Chapter 45 Castle Planning

Richard returned the books and treasures of the Stopa family, which made Sophia very satisfied.

At that time, the Wick Castle was empty, and the treasures hidden in the Baron's mansion were found. Although they could not be called ownerless, it would not be easy to get them back.

Especially since the Harland family was stronger than the Stopa family.

Sophia once negotiated with Baron Harden to return Baron Stopa's serfs, but was explicitly rejected by Baron Harden.

Baron Harden was a silver knight and an important commander in the northern region. His relationship with the upper class of the Grant Kingdom was far better than that of ordinary baron families such as Harland and Stopa.

Sophia thought that she was not Baron Harden's opponent, so she could only take this loss.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, Sophia was unwilling to offend the Harland family and make herself surrounded by enemies.

Seeing that Richard was willing to return the purple-headed bee eggs, Sophia waved her hand and said, "Thank you, Richard. We are friends now. Welcome to visit Castle Wick."

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

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

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

This time Richard planned to continue to build several villages and dig reservoirs by the way.

Water is the source of life. Without water, humans cannot survive.

The most important thing for a settlement is water.

Especially in hilly and mountainous terrain, without water, no matter how large the territory is, it can't support many people.

The Eagle Mountains are not very short of water. There are many streams and rivers on the southern slope.

There are two small rivers with sufficient water in the territory of the Harland family.

In spring and summer, there are many seasonal streams 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 a water source, you also need to dig a well.

A good well digger has a very considerable salary, and a successful well digging costs about ten gold coins.

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

With Wendy's guidance, the slaves can easily find the location for digging a well. A group of thirty slaves can build a stone well in seven or eight days.

There is no need to pay wages for using slaves to work, just let them have enough food.

Including Fort William, the territory needs to dig 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 a thing worth celebrating.

After digging the well, Richard will focus on building a reservoir.

Every day, like the slaves, he eats and lives on the construction site, designs and plans the reservoir, and supervises the quality and progress of the project.

Even the noble lords were like this. Although the conditions were difficult, the slaves did not complain much.

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

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

The wheeled brick kiln can produce 60,000 bricks in one firing, and the success rate has increased by about three times.

Although the success rate of firing a brick is less than 24%, in Richard's previous life, such a low success rate would have immediately caused the brick-burning workers to be fired by the boss.

But in the Dawn Plane, such production efficiency is far higher than that of several other lords.

Richard is already very satisfied with firing bricks twice a week and producing 120,000 bricks.

The slaves have no knowledge. Less than ten of the more than 4,000 slaves can read, and the literacy rate is only 2.5 per thousand.

What else can Richard ask for in such a bad situation?

The territory is still under construction, and Richard has no energy, time, or money to invest in education.

Besides, he can't teach too many things by himself.

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

Reclaiming farmland and building fortifications are far ahead of establishing schools and educating children.

Nowadays, even six-year-old children have to work with adults.

Only when the territory develops to a certain extent, with more people and the people have accumulated a certain amount of wealth, will Richard have the conditions to establish schools 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 productivity progress will make the development of the territory promising.

With the large-scale production of bricks and a small amount of earth and cement, the construction of William Castle 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 sixteen meters high.

More than a thousand strong slaves worked intensively for nearly two years to build the city wall.

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 is built, the most important construction task is to build the Baron's Mansion.

Fort William is a mountain city, it is impossible to be square, the castle is built along the direction of the mountain, suitable for defense is the first priority.

The castle is roughly divided into four parts.

The Baron's Mansion is located on the west side of the mountainside, which is the most dangerous location.

The castle is 20 meters high, and it is planned to build a four-story main building, which faces north and south, and two-story podiums are built on the east and west sides.

A one-story house is built on the southernmost side, connected to the podiums on the east and west sides.

There is a small square in the middle of the mansion, which will be filled with many training equipment, including archery targets, running playgrounds, and iron-horned horse stables.

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

There is also a two-story small courtyard next to the Baron's Mansion. Richard plans to dig a large ice cellar in the middle of the courtyard to store meat, and the small courtyard will be used as the Baron's Mansion Treasury.

The Baron's Mansion covers an area of ​​76,000 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 into some high-end residences, and there are also two-story office buildings.

When Fort William is built, those who can live in the West City are either rich or noble, and they are the ruling class of the territory.

The Central City is located in the center of the valley. The buildings are mainly military fortresses, and towers are built every thirty meters.

The width of the canyon is two kilometers, and there is a 20-meter-wide river in the middle.

The Central City was built on both sides of the river, forming two irregular trapezoidal castles. The most common buildings in the Central City are military barracks, with a total area of ​​about 200,000 square meters.

The East City is located in the eastern mountain range, which is slightly flatter and not as dangerous as the west.

The houses in the East Castle are mainly reserved for the families of soldiers.

When the territory is formed, Richard plans to establish a monster hunting team to enter the Eagle Mountains to hunt monsters. The East City can set up a monster material trading market to bring new income to the territory.

The largest area is the Back City, which will also be the slums of Fort William.

It is located behind the Central City, with an area of ​​about 1.5 square kilometers. As long as the three areas of East, West and Middle are not lost, the Back City will not face the orcs directly. A large number of houses will be built here, and commercial streets will be planned.

Most of the ordinary civilians, citizens, and businessmen will live in the Back City.

This plan is relatively large. If it is fully realized, Fort William will have to settle 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 drawing.