"Dad, the leather goods have all been collected today."
"Okay, go eat first, we'll start working this afternoon." The cobbler, Duo Si, watched his son, Little Hilt, run off to eat, and felt a sense of satisfaction.
"Old buddy, it's all thanks to your son, otherwise we wouldn't be able to report the numbers to Lannia every day," several colleagues praised.
"Of course! My son was incredibly smart when he was little. Now he's almost mastered all my skills. Maybe in a couple of years he'll be the manager of the leather workshop."
"You're just bragging. My daughter is learning to read now, and she'll be here to help soon."
In the tannery of the Landen territory, every morning the Apprentice and craftsmen go to the North City to bring back the leather that was slaughtered the previous afternoon. Before lunch, they need to have the children who have just finished school, such as Little Hilt, count the leather. In the afternoon, the leather is processed, and in the evening, they need to summarize the day's work into a report and hand it over to Lannia.
Every day at noon, the craftsmen and Apprentice in the workshop could gather together to enjoy a lunch with meat, which was the happiest time of their day.
This was especially true for the leatherworker, Duo Si. He was the first leatherworker in the territory. When he first arrived in the territory in October, he was responsible for the maintenance of all the Mana-Wielder' Leather Armor and the processing of all the Long-Haired Sheep after slaughter. Back then, he was busy from morning till night every year.
At that time, my teenage son, Little Hilt, was left unattended and spent his days playing in the mud in the fields. Even if Duo Si saw him, he didn't have time to intervene.
It wasn't until the lord gathered all the children together, provided them with meals every day, and taught them to read that, after several months, Little Hilt was able to read the documents issued by the territory and help the leatherworkers keep track of daily purchases, material inventory, and so on.
Duo Si even had the illusion that Little Hilt had grown exceptionally fast in the past few months, almost catching up with her own height.
"That little rascal, he'll probably be as tall as me next year," the cobbler muttered, recalling the big news he'd heard yesterday: a girl in his territory Redbird had suddenly awakened her Bloodline and become Mage.
"That's Mage!" the old cobbler muttered to himself as he gazed into the distance at the Blacksmith Workshop area. All the workshops were located outside the east wall of the city, where there was a ready-made moat.
Recently, in order to expedite the completion of the various workshops, a female Mage named Johnny, accompanied by a Little Fairy with butterfly wings, has been helping to dig foundations and build walls in the Blacksmith Workshop.
The craftsmen would occasionally glance at the blacksmith's workshop, hoping for a chance to catch a glimpse of the two women.
Duo Si was lucky because his son knew the female Mage and, through his son's connection to the Little Hilt, had the opportunity to see the Mage, Johnny, up close for a few seconds.
That graceful figure, cascading hair, crystal-clear skin, and the armor that looked like it was full of Magic Power.
The cobbler unconsciously closed his eyes and took a deep breath, desperately trying to recall the scene from a month ago, as if he could relive that wonderful moment through his memories.
The lunch break was pleasant but short; Duo Si and the other leatherworkers would soon be getting into their afternoon work.
Dozens of pelts are delivered every day. The pelts, after the hair has been removed, are first washed in Cleaning Pool, then impurities are removed, then they are soaked in Tanning Liquid Pool, and finally hung to dry. Some pelts cannot be tanned with the hair on, so the tanning solution is only applied to one side of the leather. These pelts are the best quality, so they require more meticulous processing from the leather craftsmen.
Duo Si watched as the Apprentice mixed a new bucket of tanning solution and poured it into a not-so-small pool. He pondered that the pool was too big and too deep, and that processing this small amount of leather every day would waste too much tanning solution.
" Duo Si, Duo Si, hurry to the Chieftain!" A craftsman rushed over anxiously.
"Understood." Duo Si, intently watching the Apprentice add tannins, frowned; he disliked being disturbed at times like this.
"What could be so serious? Could it be that the leather we made a few days ago has been ruined?"
"Oh, the lord is here!" The voice of the newcomer drew the attention of the entire Leatherworking Workshop.
"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Duo Si didn't care about anything else and quickly ran towards the gate. When he got to the workshop gate, he saw his Chieftain walking obediently behind the lord.
"Sir, the smell inside is too strong, you'd better not go in." Duo Si saw Landen, he quickly bowed and bent over. Although he said not to go in, he didn't dare to actually stop him.
"It's alright, it won't smell any worse than when we first entered the Grassland in October, when all the tents smelled like sanitary ditch," Landen said with a laugh, but then stopped walking.
"How do you drain the tanning solution from your workshop?" Landen asked casually, gazing at the rows of processes in the distance.
"Sir, it's all being discharged into the Gallop River. Our daily output isn't that large right now, and besides, the weather is too cold; the water we discharge freezes up very quickly!" The workshop Chieftain didn't dare look up at Landen, and could only guess at the lord's thoughts as he answered tremblingly.
"This won't do." Frowning, and with his hands unconsciously on his hips, Landen adopted the same posture he used in his previous life when inspecting construction processes on a construction site.
"Huh?" The two cobblers looked at each other and exclaimed in unison.
"You're just dumping this little bit of wastewater carelessly, but there are several of our camps downstream. What if the Black-Scaled Horse get sick, die, or miscarry because of this?" For Landen, besides Wendy's alchemy equipment production, the most profitable thing in the territory is selling Black-Scaled Horse. Current industrial production must not pose any threat to Black-Scaled Horse breeding.
"Alright, there's nothing you can do about this. I'll have Kaiyi and the fairy come over this afternoon to dig a Sewage Pit for you. Drain the sewage and wastewater into it first, and I'll figure something out later." Landen crossed his arms, ignored the two cobblers, and left after saying that.
"Okay, okay, we'll do it right away!"
"We'll do whatever you say, sir!" the two men behind Landen shouted.
"Sir! You've come to see us?"
Upon seeing Landen, Johnny was relatively petite among the girls, quickly came over to greet him. When Wendy wasn't around, the girls were even more enthusiastic.
"Look, this is what we just finished. All the walls are exactly as you requested. She even added special Sturdy Rune to them." With one arm around Landen and the other pointing at the Rune on the wall, Johnny couldn't stop smiling.
"Wow... Ee-yah!" The Magic Fairy spread its wings and flew happily around Landen.
"Well done," Landen patted Johnny's head. "At this rate, it'll be finished in a few days."
Unlike the leather workshop, the blacksmith's workshop needed to have the latest magical boiler and a series of equipment installed before it was topped out. Much of the equipment was salvaged from the Salt Mine and transported by the Post Station via magical rings.
There are also some molds and tools that were ordered from Royal Capital Blue Dragon Family, and Dugan helped with the procurement; they are still on their way.
The boiler has been built among all the equipment. In the past few days, Kuryagan has converted the largest Salt-Boiling Pot into a super-large boiler. In the past few days, he and Johnny have planned the location and area of Power Room of the ironworks. Johnny and the Earth Fairy have completed the foundation, Combustion Pit and smoke exhaust channel.
As per Landen's requirements, the flue gas needed to exchange heat fully with the boiler feed water, so a portion of the structure was specially reserved on the wall for this purpose.
Today, the main boiler needs to be installed and debugged, and that's why Landen is here.
" Kuryagan, whether this boiler will produce steam or not depends on you today," Landen said, looking at the strong Barbarian Blacksmith, trying to put some pressure on him.
"My lord, you can rest assured," Kuryagan, looking at his newly built boiler with great confidence in his work.
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