Chapter 18: Progress! Mia Wakes Up!
"Ha!"
On the square of the small town, over fifty people simultaneously held knives and shouted, then started chopping.
They only had one action.
That was chopping.
Once they mastered chopping, they would move on to other techniques.
Richard watched from the side.
With his primary combat skills, he had quite a bit of force and fighting techniques, enough to guide these men.
The people in the broadcast room chatted while watching, finding it quite enjoyable.
Unbeknownst to them, more than an hour passed.
At this moment, the viewers in the broadcast room saw Richard seemingly look up and glance at the camera.
[I have a bad feeling about this.]
[So do I.]
[Anchor, don't...]
Too late!
The screen in the broadcast room had already gone black.
[Damn it, heartless!]
[555, even with nearly three hundred thousand viewers online, the anchor couldn't be retained.]
[We were too naive!]
In the broadcast room, there was a wail of despair.
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"Master, Sister's fever has subsided a lot."
In the small castle, Miwei said.
Richard checked Mia's wound and found that it had stopped festering. He then applied some iodine to it and bandaged it up.
Daily disinfection of the wound was necessary.
Richard personally took care of these tasks.
After all, Miwei had never been exposed to this knowledge.
After feeding Mia some medicine, Richard left the small castle and went to the place where he planned to renovate the city.
When he arrived there, Richard found that the progress was not slow at all.
Due to the large-scale recruitment, more and more people were joining in. There were already over a hundred people working here.
Men and women alike.
In just over a day, they had dug out a trench over a hundred meters long.
Of course, it still needed to be dug deeper.
The terrain here was flat, and the geological conditions were not bad, so they didn't need to dig too deep, just about two to three meters would do.
The city renovation can be broadcast tomorrow.
After checking the progress, Richard called for Ellie. "All farming tools must be collected centrally every day, and after counting, send them to the castle."
Ellie nodded heavily. "Don't worry, my lord."
The farming tools provided by Richard were quite sophisticated in this world.
Even just the iron was worth a lot of money.
Although they weren't expensive on the online platform, Richard didn't want them to go missing from time to time.
After some thought, he decided to send a 10-person team over on rotation. These guys could not only work, but also supervise to prevent any trouble.
Although Ellie was in charge, she was young, and as a girl, she might not be able to manage a large group of people.
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After inspecting the area, Richard returned to the castle.
Although Mia's fever had subsided, she was still a bit groggy, but Richard didn't mind.
The next day, Richard asked Miwei to continue taking care of Mia, while he went to the construction site and started broadcasting the city renovation process.
The scene of over a hundred people working simultaneously was quite interesting for the viewers in the broadcast room.
[Anchor, what are you doing?]
Some netizens asked.
The cement hadn't arrived yet, they were just digging the foundation, and few could discern Richard's plan.
Richard paid attention to the broadcast room today and said, "We're renovating the city."
[Wow, the anchor is up to something big.]
[666.]
[Anchor, for city renovation, I suggest building a Chinese-style city. Of course, since it's another world, a purely Chinese style isn't realistic, but we can incorporate some Oriental elements.]
[Well, I studied architecture, I can provide the anchor with free technical support.]
At the mention of Richard's plan to renovate the city, some technicians emerged in the broadcast room.
Some people also started to donate, offering funds for preparations.
At this moment, the sheriff of the territory arrived with a large group of people from the southeast.
These were people from another town, belonging to another minor noble.
Compared to Richard's territory, the population of the other noble's territory was considerably larger.
This wasn't really related to Richard; it was mainly because of Ted's decline over the past decade. Many people had left.
Otherwise, Ted's territory would have had several hundred square kilometers, and even though the productivity might be low, it wouldn't have had just two thousand people.
"Lord, these are workers we called from the neighboring town. They are willing to work here," the sheriff said.
Richard nodded, "Distribute farming tools to them and start calculating their wages from today."
"Yes, my lord."
Although it was said the wage was monthly, in reality, wages were paid daily.
Mainly because these people didn't have much money, and if they were paid monthly... they would have problems eating!
Richard had always paid wages with bread before, but now, he could use copper coins.
After the city renovation started, Richard adjusted their treatment. Everyone was provided with meals every day, with each person receiving three pieces of bread and a small piece of meat, in addition to their wages.
This was already the best treatment possible.
As a result, everyone was full of motivation.
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The day passed, but Mia still hadn't woken up.
The next day, the vegetable seeds Richard bought arrived.
He gathered a group of women and asked them to plant the vegetables.
The main crops were cabbage, which was easy to grow, as well as corn and eggplant. There were some vegetables for each season.
Half of Richard's territory's cultivable land was allocated to the residents of the territory. Of course, it was more like a contract, and all residents had to hand over a portion of their harvest.
However, Richard planned to gradually take back these lands and turn all the residents into employees.
But he wouldn't implement this all at once. First, he would let these residents earn money and live better than before. After that, he would reclaim the land, and there would be no resistance.
Richard's livestream content for the day included farming, digging foundations, and military training.
The number of viewers in the broadcast room was increasing.
Everyone was quite engrossed in the construction content.
There were also many donations.
But every day, people kept asking, [Where's the cat girl?]
And on this day, while Richard was still at the construction site, Mia, who had been unconscious for several days, finally opened her eyes!
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