Chapter 339 Ruins in the Snow
After not seeing each other for a while, Wang Dong looked better than when he first recovered from a serious illness. His skinny body also became plumper.
This makes him very grateful for his current life.
After that, the two chatted briefly, during which Zhou Xu also casually talked about the war on the grassland.
Before traveling through time, Wang Dong was a teacher. Apart from teaching, he also read some miscellaneous books.
Although he possessed the thinking of a modern person, Zhou Xu could sense that he really did not understand war and had little interest in it.
"Teacher Wang, aren't you afraid that I will be defeated? If the lizardmen attack you, you will die again?"
Faced with this question, Wang Dong smiled.
"If the leader hadn't summoned me, I would have been dead. Every day I live is a blessing."
It can be heard that Wang Dong was not lying. Zhou Xu couldn't help but admire his indifference to life and death. At least he couldn't do this.
After that, Zhou Xu did not talk about the war with Wang Dong anymore, but turned to talk about the other party's subsequent tasks.
Wang Dong was not opposed to this. After all, this person was always idle and would be very bored.
The weaving factory in Salt Lake Village has basically been completed. In the absence of new projects, the weaving workers here are fully capable of weaving linen by themselves.
At the same time, tailor shops were opened next to the weaving factories, specializing in making simple linen clothes from the woven linen.
Moreover, the first batch of linen clothes had already been prepared and were first sent to the soldiers on the grassland.
Zhou Xu asked them to weave the linen as thickly and densely as possible, but because their weaving industry is currently in its infancy, the thickness and density he wanted cannot be achieved for the time being, and there is nothing they can do about it.
In any case, the work at the weaving factory has little impact whether Wang Dong is there or not.
After understanding Wang Dong's abilities, Zhou Xu gave him three tasks.
They are weaving, papermaking and teaching.
The task of weaving has been preliminarily accomplished, so there is no rush to make paper.
There were not many people who could even read, so the demand for papermaking was naturally not high.
Although paper is needed to draw some designs, animal skins can also be used.
In fact, the fragile paper of the early days was definitely not as good as animal skin in terms of preservation ability.
Maps and some important design drawings are mainly made of animal skin paper to facilitate their long-term preservation.
In this way, taking advantage of the winter when many tasks cannot be carried out and the overall time is relatively free, Zhou Xu also hopes that Wang Dong can quickly teach his subordinates who hold important positions to read.
By the time things were done here, it was almost evening. Zhou Xu was in no hurry to rush back to Black Moon Village, so he simply rested in Salt Lake Village for a night.
The next morning, he rushed back to Black Moon Village. Just as he arrived at the village entrance, the messenger from Grassland Village also arrived. Zhou Xu listened to the report directly at the village entrance.
The lizardman still hasn't appeared, and nothing has happened in the village. The snow on the grassland has been getting heavier in the past two days. I'm afraid a blizzard will soon sweep over.
This time, both Zhou Xu and Ye Jinghong were calm about the impending snowstorm, and even had a hint of anticipation in their hearts.
The reason is simple. Once a snowstorm starts on the grassland, no one will try to cause any trouble, so their situation will naturally become safe.
In the following days, although Zhou Xu planned to launch further actions in the mountains to find the primitive tribes living deeper in the mountains and annex them, he himself had no plans to go there in person.
The current situation requires him to stay in Black Moon Village.
Imagine that if an unexpected situation occurs in Caoyuan Village, he can still respond in time in Black Moon Village, but if he is in Tieshan Village, it will probably be too late.
The situation on the grassland is more critical right now, and he is definitely leaning towards this side.
As for Tieshan Village, no difficult enemies have been found at this stage. At the same time, based on Shi Lei's temperament and ability, Zhou Xu feels that even if something really happens, he should be able to stabilize the situation.
Not to mention that there are also ten rattan armor soldiers on duty there, so their combat effectiveness is guaranteed to a certain extent.
This batch of new recruits in the recruit training camp had already set off this morning. At the same time, a total of thirty new recruits recruited from several villages here also officially entered the camp and began their new recruit training.
Meanwhile, on the grassland...
Riding the warhorse borrowed from Zhou Xu, Silk galloped all the way in the wind and snow.
He didn't encounter any danger along the way, but the wounds on his body were torn open several times while riding.
Fortunately, the rest period before allowed Silk to recover some strength. Relying on his own healing methods, he was able to stabilize his injuries and prevent them from worsening.
Maintaining this state all the way, he finally arrived near the elf village.
The once bustling village is now reduced to ruins, with many places even buried in snow. At this moment, an uncontrollable look of grief appeared on Silk's face.
Dismounting from his horse, Silk led the horse into the village. The accumulated snow could not hide the devastation of the village after the war. The buildings inside were basically destroyed.
Hoping for luck, Silk turned and looked at the hills not far away.
That was the shelter they had built by hollowing out the inside of the hill over a period of many years.
Every winter, there is a high probability of a blizzard on this grassland. This extreme weather is very dangerous even for the grassland elves.
Once they encounter this kind of weather, they will choose to hide in the shelter and wait it out. Even a blizzard will be of no use to them.
However, at this moment, such a reassuring shelter was reduced to ruins! From the outside, it was obvious that their shelter must have been hit by a strong impact. After the gap was opened, the structure was damaged, so the entire shelter collapsed.
With a thump, Silk knelt down in front of the ruins of the hill shelter.
At the same time, the image of the armored dragon unconsciously appeared in my mind.
Apart from the huge beast, he couldn't think of any other creature on the opposite side that could destroy this sturdy hill shelter like this.
"hateful!!"
At this moment, the strong grief, indignation, unwillingness and pain made Silk punch the snow hard, and then he couldn't control himself and burst into tears.
“Damn it, damn it! Damn it!!”
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