Nervousness and uneasiness filled Hirtshals's heart, looking at the young man who was burying his head in front of the desk to sign the paper, Hirtshals still felt like a dream, the young man in front of him was slightly fat, his face was calm, his very rare black hair was exactly the same as the rumor, he was about twenty years old, or even younger, and his posture was meticulous in modifying the table text, just like an officer student who had just finished revising his homework,

If it weren't for the Guards himself, Hirtshals would not have believed that this mediocre-looking young man in front of him was the imperial military god who rose to the southwest of the continent with the falcon battle banner in just five years, ending the chaos of Ikadilla for 500 years.

"Hirtshals, can you do me a favor?" the fat man put Wen Jiàn in the upper right corner of the table, rubbed his slightly swollen temples, looked at Hirtshals, who was standing at the door and looked a little cramped, and said in a calm tone

"Your Majesty...... Hirtshals was startled, and some were at a loss to know whether to stand upright like a soldier or bow like a nobleman

"I'm just asking you a question, there's no need to be so nervous!" the fat man saw Hirtshals' nervousness, smiled very casually, and made a gesture to him to sit down, "I must have been frightened if I invited you here in this way this time!"

"Don't dare, it's just a little surprised!' Hirtshals sat down on a leather sofa at the door, his face a little pale,

The falcon on the opposite side looked so easy-going, but as long as he thought that this person could crush a small character like himself ten thousand times with just a slight movement of his eyebrows, anyone would feel uncomfortable, this feeling was like the gap between an ant and a giant, "I heard that you are a bridge expert dedicated to the royal family of Ruierdian!"

The fat man's eyes were blazing, and he looked at him as if he was meaningful, "To tell you the truth, it is really surprising that a master craftsman like you has been exiled to Normandy, if you have been exiled here for some unjust reason." I might be able to help you!"

"No, don't get me wrong"

Hirtshals replied with excitement in his eyes, "I came to Normandy entirely because it is more able to allow me to show what I am good at! Although I am also a master craftsman, but unlike others, my specialty is bridge and road construction, and the road construction of the empire is already very effective, and the role I can play is really limited, so I decided to come here to try, there is no injustice, Your Majesty's kindness." I got it" "I see!"

The fat man looked a little disappointed, took out a copy of the text from the desk drawer, and pushed it down in front of him, "Since you are an expert in roads and bridges, then help me see, with your experience, can you tell me how much manpower and money will it take to complete such a road in a month?"

Hirtshals also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, things were not at all what he thought, and the tension in his heart dissipated a lot. His title of baron was bestowed upon the royal family of Raldian, and for three successive generations of the Hirtshals family were officials in charge of the works in the Ministry of the Interior of Raldian, and were true experts in the construction of bridges and roads. As a professional, he looked at the Wen Jiàn he took with a somewhat scrutinizing gaze, and carefully opened it, the content in front of him made his eyebrows slowly twist together. His face looked unnatural, and he hesitated for a while and didn't dare to speak,

On the text jiàn. From a construction sketch that it is necessary to draw a road north from the military port, which needs to cross hundreds of miles of rugged wilderness, this is completely impossible, if it is in the empire itself, there is the original road foundation and enough manpower, it is difficult to complete it in a month,

What's more, this is Normandy, where the road foundation is extremely poor, but Hirtshals doesn't dare to say that he can't, His Majesty Falcon's moody personality is well known in the empire, who dares to guarantee that as soon as this sentence comes out, his head will not fall to the ground in an instant!"Don't be nervous, tell me the truth, no matter what the conclusion, I will pardon you for your innocence!" The fat man saw his hesitation, snapped his fingers to the door, and Besukaya, who was dressed in a white dress, came up with two glasses of water, one in front of the fat man, and one in front of Hirtshals,

Hirtshals looked flattered and hurriedly stood up, he had long heard that His Majesty the Falcon was used to being with a princess by his side, and Besukaya's beauty was easy to misunderstand, the fat man picked up the water cup on the table with a calm expression, and gently blew on the water

"I know it's almost impossible, but for me, there's no choice! I can't tell you why, I can only say this, if this road can't be built, in a month, everything you have now will be destroyed, don't look at me like this, it's war that destroys here!

"I see, I see!" Hirtshals took a deep breath, mustered up the greatest courage, put down the Wen Jiàn clip gently, shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, I can only say that this road is completely impossible, unless it can mobilize more than 100,000 manpower, 3 million gold coins, and build it day and night, not counting the cost of stones, or it is possible, but these conditions, it is obviously impossible to gather so many manpower who are willing to build roads in Normandy now." What if this road is divided into multiple sections and repaired at the same time?" The fat man seemed to be prepared for this answer, and said slowly without changing his expression, "I don't understand, His Majesty means ......" Hirtshals was confused in his mind, and multiple sections were built at the same time?, "Let the six cities through which the road passes, each responsible for the construction of the roads within its borders, and order the army to repair the roads connecting the cities!"

The fat man stretched his shoulders and said calmly, "This should greatly shorten the time for road construction, and in terms of lack of manpower, mobilizing the manpower of the entire city along the way, plus the manpower of the army, should barely reach about 200,000 laborers!" "200,000!"

Hirtshals was a little confused, he knew that if according to the calculation of the Falcon Majesty, such a number of laborers could indeed be achieved, it was really a genius idea, in the past, roads were built from one end to the other, and it was the first time he heard that such a time-saving method could be used, "It is really worthy of being able to make the southwestern country of Vikia the first in the continent of the Falcon Majesty!"

Hirtshals couldn't help but sigh in his heart, who in the Ikadivar continent doesn't know, compared with the Falcon Majesty's strategy, the ability of the Vecchia Falcon in terms of internal affairs is absolutely legendary, the establishment of strategic business alliances on the mainland, the abolition of traditional taxes, and the implementation of various policies to promote the development of commerce and trade. The special model of raising war with business and raising business with war provides enough impetus for the Falcon Army to sweep the world

As His Majesty Falcon said, although the scale of these cities along the route is not large, the population is between 30,000 and 50,000, and the light and strong labor that can be drawn out is also about 20,000.

Six cities are 120,000 strong laborers, plus garrisons in various places, it is indeed possible to reach such a value. But this is only an ideal value after all, without money, labor cannot be collected, most of these cities are the same as their own Hela Dian, in the municipal funds of the poor jingle,

Should the city be responsible for raising these funds? It would be better to just take care of these mayors!" "I'm afraid there is still a problem!" Standing in the position of the same mayor, Hirtshals gritted his teeth and decided to spread it out and said, "Even if His Majesty mobilizes all the cities along the way to build this road." It does not mean that it can be completed, one is that the soil hardness of each region is different, which causes the difficulty of road construction to be different.

The second is these mobilized cities. I'm afraid that I can't put all my energy on building roads, winter is approaching, and the residents of the city are busy hoarding food, if His Majesty orders that the entire city's labor force be dragged to build roads compulsorily. I'm afraid that it will make people panic, and there will be very few people willing to do their best, and the progress of the project will be extremely slow......"" Without money, everyone won't contribute, right?" the fat man's cold voice made the study dead silent, "This ......!"

Hirtshals's face suddenly turned pale, like a deflated ball, and a large cold sweat rolled down his forehead,

It was so presumptuous that he even said such a frank thing in his excitement, and if someone dared to say so presumptuously to His Majesty the King in the era of Rui Erdian, there was no money, and no one would be willing to do this work, and it was estimated that he would be immediately dragged out and chopped up and fed to the dogs! Hirtshals already felt that there were signs of cramps in his legs and stomachs, and if he knew this, he would not have answered so happily, and he would probably become the laughing stock of everyone if he died in such a wretched manner!" Don't be nervous, I just want to say that you basically see the same thing as me, but unfortunately, I don't have that much money in my hands for the time being!"

The fat man stood up from opposite Hirtshals, looked at the trembling Heatshals, and suddenly showed a trace of arc on his cold face, and said, "Actually, what you said is right, who will do the unbeneficial, but since you know the key to this matter so clearly in your heart, I don't need to look for a second person! From now on, you are the person in charge of the construction of this road."

"Me!" Hirtshals was completely stupid, he had no money, he didn't put himself on the fire to roast

"Yes, it's you, from now on, you're in charge of this" The fat man nodded, "No, no, Your Majesty!" Hirtshals shuddered in fright

"This is a military order, I can't complete the task within a month, I can only take your head first to sacrifice the attacking army!" The fat man's face was full of murder

Hirtshals "......" "Don't worry, the funds for the road construction have been planned for a long time!" The fat man laughed and patted him on the shoulder with his hand, "To be honest, the road conditions in Normandy are too bad, and there are talents like you, so I will use it by the way"

Eight days later, a meeting of the heads of the cities of the Normandy region was held,

At the meeting, the fat man denounced some chaos in the new immigrant areas, especially pointed out the problem of the subsidy fund for children who are greedy for ink, and said very vaguely that the Ministry of Supervision has intervened in the investigation, and the mayors of more than 20 new immigrant cities who participated in the meeting were all as white as earth, and the compensation for children who were greedy for ink was used as an urban development fund, which was almost a secret that was not open to the public in the entire Normandy.

The Ministry of Supervision, known as the hunting dog of the empire, is not a vegetarian, this kind of thing that can have conclusive evidence, if you really want to check, it is definitely a catch, at the end of the meeting, His Majesty Falcon changed his words, put forward a plan to build a road from the military port to the northern border, and said that there is a big gap in manpower and funds,

The mayors, who have become frightened birds, have expressed their willingness to contribute funds to build this road, and those who do not have funds are willing to send labor.

By the time the meeting was over, more than 50,000 free laborers, plus laborers in six cities and local garrisons, nearly 300,000 laborers were already sweating on this logistical line that was given high hopes by the fat man. (To be continued......)