In an instant.
The sunlight ahead became less glaring.
Until noon.
The entire field of hops was finally harvested.
Looking at the baskets filled with hop buds, Lynn spoke to Lex.
"From now on, this hop field will be managed by your brewery. Expand the planting scale, harvest the hops, and oversee the later stages..."
Lex quickly nodded, "Alright, Master Lynn, I will immediately arrange for people to conduct the harvest."
As an experienced brewer, Lex naturally understood the value of the hops before him.
The presence of hops not only improves the taste of brewed beer,
but also extends the shelf life of the beer!
That means, while increasing the selling price of the hops, the beer can be sold to farther places.
The harvested hops need to be thoroughly cleaned and naturally dried or dehydrated before storage.
Or used to brew beer.
...
Five days later.
The construction of the wall at the mountain forest pass finally began.
Huge stone blocks were slowly moved using support frames built from logs.
To move a single stone block, nearly a hundred people were busily working.
The stonemasons chosen by Colin were coordinating the work.
Ensuring the construction of the wall would proceed without any accidents.
Bang!
With the push of dozens of villagers, the giant stone fell onto the flat ground prepared with a cross pickaxe, making a heavy sound.
Lynn looked at the granite block, two meters long, one meter wide, and about one meter high.
This massive stone weighed at least tens of thousands of pounds!
Of course, only the bottom few layers needed such gigantic stones to stabilize the wall's foundation.
As the wall's layers increased, the size of the stones at the top would gradually decrease.
As one giant stone was placed, another foundation stone was rolled over logs with the help of villagers and several draft horses.
Sitting on horseback, Lynn observed this scene from afar, nodding with satisfaction.
Colin proved to be a Level 3 craftsman indeed.
Even though it was his first time building such a wall, he organized the work methodically.
Jumping off his horse, Lynn rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the busy crowd.
[Construction Experience +1]
[Construction Experience +1]
[Construction Experience +1]
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One by one, the massive stones were lifted and stacked by the hardworking villagers.
Time gradually passed.
Until nightfall, only over a dozen stones were erected and placed at the mountain forest pass!
The difficulty of constructing a wall across the forest was evident.
This was the final outcome due to Lynn's careful division of labor.
Primarily relying on manual labor and the most primitive transportation and extraction methods greatly limited the speed and efficiency of construction.
After placing the last stone of the day, Lynn informed all the villagers that their work was done for the day.
Lynn never intended for them to work through the night to race against time for construction.
Currently, they simply lacked the capability.
Firstly, there were no lighting tools!
Illuminating a wide area over a hundred meters using torches?
Completely unrealistic!
In the dark night's insufficient lighting, conducting such large-scale heavy labor was extremely inefficient.
Additionally, accidents could easily occur.
Leading to loss of workforce.
Lynn felt it was unnecessary.
Secondly, the villagers' energy was limited.
After a day's work, these villagers were already exhausted.
Rather than exhausting the villagers' labor, it was better to let them return home early, have a hearty dinner, and rest well for a full night.
Revitalized, they could re-engage in the massive wall construction project the following day.
Receiving news from Master Lynn, the villagers were instantly invigorated.
Nothing made people feel happier than working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
Eagerly, the over eight hundred people marched out of the forest towards the distant village.
Lynn, riding among the villagers,
scanned the crowd with his gaze, finding almost 90% had a loyalty over 90%.
The remaining 80% loyal villagers were those who had recently come to his territory.
Lynn nodded with satisfaction.
The nearby villagers cast admiring and respectful glances at Lynn.
They knew that this way of life was granted to them by Master Lynn.
Returning to the village.
The blazing bonfire illuminated the open space in front of the village brightly.
Dozens of cooks had already prepared large pots of barley porridge, barley bread, and some meat dishes.
Neatly placed on square wooden tables.
On the wooden tables, there were also buckets of beer.
The villagers who just returned to the village, seeing this scene, had their eyes light up with excitement.
Having learned from past experiences, they no longer needed to be scolded or instructed by the guards to form orderly lines naturally.
Each villager stepped up to the wooden table, receiving their portion of food from the cooks.
A large piece of barley bread, a large bowl of fresh meat and barley porridge, and a bowl of stew...
If they preferred beer, they could also head over to collect a bowl of beer.
Sitting at a square table, Lynn ate the same food.
Though he was the lord of this land, Master Lynn to these villagers,
compared to surviving alone on snake and wolf meat,
these living conditions were already quite good.
Finishing dinner.
Lynn sat by the bonfire, pondering the discovery of development ahead.
Now, he faced numerous challenges.
The most urgent task was naturally constructing the wall!
Lynn didn't know how many bandits were in the Iron Blood Brotherhood.
However, he had no intention of finding out.
If there were only dozens of bandits, the hundred soldiers trained by Rose would suffice to deal with them.
If there were hundreds of bandits, even discovering them would be futile.
Silently waiting for the bandit attack.
Moreover, Aiden Manor Lord's previously arrived manor's strength was still unknown to Lynn...
The only way to change the situation... the wall!
With the wall, Lynn would have the capital and time to continue development.
Once the wall was completed, soldiers defended the wall, avoiding direct cavalry assaults!
Now the territory, though populated, lacked qualified infantry and cavalry!
In the future, it was also necessary to vigorously develop animal husbandry and craftsmanship...
As thoughts ran through Lynn's mind.
An old figure appeared before Lynn.
"Great Lord, your land has been invaded by darkness."
"If the darkness is not eradicated in advance, this paradise for survival will be consumed by it!"
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