Chapter 43 If you want to be rich, build roads first (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 43: If you want to be rich, build roads first Bruno has a complete plan for building roads.
The slogan “If you want to be rich, build roads first” is by no means empty talk.
Backward transportation will hinder the local progress in transforming resource advantages into economic advantages, and will also become a bottleneck for social and economic development.
In Bruno's view, roads are like blood vessels of Idal Territory, connecting every part of Idal Territory.
Bruno planned to build four roads.
One connects the city of Idar and the Cape Saltworks, one connects the city of Idar and the harbor terminal, and another connects the harbor terminal and the Cape Saltworks.
These three roads form a triangle, which is also the core area that Bruno will focus on developing.
As for the last road, and the most important one, it connects Stranglethorn Vale, Idar City and Mann's Fortress.
The Stranglethorn Vale guards the western gateway of Idar County and is the most important channel connecting Idar County with the inland of the empire.
At the same time, Stranglethorn Vale is also the most important supply route north of Mann's Fortress.
After crossing the Stranglethorn Vale from west to east, to the north is the Idar Territory, and to the south is the important border town of the Norman Empire - Maine's Fortress.
In peacetime, merchants often traveled between the Kingdom of Basel and the Norman Empire on this road, and this was the most important reason that prompted Bruno to decide to build such a road.
In Bruno's opinion, it was unreasonable that Idar County had not built a road between Mann Fortress and Idar City over the years.
After all, apart from the nobles, these merchants can be regarded as the richest group of people on the continent.
Having money means having spending power, and having spending power means being able to create a source of income for Idar! Therefore, Bruno planned to build a road from Stranglethorn Vale to Idar City, and then from Idar City to Mann Fortress.
As for the path that originally directly connected Stranglethorn Vale and Mann's Keep, I'm afraid that from now on there will be a large number of bandits appearing.
What does it have to do with me, Idar, if bandits rob you?
Although he said so, Bruno only dared to let the "robbers" rob the merchants passing by. As for the imperial army transporting food and supplies, Bruno would not be stupid enough to get involved in this bad luck.
However, one is a muddy mountain trail and the other is a convenient cement road. The lower-level officers who have long been intoxicated with the past glory of the empire and are becoming increasingly corrupt and decadent will probably choose to go to Idar City to drink a glass of beer before leaving without hesitation.
It is precisely for this reason that the nine production teams (the original eight and one composed of hooligans) will all be devoted to the great cause of road construction after they are replenished with manpower.
Due to the need to stimulate the economic development of Idar City, Bruno decided to first build this road connecting Stranglethorn Vale, Idar City and Mann's Fortress.
When the serfs in the production team heard that there was another big project, they were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They were eager to try and clamored to work.
Working hard to earn work points can really help the serfs to rise up and sing! Obviously, the 45 serfs released by Bruno at one time gave them great stimulation. Perhaps the supervisors were not very accurate in their statistics, or perhaps the rules were roughly formulated so that the serfs who should have been released as civilians were not pardoned, but these were harmless!
Bruno truly gave these serfs hope!
Therefore, in order to encourage the serfs to work harder, Bruno announced to the serfs that he would continue his previous promise and that forty-five serfs would be pardoned on the day the road was completed! Under Bruno's encouragement, the road connecting the three places was being paved at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye...
But to Bruno's great regret, the day when the gangsters would leave was soon to come.
With the arrival of the second letter, the day for escorting the gangsters to build the statue has been set.
Therefore, it is likely that within a few days of road construction, these useful and obedient thugs will be sent to the imperial capital to undertake the task of building the statue (Note: see Chapter 2 for details).
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Claire and his father were lucky enough to be among the first batch of serfs to be freed as civilians.
Until now, he still felt like he was dreaming.
Would a nobleman actually free his own serfs?
The dark cloud that had hung over himself and his family for decades just disappeared like that?
Although it still feels unbelievable, this is the fact.
According to Bruno's arrangement, the serfs who were freed as civilians would still work in the production team.
However, a separate production team composed entirely of civilians will be set up, and they will work as civilians and receive compensation! Forty copper coins a month! Not more, not less, just enough to support themselves with their own strength.
Of course, once the serfs who were freed as civilians found a better way out, or had enough copper coins to rent a piece of farmland from the count, they could apply to leave the production team and live the same life as other Idar civilians.
As the captain of the third production team, Claire also received an additional reward from Bruno - a house in the city of Idar.
Although this house is located in an inconspicuous corner of Idar City, it is not very large and does not even have a small courtyard, but... it is a house after all!
No matter what era, a house that can shelter from wind and rain would not be cheap, but my lord actually gave it to me so easily.
"Claire, we must work hard and do our best to repay the lord's kindness!" Claire's father sighed as he looked at the house in front of him.
"I thought so, father," Claire said, "Now that we have been released as civilians, what are your plans next?"
"Plan?" Claire's father lowered his head and began to think.
This feeling made him feel very comfortable. After all, when he was still a serf, it was not his turn to think. Serfs were just the private property of the nobles. They had to do whatever the master told them to do.
But now, I can decide my own destiny, which is a long-lost feeling.
Because for him, the last time he thought independently was decades ago.
"Maybe I can earn some money and rent a piece of land?" Claire's father answered uncertainly, "I plan to discuss it with everyone when I go to work in the production team tomorrow. Actually... it would be nice to stay in the production team forever..."
At this point, he suddenly looked at his son and asked, "What about you? Claire? What do you think?"
Claire hesitated for a moment, then raised his head, looked at his father with piercing eyes, and said firmly: "I want to join the army!"
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I would like to ask everyone whether the plots with a longer time span need to have the source marked in parentheses in the text. If not, then we will not need to mark them in the future.
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