I led the Goblin Culture to victory.

Chapter 274 Expanding Education

With about a hundred people digging clay, even if half of them aren't full-time laborers, they can dig out the clay needed for the fourteen manors in five or six days at most.

But stone bricks are not so easy to make.

Although there are existing stone walls on the north and east sides, demolishing them is a difficult task.

Judging from the three knight manors that were the first to be occupied, it's clear that the stonemasons inevitably made mistakes when laying the bricks.

If you make a mistake, the brick will break.

If I had to say, it's still usable even when it's broken.

However, considering efficiency, it's better to keep it for something else.

It can be used for paving roads or simply left as a base when building a sturdy and warm house in the future.

Besides clipping it, it might also break if you take it off the wall.

Even if there is dry grass underneath, you can't just throw it away.

This, in turn, limits efficiency.

Transportation is even more troublesome.

Unlike Baron Tarith, Baron Stern's territory has an extra stone wall that can be demolished.

Baron Stern's fortress only has two rings of stone walls. Demolishing them would greatly increase the difficulty of defense.

If a real battle were to break out with the nobles, a fortress without outer walls would be no different from a speed bump run over by a large aircraft.

Not to mention that the stone bricks on the outer wall of Baron Taliss's estate are particularly rough, and after dismantling, there might not be enough qualified bricks for twenty manors, and they might have to be taken from the long wall.

In conclusion, to obtain enough stone bricks, everyone must be mobilized.

When the time comes, the stonemasons will lead the men to remove the bricks, while the others will slowly unload them, and then they will be transported back to the various manors by oxcart.

The efficiency is more than sufficient.

Taking into account factors such as transportation distance and route conditions, Li Moss selected three points from the map.

The two are two knightly estates located in the northeast of Baron Stern's territory.

This place can supply stone bricks to seven manors throughout the Northeast.

Two of them are the Knights Manor itself, in addition to a manor connected to Toufart Manor to the east, and four manors to the south of the two Knights Manors.

In addition to facilitating transportation, both knight manors also have their own warehouses.

The food inside was enough to feed the gathered people for several months.

This eliminates the need to transport grain anymore.

The third point is directly east of Lakeside Manor, across a manor and further east along the stone wall.

The manor was named "East Wall Manor" and was located at the southernmost end of the eastern stone wall.

That place could directly supply stone bricks to a large estate to the west and south.

As for the Xihe Manor in the southwest corner, which borders the river, and the Fangshao Manor in the far west, it would be inconvenient to transport them from either location.

The only option is to transport the stone bricks quarried from the East Wall Manor to the town first, and then use the town as a transit point.

"Have you finished digging the pit?"

After explaining the general plan, Li Mosi asked about the current situation of the people.

"Almost there, sir!"

"We can finish digging today."

After the children of the craftsmen gave their reports, the clansmen in charge of supervising the work and the head of the manor then gave their reports in turn.

The information from the three parties quickly came together.

Li Mosi nodded.

"After we finish digging, we can cut down some trees, or prepare the things we need in advance. Tomorrow night, everyone and all the livestock must gather at the East Wall Manor."

"You will have to collect and transport the supplies yourselves."

The people here are still unclear about what they are going to build next; even the craftsmen haven't seen the blueprints.

They didn't know they were collecting stone bricks.

However, they chose to obey.

"Yes, sir!"

And so, every time they passed a manor, Li Moss said the same thing to the people.

The manors that were further away from the stone wall had their roads widened and foundation pits dug earlier, and naturally, they were completed earlier as well.

Although it takes longer to travel and taking the livestock with you is a bit of a hassle, a day is more than enough.

Manors closer to the stone wall received the orders later, but did not need much time to travel.

We can finish digging the hole tomorrow and then set off; it'll be fine.

Meeting tomorrow night would be perfect.

This perfectly synchronized the actions of the entire baronial territory.

Slowly, Li Mosi walked back to the Lakeside Manor.

After learning the news, Zi'an quickly taught his five disciples pinyin.

After so many days, she realized that she wasn't the smartest one.

Even she can now pronounce pinyin fluently, so the smartest disciple chosen from these five people will definitely be able to do it even faster!

As more and more cattle and donkeys were replaced by pack horses, the caravan's speed increased significantly.

Even when the packhorses were carrying supplies and using makeshift harnesses made of hemp rope, they were still faster than the oxen pulling empty carts.

The sun is about to set.

Limos led the caravan on another tour of Baron Stern's territory.

They had just passed two knight manors in the northeast and were now heading west towards Valos Manor.

The pit was only dug at Tufate Manor.

The construction of the Kovalos Estate is basically complete.

As soon as he reached the main road of Vallos Manor, Li Moss saw new houses on both sides, some already built and some under construction.

The rows of new houses, smaller at the top and larger at the bottom, had clay surfaces that were not yet completely dry, which shone in the setting sun along the traces left by fingers.

This reminded him of a long, thin steamed bun he ate before he traveled through time.

However, those steamed buns were white, while this one... is probably made from buckwheat flour.

Inside the main house of Valos, he saw Farol again.

The people were behaving more cautiously than before.

As Li Moss approached the wall of Valos's main house, he heard laughter coming from inside.

"Hahaha--"

"You rotten nail, how dare you trick me into eating insects!"

"Alright, stop fooling around..."

"Hehehehe—"

He vaguely remembered the last time he brought the convoy back.

At that time, the people were busy roasting dried meat.

Although they seemed to be having a good time, they were clearly not as relaxed as they are now.

Just by listening to the sounds inside, he could picture children playing and fighting in his mind.

I pushed the door open and sure enough, it was so.

Hammer was holding one child, and another child was holding the same child, while Farol tried to step forward to maintain order.

The scene at the entrance to the light gate was so dynamic that it goes without saying what the rest of the courtyard was like.

Although everyone was looking toward the door, their posture didn't lie.

The people gathered in different groups; some were taking care of children, some were chatting, some were playfully fighting, and some were playing in the mud.

Why are people still playing in the mud?

Compared to the existing residents, the younger members of the new ethnic group appear to be more mature.

At least they were all waiting for the food to cook.

The goblin who went in first scratched his head, and the goblins behind him also looked on with confusion as they peered inside.

However, Li Mosi remembered.

If we are to expand education, we must not forget the people here.

He waved to his people.

The people knew this meant everything was alright, so they got back to work.

However, their behavior became more disciplined.

The convoy continued into the yard.

Farol took the initiative to walk up to Li Moss and report.

"Sir, all the houses here are finished. We're now building the houses at the Matica Manor. The Tufate Manor is still under construction."

"I see."

Li Mosi wasn't worried about that.

If these three estates that started construction first can't be built, then the plan can be abandoned.

After briefly understanding the situation, he talked to Farol about learning computing.

Farol was quite surprised by this.

After all, they had never seen a leader or bishop lead his people to learn from him.

These people learned their calculation skills by working alongside their parents.

Upon hearing that Li Mosi wanted to select formal, long-term managers, he quickly agreed.

Upon hearing the news, the people expressed their gratitude once again.

That very evening, Li Moss taught them to read numbers and the multiplication table.

People from the tribe who hadn't had the opportunity to learn before also started learning.

Incidentally, he also gave a preliminary assessment of the learning progress of the goblins and new tribesmen who had already studied.

As for the written test, we'll have to wait until everyone gathers tomorrow night for the combined assessment.

The next morning, Li Mosi led a convoy to transport stone bricks to the Lakeside Manor.

That evening, he and Zian met at the Lakeside Manor.

After counting the number of people under their command, a new round of education began.