Lord Harland

Chapter 45 Castle Planning
Richard returned the treasures of the Stopa family's collection of books, which already satisfied Sophia.

Back then, Vic Castle was empty, and the treasures hidden in the baron's mansion were found. Although they were not unowned, it might not be easy for people to return them.

In particular, the strength of the Harland family surpassed that of the Stopa family.

Sophia once negotiated with Baron Harden, asking the baron to return Baron Stopa's serfs, but Baron Harden explicitly rejected it.

Baron Harden is a silver knight and an important commander in the northern region, and his relationship with the upper echelons of the Grant Kingdom far exceeds that of ordinary baronial families such as Harland and Stoppard.

Sophia thought to herself that she was no match for Baron Harden, so she could only suffer this immediate loss.

Unless it was a last resort, Sophia was unwilling to offend the Harland family and make enemies everywhere.

Seeing that Li Cha was willing to return the Purple Head Peak bee eggs, Sophia waved her bare hands and said, "Thank you, Li Cha, we are friends now. Welcome to Vicburg as a guest."

A few days later, Richard packed up the books and sent them back to Vic Castle himself.

This batch of books includes not only the books collected by the Stopa family, but also some books collected by the Harland family. In addition, Richard also compiled a part of advanced mathematics knowledge and gave it to Sophie Adam as a gift.

After the spring plowing was completed, Li Cha led the construction army out again.

This time Li Cha plans to continue building several villages and dig a reservoir by the way.

Water is the source of life, without which human beings cannot survive.

For a settlement, the most important thing is the water source.

Especially in the hilly and mountainous terrain, there is no water, and no matter how large the territory is, it cannot support many people.

The Eagle Mountains are not very short of water, and there are many small streams and rivers at the southern foot.

Inside the territory of the Harland family, there are two small rivers with sufficient water.

In spring and summer, there are many seasonal creeks when the snow melts on the mountain.

To build a gathering place, digging a well is the first priority.In addition to being close to water sources, wells must be dug.

A good well digger has a very handsome salary, and the price of successfully digging a well is about ten gold coins.

The Harland family has a magician, and Wendy has a high elemental intimacy, and it is easy to sense where the water element is enriched.

With Wendy's guidance, it was easy for the slaves to find a place to dig a well. A group of thirty slaves could build a stone well in seven or eight days.

There is no need to pay wages to use slaves to work, just to feed them.

Including Fort William, the territory needs to drill dozens of wells, which can save hundreds of gold coins.For the Harland family, who are in debt and poor, saving hundreds of gold coins is already something worth celebrating.

After drilling the well, Li Cha focused on building the reservoir.

Like a slave every day, he eats and lives on the construction site, designs and plans the reservoir, and supervises the quality and progress of the project.

Even noble lords are like this. Although the conditions are difficult, the slaves don't have many complaints.

Thousands of slaves worked together and finally repaired the reservoir before June.

In the past year, slaves in brick kilns, lime kilns, and cement kilns have accumulated a lot of experience.

The wheeled brick kiln can burn 6 yuan of bricks once, and the success rate has increased by about three times.

Although the success rate of burning bricks once is less than 24%, in the previous life of Li Cha and others, with such a low success rate, the workers who fired bricks were immediately fired by the boss.

But in the plane of morning light, this kind of production efficiency is far beyond that of the other lords.

Burning bricks twice a week and being able to produce 12 bricks already made Li Cha very satisfied.

The slaves had no knowledge, less than ten of the more than 4000 slaves could read, and the literacy rate was only [-] per thousand.

With such a bad situation, what else can Li Cha ask for?
Now the territory is still in the process of land reclamation and construction, and Li Cha has no energy, time, or money to invest in education.

Besides, relying on him alone, he can't teach too many things.

If the castle is not completed in a day, the safety of the people will not be protected.

Cultivating farmland and building city fortifications are far ahead of building schools and educating children.

Today even children as young as six have to work with adults.

Only when the territory has developed to a certain level, with a larger population, and the residents have accumulated a certain amount of wealth, can Li Cha have the conditions to establish a school and spread knowledge.At that time, papermaking and printing can be promoted on a small scale.

Investing funds in education, cultivating literate craftsmen, and accelerating the progress of productivity, the development of the territory will have a future.

With the mass production of bricks and a small amount of earth cement, the construction of Fort William is getting faster and faster.

The city wall was completed before winter. The walls around the castle add up to about six kilometers and are 16 meters high.

More than 1000 strong slaves worked intensively for nearly two years before the city wall was built.

The city wall is the largest project of the castle. After the city wall is built, the castle project is half completed.

After the city wall was completed, the most urgent construction task was to build the baron's mansion.

Fort William is a city in the mountains, it is impossible to be square, the castle is built along the direction of the mountains, so being suitable for defense is the top priority.

The castle is roughly divided into four parts.

The baron's mansion is located on the mountainside on the west side, which is the most dangerous location.

The height of the castle is 20 meters, and it is planned to build a four-story main building. The main building faces south, and two-story skirt buildings are built on the east and west sides.

A one-story house is built on the southernmost side, which is connected with the podium buildings on the east and west sides.

In the middle of the mansion is a small square, where there will be a lot of training equipment, including archery targets, a playground for running, and a barn for iron horned horses.

There is a towering wall behind the mansion, with gardens, pools and other buildings inside.

Next to the baron's mansion is a small two-story yard. Richard plans to dig a large ice cellar in the middle of the yard to store meat. The small yard will be used as the baron's mansion treasury.

The baron's mansion covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, almost occupying half of the area of ​​the west city of Fort William.

Most of the remaining half of the area is built with some high-end residences, and there are two floors of office buildings.

After the completion of Fort William, those who can live in the West City are either rich or noble, and they will be the ruling class of the territory.

Zhongcheng District is located in the center of the valley, and the buildings are mainly military fortresses, with towers built every 30 meters.

The width of the canyon is two kilometers, and there is a river with a width of 20 meters in the middle.

The Zhongcheng District is built on both sides of the river, forming two irregular trapezoidal castles. The largest building in the Zhongcheng District is the military barracks, with a total area of ​​about 20 square meters.

Dongcheng is located in the mountains on the east side, and the terrain on the east side of the mountains is slightly gentler, not as dangerous as the west side.

The East Castle houses are mainly reserved for soldiers' families.

When the territory takes shape, Li Cha plans to set up a monster hunting team and enter the Eagle Mountain Range to hunt monsters. Dongcheng can set up a monster material trading market to bring new income to the territory.

The largest area is the Houcheng District, which will also be the poor area of ​​Fort William.

This place is located behind the Midtown, with an area of ​​about 1.5 square kilometers. As long as the three areas in the east and west are not lost, the Backtown will not face the orcs directly.A large number of houses will be built here, and commercial streets will also be planned.

Ordinary civilians, citizens, and businessmen will mostly live in the Houcheng District.

This plan is relatively large. If it is fully realized, Fort William will have a population of at least tens of thousands of people.

Now some military fortresses have just been built, and it may take more than ten years to fully realize the plan on the blueprint.

(End of this chapter)