Chapter 5 Go to Thorny Town

After making all the shoes, Sherman led a group of people into the thorny swamp.

The carriage and luggage were taken care of by several people, led by Roy to the other side.

"Is this thorny town?"

Sinard covered her nose and looked at the messy town in front of her.

There was not a single place that could be called clean, only countless mud and dirty water.

People living in the town were also in rags. They knelt in the wet mud and lowered their heads with trembling.

Sherman opened the blueprint.

Soon, the small red dot, which represented the residential area, became a human shape one after another. Only a few small red dots in the house did not change.

He reached out his hand and clicked in, only to find that they were all old people who were seriously ill in bed.

Sherman didn't mind.

"I'm Sherman Locke, the owner of the thorn swamp, your leader. From now on, the thorn swamp will be under my jurisdiction!"

Sherman stepped forward and said loudly.

The residents of the town looked at him numbly, and their eyes were deathly silent.

"Don't you think you can run away in two days?"

"Alas, he has delicate skin, and bring a woman. Can he make it?"

"I hope he won't raise the tax. It's too poor."

The crowd whispered and glanced at Sinard occasionally. They didn't recognize saintess.

On the contrary, they didn't understand why a noble girl like her was willing to come to the thorny town.

After saying that, Sherman opened the blueprint and began to assign tasks.

"Everyone, go home and fetch the food bags. In half an hour, I will distribute the food under the divine tree!"

"After we get wheat, from tomorrow on, fifty people will be sent to the designated place to collect materials every day!"

"The tax of thorn town is adjusted to be free from tax in the first half of the year, and 30% per acre after that!"

After the instructions were given, the villagers had changed from happiness at the beginning to ecstasy. Some of them began to kowtow to thank Sherman for his tolerance.

Someone even came over and wanted to kiss his feet.

"Let's go back to fetch the food bags. It's getting late!"

Sherman said hurriedly, trying to avoid the enthusiasm of the public.

"Do you want to live here in the future and help them build the thorny swamp?"

Sinard was wearing a luxurious dress and high heels.

She didn't step in the mud, but on the bricks and stones prepared by the soldiers.

Sherman turned to look at her.

Saintess's eyes were full of disdain for the environment here.

"She is also from a poor family. She has been raised by the government for a few years, and she has a lot of bad habits..." he thought for a while and nodded.

"Since I'm already the leader of the thorn swamp, I won't leave easily. As for you," Sherman looked at her and said with a smile, "you'd better go back and be your saintess."

Sinard pursed her lips and looked at Sherman's side face.

"Marquis Sherman, what are you doing?"

When they arrived at the village, it was already dark. The setting sun only left a trace of light, and soon it would completely disappear in the darkness.

Several torches were lit under the divine tree.

The villagers lined up, holding their food bags and looking forward to it.

Sitting on a wooden chair that had just been washed clean, Sherman instructed Dolores and others to distribute the food.

According to the quantity of half a bag for each household, 1000 pieces of wheat could maintain the food and clothing of the town for two months.

"Go to bed early after you get the food. We'll start to work tomorrow!"

Dolores said loudly after distributing all the food.

"Marquis Sherman, you are such a good man! You have shown off your love as soon as you took office!"

"It seems that we have met a good leader this time. He will lead us out of the thorn swamp!"

"Long live marquis Sherman!"

The villagers took the food and wanted to praise Sherman.

They didn't worry about it at all.

Then they happily went home to cook with the food bag. As for the work tomorrow?

They didn't worry. Thanks to the help of marquis Sherman!

"I heard that marquis Sherman is the heir to the throne. As the leader of our town, he may just do some achievements or work casually. He must have fooled us and asked us to feed the food."

"That's right. This thorny swamp is a damned place. If it weren't for the earth token, I would have run away!"

"There's no place to work nearby. I'll just fool him around tomorrow."

There were many discussions among the villagers, but Sherman ignored them.

However, on the way, Roy, who had passed through the crowd, looked serious and stood in front of Sherman uneasily.

Under the light of the torch, his face turned abnormally red.

It seemed that he was ashamed, or it was just because he ran too fast that he was not able to breathe smoothly.

"Marquis Sherman, I hope you won't lower yourself to the same level as them. The thorny swampland has been poor for a long time, and everyone is..." Roy tried hard to organize his words in despair.

Sherman smiled.

"Let's go back. I need your help tomorrow."

No matter how nervous Roy was, he had no choice but to follow the order and leave.

At the same time, he prayed in his mind that marquis Sherman would not make a fuss with them.

On the second day, Sherman got up with the help of Dolores.

"According to my plan, today's main task is to get the drawing of the wooden house, and then collect as many materials as possible, trying to create three buildings before dark today."

Sherman planned to use the first wooden house by himself.

He was still living in the temporary tent under the divine tree. When the cold wind blew at night, it was inevitable that there was a little wind.

It was time for him to rest and work in a wooden house.

The measure of distributing food yesterday raised the satisfaction of the residents to fifty points. They could not only change a wooden house drawing, but also change another blacksmith shop, medicine shop, silk weaving shop, and wooden house.

These were the most basic drawings and didn't cost much.

While enjoying Dolores's massage, Sherman opened the system interface and exchanged the design drawings one by one.

Soon, on the blueprint, the building column lit up.

Sherman clicked in and found that the wooden house and other buildings had been unlocked and could be built freely.

"A wooden house costs two hundred wood and fifty stones..."

With the materials given by the novice gift pack, Sherman could easily build five wooden houses.

But in this case, it would take a lot of effort to collect the materials for building a blacksmith shop.

He didn't know when he could finish all the basic buildings in the town.

"Build a wooden house first, and then cover up other facilities. After all, the residents have their own houses, and the wooden houses are not short of buildings."

After making up his mind, he chose an open space closest to the divine tree.

He planned to build his own wooden house here.

At the same time, it was convenient to issue an order to the villagers who lived around the divine trees.