After taking care of some chores in the wooden castle of the valley, Yat sent a man to call back Ron, who had been learning riding with Lusignan, and led him out of the wooden castle to the edge of the jungle in the north, where he was to personally inspect the construction of the fort at the edge of the jungle.

At noon, Art rode Ron to the construction site of the Legion garrison fort on the northern edge of the valley's dense forest, where Lawrence, the construction steward who had recently recovered from his injury, was working on the infrastructure of the military village with more than two dozen peasants and prisoners of war.

The foundation of the fort had been dug up, and a deep trench six feet deep and six feet wide had been dug on each side of the previously demarcated area, and two rows of thirty-five-foot-high rough logs were buried on both sides of the deep ditch, and the two rows of rough logs were spaced about five feet apart, and between the two rows of wooden walls were filled with clay mixed with gravel and wheat straw, and rattan vines with good toughness were inserted in the clay as skeletons, and then tamped with wooden stakes......

Construction began on all four fort walls at the same time, and half-man-high walls have been erected.

Art walked to the front wall where the outline of the fort gate had begun to appear, turned and jumped into the two rows of tall wooden baffles, took the stake hammer from the hand of the deputy steward of construction, and smashed it against the clay, and the clay with small wheatgrass gravel was slightly tamped under the blow of the hammer. In order to prevent the clay from brittle after drying, in addition to the addition of wheat grass, willow branches and more resilient miscellaneous branches and leaves were inserted into the clay irregularly, which would solidify the clay like iron plates, and a fort wall of four or five feet thick wood and stone could withstand the impact of most siege engines.

These four thick walls are only the first layer of defense, and there will be four arrow towers at the four corners of the fort wall, and there will also be battlements and battle positions at the head of the wall. After the exterior walls were repaired, a number of houses, stables, wells, storehouses, blacksmith shops, and stone houses were built in the fort. Of course, such a military fort is only the most rudimentary, as a new knight, with the status and financial resources of Yat, he can only build such a military fort as a castle for his own garrison for the time being.

"Lawrence, don't go to the labor yourself when you are injured, you just manage the laborers of the construction site, and leave the heavy work to your subordinates." Art said to Lawrence, the construction manager who had just put down his work to accompany Art.

Lawrence gently pressed the scabbed wound and said, "My lord, my wound has healed, it is not in the way, now most of the craftsmen and laborers are transferred to the wooden fort to build the lord's mansion day and night, the progress of the military fort is slow, I think that one more person can always be built faster." ”

"I'm glad you think so, but you're in charge now, and you don't have to do a lot of things yourself, what you have to do is to let your people know what they should do, how they do it, and how they are doing. Your biggest role is to be the head rather than the hands and feet, how to let the subordinates play the greatest role, how to make the task in hand the best and fastest completion is a matter that the steward dares to consider. For example, the construction of this military fort, now you lack manpower, and to build the clay fort wall needs to complete the compaction of a whole wall in the shortest possible time, otherwise after a long time, the clay is easy to form faults after drying, and it is easy to collapse cracks in the future, this task requires many people to start construction at the same time, and now you are short of manpower, you should not scatter them, but should concentrate manpower to mix and prepare the clay, wheat straw, gravel, rattan and other materials needed to build the wall. After the clay is made, concentrate the hands and pour the clay material into the baffle at the same time, and use the fastest time to beat the board and tamp it to make the clay form a whole piece, so that the fort wall will be the strongest......"

Lawrence listened carefully, jot down Art's commands.

There is no shortage of talent in any era, but many talented people cannot meet the right opportunities, just like Scott and Lawrence, if they had not suffered from war or had not met Art, they might have been able to deal with the land of cattle all their lives, and they would have been honest farmers and untouchables all their lives. And now they are all managers of the territory, and there are dozens of people under them, and their momentum and ability are increasing step by step.

This is the so-called time makes heroes.

"The construction task of the military fort is not very urgent, I plan to spend five to eight months to complete the construction of the outer wall and the battlement arrow tower of the military fort, and the construction of the inner fort and the houses, wells, stables, arsenals, etc. in a year and a half, and when my mansion is completed, I will concentrate all my forces here, so you don't have to worry, you must build the foundation of the military fort for me to be more solid." In the future, this is an important gateway to enter and exit the valley knights, if anyone wants to fight the idea of the valley, this will be the first place to be impacted, how important the role of this military fortress is I don't need to say, right? ”

Lawrence nodded repeatedly, wiped the sweat from his forehead with cuffs stained with clay, and said, "I understand, my lord, I will definitely not let my subordinates cut corners." ”

"Okay, you tell the craftsmen who participated in the construction of the fort that if they do a good job, I will definitely reward them according to their merits after the fort is built, and let them work hard. In addition, you have to be careful in the food supply, so that everyone is full, and only when the stomach is full can you have energy......"

After a few words, Art picked up a heavy hammer, personally came to the root of the exterior wall that had been dried and formed, and smashed more than a dozen hammers, testing whether the outer wall of the civil structure was solid, and the air-dried earth wall with more than a dozen hammers only appeared a few white marks, Art nodded with satisfaction, the rammed fort wall of this version of the building method may not be as good as the stone fort built by a stone fortress, but it is much stronger than a simple wooden fort.

"Yes, that's good. Lawrence, today you leave this matter to Bard and Gehr, and come back to the wooden fort with me in the afternoon, and tonight I will discuss the naming of various places in the territory in the wooden fort, and now that our territory is large, it is quite inconvenient to manage it without a name. ”

"Your Excellency, you are right, I will return to the wooden fort after arranging the construction of the military fort ...... of course."

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In the evening, in the wooden fort of the valley, a group of officers and civil officers gathered in the military tent of Arte.

Art sat upright and listened to the men's proposal for naming the various places in the knighthood, and Felix of Sapp attended the naming meeting as a literate guest of the valley.

"The names you have come up with are all good, but I think the names of the various parts of the territory should be concise and easy to remember, and forget about the long names, everything should be simple."

Art picked up the birch bark that had not dried on the small table, and said to everyone: "I have written down the names that you discussed just now, and combined with my previous thoughts, I put forward the following naming opinions: The wooden castle in the valley is called the wooden fort, as the location of my knight's mansion, and it is also the military and political core of the entire knight's territory, and in the future, the official offices of the civil affairs managers will be set up around the mansion of the lord of the wooden castle. ”

"The villages on the gentle slopes of the southern valley are called Gujian Di Villages, including the hundreds of acres of land that have been reclaimed along the banks of the valley and the farmers who cultivate the land."

"The military fort being built at the edge of the dense forest in the northern part of the valley is called Beiguan Fort, which means the northern pass, and will be used as the main garrison of the army in the future."

"The boulder pile in the northern wasteland is called Boulder Town, which is currently a newly built patrol outpost and station, mainly responsible for security guards, early warning and anti-theft, and I will turn it into a resting place for the north-south trade route in the future, so it is called "Boulder Town". ”

"As for the outposts and surrounding territories on the southern border, they are currently called border outposts."

Art put down the birch bark, looked around at the people in the tent, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the above is my opinion on the naming of various places in the territory, do you have any objections?" ”

When the people in the tent heard this, they whispered to each other.

Felix, the only son of Baron Galvin, who had not been a guest of the Valley Knights for a short time, had not yet gotten used to the rules of Arts' deliberations with his subordinates, and in Barony Sapp, his father, Baron Galvin, would occasionally convene the knights and squires of the realm to discuss important matters of the territory, but most of the time the important matters of the territory were decided by Baron Galvin, and the so-called deliberations were only symbolic consultations.

But during the time he came to the Valley Knights, Lord Art often held similar councils, and he really listened to the opinions and suggestions of the senators. Privately, Felix also quietly reminded his future brother-in-law that Felix, who was born in a small aristocracy, had a natural understanding of power, and he believed that Artefan's habit of consulting with his subordinates would not be conducive to Arte's rule over the territory.

Art understands what Felix means by his "brother-in-law", but he is not to cultivate a group of thoughtless slaves, in the future, he will need a group of thoughtful and capable "assistants" to manage the larger and larger armies and territorial people for him, so Art will consult with everyone in everything, so that everyone can participate more in thinking and decision-making.

Felix, who was sitting on the low stool at the end, thought for a moment, got up and said, "Lord Art, the names of the various places in your territory are easy to remember, but are these names too simple?" Forget about the rest, the castle where your lord's mansion is located is called "Wooden Castle"? You have to have a gorgeous name, and the simplest thing is to name your family "Wellsburg"~"

Art looked at Felix and smiled, motioned for him to sit down, and said slowly, "It's true that the name has been a little shabby, but I don't want to take some eye-catching names. At present, what I am most worried about is that people outside are eyeing this valley, and sooner or later the valley will be known to outsiders. ”

"As for the name 'Wellsburg', it's a good one, but I'm going to keep it for the future......"

Although everyone also felt that Yat's name was too simple, but now that Art had determined the name, everyone no longer raised objections, anyway, it was just a name, and they would get used to it if they called too much.

"Well, since there is no objection from everyone, then Cooper will copy the names of the places into a book and convey them to all the soldiers and burgers, and everyone will call them like this in the future."

Everyone said yes.

Art simply arranged the training of the army and the civil affairs of the territory, and everyone left the military tent to go about their work.

"Ron, you go and call Fanaz to my tent in a moment, I have something important to discuss with her......"

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