"Come and take a look at these crystals."
As soon as he saw Hetty, Gawain threw a lavender standard crystal directly into his hand.
The lady glanced at the thing in her hand curiously, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face.
"This is what you told me before, in the treasure house in the mountain..."
"Yes, that's where it was taken from," Gawain nodded, although he Hetty was not brought with him this time, but he had already told him about the treasure trove of the Dark Mountains when he was in Tanzan Town. "These crystals are technology from the Gondor Empire. Come and see if you can figure out its talismans." Text structure."
Any mage whose brain has not been caught by a door will realize their preciousness when they see these crystals. Hetty was immediately attracted by these beautiful lavender crystals. However, after fiddling with it endlessly, she could only shake her head slightly in shame: "Ancestor... I'm sorry, I'm so ashamed... I'm only a third-level mage, I'm afraid I can't create such advanced things... ..."
Gawain looked into Hetty's eyes: "I didn't ask you to make it, I just analyzed its rune structure - if possible, draw the rune structure. I'm afraid no one can make something similar in this era: it is directly infused with the magic power of the Deep Blue Well."
"The Deep Blue Well..." Hearing this famous name, He. Di couldn't help repeating it, and then looked at the crystal in his hand eagerly, "If you just read and arrange the rune structure inside, it wouldn't be difficult. You only need to get a set of crystal resonators to put it in The engraved things are projected, but does it make sense to just read the rune structure? Without the corresponding energy injection technology and activation method, the rune structure is just a bunch of geometric figures..."
"We'll talk about that later," Gawain nodded and said, "These crystals can no longer be produced. At least before they are used up, I want to retain as much information as possible."
Hetty said, After putting away the crystal, the look of exhaustion on her face was still there, but after learning the exact news of the "Treasure House in the Mountain", her spirit was lifted and she looked much better. Gawain then asked about the construction of the camp. situation comes.
“The tents can be set up before the sun sets, and a fence can be erected at the same time. I plan to set up some magic traps and early warning runes around it, which should be more than enough to resist wild beasts. Lumberjacks A lot of high-quality wood has been found in the woods to the west. The rough wood that has been cut down is still piled upstream of the Baishui River. After cutting some more tomorrow, we can just let the wood flow down the river. In addition, according to the information you provided, I will do it. We sent two people to the east and indeed found iron ore, but we don't have the ability to smelt it yet, so we can only come in bit by bit. The most important problem now is the lack of manpower. The advance team mainly comes to investigate the situation and establish outposts. Yes, we need to wait for the follow-up people to collect resources.”
"The large army will arrive in three days. By then, the manpower problem will be alleviated - and the tools and materials will keep up." Gawain said, turning his head and looking at the The camp is gradually being completed.
He has many plans and plans. The broad thinking from the time traveler and the rich knowledge from Gawain Cecil make him confident. Therefore, looking at the camp that has just taken shape, he It is inevitable that a sense of ambition will arise in my heart.
The camps are neatly arranged according to the plan, and surrounding drainage ditches have been dug in the camp. After the water from the Baishui River is directed into these ditches tomorrow, they can be used to prevent attacks. The most dangerous fire in the freshman camp; craftsmen are processing wood and nailing them together to make the most primitive and simple fence - that fence does not have much protective effect against real monsters, but it is very effective against wild beasts. At that time, it was somewhat useful; the loggers who had gone to the forest to the west to cut wood had withdrawn and were resting now...
Everything seemed fine.
But after walking into the camp and looking around carefully a few times, Gawain couldn't help but frown.
He saw the numb and shrinking expressions on the faces of the craftsmen and civilian laborers, as well as their various lazy skills that could not be called brilliant at all, and the seemingly neat and legal tents and fences You can see cut corners and perfunctory work everywhere - missing a few nails is the most common phenomenon, and some tents are not even tied tightly at all.
The craftsmen could still complete their work accurately under the supervision of Hetty, but the civilian laborers who helped them were simply operating randomly - Gawain had actually thought of this era before. Most of the civilians were uneducated and could neither read nor count, so he gave everyone a detailed explanation in advance on how these tents should be set up and how the entire camp should be planned. But now it seems that apart from placing the tents and fences Outside of the areas he strictly designated, almost every single indicator in this camp failed!
Don’t they know that these tents and fences are their only shelter in the wilderness and their livelihood security for the next period of time?
Gawain thought angrily, then suddenly came to his senses:
Yes, they don't know.
Because these things belong to the lords, not them. Even if these tents will be used for them to live in, they do not believe that they can live in them forever - sooner or later, after the wasteland is measured, They would be driven into the wasteland, and their tents would be dismantled and turned into the lord's castle and stables.
This is the general rule of this era, and everyone firmly believes in this.
Despite experiencing the disaster in the old Cecil Territory, despite following the team in exile here, and despite starting the construction of new homes, for these civilians and serfs who have survived in the rigid and decadent era, , they have already adapted to suffering and are used to living through suffering.They remain numb during the process, so they will not have any thoughts of great blessings after the disaster, nor will they have any vitality and vitality in building a new home.
Gawain realized that he had taken it for granted before, and at the same time, he also realized that part of the plan that he had worked on for a long time might not be easily realized.
He immediately called Hetty and Rebecca over.
In front of a tent that seemed to meet the requirements, but after closer inspection, several supports were missing and the entire tent was crooked. He pointed at the perfunctory areas and said, "What do you think of this?"
Hetty didn't understand what Gawain meant at first, and thought he was trying to blame her, so she immediately lowered her head: "I'm sorry, ancestor, I supervised..."
"No "This is not a problem of supervision - you can't watch them nail every nail," Gawain interrupted her, "This is a problem of the attitude of the workers."
"My lord, ancestors." You can't ask too much of those civilians and serfs," Rebecca thought for a moment and explained, "Most of them have little knowledge. Apart from doing the work their ancestors were used to on farmland and mines, they simply can't master anything else. The vast majority of these people have never set up a tent before - especially if you also specifically specify the specifications and functions of the tent, as well as the planning of the entire camp, it is too complicated for them. "
Gawain shook his head: "Is this really complicated?"
Hetty nodded slightly: "The army is so strict when camping. These civilians and serfs cannot do this. ”
“No, it’s not complicated at all. I have broken down every step they need to do to the most basic level. Everyone only needs to do one thing - nail the nails. , or tying ropes, or sawing wood, they don’t need to know the plan of the entire camp at all, and what they have to do is not much more complicated than doing hard work." Gawain looked at Rebecca and Hetty, "You think civilians Are the serfs so stupid that they can’t even master this?”
Hetty and Rebecca looked at each other. They could see that Gawain was very dissatisfied, but they didn’t realize the crux of the problem. As for Gawain's problem - this is a matter of course for the two of them, especially Hetty.
Of course civilians and serfs are stupid.
They were born in this era and grew up in this era, and neither of them are well-informed or talented intellectuals. It is impossible for them to have insights and understandings that are too far beyond this era.
In fact, Hetty and Rebecca are already extremely progressive outliers among contemporary aristocrats - Hetty never allowed the knights or soldiers in the family to plunder the property of civilians and serfs at will, and found ways to In order to ensure that everyone in the territory can fill their stomachs, Rebecca broke the iron law of life-long tenure of serfs, arranged a path for them to become freedmen, and also allowed civilians and serfs to live in their own territory. free circulation within the country and allow civilians to do business freely...
Each of these fragmented systems can be said to challenge the norm, but the overall ideological constraints still prevent them from completely breaking through one thinking stereotype: civilians and serfs are inferior.
Maybe they don’t think so, but subconscious things can’t be denied just by denying them.
Of course Gawain also knew this, so he did not call his two great-granddaughters here to reprimand them or to enlighten them. He was not naive enough to think that he could do it with just a few words of his own. Transform the civilians and serfs in this camp into sober, active, and fighting citizens.
This will be a long process, and at the moment, he just needs these people to complete the work requirements he has issued as soon as possible.
"Gather everyone together - commoners, serfs, soldiers, all of them," Gawain ordered, "while it is still light."
Those who were working and those who were Everyone who was resting was soon called together, and even Amber, who was bragging about his adventures in the mountain treasure house to Betty, rushed over curiously - beside her was a confused Betty.
No one knows what this ancestor from seven hundred years ago wants to do, even Hetty and Rebecca are at a loss.
As for the civilians and serfs, they just numbly followed the orders and gathered together. The civilians gathered in a bunch, the serfs gathered in a bunch, and there were soldiers responsible for maintaining order standing next to them.
Many people thought that their "new boss" had given another order, and it might be an order more complicated than the complicated "tent system", so some people frowned, thinking that their work Once you're done, you can go to sleep.
Gawain stood on a big rock, looking down at the more than a hundred people below. He had already seen Amber secretly hidden in the crowd, and wanted to catch this guy who might cause trouble at any time. He came out, but after thinking about it he still didn’t say anything.
Then he cleared his throat and spoke loudly at a volume that everyone could hear clearly: "Cecil's subjects, I have something to say - about your future and Cecil's future. Searle leads a new law!”