Starting from today, we will turn this place into a fertile land!
Ribbit!
Bangg!
Just when Lloyd began his speech, a frog in the swamp croaked loudly as if it was answering him.
However, none of the 120 mbers of the Construction Team who gathered there laughed. How could they laugh, when right beside Lloyd, there stood Sir Javier and Sir Bayern with a serious expression on their faces?
So mightve done that, but not the majority of the soldiers.
How will this construction proceed? the soldiers thought.
The ondol room, the paved road, the coal mine, and a part of the seokbinggo. Then, there was the warehouse expansion and the orc miners accommodations.
Once, they were just ordinary soldiers in an ordinary territory. However, things were different now. The soldiers had been transford into Construction Team mbers, trained by nurous construction projects.
Therefore, they knew from experience how important this speech today was.
Young Master Lloyd considers this process as important.
A speech before a full-scale construction. It didnt contain any rhetoric, nor were there useless aspirations nor empty promises.
The speech that ca out of Lloyds mouth was packed with information that was essential for the Construction Team mbers.
Now, first of all, let tell you the things you need to take note of for this construction. This is a swampy terrain. Dont move around alone if you dont really need to. If youre unlucky and get your feet stuck in the swamp, youll be in trouble. And what if you got into such trouble? People will have a hard ti seeing and finding you because there are so many reeds everywhere. The sunlight will be enough to toast your body dry like a beef jerky. If you dont want it to happen, move in pairs. Do all of you understand?
Yes!
Okay. The next point you need to take a note of is, the weather is hot. But because were in the wetlands, its also humid. So, what should you do when faced with this situation?
Take a break once every hour!
Thats correct. And whats the other one?
Drink salt water every break!
Ding dong daeng. We will always provide salt water on the construction site, so feel free to drink it. Dont secretly gulp down too much plain water because youre thirsty. Youre going to get dizzy after turning around once and then pass out.
Excuse , what if the salt water doesnt taste good? a Construction Team mber timidly raised his hand and inquired. He seed to be a newcor who recently entered the Construction Team as the group had just doubled in size.
Lloyd smiled generously at the newcor. Even so, you still have to drink it.
Do I have to drink it even if I feel like vomiting?
Yeah. If you didnt drink it and then passed out, thus missing a whole day of work, Ill deduct one daily wage from your bonus.
I understand!
Lloyd was ruthless when it ca to money. Especially when there were a lot of soldiers who volunteered to join the Construction Team hoping for a large bonus.
And finally, the most important thing you need to take note of, Hamang will drink the water from the swamp here. So if you peed in the swamp while working, youre committing a breach of etiquette and I will throw you into jail. Make sure to use the bathroom that has been installed for that purpose, got it?
I understand!
Now then, lets get started. Hey, Hamang?
Ha-mang!
Lloyd took Hamang out from his chest pocket. The eyes of the Construction Team mbers widened when they saw Hamang for the first ti. Young Master seed to have summoned a new one.
There was a brief commotion among the mbers of the Construction Team, but soon after, all of their mouths were wide open in astonishnt.
Hey, Hamang? Can you drink so of the water over here?
Ha-ma-mang? Ha-mang?
Yeah, you can drink all of it.
Ha-mang?
Oh, after that? Can you see the river tributaries over there?
Ha-ma-mang!
Yeah, its fine if you roll over there and spit it out. But, dont spit it out all at once because the downstream will get flooded.
Ha-mang!
Lloyd put down Hamang, who nodded as if he understood his assignnt. As if he had been waiting for this, Hamang put his round head into the swamp water. Then, he started to drink the water.
Heu-ung! Gulp gulp.
Sluurpppp.
Hamang sucked in the water, forming a whirlpool in the surrounding area. It was as if a giant vacuum cleaner was sucking in the water.
Hamang was swelling up as much as the swamp water was receding rapidly. He beca 10 ters, 20 ters, and eventually 50 ters big.
. Gasp. The jaws of the Construction Team mbers, who had been ordered in advance to move far into the distance by Lloyd, dropped to the floor.
However, the surprise didnt end here.
Heu-ung!
Hamang, whose body had grown gigantic, moved by rolling his body towards the river tributaries Lloyd had pointed. It was like seeing a 50-ter big water balloon rolling about. When he arrived, Hamang slowly spat out the water.
Heu-u-ung! Huweekkkkk-
Pour pour pour.
Thousands of trout, frogs, and other aquatic organisms that had been gulped by Hamang were all suddenly being migrated to the river tributaries, becoming new inhabitants to the ecosystem.
After that, the sa process was repeated several tis. Drinking water from the swamp, swelling up into a giant, rolling over to the river tributaries, and spat out the water that had been drunk.
What is it that Im seeing right now? the soldiers dazedly murmured to themselves as the water that once had fully filled the swamp nearby had completely vanished. Of course not all of the water in the wetlands, but only water from the area nearby.
However, this preparation was sufficient for todays construction.
Lloyd proceeded to give out instructions.
Attention, everybody! Get your shovel ready!
Shovel, ready!
Starting from now, remove all the remaining roots and rotten plants from the ground I marked. Lets yell our slogan together to start the construction strongly!
UWOOOHHH!
The mbers of the Construction Team were dispatched. They worked hard to shovel while sweating profusely.
The rotten roots and branches of various subrged plants that remained were dug out and removed from the place where an embanknt would be built.
Lloyd took the lead by personally shoveling together with them.
If this basic process isnt done properly, we will have water leaking out of the poorly-made embanknt that needs to be fixed later on. Hup! Lloyd thought.
When it ca to building embanknts, many assud itd be easy. Just kept on piling up a lot of soil until it ford a mound.
However, in reality, things didnt work like that. Even the most simple-looking common embanknts that were frequently seen everyday were built with sophisticated science and engineering at its core.
Building embanknts wasnt just about piling up a lot of soil like children playing with soil.
This was especially true for this case.
Here, the ground is soft and damp.
Completely cleaning up the roots and plant remnants from the ground was a necessary procedure. Likewise, stabilizing the ground by draining the water that settled under the ground was a necessary procedure as well.
Javier?
Alright.
Lloyd turned to look at Javier.
Javier, who had been inford of what he needed to do in advance, stepped forward. He then drew out his sword and then stabbed the spot on the ground that had been marked by Lloyd one by one.
Boom.
Javiers mana circles started to collide with one another. A strong force erupted from his sword. The force dug straight and deep into the ground vertically.
Soon, vertical holes 50 centiters in diater and 10 ters deep were drilled into the ground with 4 m intervals in between.
Lloyd then shouted, Sir Bayern!
Alright! Sir Bayern responded to Lloyds shout.
The Construction Team mbers under Sir Bayern began to move. They ca bringing bamboo straws that had been cut into 11 ters long.
Javier then thrusted the bamboo straws into the 10-ter deep holes he had just Mana Blasted into the ground. The bamboo straws were made by stabbing the inner part of the bamboo stems to clean it.
Next was Ppodongs turn.
Ppodong!
Ppeu-deung!
Ppodong, who had been waiting, ca running while swaying his chubby butt. He then proceeded to pour out the thing that was stored inside both of his cheek pockets onto the ground.
Ppeu-deu-deung! Huweekkk-
Sshhhhh!
The thing inside was a large amount of sand that had been collected from the riverside in advance.
Construction Team! Make the sand bank!
Roger that!
The Construction Team mbers who were on standby moved with their shovels in hand. They rushed to the mountain of sand Ppodong had spat out. Then, they were scooping the sand to make a sand bank. Obviously, the bamboo straws that were inserted to the holes were at the middle part of the sand bank.
Tl/n: This chapter is so long! :D Ill update the continuation soon.
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