Chapter 127 Great Lighthouse (Subscribe!)
While Bruno was explaining to the mage apprentices the importance of independent thinking, a large number of serfs who had come to sign up had gathered on the south bank of the Idar River estuary.
The scorching sun burned the earth, and the serfs' foreheads and backs were soaked with sweat, but this did not stop the serfs' enthusiasm to sign up to build the wonder.
Yes!
After several months of rest and development, the Idar Territory is about to start building new wonders!
As the population of Idar continued to grow and the three-masted sailing ship was completed, Bruno finally had enough money and manpower to create a new wonder.
So... when the serfs in Idar County heard the news that the Earl was going to start building another wonder, they became excited again.
This is because, under Bruno's deliberate propaganda, Count Idar's policy of freeing serfs had long been widely circulated and praised throughout the entire Idar territory.
Every time a wonder is built, it means that a small number of hardworking serfs will be freed by the benevolent lord.
This is a class transition from serfs to commoners!
These freed serfs will be given two choices.
They can choose to get a piece of land provided free of charge by Lord Bruno, Count of Idar, and become a free farmer living in Idar Territory!
Or he could get a house in Idar County and a sum of money guaranteed by the Earl, and then continue to work in the production team, earning much more wages and commissions than when he was a serf.
Although the treatment and policies of Idar Territory towards serfs were not harsh within the empire, they were not very good either.
After all... the Norman Empire today can be said to be a time of great deterioration!
The nobles of the empire exploited the serfs more and more excessively, and the bottom line in the eyes of the nobles gradually became lower and lower.
So...even though Lord Idar was not so harsh on the serfs, the lives of the serfs were actually quite difficult.
However, compared with other nobles, Bruno's exploitation and oppression of serfs can be regarded as very kind.
Coupled with the policy halo brought by the liberation of serfs, this makes the Idar Territory look completely different.
Through such measures, Bruno can undoubtedly stimulate the serfs' desire to become civilians to a great extent, thereby maximizing the serfs' labor efficiency.
By building wonders and freeing the serfs, the serfs gained hope, and Bruno also had a group of workers who would never slack off.
This is a win-win situation! Although, in addition to building wonders, Bruno also made regulations that serfs could be freed through labor such as road construction and farming, but the number of serfs that could be freed through these projects or labor was far less than that of building wonders.
If there were no wonders to build, then these projects would indeed be very popular, but once the news of building a wonder gets out, the rest of these will no longer be comparable.
Look, even though the site for building the wonder has just been determined, the serfs have already signed up impatiently.
However, the wonder that Bruno wanted to build this time was not the Alhambra Palace that was previously on par with the Namur Fortress.
After Bruno completed the first task given by the wonder construction system [Build the Hanging Gardens], the wonder construction system provided Bruno with two new wonders to build, namely [Namur Fortress] and [Alhambra Palace].
However, due to the needs of the situation at the time and the appropriateness of the location, Bruno gave priority to building the Namur Fortress.
Originally, Bruno thought that the wonder construction system would not open new wonder construction tasks until the two wonders, [Namur Fortress] and [Alhambra Palace], were fully built. However, after the Namur Fortress stood firmly on the south bank of the Sauron River, a new function called the Wonder Construction Atlas appeared in the system interface.
Similar to the card collection game that was very common on mobile phones in the previous life, when Bruno clicked on the wonder construction atlas, light purple cards were neatly arranged in the interface.
At the bottom of this interface, there is a long progress bar, and next to the progress bar is a number: 2.
Among the cards above the progress bar, the cards representing the Sky Gardens and Namur Fortress have been lit up by the system, flashing a faint light.
In the wonder construction atlas, all the wonders that Bruno is currently unable to build have a gray lock-shaped icon on their cards, which prevents Bruno from seeing the names and appearances of subsequent wonders.
However, in addition to these temporarily unbuildable wonders and the already lit wonder cards, there are also a number of unlocked dark grey cards. Although they are dim in color, they are not locked, and the Alhambra Palace, which Bruno has not yet built, is obviously among them! This means that the next wonder construction task Bruno can accept is no longer limited to the [Alhambra Palace]! So... since the next wonder can be freely chosen by Bruno within a certain range, then Bruno will naturally choose the wonder that best suits the interests of Idar Territory at this stage!
If that is the case, then the name of the wonder under Idar is obvious, which is...
Great Lighthouse!!! Different from the wonders in the previous missions actively assigned by the wonder construction system, most of the wonders that can be built in the wonder construction atlas provide a brief overview of the money, manpower, time required to build the wonder, as well as the benefits that can be brought to the territory after construction.
But the most important point is that the wonder construction atlas provides a brief description of the wonder characteristics that can be obtained after the construction of different wonders is completed.
Telling you in advance what features you will get from building a wonder is much more useful than long, stereotyped introductions like those in Baidu Encyclopedia!
In this way, Bruno can selectively build wonders by weighing the characteristics of the wonders! Otherwise, what kind of bonus the wonder brings depends entirely on your own guessing. If you are lucky enough, it's okay, but for a guy like Bruno who has never won a poker game since crossing over, it's a bit miserable.
For example, the Namur Fortress built on the banks of the Solon River, after it was completed, there was no wonder feature at all. If it weren't for the system giving a big gift package after the Namur Fortress was completed, Bruno would have lost a lot...
The full name of the Great Lighthouse is the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Like the Hanging Gardens, it is known as one of the eight wonders of the world.
Its original site is located on the island of Pharos near the Egyptian city of Alexandria, and it has stood outside the port of Alexandria for 1,500 years, which can be said to have an extremely long history! But what shocked Bruno the most was its amazing spectacle! Thanks to the leader "Wei Zhijian" for the reward! The leader's reward will add six more chapters! The six more chapters will probably be released around the Qingming Festival! Oh~ (End of this chapter)
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