Chapter 92: 93

Chapter 93 - Castle Town

 

"Okay, let's build a castle town."

 I thought about it for a while and decided to not only build a castle, a symbol of power as Gran said but also to build a castle town to go along with it.

 In the past, when I was cultivating the forest and expanding my land, I felt that this was my land, and I didn't actively want to let other people live here.

 But now, things are different.

 The frontier is certainly my land, but a larger area than that is recognized as Barca Knight's Domain, which is under my control.

 If that's the case, then there's no need to stick to this land of the cultivated land alone.

 Rather, let's think in reverse and let them live here proactively.

 We can build a city inside the wall, and let the people live there.

 Then we can use the inhabitants as a force to defend the land of Barca.

 If we can protect the people and also protect the land, there is no greater advantage than that.

 Having made that decision, I immediately began to take action.

***

 In the center of the land surrounded by a wall of 4km on each side, there is a wall of 1km on each side.

 This wall is made of hardened bricks and is called the inner wall.

 On the land inside the inner wall is my residence, where I basically incubated Valkyries and cultivated magic mushrooms.

 Eventually I'll build a castle here where I can show the authority Gran says I should have.

 But first, we will redevelop the land between the inner and outer walls.

 On the side of the road that stretches from the central district to the south, there is Gran's house, Baito-nii's house, and the old peddler's store.

 Then, in the space left by the road, there is a space where you can open a store with a permit, which is used as a free market.

 In addition, there is a refrigerated warehouse here.

 However, there is still a lot of land available.

 I'm thinking of putting people who want to live in this vacant space.

 Since I don't want to waste time, I'll set up a place that will serve as a road like a board, and we'll divide the land into sections of a certain size and sell them.

 If I were to build a building, it would be possible to move in on the same day as long as I had a door prepared.

 Unlike the south district, the northeast district will attract people in the timber industry.

 Originally, when the forest to the northeast of the settlement was set up as a protected area, it was used as a place to collect lumber.

 This is where the lumberjacks live.

 In addition to the charcoal making and blacksmithing areas, paper making and magic mushroom cultivation areas should also be set up.

 It would be more efficient to have all the wood-related workplaces and the people who work there, in one place.

 The west section of the city was currently covered with fields where people were growing Hatsuka, the main food source for the Valkyries.

 However, a part of the field was cleared and turned into an open field.

 Eventually, I want to gather soldiers here.

 The west gate should be used only for soldiers so that we can go into battle immediately.

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 However, we are not at the stage where we can have a standing army.

 So I've decided to gather a security force centered around my father.

 They have been given the job of policing the villagers who have gotten carried away with their magic.

 So we'll also have a detention center here.

 I'll also make a kind of court here as well.

 I'm not sure if we should hold the trial in the castle or in the court, but if it's just a minor crime, we can leave it to Maddock-san and the others at the court here.

 There's still a lot of vacant land, but for now, this is the blueprint we'll follow.

 Eventually, we can collect taxes on Hatsuka as part of the taxation system, and reduce the number of fields and increase the number of houses.

 But let's make an ordinance for this land.

 All buildings should be constructed of Hardened Bricks.

 Let's say that there is an army that has invaded beyond the outer walls.

 The buildings in the city will serve to slow down the advance of the army.

 If the buildings that obstructed their progress were made of Hardened Bricks, they would be able to slow down their progress even more.

 With that in mind, I immediately started rebuilding my brother's house and placed the buildings around the southern district.

***

"Wow, kid. I've never seen a city like this."

"What do you think?"

"I mean, it's even better than Fontana City, isn't it?"

 Anyway, I built a lot of Hardened Brick buildings in the south district.

 I climbed to the top of the inner wall to check the workmanship and was looking down on the city from a slightly higher position.

 The old man who happened to be nearby accompanied me and was looking at the scene.

 While I was looking at the castle town I was building and nodding my head in agreement, the old man had a dumbfounded look on his face.

 Well, I guess that's to be expected.

 I have recreated a really beautiful grid using magic such as [Leveling] on both sides of the road that runs straight from the central district to the southern district.

 In addition, houses of the same shape are lined up at equal intervals on the land divided along the grid.

 The houses are the same as mine.

 I had used [Memorize] on a house with a lot of arched structures and window panes, so I mass-produced it.

 I've seen exactly the same houses lined up for sale in my previous life, but I don't think I'll ever see them in this world.

 They were made of Hardened Bricks that looked like marble, and they looked so beautiful that it was hard not to be surprised.

"This will surprise the merchants from other countries, old man."

"...... Oh, if anyone isn't surprised, I'll be surprised by that."

 In this way, the creation of the town progressed steadily.

CadmarLegend Whoa. It is progressing so quickly...