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History of the Greatest Territory Design - Episode 141

141fury. Second ending spoiler (2)

“1830Winter. Vienna, Austria. Strong cold. The Danube River freezes. and… … cholera.”

Lloyd clenched his fists..

Puzzle pieces finally fit together.

The answer that raises its head at the edge.

‘okay. It was this.’

Without even realizing it, the Mokuldae rocked loudly..

Next to me, Javiel tilted his head..

“Cholera??”

“hmm?”

“You were just muttering something to yourself, weren't you? Vienna, Austria. Danube River. cholera. I think that's what I heard..”

“Oh, that.”

I was unconsciously muttering the answer that I suddenly realized..

As expected, Haviel's sensitive hearing must not have missed it..

Lloyd chuckled and quickly explained it away..

“It's the name of a forgotten ancient city and river.”

“You mean the ancient city??”

“uh. When I visited the academy before to see Julien in the royal capital. I saw it in the book I picked up at that time..”

“But why now…….”

“As I thought about it, it suddenly occurred to me that the situation there and now in our territory are similar..”

“It's similar.?”

“A situation where there are so many people crowded together..”

When I thought about it, it really was like that..

1830Vienna, Austria in years.

Current County of Frontera.

There was a commonality between the two places that transcended dimension and space..

‘There are no decent sewage treatment facilities. In that situation, the city's population suddenly exploded..’

1830year.

At that time, Europe was facing a wave of industrialization..

In the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution, numerous workers flocked to cities..

Vienna, the capital of Austria, was no exception..

waves of workers flocking.

The city's population increased rapidly.

A problem arose with the disposal of excrement..

‘of course. Before that, part of the waste was used as fertilizer for farming, and the rest was generally thrown into the road or river. But what if the population suddenly increases? There was no way to dispose of excrement in the same way as before..’

Nevertheless, no measures were taken.

We faced winter in that state..

Unexpectedly, an unprecedentedly strong cold came..

The Danube River, which runs through the city center of Vienna, has completely frozen over..

But people didn't care.

Just like it was until then.

The remaining excrement was thrown into the river..

‘That was the beginning of disaster.’

Under normal circumstances, the excrement would have flowed down the river. It would have been excrement that would be naturally decomposed by various microorganisms in the river water..

But that winter, the story changed when the entire Danube River froze over..

The manure did not float away..

Stacked up on the frozen river..

In that state, it melted in the sun, froze at night, and repeated..

Corruption took place.

Large amounts of rotten manure seeped deep into the ground..

Groundwater in the area was contaminated..

And the following spring.

People who drank the groundwater fell ill with cholera..

It was the beginning of a large-scale epidemic that hit the city..

‘Something similar will happen here. The result was a scene that I saw as an ending spoiler..’

I thought I knew now.

Danube River freezes.

The massive cholera outbreak that resulted.

Lloyd dramatized the case appropriately and told it to Javiel..

“I saw a record of many people dying that way..”

“You mean in the ancient city of Vienna??”

“uh. I think something like that could happen in our territory too..”

It definitely is..

The current situation in the County of Frontera was not easy..

If workers flocked to Vienna, Austria due to the wave of industrialization.

Now, refugees have gathered here in the aftermath of Monster Domino..

“Moreover, there is no sewage treatment facility in our territory either. But what if this year’s winter gets particularly cold? So what if the Prona River freezes? Something like that ancient city will happen. with very high probability.”

Lloyd said with strength in his voice..

As I spoke, I became more confident..

A glimpse into the ending spoiler, of himself dying from an infectious disease..

That future self may have made a wrong decision at this time..

It is likely that proper sewage disposal measures were not prepared..

They probably just took the easy route of dumping the waste into the Prona River..

Now I felt like I knew how things went..

But while this person is thinking like that,.

Javiel tilted his head..

“After hearing Lloyd’s words, I definitely think that could be the case. But. What is a sewage treatment facility??”

“hmm?”

“Is there a better way than digging a hole??”

“uh. of course.”

Lloyd's head nods..

That confident look silenced Haviel..

“…….”

You really are a strange master..

No, he is an amazing person..

Javiel suddenly remembered the strange experience he had earlier during the day..

‘I came to see Lloyd because I had something to report to you..’

I knocked on the bedroom door..

There was no answer from inside..

But I felt Lloyd's presence..

That's why.

It was a report that had to be done anyway..

So as not to disturb Lloyd's concentration..

I carefully opened the door and entered the bedroom..

And I had to be shocked..

‘I couldn't see Lloyd..’

didn't see.

There wasn't.

Even in front of the table.

Even under the bed.

Even beyond the curtain.

I looked at all the places to hide, but I couldn't see Lloyd..

however… … Lloyd's presence continued to be felt..

‘It was my first time experiencing something like that..’

I feel a presence, but even though I search everywhere in the bedroom, there is no one there..

It was a strange, unfamiliar, and incomprehensible situation..

It was even more so because he was a sword master..

‘Lloyd can't fool my senses..’

But I couldn't see it.

couldn't find.

As if I were a ghost.

There was a presence, but I couldn't see it..

I was embarrassed.

So I stepped down.

I came out of the bedroom and cooled my head..

I took care of other backlogged tasks first..

And when I came back in the evening?

I was able to see Lloyd rolling around in the bedroom as usual..

“…….”

The daytime bedroom he visited.

What happened there then?.

How on earth did Lloyd disturb his senses?.

I couldn't figure it out.

Lloyd's incomprehensible abilities.

The mysterious knowledge that is often revealed.

‘doubt… … Should I do it?.’

Or is it better to just leave it as curiosity?.

Javiel thought for a moment..

But the answer was simple.

‘For now, let's just watch. Just out of curiosity.’

In his opinion, Lloyd clearly has some secret..

Looking back, I think it started from the day I built an ondol room for the owner of a bar in Yeongji..

I became a completely different person overnight..

But I didn't want to arouse suspicion because of that..

Even if you have a secret.

Even if you have mysterious abilities.

Because Lloyd always devoted his abilities to the development of the territory..

Because he showed dedication to the people around him..

Because I saved my family and countless others..

So, for now I'm just curious.

Just up to that point.

‘That must be my job.’

Javiel burst out laughing..

After all, he is just a knight loyal to his lord..

So, as long as Lloyd is devoted to the territory, it would be best for him to protect him..

“……All right. Then, shall we go back to Lloyd’s bedroom?.”

“uh? why?”

“Aren’t you planning new construction from now on?.”

“That's true, but.”

“You will spend the night worrying and planning.?”

“maybe?”

“That's why.”

“You want to spend the night together too?”

“yes. I will protect you.”

“what. give me goosebumps.”

“…….”

“Ugh. My hands and feet almost disappeared.”

“…….”

“Still, I will remain loyal to you by spending the night with you.?”

“yes.”

“You want to do that or you want to do that..”

“…….”

“Well then, let’s grab some late night snacks..”

A smile also appeared on Lloyd's lips..

It's a night where there's a lot to do anyway..

Just like that, the night of working overtime for a new plan was getting deeper..

♣

The next day, Lloyd revealed his plan to Count Frontera..

“Well, the Great River.?”

“yes.”

“What was that??”

“This is an underground tunnel to dispose of waste generated from the estate..”

It was during breakfast..

Savory cheese and sour salad.

Hearty eggs and fatty sausages.

The table was rich with warm milk..

Lloyd glanced back at the table and spoke carefully..

“Um, if you don't want to talk about this while eating, can we talk about it later??”

“no. Okay.”

Talk about excrement during a fragrant meal.

Any decent person would have frowned at least once..

But Count Frontera did not do that at all..

Instead, he burst out in a good-natured laugh..

“It's a matter of my territory and it concerns the people who live here. Judging by the way you bring up the story with such a cautious expression, it must be something much more important than breakfast..”

“thank you for your understanding.”

“Yes, this is a way to dispose of waste. I'm sure he brought it up because there was a need for something.?”

“Sure.”

“Can you please listen??”

“yes.”

It was from then on..

Lloyd told the Count the story he had told Javiel the day before..

The count's expression hardened little by little as he listened to his story..

“Is it possible for an infectious disease to occur that way??”

“yes. Perhaps so. It's a fact that remains on record..”

“That said, there is a high possibility of something like that happening in our territory as well.?”

“I guess.”

“That's why a major sewer is necessary.?”

“yes.”

Lloyd nodded..

That was the conclusion he came to..

At first, I thought I would just dump the waste somewhere far away from the estate..

But there wasn't really a place for that..

There are mountain ranges to the east.

If excrement was dumped there, there was a high possibility that both groundwater and water sources would be contaminated..

Even if it was abandoned in the Lacona Viscounty in the south, it would be problematic..

‘If an epidemic breaks out there, it will quickly spread to our territory..’

However, we cannot abandon it to the west, which is the king's territory..

Then the only place left is the north, and when I thought about dumping a large amount of waste on that empty land, I couldn't breathe..

The reason was simple.

‘Because there is too much waste to just move it..’

In fact, it was a simple arithmetic problem..

If we calculate the average amount of excrement that one person excretes per day to be around 200 grams,?

‘Multiply by the number of refugees and you will get the answer. Approximately 9 to 10 tons of excrement will be discharged every day. In a month? It's about 300 tons.’

300 tons of poop in one month.

13,600 tons per year.

10As many as a year…….

‘Tsk. Let's not calculate anymore.’

When I thought about it, I felt strange inside..

Anyway, whether you use a cart or a person carries it in a bucket,.

It was an unmanageable amount of waste to simply move..

Moreover, unlike the city of Cremo and the royal capital, which have been well-equipped with systems and infrastructure as large cities for a long time, the number of residents in this Frontera territory had never exceeded several thousand before the influx of refugees..

As such, poor infrastructure.

Population increased rapidly.

In order to solve the problem of excrement there, it was necessary to refer to similar cases..

‘That's why. Vienna, Austria. You should take note of that. The coping strategies you actually chose there will help you a lot..’

He decided to use the example of Vienna, Austria as a role model..

How to prevent infectious diseases that will occur in the future in your territory.

The answer was found when looking at the response method chosen by Vienna, Austria in actual history..

‘1830From 1835. We built sewer pipes 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters high on both sides of the Vienna River. Was it called ‘Cholera Canal’??’

That wasn't the end.

‘Later, from 1890 to 1910, an additional, much larger sewage canal was built. It is a whopping 15 meters wide and 8 meters high. In this way, the previously created Cholera Canal and the newly created sewer were organically connected..’

I dug the ground so hard.

A meticulous sewage system was created..

Thanks to this, we were finally able to put an end to the cholera outbreak..

‘you have to learn that.’

Lloyd said after organizing his thoughts..

“Actually, the concept itself is simple. Various sewage and excrement generated during the daily lives of the residents of the territory are allowed to flow separately underground. By completely separating it from existing river water or groundwater..”

“This means preventing contamination of river water and groundwater.?”

“yes. That's an accurate summary. That's why.”

First, a generous amount of groundbait was sprinkled for the construction of the sewage channel..

The Count fully understood the need for construction..

Work must be carried out at a time like this..

When you do it right away.

Like pulling out a bull's horn.

Don’t give yourself time to think about anything else..

“A large workforce is required. So, I would like you to write an official letter..”

“It's an official document?”

“This is a personnel recruitment official letter..”

I explained it step by step to the count who was curious..

“It will be a large-scale construction project. It will also be a construction project that involves constructing the entire estate. Not only the mansion here, but also existing villages, refugee camps, and apartment complexes. Almost every residential area needs to be excavated and sewer pipes installed. It doesn't end there.”

“If it's not the end?”

“All of the collected sewage must flow smoothly to the no-man’s land in the north. Of course, you'll have to dig even there..”

“It's going to be a huge project..”

“yes. That's why. That much manpower is needed.”

it was true.

Existing Corps of Engineers?

They alone wouldn't be enough.

In addition, the Corps of Engineers was deployed to construct apartments, which was a priority..

The same was true for elven ironworkers and orc warriors..

”At least the resting White Lancers can be mobilized. But they alone are not enough. So we need the help of local residents and refugees..“

“Hmm, so that means they are accepting volunteers..”

“yes.”

In fact, I thought about mobilizing them by force..

Frontera territory has already become a county territory..

It gave him enormous power..

Honestly, if we wanted to, we could forcibly mobilize residents and refugees..

But I didn't want to do that..

It was because it reminded me of the sadness I often experienced in Korea..

‘I worked hard, but I didn't get the daily wage and kept getting pushed back... … It was so terrible.’

I will try to eat and live.

I'll try to glue my mouth.

Those were the days when I worked so hard..

But the world often wielded violence against me..

ignore? derision?

That kind of thing was rather noble..

The most painful and saddest violence was when a group of workers were pushed back..

‘charge per day. I worked hard and my nose was bleeding after seeing just that one thing..’

I'm sorry.

I can't help it.

Isn’t it good to be good to each other?.

So just wait a few days and I'll give it to you..

I couldn't say anything because he said it with a kind face..

I would reluctantly answer that I understand..

But after that?

‘I have never seen such a promise made half-heartedly while delaying payment of daily wages, only to be kept later..’

The daily wage that has been pushed back once continues to be pushed back..

Strangely enough, it's always been like that..

Thanks to you, I had to worry so much about not being able to pay the entrance exam fee..

Whenever I see the secretary of Gosiwon, I secretly look at him..

There were even days when I couldn’t even scoop up rice properly..

‘Ah, even thinking about it now makes me angry..’

And it was sad.

I can still feel the anger I felt at that time..

That's why.

‘You can't force people to do things for free..’

I didn't want to do to others the kind of trash I had experienced and cursed at. She promised herself that no matter how dishonorably she lived, she would never do such a thing..

Moreover, even from a practical perspective, forced mobilization would not have been a very wise choice..

‘Dissatisfaction among residents and refugees will pile up..’

Of course, you can just crush your complaints..

But once trust is broken?

It will be difficult to rebuild.

‘You're losing public opinion. From then on, no matter what construction I do, residents will no longer volunteer. Even if you do something like that, it's a loss. There is no reward and it only hurts your body... … Because the perception that.’

Then it was difficult.

The act of undermining trustworthy assets that can be used for a long time for immediate gains..

Let's not make such short-sighted choices..

He said with that promise.

“That's why an official document is needed. To legally draw up an employment contract. Of course, there won't be that many people willing to volunteer this time..”

“I guess so. Because farming season is approaching now..”

The Count shook his head..

It certainly was..

spring was coming.

Existing residents also.

Refugees who received terraced farmland.

It was time for everyone to get busy preparing for farming..

“Still, I can't help it. First, we will first receive applicants, and the remaining number will need to be drawn from the city of Cremo through employment contracts. Even if it costs some money.”

“I guess so. I see. Then, let me write an official letter..”

“thank you.”

That's how the count wrote the official document..

An official letter was circulated throughout the territory..

In fact, Lloyd didn't have high expectations..

This was because the conditions were different in many ways compared to when terraced farmland was created..

‘At that time, there was a condition that reclaimed land would be sold in proportion to participation in the construction, so everyone was enthusiastic. But this time is different. I have nothing to give but a small daily wage. It's a compensation that doesn't have much merit at a time when everyone is busy cultivating their own land..’

So, let’s spend money to hire and bring in additional manpower from Cremo..

Collecting his thoughts like that, Lloyd threw himself onto the bed..

“Phew.”

Is it because I stayed up the night before?.

Is this because I’m busy moving around all day?.

A feeling of fatigue that I had forgotten all along came to me..

‘Let's get some sleep first.’

Sleep well now.

Let’s worry about tomorrow tomorrow.

Lloyd fell asleep quickly without even taking off his shoes..

And after a while.

Ding dong.

[The numerous achievements and accolades you have accumulated so far have a comprehensive effect..]

[Most of the residents and refugees who have read Count Frontera's official letter have a 'strong' desire to repay the favor by helping you..]

Just like that, a miraculous message that even Lloyd himself had not expected began to appear before his sleeping eyes..