Unknown Knight

In all these harsh environments, there is only one type of building that can protect against the heat, and that is to dig caves.

Aix remembered that there was a place in the original world that was close to the environment of the Death Desert. That was the town of Cooper Pedy in the Australian inland desert. It was also extremely hot and dry, but thousands of people lived there.

In such an extreme living environment, outdoor buildings cannot provide adequate shelter for humans. In order to survive in such a harsh environment, the local residents of the town of Cooper Pedy, Australia, abandoned traditional above-ground buildings and chose to live in caves underground. More than 3,000 people in the town all live underground, and it is said that they live a very comfortable life.

Judging from the current situation, they will have to stay here for at least half a year. The daily accommodation fee of the hotel plus food and water, as well as feed for horses and camels, requires more than ten silver coins, which is a considerable expense in the long run.

This does not include the cost of future price increases. With the start of the Death Season, Aix has no doubt that future expenses will be maliciously increased exponentially by the locals.

Rather than being controlled by others, it is better to find a place to live by yourself. When Bolcha talked about the various forces of all sizes in the city, Aix once considered relying on the military force of his own people to seize a piece of land in the city.

But in a flash, he discarded this idea. Not to mention that it was cheap for him to fight for territory like a gangster, even if he managed to grab a piece of land full of adobe houses, it would not make much sense. The water sources in the city had long been divided up by the five major families. Such a land without water source had almost no other use except to slightly withstand the heat, and it was even more impossible to produce any output. For Aix, it was equivalent to being useless.

Moreover, the forces in the city are complicated and intertwined. Who knows if there are big bosses behind these small forces? If they provoke the five major families, then this may be an excuse for them to destroy their group.

The cave that Bolcha talked about gave Aix some inspiration. Instead of fighting for a piece of land in the city which was of little significance but very risky, it would be better to find a safer place outside the city and dig a hole to live in. After all, outside the city was an endless desert with unowned land everywhere, which was better than the pain of losing gold coins every day in the city.

The only thing they were worried about was the bandit named Hassan, but Aix believed that as long as they acted secretly and dug a cave before Hassan's bandits found them, with their superb archery skills, they would have no problem defending against more than a hundred bandits.

Thinking of this, Axe immediately told Niza and Bestul about his idea. Unexpectedly, they also agreed with his point of view. Excited, Axe had a direction and did not want to delay for a moment. He immediately woke up Velen and James who were already asleep and told them his idea, which was also affirmed by them.

It seems that it is not that they cannot afford to stay in the hotel in the city, but that digging holes outside the city is more cost-effective. In addition, they know that these high prices are accompanied by the malice of the locals, so they are very unhappy. They hope to see the evil plans of those hateful guys fail and see them furious because they cannot earn money from their side.

At that moment, several people began to discuss and research with great interest. They conducted various discussions on how to carry out this project, and thought of many countermeasures. The discussion did not stop until late at night.

The next morning, while the sun was not very strong, Aix rode a horse and took his two young wives out of the city. They were dressed neatly and carried a few baskets of food and beer, looking like they were going out of the city for a trip.

The members of the Farhad family who had been waiting at the cattle market since early morning were extremely disappointed. The members of the Harisi family and the Sabir family were also disappointed. They were also waiting for Aix to bring people to buy their high-priced supplies. In the end, Aix went out for a leisurely trip with his wife, which made their plans go down the drain.

At the same time, the rest of Aix's subordinates were acting as if nothing had happened as they were on a long vacation. Nizza, Bestur and others took Borcha, whom they had just met yesterday, shopping and eating together as if nothing had happened. They went into a tavern to drink before noon.

Their seemingly disorderly behavior not only disrupted the locals' good calculations, but also made them at a loss. They could not figure out the whereabouts of Aix and his group for a while, so they had to send people to follow them secretly.

In fact, what Axe and others did was very meaningful. It seemed that Axe had some free time and took his wife out of the city for a trip, but in fact he was taking this opportunity to explore the surrounding terrain.

Niza and the others also had a purpose. The tavern they went to was a place frequented by people from the city's Artisans' Guild and Coolie Union. Although the environment here was poor and the drinks were not very good, it was cheap and it was a place where the working people in the city gathered to consume.

Aix and others are people of status, so they cannot personally participate in the work of digging caves. They have plenty of money, so the best strategy is to hire these craftsmen and laborers, most of whom are outsiders and have fallen to the bottom of the society in the city.

They came to the tavern in a carefree manner, just to make friends with these craftsmen and coolies in an unexpected way, and then establish an employment relationship with these craftsmen and coolies before the locals who were plotting against them found out, to prevent the locals from sabotaging them.

It was the season when there was little labor, and the poor people who had no work to do were holding a glass of beer that they could drink for the whole morning, chatting in the tavern out of boredom. The arrival of the "acquaintance" Bolcha quickly attracted the attention of others. A craftsman who was not good at drinking and was already slightly drunk said to Bolcha in a mocking tone:

"Mammy, you bastard, are you trying to cheat me out of my drink again? Hurry up and pay me back the half glass of wine you owed me last time."

Bolcha chuckled, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said:

"No problem, Mike. You've been so kind to me in the past. I'll buy you a drink today."

It was rare for the others to see the usually stingy Bolcha being generous, so they all followed suit and said:

"Mammy, you often sneakily drink my wine. Where is mine?"

"That's right, it's rare for you to bleed, so you can't be partial to one and ignore the other."

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Seeing the 20 or so people in the tavern making a lot of noise, Bolcha pouted his lips, proudly raised his thumb and said to the tavern owner:

"Did you hear me, boss? Give all the brothers today a drink, it's on me."

With a "ding" sound, he flicked a silver coin to the tavern owner. This rare and grand scene in the tavern ignited the atmosphere in an instant. Everyone laughed happily and came over to congratulate Bolcha, congratulating him on finding a good way to make a fortune.

Those who were more perceptive took the initiative to talk to Niza, Bestur and others around him, hoping to get to know them and see if they could get rid of their current unemployment status.

The noisy scene also made the two people who were secretly following and monitoring frown. They were all local thugs. Although they had fallen to the bottom of the local people, they still looked down on these poor people who were mostly from outsiders and had fallen to this place. Seeing how happy they were because they got a glass of beer for free, they spat with disdain and left, thinking that Borcha had just turned to Aix, the rich sponsor, and got some money to show off.