Warlord: King of All Clans

Bessie is not the only Riverbend person who hopes to develop in Arbroath.

Stein, a real estate developer on the River Bay Peninsula, saw his wealth increase tenfold after he developed a street on the peninsula. He then raised a large amount of money and invested it in the development of Swamp Town.

The establishment of Swamp Town was a major project of the River Bay Lord's Mansion. It was originally contracted by the official engineering team of the Lord's Mansion and did not require the participation of civilian engineering teams.

However, during the period of the United Knights' development, the Lord's Palace observed that the River Bend Engineering Corps began to show various phenomena of corruption, extortion, and shabbiness.

After receiving the quotas from the lord's palace, some engineering team leaders outsourced the work to private engineering teams at half the price.

Even if a Hewan elder was hanged, there would still be project managers who would continue to do so for their own selfish interests.

Therefore, the construction of Swamp Town was divided into two halves, one half was given to the River Bay Engineering Corps, and the other half was given to the Civilian Engineering Corps, and a bidding model was adopted, no longer monopolized by the government.

With the "River Bay Peninsula New Street" as a foundation, Stein's qualifications were recognized and he received half of the residential construction business in Swamp Town.

After two years, the infrastructure of Swamp Town was completed, and a large number of people and merchants moved in. Stein's wealth increased several times again.

The wild hunter who was originally seriously injured and retired has now become a real estate developer with assets of over 10 million. He has five engineering teams, two hundred construction craftsmen and thousands of skilled laborers who follow him to build everywhere in the jurisdiction of Isenpol.

Stein, who had become wealthy, donated a primary school in Swamp Town, so that the young people in River Bay who were unable to go to the atrium to receive education for various reasons could also have the opportunity to study.

After he finished his investment in Swamp Town, he went to the Atrium for further studies. Half a year later, he returned to River Bay Peninsula from the Atrium at the end of the year.

Atrium Air tailored basic architecture and management courses for him, allowing this contractor who started his business purely based on experience to also gain a rough grasp of systematic knowledge of construction engineering, civil engineering, architectural design, corporate management and other related knowledge.

The educational base in the atrium shocked him. He originally thought that he needed to go there as usual, first studying one or two related academic papers on his own, and then seeking answers from relevant scholars when encountering something he didn't understand.

As for whether you can get guidance from scholars or even find scholars in related industries, it all depends on luck.

But the first second he entered the atrium, he had a top wise man serving as his personal tutor in his mind. Not only did he teach and answer questions, but any part he didn't understand was explained by corresponding images, drawings and narration.

In just half a year, he mastered industry knowledge that would have taken three to five years to acquire in the past.

Stein, who was originally only able to build two-story wooden houses and brick and stone bungalows, has begun to try to get involved in the manor castle business of the aristocratic class.

In the jurisdiction of Isenpol, the construction business has basically been divided up by the engineering groups that have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and there is not much money to be made.

But the territory of Arbroath is a new and undeveloped territory.

Another big contractor who had been competing with him received a down payment of 1,200 gold coins just for taking over the sewer renovation business in the city of Abros!

Stein has made up his mind that after spending this winter at home with his wife who has just given birth to a daughter, he will lead his team to Arbroath to participate in next year's project bidding before the spring.

Before that, he still has a lot of things to do.

For example, go back to the Big Falls tribe to see the tribesmen and send a batch of supplies that are not available in the mountains.

For example, going to the lord's mansion to pay homage to the River Bay Mistress, and going to the Ancestral Temple and the Holy Light Church to pray for the Mistress.

The Holy Light Church on the River Bay Peninsula finally received donations from the Lord's Mansion this year and acquired another acre of land.

The Holy Light believers in River Bay Territory donated collectively to expand the River Bay Holy Light Church. Father DeWitt, who was admired by everyone, finally no longer needed to live in the small compartment behind the preaching hall.

The newly expanded Holy Light Church has a front courtyard and a back courtyard. A dome-shaped holy tower was built on one side of the back courtyard, in which saints from all dynasties in the North, such as Tyus, and several holy objects are enshrined.

These holy objects were not props used by traveling merchants to defraud others, but spoils of war from Hewan's several overseas battles.

For example, the golden scarab seized from Ilanrado weighed three pounds and had an inscription written by the legendary bishop of Ilanrado a hundred years ago.

The church in Ilanrado City is the northernmost Holy Light Church in the Earldom of Fruilov. Further north, in the main city of Frovald, the ancestor shamans banned the preaching of the Church of Holy Light, and only the small knight territories in the countryside secretly built a few small churches.

There is also the Holy Cross of the city of Clemens, which has been baptized by the Holy Light of successive Holy Light bishops. The level of Holy Light enriched in it is no less than that of a seventh-level Holy Light priest.

Of course, the ancestral temple next door also has a lot more collections. Leo also gave out a dragon tooth in the name of Urian, so that the northern people who came to worship their ancestors would not be left without something to see.

The followers of the Holy Light Church in River Bay have begun to plan to nominate Brother DeWitt as the next bishop of the Isenbol region, and have submitted a joint application letter to the Lord's Palace.

The management of the Lord's Palace expressed confusion. The superior of the Bishop of the Isenbol region is the Cardinal Archbishop of the North. What does that have to do with the River Bay Lord's Palace?

But the followers of the Holy Light who signed the name together were even more confused. The city of Isembol now also belonged to the Earldom of Riverbend. Doesn't the Holy Light there come under the jurisdiction of the Riverbend Mistress?

Nearly half of the believers still believe that the Holy Light Church worships the Mistress of the River Bay.

Seeing Stein coming back, Father DeWitt helped him finish his confession, and then asked about his beloved disciple's recent situation, "How is Don doing in the courtyard?"

Stein smiled and said, "Brother Dorn has also applied for a confessional in the atrium to accept confessions from the believers in the atrium on behalf of the Lord. Now many people call him Father Atrium."

DeWitt couldn't help laughing. The teaching of this kobold monk was not in vain.

After the human boy from Hewan studied with him for three years, he turned around and went to the lord's mansion to take the civil service exam and work, and he had completely forgotten all about the teachings of the Holy Light.

Only Dorn still adheres to the path of the Holy Light.

Speaking of the Holy Light Kobold Dorn, Stein hesitated and asked, "The Lord of Holy Light will forgive my sins, what about the Riverbend Matron?"

There are no safety regulations for construction projects these days, and people get injured on construction sites every day.

Stein's team is considered rigorous, but the scale is too large. With more than a dozen construction sites combined, one or two careless workers die almost every month.

If we only use skilled craftsmen from Hewan, the labor cost will at least double. Although foreign workers are cheap, they are also prone to accidents.

During the wild development of the river bend construction industry, no matter how law-abiding Stein was, he had to prioritize his own competitiveness.

Father DeWitt devoted himself to studying the teachings of the Holy Light and had extensive knowledge of art, but he did not understand much about these things, so he could only say, "You'll have to ask the Madam of the River Bay."

Stein nodded and thought to himself, "It would be nice if Dorn was here too."