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Chapter 165 Ray Wayne

“…This man is called Ray Wayne.”

The goblin Hugo was very upright in his attitude towards doing things for money, and he introduced the three people in a torrent of words:

"About five years ago, Countess Ceylon planned to organize a rescue for the refugees gathered outside the city."

"Wayne was the designer of the refugee resettlement housing back then!"

Pete and Gale reminisced.

They knew what Hugo said, and it was quite a big deal at the time.

To be precise, it should be a rescue project jointly initiated five years ago by the Countess of Ceylon and the local Church of the Light.

The ultimate goal of this project is to build an outer city outside the city of Ceylon and provide refugees with temporary housing, work, daily necessities, etc.

If the plan goes smoothly, even if there are villages in Ceylon that are contaminated by monster attacks, refugees fleeing famine can come here and receive temporary relief and resettlement.

In order to promote the rescue project, the Countess of Ceylon also used a very powerful method:

She launched a fundraising campaign among all the nobles in Ceylon.

After counting the names, titles, professional ratings, and donation amounts of the donors.

A dozen bards were specially arranged to preach these data in taverns in towns across Ceylon.

Once this move was made, at least on the surface, the nobles donated money enthusiastically.

The funds for building the outer city were in place. If Pete remembered correctly, it was very lively outside the city of Ceylon at that time, and he even went to watch.

Stonemasons, carpenters, bricklayers and other workers gathered from various towns in Ceylon to work together on this huge project.

The refugees responded very positively and offered to help with physical work.

However, the construction had only been going on for a few days, and not even the foundation had been dug, let alone the construction of houses.

Sudden changes.

Pete was still young at that time and didn't notice what had happened at all.

In short, the result was that the craftsmen went on strike and soon left the place.

The Countess of Ceylon's so-called outer city rescue project ran into problems in the first step, so she had to declare the rescue suspended indefinitely.

The current refugee camp is actually located where the construction started.

Because in order to build the house, a lot of building materials were shipped in advance.

The project was suspended, and the refugees slowly moved the building materials away piecemeal and built some huts themselves.

Now, from what the goblin Hugo said, it seems that the reason why Ray Wayne stayed in the refugee camp for such a long time is related to the refugee relief project five years ago?

Pat told Hugo his doubts.

Hugo affirmed, “Yes.”

"To be precise, Wayne was chosen by the Countess of Ceylon to be the designer because the house design and model he provided were highly praised by the Countess, who immediately adopted his plan."

"But not long after construction began, someone discovered that there were serious, irreparable problems with the design drawings, and the planned house could not be built. Later, it was said that Wayne had deceived the Countess with a design that could not be built at all."

"Wayne insisted that there could be no problem with his design."

“The two sides are at a stalemate.”

"The Countess remained silent during this period."

"The Glorious God Church also participated in the relief project and donated the most, meeting half of the project's funding needs. However, due to the dispute between Wayne and the craftsmen, the regional bishop of the Glorious God Church believed that there was a problem with the selection of the Countess of Ceylon and withdrew their funds."

"The bishop of the Glorious God used this money to get rid of the countess and set up a relief project on his own. The wheat paste that is provided to refugees from time to time outside the refugee camp was made by the Glorious God."

"So..." The goblin Hugo spread his hands: "The rescue project led by the Countess went bankrupt." Pete took a hissing breath.

"No, this architect named Wayne, does he dare to stay here?"

Regardless of whether there were any problems with Wayne's design drawings, it was equivalent to first giving the refugees great hope and then completely disappointing them.

Pete tried to put himself in the refugee's shoes.

He would probably be so angry that he would want to tear the designer to pieces!

Hugo said calmly, "I don't know what happened afterwards. Anyway, after the relief project was suspended indefinitely, Wayne has been staying in the refugee slum until now."

Pete: "So how does he live? Scavenging and begging like other refugees?"

Hugo: "No, sometimes people ask him to build huts. Although there was a problem with his design five years ago, the huts he built for the refugees in recent years are pretty good."

"Here we are. He usually lives there."

Hugo pointed to a simple shed not far away.

The materials used to build the house are no different from those used by other refugees in the slum: discarded and worn-out wooden boards, recycled iron sheets, woven bamboo fences, rattan and the like.

The walls are made of staggered wooden boards. Although the color is mottled, they are arranged very neatly, which ensures the stability of the structure and even has a unique beauty when viewed from the outside.

It’s not just this shed.

The other dilapidated shacks around were in a similar situation. Unlike the messy buildings on the outskirts of the refugee camp that were built with random materials, the shacks here were neatly arranged and simple. Even the surrounding environment looked much cleaner than other places.

Pete became interested.

If these huts were also designed by Ray Wayne, it at least shows that he is a real talent and not just a charlatan who is trying to deceive the countess.

It was summer, and the small door of the shed was open. Inside the shed was a thin young man who looked to be around 30 years old.

He has white curly hair that seems to have not been taken care of for a long time, giving it a very messy yet artistic look.

He was wearing a patched gray linen suit that had obviously been washed many times.

The house was small and simple, with a "table" made of stones and wooden boards piled against the wall, and a narrow bed made of wheat straw.

Apart from that, there were large amounts of parchment piled everywhere.

"Mr. Wayne?" Pete called tentatively.

The white-haired young man was kneeling in front of his "desk", writing or drawing something, without even raising his head.

"Everything from shed design to building is included. 30 copper coins, or something of equal value will do."

There was a distinct sense of decadence in his voice.

"Mr. Wayne, we are not here to build a shed with you, but..."

Before Pete could finish his words, he was interrupted impatiently by the other party.

"Sorry, I have nothing to do with anything other than building sheds! I only know how to design sheds, thank you!"

The white-haired young man tried to stand up and close the small door of the shed, but he even staggered because he moved a little too quickly.

When he saw Pete and the other two, his expression changed subtly.

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