Chapter 136

The mountains on the west side of Victor's collar are closely connected. The highest mountain is only more than 700 meters, and the shortest is less than 100 meters. These hills are gentle, like giants large and small lying on the earth. The hills are covered with gullies, and the mountain streams are winding. The terrain is rugged and complex, just like a maze.

The wind season is the most active time of the year. The continuous mountain wind roars through the hills, and the lush vegetation roars. Victor stood on the top of a tall tree, facing the wind, overlooking the mountain thousands of meters away. The ridge blocked Victor's view, but he knew that his secret base was built on the back of the mountain.

Holding back his excitement, Victor slipped down to the ground with one hand on the trunk. A war mastiff immediately came up, wagged its tail, stuck out its tongue and rubbed victor like a flatterer.

After patting the huge dog head of the war mastiff, Victor asked the strange militia nearby, "what's your name? What are you doing here?"

"My Lord, my name is Morey. This war mastiff and I are on guard in this area to prevent strangers from entering the small fortress by mistake." Said the militia in lock armor and hard bow respectfully.

Victor nodded and smiled, "Morey, how many militias and auxiliary soldiers do you have now?"

"My Lord, at present, there are 412 militia members and 187 auxiliary soldiers. In addition, there are eight militia members following captain Nelson." Murray replied.

"There are already so many people!" Victor was overjoyed.

After returning to the territory, Victor did not find Nelson to meet, but took Renault and shack into the mountain for the first time. He was eager to see his secret fortress. In fact, neither Victor nor the two militias knew that the secret fortress was built there. Fortunately, the alchemists had controlled the whole mountain area. Not long after entering the mountain, an alchemical crow found Victor's pedestrian and flew over to guide them. On the way, Victor met Morey, a militia on patrol.

Now, under the escort of three militia and a war mastiff, Victor advances to the secret fortress. From the treetops, the hill opposite was only a few thousand meters away. However, Victor walked a full ten kilometers along the valley before reaching his destination.

Before he saw the base, the clanking sound of iron tools had been transmitted to Victor's ears. Turning around the depression, he saw a scene of great enthusiasm. In this valley, more than 200 strong men worked and sweated around giant brick kilns, furnaces, corrals, vegetable fields and blacksmiths.

Before Victor took a few steps, Bousso greeted him and saluted, "good day, sir."

Seeing the familiar face, Victor patted Bousso's thick shoulder and said with emotion: "Bousso, long time no see."

"Sir, we haven't seen each other for 184 days." Bousso said blandly.

It has been 184 days since he ordered the construction of a small fortress. While mixed with feelings, Victor said with expectation: "184 days, show me your achievements."

"Your Excellency, as you wish. Please follow me." Bousso took Victor to the camp.

"Sir, according to your instructions, we have reclaimed 870 mu of land and planted sweet potatoes, celery, round vegetables and beans. It is estimated that 240000 pounds of sweet potatoes can be harvested this year. Because we have not collected enough seeds, the planting area of vegetables is only 70 mu." Bousso pointed to the lush vegetable field and introduced it to victor.

Victor visually measured the area of the vegetable field, and x-3 quickly gave accurate results. He frowned and said, "Bousso, there is only 325 mu of vegetable field here."

"Yes. Limited by the terrain, the vegetable fields we reclaimed are not concentrated, and there are six pieces of cultivated land in other valleys." Bousso explained.

"I see." Victor nodded suddenly. There is not much land suitable for farming in hilly areas, and the cultivated land in mountainous areas is not only limited by terrain, but also affected by water sources. Moreover, these vegetable fields are scattered everywhere, which also brings a lot of trouble to labor and management. It is not easy for them to cultivate nearly 1000 mu of vegetable fields.

Victor asked anxiously, "these vegetable fields are in the wild. Will they be ruined by wild animals?"

"My Lord, the alchemical crows are responsible for guarding the vegetable fields. They drive away the birds in the sky. If they encounter animals such as wild boars and yellow sheep, the alchemical crows will call the war mastiff and let the war mastiff drive out the wild animals." Bousso replied.

"It seems that I'm worried too much. Go and see your farm." Victor laughed at himself.

After crossing the vegetable field for more than 200 meters, we came to the farm. Seven working monkey militia saluted Victor one after another. Victor raised his hand and motioned them to continue their work without caring about themselves.

Seeing the fat ground lizards crowded in the fence, Victor felt numb on his scalp, got goose bumps and hurried to another fence.

The fence covers an area of 15 mu. Before he came to the front, Victor couldn't close his mouth, because there were 17 huge fast birds, which were separated into three groups by the fence. Obviously, there were three adult male fast birds, which means that the fast bird population can thrive here, and Victor's plan to establish a fast bird light cavalry has a solid foundation.

Victor observed outside the fence for a while and found that the fast birds were very healthy. He nodded with satisfaction, frowned and asked, "Why are there only fast birds and ground lizards? Are there no other livestock?"

"We also found four farm cows and seven cows. They have been driven out to eat grass by the war mastiff."

"That's good." Victor first affirmed the achievements of the alchemy auxiliary, and then continued to ask, "didn't you raise some animals such as wild boar, short tailed deer and antelope?"

"My Lord, the beasts in this area have been eaten up by the war mastiff. There is no need to breed the remaining herbivores. They all belong to you." Busso said faintly, "the breeding of ground lizards is just to supplement nutrition for war mastiff and fast bird. Our food is abundant. As long as we hunt and collect in moderation, the animals and crops in the mountains can fully meet the living needs of 1500 people."

"That's it!" Victor waved his fist excitedly.

Originally, Victor thought that the alchemy war mastiff was the worst alchemy unit. They ate a lot, had a short life, and had a high cost. They were still cannon fodder. Later, however, Victor found that the war mastiff could effectively control the territory. He began to re-examine the use of the alchemical war mastiff and set his eyes on the mountains on the west side of the territory.

Mountainous terrain is complex and traffic is difficult. There are many beasts and monsters. Human lords often don't exploit mountains unless they find valuable mines. Without the protection of knights, a small group of soldiers is not enough to resist the dangers in the mountains. However, building large outposts in the mountains can deter the Lords just because of the logistics cost. The hills are sparsely populated, and the leaders of the York family don't need to wander in the mountains. With the war mastiff similar to the ferocious wolf, the mountains thousands of kilometers west of the man horse hills have become Victor's back garden, in which Victor can take and demand animal and plant resources, minerals and herbs.

Victor asked in a deep voice, "where have you explored this mountain area? Have you found valuable minerals?"

"Sir, we explored 80 kilometers north and found a silver vein 74 kilometers away, but the beasts in that area have not been cleaned up. According to your order, our main task now is to build fortresses and equipment." Bousso replied.

74 kilometers north from here, Victor frowned and was relieved when he reached Baron eskry's collar. The mountain is never under the control of the Lord. The poor man of eskri has no ability to develop the mountain. He is still unable to move in the castle, and hundreds of his neighbors have long taken refuge in Heibao town. However, Victor was secretly determined to let the legend of the ferocious wolf spread in the mountains.

"My Lord, I don't think it's necessary to plant sweet potatoes and vegetables. The wild sweet potatoes and crops are enough for us to eat. Moreover, the yield of sweet potatoes is not high, only more than 300 pounds per mu." Bousso suggested.

Victor shook his head and said, "no! I'm afraid the whole human horse hill needs this kind of food crop for a long time. These sweet potatoes should be cultivated as seeds. Come on, take me to see the equipment you make."

The blacksmith's shop is very large and simple. It just built a huge shed to shelter from the rain. More than 80 strong men with Qiu knot muscles exposed forged various weapons inside. The fire was red, the hammer was flying, the rolling heat wave and deafening noise excited Victor inexplicably.

Bousso took out a short spear from the weapon rack and handed it to victor. "Sir, this is the refined iron one handed spear we made."

The whole body of the short spear is made of refined iron. It is 2 meters long and weighs 27 kg. The spear blade is 25 cm long. It is cold and sharp, and there is a faint indigo streamer. The quality of this one handed spear is far higher than that of York's standard iron spear, and York's iron spear is worth five gold sols. Victor glanced. There were 421 such one handed Spears on the weapon rack. Later, Victor saw a batch of short swords, hard bows, daggers, shields and body armor, all of which were high-quality products. Victor was most pleased with more than 200 silver crossbows and 6 silver crossbows.

Bousso reported to Victor: "Sir, these silver crossbows are made of silver crossbows mixed with the tendons of ordinary beasts. They can be opened with the strength of the monkey militia. With the refined iron crossbow arrow, its range and penetration are more than ordinary crossbows and can effectively kill creatures below 20 points of stamina. In addition, we used up the tendons of the ferocious bear, only added 3 silver crossbows, and we also created 500 A silver crossbow. Sir, according to your request, the equipment we have made can arm 400 monkey militia. "

"Very good, very good! Ha ha!" Victor smiled for a moment and asked, "where's that fierce bear skin? And my exclusive equipment?"

Bousso opened a two meter high cabinet, pointed to the things inside and said, "Sir, double silver leather armor, double silver short sword and double silver short bow are all here."

Victor stared at the glittering silver armor, helmet, hand armor and foot boots in the cabinet. The armor has smooth lines, beautiful shapes and beautiful patterns on the surface, which is completely a beautiful and gorgeous work of art.

"You! I..." After Victor was shocked, he said angrily, "how is armor? Can I wear it?"

"Sir, this is the double silver leather armor made of ferocious bear skin. Because the bear skin is mixed with silver, it shows the characteristics of metal armor. Its overall weight is only 55 pounds, which is heavier than ordinary leather armor, but lighter than refined iron lock armor. Its defense is far more powerful than metal armor and can resist the shooting of silver crossbow. In addition, its patterns are carved with secret silver , with excellent element affinity.

Your two double silver short swords, double silver short bows and 30 double silver arrows are mixed with secret silver, which also has element affinity. The dual silver equipment of these empires has the characteristics of never breaking, self-healing and element affinity. However, they are not up to class I standard because our forge is not inlaid with red crystals. "

"Enough! I mean, great!" Victor stroked the cold and smooth armor. After a long time, he finally came back and asked, "where's my fortress?"

Bousso pointed to the top of the mountain, and Victor looked in the direction Bousso pointed out and wailed.

"Why is it six meters high?"