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History of the Greatest Territory Design - Episode 53

53fury. We have to come together to sell (3)

“Master Lloyd!”

“What should I do?!”

“My lord! Please give me a job too!”

“I brought a shovel, a pickaxe, everything I had.!”

“I brought all my sons too.!”

“We came as a couple.!”

“We came too, kkuik!”

Buzz, buzz, bustle.

It was early morning.

It was originally a peaceful time to quietly prepare for the day..

It was also time to prepare breakfast in the early autumn fog, relax a little and wash my face..

But today was different.

The front of the Baron’s mansion was bustling..

Hundreds of farmers gathered together.

Everyone was shouting loudly and holding up shovels, pickaxes, etc..

At first glance, it looked like a peasant revolt that would make all the lords pale..

But it wasn't really.

These were peasants who gathered to volunteer for construction, not to rebel..

Baron Frontera felt astonished as he watched the scene through his office window..

“Did you really expect this??”

“Ugh, honestly, I didn't expect it to be this bad either..”

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 destructive power(?)..

He was the one who recommended the Baron yesterday to write a proclamation..

I advised him to objectively and transparently inform the people of the territory about what kind of despicable things Viscount Lacona had done and what he had demanded through his threats..

‘But the Baron's writing skills were much better than I expected..’

To conclude, the Baron had a great knowledge of literature..

Even though it was just an ordinary proclamation, it had the flavor of subtly touching the hearts of those who read it..

When you read the proclamation?

My heart was pounding without even realizing it..

I was so angry that my fists were clenched and I was in tears..

Even I, who had become cynical due to the upheaval of the world, could read it, and the aftermath of simple farmers hearing the proclamation was almost impossible to see..

‘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 have become a popular novelist on places like Naver?.

Lloyd put aside those idle thoughts and opened his mouth..

“Anyway, the effect of the proclamation is better than expected, so it seems like work can proceed more easily..”

“I talked about it yesterday?”

“yes. Construction of a temporary reservoir. I'd like to start right now.”

At that moment, the atmosphere of the territory residents was boiling over..

A consensus of outrage over the viscount's atrocities was formed..

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 people of the territory..

There was no need to give a speech embellished with flowery language..

Instead of saying nothing, he showed the way forward through his actions..

He lifted a steel shovel in front of everyone..

That means let's start construction together!

“Wow!”

“Oooh, squawk!”

Human farmers and orc miners.

Everyone lifted their shovels with all their might..

I marched through the estate following Lloyd. No, they marched..

And I started working right away at the place Lloyd pointed out..

last night.

It was an empty lot for which Lloyd had completed surveys and designs in advance..

There, Lloyd took out the Podongi first..

I fed him red sunflower seeds..

“Come on, Podong.?”

“Podong?”

“Mamma let’s eat?”

“Podo-dong!”

Tuang-!

Podongi ate red sunflower seeds and grew to 10 meters tall..

The people of the territory cheered at the appearance of the most reliable heavy equipment summoner..

Amid the cheers, Podong began digging..

“Pododododododong!”

Hobababababat!

Podong’s pudgy buttocks twitched..

Every time, the cute and huge front feet moved like the wind..

The ground was deeply dug up..

The dirt exploded.

When about 30 minutes passed.

In what was an ordinary vacant lot, a rectangular pit 50 meters wide, 100 meters long, and 2.5 meters deep was created..

It looked like a pool..

Lloyd's work orders were given..

“Now, Team 1 of the Engineer Corps is detailing the hole dug by Podong. Flatten the sides. The corners are at right angles. input!”

“Oooh!”

The first team of engineers took off their tops and rushed into the pit..

Lloyd's gaze returned to the gathered residents of the territory..

“Alright then, Engineer Group 2 and the rest of us, gather some flat stones and bring them here! The bigger and wider the better. Can you see this? A straight stone like this is the best. However, it can be difficult if you get hurt while working, so be careful not to overexert yourself.!”

“Yes, master!”

The people of the territory began to move..

There was no difference between men and women of all ages..

There was no distinction between occupations..

Old farmer and young woodcutter.

shepherd boy and hunter girl.

Everyone scattered throughout the territory and collected flat stones..

Someone brought a stone as big as a dining table, and someone else brought a pile of small stones the size of a palm. Even toddlers held their mothers' hands and collected pebbles in their fern-like hands..

Along with the people of the territory, Lloyd personally collected and moved stones..

Thanks to you, after a couple of hours.

Ample rubble was piled up next to the rectangular pit..

“good. The 1st and 2nd teams of the engineering corps and the residents of the territory rest. Team 3 of the engineering corps and the plasterers move the stones into the pit and lay them flat on the inside floor and walls. input!”

“Oooh!”

The 3rd team of engineering corps and the plasterers moved..

Flat stones were laid as if laying tiles in a pool. I laid it down. plastered.

Of course, it wasn't put on haphazardly..

“there! Too high! Lower it! keep the slope!”

It was a facility to be used as a temporary water storage facility..

It was a place to store everyone’s drinking water..

Draining water was important for hygiene reasons..

So, the floor was made to slope gently to one side..

It was the same when laying stones and creating a drainage channel on one side of the reservoir to drain the water..

‘of course. If you don't do this, the water will stagnate..’

Stagnant water rots..

It's not a memetic drip, it's real.

In such rotten water, various bacteria and green algae grow..

If you drink without thinking, you are at risk of contracting various diseases..

So reservoir drainage was really important enough to be emphasized several times..

“Now, what about orcs? Rock transport for floodgates!”

“I waited for this moment, kkuik!”

Lloyd shouted after making all the drainage ditches..

The orcs who had been waiting desperately responded..

Three orcs were carrying a rock as big as an elevator..

At the place where the reservoir and drainage channel connect, boom! I put it down to make a sound..

The size of the rock was just right for the drainage ditch..

Like a cork in a wine bottle.

Or like the rubber stopper at the bottom of the bathtub..

It was a rock that served as a stopper to trap water in the reservoir..

Of course, when draining the reservoir, all you have to do is persuade the orcs who like sports to gently(?) lift that rock..

In this way, a 50×100m pool, or rather a temporary reservoir, was completed..

It was only half a day after construction started in the morning..

‘Whoa. Is the speed of construction real?.’

Cheers from the people of the territory.

Inside, Lloyd stuck out his tongue..

But his work is not done yet.

Now that the reservoir was built, it was time to fill it with water..

“Then everyone wait. Oh. If you stick too close to the reservoir, you might get trampled by the hamang, so everyone stays back. Javiel?”

“yes.”

“You go fetch water with me. Drive your horse.”

“All right.”

We rode together on the horse driven by Javiel..

The Prona River runs through the territory from north to south..

I ran south along the river..

Passed the Marez clearing and passed the Viscounty of Lacona..

So we arrived upstream, where the river water was not yet polluted..

I put Hamangi down in the clear flowing river..

“Come on, Hamang. know?”

“Damn! panting!”

From the moment he saw the river flowing, Hamangi's eyes began to sparkle brightly. The tip of my stomach twitches fiercely.

He was ready to jump into the river right away, like a puppy about to go for a walk that he had been waiting for all day..

Lloyd responded exactly to Hamangi's earnest wish..

“Now, one shot!”

“Hamang!”

Chambang!

Hamangi's fist-sized body fell into the river..

However, Hamangi did not float away in the river..

Instead, the water level of the river began to fall all the way down..

“Hah mama mamang-!”

Shoot aaaaa!

This is literally a storm.

Hamangi became huge in real time by sucking in the river water..

The previous maximum size of 50 meters has already been surpassed..

It swelled to a whopping 60 meters..

‘good. My one-shot skills improved while creating the Marez clearing..’

Hamangi’s current one-shot skill level is 3.

It went up two levels.

If the previous water balloon size limit was 50 meters, it is now 60 meters..

Calculating the area of ​​the sphere, it was possible to hold nearly twice as much water as before..

“If you've got everything, let's go! Hey!”

I tapped Javiel’s shoulder on the front saddle..

Javiel spurred the horse..

The horse ran purring and purring..

Hamangi followed behind him..

Crushing all kinds of terrain with my whole body.

“Hah mama mamang!”

Cucaceae and Cucaceae!

A scary(?) situation where a whopping 60-meter water balloon is rolling around..

Perhaps thanks to that situation, Javiel's horse ran at full speed..

Thanks to this, Lloyd was able to enjoy the experience of feeling as if his pelvis was being factorized on the saddle..

On the other hand, there were also wild impulses..

‘I think I want to rush Hamangi to Viscounty like this, but.’

Or, I wanted to lead the Iron Sand Orc tribe, which was my blood alliance, and invade the Viscounty territory..

But I held on.

The bad one was Viscount Lacona..

They were not just citizens living in Viscounty Territory..

I didn't want to cause harm to them out of pointless anger..

Moreover, realistically, if you did something like that, the consequences would be huge..

It was obvious that this would happen both legally and financially..

“Now, this way!”

I grabbed Javiel's shoulder from the back saddle and gave him direction..

Unlike when I came, the route was to go around the Viscounty Territory and head north..

So I returned safely to the territory..

The residents of the territory cheered at Hamangi’s incredible majesty..

When the water spit out by Hamangi filled the temporary reservoir in one cue, the cheers turned into shouts..

It was thanks to the fact that there was plenty of clear water to use for the time being..

‘Of course, this is just a temporary measure..’

The cheers of many people.

Despite this, Lloyd did not lose his calm expression..

No, his mind was even more busy calculating what was to come..

‘Because the local residents participated better than expected, we were able to build a reservoir in one day. It's a good thing. But this won't work. There are limits to temporary solutions..’

Building a reservoir and mobilizing hamangis to fill it with clear water.

At first glance, it seemed like a plausible method..

But this method had a loophole..

The point was that he and Hamang were absolutely necessary..

‘Hamangi, a phantom species, only listens to what I say. You can't control other people in any way. It means I have to stick close to Hamang and fill the reservoir regularly..’

In other words, he could not leave the territory for more than a few days..

Besides, if something happens to you or Hamang,?

So, if you can't fill the reservoir with water,?

It was obvious that all of Yeongjimin would suffer from headaches again from drinking water contaminated with wastewater..

‘So, this method is only a temporary solution. Let’s hurry and dig up the water supply..’

Time was not on our side.

There was no reason to hesitate.

From the next day, Lloyd immediately began preparations for the construction of a water supply system..

We started with the first step, a survey field trip..

Climbed the Eastern Mountain Range with Javiel.

The destination was clear.

“We'll go all the way to Lake Capua like this..”

Lloyd said as he climbed the sometimes gentle, sometimes steep mountain path..

Lake Capua was a mountain lake located halfway up the Eastern Mountain Range..

Javiel, who was following behind, tilted his head..

“Lake Capua. But I have one question:.”

“Are you curious? What.”

“Why is it Lake Capua?.”

“Why? Is there any problem?.”

“yes. there is. Have you ever heard of King Stoma?.”

“King Stoma? Of course you know. That's a very strong and ferocious monster..”

“Then did you know that Lake Capua is King Stoma's territory??”

“uh.”

Lloyd nodded..

and added.

“Also, I know that King Stoma is currently sleeping..”

“It's a sleep journal.?”

“huh. I'll probably sleep well for the next 50 years or so..”

“How do you know that?.”

“The Iron Blood Knight did that..”

“……An iron-blooded knight.?”

“uh.”

“who is that.”

Who is it?.

You were the main character in the novel.

Lloyd smiled instead of answering..

And suddenly, I remembered the contents of the novel Iron Blooded Knight..

‘In the novel, was it when Lloyd died and Javiel was just leaving the territory?.’

maybe it was.

At the time, Javiel was a wanted person..

This was because, immediately after the Baron and his wife's death, two loan sharks were killed at the couple's funeral..

Only later did the loan shark's tyranny come to light and his loyalty was taken into account and he was acquitted, but at least until right after Lloyd's death, Javiel was a wanted criminal..

It was like that when we built Lloyd's grave..

Security forces stormed into the cemetery..

rushed to arrest him.

Of course, Javiel subdued them without hurting them..

To avoid the pursuit, he hid in the eastern mountains..

The hideout where Javiel stayed at that time was on the shore of Lake Capua..

‘And I said this line in a monologue, I guess. I'm glad King Stoma is in his sleep mode right now..’

Indeed, just like the monologue, Javiel hid safely on the shores of Lake Capua for a month..

Finally, I was able to shake off the chase and cross the mountain range..

“Anyway, Lake Capua is the optimal water intake site. Thanks to the regular melting of the ice caps on the high peaks, the water level is consistent throughout the year. The water quality is clear and turbidity is low. In addition, the ground on which to lay the water pipe from the lakeside to the estate is stable and gentle..”

It was Lloyd sitting on a rock for a break..

I wiped my sweat and looked around at the surrounding terrain..

Indeed, as he said, the slope of the mountain where his gaze reached was generally gentle..

That was the case except for one thing..

Javiel pointed there..

I thought of eyes full of doubts.

“Then, how are you planning to lay a water pipe there?.”

Where the silver-haired knight pointed.

There was a valley there that seemed to have been cut off from the terrain..

The width of the valley is about 80 meters..

There were cliffs dozens of meters high on both sides facing each other..

However, the route of the water pipe that Lloyd showed by gesturing with his hand crossed the cliff and led to the cliff on the other side..

Javiel felt doubtful..

‘Passing a water pipe over that valley? how?’

I didn't quite understand.

I also wondered if it was possible..

But there was no doubt.

It was Lloyd who had shown amazing construction methods on several occasions..

From ondol to paved roads, mines, and even ice storage and Marez clearing. Wasn't Lloyd the one who presented results that had never been imagined before?.

So this time too…….

“Do you have any other method in mind?.”

I thought maybe so..

As expected, Javiel's guess was correct..

He was able to hear the following answer from Lloyd, the once-bastard master whom he served..

“of course. I'm going to build an aqueduct.”

“An aqueduct??”

“There is such a thing. Anyway, even with the siphon principle, water cannot be drawn from here to the other side of the valley..”

Lloyd gently raised the corners of his mouth..

How to overcome mountain valley terrain.

So what method does he have in mind to safely lay water pipes all the way to the other side of the valley?.

It was a Roman-style arched aqueduct, a brilliant product and legacy of the Roman Empire that existed in the actual history of the Earth..