Chapter 53. You have to unite to sell (3)
“Brother Lloyd!”
“What can I do!”
“Lord! Give me a job too!”
“I brought a shovel and a pickaxe and everything I had!”
“I brought all my sons too!”
“We came as a couple!”
“We’re here too!”
Buzzing buzzing.
It was early morning.
Originally, it was a calm time to prepare for the day quietly.
It was also time to prepare breakfast in the fog of early autumn and wash your face while relaxing your tired body a little.
But today was different.
The front of the baron’s mansion was buzzing.
Hundreds of farmers gathered.
Everyone was shouting with all their might and holding up their shovels and pickaxes.
At first glance, it looked like a peasant rebellion that would make all the lords pale.
But it wasn’t the case.
These were farmers who had gathered to volunteer for construction work, not rebellion.
Baron Frontera was feeling stunned as he watched it through the window of his office.
“Did you really expect this?”
“Hmm, to be honest, I didn’t expect it to be like this.”
Lloyd answered the baron’s question with a wry smile.
It was true.
I had no idea that the proclamation announced last evening would exert such a destructive power (?).
It was he who recommended the baron to write the proclamation yesterday.
I had advised the villagers to objectively and transparently inform the villagers of what vile Viscount Lacona had done and what he demanded with the threat.
‘But the baron’s writing style(?) was much better than I thought.’
To put it in conclusion, the baron had great knowledge in literature.
Even though it was just an ordinary proclamation, it had a taste that touched the heart of the reader.
When you read the proclamation?
Without realizing it, my heart raced.
I was indignant, my fists clenched, and I cried.
It was enough to read it even to himself, who had become cynical due to the turbulence of the world, so there was nothing to see the aftermath of the aftermath of the proclamation by naive farmers.
‘Maybe the baron was born in the wrong era and world.’
Suddenly, I wondered what it would have been like if the baron had been born in Korea.
Maybe he would not have become a popular novelist in places like Naver.
Lloyd closed his thoughts and opened his mouth.
“Anyway, the effect of the proclamation is better than expected, so it seems that the work can proceed more smoothly.”
“What did you talk about yesterday?”
“yes. Construction of a temporary reservoir. I want to start right now.”
Just then, the atmosphere of the young people was boiling.
A consensus was formed that angered the viscount’s atrocities.
If you miss this timing, it will be a loss.
no it’s a joke
Lloyd immediately left the baron’s office.
I went out of the mansion and stood in front of the villagers.
He did not give a speech decorated with rhetoric.
Instead of saying nothing, he showed the way forward with actions.
He had lifted a steel shovel in front of everyone.
That means let’s start building together!
“Whoaaaa!”
“Ooooooooooo!”
Human farmers and orc miners.
Everyone lifted the shovel with all their might.
They marched across the estate following Lloyd. no it marched
And he started working right where Lloyd pointed out.
between last night.
It was an empty lot that Lloyd had surveyed and designed in advance.
There, Lloyd took out the baby boy.
Red sunflower seeds were fed to him.
“Hey, Podong?”
“Ppodong?”
“Do you want to eat?”
“Podo-dong!”
Tuang-!
Little Boy who ate the red sunflower seeds grew to a size of 10 meters.
The locals cheered at the appearance of the strongest heavy equipment summoner.
Amidst the cheers, Podongi started digging the ground.
“Podo Do Do Do Do Do Dong!”
Ho ba ba ba ba bat!
Pudongi’s pudgy bottom twitched.
Each time, its dainty, huge front paws moved like the wind.
The ground was cracked.
The soil splattered explosively.
When about 30 minutes passed like that.
A rectangular pit measuring 50 meters wide, 100 meters long, and 2.5 meters deep was created in what used to be an ordinary vacant lot.
It looked like a pool.
Lloyd’s work order fell.
“Now, Team 1 of the Corps of Engineers refines the pit dug by Podongi in detail. flatten the face. corner at right angles. input!”
“Ooh!”
Team 1 of the Corps of Engineers threw off their tops and rushed into the pit.
Lloyd’s gaze returned to the crowd of territories.
“Alright then, Team 2 of the Corps of Engineers and the rest, gather the flat stones and bring them here! The bigger and wider the better. do you see this? These smooth stones are the best. However, if you get hurt while working, you will be in trouble, so be careful not to overdo it!”
“Yes, young boy!”
The villagers started to move.
There was no distinction between men and women of all ages.
There was no occupational division.
An old farmer and a young woodcutter.
A shepherd boy and a hunter girl.
Everyone scattered throughout the territory and gathered flat stones.
Someone brought a large stone like a table, and someone brought a pile of small stones the size of a palm. Even the toddlers gathered pebbles in their fern-like hands, holding their mother’s hand.
Together with the locals, Lloyd himself collected and moved the stones.
After a couple of hours thanks.
Enough piles of stones have been accumulated next to the rectangular pit.
“good. The 1st and 2nd groups of the Corps of Engineers take a break. The third team of engineers and plasterers move the stones into the pit and lay them flat on the inside floor and walls. input!”
“Ooh!”
The third group of engineers and plasterers moved.
Flat stones were placed as if tiles were laid on a pool. laid Attached with plaster.
Of course, it wasn’t attached randomly.
“there! too high! lower it! Keep up the slant!”
It was a temporary storage facility.
It was a place to put everyone’s drinking water.
Water draining was also important for hygiene reasons.
So I made the floor slope so that it gently slopes to one side.
The same was true when laying stones and making a drainage channel on one side of the reservoir.
‘of course. If I don’t do this, the water will pool.’
Stagnant water rots.
It’s not a memetic drip, it’s real.
In such rotten water, various bacteria and algae breed.
Drinking without thinking makes it perfect for winning various diseases.
So the drainage of the reservoir was really important enough to be emphasized many times.
“So what about the Orcs? Rocks for floodgates transported!”
“I’ve been waiting for this moment!”
Lloyd, who had built all the drainage channels, shouted.
The orcs who had been waiting until they were thirsty responded.
Three orcs came carrying a boulder the size of an elevator.
Kung at the place where the reservoir and the drainage are connected! I put it down to make a sound.
The size of the rock was just right for the drainage channel.
Like the cork on a wine bottle.
Or like the rubber stopper at the bottom of the bathtub.
It was a rock to act as a stopper to trap the water in the reservoir.
Of course, when draining the water from the reservoir, all you have to do is entice orcs who like sports and lightly (?) lift that rock.
Thus, a 50×100m pool or temporary reservoir was completed.
Construction started in the morning and it took only half a day.
‘Whoa. Is the construction speed true?’
Cheers from the locals.
In the midst of that, Lloyd stuck out his tongue.
But his work is not yet done.
Having built a reservoir, it was time to fill it with water.
“Then everyone wait. Oh. If you stay too close to the reservoir, Hamang might run over you, so everyone stay away. Xaviel?”
“yes.”
“Let’s go get some water with me. Drive a horse.”
“All right.”
We rode together on Xaviel’s horse.
The Prona River crosses the territory from north to south.
I ran south along the course of the river.
After passing through the Marez clearing, we passed the Viscounty of Lacona.
That’s how we got to the upper reaches where the river would not be polluted yet.
I put down the hamangi in the clear flowing river.
“Come on, dear. know?”
“Hamang! Hee hee hee!”
From the moment he saw the river that was already flowing, Ha Mang’s eyes were full of lanterns. The bottom is furiously twitching.
Like a puppy waiting for a walk that he had been waiting for all day, he was ready to jump into the river.
Lloyd responded exactly to Hamangi’s earnest wishes.
“Come on, one-shot!”
“Hamang!”
Visit!
Hamangi’s fist-sized body fell into the river.
However, there was no case that Hamangi was washed away in the river.
Instead, the water surface of the river began to go all the way down.
“Hmmmmmmm-!”
Shoot Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
This is literally storm inhalation.
Hamangi sucked in the river and became huge in real time.
It has already surpassed its previous maximum size of 50 meters.
It swelled up to 60 meters.
‘good. My one-shot skill improved while making Marez clearing ground.’
Currently, Hamangi’s one-shot skill level is 3.
It has risen by 2 levels.
If the previous water balloon size limit was 50 meters, now it is 60 meters.
Calculated by the area of the sphere, it was able to hold almost twice as much water as before.
“If you have everything, let’s go! What!”
I tapped the front saddle Xaviel’s shoulder.
Xaviel spurred the horse.
The horse purred and ran.
After that, Hamangi followed him around.
While crushing all kinds of terrain with the whole body.
“Hmmmmmmm!”
Guguaguaguagua!
A terrifying (?) situation where a whopping 60-meter water balloon rolls around.
Perhaps thanks to that situation, Xaviel’s horse ran with full force.
Thanks to this, even Lloyd had to enjoy the experience of having his pelvis factored out on the saddle.
On the one hand, there was also a ferocious urge.
‘I think I’d like to rush Hamang to the self-governing territory as it is.’
Or, he wanted to lead the Iron Sand Orc Tribe, a blood alliance, and storm into the vassal territory.
But I persevered.
The bad thing was Viscount Lacona.
They weren’t the poor territories living in the self-governed territory.
I didn’t want to hurt them by venting my anger.
Besides, in reality, if he did such a thing, the aftermath would be bigger.
It was obvious, both legally and financially.
“Come on this way!”
On the back saddle, I grabbed Xaviel’s shoulders and pointed him in the direction.
Unlike when I came, it was a route going around Jajaklyeong and heading north.
So he returned safely to the territory.
The people of Yeongji cheered at Hamang’s tremendous majesty.
When the water spat out by Hamangi filled the temporary reservoir in one queue and still overflowed, the cheers turned into cheers.
It was thanks to the availability of clean water for the time being.
‘Of course, this is just a temporary measure.’
cheers of many.
Even in the midst of that, Lloyd did not lose his calm expression.
No, his head was even busier, calculating the future.
‘I was able to make a reservoir in one day because the local people participated better than expected. It’s a good thing. But not with this. Temporary measures have limits.’
Creating a reservoir and filling it with clear water by mobilizing Hamangi.
At first glance, it seemed like a plausible way.
However, there was a loophole in this method.
That was exactly what he and Hamang needed.
‘Hamang, a fantasy servant, only listens to me. Other people can’t control it at all. It means I have to stick with Hamang and fill the reservoir regularly.’
In other words, the territory could not be emptied for more than a few days.
Besides, what if something happened to you or Hamang?
So what if you can’t fill the reservoir with water?
It was clear that all the young people would suffer from headaches again drinking water contaminated with wastewater.
‘So this is just a temporary measure. Hurry up and dig up the waterworks.’
Time was not on this side.
There was no reason to hesitate.
From the next day, Lloyd immediately started preparing for the construction of the waterworks.
The first step was the survey survey.
Climbed the Eastern Mountains with Xaviel.
The destination was clear.
“I’m going all the way to Lake Capua like this.”
Lloyd said as he climbed the mountain path, sometimes gentle and sometimes steep.
Lake Capua was a mountain lake in the middle of the Eastern Mountain Range.
Xaviel, who was following behind, tilted his head.
“Lake Capua. But I have a question for you.”
“Are you curious? What.”
“Why is it all about Lake Capua?”
“Why do you have to? Is there any problem?”
“yes. there is. Have you ever heard of King Stoma?”
“King Stoma? Of course you know. They said it was a very strong and ferocious monster.”
“Then do you know that Lake Capua is King Stoma’s realm?”
“uh.”
Lloyd nodded.
and added
“Also, I know that King Stoma is now in a sleep phase.”
“Sleep period?”
“huh. I will probably sleep for the next 50 years or so.”
“How do you know that?”
“The iron-blooded knight did that.”
“…An iron-blooded knight?”
“uh.”
“Who is that?”
who is who
You are the main character in the novel.
Lloyd smiled instead of answering.
And suddenly, I remembered the contents of the novel Iron Blooded Knight.
‘Was it when Lloyd died in the novel and Xaviel left the new estate?’
Perhaps.
At the time, Xaviel was wanted.
It was because he cut down two moneylenders at the couple’s funeral shortly after the death of the baron and his wife.
It was only later that the loan shark’s tyranny was revealed and his loyalty was taken into account and he was acquitted, but at least until right after Lloyd’s death, Xaviel was a wanted man.
It was the same when he made Lloyd’s tomb.
Guards stormed the cemetery.
rushed to arrest him.
Of course, Xaviel subdued them unscathed.
He escaped the pursuers and hid in the Eastern Mountains.
At that time, Xaviel’s hiding place was the shore of Lake Capua.
‘And I probably hit this line in a monologue. It’s a relief that King Stoma just went into sleep.’
Indeed, just like that monologue, Xaviel hid safely on the shores of Lake Capua for a month.
I was finally able to overcome the pursuers and cross the mountain range.
“Anyway, Lake Capua is the best water intake. The amount of water is consistent throughout the year thanks to the regular melting of the high peaks’ ice caps. The water quality is clear and the turbidity is low. In addition, the ground on which the water supply pipe will be laid from the lakeside to the manor is stable and gentle.”
It was Lloyd who was sitting on a rock for a break.
I wiped my sweat and looked around the terrain.
Indeed, as he said, the hillside that his gaze reached was generally gentle.
All but one.
Xaviel pointed to it.
I remembered the eyes full of questions.
“Then how do you intend to put the water pipes there?”
Where the silver-haired knight pointed.
There was a valley where the topography seemed to have been cut off.
The width of the valley is about 80 meters.
On both sides of it, cliffs dozens of meters high faced each other.
However, the path of the water supply pipe that Lloyd suggested by drawing with his hand gestured across the cliff led to the cliff on the other side.
Xaviel felt suspicious.
‘Passing a water supply pipe over that valley? how?’
I didn’t quite understand.
I also wondered if it was possible.
But I had no doubts.
It was Lloyd who had shown strange construction methods many times.
From ondol to paved roads, mines, ice storage and Marez clearing. Wasn’t Lloyd the one who showed results that he had never imagined before?
So again….
“Do you have any other method in mind?”
I thought maybe it was.
Indeed, Xaviel’s guess was correct without fail.
He was able to hear the following reply from his once-reckless young master Lloyd.
“of course. I will build an aqueduct.”
“Is it an aqueduct?”
“There’s something like that. Even with the principle of a siphon, you won’t be able to carry the water from here to the other side of the valley.”
Lloyd raised an eyebrow.
How to overcome the mountain valley terrain.
And thus the way he has in mind to lay the water pipe stably across the valley.
It was a splendid product and legacy of the Roman Empire that existed in the actual Earth’s history, a Roman-style arched aqueduct.
