Lord: Starting from the Pit-Dwelling Courtyard

Chapter 142 The Bell of Civilization

The next day, just as Ron finished breakfast and was preparing to finish building the rest of the city wall, Lukaku trotted in.

"My lord, Grand Knight Hilden has sent word that they have captured a remnant army outside Harvest Town, numbering ninety-six. They will be brought over at noon."

Ron nodded. "Leave this to Amy. Settle them in first, and I'll bring them back with me when I return to the main city."

After the city walls were completed, Ron did not build the surrounding towers. Instead, he first built the town hall in the town center. This would make it easier for Amy to carry out her work and also solve the housing problem for some of the knights and knight apprentices.

The town halls built by Ron are not just offices; they are usually multi-functional complexes.

Its core layout is typically divided into three layers:

The first floor is usually an open gallery, mainly used for market transactions, guild meetings, and civil court trials, and sometimes also serves as a grain warehouse.

The second floor is the true administrative and power center, including a large council chamber used for meetings, banquets and celebrations, as well as the town magistrate's office and archives.

The third floor houses the armory and the living quarters for town officials and other government officials.

Of course, in Ron’s style, an underground area was also built, but unlike Neuschwanstein Castle, the entire castle’s underground was hollowed out.

Only two underground floors were built: the first basement level was a barracks, and the second basement level was a dungeon and interrogation room.

Secondly, he wants to build a tower with the town hall as the support point, and this tower will become a landmark building in Tieling Town.

This tower will not only serve as a symbol for communication flags, but a giant clock will also be built on top of it to tell the time for all the people in the territory.

He has already decided that the clock will be made using high-strength magnesium ceramic.

The reason for this consideration is simple: when he was digging the foundation for the town hall, he discovered a special white ore hidden in these iron ores. Ron named it kaolinite. After testing and analysis, he found that by mixing this special ore rich in magnesium with the wind and sand of the wasteland and calcining it at extremely high temperatures, he could obtain this high-strength magnesium porcelain that shimmers with a faint light and has an extremely dense texture.

High-strength magnesium ceramic can withstand being dropped from the ground without breaking, and it will remain intact even if dropped from a height of 1 meter.

Ron attempted to produce high-strength magnesium ceramic using transformation techniques. Its hardness and toughness were higher than similar materials on Earth. Moreover, there was simply no technology on Earth to fire high-strength magnesium ceramic into the size of a giant bell.

However, the Transformation Technique does not have this problem. As long as there are enough materials and enough magic, it can produce a perfectly good product.

Therefore, before building the town hall, Ron first manufactured a high-strength magnesium ceramic bell with a height of about 1 meter and a bottom opening diameter of about 1 meter.

Because it uses high-strength magnesium ceramic, it weighs only half that of a normal bronze bell, less than 300 kilograms, which greatly reduces the load-bearing requirements of the building.

Before the house was even built, they made the clock first. Looking at the spotless white clock, it felt smooth and cool to the touch.

Leonardo da Vinci asked in surprise, "My lord, what is this?"

Ron said irritably, "I can't believe it, it's a big clock!"

Leonardo da Vinci immediately recognized it as a large clock, but he had never seen a clock made of this material before.

"Go on, when you have free time, go and guide Will and Amy in their cultivation, and help them break through as soon as possible. Don't let it interfere with my work."

Leonardo shrugged and went to the city wall to find Will.

By evening, the town hall was completed, and many people gathered around to watch the largest building in Tieling Town.

Looking at the town hall that had been built in just one day, Matic thought to himself that he had seen such a powerful architectural mage before. Even Rosalie, the chief architectural mage of the Borderlands County, hadn't been this fast!

Amy looked at the town hall with a broad smile; she wouldn't have to sleep in a tent that night.

Amy said respectfully, "My lord! The prisoners sent by Grand Knight Hilden have been counted and cleaned."

Ron thought for a moment and said, "Lock them in the dungeon first, and give them only one meal a day. Not much, just enough to keep them from starving."

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These ordinary defeated soldiers are not worth him lowering his stance to win over. He can give them a good beating, then bring them back to the main city. If he can incorporate them, he can incorporate them; if not, he can throw them into the mines to mine.

The towers in Tieling Town were completed three days later, just as the clock had been tested and started to chime.

The entire town of Tieling erupted in deafening cheers.

Matic also seemed to be in a daze for a moment.

The bell's sound was melodious and clear, quite unlike any other bell sound before, yet it held a very important meaning.

This is the chime of time, and also the chime of civilization.

This was the first time he had heard a bell in all the years he had been in the Blackthorn Wasteland.

As Matic listened to the bells echoing between heaven and earth, he suddenly recalled the night when Hall was breached—there were no bells, no horns, only shouts of battle and firelight.

Matic walked up to Ron, knelt on one knee and bowed: "This is the first clock tower in the Blackthorn Wasteland! My lord, your bells will resound throughout the entire Blackthorn Wasteland."

With Matic leading the way, the other knights followed suit and knelt on one knee. As soon as the knights knelt, the surrounding residents also knelt down.

Ron was startled by the sudden appearance of a group of people kneeling on the ground.

"What are you doing? Get up, all of you."

Matic stood up and said, "My lord, in the kingdom, bell towers are mostly used for ringing bells on special occasions such as festivals, coronations, victories, weddings, and funerals. The meaning of the bells is very important."

Ron immediately understood.

"It seems that we will also need to build clock towers in the main city and Harvest Town after we return."

Unfortunately, plans don't always go as expected. Ron had been in Iron Ridge Town for less than a week when he received a message from Old Hall.

Old Hall added in the letter: "It was a slave who recognized him when we were together, saying that he had spoken in front of Dodok and Iron Fang."

Upon receiving the news, Ron immediately became agitated. He handed over the finishing touches in Iron Ridge Town to Amy and Will, and rushed back to the main city with Da Vinci and Killian overnight.

During that week, Ron built city walls and towers, the town hall, and finally, three pit towers for Iron Ridge.

These buildings are barely enough to house the residents of Tieling Town; if they are not enough, they can only make do with mud-brick houses.

Ron only took a dozen or so men with him when he went, but returned with nearly three hundred more.

There were originally more than 330 people, of whom about 30 were left in Tieling Town to work as miners. These people were either traitors, betrayers of their lord, or unforgivable criminals who slaughtered their comrades.

These people will absolutely not be granted freedom.

As for the remaining three hundred or so people, they all need to be given a period of brainwashing by Old Hall, and then handed over to Mrs. Moriel for some training before they can be integrated into the territory.

Inside the administration hall of Neuschwanstein Castle.

Devon had his hands tied behind his back, his clothes were tattered, and he looked utterly dejected.