"The newly recruited apprentices can only do basic work at the moment. If you want them to become independent masons, it will take at least five or six years of training."

Weiru himself also learned from his father, and it took him five years to become a qualified stonemason who could be responsible for some small construction tasks.

Those large construction projects are usually handed over to old masons with more than ten years of experience, and then direct the young masons to carry out division of labor and cooperation.

"You are responsible for the engineering project first and teach the new apprentices from practice at the same time. I don't expect them to be put to use right away."

The initial construction progress can only be promoted slowly, and Irving is confident that the key is to keep up with subsequent talent training.

If the renovation project of Bianzhu Town is left to Weiru alone, it will indeed take too long.

If new masons can be born one after another during the construction process, even if they are very young, they will still be a powerful driving force in the construction process of Bianzhu Town.

"Currently, the number of craftsmen in Border Guard Town is scarce, so I will think of other ways." Owen said.

Generally speaking, all kinds of craftsmen on a certain territory are the "humanoid" assets of that place, and the lord will not allow them to leave the territory without authorization to work elsewhere.

Therefore, it is impossible to recruit enough craftsmen directly from other places.

Unless you negotiate with the lord of a certain place in advance and pay their craftsmen to come and work, the employment fee you need to pay is quite high.

Or you can conquer a certain territory, take all the craftsmen on the territory as your own, and then send them to work on your own territory.

The closest city to Border Guard Town is Dongsheng Fortress in the south. With the current relationship between the two parties, it is impossible to borrow craftsmen from them.

It is unrealistic to attack Dongsheng Fortress. Even if Owen wants to settle accounts with Duke Eddie, he has to admit that the other party has a stronger wall, and his own musketeers and artillery teams have not yet formed enough combat effectiveness. The defense is okay, so he can take the initiative to attack the city.

That's too arrogant.

"Oh well."

Weiru had no choice but to take on this arduous job. He had no choice but to do so. He was the only old stonemason in Bianzhu Town, and he would probably be very busy in the future.

It’s not that it’s too much work, it’s just that Weiru has very high requirements for himself, and the quality of the completed buildings has always been very high.

Therefore, he felt a bit stressed.

How can I manage such a large-scale construction plan? If some quality problems accidentally arise, my accumulated reputation will be ruined.

Next, both parties fully discussed each drawing.

Since almost all of the things to be built were things Viru had never touched before, Owen had to let him understand the drawings thoroughly before he could hand over the task with confidence.

Not only that, Owen also divided the drawings into priorities, and asked Verus to build a project urgently - public toilets.

We can't let everyone continue to dump their feces and urine into the Weishui River.

After learning about hygiene from Winster, Owen understood why civilians were so prone to getting sick. Most of them were caused by unhealthy hygiene habits.

If we can change and let everyone develop good hygiene habits, I believe that more children will be able to grow up healthy and strong and reduce the occurrence of tragedies.

Moreover, the concentrated manure can be turned into organic fertilizer after fermentation and used on farmland.

Owen was originally disgusted by this kind of organic fertilizer, but the solution provided by Winster was very good, so he decided to adopt it.

Of course, building public toilets is just one of many measures.

Owen also planned to ask Clive to increase publicity efforts to make people aware of the importance of hygiene.

Schools should also set up special hygiene courses so that students can establish correct hygiene habits from an early age, and also encourage adults at home to change their past bad habits.

Since habits cannot be changed in a short while, it takes a long time to slowly correct them, so this matter must be implemented as soon as possible without delay.

After the discussion, not long after Vilu left with the drawings, someone came to the gate of the castle and asked to see him.

Upon learning that the visitor was Teresa, Owen immediately agreed.

When Teresa entered the room, she was holding a brand new book made of plant paper.

"Sir Owen, I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's okay, what do you want from me?"

Owen also noticed that the written content of the book in Theresa's hand was printed by a movable type printing press.

The printing press was manufactured recently, and each movable type was carefully carved by carpenters, as well as the ink used for printing, which took a lot of time.

Now, it is finally possible to print and produce books in large quantities to provide schools with relatively cheap educational books.

In this way, schools can teach students more knowledge.

In terms of education, Irving always followed Winster's advice and continued to increase investment.

This is an investment in the future of Bianzhu Town and cannot be stingy.

"Recently, I discovered that the priests who teach in the school are learning some weird knowledge." Teresa raised the book in her hand, "I heard that you are planning to open several new courses in the school, and one of the courses is called

basic science."

"Yes, what's wrong?"

This "Basic Science" is a book that Owen selected some simple and basic contents from various disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, etc., and compiled it into a volume.

The book alone is not enough. It is estimated that Owen is the only one in the world who can understand the contents of the book.

For this reason, Owen must take time to personally teach the teaching priests. He must first let them understand it before he can teach students.

If he has time, Owen plans to teach this course in schools himself. After all, science is a brand new thing, and not everyone has the same strong receptive ability as himself.

"Sir Owen, I have read this book."

Teresa put down the book and walked towards the table: "There are too many incredible contents in it, such as the air is composed of many different gases, etc."

"That's right." Owen nodded, "It also records experimental verification methods to prove this fact."

"No, that's not what I care about."

Teresa shook her head, put the book in her hand on the table, leaned down and put her face close to her.

"Sir Owen, I heard that you wrote this book. I'm curious, how do you know this knowledge?"

"This..." Owen suddenly became speechless.

In order to advance the education cause as quickly as possible, he had not considered this issue at all. Viru had asked similar questions before, but he had been fooled.

Do you want to tell the truth about Winster? Or continue to fool him? Theresa is a companion that she trusts very much.

Perhaps sensing Owen's difficulties, Teresa stood up and said, "Sir Owen, if you feel inconvenient to speak, you don't have to say anything."

Hearing this, Owen breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't know how to explain why he knew so much scientific knowledge.
Chapter completed!