Whether it's the Blacksmith Shop or the carpenter's workshop, both are preparing for iron ore mining.

With Ehrelo and Colin, Lynn doesn't have to worry too much.

In the fields, there are Gavin and Wilbur.

In the brewing workshop, there is Lex.

Kuisi oversees the Salt Factory and coal mines.

Rose is in charge of training soldiers and guarding the city walls.

Old John educates children in reading and writing.

If there is any unknown danger, there's Sienna, the little witch, for early warnings...

Lynn feels that his team is gradually coming together!

The presence of these people, more or less, shares some of his work burdens.

Lynn understands that it should be like this.

An individual's energy is limited.

Not just now, but it will always be this way.

Lynn only needs to propose a general development direction and then assign relevant planning tasks to the appropriate personnel to execute and complete.

Lynn's gaze shifts, looking towards the distant horizon.

There, dozens of figures are busy on the wasteland.

They are the people led by Guy, planning and building ranches.

Making Red lead the horses, Lynn mounted and headed towards Guy.

Soon after.

Lynn arrived at the ranch site.

Dozens of carpenters and stonemasons are constructing shelters for the livestock.

Seeing Lynn arrive, Guy quickly came forward, "Master Lynn."

Lynn dismounted and glanced at a water wheel not far away and a few villagers digging a well.

The original weed-filled wasteland has now been cleared a large area.

The progress of the ranch construction is quite fast.

Lynn nodded and asked, "Encountered any difficulties?"

Guy, without hesitation, promptly replied, "Master Lynn, no problems at all."

With sixty villagers collaborating, building a large ranch is relatively easy.

The most crucial part is the construction of the shelters.

Consideration must be given to the stability and safety of the shelters.

However, the territory now has baked red bricks and some iron nails forged by the Blacksmith Shop.

We can completely build stable and secure shelters!

Aside from the poultry and livestock shelters, the primary concern is the zoning of the ranch.

However, for someone with breeding experience like him, it's not a problem at all.

On the contrary.

Master Lynn decided to build such a large ranch, which excites him even more!

Finally, he can prove his ability!

Lynn nodded approvingly.

Under the gaze of dozens of villagers, Lynn rolled up his sleeves and threw himself into the construction of shelters.

Lynn took a rough look; Guy's planned shelters are quite conventional long-strip, single-room structures.

This means one cow or horse occupies one single room.

Cows and horses have different habits, and mixing them can easily cause conflict, resulting in injury.

Moreover, different single rooms vary in size.

This means Guy has divided spaces differently according to the differing habits of poultry...

Lynn nodded in approval.

Such construction might consume a lot of red bricks, wood, and land.

But... what Lynn lacks the least are these resources.

With his left hand picking up a red brick and his right hand the trowel, scooping out a bit of lime sand from a wooden bucket, Lynn began plastering.

Under the surprised gaze of several stonemasons, Lynn skillfully placed the red bricks, gently tapping them with the trowel.

Thus, tap and adhere the bricks together, increasing stability.

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Seeing some stonemasons stop, Guy sternly said, "Why are you standing around? Don't you want lunch?"

Those stonemasons quickly returned to work.

Unlike the stonemasons' surprise, Guy was already accustomed to it.

Early arrivals in the village all knew that Master Lynn always liked to work with his own hands.

This is one reason why they admire Master Lynn.

Time gradually passed.

Lynn spent the entire day constructing walls on the ranch, gaining dozens of experience points.

Until nightfall.

Lynn rode the horse, returning to the village with the dozens of villagers.

...

In the blink of an eye.

Three days have passed.

Lynn and Colin's group are standing by the Acadia River.

On the river

Twenty completed skiffs have been launched for waterproof testing.

Two men per skiff, sitting at the front and back on the skiff, steering across the river.

Half an hour has passed.

Still, no one has reported seepage or leakage on the skiffs; Colin's tense face slightly eased.

He looked at Lynn and said, "Master Lynn, the skiffs can be put into use."

Lynn nodded with satisfaction, "Well done, the past three days have been hard work."

"Kuisi, send fifty pounds of pork over to Colin and the others."

Kuisi smiled, "Yes, Master Lynn."

Colin did not refuse and gratefully said, "Thank you, Master Lynn."

The apprentices at the carpenter's shop were nervously rowing the sampan.

But upon hearing Master Lynn's words, they rowed even faster...

Lynn continued, "The sampan is built, but I also need you to construct a dock here!"

Colin was not surprised.

With the sampan built, Master Lynn naturally needed a corresponding dock.

Lynn said, "It's to transport the iron ore from the sampan to the village, preferably constructed of stone."

Colin began to contemplate.

A few seconds later, he said firmly, "No problem, Master Lynn."

Lynn nodded, "I'll assign you fifty more people, and you can tell them that as long as they graduate under you, I'll reward them just like I do with the blacksmith shop."

Some of the uninformed carpenter apprentices curiously looked at their Master Lynn.

Lynn continued, "A reward of one Gold Pound per person!"

The crowd of apprentices widened their eyes instantly.

Including the current members of the carpentry shop, there are now already eighty people.

The reason for this, of course, is that Lynn is planning for the future.

Only by having a large number of carpenters can a large-scale production line form, producing various standard arrows or catapults...

Although the construction of a dock is stonemason's work, Lynn could not find anyone more capable than Colin right now.

Thus, Colin had to take on both roles of carpenter and stonemason.

Colin's eyes lit up visibly, "No problem, Master Lynn, I'll get the dock built as soon as possible!"

After Lynn acknowledged this, he left the dock and headed towards the brick-making site outside the village.

In three days, Ehrelo had completed the production of the cross pickaxes and other iron tools he needed.

The passage to the open-pit iron mine had been cleared; it only needed a lime road laid and hardened for passage!

What Lynn needed to do now was to gather the villagers and head to the open-pit iron mine to start mining iron ore!

A few minutes later.

Lynn led a massive entourage of four hundred people out of the village.

Walking on the lime road, they formed a long line, heading deep into the forest.

They held various iron tools in their hands; the open-pit iron mine was the battlefield where they would work in the future.

As for their living supplies, they could be transported upstream using the sampan.

Lynn also considered using the sampan to transport these villagers upstream of the Acadia River.

But thinking that a sampan could only carry two thousand pounds, and with one villager weighing a hundred pounds...

At full load, it couldn't possibly go upstream.

Moreover, if anything went wrong, a whole boatload of people would sink into the Acadia River...

The loss would be too great.

Lynn decided to give up on the idea.

...

They crossed the wasteland, passed through the forest, and traveled forty miles!

Setting off early in the morning, it wasn't until midday that the team led by Lynn arrived at the open-pit mine.

Forty villagers rowing the sampan had already arrived in advance.

Seeing this vast group, Garcia and the dozens of people sent earlier by Lynn to chop wood were filled with joy.

Even though Master Lynn had given him thirty men, it still felt eerie and desolate in the otherwise quiet forest.

This was due to the lack of human presence, causing psychological unease.

Garcia promptly came to Lynn, respectfully saying, "Master Lynn, as per your instructions, we have already cleared the passage from the open-pit iron mine to the Acadia River."

Lynn nodded and said, "Nicely done, but your task is not over yet..."

With four hundred villagers arriving, Lynn did not immediately throw them into iron ore excavation.

To enable high-efficiency work, the first priority was settling their lives.

Constantly worrying about meals and where to sleep, they wouldn't be able to focus on mining iron ore.

In less than three days, they would develop a rebellious mindset!

Lynn divided the four hundred people into four groups.

The first group, fifty people, went to the Acadia River to transport the sampan's supplies.

The second group, a hundred people, continued chopping timber, clearing an area beside the open-pit iron mine to build temporary shelters and kitchen facilities.

The third group, a hundred people, went to the open-pit iron mine, removing moss to clear the way for future excavation.

The fourth group, the remaining hundred and fifty people, were responsible for paving roads.

Although the road had been cleared by Garcia and the others, since this was a forested area,

the ground was covered with soft decomposed soil and dead leaves.

Even stepping on it felt sunken and loose.

Let alone carts filled with iron ore!

Paving roads was necessary!

After assigning tasks to all the villagers, they quickly engaged in their respective work.

Lynn checked the loyalty of these villagers, and the vast majority had loyalty above 80%.

Bear in mind, these villagers had been in his territory for less than half a month!

Such high loyalty was naturally due to the territory's stability and superior living conditions!

As a result.

Lynn made them trek almost forty miles through the forest, and they did not complain at all.

Time passed slowly.

With everyone's labor, the forest centered around the open-pit iron mine was being cleared bit by bit.

The open area was becoming larger and larger.

In a clearing, dozens of villagers had already started building wooden houses and a kitchen.

The kitchen was the first priority.

With iron hammers, iron saws, and iron nails, it wasn't necessary anymore to use mortise and tenon structures like Lynn had initially.

The mortise and tenon structure weren't less stable than a house nailed together with iron nails.

It was just too tedious and complex.

Lynn walked among them, inspecting, with Red following closely behind.

When Lynn once again arrived at the open-pit iron mine, seeing the moss that had been scraped off like clothing, he couldn't help but feel anticipation!

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