Chapter 263: 262. The Sand Wolf Appearing Whereabouts
Chapter 263 262. The Sand Wolf Appearing Whereabouts
Volcanic ash is flying and falling continuously, like gray snow floating in the sky.
There is a strong smell of sulfur in the air, and the air inhaled is dry and hot. Working in this dry and hot environment, the body is easily dehydrated.
A group of masons with white cotton masks on their faces and long leather boots on their feet, carrying picks, sledgehammers, crowbars, chisels and water bags on their waists, and wicker baskets on their backs, took advantage of the dawn of the day They walked out of the tent and entered the volcanic river channel full of stalagmites. After seeing the sulfur mine on the stalagmites, these stonemasons basically didn't care how thick the stone layer was on the sulfur, and rounded up their iron picks. The quarrying began in full swing.
The labor subsidy of one silver coin a day made the villagers high-spirited, and it was the first day of coming to Pustout Mountain. Everyone was working hard and prepared to gather a batch of goods as soon as possible so that the transport horse team could leave in time.
More than 20 horses are parked in the camp at the foot of Pustout Mountain. They spend more on chewing and chewing than the villagers. The stonemasons are worried that once the little beans are eaten, these horses will grab the wheat cakes from them. …
The sulfur is loose in texture, as long as the surface of the stalagmite is exposed, it will be shattered immediately when the iron pick hits it, and all the finely divided sulfur ore will be put into a wicker basket. It takes a lot of effort to mine it out, and sometimes even the entire stalagmite has to be smashed open.
In order to avoid dehydration, Surdak asked these villagers to drink some light salt water every once in a while.
Moreover, the weather conditions in this area are too hot. Suerdak set the time for quarrying around dawn and dusk. Once the scorching sun climbed to the mountainside of the pustule mountain, he asked all the villagers to withdraw their tents to rest. Some villagers encountered There are a lot of sulfur mines with stalagmites exposed outside, and a wicker basket of sulfur mines has been mined a long time ago. For some stalagmites that are difficult to mine, the villagers have dug out at least half of the basket of sulfur mines.
The villagers were busy in the stalagmite forest, and they were in high spirits. When they heard the whistle to call off work, they were a little confused for a while, but they still came out of the stalagmite forest in the rocky area, carrying wicker baskets on their backs.
Backing to the camp, Suldak found that everyone was huddled in a tent, talking and discussing in a low voice.
Waiting for Suldak to come in from the outside, sat down in the middle of the tent, and asked the villagers about the situation of mining sulfur mines.
"I think we can work a little longer, don't you guys think? Dak..." Under the instigation of other savers, the **** man was the first to stand up and shoot.
Behind the **** man sat a middle-aged uncle. He stretched out his hand and slapped the **** man on the back of the head, and angrily said, "You must respectfully call him Lord Suldak Knight, you brat!"
The **** man covered his head, daring to speak out against the violent behavior of the middle-aged uncle.
"Everyone should just call me by my name." Suldak smiled slightly and said to the villagers in the tent.
A villager sitting next to Suerdak took the opportunity to say: "Dak, I think we can increase the working time a little bit, who just walked out of the tent and the food in the stomach has not been digested To go back to the tent to rest, if Uncle Brett knows how lazy we are, he might deduct our subsidy, look at how hard it is to earn some subsidy..."
The villagers in the tent nodded, and they obviously thought so too.
But Suldak shook his head, signaled everyone to be quiet with his hands, and then said: "You may continue to dig here for half a month. The environment here is harsh and a lot of water will be lost every day. Although we don't There is a lack of drinking water, but the body is always in such a hot state, it is easy to go wrong, so everyone must maintain their strength."
"The autumn harvest will be held in half a month. Everyone's health must not be worn down. This time I will bring this batch of goods back to Wall Village, and I will definitely bring enough supplies."
After Suldak finished speaking, most of the villagers fell silent. Obviously, everyone also had some concerns.
The **** man yelled loudly from behind: "Then we must at least follow the rules of other quarries. This is the sulfur mine in Wall Village. It doesn't make sense for such a high wage, oh bah ! subsidy, but it takes less time to work than other quarries!"
Suldak looked at the big man speechlessly, are you a spy sent by the old village head?
"Considering the environmental factors, it is still very reasonable to take these subsidies, and I have the final say here, and everyone will follow this standard for the time being. I will personally persuade Uncle Brett. The conditions here are still a bit difficult. We will wait for our village in the future. Life here is gradually getting better, and everyone's subsidies can still increase." Suldak said with the final word.
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By the evening of the third day, the first batch of sulfur mines had all been prepared, and they were put into canvas pockets and hung on both sides of the saddle. Each horse carried two sacks of sulfur ore. There were a total of twenty horses carrying the cargo, and the remaining three horses were used exclusively for riding. The first sulfur ore transportation team in Wall Village was officially established.
Suldak, Charlie, and Val were in charge of transporting the first batch of sulfur mines back to Wall Village, while Luke and the other two young men stayed at the temporary camp on Bump Mountain to look after the sulfur mines. Before dawn on the fourth morning, Erdak, Charlie and Val led a series of horses and set foot on the road back to the village early.
After the horse team went out for about 30 miles, the floating volcanic ash in the sky was reduced to almost nothing, and when a small amount of seabuckthorn grass appeared on the limestone ground, a group of sand wolves appeared at the end of the horizon. Their fur can almost blend with the limestone. If it wasn't for their appearance from the height of the rock mass, Suldak might not be able to find their traces.
And this group of sand wolves probably also discovered that there were only three people in Suldak's party, so they dared to appear behind the horse team so blatantly. At the front is a wolf king much larger than other sand wolves.
Charlie noticed that Suldak's horse stopped suddenly. He followed Suldak's gaze and saw the group of sand wolves in the distance. He was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse.
After Charlie calmed down, he realized that his side was a team of horses. If these horses ran, the sand wolves would not be able to catch up anyway, so he said to Suldak: "Dark, it's the group of sand wolves... Let's go quickly Well, if you travel overnight, you can return to Woer Village in a day and a half, they dare not approach the human village easily, as long as..."
(Because I couldn't help scolding the client for a while last weekend, I was escorted by the boss to visit the client in the morning and apologized to them. It was a sad day. Please forgive me for the late update!)
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