Basalov lived up to the responsibility and took more than a dozen people to the western watchtower, bringing back more than 300 people that day. These were two other refugee groups, one of which had clashed with Basarov. But because of this, I understand him better and choose to trust him for once. Leo was too lazy to say more to them. He fed them a few meals and asked them to do some work on the construction site. Within two days, most of the refugees refused to leave. The enthusiastic construction scene on the construction site also made these refugees believe his words. After all, he is a great lord who is planning to build a castle, so it is normal to recruit as many laborers as possible. That’s right, after seeing the concrete wall foundation and various equipment, the newly arrived refugees firmly believed that the lord here must be planning to build a castle. If it weren't for building a castle, who would construct a three-meter-wide stone wall foundation? Most small towns wouldn't dare to do that. In this way, after several cycles, the nearly two thousand refugees gathered outside the western watchtower were all taken into the factory by Leo. Most of the refugees here have families with them, and only half of them are young and strong.
But Rio doesn't care about the quality of the population at all, he just accepts as many as come. After the young and strong people are rested for three to five days, they are allowed to follow the laborers to participate in the construction, starting with low-intensity labor. As long as they work, with the whip of the soldier supervisor, they will not think of gathering to cause trouble. The elderly, the weak, women and children were asked to take charge of the preliminary processes such as drying the antler cassava, peeling it and chopping it. During this period, the main focus was to fatten the refugees and restore their strength, regardless of how much work they did. But the refugees worked very hard, trying to demonstrate their own value and at least deserve two meals a day. Seeing more and more new people joining the population, they suddenly became excited and rushed to do the heavy work. These refugees, who had just left farmland and pastures, were not qualified construction workers. They lacked the awareness of collective labor and were not familiar with the skills of using tools. They were not even the lowest-level laborers. The combined productivity of one thousand young and strong refugees was far less than that of five hundred well-trained river bend laborers. But their success lies in their enthusiasm and hard work. Without any tools, they carry stones and wood on their shoulders or in their hands, forming a long line and carrying them by hand. Those who were allocated the tools felt as if they had obtained some kind of qualification certification. Their whole being was elevated and their mental temperament changed. In less than a month, the empty construction site was transformed into a factory and various buildings were basically completed. During this month, in addition to directing the craftsmen to build camp walls, workshops and workshops, Leo also had to design the infrastructure of the cassava flour processing plant and train the first batch of workers. Most of these things, which are very simple to him, are completely incomprehensible to the lower-class people in this world. The canals, drying floors, soaking pools, and baking areas were easy to describe through verbal descriptions, and the craftsmen they brought would be able to start building them themselves with the labor they had. For water wheels, water mills, windmills, and composite filters, it is necessary to draw blueprints, and receive on-site guidance and explore step by step before they can be made. Fortunately, there was already a water-powered mill in Hewan, and various simple devices designed by Leo were also used early on in the construction of the previous Hewan Territory. Otherwise, even if Leo drew the blueprint, the craftsmen would be at a loss. The same is true for the process of processing cassava flour and the use of tools. It looks simple, but no one can do it without someone teaching.
Leo is a god leading four losers and he is very tired. On this day, Leo accompanied Knight Solovy to stand by the small river in the factory, watching the craftsmen next to them leading people to install the newly built waterwheel. The circular wooden wheel with a diameter of ten meters was supported by more than a dozen laborers and, with the help of a bucket and pulley ropeway, was slowly lifted up and installed on the surface of the stream. There are several similar wooden wheels, but this one is a waterwheel used to draw water, while the others are used to assemble water mills to grind deer antler cassava. Rio's choice to build a factory here was also a well-considered one. The stream originates in the valley near the abandoned ogre tower and flows into the Anzeno River across a road to the east of the factory. Although it is not the tributary with the largest water volume in the vicinity, the river channel is deep and the location is very suitable. The factory is close to a small river, and the mouth of the river is less than a hundred meters downstream. The water here is ten meters wide, and the deepest part is three or four meters. With a little dredging and the construction of a small pier, fishing boats will be able to pass through. It is very convenient whether going upstream to the river bend or downstream to Isenbol. Although small fishing boats have limited carrying capacity and are in danger of capsizing when transporting fish in the natural river channel in the upper reaches of the Anzeno River, which is full of reefs, they are still one of the external transportation methods of the river bay and have not yet been completely eliminated. When building the camp wall, Leo not only dug a trench outside the wall, but also built a canal inside the wall along the base of the wall, and repaired it with cement and stones to make a hidden canal. This canal, like the trench outside, runs from the upper reaches of the stream, around the three camp walls, and then merges back into the lower reaches of the stream. A windmill for pumping water was installed at the entrance of the canal upstream of the stream, bringing clean water from the stream into the factory, solving the problem of water for production and life. Knight Solovy watched the waterwheel being installed quietly, listened to the cheers of the workers, and sighed sincerely: "The ancient books collected by the Knights of the Wind record that the Orlandis Empire Legion was able to build a legion camp overnight while fighting the enemy. I was very skeptical at first, but now I believe it 90% of the time." "There aren't many standing armies today that can reach your level. The empire is indeed in decline." Leo smiled and said, "Uriyan is an infantry sergeant of the Aeolus Fortress Garrison Corps. He said that the traditional skill of their corps is to build city defenses. There are ten military classes every month, eight of which are related to setting up camp. After all, facing the terrifying beast warriors, no matter how thick the armor is, it is useless." Knight Solovi could not help but nod his head. "Compared to the orcs, the individual strength of the human race is indeed weak. Even the most elite heavy-armored elite infantry would have a hard time against the orc infantry." "But it's different with the city walls. Aeolus Fortress and Olenik have been the most magnificent fortresses in the North for hundreds of years. To some extent, they were forced out by the orcs." "Lord Uliyan does have a lot of skills. The three villages in the river bend are all qualified legion camps, which is rare in the entire County of Furelov." Of course it is rare. In the entire northern frontier, those who do not have the ability to build lord houses, and those who have the ability to build castles. Very few lords work hard on the outer walls of the settlement. Most of them are just a circle of wooden walls to defend against wild beasts, which even bandits can easily climb over. Some powerful groups of horse thieves could even gather horses, forcibly pull down wooden walls, rush into the village and kill people, fully utilizing the advantages of cavalry. This cannot be blamed on the lord. When facing invasion, the outer walls of a small settlement are indeed of little use.