50 Tuesday, one week later.
“Town? Large pioneer village? What do you mean, owner?”
Hamar, who was summoned immediately after his short vacation after the water gate opening ceremony, naturally did not look good.
“We are going to clear that wide plain and do farming, but how can the farmers who live near the castle on either end of the plain go back and forth every day? Even if it is possible, it would be a waste of time. We would have to build a new village in the middle of the plain.”
“So you’re going to leave it to me…?”
“Hmm. Are you not confident in architecture? Well, I’ve never heard that dwarves are good at architecture…” ”
What are you talking about? Next to making weapons, the thing we dwarves are good at is architecture…” ”
Oh. Really? “Of course! I knew that would happen!”
“Ah… you rotten snout…”
Hamar was momentarily overcome with tears and blurted out a slip of the tongue, but soon realized what he had said and sat down.
Hamar put on a pitiful expression, hoping for the last bit of warmth, but the other person had no intention of letting go of the prey once it had bitten him.
“The village will be divided into four districts with roads laid in a cross pattern, and houses of the same size will be built at regular intervals. The larger the permanent population, the better, but for now, aim for half the population of the territory.”
Logan smiled as he recalled the efficiency of the imperial planned city he had seen in his previous life.
“We will build several communal wells in each district, create communal toilets, and allow people to do their business there. Men and women will be separated. And we will dig separate drains to create a sewer system that will dispose of the sewage out of the village.”
Logan’s order was extremely detailed, from the overall form to the specific facilities.
However, Hamar could only grit his teeth as he watched Logan explain excitedly.
“Where else have you seen something like that?!”
“Oh, Tina?”
“What the hell! What kind of people are you? Who keep giving the owner such useless inspiration? They say they’ve lived here their whole lives!”
It was true that they were future empire bastards, but I couldn’t say that, so I had no choice but to ignore them like last time.
“That’s not necessarily true. Anyway, I definitely saw it…”
“Ahhh! Damn it! I’m going crazy. I’m going to be even more excited because it sounds so plausible.”
“Huh? Is that really true? I saw that the sanitary conditions have definitely improved and the prevention of infectious diseases has also improved…”
Logan, who had been watching Hamar as he spoke, hastily added as he saw the dwarf’s face becoming more and more distorted.
“If you just design it and build a few wooden buildings as a demonstration, I’ll give you a long vacation as soon as the real mine work is done. As long as you want. How about that?”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup There are out there how many times I’m going to get hit…” As
the words of half-agreement fell out while his fists were shaking, Logan smiled sweetly and made Hamar’s expression become even more distorted.
“Ah, but on that scale, just the amount of wood needed would be no problem. Have you thought about a way to import that wood? Even in Tritan, it won’t be easy to get that amount of wood…” Hamar, who
was rolling his head, responded with his own remorse. I flew it.
“Wood? It’s in the south, and it doesn’t require shape processing raw materials like a crossbow.”
“South?”
With that, Logan pointed to the lush trees below the lush mountain range visible from the window of McLane Castle.
“Could it be Monster Forest…?”
Logan nodded calmly.
Hamar tried to refute that absurd sound.
“Right now, we’ll just do the ground work and build a basic demonstration house, and then we’ll slowly start construction using the lumber we can procure. If we cut it down and procure it as soon as the new soldiers are finished training in the winter, there won’t be any problems with lumber in the future. You’ll have to wait until then. “You can rest well and come back. Once the mine is over.”
It seemed like no matter what he said, Hamar wouldn’t listen, so he just sighed.
“Heh heh… And then you participate in village construction again?”
“Hey, they promise to take a long vacation after that. From what I heard, mine development will end soon? I guess I can take a break for at least a month. What do you think? It’s a perfect plan, right?”
“Ugh…”
I hated to admit it, but it was a reasonable schedule for Hamar to hear.
Above all, he was a slave and in fact had nothing to say even if he were forced to do so.
“McLine Town. That village will now become the center of the McLane territory. It is where half of the territory’s residents will live, so it may be more prosperous than the castle. You are creating the future of this territory.”
“So why would I…”
“The wizards will help too. You will do it, right? Do your best.”
“Devil…”
Hamar could not help but nod while lamenting.
And just three weeks later.
“As expected, it’s Hamar.”
Logan was nodding his head in satisfaction after hearing the report that the blueprints and model house for the giant pioneer village, a.k.a. McLane Town, had been completed.
The news he had been waiting for the most also came.
“Gongjaniiiiim!”
bang!
The office door burst open and Dwayne rushed in.
“What? Why?”
“It’s not Hamar, it’s Hamar! I’ve sent word that mining can now begin in that gold mine!”
The moment Dwayne screamed, Logan left the office like the wind.
The source of funds that will become the basis for the family’s leap forward has finally been completed.
‘Now all plans can gain momentum.’
With my heart pounding, my racing body became faster and faster.
“Go, Confucius. Me too…!”
To the point where I couldn’t pay any attention to things like the mournful voice ringing behind me.
* * *
“This is a gold nugget that rarely comes out of a gold mine. Usually, it is distributed in small quantities among minerals and requires extraction, but something like this is already coming out.”
Dwayne’s mouth widened as he looked at the gold nugget the size of Hamar’s fingernail.
Logan also patted Hamar’s shoulder, whose face was full of fatigue, with proud eyes.
“Thank you for your hard work! It was a lot! Thanks to you, Hamar, this territory is coming back to life!”
It was a sincere compliment, but Hamar just had a sullen expression on his face.
“Now that the mining operation is done well, I can take it easy?”
“Ah… Hahaha. But how much can I mine from now on?”
Hamar looked at Logan suspiciously, who was avoiding his eyes, but he answered.
“As predicted, 1 ton of gold per month seems possible. I cannot estimate the reserves at the moment, and my prediction is that it will last 10 years at best. So, can I rest now?”
“1 ton… then that’s…”
But Logan awkwardly changed his tone again.
“Hey, master? Hey, master! What about my vacation? Don’t avert your eyes!”
“Hmm. Construction on the town has just begun, and we need to make more crossbows, as well as weapons for the knights…” “
…Just kill me! Kill me! A human being must have a conscience! I can’t do it! I won’t do it! Just kill me!”
Hamar, lying down with its wide-open eyes wide open, began to lash out.
‘I feel like I’ve seen this before…’
Logan grabbed his head, feeling a sense of déjà vu that he didn’t know why.
‘Okay. There’s still a lot of work to do…’
Only Logan knew this, but since preparations for war were in full swing, there was no end to the need for the dwarf Hamar.
But now there really was no excuse.
‘Maybe I should try to rescue other dwarves in the future too…’
Hamar was already playing dozens of times more of a role than initially expected.
Now I really had no choice but to let it rest.
Moreover, if we continued like that, another accident like the last time might happen.
“Okay. I’ll give you a vacation as promised. For a month…”
“Wow! Master! Don’t look for me! I’ll sleep for a month!”
Before Hamar could finish speaking, he screamed and screamed something nonsensical.
‘I was going to ask you to take two weeks off because a month was too long.’
However, looking at his red eyes and the shadows under his eyes that seemed to reach down to his chin, I felt like he was going to swing a knife if he said those words.
‘Well, I have to do other things in the meantime. Just set it up and have Hamar sort it out a month later.’
While Logan was swallowing his words, thinking that Hamar would be scared if he found out, Hamar disappeared down the mountain with his short legs so fast that they were invisible.
Logan is laughing at the lightning-like movement that reveals his will to rest, stronger than steel.
“Wow!”
Another roar suddenly came out from behind me.
“What?!”
“100 million gold!!”
“what?”
“I can’t believe those lies were true! If you earn 1 ton of gold a month, you can easily make 100 million gold in a year!”
It was a cheer from Dwayne who finished the calculation while squatting down.
“Now our territory is alive! We don’t have to worry about anything!”
There was even a glimpse of madness in Dwayne’s eyes as he held Logan’s body and shook it.
“Is it that good?”
“Of course! You don’t have to worry about equipment, food, or anything else now. Hahahaha!”
Considering how excited I was just at the news of the gold mine last time, I could understand his strong reaction now, but I needed to cool him off before I got any more excited.
“There are a lot of things that need to be done. Not everything can be solved by having money, but directly…”
“What nonsense are you talking about? There is nothing that money can’t solve! It’s just because there isn’t enough money!”
“….”
Dwayne seemed to have completely turned around.
It seemed that general persuasion would not be enough to make the gray-faced administrator look normal.
Logan eventually had no choice but to pull out the last card.
“But you know that this gold mining family doesn’t own it, it’s mine, right?”
“…Yes?”
“The gold mine belongs to me. It doesn’t belong to the family.”
“Huh? What is that? Hey, Confucius. Just kidding.”
As expected, it seemed like he wasn’t even thinking about it.
‘No, you’re probably just pretending not to notice.’
So, I needed to take this opportunity to clearly remind myself.
“It’s private land I received as compensation after the war. Have you forgotten?”
“…Did you receive such a reward? Oh, I don’t even remember. Why are you telling a boring joke on this great day?”
Looking at the expression on his face, it seemed like he might be sincere, so Logan became a bit scared.
So, I brought in undeniable evidence.
“Is that right? Here are the documents.”
Dwayne’s eyes gradually began to focus as he looked at the piece of paper that Logan took out from his pocket and waved.
“Ah ah…. Ugh….”
Moisture soon began to appear in my clear eyes, as if I had woken up from a happy daydream.
“Oh no. I can’t believe it. Confucius, you’re not saying you’re going to spend that money on your own again, are you? That’s impossible…”
“Oh, no, I’m not going to do that. I’m going to use it for my family.”
I wanted to make a joke, but if I did that, I felt like I would see that big guy crying.
“Is that so? Are you sure?!”
“Yes. But as long as I want to.”
Dwayne’s expression, which was about to brighten again, turned complicated.
“Still, 30% of the tax goes to the Zoro family…”
The loyal financial administrator is trying to say something to calm him down before he falls into manic depression.
“Ha… well, Confucius, you will take care of it.”
Dwayne suddenly nodded with an expression that seemed to understand everything.
“…huh?”
“The construction of that dam or something went well… and so far, nothing has gone bad because Confucius insisted. I believe it.”
Logan couldn’t help but like what he said.
From Clayton to Dwayne, the reactions to him were overly positive. It was
good that things were going smoothly, but he couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy because it felt like he had too many ideals. .
‘What’s good is good.’
So, while I was in a good mood, I decided to do something unreasonable.
“Okay. Then the mine construction will have been completed successfully. We are also pushing forward with the construction of the newly started village. So that Hamar can accelerate as soon as his vacation ends.”
“Yes. I will prepare.”
Even before the vacation of the best talent in McLane territory is over, I have made reservations for the long winter labor that will continue throughout the winter.
“Those who plan to live there will be given priority for reclamation. Is the announcement ready?”
“Yes. “I will do it right away.”
He pushed ahead with the matters related to land reclamation rights, which were decided without any discussion with his father or his vassals.
“We will also start recruiting soldiers and begin training around winter.”
While he was pushing ahead, he even planned to recruit regular troops that were not the main force. I laid it out, but…
“Yes. Of course I know.”
“…Ah. Really.”
Dwayne, who was answering as soon as Logan finished speaking, suddenly stopped talking and looked puzzled at Logan’s sharp gaze.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
“What do you mean? ”
“Why are you suddenly acting so obediently?”
“Because it’s something worth doing.”
Dwayne’s eyes were shining brightly.
It was as if he had no memory of opposing his plan at all not long ago.
“Really, why are you doing this? I’m anxious. …’
It bothered me, but since the response was positive anyway, there was no need for him to say anything.
Logan decided to just think positively and continued speaking.
“Oh, and of course, you have to keep it as secret as possible. “You know, right?”
“You know. If Biphros or the Margrave of Calia find out, there will be an uproar.”
“Yes. As time goes by, rumors will spread, but it is better to become known as late as possible.”
When gold is mined in earnest, even workers who only dug ore without knowing what it was will know that it is a gold mine. There are
five gold mines, of which there are only four in the kingdom. Since this is a major incident, it is impossible to silence thousands of people.
“Yes. It goes without saying. I’ll take care of it.”
‘I really can’t get used to it…’
Logan smiled awkwardly at Dwayne’s friendly attitude, which became more awkward the more he looked at it.
“Okay. Let’s commit everything first and see.”
Even if my father came out after completing training and objected, what would I do if it had already been committed? The
acting lord’s courage, which had already been going on for three months, was growing without knowing its limits.
But…
a week later.
” Your father came out?”
I was in the midst of planning and making an announcement, but it turned out that I had to give up the acting position sooner than expected.
Logan couldn’t help but frown.
“Yes. After putting your clothes in order, you will come to the office. “I will receive a report directly from the Archduke.”
“Okay. Just one more week and then come out.”
“…What are you worried about?”
“If you came out after announcing the recruitment of soldiers and the reclamation rights to pioneer villages and tax breaks, I wouldn’t be able to overturn it.”
“Hmm. Are you afraid that the head of the family will object?”
“Isn’t it obvious? It’s obvious that you’ll say I’m doing something useless.”
“Huh…”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“No. Well, you’ll find out if you watch.”
Since I was already used to Dwayne’s strange reactions that continued after the success of the dam and mine construction, I ignored them.
Rather, my father’s reaction was the problem.
‘I’ll just have to insist and see. Currently, the residents of the territory are responding well. ‘
The fact that Logan had been acting as the acting lord due to the absence of the head of the family for the past three months was not known outside the family.
It was not something that was intentionally prevented from becoming known, but the reason it was able to be quietly passed over so far was that there was no big problem. Rather
than forced mobilization, food was provided. Although he gave it in return, he did not criticize the fact that he made the residents of the territory work, even though it became a hot topic within the territory.
Above all, he was the main character in history who made water flow in the wasteland, and currently received absolute support from the residents of the two provinces. .
So I had no hesitation in sticking to my will.
‘Okay, let’s clash over every little thing!’
Logan steeled himself.
