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"Let's start working."

At Xue Rui's command, all the Snow Rabbit People sprang into action.

After two hearty meals, the Snow Rabbit People had even more energy.

The busy scene quickly emerged in the cellar.

These Snow Rabbit People looked very professional.

They didn't start immediately; they spread out after entering the cellar, tapping on the surrounding walls, their claws nimbly touching every suspicious spot.

"This place is fragile!"

"This place has cracks!"

"This place needs some patching!"

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Their voices echoed in the cellar, sounding filled with professional judgment.

Soon they found over a dozen flaws in the cellar and marked them with pre-prepared wooden sticks.

"Seriously, who dug this cellar? So unprofessional!"

Labette complained, his face full of discontent.

"If it weren't for these wooden supports, it would have collapsed long ago!"

"That Lord should have hired us earlier!"

Labette kept muttering, but his hands did not slacken in the slightest.

Labette was the burliest of the ten, and all the heavy lifting was assigned to him.

He moved all the wooden boards by the cellar aside, then brought them into the cave to make a simple frame across the cave, reinforcing those weak spots.

His skilled movements were awe-inspiring, making Lawrence nod repeatedly.

After that, except for Xue Rui, a few male Snow Rabbit People took out pottery jars, went to the corners, and unabashedly urinated into them.

Xue Rui was also working diligently, having long been accustomed to his clansmen's behavior.

Then Labette went outside, swept up some dirt into a basket, and carried it into the cellar, creating a small mound on the ground.

The other Snow Rabbit People dug a hole in the middle of the mound and poured a little urine into it.

To Lawrence's shock, the Snow Rabbit People mixed it directly with their claws.

They didn't mind the smell of their urine; instead, they seemed very focused, muttering softly to themselves.

After mixing well, they applied the mixture evenly to the previously identified weak spots.

This scene made Lawrence feel nauseated, but he held back his discomfort and continued to observe.

Lawrence didn't like watching these things, but he needed to document the Snow Rabbit People's performance and report it to Luo De.

He watched for a long time until the Snow Rabbit People had finished excavating the first layer of the cellar, then he handed over the supervision duties to other overseers.

In the evening, after dinner.

Lawrence, holding a delicate small wine barrel in both hands, walked into the manor's hall.

"Sir, this is the new wine Katie just brewed. Would you like a glass?"

"Sure."

Luo De nodded.

Lawrence pulled out the wooden stopper and poured half a glass into Luo De's silver cup from the barrel.

The silver cup was a gift from the Earl of the Tulip, and Luo De originally didn't want to use such out-of-place tableware in the manor.

Avril and Vivian both liked it, so Luo De took it out to use.

Luo De swirled the wine glass, waiting to taste the new wine.

Lawrence stood up straight, reporting everything he saw in the morning to Luo De.

"They're working very hard, sir."

Lawrence didn't hold back his praise, "And they look very professional. Places they've handled already look much sturdier just by sight."

"I even poked with a stick; it's very hard."

"Oh?"

Luo De was a bit surprised.

To be hard right after applying, isn't it even more impressive than cement?

It seems this is the power of magic.

"It's just that their methods are a bit difficult to accept."

Lawrence's expression showed some distress.

He had long been accustomed to living far from urine and feces, to a clean Frost Leaf Town.

"I know."

Luo De had heard Xue Rui's report before, knowing they liked to use urine and saliva as auxiliary materials.

Luo De was mentally prepared and instructed, "After they're done, have someone sprinkle lime on the surface."

This would both prevent dampness and disinfect, as well as remove odors.

After all, the smell of rabbit urine is quite strong.

"As expected, you are wise, sir."

Lawrence suddenly realized and immediately responded.

"Have the cellar handled by the Snow Rabbit People, and all the freed hands go to the quarry to mine a large quantity of stone for me."

Luo De was already thinking about his city wall.

With this Snow Rabbit People infrastructure team, Luo De felt he could start construction after deep winter.

And a simple brick wall wasn't very sturdy, and it consumed an enormous number of bricks.

So Luo De decided to build a "sandwich" city wall with bricks, a more professional term also called rammed earth wall.

The outer layer was built with bricks, while the interior was a mix of rubble, soil, and lime, forming a simple "concrete" poured inside and then tamped.

The outer bricks provided a hard shell, and the internal "rubble sandwich" had better shock resistance, making it less likely to collapse when impacted.

Compared to ordinary brick walls, this sandwich better dispersed shockwaves upon impact, preventing whole wall collapses and at most causing surface localized damage.

Luo De remembered that Blue Star had city walls like this standing for hundreds of years.

Unfortunately, Luo De wasn't good at history and couldn't recall clearly.

Of course, such a city wall construction was more challenging, required foundation work, and would slow down the construction period.

Luo De had hesitated before, but now with the Snow Rabbit People as a reserve infrastructure team, Luo De decided to go full throttle.

"Yes, sir."

Lawrence replied and then asked for instructions,

"Sir, Rein is requesting some manpower. He discovered a grove of white ash trees."

"Our supply of Bow and Arrows has always been lacking. He hopes that after cutting down this grove, the wood will be processed quickly."

"The dry winter is ideal for air-drying, and in a few months, we can craft a batch of Bow and Arrows ourselves."

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