Even through three months of the Long Night and winter, infrastructure work on Holy Flame Island had never stopped. Combined with fairly generous compensation, this had attracted great numbers of refugees seeking a livelihood.
Samwell and Medrick had thoroughly put Danyla's philosophy into practice:
People must not be left idle, or they would easily stir up trouble.
During the Long Night, some two to three hundred thousand refugees had participated in infrastructure construction on Holy Flame Island. With the extraordinary building material Dragonstone at their disposal, the island's entire infrastructure network had quickly taken shape.
The road network had been fully established, and every manor on Holy Flame Island was now connected by Dragonstone roads. The island's Blackstone avenue had even been extended to the docks and fishing villages of Dragonstone.
Countless paths had been built up even the barren mountains in the far north. Across the various peaks, they had also erected five three-story watchtowers and a seven-story lighthouse.
This allowed the guards to easily monitor the waters for nearly a hundred li around. The magnificent seven-story lighthouse guided ships approaching Holy Flame Island.
Unlike other noble domains, which deliberately or otherwise excluded refugees, Holy Flame Island, Oldtown, and Dreamfyre Island accepted almost anyone who came.
Holy Flame Island also paid a modest wage to refugees working on its infrastructure, while Oldtown and Dreamfyre Island provided only simple meals. Even so, once word reached them, great numbers of refugees rushed toward these places.
Of course, because of Dreamfyre Island's location, almost everyone sent there had committed an offense in another noble's domain and been exiled there.
With ample food and decent wages every day in Holy Flame, they found the sustenance and sense of security they had gone without for so long.
Thus, even though the Long Night and