Chapter 13 City Wall
The production of cement quickly got on track. In order to give Anna a full rest, the firing time only started every two to three days. When it was not calcined, as many raw materials as possible were prepared. For this reason, Roland issued a recruitment order again, doubled the number of gravel workers.
However, he also knew that he could not always rely on Anna to do these things. Working in a dusty environment for a long time will cause silicosis. In addition, the production scale will be expanded in the future, and Anna is far from enough for use.
Witches should not be used as consumables, but as an engine to promote the development of civilization. Although Roland understood this very well, he could only devote all his energy to the construction of the city wall. He could not stop the evil beasts and there was no way to talk about anything.
The foundation of the city wall connecting Beiposhan and Chishui River has started to be excavated. According to the convention before the crossing, as the general manager of the project, he dug out the first shovel of soil in front of a crowd of onlookers with a look of shock.
I thought it would be easy to build a city wall after the cement problem was solved, but in fact, I found that he knew nothing about the project. How deep the foundation was to be dug and how wide it was? How to solve the unevenness of the area? How to ensure that it was built in a straight line after more than 600 meters? He had seen a group of young men looking around with instruments and rulers when the municipal road was being built. It seemed that they were called theodolites and levelings? But there was nothing here!
As a mechanical drawing dog, although Roland is known as the Science and Technology Dog with the civil and brick-moving dog next door, his content is far different. None of the craftsmen hired have participated in the construction of large-scale projects, which is worse than himself. Therefore, the progress of the city wall has been very slow after the construction of the city wall, and it took only one week to dig out half a shallow trench.
Once the project loses control, it is difficult to say what the final product will look like. For example, this shallow trench that was finally dug out is more appropriate than the foundation of the city wall. Although Roland gestured a rough width during excavation, the width was obviously distorted and became narrower as he dug. Standing from a distance, he looked like a twisting little snake.
Even so, Roland was unwilling to stop work. In the spirit of being able to dig a little, as long as the firing room did not start work, he would stay at the foot of the north slope all day, adjust the extension direction of the foundation pit with his naked eyes, and slowly advance forward. At the same time, he also doubled the reward for recruiting stone craftsmen.
Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last long. When Roland was in charge of preparing to calcin the sixth batch of cement during the firing period, the assistant minister Barov reported that a stone craftsman responded to the recruitment and said that he had been staying in the grey castle stone maker and the person had been taken outside the yard to wait for the audience.
He thought about it a little and was overjoyed. The Gray Castle stonemason is a famous organization in his memory. Even the fourth princes have heard of their names. Although it seems that they were ordered to disband because of a construction accident, how can there be no accident in this industry?
"Take him in," Roland pretended to be calm and composed and nodded. He originally wanted Anna to avoid it, but then he thought about it. There were more than 2,000 people in the border town, and not many people had seen the true face of the witch. Moreover, Anna's appearance was completely different from when she was determined to die before. In addition, she was wearing strange costumes, so she probably wouldn't recognize her even if she had seen her.
Carl Vanbert was uneasy when he was taken into the yard by the Knight. He planned to tell His Highness that this season was not suitable for large-scale projects, and then slowly change his view of the witch after gaining His Highness's trust. But it is rumored that His Highness has always acted unscrupulously. What should we do if the dissuasion is reversed?
He bowed and bowed in confusion, but he was stunned when he raised his head - the girl beside His Highness looked so familiar that he felt like he was dreaming. Carl rubbed his eyes, looked again, and couldn't help but shout, "...Anna!"
Damn, Roland was so fucking bad. It was a coincidence that he could recruit a witch's neighbor if he hired a craftsman. It could be seen that the other party was definitely familiar with Anna, otherwise it would be impossible to recognize it within a time of meeting. He turned to look at Carter Lannis, the chief knight understood it, and immediately pulled the door bolt up and blocked it at the only exit.
"teacher?"
Anna's reaction made Roland not come to his senses for a moment. What, teacher?
"It's really you, Anna, I...I..." Carl only felt a hot eye, and then something flowed down. He fell to the ground weakly and repeated, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... so good, so good..."
It took a while for Carl Vanbert to calm down. He slowly stood up and bent down to greet Roland again, "I'm very sorry for your highness, I've lost my composure."
"What the hell is going on? Are you not a stonemason?"
"I was," Carl's answer became smooth after he put down his burden. His Highness did not kill Anna, and the replacement was the one who was hanged on the execution ground. After realizing this, he already knew what he should do. Although he was not sure why the other party wanted to save a witch, no matter what, even if His Highness wanted to include her in the bedroom, it would be much better than sending her to a gallows. This at least shows that His Highness was not afraid of the rumors that the witch was the incarnation of the devil.
He told in detail about his experience of wandering from Gray Castle to the border town, including the opening of a college here and the discovery of student Nanava Pine also becoming a witch. Finally, he begged His Highness to hide Nanava into the palace, so as not to be persecuted after being exposed.
After hearing this, Anna, who was standing beside her, looked like she wanted to plead for Nanava, but she never said a word.
Another new witch, this is really a great news, but Pine seems to have heard of the surname Pine. Roland called for a minister's assistant and whispered inquiry, and then he found out that it was the surname of a small noble family in the border town.
"You can bring her to me. If she is really a witch, I promise she will not be harmed," Roland promised, "but I cannot take her away from Pine's house, especially before she is under substantial threat from her family. In addition, I saved Anna is not what you think..." He considered it and decided to make it clear. "I need her help. Compared to nonsense like devil evil, I believe that the power of witches has nothing to do with good or evil, and can be controlled. So whether Anna or Nanava, any witch, as long as it has not done any illegal acts, I will not think they are guilty."
"Next, let's talk about the main business. Have you participated in the construction of the Graycastle Wall?" The prince turned the topic back to the construction matters.
"Yes!" Carl nodded. Although the Fourth Prince did not accept Nanava as he thought, and it was confusing to say that he needed the help of a witch, he was willing to protect Nanava's safety, which was enough.
Chapter completed!