The half-elf first mate brought back some people, and the number of people in the camp suddenly increased a lot.
Søren went out to check the goods he brought back, and then he ordered his men to supervise the slaves. After dealing with these things, he went back to his room and sat down. Søren closed his eyes and thought for a while, then he began to pick up a quill to write and draw. As a rogue, his fingers were quite steady. Even if he didn't use any tools when drawing, the straight lines he drew were like using tools. About 30 minutes later, Søren completed the first drawing. At a glance, one could see that it was an architectural drawing.
The simple structure of the entire camp was drawn on it, as well as various internal and external layouts, including sewers, building distribution, statistics of the camp area, fence towers, and so on. After Søren finished all this, he began to write other parts, which were some of the construction arrangements and precautions. Among them, there were strict requirements, such as sewers, toilet distribution and sanitation, as well as the division and construction of roads, etc. He specifically wrote them down in detail. The rainy season in the Outer Islands was very easy to accumulate water. If the town was built according to his requirements, if there were no specially designed sewers, then they would have to be prepared to deal with waterlogging.
Sewers were actually very simple things. As long as they were properly distributed and dug deep, there would be no problem.
The Roman period had a good understanding of this.
But even so, many cities in this world didn't care about this simple point.
So many cities were dirty, messy, and smelly. Although Søren wasn't a clean freak, he definitely didn't want his territory to become like that, especially the pirates who liked to urinate and defecate everywhere when they were drunk. So he had high requirements for hygiene. Even urinating was not allowed, and even the tools used to commit crimes were cut off. This was the Outer Islands, and the environment was more primitive and desolate than the mainland. If they didn't pay attention, it was easy to breed diseases. The pirates were better. They drifted on the sea all year round, and their bodies were strong, but the slaves were not. If an infectious disease happened, it would be a great loss. [Note: Currently lacking doctors and medicine.]
After drawing the map of the camp, Søren began to draw a house.
It was not a beautiful house, nor was it his own residence. Instead, it was a simple brick house, the kind that was commonly seen in the countryside. The area of a brick house was about 50 square meters. The beam structure was quite simple. It was a one-story bungalow. In front of the house was a drainage ditch and a four-way road. He requested to build more than three hundred such houses, a total of three rows of houses, about a hundred in each row. These houses were mainly built near the West Gate and the South Gate. The North Gate was still a wooden house for the slaves. These buildings all had space reserved for them, so there was no need to rush to demolish the wooden houses that had just been constructed.
After Søren finished drawing the blueprints of the houses, he proceeded to draw the layout of the roads.
It wasn't just the four-way roads in the camp, but also the distribution of roads outside the camp. He needed his subordinates to build a road that directly connected to the natural harbor. The length of this road was about five kilometers. Under the current circumstances, the length of the roads could not be too high. As long as the roads were flat and not full of potholes, it would be fine. In the future, when there was enough manpower and material resources, they could repair them again. What Søren drew was the route of the road, avoiding areas where dangerous creatures might be active.
Next was a new piece of paper.
This time, Søren didn't draw anything. Instead, he wrote a letter, a letter to the Drow Priest.
The content of the letter was needless to say. After Søren finished writing the letter, he asked someone to call Dark Blade, Andri, and then handed the letter to him and asked him to arrange for someone to bring it back. At the same time, he also brought back a batch of supplies, mainly daily necessities. This time, the half-elf first mate brought back three ships of supplies, enough to support them for more than half a year. In fact, Søren's calculation was very accurate. After deducting the time needed for the current arrangements, he would be back in about a month.
At this time, it would be the beginning of February. He could start to command the slaves to farm and then plant spring wheat for self-sufficiency.
At that time, the camp would really have a firm foothold.
As the leader of a force, Søren naturally couldn't come and go as freely as before. He took out the blueprints that he had prepared at the beginning. One copy was given to the half-elf first mate, who was responsible for the construction plan of the entire camp. The other copy was given to the one-eyed man, who was responsible for supervising the slaves' work. Finally, Søren came to another place where the slaves were held. He was ready to see the eastern slaves that were transported over. These people were all skilled craftsmen.
Bang!
Søren pushed the door open. The room where the slaves were held smelled very bad. There was an obvious stench.
He waved his hand and signaled the people below to open the door for ventilation. Then he slowly walked in front of the eastern slave craftsmen and said in a deep voice, "Who can speak the common language?"
Many of the eastern slaves looked at each other.
As a wizard, Søren was unintentionally a failure because he knew too little language.
The eastern slaves in front of him didn't seem to know much of the common language. They often used the desert language and eastern dialects. In theory, people who could speak many languages were knowledgeable. After all, this was an era where many commoners couldn't write their own names. In this era, being able to read was a sign of status. One could find a relatively easy job in the city that could support oneself. Even though most of the slaves in front of him were craftsmen, the language they knew was still limited to the east. They didn't know much about the common language here.
Simply put, there was a language barrier between the two sides!
"No one knows the common language?"
Søren couldn't help but frown. He then asked his subordinates, "Does anyone know the eastern language? I remember that someone went on the eastern ocean route! "
There was a short moment of silence.
Then he saw that among the eastern slaves, there was a middle-aged man in his forties who stood up. He looked at Søren with some fear, then lowered his head and said, "Your Excellency. I know the common language. "
"Hmm?" Søren glanced at him and immediately said, "Very good. From today onwards, you will be their foreman. According to the customs of the mainland, since you fell into my hands as slaves, you are considered as my personal property. However, I am a very generous and benevolent person. As long as you work hard for me, I will give you the freedom you deserve. "
"From now on, I will mobilize people to make brick kilns for you. Your next task is to make bricks, the more the better!"
"Once you have burned a million bricks, I will grant freedom to some of you."
Søren paused for a moment. He looked at the middle-aged man who had a surprised expression and said in a deep voice, "Translate these words to them. You will be their foreman from now on. I will allocate a group of people for you. If I don't see satisfactory progress when I come back, your head will be hung on the flagpole outside! "
The middle-aged man was pleasantly surprised when he heard this. Then, it turned into fear and he quickly nodded.
These people were all craftsmen with skills.
In this world, craftsmen were valuable, so Søren was much more tolerant of them. After waiting for the middle-aged man in front of him to translate, he called a small leader, gave a few instructions, and left. Then other slaves began to be mobilized, and a group of capable pirates were in charge of supervising. Perhaps because Søren was very orderly, his minions gradually began to behave. Although there was not much discipline, it was much better than before.
Because they were too presumptuous, they were all dealt with!
Søren arranged things here, and then went to see the indigenous slaves who were captured. During this period of time, about 30 people died. The cause of death was not because of escaping, but because of the way the Drows controlled the slaves. This was a very complicated process, involving criminal law, psychological suggestion, enslavement control, and so on. Some things were really not suitable to be said, but the general effect was still very obvious. That was, the indigenous slaves were now not so resistant to working hard every day in exchange for food.
They did not work hard, but they did not slack off because they knew the terrible punishment for slacking off!
A day passed quickly.
Søren gave a lot of orders and made a lot of arrangements on this day. Anyone who saw the plan, even the pirate leaders, could feel that Søren was not just building an overseas base. However, they did not have any dissatisfaction. On the contrary, they were a little excited. After all, not everyone liked the wandering life of a pirate. With a foundation and a guarantee, at least they could leave something for their children and families in the future.
Even if they were alone, they would not always like to live a life of uncertainty.
Recently, some people in the camp had been discussing that His Excellency Throat Cutter's arrangement seemed to be preparing to develop the outer islands. If they could really develop here, if they had any injuries in the future, they might be rewarded by His Excellency Throat Cutter. In this way, even if they were old and weak in the future, they would have a foundation to support themselves. Maybe they could even be a small landlord or something. Many pirates were forced to enter this industry. Although there were many vicious and bloodthirsty people among them, there were also many people who longed for a stable life.
Søren was quietly changing everything.
Perhaps this change was not very obvious, but everything seemed to be in order. One day, this change would amaze the whole world!
Because a new force was rising!
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