The workshop was filled with the smell of sweat, and various banging sounds echoed in the air.All kinds of craftsmen were working intensely and orderly in their respective positions.Even the apprentices were thrown into busy work.The entire workshop was like a precisely operating machine, with every link closely coordinated.The industrial prototype of the Red Tide Territory was quietly taking shape!Louis looked at all this and nodded with satisfaction.His goal this time was clear; he went straight into the depths of the workshop and found the head of the craftsmen—Mac.Mac was hammering a wooden board, pretending to be busy to cover up the fact that he had just been slacking off.When Louis approached, he put down his tools and showed an excited expression: “Lord, what brings you here?”“It’s time to build a castle,” Louis said directly, getting straight to the point.“Build a castle?!” Mac was instantly excited; he had been waiting for this day for a long time.“Lord, give me fifty years! I will definitely build you the largest and most magnificent castle in the Iron-Blood Empire in the Northern Territory!”“Fifty years? I’ll be seventy, and you’ll probably be in your coffin,” Louis said, speechless.He suspected Mac was a fan of wonders.Mac laughed heartily: “If I die, my apprentice will build it; if my apprentice dies, my grand-apprentice will build it!”Louis’s mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn’t help but retort: “Are you Yu Gong? Your descendants will be endless.”Mac scratched his head: “Who is Yu Gong?”Louis waved his hand helplessly: “It’s not important. Let’s be realistic, we don’t have much time. The castle needs to be built as soon as possible. It needs to be built quickly, have necessary functions, and defense is the most important.”As he spoke, he took out a castle design he had drawn from his Pregnant and handed it to Mac.The blueprint marked the functions of each area of the castle in great detail.“The castle needs to balance defensive effectiveness, functional integration, and aesthetics, but the most important thing is defense. 80% of the focus is on defense, and 20% on livability. We absolutely cannot weaken defense for comfort.”Louis pointed to the detailed annotations on it and explained.Mac looked at the blueprint, his expression subtle, and finally said with difficulty:“Lord, this design is great… but a stone castle like this would take at least ten years. With this complexity, it might not even be completed in thirty or forty years.”Louis was dumbfounded: “Ten years? Thirty or forty years?”He had thought he had considered efficiency very thoroughly, but it turned out his plan was completely impractical.He had originally planned to build a sufficiently strong castle as quickly as possible, but he didn’t expect that even thirty or forty years would not be enough.Mac looked at him, smiling somewhat awkwardly: “To be honest, with our current technology and number of workers, to achieve this level, we really need to take our time.”Louis frowned, pondering in his heart.The Red Tide Territory had already achieved some scale, but it was still vulnerable to external threats.A castle was not about luxurious ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) living, but a barrier for survival.The Han Yue Tribe was currently in turmoil, but once unified, they would definitely move south.Moreover, the Northern Territory was not only threatened by this danger, but also by the ice beastmen further north, and the original Snow Country rebels, among other crises.These crises were like a fast-moving dump truck speeding towards the Red Tide Territory.Louis didn’t have another ten or thirty years to wait.Nor could he wait until he was old to move into this ideal castle.He changed his question: “Is there a faster alternative?”Mac was stunned for a moment, then stammered: “Um… well…”He looked at the hammer in his hand, then at the busy craftsmen around him, seemingly trying to find a reasonable solution, but in the end, he could only shake his head helplessly.“I haven’t studied, and I don’t have much innovative thinking,” Mac said with a wry smile.Louis sighed helplessly and waved his hand: “Never mind, I’ll figure it out myself.”After speaking, Louis closed his eyes and began to recall the classic architectural forms he had seen in his previous life.The high walls of castles, the sturdy watchtowers, the heavy fortresses—buildings circulated in his mind, but all of these required a lot of time and resources to build.“Not good enough, not fast enough…” he murmured.Suddenly, a thought flashed through Louis’s mind, like a lightning bolt piercing the silent darkness.“Earth building!” he blurted out.Earth building, he remembered that kind of architecture from his hometown in his previous life.It was a unique dwelling built by the Hakka people to escape war, with walls on all four sides, sturdy and durable, and large enough to accommodate hundreds of people.It was known as the “Ancient Castle of the East.”Most importantly, earth buildings could be built quickly!“Yes! This is what I need!”He quickly picked up a pen nearby and rapidly modified the blueprint, changing the original complex castle design into a large circular barrel structure.Mac stood by, frowning: “It’s so bare, not very aesthetic.”Louis rolled his eyes directly: “Aesthetics? What’s the use of aesthetics, practicality is the most important! Being able to block enemies and accommodate everyone, that’s the key!”He pointed the tip of his pen at the blueprint and explained: “Look, this circular structure can disperse external pressure to the greatest extent, providing strong defense.Moreover, using earth materials, the cost is low, and the speed is fast. It doesn’t require too much time and resources at all!”Mac helplessly touched his hair and began to carefully observe the “castle” Louis designed.But he quickly realized that Louis was indeed right.Although this “earth building” looked simple and crude, it was undoubtedly a practical and efficient choice.Louis stood in the center of the craftsmen’s workshop, waving the blueprint in his hand, and began to explain his construction plan to the craftsmen one by one.“First, the location is very important,” he said, pointing to a marked spot on the blueprint.“The castle is best located near a hot spring area, but not too hot. The geothermal energy from the hot springs can provide natural heating for the building.And in winter, we can also channel hot spring water under the floor through pipes. The floor will naturally generate heat, keeping our feet warm in winter, just like a natural heated bed.This way, we won’t have to worry about the cold in winter.”The craftsmen’s eyes widened; they had never imagined such an operation was possible.Seeing their reaction, Louis smiled proudly and continued: “Then there’s the defensive outer wall. We’ll use a 1-meter thick stone wall to form a circular structure, then add hot spring clay to cast a circular earthen wall. This will be sturdy enough and highly defensive.The inner circle will be a wooden frame residence, with giant logs as columns, reinforced with beams, divided into multiple living areas.The first floor will be used for storage, and the second, third, and fourth floors for living. Wooden ladders will have steps made from trimmed tree trunks, which are both simple and practical.”He drew a simple internal structure on the blueprint.

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