The best territory designer of all time - Episode 19
19fury. All roads lead to Rome (2)
All roads lead to Rome.
All roads lead to Rome.
This is something everyone has probably heard at least once..
It also comes from the numerous roads built during the ancient Roman period..
‘The Roman Empire was truly a road fanatic..’
Roads should be made as straight as possible.
Every corner of the vast territory must be connected..
For him, he doesn't hesitate to dig a tunnel in a mountain or build a bridge in a valley..
The empire that most strictly adhered to such beliefs was Rome..
Thanks to this, they built a road totaling 85,000 kilometers..
A road was built that could circle the Earth more than two times around the equator..
“That’s how important roads are. Do you know what the factor that has the greatest influence on land prices is??”
“I'm not sure.”
“It's traffic, traffic.”
“…….”
Lloyd's words continued in Javiel's silence..
“Let’s say you have a house. But the road from that house to the market is very difficult. You have to climb mountains, cross water, and even bungee jump. Every time I go out somewhere, my mentality automatically shouts for the starting dream team. Would you want to live in a house like that??”
“I think it will be great training.”
“…….”
“If you climb a mountain and swim every day, your basic physical strength will become stronger. bungee jumping… … I don't know what it is, but if it also gives you an extreme experience, it would be great swordsmanship training..”
“Tsk, then, by the standards of an ordinary person, not someone with a swordsmanship fetish like you..”
“Well, that might be a bit tricky..”
“I guess so?”
“yes.”
“It makes sense now.”
Lloyd raised the corners of his mouth in satisfaction..
“It's not just the house. The territory is the same. I know what the biggest problem is in our territory.?”
“In the past, you were Lloyd..”
“…….”
“I don't know now.”
“Hmm. Road, road.”
“You mean the road??”
“okay. Have you seen a properly paved road in our territory??”
“I didn't see it.”
“yes? That's right.”
it was true.
There is not a single paved road in the Barony of Frontera..
There is simply no grass growing along the road where many people travel, so there is only a naturally occurring dirt road..
I thought it was time to change that..
Moreover, the road in its usual role was not the end.
Lloyd had other, more important plans for using the road..
“Anyway, you don't need to know what I'm going to do right away. Could you please get out of my way? Let's do some measuring..”
The reason for road construction can be shown through results anyway..
So now is the time to act rather than explain..
He waved his hand at Javiel..
I looked at the terrain where the road would be laid..
‘It would be best to lay asphalt, but that is impossible here. In terms of the technology that can be mobilized locally, the Via Appia would be the most appropriate..’
Lloyd recalled the Appian Way, which he had encountered during a liberal arts lecture..
It also happened to be a topic that was researched and presented during the group assignment..
‘Early Roman roads. The origin and starting point of numerous roads built by Rome. Thanks to the Appian Way, Rome was able to successfully conquer the southern part of the Italian peninsula. Even to this day, the road remains strong..’
It was a road built over 2,000 years ago..
However, it was still running without any special compensation..
It was a glimpse into the formidable civil engineering technology of ancient Rome..
Lloyd planned to build just such an Appian Way along the central section of the fiefdom..
‘From here to there.’
From the manor house entrance road, straight through the manor all the way to the mountains in the far east..
It was the perfect plot to serve as the main artery for the future growth of the territory..
But before construction could begin, there was work to be done..
It was measurement and design..
‘First, let’s raise the skill level first..’
Lloyd opened the skill window..
Ding dong.
[Load a list of skills you have.]
[Basic Survey: Lv 2]
[Basic design: Lv 2]
[Extension Mastery Skill - (Shovel): Lv 1]
‘Hmm, I guess we need to invest more in surveying and planning skills..’
In the meantime, we measured and designed several Ondol rooms..
Perhaps thanks to the accumulated experience, the surveying and design skills each increased by 1..
However, this was not enough to survey and design the road..
‘The surveying skill can only measure an area of 121㎡ in one use. With my design skills, the volume is only 1,331㎥. This is too inefficient.’
Lloyd's brow furrowed..
it was true.
Not long ago, he was testing how many skills he could use at once..
The results were less satisfactory than expected.
The limit was ten times each for surveying and design..
If I tried more than that, I felt extreme fatigue and dizziness..
Of course, the skill was automatically canceled..
It took almost a day to even recover enough to use skills again..
In other words, with the current skill level, only 1,210㎡ of area and 13,310㎥ of volume can be measured and designed per day..
‘That would be difficult. How far is it from here to that mountain? We need to hurry up a little to finish the construction before the spring rainy season arrives..’
didn't have much time.
Fortunately, there was quite a bit of RP collected so far..
[RP you currently own : 659]
……No, there was a huge pile up..
‘Should I at least bow down to Lord Neumann for this?.’
It was thanks to Lord Neumann's duel and his execution..
Affinity with many people has improved.
20 each with the Baron and his wife..
Haviel and 2.
Lord Bavaria 1.
In addition, the overall favorability rating for Young Ji-min rose by 6..
Thanks to this, I was able to collect a whopping 507 RP that day alone..
Nevertheless, he did not hastily waste RP..
If you keep it, the day will come when you will put it to good use..
With that belief, I have been saving RP sparingly until now..
And it was finally time to use the RP I had saved up..
‘Well then, let's see. As a test, let's just raise it 1 level at a time..’
Lloyd moved his eyes to one side of the skill window..
There was a skill level up button there..
His eyes flickered towards the skill level up button like a mouse click..
Ding dong.
[List of skills that can be leveled up]
[Basic Surveying: Lv 2 → 3 (RP Consumption) : 10)]
[Basic design: Lv 2 → 3 (RP consumption : 10)]
[Extended Mastery Skill - (Shovel): Lv 1 → 2 (RP Consumed) : 15)]
‘From surveying and design.’
I chose two skills.
Ding dong.
[Skill level up!]
[Basic Survey: Lv 3]
[Area that can be surveyed at once : 144㎡]
[RP required for next level up : 15]
[Basic design: Lv 3]
[Area of a structure that can be designed at once : 1,728㎥]
[RP required for next level up : 15]
[RP you currently own : 639]
The effect of the skill seemed to increase slightly..
But I wasn't satisfied with it like this..
‘Let’s invest properly while we’re at it..’
Surveying and design were his livelihood..
It was never a plan to save investment..
Lloyd boldly poured out the remaining RP..
Surveying and design skills have steadily improved..
3From level to level 4.
5From level to level 6.
Finally rose from level 9 to level 10.
There, I invested RP once more to raise it to level 11, and this time a slightly different message appeared..
Ding dong!
[Skill level up!]
[The level of surveying skill has increased to.]
[Skill options are opened as skill level increases..]
[Intermediate Surveying: Lv 1]
[Area that can be surveyed at once : 1,600㎡]
[Skill-only option ①: Land price appraisal - Appraises the unit price per land area at the current time of the surveyed terrain. (error rate +/-5%)]
[Skill-only option ②: Underground scanning - Automatically scans the surveyed terrain up to 5 meters underground. Identify all elements such as ground composition, soil quality, bedrock, groundwater, and buried resources within the scope..]
[RP required for next level up : 100]
[The level of design skill has increased to.]
[Skill options are opened as skill level increases..]
[Intermediate Design: Lv 1]
[Area of a structure that can be designed at once : 64,000㎥]
[Skill-only option ①: Drawing output - Design results can be accurately printed on a drawing (designated paper, etc.).]
[Skill-only option ②: Floor plan display (2D) - Displays the design results as a 2D floor plan on the actual land. (Special: Only I can see it)]
[RP required for next level up : 100]
[RP you currently own : 119]
‘Wow, awesome.’
My eyes widened at the changed skill content..
I didn't even care about the huge amount of RP I consumed..
‘The measured area and design volume have increased tremendously. But there's something even bigger than this.’
Lloyd's gaze turned to the option dedicated to the surveying skill..
Option created when the skill level increases beyond beginner level 10 to intermediate level.
Those options were truly amazing..
‘Land appraised? This is a perfect real estate app because you can literally check the current market price of the land. Plus, it's an underground scan..’
Let's try it first.
Lloyd cast his gaze into the distance..
Intermediate surveying skill activated.
‘survey.’
Tsutsutsu!
A faint blue light appeared in Lloyd's eyes..
At the same time, the scenery he looked at changed..
A square area of 40 meters wide and 40 meters long, as defined by the line of sight..
Some additions have been made to the information displayed within that range:.
The first was the estimated sale price of the land..
‘omg… … Our territory was worth this much shit.?’
The place he was currently scanning through surveying was a place that could be called the center of the territory. It was a place of its own, with a tavern and a few shops gathered together..
However, the expected selling price per pyeong was less than 1 gold.!
‘Tsk. I need to work harder.’
I once again realized just how small a village the Barony of Frontera is..
But that's just for now.
If you cultivate your estate, land prices will naturally rise..
Lloyd focused on other information that appeared to be his surveying skills..
The information he focused on this time was the result of underground scanning..
‘It's a lot better than I thought?’
It was exactly as described in the skill option..
The underground area within the survey area was clearly visible up to 5 meters..
I could see how tree roots were intertwined in the ground, what path groundwater flowed through, and even rabbit holes made here and there..
Lloyd swallowed his saliva without realizing it..
‘It's awesome, seriously.’
Until now, even if you used surveying skills, you could only see information on the surface of the earth..
There was no way to know what was underground until you dug into the ground yourself..
But it was resolved all at once.
‘It will be especially useful when doing ground work..’
Ground foundation construction on site is absolutely essential..
Especially when building a large building, foundation construction becomes more important..
If you are building a large bridge or dam and the ground conditions are poor,?
If proper foundation construction was not done properly,?
The building soon reveals problems..
Leaning, cracking, or sinking.
It finally falls apart.
Before that happens, a situation may arise where we have to hold back tears and force demolition..
At best, you spend a lot of money to build something, but a catastrophe occurs when you waste money on demolition to prevent further damage..
‘However, if underground scanning becomes automatic, such incidents will be much reduced. The foundation construction period will also be shortened..’
You can check the status of foundation construction in real time.
Construction period is greatly shortened.
This means saving money on construction..
‘The design skill options are not easy either..’
Lloyd's gaze this time turned to the two options created in the design skill..
‘Display the floor plan in the drawing output..’
I wanted to try it right away.
But now, there was Javiel next to him..
If I used my design skills to draw up a drawing, it would have been easy to be mistaken for a human printer..
‘Let’s use the design when we are alone..’
First of all, from the measurement.
Tsutsutsutsu!
From that day on, Lloyd devoted himself to surveying during the day..
The route was measured, calculating the area where the road would be laid..
All information collected over several days was converted into data..
Transferred data to design skills.
If day was the stage for surveying, night was the time when planning played a leading role..
When night came, he put Javiel to sleep..
“The plastic limit (PL) is defined as the percent moisture content at which the kneaded soil breaks when rolled into a thread shape with a diameter of 3.2 mm (1/8 in.). The plastic limit of soil is… … blah blah… … And… … As in determining the liquid limit… … Know the Miju… … Using a similar conical cone with a weight of 240 g… … The water content ratio corresponding to the cone penetration of d = 20mm is... … Blah blah…….”
“……cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.”
When Javiel fell completely asleep, I activated my design skill from then on..
The route and cross-section of the road were designed based on information obtained from surveying..
And I quietly printed out the drawing so as not to wake Haviel..
Tsuzuzuzu!
As a test, I tried printing the drawing on paper..
Then, the drawing designed with skill was printed on paper..
‘Oh, that's okay. It becomes real.’
Until now, he had to manually transfer and draw the drawings designed with skill..
It was uncomfortable and difficult work..
There was a slight decrease in accuracy..
Then, now that I can print out drawings as if I were using a printer, it has become much more comfortable and convenient..
The power(?) of the skill option was not the only thing.
“Hey, Habiel. Do you see that??”
“yes? What do you mean??”
A few mornings later, Lloyd tested skill options on Javiel at the road construction site..
He pointed to the spot where the road would be built..
“that. There's a line drawn on the floor and it's not like that.?”
“I don't see anything like that. but…….”
“but?”
“I'm a little concerned about Lloyd's eye health or mental health..”
“It seems like I'm seeing nothing?”
“That's right.”
“Hehehe, okay.”
“……?”
Lloyd smiled sinisterly..
As expected, it’s as expected..
The result of last night’s skill design.
So now, 2D floor plans are engraved throughout the site..
It was only visible to me.
‘it's okay. you can do it.’
Surveying and design skills become much stronger than expected.
Thanks to this, construction preparations were completed smoothly..
Now it was time to jump into full-scale construction..
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