Although the sky was still snowflakes, simple houses made of wood were gradually taking shape on a wasteland to the west of the Kongdu Domain.

On this 10-acre wasteland, Rand chose a higher area to build the foundations, dig drainage canals, and pave a simple gravel-hardened pavement, which was provided to the slum dwellers, and although the conditions were still rudimentary, they were able to prevent the inhabitants from dying of cold and starvation.

Death was a common occurrence for civilians, even in the bustling imperial capital, and at the peak of winter deaths, soldiers would often find corpses huddled in the corners in the morning, and the method of disposing of them was simple: gather them and burn them in one fire.

Civilians end up with nothing but ashes left in the world, no one will grieve for their deaths, no one will care if they have families or children, and in this environment of self-care, caring for others is a luxury.

However, the lord seems to be different from the nobles of the imperial capital, and he really intends to take out a sum of money from his coffers to build houses for the common people, and provide them with free housing for the poor.

To Payne, this seemed very unbelievable.

What can these paupers do, though some of their fellow recruits are from the slums, but they can pick up spears, and what are these skinny skeletal women and children doing? Even carrying wood has to worry about whether their arms will be broken.

"I don't quite understand. Payne walked side by side with Touron, looking at the busy figures of the craftsmen, and asked puzzledly, "The money to build these houses is not a small amount, is it?"

"Wood is readily available and can be used by drying it, mainly in terms of labor and time. Touron shrugged, "You know, you can build a fortified house in the winter, and the wages are doubled. ”

One silver coin a day, and being able to eat fragrant barbecue at every meal, Fan Sai, who followed behind the two, swallowed his saliva, this kind of generous treatment even he couldn't help but be tempted, if it weren't for the fear of being beaten by the lord, he might have to take the initiative to apply for resignation as the captain of the recruit and participate in the construction of collective housing.

"Lord Lord, these things may be a little ......" Payne searched in his mind for a long time, but couldn't find the right words to describe it.

But Touron smiled and said, "Losing money, right?"

"Uh...... Payne paused for a moment, and found that he did think so: "I think they can't help at all, and no nobles have ever treated commoners like this, they are like weeds, and they are easily ignored." ”

Versailles felt the same way as Payne's words, and as a commoner, he clearly understood the extent to which the nobles despised and did not pay attention to the commoners, and human life was more than just a sentence.

"The lord said that it is necessary to improve the happiness index and sense of belonging of the people. As a politically minded man, Touron explained, was well aware that Rand's decision would make the people follow him with all their hearts, and that they would reciprocate with great enthusiasm when people began to realize that Rand could bring them hope for a better life and survival.

Of course, when Rand's attitude towards the people spreads, everyone will know that there is such a lord who cares for his people, so that a large number of artisans or freedmen will come to join the Kongdu Domain.

This is an essential tool for long-term development.

It is necessary to subtly change people's minds and make them aware of who is worth tracking down and who is worth fighting for.

Cohesion and a sense of belonging are at the heart of everything we do.

Taking advantage of the lack of animal infestation, Rand abolished the chaotic official system of the Kongdu Territory, and established a city hall headed by Touron, which was responsible for coordinating government affairs and handling finances, and the sheriff was under the unified command of the iron fist, responsible for the security of the villages and towns, and the resolution of all kinds of disturbances.

The army was under the unified command of Rand, and the training of the militia was temporarily represented by Payne, who invited a special tactics professor for them and compiled a set of passwords to direct the battle.

On the battlefield, the command flag and password are very important, and the commander can use these two things to clearly convey his orders to everyone and ensure the consistency of action, and the consistency alone requires a long time of training.

It was much more difficult to train the militia than it was to train the knights, who had no education and combat training, and were more like babbling babies than the knights who were able to read and write and hold swords from an early age, and Payne was often furious that his orders could not be carried out properly.

In order to improve manufacturing efficiency, Rand rebuilt the simple shed and divided it into several different workshops, although the salary has been increased, the manpower of craftsmen is still in a state of shortage.

Even though many apprentices were recruited for the craftsmen, in the short term, they were not able to complete the parts on their own, so Rand organized a training course for this purpose, and he was the instructor responsible for explaining the working principles of the machine and various physics knowledge to the craftsmen.

Well, I admit that in my previous life I was lucky as an engineering dog who graduated from automotive engineering.

"Air pressure is the main power of the fuel engine, the fuel is ignited in the cylinder and expands into power, and also pushes the piston, driving the camshaft and the cutting blade to rotate; when the suction volume increases, the combustion effect will be stronger, and the speed of the camshaft will also become faster!" Rand stood in the simple patchwork class, and more than a dozen old craftsmen who could be Rand's father blinked like good babies, listening carefully to Rand's explanation.

Although the words that come out of the lord's mouth are completely confusing, such as the fact that the air contains a substance called oxygen, through which the flame can complete the combustion, and the fact that the world is made up of all kinds of atoms, what electrons, protons, voltage and hydraulics, I have never even heard of it.

It seems that in order for them to realize that they have to fully learn the mechanical manufacturing method, they need to teach it from scratch.

Rand reluctantly recognized this fact.