Chapter 40: Digging a Pit In October, the arrival of the dark elves was already an open secret in the Rodnik territory, and the dark elves brought back by Zhao Yannian were temporarily arranged in a tent not far from the castle, and at this time, the expansion plan was also put on the planning agenda by Zhao Yannian.
The grain crops in the Rodnik Territory have been harvested, and the lords have begun to pickle vegetables in preparation for the coming winter.
Zhao Yannian's subordinates who rely on the wooden house can also survive this winter, but this is an absolutely intolerable shame in the eyes of the otaku.
Therefore, after Zhao Yannian placed the dark elves who were still a little restless in mid-October, he asked Erica to post a recruitment notice, the city will build a new castle, and will recruit 2,000 construction workers and 200 women who are responsible for cooking and washing clothes, and the treatment will be the same as when the road was built before.
As soon as Erica's notice came out, it immediately received a positive response from the people, in order to compete for these two thousand jobs, there was a brawl for the first time in more than a year in the peaceful Rodnik Territory, and the young men of the garrison who had completed the training of junior warriors finally came in handy for the first time, twenty young men wearing light leather armor and carrying steel swords easily leveled more than a hundred farmers who were pushing and fighting with their scabbards, and then Erica, who arrived later, gave severe punishments to the two villages involved in the fighting, The village where the fighter is located will be banned from participating in all recruitment in the territory for half a year, and if they make further mistakes within the penalty time, they will be severely fined.
As soon as Erica's punishment came out, for a time Rodnik led the vulgar farmers to become humble gentlemen, even if the farmers who had made enemies before they met, they had to pinch their noses and salute each other before they dared to leave, for fear of being caught in the wrong place again and losing the opportunity to make money.
Two thousand hard-working farmers and the ten large machines built when laying the railroad took only three days to completely dismantle the small castle where Zhao Yannian had lived for more than 20 years, and then according to Zhao Yannian's instructions, the people began to dig a pit on this small hillside.
According to Zhao Yannian's plan, the new castle will be a seven-story modern building with two floors underground, five floors above ground, and an elevator, running water, a complete ventilation system, and various equipment necessary for modern life.
A series of ancillary buildings will also be built on the periphery of the main building, which will bring together the various functions of government, education, and military affairs in the entire territory, and when their territory develops into a city in the future, this building will become the center of the city.
In order to build this mansion of his dreams, otaku are driving magic cars all over the world these days to buy cement and steel, and there are still people.
Zhao Yannian, who couldn't supervise the work at any time because he wanted to purchase materials, went to Ivoda and caught Sidney Wright, who was already a famous architect in Dongsen County, and the fat man heard that Zhao Yannian was going to build a cross-era castle, which would have the most comfortable living environment in the world, and immediately patted his chest and said that he must be involved, even if he was only a foreman who supervised the work.
With Sidney Wright, who has been in the construction industry for many years, both Zhao Yannian and Erica immediately relaxed a lot.
As the concubine of the tax officer, Sidney himself has good accounting ability, plus he learned a lot of mathematics and statistics from Zhao Yannian, Sidney's ability to manage money is even stronger than Erica, since seeing Sidney's talent, Erica has made up her mind to dig this fat man into the territory to be a financial officer.
"I'm afraid not, Sidney is doing well in Ivorda now, and you know that Ivorda is much more developed than our territory, and I'm afraid he won't agree to come to such a desolate place to be a lord official without a noble title."
Zhao Yannian thought for a while, put down the teacup in his hand and said.
"Honey, go and try it, don't you see that your second lady's skin is not as smooth as it used to be?"
Erica said pitifully with her chin in her hands.
"Nonsense, the second lady of my family has just turned twenty years old now, and her whole body is slippery."
Zhao Yannian laughed and pinched Erica's face.
"If you're so busy all day long, you'll become an old woman sooner or later, and Sister Luna and I haven't moved until now......," Erica said, looking down and touching her lower abdomen, her face a little gloomy.
"Don't worry, I have elven blood in my body, and my mother didn't conceive me until she was twenty-six years old."
Zhao Yannian reached out to hold Erica's hand and patted it comfortingly.
"Two days ago, when my father came to see me from Digan City, I asked me to try to pester you and give birth to a boy for you, so that I will have status when I am old and ugly in the future."
After Erica reached out and opened Zhao Yannian's thief hand that changed from a light pat to a random touch, she sighed and said.
"Don't worry, I'll never abandon you, just as I will never abandon Luna."
Zhao Yannian looked at Erica and said this sentence very seriously.
The excavation of the hill was completed quickly and orderly under Sidney's management, and in late October, the small hill on which the castle once stood had been transformed into a large circular pit seven meters deep and one hundred meters in diameter.
The more than 5,000 cubic meters of earth excavated have been used to widen the area at the top of the hill and have been turned into a circular platform under the compaction of the rollers.
After the excavation of the underground part of the new castle was completed, the rest of the work rarely needed their help, and Zhao Yannian, who had a lot of money in his hands, began to recruit again in mid-October, this time to dig an aqueduct from the Maragnon River, which was five meters wide and three meters deep and eighty kilometers long, for drinking water and irrigation.
This is a huge project with a construction volume of 1.2 million cubic meters, and one laborer can dig eight cubic meters a day, and it takes Zhao Yannian a whole month to hire 5,000 adult laborers.
One month is the limit of Zhao Yannian's calculation, and in mid-November, the weather in Rodnik will begin to turn cold, and by that time the land will become hard and it will be impossible to excavate again.
So in order to complete Zhao Yannian's sudden thought of the project, Erica was busy for two days without rest before mobilizing the people in the territory and devoting herself to the pit digging business again.
In order to take revenge on Zhao Yannian's arbitrary behavior, Erica did not let Zhao Yannian enter her room for a week after that, and Luna has recently led the guards and the fanatics of the thief group to clear out the demonic beasts near the territory, poor Zhao Yannian can only pitifully hold the pillow and guard the empty room alone, during which Celine saw Zhao Yannian like this, and once blushed and said that she could sleep with him at any time as long as the owner needed her, but in order not to stimulate Erica's nerves again, Zhao Yannian could only send Celine out of the room with kind words, and said that after Erica was angry, everything would be negotiable.
Just when Zhao Yannian was busy in the territory, a young man with brown curly hair came to Cuifeng Town, and when Zhao Yannian heard the news of Sherlock's return, this voyeur alchemist had already poured three glasses of ale in Jasmine's tavern.
Riding a magic flying car from the construction site of the City Lord's Mansion to Cuifeng Town, Zhao Yannian pushed open the door, and a down-and-out homeless man with a beard was sitting in the tavern at this time, pouring ale wine one by one.
"Looks like you're not having a good time these days."
Zhao Yannian sat opposite Sherlock, and Jasmine took the initiative to bring a cup of black tea.
"Hostess?!
Why did you say you didn't have black tea just now?
Sherlock glanced at Zhao Yannian and didn't reply, but pointed to the black tea in front of Zhao Yannian and asked Jasmine.
"If you can give me two thousand gold coins a month for pocket money, I will also make you tea."
Jasmine walked up to Zhao Yannian and kissed him on the cheek as she spoke.
"Two thousand gold coins?!
I can't even get two gold coins out right now.
Sherlock shook his head and smiled bitterly after listening to Jasmine's words.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
"Why are you so miserable?
I remember I gave you a thousand gold coins for living expenses.
Zhao Yannian said in surprise.
"On the day I returned to Ivorda, I was approached by my grandmother, who looted everything from me, including the gold coins, and told me that it was an increase in the difficulty she had put on my test."
Sherlock raised his head and drank the fourth glass of ale in front of him, and when he had finished it, he tilted his head back and opened his mouth for a while, until the last drop of the glass fell into his mouth, and then he put the glass down contentedly.
"And what about the results of the investigation?"
Zhao Yannian asked.
"Your father-in-law's enemies are much more than you think, that team of city gate guards is just the introduction of this matter, when the matter of the city gate spread, someone spent money to buy the staff of the city guard officer, and gave the officer this bad idea, you must know that the bandit bandits can never be exterminated, they usually don't need anything to rob, if they don't trade they will be starved to death, so most of the bandits in every place have contact with the city guards, The city guard officer, who had been intimidated by your friend, contacted the bandits through his connections, and the people who really came up with the idea were relaxed and comfortable watching the show, and they didn't lose anything by winning or failing.
Sherlock said here, stopping here and looking at the black tea in Zhao Yannian's hand.
"Jasmine baby, give this Mr.
Sherlock a cup of tea!"
Zhao Yannian snapped his fingers at Jasmine, and now the obedient hotel proprietress who had been trained by Zhao Yannian quickly completed Zhao Yannian's order, and within three minutes, a cup of steaming black tea was placed in front of Sherlock.
"It's a good taste, you're enjoying it."
Sherlock said as he smelled the aroma of black tea.
"Now I can tell who is trying to trick my father-in-law, right?"
Zhao Yannian asked.
"Who else can there be, several competitors of the SCHOTT Chamber of Commerce in recent years, although they don't dare to provoke you head-on, but this kind of thing is very willing to do it."
Sherlock said as a matter of course.
"Is that so?"
After thinking for a while, Zhao Yannian hooked his hand at Sherlock, and then whispered a few words in Sherlock's ear.
"What are you going to do?"
Sherlock asked, confused.
"Digging a pit"