Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 267 Changes in the Town

After Gilbert finished eating the noodles cooked by Lorraine, Rhode took him for a walk outside.

"The strips are made of flour. They taste really good, much better than bread." Gilbert obviously couldn't get enough of them.

"It's called noodles. It's made by adding water to fine flour and then making it by hand." Rhode explained that since the mill was built, the bread he ate these days has become much finer, and he doesn't eat it as often as before. The bran hit his teeth.

Rhodes felt that the bowl of noodles lacked some seasonings such as chili and pepper, and his taste was still relatively strong.

Thinking of this, Rhodes suddenly remembered that the leaves of a tree in the northern province of Winterfell could be used as chili peppers, and they should be found here as well. If you find someone to get some, you can eat hot pot again.

Rhodes opened the door and walked out, and a biting cold wind blew in front of him. Although he didn't wear thick clothes, he was still not cold at all.

The most important function of practicing martial arts on Earth is to strengthen the body, and fighting with others is only secondary.

"I'd better stay here." Gilbert was shivered by the sudden cold wind.

"There is a saying in our place called 'spring cover autumn freeze'. In winter, you should go out to feel the cold. Staying in a warm room is not good for your health." Rhodes pulled Gilbert out, and then closed the door.

Gilbert looked at Rhodes with resentful eyes, and Rhodes felt as if he had seen Gilbert look at him like this before, as if it was the time when he was asked to dig a hole in front of the cave leading to the secret passage, He also has this look.

"It's useless to resist, come out and relax, it will also help your understanding." Rhodes pulled Gilbert to the street.

Holes were dug everywhere on the street, and the road that was originally fairly smooth was now completely ruined.

"What's going on here?" Rhode asked a bald man in his 30s who was digging a pit.

"My lord, good day." The bald man was a little nervous when he saw Rhodes, and he put down the shovel in his hand. "This is an order from the new lord. He said he wants to build a sewer."

Rhodes nodded. He had always kept his eyes on the ground before, without thinking about his feet.

If he wanted to develop a small town into a city, he had to build a complete sewer system first. He didn't want his city to be as messy and smelly as those in the Roman Empire.

In addition to making the residents uncomfortable, it is also prone to large-scale outbreaks of infectious diseases.

There are still a few public toilets in the town, and there are special people who pick up the excrement and bury it every day. With so many people coming to the town a few days ago, a few more public toilets need to be built.

He decided to write it down when he went back and let them implement it. It would be a waste to bury the feces in the public toilets in the open space. The feces can be used as fertilizer for the land, or gathered together to ferment biogas, which can also be used to start fires.

"Who is in charge here?" Rhodes asked again.

"I'm in charge." A middle-aged man with long hair answered loudly not far away.

Quentin told Rhodes at the dinner table last night that he was going to select some honest and capable people as the person in charge to manage other people in their projects. Rhodes had no objection to this approach, which would be more convenient for management.

"How much can you earn by doing this for a day?" Rhodes asked.

The long-haired middle-aged man was stunned. He was very surprised why Rhodes would ask such a question. All the money he earned was from Rhodes.

"Fifty coppers a day, everybody does," he answered.

Rhodes nodded, and then walked in another direction with Gilbert, who was shivering in the cold wind.

He decided to go and see how the textile and paper mills were doing.

When these two factories are built, he will no longer lose money every day, but start to make a profit.

He walked all the way to the north, and the residents of the small town he met on the road stopped what they were doing, stood in place and waved to him to say hello.

This allowed Rhodes to experience the benefits of being a noble lord.

Rhodes hasn't gone out for a few days, and he feels that the town has changed a lot, it is more energetic than before, and now there is a busy atmosphere everywhere.

Both the textile mill and the paper mill were built by the river, and these two factories used the power of the water flow, reducing a lot of labor costs.

The paper mills and textile mills in the distance have been built, and even the outside is painted, but I don't know what the inside looks like now.

"Why did it get fixed so quickly? I came here the day before yesterday and it was still a bunch of empty shelves." Gilbert rubbed his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Rhodes saw the Chief Grand Maester standing in the distance, and understood the reason. With his large humanoid crane here, the construction speed would definitely not be slow.

"You're here." The chief maester noticed Rhodes who came forward, "I didn't wake you up today because I saw what you've been practicing. I came here to help out when I was bored."

"Thank you." Rhodes said gratefully. He hoped that the Chief Grand Maester would help every day, which would be beneficial to everyone.

"The equipment has been moved in. As long as there are enough people, the factory can even start work tomorrow." Hammer walked over and patted his hands full of sawdust. "I have asked Ott and Haman to recruit people, wait When they come back, I will personally teach those people how to use the equipment."

"It's not in a hurry, I haven't finished writing the labor law yet, and it will take some time to train them." Rhodes shook his head.

"Remember that the workers who choose the paper mill must figure out their family background, try to choose the one whose family members all stay in the small town, and each person can only master one step." Rhodes added.

Rhodes is still very cautious about papermaking. He doesn't want this technology to spread out. Using the assembly line production method can separate the means of production from the laborers, and it is almost impossible to reveal the secret.

Papermaking will generate a lot of sewage, and the sewage must be discharged in a special place. If it is discharged into the river like this, it may pollute the entire river.

People downstream may get sick, and in a world with underdeveloped hygiene and medical conditions, there may be outbreaks of plague.

Rhodes decided to go back later, so he wrote these down in detail and gave them to Quentin.

"Do you know what kind of plant grows quickly and doesn't damage the environment?" Rhodes turned to the chief scholar and asked.

Wood is also needed to make paper, and it is not worthwhile to cut down forests that are inhabited by a lot of wild animals.

For the time being this year, some trees can be cut down, but next year it is better to cut down the economic trees grown by ourselves.

"Let me go back and look it up, and I'll reply to you in the evening." The chief academician thought for a while and replied.

"Go back and check? Did you bring a lot of books?" Rhodes asked. If the chief maester brought magic books, he can take a moment and use the system to scan them.

"No, I can use space teleportation, first teleport me back to the Royal Library and then back." The chief scholar explained.

"Can I go with you?" Rhodes showed longing eyes...

(End of this chapter)