Lord of the Oasis

Kant got up early the next day. After washing, he was led to the construction site.

A large number of uniformed army workers gathered in the factory, probably preparing to assemble.

Kant and the attendants walked to the end of the team and stood there. Many workers around them noticed their luxurious clothes and looked sideways.

But no one knew that Kant was the lord of Dehreim. The workers just talked to each other and guessed the identities of the two people. He didn't come forward to talk.

The daily gathering will be held after breakfast, with Croretz, the leader of the repair force, speaking on behalf of the group. The garrison led by Adonis will also be present.

As soon as Kande and the others entered the scene, Adonis locked his sights on the two of them.

I just remembered what Kant said before, not wanting the workers to notice his identity as a lord. He didn't come forward to say hello.

When the rally ended, the workers received their tasks, went to find their own teams, and dispersed one after another.

Adonis invited Kroriz to join him, walked up to Kant, lowered his head and saluted: "Hello, lord."

"Yes." Kant glanced at the two of them, nodded, and then said to Croriz: "I'm sorry to trouble you this time."

"It's an honor for our repairing troops to have the lord come here to investigate. We won't find it troublesome." Crorez shook his head and said hurriedly.

"Haha." Kant smiled, thinking that today was the first time he met Croriz, so he said nothing more.

"Where is General Yadunis? Do you have anything to report?" Kant turned to Yadunis and asked.

"Yes. Yesterday, the lord asked us to discuss the name of this city among ourselves. The other soldiers and I came up with one and wanted the lord to listen to it." Yadunis said sheepishly.

"So soon?" Kant raised his eyebrows: "Then let me listen to you, what name do you want to give it?"

"Durandel." Adonis said, and then cast a cautious and questioning look at Kant.

Kant nodded. He had heard of this before. Durandal had the meaning of eternity. The sword of the former Paladin Roland was also called this name.

“As expected, it’s a name that was thought up by someone with a military background.

Kant affirmed: "It's pretty good, and it's consistent with this city." If I really can't think of it, I'll just use this. "

"Thank you, Lord." Adonis thanked him.

"Please report this matter to Dehreem urgently, and the craftsmen in the main city will make a suitable plaque for Durandal." Kant instructed.

"Received." Adonis promised, then said goodbye and left here.

"Durandel is such a good name." Croriz said from the side: "This city will also become a sharp sword that Dehreim is counting on."

"I hope so." Kant said thoughtfully: "I didn't expect Captain Croretz to read such a long-standing heroic poem."

"No, I just saw that some soldiers liked it very much, so I whispered and learned a little bit about it." When Crorez heard Kant's teasing, he hurriedly declined.

"Well, I also read "The Song of Roland" a long time ago. The lines in the poem are indeed very easy to arouse the passion in everyone's hearts. Captain Croretz learned something very good." Kant continued.

"Thank you, Lord, for the compliment." Crorez responded sheepishly.

"Where should we go today?" Kant asked as the conversation returned to business.

"I want to take you to the coal mine on the outskirts of the city. It has not been developed by the undead before." Crorez replied.

"Yes." Kant nodded and agreed.

After a while, Crorez's men brought the carriage and horses.

"Don't you need to ride a camel?" Kant asked strangely. Speaking of the outskirts of the city, the distance should be quite far. He roughly recalled the distance between the city center and the boundary marked with the coal mine mark on the manuscript paper he saw last night.

"The workers in the army have built a shortcut in the city. If you take that road, the distance will be shortened a lot, and the road surface will be very flat." Kroriz explained in detail.

After listening to these words, Kant got into the carriage of the carriage with peace of mind.

He was accompanied by personal bodyguards.

The space inside the carriage is relatively spacious, and the seat cushions are covered with silky brocade. Cushions the bumps caused by the road to the greatest extent.

The City of the Dead originally occupies a relatively wide area, and Crorez rode a horse to lead the way to the mining and coal producing areas in the western suburbs.

About half an hour later, Kant sat in the carriage and looked out through the window bars. The buildings had become sparse. The surrounding scenery turned into a loess-filled desert, and the temperature inside the car continued to rise.

After a while, the carriage stopped.

"Are we here?" Kant asked in his heart.

The groom responsible for driving the horse raised the curtain of the carriage and said to Kant: "Lord, we have arrived at our destination. Please get off the car."

Kant nodded and straightened his clothes. He walked down the stairs and got off the carriage.

He saw Crorez saying to him: "Lord, the coal mine construction site is ahead."

Kant looked beyond Crorez to the newly built workers' dormitory in the distance.

"Yeah." Kant continued to look around and replied, "Then let's go to the scene now and have a look."

The group set off towards the coal mining site.

"What we discovered this time was an open-pit coal mine, so it didn't take much time to prepare for the construction. So far, the amount of coarse coal stored in the workshop has reached dozens of tons." Crorez introduced to Kant as he walked road.

"Is manual coal mining still used today?" Kant asked.

"It was before, but after applying for assistance from the main city of Dehreim, the workers have begun to learn how to use portable machines to mine coal." Kroriz replied.

Kant glanced at the employee dormitory that was isolated in the desert, and then said: "This working environment is still too harsh. Have any employees reported to you any opinions raised by the workers?"

"Not yet." Crorez shook his head after thinking about it.

"Then I will assign you a task. Go to the workers in the past week to conduct a detailed investigation. See if they want to make any demands. After you check it, you can summarize it and report it to me." Kant arranged.

"Copy that." Crorez nodded and reminded the assistant on the side to quickly record it in text.

Kant panted and looked up at the sun hanging in the middle of the sky, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I have been sitting in the palace for the past six months without doing any exercise, and now my physical fitness has indeed declined.