Heres had already accepted his fate under the opponent's force and gold coins. He killed the traitor himself, and then gave everyone a sum of money to let them stay in the camp. However, after these people experienced Crete's magic, they all stayed in the room quietly and did not dare to have any opinions. A powerful wizard was too intimidating for them.
The next morning, Jerez was awakened by the noise outside. When he led his men out, he found that many tents had been set up outside. A hundred people had arrived here unknowingly at night. They surrounded their houses. These people were carrying various materials to the dock, as if they were preparing to build something. On the outskirts of the shipyard area, they had also built watchtowers and walls along the mountain, surrounding the entire shipyard.
The young man named Crete was standing on a small slope directing everything.
Seeing Herez and his men approaching, Crete said, "In order not to disturb you, I have used magic to block the sounds around your house. However, it is time to get up and work now."
Maybe Heras was still a little unconvinced by Crete yesterday, but now these mysterious people who appeared in the middle of the night really shocked him. He couldn't think of anyone around him who had such means. I'm afraid even the Lord of Shuangfan City didn't have such ability. He asked, "I wonder what the Lord needs us to do?"
Crete called over a foreman-like man who wore a strange semicircular hat and strange clothes that Jerez had never seen before. "This is the construction manager on site, Lucid. We need to build a shed outside the entire dock, but the shed must not affect the shipbuilding work and the flow of materials in and out, so we need you to help revise the original plan."
Jerez didn't understand what the construction manager was talking about, but he still understood what the other party was going to do.
"My Lord, are you going to build a boat in the shed?"
"Yeah. Our movements here will definitely attract the attention of people around us, and there will be all kinds of snooping. But there are some things we don't want irrelevant people to know, so naturally we have to cover them up." Crete said.
"Then I understand." Herrera nodded.
Crete said to Lucid, "I got the latest news. The ship will come the day after tomorrow. I have seen the drawings. The shed to be built in the end is not small. Are you guys a little pressed for time?"
Lucid was a sturdy man in his thirties. He smiled naively and said, "Don't worry. This is nothing compared to the houses we built... in other places. Don't judge us by the speed of ordinary craftsmen. We don't build houses brick by brick like them."
Jerez didn't understand what Lucid was saying, but he still followed him to look at the design drawings. Jerez also had drawings for shipbuilding, but the drawings that Lucid drew for a shed were both detailed and unique, and he actually showed the shed clearly from several different angles. With his explanation, Jerez quickly understood the meaning of the drawings, and then proposed several improvement suggestions according to the needs of shipbuilding. Lucid recruited a few assistants, quickly modified the drawings, and prepared to start work.
Jerez saw that under Lucid's call, a group of workers who were resting on the side began to line up and walk to the dock. Like Lucid, these workers wore strange hats, uniform and neat clothes, and shoes.
These people were really well dressed. This was the first impression Jerez had when he saw them. He had certainly used workers to build this dock, but the workers he hired at the time were not much better than slaves. Most of them worked with bare chests and bare feet, using some crude tools.
Jerez followed and saw a lot of long metal bars piled up on the construction site. He guessed they were beams for building a shed, and he couldn't help asking, "Is this made of iron?"
Lucid said nonchalantly, "It's almost like that. It's actually steel. The shed we want to build is too big, so it's inconvenient to use wood. Using these standard frames is light and strong, and it can be done several times faster."
"Steel? My god, that's a luxury. Isn't this stuff supposed to be used for weapons and armor?"
Lucid looked at him with a smile, as if he had seen enough of this fuss: "To us, these steels are nothing."
Heres said: "I just wanted my brothers to help, but I'm afraid they can't handle something like this."
"That's thoughtful." Lucid patted Herrez and said, "Just watch with peace of mind. Once you've seen how my workers built the house, you'll know how lucky you are."
"Lucky?" Herez didn't understand what the other party meant at all.
Lucid said, "Because Crete chose you, you will have the opportunity to be like them in the future. You don't know how good an opportunity this is yet."
While they were talking, the workers had already started working. Jerez was stunned when he saw it. He saw a scene that he had never seen in his life and could not imagine. It was even a bit absurd.
He saw a worker point his finger and a heavy steel column erected itself.
He saw a worker lift up his hands and a beam float into the air.
He also saw sparks flying between a worker's fingers, and a steel bar that would have been difficult to cut in one go even with an axe was broken into two pieces.
Almost all the workers are using various supernatural powers to do their work.
He guessed that it should be magic, but he didn't dare to confirm it. Magic that can cut steel bars is not something that ordinary magic apprentices can do, but even low-level magicians are very noble people. How could such people build a shed for his dock here
He turned around to look at Lucid, who looked normal, and asked in disbelief: "This... is this all magic?"
"Yes. It's magic specially used for building houses." Lucid said and then shouted, "Andy, slow down, you reckless idiot! You are not allowed to lift two beams at the same time!"
"I, I don't understand, why would a wizard do such a thing?"
"Mage? No, they are not mages, they are just skilled workers who have mastered certain magics. This is something that everyone in our place has the opportunity to learn. As long as you are not lazy and are diligent enough, you can learn these things step by step according to the teaching materials left by those masters. Of course, not everyone can seize such an opportunity. There are always some lazy people and idiots who can't learn anything. But they are not qualified to participate in an action like today." Lucid said, "Those who can't seize the opportunity are actually the stupidest, don't you think?"
Jerez was speechless. He felt that he had a lot of words stuck in his throat and didn't know where to start. (To be continued)