CHAPTER 351: CHAPTER 185: THE BED IS BIG AND SOFT (10,000 WORDS)

Despite today’s temperature still hovering around zero degrees, the weather is good, with occasional glimpses of sunlight through gaps in the clouds.

At the entrance of the castle.

Colin, with his hands crossed and tucked into the sleeves at his sides, was waiting.

His gaze occasionally glanced behind the castle gate, and upon seeing Lynn, he quickly stepped forward to greet him.

Standing in front of Lynn, Colin spoke with great respect, "Good morning, Sir."

Lynn responded, "Good morning."

"In three days, the timber needed for the construction of the wooden double track has been felled."

"The processing efficiency is somewhat slow, but we can process while starting the construction."

Colin nodded in agreement.

As Lynn and Colin walked toward the edge of the town, Lynn explained some elements of constructing the wooden double track mine-cart.

Before track laying, the track route needs to be planned.

Ideally, the route should be on flat or gently sloped terrain to reduce the effort and risk during mine-cart operation.

Before laying the track, you also need to level and compact the ground.

Clear obstacles and debris on the ground to ensure a solid and stable foundation for the track.

Once the base preparations are complete, the next step is laying the track sleepers.

According to Lynn’s memory and knowledge obtained from processing sleeper rails, the sleeper spacing of one meter is fully sufficient.

This ensures both the load-bearing capacity of the track and the smooth passage of the mine-cart.

Once the sleepers are laid, the next step is to install the rail wood.

Lynn had the Wood Workshop process the timber into rail wood with a width of ten centimeters and a thickness of five centimeters.

The processed rail wood is laid on the sleepers, then secured using iron nails or strips.

To be qualified rail wood, ensure its smoothness and flatness for the mine-cart to pass through smoothly.

The most crucial part of track laying is the connection and maintenance of the track.

Because Lynn intended to create a rotationally transportable double track.

The double track can avoid manpower waste during direction reversal, but similarly, at curve turns and junctions, iron blocks are needed for fabrication.

Otherwise, the edges of the wooden track are susceptible to cracking or chipping, which can cause derailing of the mine-cart and lead to accidents.

After Lynn completed his explanation, he and Colin arrived at the open square in front of the town.

Over four hundred townsmen drafted by Lynn from the logging site were waiting.

Seeing Lynn, their eyes lit up as they paid attention.

The task now was to select the route for building the wooden track from the town to the open-air coal mine!

After inspecting the townsmen, Lynn continued walking along the lime road.

He had already decided beforehand—the wooden track would be built directly a few meters beside the lime road leading to the open-air coal mine!

This would ensure future material transportation and provide a backup using the lime road in case of mine-cart issues.

Lynn organized two hundred townsmen into a long line, walking on the cultivated land.

He had them use their feet to feel for unevenness and depressions in the soil.

Upon discovering uneven or sunken ground, they would use iron hoes and iron shovels for repairs and leveling, adding soil for compaction.

While this process would damage tens of acres of already-cultivated barley land.

To expedite the construction of the wooden track, compromises had to be made.

This was an inevitable dilemma.

After several hours, four hundred townsmen traversed less than a third of the cultivated land.

Beyond the cultivated land was the most challenging part!

A vast expanse of uncleared and undeveloped wasteland.

These townsmen had to clear weeds, obstacles, and debris from the ground, and also work on leveling the terrain.

Fortunately, Lynn had anticipated this.

He had already dispatched four hundred townsmen for road repairs ahead of time.

Otherwise.

The twenty-mile journey would require a week to ten days just for road repairs alone!

Then.

Lynn divided the four hundred townsmen into work groups.

The first batch of one hundred fifty was responsible for clearing a strip of open land about four meters wide.

The second batch of fifty was tasked with handling tree roots, stones, and other debris on the ground.

The third batch of one hundred fifty focused on identifying uneven terrain and using tools for repairs.

The remaining fifty townsmen Lynn had directly in charge of transporting materials required for leveling and repairing the ground!

With Lynn’s division of labor, efficiency significantly improved.

Because clearing work is much simpler than leveling the ground.

In less than an hour, two hundred people had pulled far ahead of the group working on ground repairs.

This doesn’t affect anything.

Even if they clear the open land ahead of time, Lynn will reassign them to join the ground repair team.

Given the limited amount of labor available now, they couldn’t be left idle.

Lynn supervised the townsmen’s land repairs for two hours, ensuring they understood the requirements.

Lynn handed over the supervisory duties to Koni and then returned to the Wood Workshop.

Arriving at the Wood Workshop, Lynn asked a guard to call Garcia over.

Sighting Garcia with leaves in his hair, Lynn said, "I will leave two hundred people to continue felling trees for you."

"You can organize their tree felling using my previous division of labor method, or distribute them according to your plans."