"Take a look at these crystals."
As soon as he saw Heti, Gwen threw a lavender crystal into her hand.
The lady looked curiously at the thing in her hand, and her face suddenly showed a look of surprise.
"This is what you told me before, the treasure vault in the mountains …"
"Yes, I took it from there." Gwen nodded. Although he did not bring Heti with him this time, he had already told her about the treasure vault in the Gloom Mountains when they were in Tanzania Town. "These crystals are the technology of the Kingdom of Gondor. See if you can figure out the runic structure."
Any mage who was not brainless would realize the preciousness of these crystals when they saw them. Heti was immediately attracted by these beautiful lavender crystals, but after fiddling with them for a while, she could only shake her head in shame. "Ancestor … I'm sorry, I'm very ashamed … I'm just a level-three mage, I'm afraid I can't make such a sophisticated thing …"
Gwen looked into Heti's eyes. "I'm not asking you to make it, just to analyze its runic structure. If possible, draw the runic structure. As for making it, I'm afraid no one in this era can make something like this. This is made directly from the magic of the Deep Blue Well. "
"The Deep Blue Well …" Hearing this famous name, Heti could not help but repeat it. She then looked eagerly at the crystal in her hand. "If it's just to read and arrange the runic structure inside, it's not difficult. As long as you get a set of crystal resonators, you can project the engraved things inside. But just reading the runic structure … Is it meaningful? Without the corresponding energy injection technology and activation method, the runic structure is just a bunch of geometric figures … "
"Let's talk about that later." Gwen nodded. "These crystals can't be produced anymore, at least before they are used up. I want to keep as much information as possible."
Heti replied with an "oh" and put away the crystal. Her face was still tired, but after learning the news about the "mountain treasury", her spirit was lifted and her complexion looked much better. Gwen took the opportunity to ask about the construction of the camp.
"We can set up all the tents before sunset. At the same time, we can set up a fence. I'm going to set up some magic traps and warning runes around the perimeter. It should be more than enough to fend off the wild beasts. The lumberjacks had found a lot of high-quality lumber in the forest in the west. The lumber they had cut down was still piled up in the upper reaches of the Baishui River for the time being. After they cut down some more tomorrow, they could just let the lumber flow down the river. In addition, according to the information you provided, I sent two people to the east and they did find iron ore. However, we don't have the ability to smelt it yet, so we can only do it bit by bit. The most important problem now is the lack of manpower. The advance team is mainly here to investigate the situation and build the outpost. We need to wait for the follow-up team to collect resources. "
"The main team will be here in three days. By then, the manpower problem will be solved. Besides, the tools and resources will follow." Gwen said as he turned his head and looked at the camp that was gradually being completed.
He had a lot of plans and schemes. His open mind as a transmigrator and Gawain Cecil's rich knowledge made him extremely confident. Therefore, when he looked at the camp that was just beginning to take shape, he couldn't help but feel a sense of ambition and aspiration.
The tents were neatly arranged according to the plan. There were also drains dug around the camp. After the water from the Baishui River was channeled into these drains tomorrow, they could be used to prevent the most dangerous fire in the camp. The craftsmen were processing the lumber and nailing them together to make the most primitive and crude fence. The fence was not much of a protection against real monsters, but it was more or less useful against wild beasts. The lumberjacks who went to the forest in the west had returned and were now resting.
Everything seemed to be going well.
But when he walked into the camp and looked around carefully, Gwen could not help but frown.
He saw the numb and cowering expressions on the faces of the craftsmen and civilian labourers, as well as their lackadaisical slacking techniques. On the seemingly neat tents and fences, there were signs of shoddy work everywhere. Missing a few nails was the most common phenomenon, and some tents were not even tied tightly.
The craftsmen were able to complete their work accurately under Heti's supervision, but the civilian labourers were simply messing around. Gwen had thought that most of the civilians in this era were uneducated, and could not read or count. So, he had explained in detail how to set up the tents and how to plan the camp. But now, it seemed that except for the tents and fences in the areas that he strictly marked out, almost all the individual indicators in the camp were not up to standard.
Don't they know that these tents and fences are their only shelter in the wilderness? It is their guarantee of survival for a period of time.
Gwen thought angrily. Then, he suddenly came to his senses.
Yes, they did not know.
Because these things belonged to the lord, not them. Even if they were given these tents to live in, they did not believe that they could live there forever. Sooner or later, when the wasteland was measured, they would be driven into the wasteland, and the tents would be torn down and turned into the lord's castle and stable.
This was the general law of this era. Everyone believed in it.
Even though they had experienced the disaster of the old Cecil Hill, even though they had followed the team to this place, even though they had started the construction of a new home, for these civilians and serfs who had survived the rigid and rotten era, they had long adapted to the suffering and were used to being numb in the process of suffering. So, they did not have the thought that there would be good fortune after the disaster, and they did not have the vigor and vitality to build a new home.
Gwen realized that he had been taking things for granted. At the same time, he also realized that part of the plan that he had painstakingly worked out would not be easily realized.
He immediately called Heti and Rebecca over.
In front of a tent that seemed to meet the requirements, but upon closer inspection, it was missing several supports and the whole tent was crooked. Hao Ren pointed to the perfunctory places and asked, "What do you think of this?"
Heti did not understand what Gwen meant. She thought that he was going to scold her, so she immediately bowed her head and said, "I'm sorry, ancestor. I'm supervising —"
"No, it's not a matter of supervision. You can't watch them nail every nail," Gwen interrupted her. "It's a matter of the attitude of the workers."
"Ancestor, you can't ask too much of the commoners and serfs." Rebecca thought for a moment and explained, "Most of them don't have much experience. They don't know anything other than what their ancestors were used to doing in the fields and mines. They don't know anything more complicated than that. Most of these people have never set up a tent at all. Especially when you have specified the specifications and functions of the tent, and the plan of the whole camp. It's too complicated for them. "
Gwen shook his head and asked, "Is it really that complicated?"
Heti nodded slightly and said, "That's why the army is so strict. These civilians and serfs can't do it."
"No, it's not complicated at all. I have broken down every step they have to do to the most basic level. Everyone only needs to do one thing — nail, tie the rope, or saw the wood. They don't need to know the plan of the whole camp at all. What they have to do is not much more complicated than doing manual labor." Gwen looked at Rebecca and Heti. "Do you think the civilians and serfs are so stupid that they can't even master this?"
Heti and Rebecca looked at each other. They could see that Gwen was now very dissatisfied, but they had not yet realized the key to the problem. As for Gwen's problem, it was simply a matter of course for the two, especially Heti.
Civilians and serfs were, of course, stupid.
They were born and grew up in this era, and neither of them were knowledgeable and talented enlightened people. It was impossible for them to have too much knowledge and understanding beyond this era.
In fact, Heti and Rebecca were already extremely progressive outliers among the contemporary nobles. Heti never allowed the Knight or the soldiers in the family to plunder the property of civilians and serfs at will, and tried to find ways to let everyone in the territory fill their stomachs. Rebecca even broke the iron law of lifelong serfs and arranged a way for them to become free people. She also allowed civilians and serfs to freely circulate in her territory and allowed civilians to do business freely.
Each of these scattered systems could be said to be a challenge to the norm, but the overall ideological confinement still prevented them from completely breaking through the mindset that civilians and serfs were inferior.
Perhaps they themselves did not think so, but the subconscious was not something that could be denied verbally.
Of course, Gwen also knew this, so he called the two granddaughters over not to reprimand them or enlighten them. He was not so naive as to think that he could turn the civilians and serfs in the camp into sober, active, and combative citizens with just a few words.
It would be a long process, and at the moment, he only needed these people to complete the work requirements he gave them as soon as possible.
"Gather everyone — civilians, serfs, soldiers, all of them," Gwen ordered. "While it's still bright."
Those who were working and resting were quickly summoned. Even Amber, who was bragging to Betty about her adventure in the mountain treasure house, came over curiously. She was followed by a bewildered Betty.
No one knew what the ancestor from 700 years ago wanted to do. Even Heti and Rebecca were in a state of confusion.
The civilians and serfs just numbly followed the order and gathered together. The civilians gathered in a group, the serfs in another group, and the soldiers in charge of maintaining order stood next to them.
Many people thought that their "new master" had given them another order, and it might be more complicated than the complex "tent system", so some people frowned. They thought that they could go to sleep after the work was done.
Gwen stood on a big rock and looked down at more than a hundred people below. He had already seen Amber, who was secretly hiding in the crowd. He wanted to pull out this troublemaker at any time, but after thinking about it, he decided not to say anything.
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