Unknown Knight

The next day, the caravan prepared to set off for the city of Dehrim. Except for the food left for their own use on the road, the food the caravan brought had basically been sold out in the city of Rivadin. Aix prepared to purchase some food near the city of Dehrim.

In order to avoid causing too much impact like the one in Kulau, Aix divided the caravan into three waves, with four trucks in each wave, which was similar to the vehicles of most caravans and not very noticeable. Then they gathered not far from the city and set out together. Fortunately, there were too many caravans in and out of Rivadin, and no one paid much attention to the caravan's movements. The thrilling scene outside Kulau did not happen again on the road. Three days later, everyone arrived at Deherim safely.

However, the food collected from the villages along the way in the past three days was very limited. Although this is the most important grain-producing area in the entire continent, the recent wars among the five countries have siphoned away all the food here. As a last resort, Aix had to purchase some additional side dishes such as dried meat, seasonal vegetables, apples, and dried wild vegetables as supplements, but the harvest was limited. Only three of the eight empty trucks were filled.

After entering the city, Aix led the caravan to the beer workshop of owner Prius, where they received two pieces of good news, which made up for the regret of not collecting grain in the past few days.

First of all, the snow salt supplied by the caravan to Prius was selling very well. He used his existing reputation and connections, and after some hard work in promoting it, the snow salt soon opened up the market in the city of Dehrim.

Originally, the price of snow salt was about 150 copper coins cheaper per bag than Sarand salt and Kugit salt. This price was even cheaper than smoked fish. Not only nobles and wealthy people bought snow salt, but also many civilians and rich farmers who used to use smoked fish instead of table salt also chose to buy snow salt. Even many poor people came to buy snow salt. The last stock left for Boss Prius had already been sold out, and he was eagerly waiting for the caravan to deliver the goods these days.

After hearing the news, Aix was overjoyed. It seemed that with a good agent, promotion would be fast. If he relied on himself, he didn't know when he could open up the sales channel. He immediately decided to leave all the remaining snow salt in the caravan to Boss Prius. He was so happy that he kept thanking Aix.

Another reason is that due to the frequent wars in surrounding countries recently, the entire social environment should have fallen into a certain degree of depression, which led to a sharp drop in the sales of beer, a consumer product that was entertaining in the Middle Ages.

And according to Boss Prius, the activity of aged wheat malt is reduced, and the beer brewed has a poor taste and affects the quality, so their workshop usually uses new wheat of the year. Now the beer sales are too low, and he is now worried about the large amount of grain in stock. It is also a case of trying all kinds of methods. Boss Prius saw that the scale of the Aix caravan is getting bigger and bigger, and he knew that he had a wide range of contacts, so he wanted to ask him about his sales.

When Aix heard this, he thought it was a coincidence and readily agreed to help him. Boss Prius was also a man who knew his limits and told Aix that he would only charge 15 copper coins for each bag. This price was equivalent to not making any money from Aix, but only symbolically charging some storage fees and loss fees. When leaving Dehrium City, Aix not only filled all his empty trucks with grain, but also reserved all the remaining grain, and the payment for the goods could be offset by the payment for the snow salt.

After leaving Dehrim City, Aix did not plan to go to Uxhall City and Suno City. At present, the olive oil stocks in these two places have been almost cleared. Aix plans to go there again in two months, so he chose to go directly back to Talboliya Village.

This business trip took almost a month in total. There was another reason why he was in a hurry to go back. There was not much food left in the village when he left, and Aix was afraid that something might happen.

When Aix led 12 fully loaded trucks to his territory, he felt something very different. Before, this territory was almost uninhabited. Except for a few bandits hunting together, there were no other people on the road. But now Aix found that there were many pedestrians on the road. They were either single woodcutters, passers-by, or groups of little girls picking mushrooms. When approaching the village, Aix actually saw a few teenagers driving a number of goats that were about the same as theirs. So fast? The deserted village of Tarboliya now has animal husbandry?

He was just wondering when a woodcutter recognized the caravan and hurriedly called out to the people scattered in the wilderness in the distance. These people immediately put down what they were doing, cheered and ran towards the caravan, pushing and pulling, the speed was so fast that the iron axles made creaking sounds of joy. When the caravan arrived at the entrance of the village, there were no less than a hundred people gathered in front and behind. Upon hearing the news, a large group of villagers rushed out of the village, and everyone led the caravan into the village as if welcoming a triumphant hero.

When entering the village, Aix found that there was another circle of trenches outside the original trenches on the south side of the village, which enclosed an area equivalent to two-thirds of the original size of the village. Some of the house foundations on it had already been formed. What did this mean? Talboliya Village Phase II? After asking Old John, Archon Amanti and other people who stayed behind to greet them, Aix finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that during the time when Aix was doing business, the previous publicity still had some stamina. Several or dozens of people came to apply every day. Up to now, there have been nearly 300 more people. Until the last few days, no one came. Now the population of the village is almost 600. The people who were originally scattered in the Black Forest north of Suno City are basically concentrated in the village. Fortunately, the precedent set by Aix before he left is still there. With the help of Old John and others, Governor Amanti has formed 5 more residents' groups according to the steps implemented by Aix before. The inner village can no longer accommodate them, so Amanti has to plan for the outer village.

The most important issue during this period was food. The food left behind by Aix before he left was just enough for 300 people to eat for a month or so. Now with so many more people suddenly, they had to adopt a rationing system. Everyone could only eat half full at most every day. Old John also organized people to increase gathering and hunting, and obtain food through various channels. The bark of the elm forest outside the village was peeled off by the villagers and ground into powder to eat.

Fortunately, Aix is ​​back now, and the whole village is full of joy. Looking at the surrounding villagers, although they are a little thin, they are all energetic and have light in their eyes. Although their clothes are worn out, they are clean and have no odor. All the new villagers also followed suit and shaved their heads.

After organizing the goods on the caravan's truck, Aix led all the core members to walk around the village. At present, all the buildings in the inner village have been basically completed by 80%, and the city wall has also begun to be built. Although the outer village is still in its infancy, the building materials have begun to be prepared in an orderly manner. People are busy inside and outside, and they have their own things to do. There is no chaos or disorder, which makes Aix sigh at the importance of talents. If it weren't for the ability of these people under his command, he couldn't imagine what the situation would be like with so many people suddenly.

What surprised Aix the most was his own residence. With the help of Amanti and others, the first floor of the castle had been built on the flat land. Amanti said that there were three floors planned, and there was a circle of walls outside, which was considered a city within a city. Aix asked Amanti to focus on other projects first, as long as it was habitable, there was no rush and it would be done later. Currently, Old John, Yamila, Kress, Desevi and others lived on the first floor, which was divided into an administrative court and a rest area.

Arriving at his own castle and looking around, Aix couldn't help but sigh. He never thought that he would have his own territory and live in his own villa. He asked himself if he had embarrassed the other travelers. Amanti and others accompanied Aix around the administrative hall. Seeing that he was worried, they told him to have a good rest and then left.

It took Aix a while to recover, and then he found that only Kress was left with him. He was very confused since he returned to the village today. Why did his other sweetheart, Yamila, disappear? Could it be that she had changed her mind again? Even Kress looked at him with strange eyes. Although he was very close to him sometimes, he would pinch the soft flesh on his waist from time to time, and even showed his little fist to him in protest when the two looked at each other. Now that there was no one around, Aix was about to teach this wild girl a lesson, but she knocked away the salty pig hand that was stretched out, pointed her finger at him and pointed at the direction of the kitchen inside and said:

"You're dead, why don't you go see Sister Yamila!"

Only then did Axe hear the sound of cooking and smell the aroma of food. He realized that Yamila was preparing her own meal. He grabbed Cress's hand and walked towards the kitchen at the back. Cress struggled twice to resist but failed, so he had to be taken away by him.

On the way, Axe was nervous, but seeing the behavior of this girl, Kress, something must be wrong. Could it be that what he did in Wocheze had already happened? It was that bastard who was gossiping, and he didn't tell anyone about it!

As soon as I entered the kitchen, I saw Yamila skillfully frying the vegetables in the pot. It seemed that she had practiced a lot during this period. I felt warm in my heart and said with a smile:

"Yami, Yami, I'm back. Did you miss me?" As he said that, he walked forward and put his hands on Yamila's shoulders.

As a result, Yamila didn't even turn her head, shook off his hands with a shrug, put the cooked dishes into the plates, and walked out of the kitchen with two plates of cooked dishes. Cress followed her to get the other two dishes, and poked his head with his finger when he passed by him.

It seemed that the two girls had formed a united front to deal with him together. Axel had no choice but to suppress his temper, lower his head, and follow them to the restaurant outside.

Smelling the aroma of food, Aix was also excited. He picked up the cutlery and wanted to eat the dishes in front of him, but the two dishes in front of him scared him. One was his favorite garlic-fried egg, but the egg was usually cut into pieces, or mashed with garlic, but today the eggs were two whole eggs, or not completely right, two eggs that were obviously slapped and one half was left intact. The other was stir-fried beef bao, also two beef bao, which was very meaningful, but these two beef bao were different from the previous eggs. They were cooked and held in the hand, and cut into small pieces with a knife. After that, the whole beef bao was gathered together, maintaining the original appearance.

After seeing the exquisiteness of the two dishes in front of him, Aix's heart shuddered. He no longer felt hungry. He swallowed his saliva and changed the subject:

"Has everyone eaten yet? Ask Laoban, Fatis and the others to come over for dinner?" He said this to Yamila. It seemed that this woman was going to be cold and ruthless to the end today. She turned her head away and ignored him. Only Kress next to him said to him in a weird tone:

"Your status is different now. They have discussed it and decided that they don't want you to eat with them except at public banquets. They ask you to eat alone so as to maintain your mystery and high authority."

Aix could hear the strange meaning in the girl's words, so he could only smile awkwardly and said:

"Hey, you are so polite. Why are there so many rules and regulations? You guys should eat too." He wanted to pass the two dishes outside to the two girls, but they pulled one plate each and stared at him covetously, asking him to eat the dish in front of him first. For a moment, Axe's hands froze there, and he didn't dare to start. He thought to himself: "These two girls didn't poison me, did they?"

Seeing that he didn't know how to behave, the two girls forked an egg each and put it in his bowl, staring at him with their fierce eyes, determined not to give up. Helplessly, he could only use his trembling hands to pick up the two broken eggs in front of him and put them into his mouth, completely forgetting the taste of the dish.

Seeing that he had already lowered his head to accept her gift, Yamila felt a little better. She took out a letter from her arms, slapped it on the table and pushed it to him, snorted lightly, and waited for his reply with a frown.

As soon as Aix saw the letter on the table, he immediately understood what was going on. He quickly took it out and read it. He saw that it was still in the familiar beautiful handwriting, and it read: