Chapter 522 Nagmi’s Doubts (Part 2)
“This is Sour Melon Town, are you sure you didn’t go wrong?”
Sechinger calmed down his original anger and looked at The neat brick and stone house in front of me was lost in thought. Something was wrong, something ten or even nine percent wrong.
It’s not that he has never been to Sugua Town, but the town in front of him is obviously very different from what he remembered.
The original Sour Gua Town was just a small town located in the fields, with a population of only more than a thousand, and it was full of wooden houses and huts. It was not even comparable to Mayo Town.
The original low hut was replaced by a wooden house, and the bumpy dirt road was filled with black cinders and gravel. Seisinger stamped hard, and it was neither loose nor too hard.
“What material is this, mortar?” Seisinger couldn’t help but asked Murat.
Mura and Yourong introduced: "This is the cinder of peat. After the peat is extracted from the clay, the remaining soil will become extremely dry and hard, and with the help of it, it will turn mud into stone." , has this effect.
But this is only a temporary road left over from the attack on Jinhe Township. The real road should be a road paved with mortar."
"A road paved with mortar. ? What’s that like? ”
A crisp female voice sounded, and Murat glanced back at Nagmi helplessly: "It's like a road paved with stone slabs, smooth and hard."
Seisinger looked at the road under his feet, this The temporary road is so fast, why can't we fly on that stone road?
"It's like paving the road with stone slabs." Nagmi, who was wearing leather armor, couldn't help shouting, "That's a lot of money. The Pope is not so rich."
Murat glanced helplessly at the noble lady, but said nothing more.
“Hey, did you hear me?”
"..."
"You didn't answer my question just now, did you hear that?" Seeing that Murat ignored her, Nagmi snorted coldly and shook her seven or eight little braids. , he was about to catch up and ask, "Are you really pretending that you know..."
"Nagmi Andor Ulinotz!"
Hearing that my father Nagmi tightened her lips when she called her full name, but stopped talking.
Sechinger instead rushed forward, ready to apologize for his little daughter.
Even though Murat seemed to be just a knight, behind him stood the majesty of the Saint Sun who had won all the battles since the uprising.
Although Sechinger is not afraid of trouble, he does not want to offend Shengsun for such a trivial matter.
Before Seizinger could speak, Murat took the initiative to explain to him with a smile: "My Lord Count, look over there. The house with the smoke coming out is the mortar workshop and brick kiln in the countryside.
< br>During the previous Battle of Pavia, a large number of war monks retired due to disabilities and served as skitarii. Many of them were alchemical priests and could make their own mortar in the village.
Besides, Daze Township is a mortar. It is close to the origin of peat, and the freight and price are very cheap
The current price of mortar on the market is 40 dinars per ton. It costs about 650 tons to build a 1 kilometer mortar road, which is about 220 gold pounds. ”
40 dinars per ton, is it so cheap? The Norn Kingdom charges 65 dinars per ton!
Sechinger subconsciously wanted to say it, but he couldn’t. Stop, that would make him look very ignorant.
“Oh, that’s it. "Sechinger nodded and pretended to understand, and continued to move forward calmly.
Although he pretended to understand, there were dozens of North Boar Riders behind him. It's an expression of "I don't understand at all"
But they walked a few steps further, and as soon as they entered the residential core area of the town, they saw that houses in the original town were being demolished.
The laborers used sledgehammers to knock down the house. The masons removed the square nails and components. Seven or eight horses hooked the frame. With a single order, a house collapsed in the dust.
The residents who had piled their luggage aside cried and laughed and applauded the moment their houses collapsed. Although these houses are all made of wood and mud walls, they appear to be well-maintained from the outside and will not be a problem for decades to come, far from being demolished.
Sechinger moved forward, but his head turned toward the demolished houses. Finally he couldn't help but asked: "What happened to these residents? These houses have been demolished, why?" Smiling so happily?”
"What are you talking about?" Mural stopped riding his horse, "This is the municipal transformation movement that Your Majesty will carry out. Each town must build churches, city halls and other buildings, and there must be room for workshops. < br>
The workshops can be placed in the suburbs, but the municipal buildings must be placed in the center of the town, so residential areas will be demolished.
They will laugh because in addition to compensating for new masonry houses, they will save the world. The army will also provide compensation of 3-5 gold pounds per acre according to the difference in land prices..."
"Isn't that just getting a good house for free, and you can still make up for 2 or 3 gold pounds?" Nagmi picked her ears, thinking she heard wrongly.
“Yes.”
"This holy grandson is so rich." Nagmi saw the smiling civilians, "It is a crime to give the golden pounds to the civilians in vain."
"You can't say that." No. Knowing whether it was Nagmi's illusion, Murat's voice was somewhat meaningful, "If we don't build new houses and towns, how can there be so much space to accommodate migrant workers?"
Hearing this, Sechinger's mind was moved, and he pretended to cough: "Are those newly built houses strictly calculated according to the relocated residents?"
"That's not the case, we cleared the ruins of the villages in the north of Sugua Town. , we plan to connect it to the town, and the workshop area is also located there, so more will probably be built."
"Well, how many years will it take to build it?"
"It depends on the situation. It will take about two to three years to complete." Murat led Sechinger and others around the dusty construction site and headed towards a quiet place. "As for the price, I really don't know. I'll look through Pravda later, and it should be written on it."
Seisinger stopped his desire to ask what "Pravda" was, and nodded with a relaxed face: "That's troublesome. Thank you for your trouble. If you need my help, please don’t hesitate to ask.”
For this kind of inside information, it should cost some money. Even if it doesn’t cost money, it must be a personal favor. , Seitzinger would rather spend some.
"You are a distinguished guest, how can I charge you money? It doesn't cost much, oh no, no money is needed at all." Murat waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need it.
Following Seichinger and others, a North Boar Knight looked at the sword on Murat's waist. After enduring the whole journey, he still couldn't help asking: "Mr. Murat, if you don't mind. , can I ask about your income? ”
Seisinger looked at Murat's face, preparing to scold the knight and protect him if Murat got angry, but this was also a question he wanted to know.
"Me? I pay 2 gold pounds every month. My previous loot income was probably more than ten gold pounds. I also had shares in a workshop in Rapid City, but I sold them. "
Mura did not really reveal his full income. After one year, he had more than 30 gold pounds in real estate such as war horses, houses, and trophies, and he had more than 20 gold pounds in deposits and cash. bonds.
But this is not a common situation. It would be bad if he said it and gave the North Knights too high expectations.
“This is almost as much as the annual income of knights in the plains, and even more than that.” A boar knight said enviously.
"This is quite normal. Daily wages here in Hongfeng Township are generally relatively high. Take labor as an example. Generally, unskilled workers earn 1 dinar per day, while skilled workers earn 1.5 dinars, including lunch.
If there is a chance to enter the army through selection, the starting fee for new recruits is 2 dinars, veterans with military merit are 4 dinars, officers are 6-8 dinars, and the cavalry has a subsidy of 2 dinars..."< br>
Seeing that Murat wanted to continue speaking, Seizinger quickly interrupted him without caring about his face: "Hey, is that the house we live in?"
"Hmm, cough, cough. Cough cough—" Coughs rang out one after another among the cavalry guards behind Sechinger, and there was a hint of anxiety in them.
Nagmi turned her head and glared at them, and they reluctantly lowered their heads.
"The pension is...oh, yes, that's the courtyard where you live." Leading Sechinger and his group to stand in front of a yard with half an acre of land, Murat nodded to Seizinger, "You will be here tonight. Rest, I live next door to you. If you need anything, you can come to me at any time.” >