Lynn's mind moved as he opened the [Holographic Map] to check the site of the open-pit coal mine.

Five hundred excavation workers, divided into various tasks, were working diligently.

Although the open-pit coal mine now only had a ten-person team for supervision, the workers were self-motivated even without guards at some posts.

Lynn looked at the excavation site, where three hundred workers were swinging their Iron Picks or Iron Hoes.

Fifty workers responsible for breaking were swinging Iron Hammers weighing dozens of pounds to crush large coal chunks.

Thirty workers were responsible for loading the crushed coal chunks into the carriage holds of horse-drawn carts.

Transported by twenty horse-drawn carts, the coal was taken to the foot of the mountain, where eighty workers performed secondary crushing and screening.

Then, transported back to the town by twenty carts for storage!

Soon.

Lynn discovered the crux of the problem.

Transportation!

A huge problem existed and needed improvement.

In Lynn's view, the processes of excavation, crushing, and screening had no major issues.

Only transportation...

Was too inefficient!

The distance from the open-pit coal mine to the town required two hours for a fully loaded cart!

Calculated at a single draft horse pulling a load of 1,500 pounds.

A round trip for the cart took four hours.

In a day's time, only two trips could be made, transporting a total of 3,000 pounds.

From the open-pit coal mine, there were only twenty carts transporting anthracite...

Which happened to match the daily output of 60,000 pounds of anthracite on the [Resource Management] panel!

However!

The secondary crushing and screening area had already accumulated heaps of crushed anthracite.

Piled like small mountains, one against another...

Awaiting the carts to transport them back to the town.

The carts' carrying capacity was insufficient!

Identify the problem and solve the problem.

Currently, on the lands, since all mineral resources required draft horses for transport, the number of draft horses was entirely insufficient.

To solve the transportation issue...

Walking back along the red brick road to the town, Lynn sank into thought.

A few minutes later.

Lynn's eyes lit up with a gleam.

Rail carts!

If a rail was constructed from the open-pit coal mine to the town, and hand-cranked rail carts were made.

Then the anthracite transportation issue could be solved perfectly!

His territory was a vast open wasteland, with a gentle slope.

To lay tracks for hand-cranked rail carts, it was naturally challenging, but not impossible!

Not just anthracite, iron ore, and salt, as long as the tracks are laid correctly, they can be efficiently transported using hand-cranked rail carts.

Thinking of this, Lynn's mind experienced a slight ripple.

If it could really be achieved, the same logic applies to constructing tracks to the city wall!

Significantly reducing the time required to return to town from the city wall.

At the same time, in case of any emergencies, they could reach the city wall as fast as possible for immediate support!

Thinking of this.

Lynn made up his mind, railway construction must be done.

But it's not something to start implementing on a whim.

Railway construction is a major project.

Whether it's constructing to the open-pit coal mine, or to the coal mine, iron mine, or city wall, it requires a lot of manpower and resources!

Lynn glanced again at the [Holographic Map], the distance from the open space square in front of the town to the open-pit coal mine was twenty miles.

The open space square was twenty-five miles from the forest pass city wall, and six miles from the Salt Factory.

While the open-pit iron mine was the furthest, at forty miles.

However, since iron ore was transported by the scow ship, he did not need to consider it for now.

What he needed to consider most now was manpower and resources!

The total population of the town had reached 5,800 people, but after these laborers were spread across various posts.

Only the Carpenter Apprentices from Colin's Woodworker Workshop, totaling two hundred, could be mobilized immediately.

And those construction workers who had just finished the construction of the castle and the excavation workers and soldier barracks.

Adding up to barely a thousand people.

Now, Colin was leading the Carpenter Apprentices to build the Papermaking Workshop.

Lynn could only temporarily delay the idea of track construction.

Currently, the warehouse still had a storage capacity of 300,000, combined with the daily amount transported back by carts...

Though somewhat struggling to make ends meet, it could still hold out for some time.

Returning to the town.

Lynn once again divided all idle construction workers.

Four hundred people with Iron Axes and Iron Saws went to the edge of the forest to work with full force!

Moreover, Lynn set a target for them.

Every person must cut down at least five large trees per day!

As the territory continued to develop, with continued logging of the forest, the outermost ring of Pine Wood had already been cleared.

Now at the forest edge, there were numerous white ash trees nearly half a meter thick and over ten meters high!

Although it was still not time to start constructing the tracks.

However, Lynn could make preparations in advance.

The felled logs could be crafted into wooden tracks, and the bark from the logs could be used as raw materials needed by the Papermaking Workshop!

It was a win-win!

The other four hundred were dispatched to the Papermaking Workshop and handed over to Colin.

These four hundred laborers had long learned the basic craft of bricklaying through continuous construction.

With guidance, their bricklaying skills were still adequate.

After accomplishing all this, Lynn sat down on the nearby bench and couldn't help but let out a breath of warm air.

As a Lord, Lynn felt there's an endless amount of work to do.

Lynn even started to feel envious of the ordinary, leisurely life of the townsmen.

Every day they give it their all to complete the labor at hand, then regroup in threes and fives to return to town, enjoying what they consider precious meals.

After the meal, they enter their free time completely.

Whether chatting by the fire, making small crafts, or perhaps taking a walk with their families in the town...

While he, as the Lord, even while sleeping, had to consider the future development of the territory!

How to survive in these wartime chaotic times.

After resting for just a few minutes.

Lynn stood up, had the guards bring Mo Ying over, mounted his horse, and headed towards the pasture.

Clop clop clop!

Mo Ying's galloping hoofbeats on the lime road surface made a crisp, rhythmic sound.

Interwoven with the hoofbeats of the guard's steeds following behind.

Some townsmen walking on the lime road heard the hoofbeats from afar, bowing respectfully.

After half an hour of galloping, Lynn could distinctly feel the body of Mo Ying beneath him heating up.

On seeing the pasture ahead, Lynn began to pull the reins, and Mo Ying gradually stopped, finally standing at the pasture gate.

Lynn dismounted, looked at Mo Ying who was snorting, and contentedly stroked Mo Ying's head.

A continuous half-hour run was just a warm-up for Mo Ying.

Handing Mo Ying over to the guard behind him, Lynn entered the pasture.

The front of the pasture was still a plot of cultivated land.

Several thousand acres of Black Rye Grass had been planted before.

But due to the approach of autumn and winter, coupled with the characteristics of Black Rye Grass, the growth cycle usually lasts three months.

Only by next May can the Black Rye Grass be harvested.

However.

Lynn wasn't in a hurry now.

The weeds cleared from the wasteland were enough to ensure the poultry and livestock survived the winter.

The planted Black Rye Grass could serve as an accumulation of resources for the next year!

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