Lord of the Oasis - Chapter 204
Chapter 204: Trade Caravans Appearing One After Another
Everything had stabilized.
Kant patrolled the village. Although it was still small, it had a prosperous atmosphere.
His eyes swept across the southwest corner. Ten three-meter-tall kilns made of stone and mud rose in spirals. However, this green smoke was not obvious because it was only a dozen meters above the mountain peak, it dissipated in the gentle mountain breeze that appeared in the Senwaya range all the time and could no longer be seen clearly.
This was the only building that produced goods in Aaron’s Village at the moment.
Charcoal kiln.
It was dedicated to the Oasis Lookout’s salt-making workshop.
At the same time, it provided Drondheim’s family with supplies for heating at night.
Now, 30 Rhodoks peasant farmers were in charge of it. After all, besides transporting the charcoal to Drondheim, Aaron, where he was, also had a lot of demand for it.
For example, the long strips of meat that the hunting team brought back after being skinned and dissected had to be smoked and roasted using the charcoal. They were sprinkled with a layer of fine white salt while it was hot and hung in the shade, waiting for it to dry naturally, this would form dried meat that could be stored for a long time and provide more meat for Drondheim.
The animal and plant resources in the Senwaya range were not lacking at all.
The hunting team only roamed around the nearby mountains and surveyed the terrain. They were able to harvest a lot of prey.
The enchanted creatures had already been eliminated.
The remaining ones were wild boars, sand gazelles, elks, pheasants, hares, foxes, and other small wild animals. There were also many large wild animals such as wild wolves, black bears, lions, and cheetahs. However, none of them were able to pose a slightest threat to the forest rangers in Ravenston, the hunting team that was formed with Rhodoks’s peasants.
Instead, they became the main source of dried meat in Aaron’s village.
At the same time, the mountain that had been cleaned up was also planned as a forest farm to vigorously develop the logging industry.
At the foot of the forest farm, there was a small river formed by the subterranean river surging out of the ground. There were also logging farms set up on both sides of the paved road. Every day, a large amount of wood was cut down and transported to the side of the lake at the bottom of Aaron’s village, where professionals were waiting to deal with this batch of wood.
The wood was directly chopped into lumps and transported to the charcoal kiln at the hilltop to be burned into high-quality charcoal.
This was currently Aaron’s complete planning process.
The subsequent planning had also been preliminarily followed.
Kant, Manide, and James had inspected the hilltops on both sides of the river. The area where the hillsides were relatively flat was the place where the logging industry was vigorously developing. There was a lot of enthusiasm in cutting down trees.
When all the trees on these hills had been cut down, they would be leveled.
Although the Rhodok people did not have the technology to build terraced fields, this technology was not a top secret that could not be learned. On the contrary, it was not difficult to imitate. Kant, who had the experience of his previous life, understood this in his mind, it was completely possible to experiment on the leveled hills, and eventually perfect the formation of a top-grade terraced field that could grow lush crops.
For this, a week ago, the river beside the paved road was slightly dredged.
It blocked all the overflowing streams.
At the same time, it dug up the mud in the shoals and other places, making the depth of the river close to two meters.
The valley between the mountains was originally the flow route of the flood after the previous rainstorm. After years of erosion, it had long formed a river channel. However, it only appeared during the summer rainstorm, and now it had become a constant flow of the river.
According to Manide, this small river could be used as a boat.
Although it could only be used as a small sampan 1 meter wide.
But it was still considered a boat.
Hundreds of sampans 1 meter wide and 3 meters long were carried down the river. The cargo carried by them could exceed the load of hundreds of pack horses. Moreover, their speed was very fast. As long as one was careful of the winding river channel between the valleys, it would not take more than 30 minutes for one to walk the distance that would take a trade caravan of horses or camels nearly four hours to travel.
The mountain where Aaron’s village was located was quite far from the edge of the mountain range where the desert was located.
Although this was still the outer area of the Senwaya range, compared to the entire mountain range, this so-called outer area was still a daunting and huge area.
One had to know that when Kant entered the mountain range.
Even if there was a systematic road, he would only arrive at this place from morning until dusk.
It took him almost half of the day.
Even if he built a paved road.
Just by using the cavalry to ride warhorses and travel at a fast speed, it would take about three hours to reach the foot of the mountain peak from the entrance, not to mention the slower trade caravan.
Kant even had a longer-term plan.
If it was possible, when he extracted a new spring, he would definitely place it on the way to the river to replenish the water. He would even let the river go deep into the Nahrin desert and pass through the vast dune, he would go straight to the oasis lookout where Drondheim was, connecting the two of them.
If that was the case, it would take them less than three days to travel back and forth between the two places.
The two banks of the river would become oases.
Just like the two banks of the Nile River, they would use a large number of river plants that were suitable for living on sandy land, as well as a large number of trees to resist the erosion of the desert, or even reverse the erosion of the desert, forming a wider oasis along the river.
It was somewhat unrealistic.
But it was indeed Kant’s ambition.
His plan was to use the system mall to draw in a large number of springs or lakes and other natural environments, and complete it in ten years’ time. He would establish the connection between the rivers and roads between the two places, completely binding them together.
At that time, the southern part of the Nahrin desert would be completely under his control.
With the river transportation as a weapon of mass destruction.
His heavy armored troops could reach the two places at an extremely fast speed.
They could even reach any part of the river between the two places to launch a counterattack and surprise attack on the enemy.
Even if this ambition was unrealistic, Kant could achieve it with the help of the system. For him, who was still young, as long as he chose to wait, the future would not be grim.
With the right time, the right place, and the right people, time would stand on Kant’s side!
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Aaron’s village was on the right track.
Kant temporarily handed over power to James and planned to start his return journey.
Fifty Swadian Knight followed him back to Drondheim, while Manide led the camel team, seven Mamlukes, and 20 desert bandits to the Stone Pass again.
Forty sacks of fine white salt were still on the back of the one-humped camel.
The table salt trade for this month still had to continue.
Manide was currently fully in charge of this task. At the same time, he could also purchase a large number of tools and food. Indirectly, he could use the great silver coins he obtained to turn them into raw materials. When he transported them back to Drondheim, he could also transport them to Aaron, who needed them more, he had to speed up the development of this Rhodoks village.
To a certain extent, Aaron’s potential for development was much greater than Drondheim’s.
“Let’s go.”
After leaving the area where the stone roads were paved, Kant led his team into the Nahrin Desert.
Scorching air waves surged over.
Although it was early in the morning, this feeling made Kant, who was used to the cool climate of the mountain range, feel a burning and tormenting feeling. Even though he quickly familiarized himself with it, he still felt quite uncomfortable.
No one would like the cruel environment of the Nahrin Desert.
He shook his head slightly.
Kant shook the reins and the group continued to ride forward.
It would take them a day and two nights to reach the posthouse, and then they would have to walk for a day and a night to finally reach the oasis lookout. Time was still quite tight.
They left at the beginning of the month.
It was already the end of the month.
Kant delayed the level up of Drondheim.
After all, in the middle of the month, the fortress on the oasis could be upgraded to a castle level up.
Of course, the delay was well worth it for Kant.
The new village, Aaron, was on the right track. According to his calculations, in a year’s time, he would be able to feed the military castle of Drondheim on a large scale as a town.
At that time, both sides would coordinate with each other from the north and south.
They would be as solid as horns.
When the development reached a certain level, new villages would continue to appear.
After all, as the controller of the southern part of the Nahrin Desert, the lord of the entire Nahrin desert in name, Kant’s forces could not rely on these two points to support themselves.
If possible, Kant would also arrange for new villages to be built in the depths of the desert.
This was to prepare for the forces that would come into contact with the Mannheim coast in the future. Moreover, after Kant returned to Drondheim, he would also put this plan on the agenda.
A new system appeared.
There were still two types.
Kant hadn’t studied it in depth, but he was already deeply shocked.
Because the appearance of the two systems brought about two completely different extraordinary powers!
And it was these extraordinary powers that gave him confidence. Even if he came into contact with the Mannheim coast in the north of the Nahrin Desert, he still had the confidence to protect himself. He even had absolute control over his own region in the south, even if it was the powerful Gray Mane kingdom. Once again, he organized the Jackalan Expeditionary Army to come and fight. Kant was also confident that he could defeat them once again in the dune.
Moreover, the victory in the Senwaya range was extremely fruitful!
The sun set and the sun rose.
Kant led his team back at top speed.
Soon, they arrived at the posthouse.
10 Swadian recruits quickly came over to greet them. At the same time, 40 desert bandits were also informed to return on horseback. They only wanted to salute Kant and report the latest news.
They were the garrison forces that had just been stationed at the posthouse this month.
They usually scouted the desert.
However, after Kant arrived, the news they reported was not optimistic.
“What? A lot of scouting guys appeared in the desert?”
With a slight frown, Kant sat on the chair, holding a wooden bowl in his hand. He did not care about drinking the cool well water, instead, he asked the four desert bandits in front of him, “What’s going on? Why are there so many people? I remember that before the beginning of the month, no one came to the Nahrin Desert, right?”
“That’s true,” The desert bandits replied. “We have already beaten back three waves of self-proclaimed trade caravan guys, and there was one time when the other party almost went to war despite our dissuasion.”
“They really came fast.”
Kant lowered his head slightly, and his thoughts wandered. He raised his head and praised, “You guys did a good job.”However, he still put down the wooden bowl, he knocked on the table and said, “Next, I will continue to mobilize some Sarrandian horseman to help. This is the only way to the Oasis Lookout. You guys have to pay more attention to the situation around you.”
“Understood,” The desert bandits replied in a deep voice.
