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Roland originally thought that she would send several battle witches to help, but she did not expect to come in person, which meant that the trouble on the island had been resolved, or that the stability of Sleeping Island would not be threatened for the time being.
The day after receiving the letter, Roland took Anna and the others to greet Tilly at the shoal.
After half a month of construction, there are also many traces of artificial carving on the muddy mudflat.
The simple wooden board houses and sheds stand around the ramp, which is the prototype of the warehouses and sailors' dormitories in the future. In order to prevent the sea breeze from corroding, the windward side of the wooden houses is painted with an orange-red coating, which is eye-catching and beautiful. A section of beach about 30 meters long was flattened by lotus, and bricks and stones were built around it to serve as a temporary pier. Since this is a natural deep-water port, even the trestle is omitted, even if it is a three-masted sea ship, it can be docked directly next to it.
Most of the witches saw the shoal in the development stage for the first time, and looked around curiously.
"Is the big pit over there the shipyard that collapsed before?" Anna walked to Roland and pointed to the busy position of a group of workers in the distance, "What are they doing now?"
"Uh, you heard about this too." Roland was a little embarrassed.
"Of course, Nana told me that day that three workers had their legs broken."
This incident and the deflagration that occurred during the trial operation of the coke oven were called the two most serious accidents in the border area in the new year. The latter can also be said to be the price that had to be paid during the exploration. At least half of the responsibility in the former was due to Roland's carelessness. caused.
Considering the softer soil of the shoal, Construction Minister Carr once suggested that it might be more secure to build a dock on the edge of the mountain, but he rejected it. The main reason is that it took so long for the construction period to sink a long slope, and then to sink a dock according to the old method, I am afraid that it will be delayed until next year before the Thunder's steam ship can be built.
As for the loose sand, he thought he didn't need to worry too much, as long as Lian made the outline of the dock and poured concrete into the retaining wall.
The project went very smoothly at the beginning, as he expected, after the concrete set, the four walls looked quite strong, like adding a stone wall to the foundation. For this reason, Roland was also complacent, thinking that the civil dog was just like that, but an accident happened when the iron gate was installed.
After the arm-thick iron door escaped the hummingbird's contact, it suddenly collapsed along with the concrete walls on both sides, smashing the workers who installed it below. Although Hummingbird immediately made the door panel as light as goose feathers, the three people who were crushed were still seriously injured. If it wasn't for Nana's timely treatment, these people would hardly have survived.
Later investigation found that when the concrete wall was initially filled, part of the sand collapsed under the footsteps of the workers and filled the bottom, resulting in the wall not being tightly connected with the floor, and surrounded by solid concrete that looked flat on the outside. thin layer. When the iron gate is hung on such a wall, the self-weight instantly exceeds the limit of the steel bar, and the consequences can be imagined.
In future generations, this is definitely a serious fault, but in this era, casualties during construction are normal, so no one will take it seriously, let alone criticize the lord himself. The guilty conscience and guilt in it can only be felt by Roland himself.
He cleared his throat and collected his thoughts, "They are building a retaining wall with wooden stakes."
"To reinforce the soil on both sides of the dock?" Anna quickly guessed the answer.
"Well, just like the roots of trees, crossing them into the ground can increase the friction between the sand and soil, so that the side walls will not collapse easily." Roland nodded, and having learned from the previous lesson, this time the filling When concrete is being installed, it must be carefully inspected for the presence of residual falling sand inside the formwork.
"Look, a ship is coming!" Miyue suddenly shouted.
Everyone followed the sound and looked towards the sea and the sky, only to see a sailboat with a pink flag slowly heading here.
There is no doubt that the ship that will bypass the extreme south cape and head to the hinterland of the west is the Pretty Beauty from Sleeping Island.
The boat lingered for a while after approaching the shoal before adjusting its direction and moving closer to the shore. Obviously, the other party did not expect the shoal to look like this now.
Roland met Tilly Wimbledon again, the fifth princess of Greycastle.
He held out his right hand to her, and the two smiled and held each other. Although they had not seen each other for several months, her expression seemed to have just left yesterday, and there was no strange feeling at all. From the look in the other party's eyes, she could see that she felt the same way about herself.
It's a good reunion, he thought.
Other witches were not so reserved.
Honey, Candlelight, and Evelyn gathered around and embraced their former partners passionately; Andrea shrugged shoulders with Nightingale, completely losing her aristocratic demeanor; Wendy took Ash's hand and asked with concern. The recent situation; and You Yu was surprised to find that there was actually a witch from the Bloodfang Society among the people who came.
"Why are you here?" She frowned and walked in front of a pale witch, "Could it be that Heidi Morgan couldn't wait for my reply from Effie and couldn't help throwing you over again?"
"No, Lord Heidi is on the boat," the other party shook his head.
"What?" You Yu's exclamation instantly caught everyone's attention, "You mean... She also came to the Western Region?"
It is not difficult to hear that the little girl has a strong fear in her mouth.
"Who is Hetty?"
"It seems to be the leader of the Bloodfang Society?"
"Ah... Effie seems to have mentioned it."
"What is she doing here?"
Roland looked at Tilly, "Did you get her?"
"If you mean uniforms, you can think that the plan was a success, and Hetty did indeed attack Annie's illusion," Tilly spread her hands, "but along the way, she refused to reveal those who were rejected by the Bloodfangs. Where the witch went, and said that she would only speak after seeing you."
"See me?" Roland was stunned.
"That's right, I guess she took you as the last straw," Tilly blinked, "The ruler of the Greycastle Kingdom, the representative of the secular aristocracy, as long as she can provide enough benefits, she should be let go. life, and even help her return to the position of Wolf Heart... Probably."
"Are you reminding me on purpose?" He couldn't help laughing, and he had to say that when Tilly pretended to be nonchalant, she looked cute, "Don't worry, if I will measure it by interests The witch's life, you won't bring her to me. By the way, who is that witch, I don't seem to have seen it before."
"Sunset, the battle witch of the Bloodfang Society," Tilly replied, "If she hadn't used the Seed of Symbiosis to keep Heidi alive, the latter probably wouldn't have made it to Neverwinter." (… )r