What was Will doing at Eric's house? He was there to learn to read from Gray, of course.
Since following the butler, Gray has become increasingly capable, but it's a pity he's not home, so Will could only return the way he came.
Taoyuan Village Breeding Farm
The entire farm was bustling with activity; the sounds of animals, workers building houses, and people talking blended together to create a unique melody that belonged to this place.
In recent days, the animals in the shed have all gotten quite fat.
The cow is the most helpless of all; its slightly bloated belly and mouth chewing grass seem to be saying something.
Those wretched human grasses seem to grow endlessly, as if they don't need to be cut. So what if they built a few nice boxes? They'll sleep anyway, why get so excited?
"Smack!"
Another bundle of grass was thrown on the ground.
The fat man looked at the cow's wide-open eyes.
"What are you looking at? I don't like drinking milk."
The fat man didn't have a box to sleep in, so he still had to sleep in the workers' shed. He was somewhat envious of those who had boxes to sleep in.
"Sigh! We're still too late." The fat man sighed and turned to leave the shed. "Hey? It looks like the lord is coming over there."
Indeed, Ed did arrive at the farm. Looking at the house built entirely of bricks and cement, he was satisfied and felt a sense of familiarity. It seemed that Roderick's bricklaying skills were indeed quite good.
The dozen or so houses here were built according to a detailed plan. The houses are built facing each other, and the road in the middle leads to Taoyuan Village upstream. In the future, if anyone builds a house, they can continue to build according to this layout until there is no more place to build.
There is another road leading to the sheds. Because it may involve animal transportation in the future, the roads are wide, but they are definitely not as wide as Chenghua Avenue.
One of the houses is almost finished, but the others are being built very slowly.
Ed is now standing in front of this house that is almost finished.
"My lord, you've arrived! I'm a little late." Roderick, who was working, arrived a bit late, along with Oak, who was temporarily in charge of the place.
But it's nothing, Ed doesn't mind these things.
"Yes, I just took a look, and the house is quite well built. Roderick, did you encounter any problems during the construction process?"
Ed wanted to see if any problems were encountered during the actual use of the cement, so that he could clarify the issues on the spot.
Regardless of any problems, Ed will only build the house like this; they'll deal with the exterior and interior themselves later.
"My lord, this cement mortar works very well; at least so far, no problems have been found."
Ed nodded.
Roderick hasn't found any problems yet, but it's just too good to use. There's not much plaster left from the last time we brought back, and if we want to apply plaster to the inside according to the previous design, it won't be enough.
Roderick looked at Ed and continued:
"However, my lord, we don't have much plaster left from last time, so we may not be able to finish the work."
"Build the house first, don't worry about the outside or the inside yet."
The amount of gypsum ore we brought back last time was indeed a bit small. I'll go over there in a few days to check on the situation so I can make arrangements accordingly.
Ed glanced at the silent oak tree beside him.
"Oak, do you have any problems with this house?"
Oak lowered his head and said in a low voice:
"My lord, there's no problem. This is already very good."
"Okay, then you can go to the castle for the meeting tomorrow."