Chapter 8 The Abnormal Fish Monsters

Today's collection team also went out very early. Sherman believed that there wouldn't be any big trouble under the protection of the imperial guards.

"My Lord."

When Sherman left, Tom wanted to say something but stopped. On second thought, he looked at Sherman firmly.

Sherman turned around and asked, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Be careful of yourself."

After saying that, Tom focused on his work again.

'Be careful?'

But Tom didn't plan to say anything more. Sherman could only put his doubts aside at present.

The blacksmith was a silent middle-aged man. The hammer in his hand fell on the metal forcefully and forged the metal into the shape he wanted.

"My Lord."

Hearing Sherman comes in, the blacksmith finished the work and put the parts into the water to quench. After confirming that there was no problem, he bowed to Sherman.

If he didn't do it quickly, he had to raise the temperature when the metal cooled down.

"Is there anything lacking here?"

Sherman came here to check whether the things in the blacksmith shop were good and abundant or not.

If something was lacking, Sherman would try to make it or simply send someone to buy it in the neighboring territory.

"It's very useful. Sir, I have never used such a good tool." Blacksmith Roger smiled shyly and blushed.

His words were true.

Since the decline of the Thorn Marsh…

Roger put this idea aside.

Marquis was here now. Their life would surely be improved!

"That's good. If you have any need or difficulty, just tell me in time."

After confirming that the supplies in these two places were enough for the time being, Sherman went to make Sinard's wooden house.

No matter how much he disliked Sinard, he couldn't let Sinard live in that empty room all the time.

Although Sherman wanted her to shrink back from difficulties, he wouldn't abuse her.

Sinard didn't pester him today.

Sherman didn't care where Sinard had gone or what she had done as long as she didn't get involved in his work.

There were still over fifty children in the Thorn Marsh. Some of them could already help the family, and some were too little.

A school should be built to let these children study. At least, they should be able to read.

But the most important thing was to have an army barrack and let soldiers receive standard training.

There was no need for too many soldiers in the army barrack, but to ensure the safety of the collection team and the town's people.

It would take some time for the construction of the millstone and the oven.

Sherman checked the stock of materials and decided to build an army barrack.

In this way, he could recruit soldiers and train them.

When his satisfaction increased, he could upgrade the buildings and build more buildings, and change the appearance of the buildings in the town.

Sherman found a place to sit down casually, not like a marquis at all.

He began to look through what he could buy.

Grain seeds, trees, fish, and animals, but these could only be unlocked when the satisfaction comes to a certain level.

Now the Thorn Marsh could provide him with a fixed income of ten gold coins every day.

In swamps, there were not many choices. There were only water vegetables, water resisting seed, fish seedlings, and ducks.

The other needed to be soiled after the soil texture was improved.

Looking at the blueprint, the red dots on the map moved around the area covered by the divine tree.

The collection team encountered nearly ten red dots.

After killing the fish monsters again, the soldier's armor was badly broken.

For some reason, the bone weapon used by the fish monsters looked quite hard and sharp.

Just now, the soldier was accidentally hit by it, and his thin armor was almost cut open.

"Keep alert!"

After giving the order, Roy walked forward cautiously with a gun in his hand, in case the fish monsters would attack them at any time on both sides of the road.

These fish monsters used to be in groups of two or three. If they worked together, it would be easy to defeat them.

It was the first time that the fish monsters had directly attacked women.

"Are you okay, Bella?"

Some people used the medicine for the wounded.

The wound was horrifying and bleeding.

Roy went to bind up the wound.

The medicine and bandage he had taken with him were not enough. If someone was injured later, it would be difficult.

The bone weapon of the fish monsters was unreasonable.

"We'll collect here today,"

Roy checked the situation of the injured and thought for a moment, gritting his teeth. "No, we divide into two groups. Please escort these women back to the town."

The soldier nodded arrogantly.

Those who stayed were experienced in dealing with the fish monsters.

Today's main purpose was the woods.

The marsh that had not been explored for a long time had a huge forest. It was said that there was a gold and silver mine somewhere.

They took advantage of the bright sky to collect the woods as soon as possible.

Fortunately, this place wasn't too far away from the area protected by the divine tree.

In the distance, several eyes were spying.

They returned to the town safely and collected a lot of resources.

Roy reported to Sherman the attack that happened today.

"I think those fish monsters have a purpose. They usually attack the humans passing by directly, but this time they attack women directly."

This was quite unusual.

The fish monsters always launched attacks when they saw humans, but they didn't choose their targets.

Sherman leaned back in the chair and asked, "What do you think?"

"The top priority is to deal with the fish monsters. If we don't deal with them, we can't expand at all."

They needed to cultivate, and the most important thing was to expand outside.

"After we get rid of the fish monsters, we can explore some forbidden areas in the Thorn Marsh that we couldn't explore before,"

Roy had thought it over and over again and spoke it out smoothly.

Sherman didn't say anything.

After thinking for a while, Roy said to Sherman, "There is a well-explored and abundant gold and silver mine in the Thorn Marsh."

However, this gold and silver mine was occupied by fish monsters, and they didn't have enough manpower and technology to explore that mine.

Sherman was a little interested. "Gold and silver mine?"

"Yes, the gold and silver mine has a very clear record in the history of a long time ago, and there is also a map."

However, the fish monsters stopped them. It was also the one who caused the Thorn Marsh to become the bottom area of the national tax.

Originally, without the help of the gold and silver mine, they also could make a considerable contribution only by cultivating and wood industry.

"Select some people to work for the silk weaving workshop. The carpenter and blacksmith also need help."

Sherman changed the topic and talked about something else.

Roy got it and was about to do it later.

After that, Sherman asked Roy to leave.