Lord of the Oasis - Chapter 108

Chapter 108: Daily Construction Work

After the level up of the troop class, all of them were in high spirits.

20 Sarrandian horseman and 25 elite desert bandits. These people could be considered to be the foundation of the light cavalry unit. In the next few weeks, they would recruit more desert bandits and the light cavalry unit would be successfully formed.

Small-scale sweeping, assaulting, and scouting could be handed over to them.

This could undoubtedly prevent the Swadian heavy cavalry unit, who were the trump cards, from going out and doing meaningless missions.

A heavy cavalry unit could easily break through the enemy formation and could be said to be invincible on land. Hence, using the heavy cavalry for the Jackalans that scattered in the Nahrin Desert would be overkilled. It was not a wised choice to send them for easy jobs.

Instead, it was the light cavalry that were the best at solving such problems.

“Dismiss, continue to guard the captives. ”

Kant instructed the leveled up Sarradians, “Don’t let our denar escape.”

He was referring to the Jackalans who were tied up and squatting in the training ground with their heads lowered. The development of the Oasis Lookout and the increase of the military strength depended on the denar brought back by the Jacklan captives.

This was a precious resource for the system to exchange for denar. It was strategic useful!

“Understood.”

Sarrandian horsemen and the elite desert bandit replied in a deep voice.

These standard soldiers and the elite desert bandits revealed the striking manner and aura. After an orderly response, they spread out as fast as they could, but they did not leave the training ground too far. They made some sort of a cage formation, trapping the Jacklans captives inside.

If these captives dared to cause trouble, they would have hard time to deal with the soldiers with scimitars.

Kant nodded, “That’s right.”

Currently, the 50 Swadian heavy cavalries were his trump card. They were the main force that he relied on to resist the other forces. Hence, Kant would not sent them to some small-scale sweeping operations. They would only serve as the guarding force of the Oasis Lookout.

Kant had already made his decision.

In the next few days, the light cavalry formed by the Sarrandans would be the main force that would take the initiative to attack the enemy.

The weekly recruitment quota of 20 desert bandits was a huge amount.

Level up of troop class was settled.

Kant himself became idle.

Many matters were settled by Firentis and Manid. As a lord, he only needed to make final decisions and listen to reports.

This was one of the benefits of having talent and being good at using it.

He walked out of the city gates.

Kant planned to inspect the agricultural area. After all, these ten acres of barren land were related to the future grain storage in the Oasis Lookout. As a lord, he could not be too optimistic and relax.

Moreover, he had just completed a mission and had a mission reward.

Five sand grouse nests and ten desert bee nests. These were all be related to agriculture.

“The animal husbandry industry has also begun to develop. ”

Kant pondered for a bit.

After turning the city wall to the east side, many peasant were busy using tools or homemade wooden farm tools, carefully watering these barren sand lands and modifying the water channels. They ensured that the existing 7.5 acres of barley fields and 5 acres of date palm plantation could be fully hydrated in this hot weather.

When the city wall was built, it completely separated the residential area from the agricultural area.

At the same time, the spring water, which was originally the source of irrigation, was covered inside the city wall and became the exclusive water source behind the council hall to supply the water for the entire fortress.

At the same time, the irrigation of the entire agricultural area was completely dependent on the small lake that also connected with the underground water.

It was not difficult to transform the canal, they just need to dig out the canal.

However, the real issue was the slightly sandy ground. As the water was poured into the canal, there must be a peasant kept patrolling and maintaining the status of canal at all times. Otherwise, the flowing lake water would cause the soft sand to collapse, this would cause the canal to be blocked in many places and lose its irrigation function.

For example, currently the peasant had to hold a torch and checked the canal before going to bed at night.

However, when they woke up the next morning.

The canal that had been maintained last night was still collapsed by the lake water, blocking the flow of the canal. They had to continue to maintain and repair it in the early morning. Otherwise, the blockage of the canal would affect the water content of the ground.

The temperature of the Nahrin Desert was very high. Within half an hour of noon, the surface temperature could rise to 70 °C.

The high surface temperature increase the evaporation of the ground, and the water content of the ground would decreased. This was not a good news for the date palm tree and the seeds that were still germinating in the wheat fields.

“I remember that after the fortress is upgraded, there will be related buildings.”

Kant glanced at the busy peasant with their farm tools, and he was slightly touched by it.

His mind contacted the system. As the dialog box popped up, there was indeed a canal in the agricultural building. As a system building, its durability was much better than the original canal he dug.

“Build the canal.”, Kant directly ordered the system.

[ Ding… system prompt ]

[ Building the canal costs 100 denars and takes 3 days. ]

The system gave a reply.

To Kant, this was just pocket money to him.

However, it would still take three days to build the canal, him felt that it was a bit too long.

However, as he swept his gaze across the crooked canal, Kant could not help but frown and said in a deep voice, “The construction is confirmed.”

The buildings produced by the system were of the best quality.

With the current buildings in the Oasis Lookout, it was clear that the buildings produced by the system were of the best quality. Base on the design of standard Swadian buildings, there was also a little bit of modification for the desert area, which made the buildings more suitable to be built in the desert.

[ Ding… system prompt ]

[ Since your ‘Drondheim’ is currently at the fortress level, the village level settings will no longer be used for the buildings. Currently, multiple buildings can be built at the same time without additional construction costs. ]

The system prompt immediately appeared on Kant’s screen.

This was one of the benefits of upgrading to the fortress level up.

“Not bad.”, Kant nodded and smiled.

Although the extra construction did not cost much denar, he would save as much as he could. He did not had much denar left.

Not far away, behind a dune, construction workers arrived with a carriage.

The Ravenstern ranger who had discovered this beforehand and reported the situation to the messenger downstairs. Then, ten Sarrandian horsemen rode over to inspect it. After learning that it was a construction team that was building a canal, the horsemen accompanied them.

This time, it was still Suno’s construction team.

When they arrived at Kant’s location, they immediately began to build the canal.

“Is your leader not here?”

Kant asked these construction workers.

He looked around at these people. However, there were only ten construction workers and a carriage carrying wood and stone. Kant was slightly curious as he did not see the chubby construction leader that he often saw.

“My Lord, our leader is busy recruiting workers.”

One of the construction workers bowed respectfully and replied, “But he still asked me to pay his highest respect to you.”

“Alright.” Kant nodded. It was really the style of that chubby construction leader.

He continued to chat with the construction workers.

Kant actually found that this chubby leader had already made a fortune. Not only did he recruit more construction workers, but he also hired many engineers and contracted many projects in Suno and the surrounding villages. He was clearly a new construction giant.

According to the workers, even the fat juicy job such as Suno’s city wall maintenance project had already been taken down by this fat man.

“Tsk Tsk.”, Kant shook his head. This fat man was indeed a businessman.

The basic channel of the canal had already been dug by the peasant.

Therefore, the work of the construction workers became simple. They only needed to use stones to compress the canal and let the lake water flow on these neatly cut stones that looked like bricks. So the water did not contact with the sandy soil.

Moreover, there were 20 centimeters of paved roads on both sides of the canal for the peasant to walk on when irrigating the farmland.

“Right.”

Kant looked at the canal being built, and the land could finally be irrigated more adequately. He was very satisfied.

However, the earthy yellow barren sand made Kant frown slightly. As if he had thought of something, he turned his head to call a few peasant and ordered, “There is some soil outside the east city gate. Pull all of it over and sprinkle it on these wheat fields.”

“Understood.”, the peasant nodded and immediately picked up the rattan baskets and tools to go to the city gate.

What Kant was talking about was the seven piles of soil outside the city wall.

These soil were formed after the earth elemental giants being killed, and their body crumbled and scattered. It looked very fertile and was better than the sandy soil.

Soon, the peasant came back with rattan baskets on their backs.

There was a lot of fertile soil, which they scattered in the wheat field as a fertilizing soil.

“This is enough.”, Kant nodded while watching at the scene.

From now on, the earth elemental giants could be summoned every week. After killing those giants, the fertile soil would be sprinkled in the agricultural area over the time. It would definitely improve the quality of the soil and made the soil fertile.

In Kant’s opinion, this was like ready-made fertile soil.

Kant continued to walk forward. After bypassing the city wall that was half a meter high, he arrived at the junction of the date palm jungle and the wheat field.

Ten one-humped camels were being raised here.

Due to the shade of the trees, it was neither hot nor cold. The food trough was filled with grass made from chee grass. These camels chewed and digested it slowly, turning it into energy stored in the humps.

Kant strolled around. The branches and leaves of the date palm tree blocked most of the sunlight.

Even though the light was a little dim, the temperature was really pleasant. It was comparable to the council hall under the Sun.

Date palm tree had the function of regulating the temperature.

Planting date palm tree in the Middle East Desert could also protect the growth of other delicate crops.

For example, beets, melons, and chickpeas could all rely on the shade of the date palm tree to grow perfectly. This was also one of the famous crop ecosystems in the desert of the Middle East. It was worth a try to do it in this world.

“Use the card.”

Kant communicated with his mind. The three mission rewards he had just received could be used under the shade of these trees.

Desert environment was suitable for the sand grouse and desert bees, they were the good things.