The completion of the Dongquan River dam, the formation of the irrigation area, the basic layout of the agricultural circle, more than half a year, the Black Hammer Fort ushered in a great development, almost can be said to be a precious golden period.

Development is full of opportunities, and along with this wave of development, there are also a group of new wealthy people. Their assets are not yet nobles, but they can already live the life of ordinary knights by doing a small business. There are servants, they have their own houses and shops. It's just a small piece of land of its own.

It's just about canonization, Rhodes still has a very strict grasp of it, not just casual people can get canonization and become knights. In Rhodes' domain, being a knight was a status symbol, a symbol of glory. For more than two years, only Celta and Yeskovic became the new knights. Celta was responsible for the day-to-day military affairs of the Norscar Warbands and the management of the Norsca civilian quarters. And Yeskovich was in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the Bear Temple.

Rhodes gave them two plots of land on the outskirts of Blackhammer Castle, however, only Celta accepted the land, and as a devout follower of Ersun, Yeskovich did not accept the land. His mind was still all about spreading the way of Ersun, and every day in addition to teaching the believers to believe in the pure faith of Ersun, he was in charge of the daily affairs of the temple, including the reception of the people, the cleaning of the temple, and the purchase of food.

As the population continues to grow, the construction of the new town is also gradually underway, and unlike the old town, the place chosen by Rhodes as the new town is located in the lower reaches of the Dongquan River, where the land is level, there are almost no hills and mountains, and it is a good residential area.

In accordance with town planning, Ruder Finn planned the new city as a large urban area composed of individual neighborhoods. The width of the road is at least enough for two horse-drawn carriages side by side. Some main roads can even accommodate up to four horse-drawn carriages traveling at the same time. At the same time, in order to prevent the road from accumulating water on rainy days, the roads in the new city are designed to be slightly high in the middle and slightly inclined to both sides, and there are drainage ditches buried on both sides, so that in case of heavy rain, rainwater will flow to the drainage ditches on both sides, and the terrain will be used to drain the water away. The slope is extremely subtle, and it is almost imperceptible in ordinary use, similar to a floor drain. To this end, Rhodes also selected more than a dozen workers in the Ministry of Urban Construction to be responsible for the maintenance and repair of roads throughout the city, and to participate in other construction of the town in their spare time.

Although there is no uniform style requirement on the top of the house, it must be located neatly and horizontally and vertically. Viewed from the air, regular square areas are formed, and each complex is equipped with clinics and schools.

Children were sent to work as children on the Old World continent every day, and this was not allowed in Rhodes' territory. Teachers are responsible for educating children between the ages of six and fourteen, and if they are able to do so, they can continue their studies to medical school, law school, military academy, etc. The premise is that it must pass an exam, which is checked by Alves himself.

The cooperation is basically that Ruder Finn makes the planning and design, and then Alves implements it on the ground. Of course, these plans and designs must be made known to Alves in advance, and his opinion must be solicited to determine the feasibility. Since the current industries of Black Hammer Fort are still operating smoothly and benignly, and there is no soaring unemployment rate, the people's food and clothing can be guaranteed, so they are willing to accept letting their children go to study and study. Instead of sending them to do child labor to support the family.

Parallel to the construction of the ground building is an underground project, sewers are bound to be a lot, although the rat people are very annoying, everywhere, but without the construction of sewers, the health of the people can not be guaranteed. Ground floor

For the sewer project, Rhodes can be said to have broken his heart. Modeled after the design of the Castle of Whispers, there are many checkpoints in the sewers, and once a foreign object invades, it will trigger a trap to notify the defenders in the castle as soon as possible. In addition, Rhodes and Diego, the witch hunter, agreed to form a patrol team to patrol the city and sewers, and eliminate the nezumi or chaos forces as soon as they find them. Extinguish the damage before it spreads.

The patrol will be sent directly from the castle and will be equipped with dwarven muskets, crossbows and swords, and will be responsible for daily patrols and routine inspections of the sewers.

In terms of markets, Ruder Finn asked the Ministry of Health to set up an inspection team, which was also responsible for conducting irregular patrols and inspections in the various markets in the city. Especially in the meat market, Rhodes has been to the city of Kislev, and he has also been to the cities of the Empire, and he knows that the city is big, and everyone has it, and there are people who fill pork with water, and those who sell dog meat with mutton, and even sell mouse meat instead of pork, anyway, no one will notice that some mouse meat is added to the meat sauce. Many black-hearted traders can do anything in order to save costs.

These are the key targets of the inspection team. Rats roam filthy sewers and garbage heaps all year round, carrying germs on their bodies, and more than a thousand years ago, a massive plague killed nearly three-quarters of the population in the Old World. Although this is a ghost made by the rat people underground, it is inseparable from the fact that people did not pay attention to their livelihood at that time, so that the plague had many transmission channels.

Rhodes knew that in this regard, as long as the law enforcers were strict, they could in fact be eradicated. Like the city of Kislev and the empire, the reason why this kind of phenomenon has not been eradicated for a long time is mainly because many black-hearted traders collude with law enforcers behind their backs, as long as they give a little "protection money" or something, their business will continue as usual, the big deal is that you are here, notify me in advance, so that I can be prepared, take out qualified things to check, and when you leave, I will continue to do my business. Everyone got the money, and everything was fine.

In order to prevent such a situation from forming, Rhodes also had a plan to arrange for Sarak's priests to be overseers in the inspection team, or directly to be the captain.

Devout faith is the most powerful shield against corruption. Sarak is the goddess of mercy, and she absolutely can't stand the cruelty of the people, and the arrangement of Priest Sarak as a member of the inspection team is to really put this work in place. Of course, these priests should not take up too much time, otherwise, if they leave the monastery for too long, they will still be vulnerable to external corrosion.

So Rhodes asked them to participate in patrols only one day a week. This work was voluntary, but because of the peculiarities of the purpose of the work, many priests chose to participate on their own initiative...... It is better to suppress the disease and suffering at the original source than to seek medical treatment after the people have been plagued by disease.

Thus, the expansion of the monastery promised to Lyanna was now about to be carried out. The engineering team is busy again, and since the establishment of the Urban Construction Department, this department has been the busiest department in the entire Black Hammer Fort. Chief Engineer Brown was so busy that he couldn't even take care of food every day. And Rod also has a choice for the third Knight of Blackhammer Castle......