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Chapter 125 Municipal Development
“What can you tell me about the people they’ve sent?” Roland asked
“That’s right, please take a look below,” the Assistant Minister pointed to the bottom of the parchment, “Until now 1’100 people were sent to Border Town Most of the to the ranks of serfs, in accordance with your request have all been held outside of the town The thirty-five craftsmen have been placed under Karl’s command and their homes are all located in the ‘New Civilization District’,” Barov spoke these unusual hness, is this really okay? I thought that area had specially been prepared for the witches”
“The people I have sent out to spread the news about the safe haven haven’t returned yet, their progress is slower than I would’ve iined So, the first houses will be used for the craftsmen and their families, we can still build more afterwards,” Roland’s plan was to renovate the whole Border Town, the wooden houses and es would be converted into brick houses, while at the sah space for wide streets between the houses, rather than the alleys just wide enough for two people to walk side by side, that they had now
“Understood,” Barov nodded, “Your Highness, I’ve heard that there will also be cattle and sheep being shipped here?”
“Ah that’s true But not now, I deliberately let theether with the shepherds They will be sent to the grasslands between the western city wall, the Concealing Forest and the Iood area to turn into a pasture We should reopen the destroyed part of the city wall and use it as an exit, after all, the wall is only useful during the Months of the Deh people and h the bottleneck and allow Border Town to develop further, so Roland was finally able to use all of his otherworldly knowledge
He called one of the guards into his office and ordered them: “Go find Karl and tell hiuess if he isn’t at the mine he will certainly be at the new area outside the town
Half an hour later, Karl walked into the office and bowed in greeting to Roland “Your Highness”
It has been nearly six months since he had seen the mason for the first time and since he had been recruited into the staff of the Town Hall, he could be regarded as the busiest official in the last half-year First he had to preside over the construction of the city walls, and then there were the houses in the new district and the temporally wooden sheds for the new inhabitants of Border Town Now, on his thirty-five-year-old silhouette, he revealed the first few strands of silver and his skin has also started darkening fro in hi and hot as ever before
That a new environo Karl was still carefully trying to hide hi away from trouble But now, as an experienced project coe of several people, even his gestures showed so in power But what Roland appreciated the hts of other people
Roland acknowledged his greeting with a smile, “Please sit, and come take a look at his” He handed him some sketches that he had previously drawn, “You see, I need you to build so looks like a warehouse Well, building it with its base placed on stilts it would be safe against inco floods,” Karl quickly swept over the first sketch and then turned to the second one and after looking for a while he asked, “Is this supposed to be a furnace?
“Yes, I need you to build more than five of these furnaces near the North Slope Mine, they will be needed to calcine the cement and to burn clay bricks So, you have to find an eood transport channels and the area should be spacious enough so that we can still later build some more furnaces there”
“I understand” Karl now turned his view to the last sketch and immediately frowned after he saw it, “This… seems to be sewers? No, there is also a roof and walls… and the area behind it looks like a pond Your Royal Highness, I seehed, “This is a toilet, and will also be your construction project of the highest priority”