Pioneer Wizard's Notebook

Half a month has passed since Linde sealed off the laboratory.

During this period, under the leadership of officials, the Sunflower Manor cut down forest trees, dug underground pipelines, and built equipment factories.

All previously arranged production plans are proceeding in an orderly manner.

Therefore, when Linde stepped out of the room, the surrounding environment was already different.

The once barren open space is now filled with piles of earth, stones, and wooden stakes.

The snow has been cleared, the foundation has been laid, and busy residents are running back and forth, creating a bustling scene reminiscent of a construction site.

Linde looked around and was satisfied with the residents' hard work.

He quickly walked to the production area.

The current production area of ​​the manor is mainly divided into four parts:

A farm that raises Maned Horses, Wolfhounds, and Cashmere Sheep.

An equipment factory that produces weapons and leather armor.

A sawmill that processes logs from forests.

A cement plant where ash furnace rats calcine.

The maned horses and wolfhounds at the ranch were busy working, while outside they were patrolling with the rangers and helping the workers transport timber.

Cashmere sheep are less active in winter.

At this moment, a large group huddled together for warmth, fast asleep in the shelter that protected them from the wind and snow.

Next spring, the wool from these cashmere sheep can be harvested and made into warm clothing.

Prior to this, they were regarded more as emergency food on the estate than as human companions like maned horses and wolfhounds.

After inspecting the farm, Linde went to the newly built equipment factory.

It is divided into two main parts: the dwarves' blacksmith shop and the leather armorers' workshop.

The blacksmith shop is empty now.

With the manor's iron ingots depleted, Master Sobo is leading the Stormwind Clan dwarves in a search for possible iron mines in the valley.

Three days after the iron mine was discovered, the dwarves temporarily camped there to explore the specific details of the mine and have not yet returned.

Over at the leather armor workshop.

When Tauth saw Lind arrive, he rushed forward to greet him, his expression excited.

"My lord, your army is unbelievably powerful, possessing such a vast stockpile of high-quality Icefield Demon pelts in your warehouses!"

The Sunflower Manor's outward display of strength is already quite astonishing.

But when Taunt entered the warehouse and saw the mountain of Icefield Ghost pelts, he realized he had been too naive.

The hidden power of the sunflower is far more terrifying than the outside world knows.

This is by no means a barren territory belonging to just one extraordinary knight.

Tao Te was not surprised but rather pleased.

He knew that once he discovered the secret here, he wouldn't be able to leave easily.

But that doesn't matter, his family is right beside him.

In the cold and cruel North, the warm big cities are like torches, their light constantly drawing civilians closer, only to lead them to their deaths like moths to a flame.

Tao Te is no longer able to bring his family into the city.

But he suddenly realized that he might have the chance to witness a brand new city rise from the ground, built on the ice field!

In order for my family to be able to integrate smoothly here.

These past few days, Tao Te has been full of energy, leading the craftsmen to work overtime to process the furs in the warehouse.

When Lind arrived, eight bearskin armors made from the fur of the Icefield White Bear had already been completed.

"Great work, thank you for your hard work."

Linde looked at the bearskin armor in front of him and sincerely praised it.

The leather armor has a grayish-white surface and includes a complete set of breastplate, leg armor, arm guards, gloves, boots, and a hat.

It clings tightly to the body, completely enveloping the soldier and blocking attacks from any direction.

Due to the properties of the material, bearskin armor is very heavy and far less flexible than wolfskin armor.

However, their defensive capabilities have been greatly improved, making them well-suited for shield-and-spear infantry in battle formations.

The mane on the hat was not completely removed.

It makes the soldiers appear taller and more imposing when they wear it, exuding a wild and intimidating aura.

Lind recalled the iron ore discovered by the dwarves.

Once the mining is successful, heavy armor can be crafted, with an additional layer of iron armor over the bearskin armor.

After training and nourishment from bear meat, the soldiers are physically fit enough to support this set of equipment.

At that time, the shield-spearmen of the Shield Guard Battalion will be upgraded to heavy infantry.

Of course, this is just a concept at the moment.

The iron ore has not yet been mined, and the bearskin armor will also take some time to be made.

Linde inquired about the situation and, after confirming with Tout that thirteen polar bear pelts were enough to make at least thirty-five bearskin armors, felt relieved.

There are currently thirty shield and spear soldiers, and there are no plans to expand the army at the moment; this number is sufficient.

After leaving the equipment factory, he went to the sawmill.

This is a site for processing forest logs.

Linde was most concerned about the processing of timber from the large birch forest discovered in the valley.

A birch log with a diameter of one meter was transported here.

With the workers' careful operation, the already layered bark was completely peeled off.

The wooden piles inside were used for house construction.

The bark was sent to a cement plant, where concrete was used to fix the cut on top, and then more concrete was poured to form a concrete pipe on the outside.

The inner bark will serve as insulation, making it part of the estate's heating pipes that connect the various houses in the living area.

Linde followed the pipeline delivery team to the location of the living area.

Inside the city walls, the foundations of one hundred houses have been completed.

For every twenty houses, a heating tower is built around it, and heating is supplied to the houses through heating pipes buried underneath.

It's called a heating tower, but it's really just a nest for ash rats.

At night, it lies inside gnawing on charcoal, and the solar winds it releases drive away the cold for the residents.

As for the sewers, Linde left space for them when designing the house plans, but he doesn't plan to build them for the time being.

On the one hand, the workload is too large.

On the other hand, the lack of flushing valves and high-pressure pumps means that water cannot be flushed down and can only rely on the gravity of the water tower.

But given the climate of the North in winter, the water tower would turn into a large block of ice in less than half a day.

For now, we can only continue as before.

Every morning, residents dump their excrement into the public toilet, collect it, and then bury it in the magic field as fertilizer.

"Half a month has passed, and the advanced sunflowers in the Demon Field will soon be ripe, enough to transform more Ash Furnace Rats."

"Currently, the manor has a total of 512 people, which is 175 households. Considering the possible increase in births, 100 more houses need to be built."

Linde pondered this in his mind.

The area of ​​the city wall was built according to the initial population of more than two hundred residents.

With the increase in population, there is not enough space in the residential areas inside the walls, so the remaining houses can only be built outside the walls.

That being said, there's no need to worry too much.

The Wall Golem has the ability to build itself.

Provided with sandstone blocks and lime, it is entirely possible to extend an outer wall to protect the houses outside as well.

"The estate needs more stone."

After inspecting the production and living areas, Linde hurried to the nearby quarry.

The stone that had been accumulated here before, due to the construction of the wall golems, has been exhausted.

The only option is to start mining from the hard rock face.

Under Linde's watchful eye, the workers raised their pickaxes and began to chisel out trenches from the exposed rock strata of the mountain.

Then, wedges were inserted into the gaps, and hammers were used to strike the rocks together, gradually separating them from the rock mass.

It took more than an hour to barely extract a single stone.

This is thanks to the fact that the sandstone blocks are not very sturdy.

If it were the granite mountain on the other side, you might not be able to knock down a single piece even after a whole day of hammering.