Cement production was quickly on track, and in order to give Anna a good rest, the firing room only started once every two to three days. When it was not calcined, as many raw materials were prepared as much as possible, Roland issued another recruitment order, doubling the number of stone crushers.

But he also knew that he couldn't rely on Anna to do these things all the time. Working in a dusty environment for a long time will cause people to get silicosis, and with the expansion of production scale in the future, one Anna is far from enough to use the demand.

Witches should not be used as consumables, but as engines to advance civilization. Although Roland knew this very well in his heart, he could only devote all his energy to the construction of the city wall for now. If you can't stop the evil beast, you can't talk about anything.

The foundation of the city wall connecting the North Slope Mountain and the Chishui River has been excavated. According to the practice before the crossing, as the general person in charge of the project, he dug out the first shovel of soil with his own hands in front of a group of stunned onlookers.

He thought that after the cement problem was solved, it would be easy to build a city wall, but when he actually did it, he found that he didn't know anything about engineering. How deep and how wide should the foundation be dug? How to solve the uneven height of the lot? How can the more than 600 meters long be guaranteed to be in a straight line after it is built? He has seen a group of young men looking around with instruments and rulers when the municipal road is being built, it seems to be called theodolite and level, right? But there is nothing here!

As a mechanical drawing dog, although Roland is called a science and engineering double dog with the civil engineering brick moving dog next door, the content he has learned is very different. None of the hired clay craftsmen have participated in the construction of large-scale projects, and they are inferior to themselves. As a result, progress was made very slowly after the construction of the wall, and it took a week to dig half a shallow trench.

Once the project is out of control, it's hard to say what the final product will look like. For example, this shallow trench that was dug with great difficulty is not so much the foundation of the city wall as a drainage ditch. Although Roland drew a rough width during the excavation, the width was obviously out of shape as he dug and became narrower and narrower. Standing in the distance, it looks like a little snake twisting and turning.

Even so, Roland was reluctant to stop work. In the spirit of being able to dig a little bit, as long as the firing room does not start, he will stay at the foot of the north slope all day, adjust the extension direction of the foundation pit with the naked eye, and slowly move forward. At the same time, he also doubled the remuneration of the Recruiting Upper Stone Craftsmen.

Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last long, and when Roland was directing the preparation of the sixth batch of cement in the firing room, Barov, the assistant to the minister, reported that a stonesmith had responded to the recruitment, and that he had been in the Ashburg Masons' Association, and that they had been taken outside the courtyard to wait for an audience.

He thought about it for a moment, and his heart fluttered, the Grey Castle Stonemason Society was a well-known organization in his memory, and even the Fourth Prince had heard of their names. Although it seems that it was ordered to disband because of a construction accident, how can this business not be troubled?

"Bring him in," Roland nodded with a calm expression. He wanted Anna to avoid it, but then he thought about it. There are more than 2,000 people in the border town, and not many people have seen the true face of witches. And Anna's appearance at this time is already the same as when she was bent on seeking death, plus she is dressed in a strange costume, it is estimated that she will not be able to recognize it even if she has seen it.

Carl Van Burt was nervous when he was brought into the courtyard by the knights, and he planned to tell His Highness that this season was not suitable for large-scale projects, and then slowly change his opinion of witches after gaining His Highness's trust. But it is rumored that His Highness has always acted unscrupulously, what should he do if dissuasion is counterproductive?

He bowed in confusion, but when he looked up, he was stunned—the girl beside His Highness was so familiar that he had the illusion that he was dreaming. Carl rubbed his eyes, looked again, and couldn't help but exclaim, "...... Anna!"

, Roland shouted in his heart that it was too bad, isn't it too coincidental, just recruit a craftsman and recruit a witch's neighbor? It can be seen that the other party is definitely familiar enough with Anna, otherwise it would be impossible to identify it in a single moment. He turned to look at Carter Lannis, and the chief knight understood, and immediately pulled the deadbolt on, blocking the only exit.

"Old ...... Division?"

Anna's reaction made Roland not come back to his senses for a while, what, teacher?

"It's really you, Anna, and I...... I ......" Carl only felt a heat in his eyes, and then something trickled down. He fell to his knees weakly and kept repeating, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... Great, great...... Okay......"

It took a while for Carl Van Burt to calm down, he slowly stood up, and bowed to Roland again, "I'm very sorry, Your Highness, I lost my temper. ”

"What the hell is going on? Aren't you a stonemason?"

"I was," Karl replied fluently, letting go of his baggage. His Highness didn't kill Anna, it was the replacement who was hanged on the execution ground—and when he realized this, he already knew what he had to do. Although it is not clear why the other party wants to save a witch, in any case, even if His Highness wants to put her in the dormitory, it is much better than sending her to the gallows. This at least shows that His Royal Highness is not afraid of rumors that witches are the devil's incarnation.

He recounts his journey from Greykeep to Borderland, including opening an academy and discovering that his student Nanawa Pyne had also become a witch. In the end, he begged His Highness to hide Nanawa in the palace as well, so that she would not be persecuted if she was exposed.

Anna, who was standing on the sidelines, looked like she wanted to intercede for Nanawa after hearing this, but she never said a word.

It's a new witch, and it's great news, but Pyne seems to have heard the last name somewhere. Roland invited the minister's assistant to inquire quietly, only to learn that it was the surname of a small nobleman in the border town.

"You can bring her to me, and if she's a witch, I'll make sure she's not harmed," Roland promised, "but I can't take her away from Pyne's house, especially until she's actually threatened by her family." Besides, I didn't save Anna as you think......" He thought about it and decided it would be better to make it clear, "I need her help." Rather than the nonsense of the devil's evil power, I believe that the power of witches has nothing to do with good or evil, and can be controlled. So Anna, Nanawa, any witch, as long as they don't do anything illegal, I don't think they're guilty. ”

"Now, let's get down to business, you've been involved in the construction of the walls of the Grey Castle?" the prince turned the conversation back to construction.

"Yes!" Karl nodded, although His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince did not take Nanawa as he thought, and it was confusing to say that he needed the help of a witch, but he was willing to keep Nanawa safe, and that was enough.

"Very well, I plan to build a wall at the foot of the Chishui River and the northern slope of the mountain to ward off the invasion of evil beasts. Now it's up to you to take care of the project. ”