lightly loaded.

The only weakness is that their horses are not very good. If they pursue for a long distance, they will definitely be caught up by the border knights.

The Grand Commander also gave orders not to pursue the enemy for long distances in order to avoid an ambush.

We need to analyze each case specifically. The long-distance mobility capabilities of the extraordinary knights in this world are even much stronger than those in Horn's hometown.

Because of the two major problems of cavalry, when the knight is tired, he can solve it by breathing method, and when the warhorse is tired, he can drink blue bull potion to solve it.

It's nothing more than some post-war sequelae. The Border Knights have nothing else but plenty of war horses.

What really slowed them down were the sergeants and infantrymen riding ordinary mules and horses.

Despite the delays of the Ranger Dragoons and sergeants, the Border Knights still arrived near the outer outpost area of ​​Ladenburg on May 28th.

The Grand Commander and the Knight Commander went to investigate personally, but after seeing the battlefield in the outpost area, they looked at each other in silence.

After a long while, Knight Commander Cosme finally managed to utter a few words:

"Why is it another positional battle?!"

(End of this chapter)