She turned her head to look at the female guard and said, "Reya, leave this territory tomorrow and return to the Brown Clan!"

The female guard called Reya promptly bent over, "Yes, Miss."

The instructions were completed.

Kari's gaze shifted and looked through the glazed glass window of the trading hall towards the distant darkness.

She couldn't hear any sounds, there was no light at all.

Yet it was like an abyss, wanting to swallow this territory whole.

In such a cold winter, Kari could easily have returned to the Brown Clan immediately after attending Yuna's coming-of-age ceremony.

But she didn't do that.

She instead changed direction and came to this southern borderland of the Karedi Empire—Lynn's territory.

Kari could clearly feel that a massive war was about to engulf the entire Karedi Empire.

Perhaps even such a borderland as Lynn's might find it hard to escape!

As for why she went to the trouble of delivering this intelligence to Lynn.

Kari herself couldn't say why…

It felt as if she didn't want this piece of pure land like an earthly paradise to be invaded by war and turned into ruins.

Or perhaps because she didn't want to see Lynn crushed under the wheels of war.

But Kari also understood that this was all she could do.

...

The next morning.

All the food had already been unloaded and stored in the kitchen warehouse.

The fine salt exchanged to Kari was also loaded onto the wagon.

Along with a hundred pounds of Lex's gin.

Kari mounted her horse, pulling the snow-white cloak behind her, wrapping her body within.

She revealed a smile, "Master Lynn, the bed at the trading hall slept very comfortably, if possible, please keep my room reserved!"

Lynn answered with a smile, "Of course."

Kari nodded with satisfaction, "Then I'll leave first. When spring comes tomorrow, I'll bring a large amount of goods to your territory!"

With a wave of Kari's hand, she urged her steed to turn in the direction of the limestone road outside the town.

Kari's guards and more than a dozen wagons followed closely behind.

Watching Kari leave in the distance, Lynn stepped forward and walked outside the town.

In his mind, he was still contemplating how to deal with the approaching Ducas army.

The sense of crisis still enveloped him.

But soon, Lynn felt at ease.

The soldiers will block the water, and the soil will cover!

Now, he only needed to continue to develop and grow, which was the best way to respond!

The road leveling was still ongoing, and the transportation of sleepers and rail timbers was also continuing.

Under Colin's direction, he already drew two hundred people from the four hundred transporting townspeople, trying to build wooden tracks.

Each sleeper is measured with hemp rope to ensure a one-meter size for even placement.

This ensured the sleepers and rail timbers evenly bore the weight of the ore-loaded mining carts.

Uneven areas were reinforced with stones and mud clumps for fine-tuning.

The laying process was not complicated, and after laying a few dozen more, the townspeople gained experience and could lay more sleepers on their own.

These townspeople hadn't been educated, but they weren't unintelligent.

It's just that they couldn't complete tasks they'd never seen before with divergent thinking.

After inspecting around, Lynn joined the track laying.

He compacted the soil to lay the sleepers smoothly on the ground and then used nails, stripes, and stakes to secure them.

To ensure the sleepers did not wobble, a sleeper would be completed.

[Construction Experience +1]

[Construction Experience +1]

[Construction Experience +1]

...

The experience for [Construction] continued to increase.

Until the afternoon.

Lynn stopped and stepped onto the limestone road beside him.

While brushing off the wood shavings on him, he took deep breaths of the cold air.

One cloud after another spouted from his mouth.

Even though he breathed in the cold air, Lynn didn't feel any chill.

Instead, the cold air made his overheated body feel extremely comfortable.

Looking at the townspeople still busily working, they could now skillfully begin laying sleepers.

Lynn nodded with satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Colin, not far away.

Colin, who was supervising the townspeople, happened to notice Lynn's gaze and walked over.

Colin bent slightly, speaking respectfully, "Master."

Lynn responded with a sound and said, "Let them continue the laying work; there are other tasks your woodworker workshop district needs to produce."

Colin pondered for two seconds and said, "Master, you mean producing mining carts?"

Lynn nodded, "Yes, mining carts! Hand-powered mining carts!"

With the current production and forging level in the town, they could only make mining carts with hand-crank transmissions.

Then.

Lynn led Colin and a hundred woodworker workshop apprentices back to the town's woodworker workshop.

Just as they arrived at the handicraft workshop district, Ehrelo happened to lead two blacksmith apprentices to join Lynn's team.

Ehrelo glanced at Lynn and the team behind him and hesitantly asked, "Master, is this going to…?"

Lynn glanced at Ehrelo and said, "Next, the woodworker workshop will start making hand-powered mining carts, and the blacksmith workshop will need to assist."

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