The next day, Danny personally walked around White Cloud City and started to regret killing all the lambs too early.
The resources here were too rich, enough for them to live here forever.
Almost every street and every large courtyard had at least one well, and the water in the well had not dried up.
Thinking about it, Danny's team could get water from pits that were one to two meters deep, so the stone wells that were more than ten meters deep were naturally filled with water.
In the courtyards, between the cracks of the stone slabs, there were clumps of Devil's Grass, enough for horses and lambs to breed.
Unfortunately, the lambs were all killed.
Horses were not very good livestock, and killing them for meat was not cost-effective.
After roughly touring the entire city, Danny immediately started the big construction.
The old woman was in charge of clearing the weeds in the orchard and gathering fruits for the Khalasar's daily needs.
The strong woman was led by Sir Jorah to tidy up the abandoned palace.
The houses in the palace were enough for all the horse people to live in.
The old man was in charge of feeding the horses, repairing the saddles, stirrups and horseshoes.
Danny personally led the Blood Alliance Guards and Centaur Warriors to demolish the low houses in the city's slums. The extra bricks were used to repair the palace, and the empty ground was plowed by the horses together with the bare ground.
After that, Danny led the Khalasar out and found a large amount of firewood and weeds outside the city. They spread the firewood and weeds on the freshly plowed ground, and the fire burned for a day and night.
Then, they plowed a second time, mixing the ashes of the plants and the soil evenly, and sprinkling the selected large wheat grains into the soil.
Well, in this world where summer could last for more than ten years, there was no such thing as sowing in spring and reaping in autumn. If they really sowed in spring and reaped in autumn, humans would have starved to death after more than ten years of summer.
As long as the land was empty, as long as it was not winter, you could plant any crops.
Peaches in spring and pears in autumn did not exist.
Fruits that only appeared in different seasons on Earth could be seen on different fruit trees at the same time here.
Turnips were also one of the staple foods in this world, and Danny's Khalasar always carried them.
At this time, the shriveled turnips were cut into pieces and stuffed in wet cloth to sprout seedlings, and then taken out and planted separately.
Other than the turnips and barley that had been used as rations, they also discovered beets, onions, garlic, blackberries, peppermint, and other plants in the gardens of White Cloud City.
The inedible flowers and plants in the garden were pulled out to feed the horses, and the empty space was used to plant crops.
The children were not idle either. They wandered through the winding and complicated alleyways, shuttling between the windowsills of the houses, looking for ancient bronzes, rusted iron pots, and weapons.
There were old men in the Khalasar who knew the craft of blacksmithing. They had been Drogo's slaves, abandoned by the new khals like Bono and Jaco because they were too old to lift hammers.
Dani picked out the four weakest centaur warriors and had them change their jobs to blacksmiths.
"We are great horse-riding warriors. We are born to kill and be killed. We cannot work as slaves."
The centaurs seemed to have suffered a great humiliation, their faces flushed red as they protested loudly.
Danny really wanted to mock them: You didn't kill anyone, you'll only be killed.
With your skills, other than helping others practice their saber techniques, what else can you do?
"Who said that blacksmiths can't kill people?" Danny put on a straight face and started to spout nonsense righteously. "Do you know who I am? I am the princess of Dragonstone Island born in the storm. I was once the daughter of the king of the Sunset Continent. My brother Regar was no weaker than any khal except Drogo, but he died at the hands of a usurper.
That man, Robert Baratheon, killed my brother and stole the throne that belonged to my father and my brother. He is almost as powerful as Khal Drogo, the greatest of them all. "
The four centaurs were confused. Of course they knew about Kalixi's background. They knew that she was the last princess, and that was why the original Khal Drogo was willing to marry her.
"Kalixi, I don't understand." One of the centaurs said.
"Sigh, that usurper, Robert Byra Theon, a man as strong as Khal Drogo …" Danny looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle and said in a melancholy voice, "He's just a blacksmith!"
"Cough, cough cough …" Sir Jorah choked on his own saliva.
"I just want to tell you that even if you learn the craft of blacksmithing, you can still become a great warrior." Danny concluded.
"But … that usurper … the khal of the Sunset Continent, is he really a blacksmith?" The centaurs asked suspiciously.
Danny's expression turned serious. She looked at Jorah and asked, "Sir, in the name of the Seven Gods and the old gods, tell them, what weapon did the usurper use?"
"A hammer." The big bear said dryly.
"Did you hear that?" Dani's sharp eyes swept across the centaurs, "Think about it yourselves, can you kill someone by smashing his head with a hammer?"
"The usurper smashed your brother's chest. The red dragon made of rubies on his chest was smashed, and the rubies scattered on the riverbank. Later on, people called the place where Prince Regar was defeated 'Ruby Beach'. "The big bear added with difficulty.
"You've also seen Sir Jorah's iron armor. Arak's scimitar couldn't cut it at all, but the red dragon armor that was harder than him was smashed by a hammer." Danny spread her hands and looked around at the stunned centaurs. She asked and answered her own question, "What does this mean? It means that blacksmithing has a great future! "
"Now, are you willing to learn from a master blacksmith?" She asked in the end.
"I'm willing, Kalixi. I want to be a blacksmith too." Her Blood Brotherhood Guard, Jogo, said excitedly.
The way Danny looked at him …
Soon, the four blacksmith apprentices began to reforge the items they had collected under the guidance of their master.
Not long after, the centaurs found a batch of scrolls in a stone house. Danny rushed over happily.
Unfortunately, she found that the long time had changed the quality of the scrolls. Other than the first page on the surface, the rest of the scrolls were all pasted together. They would immediately shatter into powder if touched forcefully.
However, she still had a great harvest. She found a scroll of map in the stone house that seemed to be a library.
The words and pictures on it were already blurred. The parchment was also almost decayed. However, Danny still remembered her current location.
Yes, the center of the map was White Cloud City.
There was a continuous mountain range to the west. Further west of the mountain range, there were three cities marked. Danny easily identified the name of one of the cities. It was' Meereen 'written in the ancient Valleglia language.
There was also a continuous mountain range to the east. Further east of the mountain range was the sea.
The most valuable thing was the geographical information south of White Cloud City. The sea was directly south. There was no standard measurement, so she couldn't determine the specific distance.
She could only measure the distance between White Cloud City and the Laza River … White Cloud City was probably between the Laza River and the sea in the south.
Danny walked for five days. It was about 500 to 600 kilometers. However, they didn't walk in a straight line. The starting point was also not at the Laza River.
She estimated that if they walked another 600 kilometers south, they would definitely reach the sea.
This was good news.
The second piece of good news was that there were two other cities within 100 kilometers southwest of White Cloud City. Similar to White Cloud City, they were cities located in the Red Wasteland.
Like White Cloud City, those two cities should have turned into a dead zone over the years. Just as Danny thought before, the map marked that there was once a river that ran from the Laza River to White Cloud City and the other two cities. Now, the river had completely disappeared.
So, Danny had two new pieces of 'farmland'?
For the second time, she regretted slaughtering all the lambs too early. Otherwise, she could have turned White Cloud City into farmland and developed the other two cities into pastures. That would have been perfect!
Reality proved that she had thought too much.
The next day, the knights that were sent out followed Danny's instructions and found the second and third White Cities.
Yes, they were the same as White Cloud City. They had white city walls, white towers and white buildings. Other than the fact that they were smaller than White Cloud City, there was almost no difference.
However, Qiao Ge, who led the team to search for the cities, told her, "Kalixi, the nearest city is too strange. There was a circle of iron spears with red rust outside the city walls. There were skeletons hanging from the spears.
When the breeze blew, I could hear them laughing. That was the devil's laughter. I didn't dare to go in. "
Danny was speechless. You also know that there was a breeze?
Devil's laughter? If there were really devils, they would also laugh mockingly at you centaurs for being too cowardly.
Qiao Ge seemed to have noticed Kalixi's displeasure. He quickly took out an iron bracelet that glowed with black light from his pocket. In the middle of the bracelet was a fiery red opal the size of a thumb.
The opal was fiery red and translucent. It was natural and unpolished.
"Kalixi, look. I found it in the second White Town."
"It's just an opal. It's not worth much." Danny shook her head.
"How can it not be worth much?" Chora was puzzled. He took the bracelet from Qiao Ge and said in a familiar tone, "This opal is fiery red and translucent. It's natural and unpolished. It's not small either. In the Freedom Federation, it's worth at least five gold coins. If you remove the gemstone and give it to a skilled silversmith to embed it into a gold bracelet, the price will double. "
As he spoke, the knight's tone became sorrowful. His rough bearded face was gradually dyed with a mixture of sweet and painful memories.
"You're a man. Why are you so familiar with a woman's jewelry?" Danny intentionally asked, wanting to understand his story.
Chora looked around at the centaurs who were staring at him curiously. He hesitated and did not speak.
Danny looked at her Blood Alliance Guards. "Rakarlo, Agger, each of you pick three warriors. Two old men who herd horses and two women who gather food. Each of you has three horses. Bring enough food and water.
Go to the third White Town in the southwest and use it as a base. Head south, southwest, and southeast to search for places that are a day's ride.
Search for three targets: the ruins of the town, animals, and possible humans.
Remember, your safety is the most important. If you encounter animals you don't know, don't try to hunt them. Just remember their appearance and location.
If you encounter people … "
"Can we try to make contact?" She asked the old driver, Chora.
Chora pondered for a moment. "Two people in a group. One person goes to communicate, and the other comes back to report."
Danny nodded and said to the centaurs, "Let's do it this way."
Then she said to Chora who had just returned from the third White Town, "Blood of my blood, although there's no sign of humans here, since we can come here, others can also come here.
I want you to lead two oxen to repair the gate.
We lack stiff and heavy wood, so we don't need to repair the wooden gate. You can stack stones at the gate, leaving only a width for a horse carriage to pass through. Then … "
Then build a small barbican behind the gate.
However, Ma Min did not know what a barbican was. Even if Danny told him, Chora would not be able to do it.
"Let's do this for now."
After the Blood Alliance Guards left with Ma Min, Chora said hesitantly, "Your Highness, what plans do you have for the future? Are you going to live here forever? "
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