The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

After the first rooster crowed at the gray-collar workers' house, Isa got up on time.

Because of Lind and Lena's special care, Isa was assigned a tent by herself.

Whether it was because of the comfortable tent with soft padding or because she was finally settled, Isha had a rare good night's sleep.

Last night, Lind and Isa talked until very late. Apart from class theory and the theory of contradiction, they mainly discussed the secularization of the Church of Light, that is, the part of liberation theology.

Of course, in the end, although the two had proposed many measures for secularization, Lind did not agree to build a church on his territory.

It's not that it's impossible, it's just that it's not possible right now.

Moreover, Lind assigned Isa an even more important job.

Good morning, would you like breakfast?

"Come on, I haven't finished the brick-moving task I took yesterday, so I can still mooch another breakfast today."

On the way, two burly young men were chatting and laughing as they walked toward the breakfast distribution area.

Isa saw that the refugees she had brought yesterday had also gotten up and were looking at the two men who went to have breakfast with envious eyes.

They had just arrived in the territory and could only choose their jobs last. Although they could eat two meals a day, it was still not as good as those who did hard labor.

In the eyes of these refugees, those jobs were not hard labor, but rather jobs that could earn them more food, and everyone would rush to do them.

Linde also implemented a work point system among these refugees, but unlike the previous ones, since the original household registrations of most of these refugees were no longer traceable, Linde grouped these refugees into one category.

Apart from a few people with craftsmanship or other special skills, the rest had to work for a period of time and accumulate a certain number of work points before they could officially become citizens.

Almost everyone agrees on this point; in fact, these refugees are quite content with their current situation, not to mention that they can all become free citizens as long as they work hard.

Seeing the treatment given to those who are officially registered residents, these refugees will only work harder, and many of them who were originally craftsmen plan to try their luck by going to the relevant officials.

Isa saw that Bruno had also gotten up early and was building the magical waterwheel with several refugees.

Inventing a similar device would not have been difficult, but even if other nobles had invented it, it would probably have been a toy for amusement. Only the lord of the Grey and White Collar actually used it in agriculture.

Beside Bruno, an official named Laurie, who appeared to be a member of the lord's guard, was circling around Bruno just like the lord had been the night before, praising Bruno as a promising soldier and repeatedly asking him if he wanted to work under him.

But the honest and somewhat dull Bruno simply studied the dragon-bone waterwheel in his hands with curiosity.

Good morning, Ms. Nebert.

Isa turned around in the direction of the sound and saw that it was Lena riding a strange two-wheeled device waving at her.

"Miss Lars, please don't make fun of me."

Linde assigned Isa a job as a teacher in the territory, and also as the principal of the territory's first school.

Lena didn't feel anything was wrong with this "punishment" because in Lena's memory, her teachers were usually tormented to the point of unbearable pain in the end, and even regretted becoming teachers, crying and telling their grandfather that they wanted to resign.

"I'm going to have breakfast, do you want to come with me?"

After saying that, Lena patted the back seat of her bicycle.

"No, I am also a traitor who needs to atone for my sins, and I don't need to do heavy physical labor, so how can I go eat breakfast?"

Isa refused firmly, but Lena said nonchalantly, "If you don't want to, then forget it. Come find me when you're hungry. I just heard Lind say that that bastard Yag really deserved to die for disobeying Grandpa's orders, but after all, you killed a nobleman."

After saying that, Lena gave Isa a thumbs up and said, "Study hard at school and try to get out as soon as possible. Tell me if you have any difficulties."

After that, Lena rode away on her bicycle, leading a large group of other cyclists.

Isa was somewhat dazed. This jealous woman, the disgrace to the nobility, and the despicable bastard from the North, who was the talk of the capital, seemed so easygoing and clearly not a bad person.

Although he doesn't seem to be very bright.

But it is said that those magical waterwheels on the territory were designed by this disgrace of the nobleman, which is really hard to understand.

Not all of the thousand refugees have been handed over. At the relief food distribution point, many refugees are still waiting to register. However, most of them are not as anxious as they were when they first arrived yesterday because they have already eaten.

Many local officials were using large megaphones made of rolled-up paper and wooden signs to explain the rules and regulations of the territory to the refugees. Isa also squatted down in the crowd and listened carefully.

No wonder Isa had heard from Old Jack, the village chief, that this territory had a lot of rules. In the gray and white territories, even the lord had to control where people went to the toilet.

Nobles often have strange quirks and a particular fondness for making abstract requests. Isa once saw a viscountess who demanded that her gardener cut all the petals of the flowers in the manor to the same number.

However, the regulations for gray and white-collar workers do not give people this feeling. These regulations are not the lord's sudden whims or strange quirks, but regulations that will really benefit the people.

Soon after, Rena's water-powered forging hammer was finally completed thanks to the knights' hard work.

Isa also came to the riverbank to see this supposedly magical tool designed by the lord and his wife.

As she watched the transmission mechanism and forging hammer begin to work as the waterwheel turned, Isa’s eyes lit up. This was a machine that could be driven without any magic, just like the waterwheels in the territory. So even without magic, humans could do such an incredible thing?

The exposed transmission mechanisms are interconnected, resembling a beautiful dynamic painting that captivates everyone present.

Even the knights who had been used as laborers by Lena were somewhat shocked as they looked at the results of their work.

Linde was also very shocked, but not because of the water-powered forging hammer. Although he was somewhat excited to see the water-powered forging hammer successfully activated, what shocked him even more was that the alchemical materials were actually useful.

Although expensive, it perfectly meets the standards set by Linde. The forging hammer has a uniform and stable force, and the speed change and transmission are very smooth. As long as it is properly maintained, this hydraulic forging hammer can probably last for a hundred or two hundred years.

These materials have even reached the standards of modern materials science.

Before his time travel, Linde had heard a saying: all the problems that modern science encounters are materials science problems.

However, the material problem has now been solved in a simple and crude way.

Could it be that, given enough magic, those magicians could even conjure up a greenhouse by hand?

That might be a bit of an exaggeration, but the materials created by alchemists using magic in this era certainly far exceeded the needs of the time.

Seeing that the water-powered forging hammer, which she and the knights had worked so hard to develop for so long, had finally been successfully activated, Lena excitedly hugged Linde and shouted, "Brother, I did it! We did it!"

Lena was wearing armor the whole time, and Lind stumbled and almost lost his balance. After spinning around a couple of times to absorb the force, he patted Lena's head and said, "Yes, Miss Lars, you're a genius. With this, we can consider mass-producing armor."

To be able to conceive of the general idea of ​​a hydraulic forging hammer without ever having seen one before, and to put it into practice, Lena is definitely a first-rate engineering genius.

Hearing someone sincerely praise her, Lena was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes.

From a young age, Lena had many imaginative ideas, but due to her status, most of her classes were etiquette classes, in which she had no talent. In addition, she was not good at reading people and had no political sense, so members of the royal family, including the fourth prince, never gave her a good look.

Linde was the first person besides Grand Duke Lars to support Lena's wild ideas, which made Lena feel like she had found a kindred spirit. She excitedly said to Linde, "When I return to the capital, I will definitely make you prime minister, so that you can support me in doing all these crazy things."

Upon hearing this, Linde could only respond with an awkward yet polite smile. He hadn't expected that Lena would still be thinking about this matter. Watching Lena tirelessly talking about what she would do after returning to the capital, Linde suddenly wanted to take back what he had said earlier.