Chapter 494: A Thousand Gold Dollars for Horse Bones

"Lord, you are here." The chief engineer here, the winged dog-headed man Chester, came out in the rain to greet Gavin.

"The security work is well done." Gavin praised, "The progress is also faster than I expected. Has the heavy rain in the past few days delayed your construction?"

"A little bit, but the impact is not big. After it is inconvenient to work on the ground, I asked all the construction teams to move underground." Chester said a little worriedly, "I just heard from the locals that this heavy rain will last for more than a month. If this is true, it will seriously delay the construction period and it will not be possible to build enough resettlement houses within the time required by the lord. In addition, our demand for bitter leaf oil has also increased significantly. Many dog-headed people are not very adaptable to the relatively warm and humid environment here."

"In the final analysis, this is a problem. I am here to solve this problem for you completely."

As they spoke, the two had arrived at the middle and top of the Vizeme New Village, from which they could overlook the new village that was a bit stepped.

Without waiting for Chester to ask, Gavin took out a crystal ball the size of a head from the bag, closed his eyes and tuned in with it, and a gust of invisible wind surrounded them, like an invisible shield, isolating all the rain outside.

The wisps of wind turned into invisible tentacles, stretched out from the crystal ball, and sank into the surrounding air.

The heavy rain soon turned into a moderate rain, slowly turned into a continuous drizzle, and finally became a drizzle, until it completely stopped, leaving only a layer of dark clouds, but within a few minutes, this layer of dark clouds also began to fade gradually, until it completely disappeared, revealing the bright sunshine.

The whole process took less than ten minutes.

The people who came out of the house after hearing the news saw a magical scene, and looking up, they were like being in a huge round well, still covered by dark clouds around them, and it can be imagined that there was still heavy rain over there.

Only here.

With Vizeme New Village as the center, the area of ​​five kilometers is under the scorching sun.

The clouds in the sky did not dissipate very cleanly, and the surroundings were covered by heavy rain, so the temperature was not very high, about 26 or 27 degrees, which was the most suitable temperature for humans.

Gavin's synchronization was also coming to an end.

The crystal ball had left his palm and floated in the air, slowly flowing, and from time to time there would be a wisp of wind blowing out of it.

Gavin said to the others who heard the news: "This crystal ball is called the wind ball, and its effect is very similar to the good weather and good harvest in the vineyard, but it does not adjust the rain according to the growth needs of plants, but adjusts it according to the comfort level of people, keeping this place constant in the most pleasant state. Chester, you send people to build a stone fort here, seal it up, and send soldiers to guard it to prevent it from being stolen."

"Yes, sir." Chester bowed and responded.

"Captain Craigie, are you adapting to life here?" Gavin's eyes turned to the sturdy, dark-faced young man from Tesser.

He is at least ten years older than Gavin, close to thirty years old.

He is Copperfield's son. He had been staying at the Tesser refugee camp to guard the unharvested grain there. Half a month ago, the grain had been successfully harvested and all packed and shipped back to the Three Rivers, which put an end to the refugee camp.

"Thank you for your concern, Lord. Life here is much better than we imagined." Craig looked at Gavin with admiration. Every time the other party made a move, it completely broke their cognition.

It was like this in the refugee camp before, and it was like this with the wind ball just now.

"Can we sail on the Asaba River in such weather?" Gavin asked.

Craig replied without thinking: "It's rainy but not windy. As long as each ship can be equipped with 30 sailors, it will be unimpeded."

"That's good. I'll give you a new task." Gavin took out a thick notebook and five bulky currency boxes from the portable dimension hole. However, this time, it was not all gold coins. Three of the boxes were silver coins and copper coins.

After handing the notebook to Craig, he explained in detail: "According to the address above, deliver all the wages recorded above to me as promised, door to door. After delivering, ask them to leave the corresponding receipt or letter. If they don't deliver, find out the reason for me. Is it false information or something happened to the people there."

"Yes, I promise to complete the task." Craig knelt on one knee and solemnly took the notebook. As soon as he heard it, he knew what was going on.

This is to pay the wages of the surrendered mercenaries. He had always regretted that he was in the refugee camp and couldn't participate in this event. Now he has the opportunity to wipe the tail, which is also good.

"When the time comes, you will select the mercenary named Achir as your deputy to assist you in this matter. You can select the rest of the personnel by yourself." Gavin reminded, "Don't hide this matter, you must do it in a big way."

"Big way? How big way?" Craigie didn't understand the real meaning of what Gavin wanted him to do.

"Why don't I tell you a story about buying horse bones for a thousand gold coins." Gavin didn't answer Craigie directly, but told him a story.

Craigie was not really stupid. Before he finished listening to the story, he suddenly realized: "The salary of the lord is the money for buying horse bones. You are so generous and trustworthy to these captives, not to mention those normal employers. I know what to do. When the time comes, I will definitely beat a war drum at the bow and stern of the ship to let all the residents along the Asaba River know what we are going to do. I will definitely make the ceremony full of sense of ceremony."

"You must also be careful. There is no guarantee that the merchants in Sambia will not have any bad intentions. Once you find that the situation is not right and you can't escape, you will go ashore on the north bank. I will arrange Andrew to guard you along the way." Gavin decided to add a layer of insurance for them and let the dog demon lead his wild wolf army to guard along the way.

Although the merchants in Sambia have not taken big actions recently, they have never stopped small actions. A mercenary organization called Silver Raven has been infiltrating the Three Rivers Land, either openly or secretly.

Gavin has given the highest level of attention to this not-so-famous mercenary organization.

Because he knew that the master behind this mercenary organization would occupy a prominent position in Sambia in the future, and they might be his main opponent from Sambia for some time to come.

Gavin had no intention of uprooting them for the time being.

Now those who showed up were small fish and shrimps, and even if they were defeated, it would not hurt them, but would make their whereabouts more secretive and more difficult to track.

In addition, with the arrival of the rainy season in Komanso, the water level of the Asaba River rose sharply, and floods in the middle reaches were very likely to occur, and they were mostly biased towards the Sambia area.

One was natural reasons. Once you pass the Dun Hills of the Taser Valley, before reaching the Scar Gorge, there is a large area with relatively low terrain, flat and unobstructed. If the rain is too heavy and exceeds the load of the Scar Gorge, this area is likely to become a flood discharge area.

The second is man-made disasters. The Sambia region was originally part of the Kosoman Great Forest. It was once covered by dense primeval forests. However, since those humans, especially greedy merchants, occupied this place, it took only a few hundred years to cut down all the remaining forests. Now they have to bear the consequences of their own actions and face the increasingly serious soil erosion and the anger of nature.

The third is the nature of heavenly punishment. Some more extreme natural gods will intentionally or unintentionally promote this matter in the future.

In the past ten years, Sambia has been hit by floods for eight years, and the worst was last year.

The terrifying flood peak is said to be more than ten meters high, directly submerging a large area of ​​Sambia territory between the Taser Valley and the Scar Valley. The flood has flooded all the way to the wall of Odulin, and there is still more than half a meter high.

At that time, many people mistakenly thought that the Asaba River would take the opportunity to change its course. Unexpectedly, the goddess of water and peace, Eddas, could not sit idly by and watch so many civilians suffer. She took action in person with the body of a saint and turned it back abruptly.

With last year's experience, the Sambia merchants naturally felt like they were facing a formidable enemy this year. For the first time, they took the initiative to pay out of their own pockets and hired a large number of construction workers and mages to reinforce the river section in the direction of Sambia in advance.

However, compared with the great power of nature, human power is sometimes not enough, so from top to bottom, they are all like facing a formidable enemy, staring at the Ashaba River, and have no energy to entangle Gavin for the time being.

Gavin is happy to take the opportunity to promote his own affairs and will not take the initiative to provoke them.

It was three days later when they returned to Anfel Village again. The owners of the horse farms had already drafted a detailed sales contract. Gavin led people to review it from beginning to end. In this regard, he has a professional under his command - the dog demon.

Although he is not the kind of devil who specializes in fraud, he is still a devil after all. Many things are innate, such as finding loopholes in contracts, agreements, and agreements and taking advantage of them. They have always used this ability to cheat others, and it is too difficult for others to cheat them in this regard.

He quickly exposed the clever tricks of the horse farm owners one by one, and after revising them, Gavin officially signed the contract with them.

With this matter finalized, Gavin's trip to Anfield Village was close to completion, and there was only one thing left - to kill the Swift Peng.

After hearing from Gowther's mother that Swift Peng had a large number of dog-headed servants, he had already started to plan this matter.

"How do you do things? I told you to lock the door at night, lock the door, lock the door, and I have reminded you so many times, but you don't remember it, right?"

"I locked the door, but it seems that someone among them learned how to pick the lock and pried it open by themselves..."

"You still dare to quibble, whether you didn't lock the door or pried the lock and left, this is a serious dereliction of duty on your part."

A burst of angry roars and rebukes came from the Stone Stallion Inn.

The villagers of Anfield Village stopped one after another and whispered to each other.

"What's going on? Mr. Gavin is so angry so early in the morning."

"I don't know either. I just got here. I just heard Mr. Gavin scolding Miss Anna. Miss Anna is so pitiful. She helps to repair the hotel, purchase food and wood, and serve those dog-headed people every day. She also gives us free medical treatment when she is free. Now she is scolded for making a small mistake. If it were me, I would have quit long ago. She is a powerful priest and a big shot wherever she goes."

"I heard that Miss Anna followed Mr. Gavin because she had no choice but to do so."

"Oh? What's the reason? Tell me about it?"

"I don't know either. I heard it from others. Whenever she talked about this issue, Miss Anna's expression was a little gloomy. Alas, it was really pitiful..."

"Are you mistaken? Mr. Gavin should not be the kind of vicious person."

"You can't judge a person by his appearance. Many businessmen are good at disguising themselves. They are one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. What we see now is only Mr. Gavin's appearance in front of others."

"The topic has gone off track. What I want to ask is what is happening now? Isn't the progress of the hotel repair quite fast? Is Mr. Gavin still not satisfied?"

"It's not about the hotel repair. It seems that there is a problem with the group of kobolds he brought. From what he said, it seems that a small group of kobolds broke into the door and escaped last night."

"Huh? The kobold slaves escaped? Those kobolds usually look very docile and obedient. I have never seen them whipped with leather whips or locked in shackles. . "

"Mr. Gavin did not use whips or shackles on those kobolds. Even the good food was enviable. But you also saw with your own eyes how long those kobolds had to work all day long. They started from the sun just setting and worked until the sun rose high the next morning. All in all, it was definitely no less than thirteen or fourteen hours. They never left the hotel. If it were you, could you bear it?"

"It's okay for one or two days, but it's unbearable for a long time. Even if the food is good, I will find a way to escape."

"That's it. I guess those kobolds think so too. After all, they are a monster race. It's their nature to want to escape back to the wilderness."

"That's right. I've only heard of kobolds being loyal to dragons, but not to humans."

The Anfield Villagers talked about it and soon figured out the cause and effect of the whole thing.

There are many who gloat over others' misfortunes.

As the saying goes, jealousy distorts people's faces.

Everyone can see the strength and convenience of Gavin's construction team of kobolds.

In just ten days, a large hotel that looked like a ruin has regained its vitality. It is really unbelievable.

Most importantly, these kobolds are almost like slaves and do not need to be paid.

It is no wonder that Gavin can become a millionaire at a young age, ignore the threat of the weeping witch in the hotel, and even boast that he will build a road for Anfield Village for free.

He does have this unique advantage and capital.

After scolding Anna a few more times, Gavin walked out of the Stone Stallion Inn angrily and shouted to the crowd: "I am willing to offer a large reward for those escaping kobolds, one thousand gold coins for each living one, and ten gold coins for the dead one."

"One thousand gold coins? When did kobolds become so valuable? This money is enough to buy two heavy war horses!"

"Mr. Gavin is really rich and powerful. He asks for tens of thousands of gold coins at the first sign of business."

"Haha... what are you waiting for? Bring the best war horses and hounds, let's go catch the kobolds. They can't run far on foot."

Gavin's words immediately caused a huge commotion among the villagers.

This is not something that has nothing to do with him, but a deal that makes people jealous.

As for the danger, haha, that's a group of kobolds.

Even if the kobolds Gavin brought are taller and stronger than the wild ones in the wilderness, and have unique spell-like abilities, they are still a group of kobolds, two heads shorter than humans.

Not to mention one-on-one, even if it was one against two, many villagers were confident.

Not to mention, they would not go out alone, they would definitely go in groups, with bows and arrows, war horses and hounds, they would be fully equipped, would they be afraid of a group of kobolds?

"Are you crazy? They are just a group of kobolds, they can run away if they want, is it necessary to spend tens of thousands of gold coins to catch them back?" Upon hearing the news, Gowther's mother rushed over and angrily scolded Gavin for his prodigal behavior.

Gavin was still furious and said, "These traitors, I have trained them for so long, but when they heard there was a dragon nearby, they turned and ran away. Not only did they run away, but they also took away all the nearly 20,000 liquid funds I prepared.

This precedent must not be set. Even if it costs ten times, I will catch them back.

I only want to catch those dog-headed men alive, and the others will belong to the captors. I want the living ones, and the dead ones have no value to me."

"Mr. Gavin, just wait and see, haha... We are all good horse riders, chasing a group of dog-headed men is not a simple matter."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up, hurry up, if you fall behind others, But there is nothing for us to do."

"The dragon that Mr. Gavin mentioned, could it be the Swift Peng?"

"Apart from it, there are no dragons nearby."

"Is it worthy of being called a dragon?"

"Anyone with dragon bloodline, no matter how rare, is a dragon in the eyes of those dog-headed people."

"In this way, we have a direction for our pursuit. Those dog-headed people must be running towards the direction of the Klept Garden Forest."

"Then we have to hurry up. The Garden Forest is only 20 to 30 kilometers away from us. Once they escape into the forest, we will be helpless."

Gavin's words were like adding fuel to the fire, and the enthusiasm of the villagers in Anfield Village was all activated.

Since then, anyone who has the ability could not help but call his friends and go out to try their luck, to see if they could find these gilded dog-headed people in the wilderness and tie them up.

When the dog-headed people fled, they were obviously very flustered, and did not clean their footprints at all, and were soon bitten by the villagers' hunting dogs.

The scattered coins found along the way proved that Gavin was not lying.

These dog-headed people not only fled, but also stole his money and fled.

Even 20,000 gold coins are not light, not to mention silver coins and copper coins, which are naturally more shocking.

They seriously slowed down the speed of the dog-headed people.

Otherwise, they would not even have to work hard and could not catch up. Before they caught up, the dog-headed people would have gone into the garden forest.

No one dared to go into the dense forest to chase a group of dog-headed people.

Especially when this forest was occupied by an arrogant and ferocious swift roc.

If you are not careful, you will become its dinner.