Douglas did not answer directly, but took out the second thing from his arms - a neatly stacked piece of parchment, the corners of which had been repeatedly read and pressed into fine creases.
He spread the paper along the fold line on the top of a wooden barrel on the edge of the trestle.
Described on the paper is the sea route from Volantis port to the location of the current camp.
On the original route map, several curved line segments that were originally drawn have been replaced by new lines, the fractures have been reconnected into straighter channels, and the angles of the branch lines have also been slightly adjusted.
Douglas's finger clicked on the changed positions one by one. "After starting from Volantis, I did not completely follow the original route and adjusted several angles of deflection.
These places were originally detoured because intermittent steam columns were recorded during previous surveying. However, before setting off this time, I rechecked the records of the surveying ship within a month and found that the frequency of steam in those places had dropped.
If this change is sustained, future voyages can be shortened by a certain distance and pass directly through that area without the need for a detour."
He gestured with his fingers on the original route again to indicate the length difference between the curve and the straight road, then raised his palm and made a cutting gesture, "If there is no extreme weather or changes in sea conditions, the transport fleet can make a round trip every thirteen days."
This can maintain a relatively stable delivery frequency. Unless special weather prevents normal loading at the port, the flow of materials will not be continuously interrupted."
Redd lowered his head and looked at the chart, confirming several marked symbols for modified positions. After comparing it with the previous version of the chart, he moved his eyes away from the paper and towards the fleet of ships unloading goods outside the port:
"Then follow the new route. When the craftsmen and laborers arrive, first expand the warehouse in the camp."
Douglas did not answer the call immediately when he heard about the warehouse expansion.
He mentally estimated the match between the remaining building materials in the current camp and the newly arrived tools, and also considered the capacity of the existing warehouse and the frequency of subsequent transport ship arrivals, before speaking:
"The current space in the warehouse can store about two months' consumption. If it is to be stored for half a year, the expansion scale will be at least twice as large as it is now.
There are large gaps in wood and stone, and it may be necessary to organize people to log in distant places or prioritize building materials from the next batch of transport ships."
Redd After hearing what he said, he didn't explain much and just nodded, "Lay the foundation first. The existing space is enough for the time being. Once this batch of materials is unloaded, I will tell you how to allocate manpower."
He did not continue to ask Douglas whether he encountered any other abnormalities during the voyage, nor did he ask him whether the governors secretly delayed the handover of supplies, because if there were any problems with those details, Douglas would take the initiative to bring them up during the report.
Since he didn't mention it, those details have already been taken care of.
Redd turned around and walked towards the outside of the trestle, passing through the crowds who were carrying supplies, and walked up the newly built stone steps to the breakwater on the shore. His footsteps did not pause, nor did he look back to confirm whether Douglas was following.
He knew that Douglas would follow behind and wait until he needed further explanation or arrangements before speaking.
A few days later, the expansion of the camp and the construction of the warehouse foundation were progressing simultaneously.
The reinforced craftsmen quickly adapted to the rhythm of work in the camp. They were assigned to different areas. Some were responsible for the reinforcement of the port trestle, some were responsible for excavation of the foundation of the new warehouse, and some were installing reinforced wooden support structures at the corners of the walls.
Redd visited the construction site of the warehouse foundation once and confirmed whether the depth and drainage slope of the foundation met the standards for long-term use.
Then he walked around to the north side of the fence without prior notice, walked along the direction of the fence, and tapped the surface with the back of his hand at several joints between the earth wall and the stone foundation.
He stood at the edge of the outer drainage ditch for a while, confirming that there was no sign of looseness between the newly dug trench and the ground, and then returned to the central area.
After completing the ground cleaning mission, the King Ghidorah and Demon Dragon regiments were arranged to patrol the periphery of the camp.
Their patrol range has extended beyond the initial defensive perimeter, covering the ridges surrounding the camp and Vale.
According to feedback from the patrol team, the creatures on the island have been cleared to the point of being almost extinct.
The monsters that once haunted the night are no longer visible, and the black mist no longer appears at night.
After Redd listened to the report from the patrol team, he walked out of the camp early one morning and walked for several miles along the cleaned ground to confirm that there were indeed no traces of living things left along the way.
After confirming all this, he temporarily reduced the ground cleanup task to a smaller maintenance volume, allowing the Demon Dragon Corps to maintain daily patrols but not make large-scale in-depth advancements to avoid further dispersing the existing output results.
Soon after, he took a team of craftsmen and guards to Valyria City.
King Ghidorah followed at high altitude, passing by at low altitude at about the same speed as the team's forward direction. Occasionally, it flew a certain distance in front of the team, scanned the road ahead, then turned back, and rejoined the team's air cover.
Ehm followed on the ground, walking behind the team, always moving forward at a neither fast nor slow pace.
Occasionally, when the team stopped for a short rest, they would lower their heads and sniff for a moment on the surface of the turned-up soil to confirm that there was no unusual smell.
The ruins of Valyria City are located in a mountain depression surrounded by Fourteen Flames.
Those volcanoes naturally acted as city walls, surrounding the entire site.
There are many cracked and collapsed towers on the edge of the city, exposing the internal passage structure, broken spiral staircases, and truncated stone steps covered with black volcanic ash.
A large number of dragon head sculptures carved from black volcanic rock are scattered in the ruins in different postures. Some are still standing on the original base, and some have been broken into several pieces and are lying on the ground. The outline of the dragon head can still show the fineness and strength of the lines when it was originally carved.
The once-splendid city buildings now only have low ruins. Most of them only reach the chest and abdomen of an adult, which is far lower than the original floor height.
The ground in some areas is still paved with old stone slabs, but most of it has been pushed and deformed by years of subsidence and volcanic activity, forming wavy undulations.
No building retains a complete roof, and the edges of the broken walls are covered with thick volcanic ash and dust.
Redd crossed a cleared corridor and walked along the main street for a while.
He stopped and stood at the edge of a wide open space that once was a square.
Those broken dragon head sculptures still maintained the same posture as when they collapsed. He turned to look at Douglas: "I want to rebuild this city."