Chapter 22: Work begins! (Please recommend!)
Chapter 22: Work begins!
As soon as the sky brightened, the noise of the crowd could be heard in the Almis Mountains.
As early as yesterday afternoon, the eight production teams from the salt field had already moved into the newly built sheds at the foot of the mountain, and now they were gathering in the open space in front of the sheds.
Today is the day when the construction of the Sky Gardens officially begins. Although Old Ford was extremely reluctant, he came early. After all... a huge amount of money and food will be spent on this huge project, and it would be a shame if he didn't come to take a look.
After clearing his throat and standing on a flat rock, Old Ford said in a loud voice: "The Earl has already told you about the rewards you can get for building this project, so I will not go into details. In addition, each production team will be equipped with two supervisors to record the work points you get."
After casually talking about the details of calculating work points, old Ford asked someone to help him slide down the rock. Professionals should do professional things, as Bruno had told him before.
Old Ford was mainly responsible for providing logistical support such as food, fodder, and gold coins, and also for reviewing the calculation of work points every day. As for more specific matters, they were the responsibility of the craftsmen in the city of Idar.
In order to build the Hanging Gardens, almost all the stonemasons and carpenters in the entire city of Idar were mobilized. In order to recruit these craftsmen in winter, Bruno also offered them a considerable salary.
The person in charge of the project was named White Barrel. The lord's castle where Bruno lived was built under the leadership of his great-great-great-grandfather, who was considered the most prestigious craftsman in Idar.
A week ago, when White Barrel took the blueprint from Bruno, the middle-aged man in his thirties almost burst into tears... Over the years, since the construction of the lord's castle was completed, successive earls of Idar have been extremely frugal, and no large-scale buildings have been built in the Idar territory.
Until Bruno Stuart became the new Count of Idar and decided to build a magnificent hanging garden on the eastern foot of the Almis Mountains...
To White Barrel, Bruno was simply his benefactor! The exquisite blueprints, ample funds and manpower, and the support of the entire Idar Territory made White Barrel eager to try, so excited that he could not express it in words.
He looked at the drawings carefully, and White felt that only a genius could draw such a magnificent architectural style and construct such a precise and fitting architectural structure.
He was 100% sure that if this magnificent building was completed under his hands, he could even become the most famous craftsman in the entire eastern part of the empire!
Lord Bruno... is truly the most respected and admired nobleman! Compared to Bruno, the other noble lords who only know how to eat, drink, gamble and have sex are obviously weak. Look at Bruno, this is nobleness, this is sentiment...
At the beginning, White thought that this blueprint was truly a masterpiece, but when the construction officially started, White Barrell realized that this blueprint was tailor-made for this location!
From the distance between rocks to the curvature of every corner, everything was accurate! But what surprised White Barrell was not only the ingenuity of the drawings, but also the high enthusiasm of the serfs!
According to White's previous understanding, most of the serfs working in winter were lazy, and they would take their time to finish their work, and their efficiency was extremely low. But here, on this construction site, White felt as if he was dazzled...
This was the first time he saw serfs scrambling to work. What used to take half a day to finish now only took a little over two hours! Here, the supervisors didn't even need to whip the serfs to work, because not a single serf was slacking off. This was incredible to White.
Each production team was equipped with two supervisors who took paper and pen and recorded the serfs' work progress from time to time. It was said that this was used to assess rewards.
The eight production teams each had their own division of labor. Some were responsible for transporting wood, some were responsible for mining rocks, and some were responsible for cutting down trees. In short, the serfs had no resistance to these things at all.
Each production team had a team leader who would cheer on other members of the same production team while doing his work.
Good work, meat to eat! This simple sentence is firmly rooted in the hearts of every serf...
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Bruno yawned and stretched out slowly from under the covers.
Last night, Bruno kept thinking about magic and tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. It was around two or three in the morning when he fell asleep hugging the quilt.
I glanced through the windowsill and saw that it was almost noon.
He got up reluctantly and asked the cook to make a bowl of clear soup noodles, which Bruno ate with a slurp.
Bruno naturally knew that the construction of the Sky Gardens would officially begin today, but he was not planning to go there. After all, White and Old Ford were watching there, so he felt quite confident in these two people doing the work.
After returning from the salt field, Bruno had some free time for a while.
After all, the problems of funds and food have been successfully solved, and the construction of the sky garden cannot be completed in one go. Instead, there is time to experience the life of the nobles in this world.
However... there is a real lack of entertainment options in this world. After thinking for a long time, I still don’t know what to do.
"Someone come!" Bruno shouted.
"Here I come, sir." A stranger came up.
"Who are you? Where is L'Hôpital?"
"Lobida...oh, to answer the master, Lord Lobida stayed at the seaside to take care of the salt fields and fishing. Lord Shabi was also busy shoveling shit these days, so the old housekeeper asked me to take care of him."
"What's your name?" Bruno asked casually.
After a while, the man said, "Li...Liszt."
"Liszt? Liszt, the Prince of Piano?" Bruno teased.
There was another silence, and then Liszt said, "I didn't hear it clearly..."
“…”
"Go down first and find the blacksmith for me. When you come back, pour me a glass of wine," Bruno ordered.
“I’ll go right away.”
After a while, Liszt came back with a glass of wine.
"Where's the blacksmith?"
Liszt was startled and said, "I forgot..."
After saying that, he ran out quickly.
Looking at Liszt's back, Bruno felt that this guy... seemed to have a bit of a brain problem...
Lister was running in a hurry and happened to meet old Ford on the road.
"Where are we going..."
"If the old housekeeper tells me to go find a blacksmith, the master will tell me."
"Go quickly, don't delay..." said old Ford with a smile.
"oh."
After Liszt left, Old Ford couldn't help but smile knowingly. Liszt was the personal valet he had chosen specifically for Bruno. This kid...was dull and honest by nature. He probably wouldn't give his master random advice like Shabi and the others...
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Thanks to “book friend 20181026161938506” for the reward!
Thanks to "Pine and Cypress Sleep Forever" for including it in the book list!
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