Transforming the swamp was a strategy that was set from the beginning. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With the influx of merchants, the increasingly crowded castle was not a long-term solution, and the health crisis caused by the increased flow of people was also a concern, so the Earl of Don had already had the idea of building a new city.

What's more, this Everglades, it has unparalleled advantages.

First of all, the silt in the marshland can be used as fertilizer, and it is natural and pollution-free, which can bring a large number of agricultural people to support the development of the new city, and this place has the biggest advantage, that is, the proximity to the sea.

By the sea, that is to say, you can trade by sea, that is to say, you can save a long way from North Munster to Desmond, you know, time is money, and the most important economic source of the county is handed over to others, even if the Earl of Don does not say it, others are not at ease!

Although it is said that it is necessary to pass through a long section of winding and bushy paths surrounded by mountains to build a real port, there is nothing that humans cannot do if they dare to think and dare to do it, just like this swamp, where no one has dared to enter for fifty years, and a small part of it has been filled in just three days.

So, what the average person lacks is only determination, and now, under the leadership of Count Don Jr., the people of Desmond do not lack this determination.

"Here, here, here, here, and here, I want to be able to divide the new city into five districts, which are the commercial area, the residential area, the administrative area, the central area, and the industrial area, where the commercial area is connected to the port outside the city, and there is a warehouse area around it to facilitate the transportation and storage of goods, and there is a huge office area in the center......"

On a certain hill, Count Xiao Tang spread out the white paper with great interest, revealing the large-scale urban plan inside, and said to a few people dressed as engineers around him.

"But, Lord Earl......"

Several engineers looked at each other shyly, they were all the same, slaves from the Italian region, without any rights, they could only work obediently for Count Tang, several engineers looked at each other for a long time, and then said embarrassedly: "Lord Earl, such a scale is too grand, several of us are just novices with little experience, we are really not sure!"

"And the manpower and material resources required to build such a city are calculated in astronomical amounts, with all due respect, as far as the current Desmond is concerned, I think it ......"

The other engineer was about to speak, and in his opinion the little count was too arrogant, and the duke's domain he had seen when he was a student was not a tenth of the size of the city as it was on the blueprint!

"It doesn't matter, I didn't want to build it all at once, step by step, I can build the first part within three years, and I'm already very satisfied."

The little Count Don did not notice the gaze of the engineer, and he was still immersed in the joy of building a city, which was a wonderful feeling.

"This ...... If it's just the first stage, we're still a little sure......"

The engineers looked at each other shyly, and after discussing with each other, they reluctantly said this, the first stage was only to complete a part of the residential and commercial areas, for them, well, it was still a little difficult, but in any case, it was much better than the original plan like a dream.

However, although the difficulty on the ground is already so great, the hardest part still belongs to the ground.

One of the reasons for the establishment of the new city is because of the health problem, in order to prevent the occurrence of the plague, the little Tang Count has not forgotten this, but this part is really difficult to engineer, in the Middle Ages, the city with sewage treatment facilities underground is only a few ancient cities, and most of these are still the heritage left by ancient Rome, the real new cities in the Middle Ages, most of them are known for their dirty mess......

In Paris, for example, in the 16th century, the upper class had to wear high-soled shoes, otherwise feces on the ground would contaminate their long skirts. And the dung outside Paris was even piled up to the same height as the city wall, and the enemy at that time only needed to step on the dry dung to be able to directly attack the city of Paris without any siege engines!

In addition, there is the problem of water supply, which is a big problem in the future when Count Tang envisions that so many people will inevitably live in this new city in the future. A small river is undoubtedly not enough to meet the water needs of a huge city, so it needs new water sources, groundwater, mountain springs, lakes, as long as there is water, there must be a drinking canal, this is a huge project, in comparison, the construction of walls and the digging of moats are nothing.

Of course, these are the problems that these engineers should consider, if you want Count Xiao Tang to do everything, Count Xiao Tang thinks, I should go to sleep honestly.

"One, two, three, work hard!"

Little Odegar shouted with all his might, and despite the fact that he was already sweating like rain, he pushed all the dirt of the cart into the swamp, and the peasants who had been waiting around him immediately followed, picked up their rammer and began to smash it into the ground until the swamp was tamped.

This was the majority of Desmond's adult males and females, each with a hoe or rammer, divided into small groups, each of whom was tied with a long thick hemp rope, and then they lined up and walked side by side, wielding the hoe in their hands to clear the way, and every time someone fell in, the people around them immediately pulled him out, and then the carts pushing dirt in the back would rush up and bury the swamp with the dirt.

"Work harder, work harder! As the Earl has already said, the fastest and hardest working group in this work will be rewarded with five gold coins for each member of the group! The second place can also get three gold coins, and the third place can only get one gold coin! Don't you want more money for your wife and children? ”

That's it, while working, little Odega shouted out the encouraging news, the credibility of the little Count Tang is obvious to all, and the peasants have already put out 100% of their strength when they hear the news, and now they can give 12% of their strength.

On the other side, in addition to the peasants, the soldiers also took off their leather armor, changed into tattered clothes that they hadn't worn for a long time, and also began to tamp the land, after all, summer is almost over, and it is the autumn harvest season soon, and there is no way to rush the time! What's more, these soldiers were originally from peasants, and they were very handy at doing these jobs.

Thanks to the efforts of the enthusiastic peasants and soldiers, the swamp that was once considered impassable, the swamp that swallowed up countless lives, disappeared from the map of Desmond forever in less than a summer, leaving only two low, bare hills that still remained, blocking the road between the new city and the beach, and the next task was to bulldoze them.

This is much easier than filling in the swamp, after all, the Yugong family has moved two mountains!

Oh, by the way, Count Don has finally found the answer to the 'devil's curse' from before - it is a mosquito brought from the Vikings. Because Ireland is located at high latitudes, there are no mosquitoes, so they have not seen the symptoms of mosquito bites. As for the red dots and big bags, this is a very normal allergic reaction, nothing unusual, and when it comes to putting people to death, just talk about Dr. Europa's bloodletting therapy, a healthy young man, and you can't help but keep bleeding! Not to mention what kind of 'prolapse' treatment there is, if I want to say, this is not a dead person, that would be a strange thing!