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After solving the iron ore problem, there is a more important food problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Roland himself, because he has room to carry, brought money and 10 cavalry, and went to the town of Viscount Whitney.

buy, iron ore, grain and leather.

Although a lot of iron mines have been reserved, for Roland, if there is a need for construction, he must keep up. At the same time, you can also train apprentice blacksmiths first, so that they can accumulate experience and be promoted to skilled blacksmiths. This can save a lot of recruitment costs, and it is a good investment for him who is not rich.

Although the grain was said to be in the north last time, Baron Cowan inherited a lot of inheritance, but now there are only 8,000 pounds left. For a team of more than 400 people, even one month is not enough.

If you don't take advantage of now to buy Niangcao, the entire north will be covered with thick snow and ice after a while. Transportation will be extremely difficult, and it is likely to cause food prices to rise.

Leather can be processed into leather armor, and shields need foreskin. These are all indispensable. When there is no financial resources for all iron armor, leather armor is a good way. And many villages will have inventory in them. Before the snow closed the mountains, it was the last time for the villagers to hunt. At this time, they would definitely be able to buy a lot of leather.

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Because the autumn harvest has just happened, the harvest is okay today. Many farmers have left enough grain to sell the surplus wheat after paying the tax. Use the money from selling wheat to buy the supplies you need this winter.

When Andal came to the city, after asking several stores, he successfully purchased 30,000 pounds of grain and grass, 4 copper per pound, and cost 12 gold. This is because of Roland, and they only need to be transported not far outside the city. The place was only negotiated down the price.

As for Andal, he was taking 20 cavalry to buy leather in various villages.

The time comes to the end of October.

Light snow has fallen in the sky, and the earth has begun to turn white. The big tree swayed in the gust of wind, and its branches were whipping in the air like wildly dancing leather whips.

The good news is that the wooden fortress has been built, the wood workshop, blacksmith shop and tannery workshop have also been built, each with 20 craftsmen, began to build the required bows and shields, as well as weapons and leather armor.

As for the support column of the house, it has been buried. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to dig soil on the current land. The iron shovel will be damaged after a few uses.

Among them, I have to say that iron ore is really expensive, wheat is only 3-6 copper per pound, but the price of iron ore is 60-80 copper per pound, and it takes about 2 pounds of iron ore to build a one-handed sword, and the cost price is 1 silver 20 copper - 1 silver 60 copper, but also through smelting and processing, then the seller of a one-handed sword will go up to 2 silver.

Don't think this price is cheap. One pound of wheat is only 5 coppers, enough for an adult to eat in a day. If you add wild vegetables and other messes, you can eat it for 2-3 days. A family of three consumes 2 pounds a day, which is 10 Copper is 3 silver a month and 36 silver a year. Generally speaking, it is added with other things, that is, 1.5 silver a month and 18 silver a year.

A month's rations are too small to buy a weapon, not to mention the price of other equipment, so many conscripts usually set off with farm implements in hand.

As for the food, Baron Cowan had previously taken 8,000 pounds, plus the 30,000 pounds he had recently acquired. Now there are a total of 400 soldiers and 100 other artisans, plus the improved meat, enough for 3 months.

There is no food crisis for the time being.

Funds are getting tighter and tighter. Fortunately, after the blacksmith shop has met its own needs, it has opened up extra weapons, but the gold coin reserve has also fallen to the dangerous level of 20 gold.

All of this urged Roland to set off quickly, and the white earth also made it difficult for the trolls to hide their tracks.

Therefore, Roland decided to leave Mirron to guard the stronghold, and he took Andar and 300 soldiers who had reached at least the second rank, and set off towards the depths of the woods.

Because Andar can gain experience through combat, although he is not as good as himself, he can get a certain share of the experience on the entire battlefield, but he can also gain experience from killing himself.

Of course, if Andar leads an army by himself, he can also gain a certain amount of experience in each battle.

But facing a tribe with thousands of trolls, Roland didn't dare to separate his troops.

Since the wooden castle was built, trolls have stopped monitoring humans, and they have not found any traces of trolls far into the forest. Fortunately, the snow on the ground is not very thick, and the march is not difficult.

Suddenly, Roland sensed the danger, opened the map and found a stronghold with about 400 trolls. Roland then slowly surrounded him with the soldiers.

I saw that it was a camp surrounded by sharpened wood. The wood was covered with mud, which was obviously used for fire prevention. There are no soldiers, no watchtowers, only a few trolls are guarding listlessly at the door.

It seems that they are not worried about human beings coming and attacking their stronghold. Because it has always been them, attacking humans.

Roland looked at the sky, and it was noon until noon~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Because he was sure that there were 400 trolls inside, he did not plan to storm this stronghold.

It is obviously not a wise decision to attack more enemies than you from a small place.

As for setting fires in the forest, Roland didn't have this idea. When he was not sure that there were other rich mineral resources here, he would not use this trick. The forest itself is a resource, not to mention the massive animals contained in the forest.

This is also the reason why the nobles did not set fire to the forest. The trolls must not be burned to death. They are living creatures and can run away, and the **** revenge of the trolls will definitely follow.

No one will get burned for something that has no benefit at all.

Roland took the soldiers and slowly left here. While leaving, he also erased the footprints on the ground to prevent the trolls from discovering their whereabouts. After all, he only had 300 people, and he did not want to be with 400 trolls. face to face.

These are all the wealth he has accumulated with great difficulty.

If this unit is wiped out by the trolls, the trolls will surely take it down in one go. The remaining guards could not face the massive trolls who were chasing after victory. The reason why they didn't have an impact now, Roland estimated, was that they didn't want to suffer too much loss.

In order to let out a breath and destroy nearly a thousand trolls, this is Roland's self-confidence!

The bravery of the imperial soldiers and their superb skills have long been proven in the battle against the orcs.

It was already dark, and suddenly the snow on the ground started to move, and a person emerged from it. In a short time, more figures emerged.

It turned out to be Roland and the others. After dark, they lay directly on the snow, relying on the thick winter clothes under the armor, and survived for an hour.