"Master, you are~"

It was almost noon, and Ron, who had been sitting at the table on the first floor of the wooden castle for a long time, saw Art going downstairs with his waist covered and sighed.

Art subconsciously glanced at Ron and sneered, "I see that you are similar to me~ouch~"

As soon as he spoke, Art took a deep breath and sighed.

Ron touched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, and didn't say anything more.

"What did I ask you to prepare yesterday?" Sitting down on a chair covered in cushions made of soft wool, Art asked, kneading his waist.

"It's all set." Ron pulled out a long piece of parchment paper folded neatly around his waist, lifted it and laid it on the table, which took up a quarter of its length. "Sir, according to your instructions, I have drawn on this the situation recorded along the way before and last time to the southern part of the valley, and I have also made text marks and annotations on it."

Looking at the topography of the entire valley and the related situation presented on this parchment, Art's eyes widened, and he slowly got up and took a closer look.

Previously, Art had taken Ron, Matthew and several others to explore the valley once, and made a brief assessment of the valley's situation. Some time ago, in order to deal with the attack of the Lombards, Art personally went to the southern valley to arrange defense. After the Lombards retreated, Art began to think about the overall construction of the valley.

Last night, Arter ordered Ron to make a map of his several explorations of the valley after he returned, so as to get a more intuitive overview of the details of the entire valley. In this way, it is convenient for the overall planning and construction of the valley in the later stage.

"Go on."

"Yes, sir." Ron stepped over to the other side and began to gesture. "The lines on both sides represent the two sides of the valley, and the middle one is the river. The area about two miles south from the workshop area was previously a mixture of dwarf pine trees, and the width was slightly narrower than that near several villages such as the valleys. The mountains on either side of the valley are tall old trees, which have been inspected by the people of the Tun Ministry, and the land near the ancient trees is unusually fertile. But if all those old trees are cut down, it will take some time. After nearly half a year of construction by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Tun Affairs, these places that were previously full of miscellaneous trees have now been reclaimed into fertile land, and many houses have been built along the way. Ron said dryly, picked up the glass of water on the table and poured two sips.

Art looked in the direction of Ron's finger, thoughtful. After a while, he said, "The ancient trees on both sides of the valley will be kept for the time being, and I will be useful in the future." The land reclaimed elsewhere is enough to feed tens of thousands of people, not as much as that place. ”

"Yes, sir." Ron nodded his head and picked up the carbon rod and made notes on the birch bark.

Watching Ron quickly write down his meaning on birch bark, Art was satisfied. Over the years, Ron has been forced to learn a lot of culture by himself. There are not only marches and wars, but also those who are historical, humanistic and arithmetic. From the initial reluctance to the current active learning, Ron's change is hard to believe.

"Sir, it's okay." Ron looked up and said to Art.

"Okay, go ahead."

"Yes. Further south was a barren and overgrown land, about twelve miles long. The land is the same as in the previous villages, but the land is more fertile......"

"It's normal, often the closer you are to the lower reaches of the river, the more fertile the land is." Art casually explained.

"These places have been reclaimed for a length of about half a mile. According to my father, the land stretched to the foot of the hills, which was much easier to cultivate than the land with dwarf pine trees......"

"Further south into this low hill," Ron moved his finger along the line representing the river, pointing to a few uneven and irregular circles. "According to the soldiers who went to inspect the sides of the hills, they are still surrounded by tall mountains on both sides, and there is no exit at all."

"This is the site of the monastery where we last stopped." Ron pointed to a place with a cross at some distance from the river. "It's about seventy-five miles from here to the Workshop District, and it took us about five days to get to this place last time."

Art stretched out his hands to measure the distance, and from time to time he picked up a carbon rod and made annotations on the birch bark.

"By the way, sir, according to the soldiers who went to investigate, there are parts of land connected between the hills. But compared to these places in the valley, it must be a little worse, but it is still fertile. Besides, there are a lot of wild boars and the like in the jungle......" Ron rubbed his palms as he spoke, grinning, as if he was extremely interested in the delicacies that could be turned into tables.

Art set his eyes on Ron, who immediately restrained his smile and then began to explain again~

“…… Out of the hills is a long stretch of dense forest and canyon, estimated at a distance of about twenty miles. The cliffs on both sides are steep and the terrain is treacherous, and the river runs through the gorge. Approaching the exit of the canyon is where we last encountered the she-bear with her two cubs......" Ron pointed not far from the big circle to the south. "Further south is the basin, where Hans and their garrison are...... That's the general situation of the whole valley, sir. ”

"Okay, you rest for a while, I'll take a look." With that, Art began to study it again along the north side of the valley on the map. After talking for a long time, Ron's throat was about to smoke, and he poured a few more mouthfuls of water, and then stood next to Art, giving a prompt from time to time.

It wasn't until lunchtime that Art put down the carbon rod in his hand. At this time, several sheets of birch bark, already covered in handwriting, were piled on the table. There were also a lot of new markings on that map of the valley.

After lunch, Art summoned Cooper with Scott and Lawrence to discuss the planning and construction of the valley for the rest of the day.

“…… Let's take a look, this is the topographic map of the valley that Ron ordered him to make overnight. Also, I annotated it as well. ”

As Art spoke, Ron had spread out the map on the table.

As soon as he heard that the map had been made by Ron, Scott's face was full of pride and he became more and more satisfied with his son.

"At the moment, apart from Ron and Ron, only three of you senior government officials have seen this map. I think you should understand the importance of this map. Art took a long sip of the cold Wells beer in his hand, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Cooper and the others stood up and gathered around the table to observe, pointing and pointing from time to time. Although a few people have been following Art for a long time, most of the situation south of the Valley Workshop Area is from a few words of Art, and the whole situation of the entire valley is not clear. Now, a map of the valley was in front of several people, which really excited them.

"Master, there is still so much land in the south of the valley~" Scott set his eyes on Art.

"That's right."

"Scott, you're happy now." Lawrence muttered from the side.

Then there was a burst of laughter.

After a moment, Art spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen, you know the situation in the entire valley now. I think it's time for some proper planning of the whole valley. Art then informed everyone of his thoughts.

"For now, you will continue to cultivate land and build commercial houses according to the previous plan. Rest of the stuff aside. The first mistake is to let the recruited lords have land that can be cultivated. Only then will they be willing to stay in the valley. ”

Cooper and the others nodded in agreement.

"You also know that these people are displaced people, and if they have land, they will be able to settle down in the valley. In this way, the population of the territory will gradually increase. The benefit is the further development of the province of Wales......"

"Secondly, Lawrence," Art said, looking at Lawrence, "your main task at the moment is to build houses for those lords, in addition to opening up trade routes. As for the cost of building premises, they could be registered and then reimbursed by food or other means. ”

"Yes, sir." Lawrence stood up in response.

"Once the trade road is opened, it will greatly speed up the construction of the entire valley. Of course, other constructions cannot be put down at the same time as the construction of the trade road. At present, the population of the villages such as the valley is almost full, and the new people cannot be resettled. There were only a limited number of houses built on both sides of the road, and it was impossible to accommodate everyone. ”

"In this way, I see that you should choose a suitable place for building houses at a distance of five to ten miles from the workshop area, and build eight villages in units of five hundred households, with fifteen hundred people as the benchmark, for a total of about 12,000 people. Each village is spaced about a mile apart. Since then, the land around the village has been allocated to these villagers for cultivation and management. In addition, construction will begin on the southern side of the valley, and you will arrange for a small number of people to be sent to the south to clear the wasteland, build roads, and build houses. Due to the fact that the trade road has not yet been opened, there are many inconveniences in the transportation of grain, grass and baggage, and the south cannot be reclaimed on a large scale, so it can only start first. ”

"Okay, sir, I'll start making arrangements when I go down." Cooper replied.

"As you have seen, building the valley is a great responsibility, time-consuming and costly. As the chief officials of the Welsh Provincial Government, the task is even more daunting. Without you, there would be no valley. Yat said earnestly, his heart full of attention to a few people.

"Master, don't worry. As long as my old bones can move, I will complete the task you have given me. Cooper said in a firm tone, emotional.

"Yes, sir, don't worry." Scott chimed in. Lawrence on the side also nodded.

"I'm relieved to have your words......" Art nodded in satisfaction.