This was an unexpected surprise.
Roland originally thought that she would send several combat witches to help, but he did not expect that she would come in person, which meant that the trouble on the island had been solved, or that it would not threaten the stability of Sleeping Island for the time being.
The next day after receiving the letter, Roland took Anna and the others to the Shallow Beach to welcome Tilly.
After half a month of construction, there were many traces of artificial carvings on the muddy beach.
Simple wooden houses and sheds stood around the ramp, which would be the prototype of the warehouse and the sailors' dormitory. In order to prevent the corrosion of the sea wind, the windward side of the wooden houses was painted with an orange coating, which was both eye-catching and beautiful. A section of the beach, about 30 meters long, was flattened by Lotus, and bricks were stacked around the periphery, which served as a temporary dock. Since this was a natural deep-water port, they did not even need a trestle. Even a three-masted ship could directly dock at the edge.
It was the first time for most of the witches to see the Shallow Beach in the development stage, so they looked around curiously.
"Is that the big pit over there the dock that collapsed before?" Anna walked to Roland and pointed to a group of busy workers in the distance. "What are they doing now?"
"Uh, you also heard about it." Roland was a little embarrassed.
"Of course. Nana told me that day that three workers had their legs broken."
This and the deflagration during the coke oven test were the two most serious accidents in the Border Area in the new year. The latter could be said to be the price that had to be paid during the exploration, while the former was at least half of the responsibility caused by Roland's carelessness.
Considering that the soil in the Shallow Beach was relatively soft, the Minister of Construction, Carr, had suggested that it might be safer to build a dock on the edge of the mountain, but Roland immediately rejected the idea. The main reason was the construction period — it took so long to sink a long slope, and if they sunk a dock in the old way, it would probably be delayed until next year before they could start building Thunder's steam ship.
As for the situation of the loose sand, Roland thought that there was no need to worry too much. He just needed to let Lotus draw the outline of the dock, and then pour concrete to form a wall.
The project went smoothly at the beginning. Just as he expected, after the concrete solidified, the walls looked quite solid, as if a stone wall had been added to the foundation. Because of this, Roland even felt complacent for a while, thinking that a civil engineer was only so-so. In the end, an accident happened when he was installing the iron gate.
After the arm-thick metal door broke free from the Hummingbird's grip, it suddenly collapsed together with the concrete walls on both sides, smashing the workers below. Although Hummingbird had made the door as light as a goose feather, the three people who had been crushed were still seriously injured. If not for Nana's timely treatment, these people would not have survived.
Later, the investigation found that when the concrete wall was first filled, some of the sand collapsed under the trampling of the workers and filled the bottom, causing the wall to not be tightly connected to the floor. The seemingly flat and solid concrete enclosure on the outside was only a thin layer at the joint of the wall foot. When the iron gate was hung on such a wall, its weight instantly exceeded the limit of the steel bar, and the consequences could naturally be imagined.
In the future, this would definitely be regarded as a serious mistake, but in this era, casualties during construction were a common situation, so no one would take it seriously, let alone criticize the Lord himself. Only Roland himself could feel the guilt and guilt.
He cleared his throat and collected his thoughts. "They are making a wooden retaining wall."
"To reinforce the soil on both sides of the dock?" Anna quickly guessed the answer.
"Yes, just like the roots of a tree. Intersecting them into the ground can increase the friction between the sand, so that the side wall will not collapse easily." Roland nodded. Moreover, with the previous lesson, when filling the concrete again, he would definitely carefully check whether there was any residual sand inside the formwork.
"Look, a ship is coming!" Mystery Moon suddenly shouted.
Everyone looked toward the horizon and saw a sailing ship with a pink flag slowly sailing towards them.
There was no doubt that the only ship that would bypass the Southernmost Corner and go to the hinterland of the Western Region was the Charming Beauty of Sleeping Island.
After the ship approached the shoal, it wandered for a while before it adjusted its direction and approached the shore. Obviously, it did not expect the shoal to become like this.
Roland met Tilly Wimbledon again, the fifth princess of Graycastle.
He held out his right hand to her, and the two smiled and shook hands. Although they had not seen each other for several months, her expression was as if they had just parted yesterday, and she did not feel strange at all. From her eyes, Roland could see that she felt the same way about him.
"This is a good reunion," he thought.
The other witches were not so reserved.
Honey, Candle, and Evelyn came up and hugged their former friends warmly. Andrea put her arm around Nightingale's shoulder, completely losing her aristocratic demeanor. Vendy held Ashes's hand and asked about her recent situation with concern. Softfeathers was surprised to find that there was a witch of the Bloodfang Association among them.
"Why are you here?" Softfeathers frowned and walked to a witch with a pale face. "Did Heidi Morgan throw you here because she couldn't wait for my and Iffy's reply?"
"No, Lady Heidi is on the ship." The witch shook her head.
"What —" Softfeathers's exclamation instantly attracted everyone's attention. "You mean … she also came to the Western Region?"
It was not difficult to hear the strong fear in the little girl's voice.
"Who's Heidi?"
"She seems to be the leader of the Bloodfang Association?"
"Ah … I think Iffy mentioned her."
"What's she doing here?"
Roland looked at Tilly and asked, "Have you dealt with her?"
"If you mean the uniform, you can say that — the plan was very successful, and Heidi did attack Annie's illusion." Tilly spread out her hands and said, "But she refused to reveal the whereabouts of the witches who were rejected by the Bloodfang Association. She also said that she would only tell you after seeing you."
"See me?" Roland was stunned.
"Yes, I guess she regards you as her last hope." Tilly blinked. "As the ruler of the Kingdom of Graycastle and the representative of the secular nobles, as long as she can offer enough benefits, she should be spared and even helped to regain her position as the ruler of the Kingdom of Wolfheart … probably."
"Are you deliberately reminding me?" He could not help laughing. He had to admit that when Tilly pretended to be careless and beat around the bush, she looked quite cute. "Don't worry. If I would weigh a witch's life with benefits, you wouldn't have brought her here. By the way, who's that witch? I don't think I've seen her before. "
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