Chapter 594 Shallows and Reunion

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Roland originally thought that she would send a few battle witches to help out, but he did not expect to come in person. This means that the troubles on the island have been resolved, or that the stability of Sleeping Island will not be threatened for the time being.

The day after receiving the letter, Roland took Anna and others to meet Tilly in the shallows.

After half a month of construction, there are also many traces of artificial carving on the sandy beach.

Simple wooden board houses and sheds stand around the ramp, which are the prototypes of warehouses and sailors’ dormitories in the future. In order to prevent the sea wind from corroding, the windward sides of the wooden houses are painted with an orange-red coating, which is eye-catching and beautiful. A section of the beach about 30 meters long was flattened by lotus, and bricks and stones were built around the periphery to serve as a temporary pier. Since this is a natural deep-water port, even the trestle is omitted, and even a three-masted ship can dock directly beside it.

Most of the witches saw the shallows entering the development stage for the first time, and they all looked around curiously.

"Is the big pit over there the dock that collapsed before?" Anna walked to Roland, pointing to a group of workers busy in the distance, "What are they doing now?"

"Uh, you've heard about this too." Roland was a little embarrassed.

"Of course, Nana told me that day that three workers had their legs broken."

This incident and the deflagration that occurred during the trial operation of the coke oven are called the two most serious accidents in the border area in the new year. The latter can also be said to be the price that has to be paid during the exploration process. At least half of the responsibility for the former is Roland's carelessness due to.

Considering the relatively soft soil in the shoal, Minister of Construction Carl once suggested that it might be safer to build a dock on the edge of the mountain, but he rejected it. The main reason is that the construction period took so long just to settle a long slope, and then sink a dock in the old way, I am afraid that it will have to be delayed until next year before the construction of Thunder's steam ship can be started.

As for the looseness of the sand and soil, he didn't think there was any need to worry too much, as long as Lian made the outline of the dock, and then poured concrete as the retaining wall.

The project went very smoothly at the beginning, just as he thought, after the concrete solidified, the four walls looked quite strong, as if adding a stone wall to the foundation. For this reason, Roland was complacent for a while, thinking that the civil dog was nothing more than that, but an accident happened when installing the iron gate.

After the arm-thick iron door broke away from the hummingbird's contact, it suddenly fell down along with the concrete walls on both sides, smashing the workers who were installing it below. Although the hummingbird immediately made the door panel as light as a goose feather again, the three people who were crushed were still seriously injured. If it wasn't for Nana's timely treatment, these people would hardly have survived.

Later investigations found that when the concrete wall was first filled, some sand and soil collapsed under the trampling of the workers and filled the bottom, resulting in the wall not being tightly connected to the floor. A thin layer. When the iron gate is hung on such a wall, its self-weight instantly exceeds the limit of the steel bar, and the consequences can be imagined.

In later generations, this would definitely be regarded as a serious fault, but for this era, casualties during construction are very normal, so no one will take it seriously, let alone criticize the lord himself. The guilt and guilt in it can only be felt by Roland himself.

He cleared his throat and restrained his thoughts, "They are building a retaining wall of wooden piles."

"To reinforce the soil on both sides of the dock?" Anna quickly guessed the answer.

"Well, like the roots of a tree, crossing into the ground can increase the friction between the sand and soil, so that the side wall will not collapse easily." Roland nodded, and with the previous lesson, this time filling When concrete, it is sure to carefully check whether there is residual sand falling inside the formwork.

"Look, there is a boat coming!" Mystery Moon suddenly shouted.

Everyone followed the sound and looked towards the sea and sky, only to see a sailboat with a pink flag slowly approaching.

Undoubtedly, the ship that will go around the extreme south cape and head to the hinterland of the western region will be the Pretty Beauty of Sleeping Island.

After approaching the shoal, the boat lingered for a while before adjusting its direction and moving closer to the shore. Obviously, the other party did not expect the shoal to become like this now.

Roland met Tilly Wimbledon again, the Fifth Princess of Graycastle.

He held out his right hand to her, and the two smiled and held each other, even though they hadn't seen each other for several months, but she looked as if they had just parted yesterday, and there was no strange feeling at all. And from the look in the other person's eyes, it can be seen that she feels the same way about herself.

It's a nice reunion, he thought.

The other witches were less reserved.

Honey, Candlelight, and Evelyn came up to hug their former partners passionately; Andrea and Nightingale were shoulder to shoulder, completely devoid of aristocratic demeanor; Wendy took Ashes by the hand, and asked about it with concern Recent developments; and You Yu was surprised to find that there was a witch from the Bloodfang Society among the visitors.

"Why are you here?" She frowned and walked in front of a pale witch, "Could it be that Hetty Morgan couldn't wait for the reply from Iffy and me, and couldn't help throwing you here again?"

"No, Lord Hetty is on board," the other party shook his head.

"What?" You Yu's exclamation instantly attracted everyone's attention, "You mean... she also came to the Western Region?"

It is not difficult to hear that there is a strong sense of fear in the little girl's mouth.

"Who's Hetty?"

"It seems to be the leader of the Blood Fang Society?"

"Ah... Iffy seems to have mentioned it."

"What is she here for?"

Roland looked at Tilly, "Did you handle her?"

"If you're referring to uniforms, you can say that the plan was a success, and Hetty did indeed attack Anne's phantom," Tilly spread her hands, "but along the way she refused to disclose those who were rejected by Blood Fang The whereabouts of the witch, and said that she will only speak when she sees you."

"See me?" Roland was taken aback.

"That's right, I guess she sees you as the last straw," Tilly blinked, "The ruler of the Kingdom of Graycastle, the representative of secular nobles, should let her go as long as she can offer enough benefits." life, and even help her return to the position in charge of the wolf heart... probably."

"Are you reminding me on purpose?" He couldn't help laughing, and it had to be said that when Tilly pretended to be careless, she looked cute, "Don't worry, if I will use the interests to measure The life of the witch, you will not bring her to me. By the way, who is that witch, I don't seem to have seen it before."

"Sunset, the Battle Witch of the Bloodfang Society," Tilly replied, "If she hadn't used the symbiosis seed to keep Hetty alive, the latter probably wouldn't have made it to Neverwinter." rw