MTL - Age of Empires From Scratch-Chapter 177 Winter's First Battle

  Chapter 177 The First War in Cold Winter Town

   When Laura began to purchase high-end carpets, mattresses, and quilts in large quantities, Cold Winter Town continued to develop at a high speed.

  As the Cold Winter Fortress with Fort Glamorgan as its core took shape, the transportation planning scheme within the town of Cold Winter has also been formally established.

  Four main roads extending in different directions will eventually meet at the intersection of Winter Fortress.

  Different from the original plan made by David, the intersection of the main roads in the three directions of west, east and south is set on the square in front of the south gate of Winter Fortress.

  This is because the south gate of Cold Winter Fortress is the only main entrance to enter the city center and Fort Glamorgan. The three main roads converge here, and it is also convenient for people who come to Cold Winter Town to find the correct gate.

   "When these roads are planned, we can start building the craftsmen's own houses."

  David looked at the drawings in front of him, and chatted with Van Cleef about the next construction plan.

   "Everyone has been looking forward to this day, right?"

  Van Cleef showed a heartfelt smile. Since coming to Cold Winter Town, it was the first time that David saw this kind of smile on the face of the former leader of the Masonry Guild and the founder of the Defias Brotherhood.

  It was a relaxed smile of relief, and it seemed that he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

   "Everyone will be very happy to hear this news."

During this year, the craftsmen have always maintained a high-intensity work intensity. Although there is no need to worry about food and clothing in Cold Winter Town, the place to live can also be relatively freely decided: if you don’t want to live in a big wooden house together, you can also build it yourself A small house, where he lives alone with his wife and children or close friends.

   But there is still no wages. Everyone works so hard because of the "beautiful future" that David promised earlier.

  If this state continues for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be no problems. Fortunately, David previously allocated the fields to the craftsmen.

  These united craftsmen did not choose to ask for leave to cultivate alone. Instead, Van Cleef deployed manpower in a unified manner to be responsible for cultivating farmland.

  In order to maximize the interests of the craftsmen, Van Cleef mobilized almost all the people in the team who knew agricultural knowledge to be responsible for reclaiming the farmland, and even some women as family members took up farm tools and went into battle.

  The result is gratifying. Although Lord Baron Glamorgan, the current lord of Cold Winter Town, did not provide wages to everyone, the lord distributed the land to everyone.

According to the work efficiency of the reclamation team, after the completion of Cold Winter Town, each of them will be allocated a large amount of land. Even if they don't know how to farm, they can hire farmers to help them cultivate the land, and be a small landlord with peace of mind. .

   Now, the new home built for the lord has been completed, followed by the municipal building and some public facilities in Cold Winter Town, and then everyone's own residence.

  According to the current standard of Cold Winter Town, their new home will no longer be the crude wooden house of the previous one, but a stronger mixed structure: wood, masonry, concrete, and steel bars will all be used.

   Judging from the design drawings, these houses are not only beautiful in appearance, but also extremely practical. In addition, every house will be connected to water, electricity and heating, and it will be very comfortable to live in.

  In choosing the type of house, almost everyone chose a two-story or three-story small building design, and some people wanted a shop plus housing design facing the street.

   It won't be long before these small buildings will become the most important buildings in Rinwinter Town.

   "According to the plan, the first batch of housing is concentrated around the farmland area and the residential area southeast of the fort."

  David's idea is that the farmland area is located in the southwest and the southeast is the main residential area.

  Although the plan is like this, the residential area cannot be full of residences, there must be shops, restaurants and the like; and there will also be various shops in the farmland area, especially shops selling various agricultural supplies.

  So this planning is just a simple and rough distribution. When everyone wants to divide the house like now, they know where the house should be built.

  Most craftsmen chose their new homes in the southeast residential area, relatively close to the east and south main roads.

  A small part chose the agricultural area, perhaps because they wanted to be closer to their own fields;

  Many of these people have negotiated with several partners to cultivate the farmland of several people together, one of them will be in charge of management, and the others will do other work.

   "After everyone has a house, Rinwinter Town will end this centralized management." David didn't deliberately hide this news, and even released some news on purpose.

  Eva, Jonah, and Van Cleef all contributed to this matter, and helped David receive a lot of feedback by the way.

  Whether farmers or craftsmen in the town are not dissatisfied with the current unified management model, they do look forward to the early end of the current situation.

  When they heard the news, everyone was looking forward to it, and no one expressed concern.

   "Those craftsmen under you, have you thought about the next plan?"

"Some people want to be farmers with peace of mind, and some want to continue to be craftsmen." Although Lindong Town has completed an infrastructure construction, everyone feels that with the strength of Lindong Town, it will continue to develop in the future. There will not be fewer people who come to settle down, and as craftsmen, they certainly have no shortage of work.

   "Well, when the basic construction work in Cold Winter Town is over, I will hire craftsmen to build some facilities. You count how many people are willing to take this job."

   "My lord, what building do you want to continue to build? A city wall?" Van Cleef felt that the work of building a city wall might be more suitable for Diggers.

  Some craftsmen want to be a comfortable little landlord, but they think that with the land diggers, the craftsmen may not have too many jobs to take on in the future.

  But David doesn’t think so. Dig tigers are indeed powerful, but David needs them to build relatively large buildings such as power plants and water plants. As for ordinary houses, shops, etc., the Digger is at most responsible for providing building materials and digging a foundation.

   For the specific construction work, craftsmen are more suitable, especially the internal details are more convenient for human craftsmen to do.

   "No, building hotels, churches, and more homes."

  David pointed to the residential area he had planned. It was not for nothing that he designated this as a residential area.

  “I plan to continue to build more ordinary houses here. All kinds of houses can be built, and even basic furniture must be prepared.”

   "My lord, are so many houses built for the purpose of providing them to those who come to Cold Winter Town later?"

  Rinwinter Town currently doesn't have that many people. David built so many houses, it should be in preparation for absorbing more people, and Van Cleef also has a general understanding of the general situation on the northern plains.

   Not long ago, his daughter Vanessa Van Cleef was recommended to David by himself, and he was ordered to go to several surrounding villages to inquire about news.

   "It is prepared for the new civilians, but it will not be provided in vain." David does hope to absorb more people, but he is not prepared to give too many benefits to the newcomers.

  Now people in Rinwinter Town can share fields and houses, but those who come later will not have this benefit.

   They didn't do their best in the construction of Rinwinter Town, so they are naturally not qualified to take advantage of David. Although these houses have been built, the new residents cannot live in vain, they have to pay.

   "Either pay directly to buy a house as your new home; or find a job in Cold Winter Town and pay the rent to rent one."

  Of course, David also considered some practical situations, that is, many people who came to join him may not be able to live happily if they are poor and white.

Therefore, the benevolent Lord Glamorgan will not just watch these precious population being wasted like this. As the lord, he will provide loans to these newcomers, so that they have the basic guarantee of living in Winter Town .

  This loan is not just money and food, but also includes renting houses at low prices, providing farm tools, seeds, etc. New farmers can use these things to cultivate land, and then repay these loans in installments until they are paid off.

As David spoke, he jumped from urban planning to the reception of new residents in the future. Van Cleef twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly, and finally made a suggestion: "Master, I think you need to form a suitable team. Help you deal with the various internal affairs of Cold Winter Town."

  David, who realized that he had gone astray, nodded a little embarrassedly, and he also realized the problem.

  He has already decided on the candidate: Elizabeth's father, Mr. Wetherby Swan is an excellent choice.

  Wetherby-Swan has managed Port Royal well. As an internal affairs official, he is quite good. Hiring him as his own administrative officer is the most reliable choice at the moment.

   Just when he was thinking about talking to that Wetherby Swan, Gareth Stanton suddenly brought two soldiers to see him, and Arcie was with him.

"what happened?"

   "My lord, just now, the village chief Ammantis of Iron Water Village led twenty soldiers to invade the southern border of Cold Winter Town."

   "Then..." David knew that the matter had been resolved when he heard Gareth's reporting tone, and he was reporting the specific situation to himself, not asking for instructions.

   "Our soldiers who went to the southern guard post issued a warning, but the village head of Ammantis ignored it. According to your previous instructions, the soldiers called for air support."

   "Oh..." David understands why Arcee also came together. Arcee is the air support for Winter Town - if Arcee is not there and goes to another world, he will take care of this job himself.

   "I rushed over immediately after receiving the communication, and found that this group of people had crossed the border and was about to attack our soldiers, so I opened fire."

Gareth Stanton's face was very strange when he heard this, and he took over the conversation and continued to report: "We fought with the people of Iron Water Village for a total of ten seconds. Annihilated; one of our party was slightly injured... because he did not wear a helmet while patrolling, and the stones blown up by the missile rubbed his forehead."

  (end of this chapter)