Chapter 250 (1/2)

Chapter 250 End of Midsummer

Seeing that the secondto an end, Border Toas on the verge of greeting summer's final month, which was also the hottest of all of theRoland in a mood where he didn't wish to leave the castle

Aside froht in by Margaret had been used to lower the room's temperature - nowadays a bucket of saltpeter with a kettle soaking in it had been arranged within almost all of the castle's rooms This way, not only were they able to show the effects of endother, but it also allowed them some ice water which they could drink to quench their thirst Only in this as he able to keep fro as he sat in the office each day

With the exception of Anna, he had called all of the other witches to stop their work Outside of their daily practice and learning, they were athered in the hall of the first floor, either chatting or co an appearance that was of both harmony and happiness However, Anna… It wasn't that Roland didn't want her to rest, it was rather that she didn't hate the heat at all Coots which were still red from the fire directly in her hands, the hot te next to the fireside and producing steel for the whole afternoon, she did not even shed one drop of sweat

In order to reward Anna for her hard work, Roland had recently specially created soeneration classical types of ice crea yolk, butter,saltpeter Anna was exceptionally fond of this soft and fragrant ice-cold snack, every time he saw her take a small bite of ice crea him feel very pleased

Moreover, looking over the monthly reports sent by the City Hall was also a joyous pleasure of his

By now, Border Town's population had oncea total of 18'000 people On top of that, with the addition of Longsong Stronghold's h the 20'000out the size of the territory of Border Town or the nu to it, this scale could almost be compared with the size of Redwater City, the city of Valencia, and King's City

However, soh the population rown a lot, the quality of it hadn't improved by much At present, there were still more than 1000 of Border Town's native inhabitants who had yet to receive an education Furthermore, it would still require one year before they could obtain the capacity needed to graduate without a hitch - although Karl's previously opened college had fostered a batch of talented students in advance, their number were still less than one hundred, which when conificant

Perhaps I should first carry out an education prograees, and not start with the steps of building enough living quarters, Roland thought, after all, receiving the education earlier would only bring benefits and not cause any harm

The current development of the town's factories was also excellent

After more than half a year of construction, the industrial park now had three operating factories: there were two stea plant The number of workers in the first plant had also expanded fro to the 100 people it now had The folloorker werehe wanted to see, a group of apprentices would gradually grow into craftsmen, ould then provided the foundation needed to raise the next group of apprentices

The worker of the second plant were the artisans belonging to the Crescent Moon Bay Caravan Just during this oneof the h their yield was still quite bad, but compared with the blacksmith of the first plant, the first-month perfor to the previously signed contract, all of their produced steaines were owned by Roland With those two factories Border Town could now ines per month, which was also the town's primary means of income

As for the bullets factory, after its establishment, it had been directly handed over to the First Army, who not only placed a lookout post at its entrance, but also arranged for patrols all around the factory, and even the production was the responsibility of the soldiers After a week of trial operation, nowadays, they had already begun the eneration of bullets

Roland plan for the assembly line couldn't achieve full unpowder or warheads, they all neededtools were the twomachines The one could press the thin copper pieces previously cut by Anna into the shape of the cartridge case, while the second was used to push the primer towards the bottom

The soldiers only needed to place the lue the edges of the two papers together, press the prie then finally place the cartridge with the pri-shaped ammunition case, before the entire process was co the black powder and putting on the projectile, it was still done in exactly the same way as the previous practice