Lord Highlander

  Chapter 1196 1183. The developing town of Dodan

When Suldak walked into the softly lit wooden house by the river, he saw Signa and Nika sitting on the desk outside, each holding a pencil in their hand, contemplating on a piece of parchment, which looked like It's a student doing homework.

  The handsome bard raised his head, just in time to see Suldak who was half a head taller than him, and nodded to him very naturally.

  Signa turned her head to see Suldak, jumped off the chair, ran towards Suldak, hugged Suldak's thigh, and shouted to Suldak:

   "Suldak, you are back!"

  Suldak also hadn’t seen Signa for a long time, touched her soft hair, and asked softly:

   "Signa, what are you doing?"

  Signa cried out immediately: "Suldak, take care of Selina! Recently, she always brings this wild man into her home to torture us!"

   "..."

  Suldak didn't know what to say, especially the bard who was called a wild man by Signa was standing behind the two of them.

   "Hi, I'm Kavin, the teacher of the Grimm Empire language of Signa and Nika." The bard put one hand on his shoulder and saluted Suldak.

"Hi, I'm Suldak." Suldak let go of Signa, saluted him as a knight, his eyes fell on his chiseled face, and he said only: "It seems that you This class is not over yet, so you continue?"

  Suldak hugged Signa back to the chair, and said to Nika: "Nick, you should also take advantage of this learning opportunity."

   "Yes, master!" Nika stood up and saluted Suldak and said.

  Suldak nodded.

  Although Suldak had corrected Nika several times, she still called him master.

   After finishing speaking, Suldak walked towards the kitchen of the wooden house.

  Selena was leaning against the door of the kitchen, wearing a long wool skirt, with her arms around her chest, and her plump buttocks were almost completely leaning against the doorpost of the kitchen.

   Seeing Suldak walk in from the outside, he smiled at him, and stretched out his arms naturally.

  Suldak took off the broadsword at his waist, hung the Goethe shield on the wall beside him, strode up and hugged Selena in his arms.

   kiss...

  Neither of the two wanted to say a word more.

   Then Suldak carried Selena sideways and carried her directly to the bedroom on the second floor.

Calvin felt that he really made a mistake this time. He shouldn't be here to teach tonight. When he was reciting poems, a tragedy always appeared in his mind. In the cradle, and the intermittent tones upstairs made him almost indifferent to teaching at the moment.

  Perhaps it would be a better choice for him to enter the Invercargill Forest with a caravan.

  He drank a large glass of ice water, and under the watchful eyes of Signa and Nika, he smiled awkwardly, pointed to a passage in the book, and said, "Let's continue to study..."

   'In the land where the everlasting bright moonlight shrouds'

   'Seldom seen by mortals'

  'You are the clear spring'

  ‘The bare hands can touch the bright stars in the night sky...’

  His singing voice is indeed very beautiful, but also full of unique melody, and the lyrics are also very rhyming.

  Signa looked at Calvin with a dark face. This follower of the Dark Goddess doesn't want to sing praises to the Moon God...

Nika also stood there awkwardly, and she didn't want to sing the praises of the Moon God. After all, she is now the saint of the Twin Goddess Temple in the small town—the Temple of Light. Although this identity is only recognized in the small town, at this time, it is also There is absolutely no reason to pull the skirt for Luna.

Seeing the two girls sitting there without saying a word, Calvin suddenly realized something, so he tentatively asked: "Do you all have faith? I know that the people of the Empire believe in the Statue of Liberty. I think she will not mind now. , you sing praises to other goddesses..."

  Nika frowned, and said in a low voice: "We usually serve as the saints of the temple in the temple of the twin goddesses in the town, and we are not used to people singing other gods in front of us."

  Karvin's Adam's apple twitched, and he looked at Nika and Signa in a daze, completely unaware that he was actually teaching two temple saintesses.

   "Okay, let's change to another poem. I have been to many places and learned many poems describing the beautiful scenery in the place..."

"Mr. Calvin, I think it's almost time!" Signa rolled her **** grape-like eyes, and then said, "You see, it's not convenient for us to invite you to have dinner together at home today, how about today's class Let it be over!"

  Calvin felt a little embarrassed, but he still smiled gracefully and said, "Okay, then we will have the next class tomorrow..."

Nika hurried to help him open the door. Cavin put on the wool felt hat that bards often wear, and walked out of the wooden house by the river with a sullen expression. He stepped on the floor floating on the river outside the wooden house. clammy.

  He couldn't help turning his head to look at the second floor of the wooden house by the river. The master bedroom where he once imagined that he could walk in and stay overnight was lit, and the curtains fluttered gently in the night wind.

  Calvin looked towards the bustling center of Dodan Town, touched the extra silver coins in his pocket, and planned to find a tavern for a drink.

   Maybe a good night if you meet a liquor girl who admires poetry and music.

  After taking a bath again, the two of them lay down on the big bed with the sheets changed.

  Neither of them had dinner. At this time, they felt that their stomachs were growling with hunger, and it was almost midnight.

Selena tiptoed downstairs in a thin nightgown and ran to the kitchen, only to find that a few white breads were left on the dining table for the two of them, as well as sliced ​​sausages and barbecues, and even juices were fully prepared. A big jar.

  Put all the food in the tray, and Selena was barefoot, holding the tray and going upstairs again.

   Hugging thin blankets, the two ate the already cold dinner on the bed...

After eating, she put the dinner plate on the bedside table. Selena was resting on Suldak's chest. Her beautiful face reflected the soft light in the room. Her eyes were like the brightest stars in the night sky. Erdak asked:

   "How long can I stay in Dodan this time?"

  Suldak put his hands behind his head, stretched his body, and said:

"It's only about half a month, and I plan to go to the iron ore in Invercargill Forest to have a look. I'm going to prepare the iron ore factory. I don't have the right manpower here. I'm afraid I need you for this matter." Come take charge."

  Selena turned over, pressed her arms on Suldak's chest, rested her pointed chin on her arms, stared at the man in front of her seriously, and asked:

   "Are you going to build the iron mine in Invercargill Forest?"

  Suldak stretched out his hand to caress Selina's satin-like back, and said softly:

"Not only that, I am also planning to relocate the almost abandoned large iron ore workshop in Ruyt to the town of Dodan. In the future, all the refined iron ore of that iron mine will be transferred from The forest is continuously transported to the town of Dodan, where it is smelted into iron ingots in the iron ore workshop in the north of the town, and then transported to Wilkes City. Compared with the trade of those monster materials, these two mines are the most important in Dodan. The lifeline of the town."

  Selina holds the accounts and monthly balance of the copper mine, so she naturally knows how heavy the transportation of this metal ingot is.

   "Only relying on the transportation capacity of the Thunder Rhino caravan, I'm afraid it will be difficult to undertake such a heavy transportation task!" Selina asked with some concern.

  Suldak waved his hand indifferently, and said, "That's the problem Malakom has to solve. If he can't solve it, I'll add a few more transport teams."

  He then asked Selina: "Is there any trouble in Dodan Town that can't be solved recently?"

"It's all about daily chores, and Mrs. Luna and I can usually handle them." Selena entangled her like a Medusa, almost whispering into Suldak's ear, "It's just the recent security issues in the town. Not so good, the garrison camp has doubled the number of patrolling guards, but the situation still hasn't changed."

  Suldak turned over again and whispered to her: "I will ask professionals to solve this kind of professional matter!"

   "Samila and the others came back with you?" Selina asked with winking eyes.

"Um!"

   "That would be great, ah..."

   Selina said absent-mindedly.

  …

  Suldak did not expect such a big change in the town of Dodan in just one year.

The wealth of residents in the small town has increased several times. Those residents who own houses in the center of the town have almost become a model of getting rich overnight. There are nearly a hundred businesses in the small town that have sprung up like mushrooms. I remember that when Suldak first arrived in Dodan Town, there was only one trading firm in the town, which almost monopolized all the transactions in the town.

Now most of these businesses come for the materials of Warcraft, and the number of adventure groups and mercenary groups in the town has also surged to nearly a thousand people, plus merchants, buddies, dancers, vagrants, and those messy businesses. At present, Dodan The town's foreign population accounted for almost half of the town's total population.

  With the increase in the number of migrants, the security issues at night in Dodan Town have also troubled Selina the most.

There are often some homeless or thieves who take advantage of the night to rob or steal the money of the drinkers. What is even more outrageous are some dancers who collude with the robbers, not only stealing all the money from the drinkers , and even ran to the hotel where they lived temporarily, and emptied all the belongings in the hotel.

  When those alcoholics wake up from their dreams the next day, they will find themselves lying in an alley with almost nothing on, or lying next to a trash can, or leaning against a corner.

  At the request of Selina, the garrison camp has expanded the patrol area to the whole town, and the enhanced patrol frequency still cannot stop these vicious incidents from happening.

Suldak and Selena arrived at the town hall of Dodan Township the next morning. At the gate, Mrs. Luna walked out of a magic caravan with a stack of documents in her arms. Clerk something.

  Seeing the magic caravan that Selena usually rides into the courtyard of the town hall, she swayed her big hips and came outside Selena's car.

"Selena, several farmers outside the town are unwilling to continue farming this year. They want to turn the farm into a pasture and raise horses with those ranchers. If this is the case, the residents of the town may all go out this summer. ate grass..."

  At this moment, the door of the carriage opened, and Suldak got out of the carriage.

   "Ah! Mayor Suldak, you are back...!" Mrs. Luna shouted happily holding a stack of documents.

   "Let those farmers come to the town, and I'll talk to them." Suldak ordered Madam Luna.

   "Okay, Lord Mayor, I'll do it right away!"

  Ms. Luna immediately became full of energy, and even puffed out her chest inadvertently, making the dress she was wearing more plump and bulging...

Bartra tax officer looked sleepy, walked in from the town hall compound, and there were two small attendants behind him. He heard Mrs. Luna's voice as soon as he entered the compound. And the drowsy head suddenly became clearer, and his eyes became very bright.

  Walking quickly into the yard, I saw Suldak and Selena walking into the town hall side by side, and immediately rushed to catch up.

   "Mayor of Suldak, are you back?" Batra tax officer greeted Suldak.

   When his eyes fell on Suldak's chest, he realized that the golden badge was so dazzling, and then immediately changed his words: "Master Earl Suldak? Have you been promoted to Lord Earl?"

Suldak walked over, reached out and patted Batra tax collector on the shoulder, and said to him: "Batra tax collector, I just wanted to find you. The thing I am most concerned about this time is the financial situation of the town. Wait and bring the specific accounts to my office."

   "Obey, my lord!" The tax collector Bartra bent his waist almost to the ground.

   Then Suldak and Selina came to the office of the town hall.

Before Selina's female assistant returned to the town hall, Samira, Carrie Decker, and Tago had already arrived at Suldak's office at the town hall. Suldak Checking with Batra on the town's financial tax for the year.

"Although the town has almost doubled its size, and built the Twin Goddess Temple and the War College, this year's taxes have almost paid off all the arrears. Not only that, the town hall is still in Dodan Town Owning a large piece of property…”

   When talking about this, Bartra tax officer's eyes are exceptionally bright.

   "Okay, these accounts are relatively clear, that's fine!" Suldak closed the account books in front of him, and said to Batra.

  He will not be too strict, as long as the town of Dodan is not shaken, it doesn't matter even if the Batra tax collector makes some small moves in private.

   He still understands the meaning of the phrase 'When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples'.

   Seeing Samira, Carrie Decker, and Tiger waiting outside the door, he decisively ended the conversation with Bartra tax officer.

  Although tax officer Batra still had a lot to say to Suldak, he immediately shut up and turned away when he saw Suldak waving his hands to drive people away.

  When he came to the door of the office, he saw two men and a woman standing at the door, both knights in magic pattern outfits, and there was an orc among them, so he immediately hid aside in fright.

  (end of this chapter)