Chapter 209: The Utility Of Civilian Buildings
As Kant gave the order, the system instantly popped up a dialog box.
[ Ding… system prompt ]
[ This construction will cost 15,570 denars. It will take a total of 100 days. ]
[ Yes/No? ]
[ Remark: Only 17,380 denars left after the construction. Please be aware. ]
The system gave a warning-like prompt.
There were less than 20,000 denars left. This was no longer enough to maintain the balance of payments. Or it could be said that Kant had never had any income at all, he always spent his denars right away. If there were only this little denars left, after Kant paid the first week of military expenses next month, he might ran out of denar.
The system had no choice but to give a prompt.
However, Kant did not hesitate at all. “Build!”
This was his command.
The system chose to listen. Instantly, data gushed out and engulfed the castle building below.
At the same time, Kant thought continued to give the command, “Consume 1,000 reputation points and shorten the construction time to 1 day!”
Since the construction time had already been shortened, there was nothing wrong with continuing to shorten it. To Kant, he only lacked denar. As for reputation points, he definitely did not lack any at all!
What he wanted was a castle that could be built quickly in a short period of time!
[ Ding… the construction time has been shortened. ]
The system popped up a dialog box.
Under Kant’s body, in the “Drondheim” Castle, buildings were instantly built in the data stream.
It was really being built at a speed visible to the naked eye.
These houses were originally made of stone as the foundation and wood as the walls. Now they were all built with neatly cut stone materials in the data stream. Whether it was the walls or the pillars, the entire body was built with stones produced in the mountains of the Kingdom of Swadia, even the roof was also built with stones. Only a few parts of the structure, such as the wall support, doors and windows, were made of wood.
The originally three meters tall house was directly transformed into a two-story building that was more than six meters tall.
It could accommodate twice the number of people as before!
These 100 renovated high-level houses could accommodate 1,500 civilians. Even if 700 soldiers went in to rest, it would be more than enough. This was because the newly appeared high-level houses had a huge increase in the internal living s.p.a.ce!
If packed it with bed bunks without any other comfort amenities, it could totally accommodate 5,000 people!
That was an impressive number!
It meant that with Kant’s “Drondheim” Castle, it could already accommodate 5,000 fully armed soldiers. As long as they met the need for food and water, even tens of thousands of enemies troops would probably not able to take down this castle, especially with the Nahrin Desert’s cruel environment and Kant’s geographical advantage, even if hundreds of thousands of troops arrived, they would have to die on the spot!
A troop needed to put ten times more effort in siege battles than the defending side to have a chance of winning.
Because the defending side had ma.s.sive advantage. On top of the geographical advantage, there was also the city defense fortifications. In fact, when the defending side’s morale was high and they had sufficient reserves, it was as difficult as ascending to the heavens to take down this city!
The history of Earth had already proved this point.
Whether it was in China or abroad.
Or in the ancient times, feudal period, and modern times, it was the same.
If one wanted to capture an united defensive city, it was absolutely impossible to do so without tragic casualties. Even if they managed to capture it, their losses would be extremely heavy. In the end, it would cause a chain reaction when the battle dragged on.
Especially on the high-level walls of the “Drondheim” Castle, the large arrow towers and large towers could almost be called a forest. If 5,000 soldiers were to be stationed there with 1,000 archers among them, they would fully unleash the best effect of the city defense fortifications. They would let any siege troops taste the feeling of arrows poured down like heavy rain, and they would not be able to even get close to the city walls!
Currently, Kant did not have 5,000 fully armed soldiers, but he had 1,500 civilians, close to 700 elite soldiers, and the upgraded high-level bell tower! It was 20 meters tall and close to the council hall.
This high-level bell tower had almost become part of the council hall. The arrow tower of the council hall had a small opening, allowing one to access into the high-level bell tower at the height of 10 meters.
If there was necessity, this high-level bell tower could not only serve as a watchtower, but also serve as an arrow tower for archers!
However, the most useful thing was its characteristics.
[ High-level bell tower: Civilian/military building. A large building made of neatly cut stones. There was a bronze bell on top of the tower, which could be used for daily time reporting or alarm. Attribute: 1. Emergency mobilization: When war comes, ring the bronze bell, and all civilians can be called up to protect their homes. During the defense period, all civilians will be temporarily promoted to the Swadian militiamen. 2. High morale: During war, when the enemy attacks, ring the bronze bell and make a deafening sound, encouraging the soldiers to fight, and prevent the low morale of the soldiers due to the enemy’s long-term siege or harsh battle situation. ]
Kant swept through the introduction of the high-level bell tower. Compared to the previous bell tower of the fortress level, it had also undergone an earth-shattering change. It had brought a qualitative change in the abilities of the defending army in the entire castle.
The original characteristic of the bell tower was to upgrade the civilians to Swadian recruits.
However, they could directly become Swadian militia now.
Although the level 1 and Level 2 troop cla.s.s were not of much help to Kant’s current combat sequence, they could still transform of 1,500 civilians into Swadian militiamen and suppress the enemy with the advantage of large troop.
There was no such thing as HP or Def in the real world.
Even if one was a powerful extraordinary knight, the one who could fight against 100 or 1,000 of people, he still had to die of he was stabbed in the heart no matter how powerful he was. With such a fatal wound, it was impossible for him to survive.
In the game, if one was stabbed in the heart, it might be a vital attack.
Although they had lost a lot of HP, they were still attacking vigorously like they were not injured at all.
With the help of the tall, wide, and st.u.r.dy city defense fortifications, these Swadian militiamen could use their advantage in number to defend against the enemy army. If the enemy wanted to attack, even if they climbed up the city walls, they would have to suffer from the attacks of militiamen. These militiamen, who were wearing iron-plated scale armor, the militia heavy spear, pickaxe, and wide s.h.i.+eld, were the most tenacious resistance!
In close combat, pickaxe that could break through armor was not to be trifled with.
Moreover, on the narrow city walls, a fight to death would be inevitable!
The second characteristic of the high-grade bell tower, ‘high morale’, was precisely the characteristic that soar any soldier’s morale, which made they willing to risk their lives to fight.
Kant could also use his strange item, that [ Commanding power ] horn to further increase the morale of the militiamen. This could even make the militiamen burst out with a morale that exceeded their original state of mind. They would have the courage to die together with the enemy, like fighting just like a madman, protecting their home and country, and did no fear of sacrificing themselves!
Castle-level buildings often had their own unique functions!
After all, a village was only the most basic unit, and in a sense, it somewhat represented a symbolic stronghold.
A fortress was an expansion of a stronghold, and it had its own territory. Perhaps building a stronghold in a certain location was to showcase the ruling power of an authority, but it was more important to establish the ruling power firmly.
A castle was different.
A castle was the true ruling center of the area, and it was the central domain of any lord.
If they attacked the village, it would be tantamount to a provocation.
If they attacked the stronghold, it would be tantamount to declaring war.
If they attacked the castle, it would be tantamount to a deadly and ugly warfare!
The castle was no longer purely military. It also represented political significance.
Attacking the castle was like a slap in the face, which made all the lord of the castle lost face. There was almost no possibility of a communication with the attacker. Unless the victor was decided, or one side lost, only then they would communicate together at the negotiation table.
Therefore, castle-level buildings were not only perfect, but it also taken account of military and political factors. City defense fortifications and high-level towers were like this, as well as the civilian buildings.
[ Ding… system prompt ]
[ Please confirm the construction location of the following buildings. Construction will begin soon. ]
Among the civilian buildings that Kant built, there were many buildings that cannot leveled up. He needed to personally choose the location and let these civilian buildings connect together to form a complete channel.
That’s right, it was a channel.
Deep water well, water tower, water diversion channel, small fountains, fire towers, and guard towers were all built as a whole.
They needed to be connected to form a channel to complete the construction.
The water tower could connect the live water or the deep water well. From there, the water would be transported to the huge water tower by the water truck. The height difference would then allow the water poured down form the water tower into the diversion channel. Finally, the clean water would enter the small fountains and fire towers connected to the diversion channel and could be used by the soldiers and civilians living in the castle.
Not only could it be used as daily drinking water, if there was a fire in the city at a critical time, the person in charge of the watchtower would able to gather the civilians. Then, they were able to use the buckets to take the water from the fountains and the water channels to quickly put out the fire.
This was the perfect water source mechanism in castle-level buildings.
Even if they were in a drawn-out war with enemy, they could use fire attacks without fear to exhaust the enemy and quickly put out the fire afterward.
Although these castle-level buildings were for civilian use, there was actually a military component in them.
Kant pondered for a moment.
These buildings had to be arranged properly, especially the water towers and deep water wells which should be the centers of the ca.n.a.ls. They had to be placed carefully.
The interior of the castle was clear from G.o.d’s point of view.
100 high-level houses occupied the entire southern living area.
The crafts area in the west was crowded.
The governing area in the north and the military area in the east were also crowded due to the increasing number of buildings.
However, when all the buildings had been built, the castle had basically maxed out the level. The next thing that Kant considered was not the upgrade of the “Drondheim” Castle, but the development of more villages and upgraded them into castles or cities, it would be an important help for him to control the entire Nahrin Desert.