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Chapter 41 The village needs an administrator.

Meanwhile, the older villagers had already led the new villagers on a tour of the entire village.

It must be said that the cheers of surprise and shock from the new villagers, though they assaulted their ears again and again, were something they never tired of hearing.

They were all answering the newcomers' questions diligently.

They could talk about some things, such as incredibly fast-growing crops, machines that use kinetic energy to weave threads into ropes, or millstones. But there were other things they couldn't describe.

For example, the money-making machine that appears out of thin air, or the perpetually surging pool on the second-generation waterwheel power unit—these are questions they'll have to ask the village chief themselves.

Of course, even if the villagers didn't dare to ask the village chief, Lester and his team had to lead them to him. Asking questions was a minor matter; the main issue was work arrangements.

Thorne, who was setting up a tent in his work area, was somewhat troubled when he saw a large number of villagers gathering around.

Having a large group of people also has its downsides. For example, it takes more effort to remember all the names.

Fortunately, he now had some help. He walked towards the box not far away, took out a thick stack of papers, and casually strung them together with a needle and thread. Although there was no leather to make a book cover, it was enough to keep the book from falling apart.

This also served as a reminder to Thorne that the second trade trip should be started as soon as possible, at least to buy some livestock and the like.

Whether making books or leather armor, a large amount of leather is required.

He quickly handed the paper and charcoal to Carl and Doug, the former having entrusted him with the task of compiling village personnel statistics after seeing him volunteer.

The latter is one of the few literate, highly skilled individuals in the village. The idea is to have the two of them work together to create a file for all the villagers, and then use that file to assign jobs to each villager.

As for the files, Thorne had prepared a table in advance, including names, ages, genders, education levels, and special skills. As for place of origin and home address, there was no need to think too much about it; they were all definitely from Redstone Village.

After handing the form to Carl and Doug, Thorne continued setting up his lovely workspace.

Perhaps we could set up a second-floor work area, which could then serve as our residence?

But wouldn't that give people a feeling of being superior on a physical level? It doesn't feel quite right, so let's forget about it and just set up the living area and work area on the same floor. Living in one corner and working in a large area, no problem.

At most, a partition was set up in the corner bedroom. A small but not cramped, even fresh and warm room was set up in the corner of the work area. Then, the bed, desk and stool were stuffed in.

However, after thinking about it, he still put the desk outside and connected it to the work area, so that it could also be used as his own office desk, saving space.

In addition, there was the issue of sanitation in the living area. He first used two buckets to build an unlimited water source at a high point in the work area. Then, taking advantage of the property of water flowing from high to low, he used it to serve as both a drinking water source and a sanitation water source. Finally, he built a small pool at the end of the water source so that it would eventually flow into the river.

This will make it easier for me to soak my feet in the future. Not only that, I can also take a bath or do laundry when there are fewer people around at night.

After finishing my own business, it's time to take care of the villagers' business. The first thing is that all the houses in the village will be demolished. I had already talked to the villagers about this during a meal.

Now all we have to do is wait for Carl and Doug to compile the villagers' files, and then we can get them to start construction.

Before that, I need to plan the future houses and roads in the village.

He quickly picked up a small shovel, stepped out of the work area, and began to plan the location and size of future houses around the work area.

First, the size of the villagers' houses needs to meet their living, storage, and social needs, as well as the area they will need for cooking in the future.

In addition, it cannot be too enclosed, after all, they are people, not goods, so the area must not be too small. Besides the bed, table, chairs and stove, they also need space to move around freely.

The area cannot be too small, nor can it be too large, as that would not only waste space but also hinder future development.

So a villager's hut is 50 square meters, which is just the right size.

First, Thorne marked all the houses in the village with a large X with charcoal. Then, he dug out a 50-square-meter foundation for each house with a shovel, followed by the roadbed connecting the houses.

After finishing all that, Thorne was about to return to the work area to start making modular house parts, but at that moment Carl and Doug also came back with a thick stack of papers and the other villagers.

"Chief... Village Chief, we're back. The villagers' files are all ready, right here." Karl said, handing Thorne a thick stack of papers, who nodded and began to look at them.

The village now has a total of 54 people, including myself and Alex. There are 11 long-time villagers and 41 new villagers. As for their education and special skills, unfortunately, there are no surprises. However, I had already thought about it, so there is no problem.

Once the number of participants is confirmed, tasks will be assigned.

First, send five new villagers to the warehouse area to retrieve axes. Then, they are tasked with demolishing all the buildings marked with an X in the village. This is a one-time job, so after they have finished demolishing the houses, they will have to return to take on new, permanent work.

Next came the fixed work, such as the farmland across the river. Fifteen people were assigned to work there, divided into three groups. One experienced villager led four new villagers to form a group, and each group was responsible for the corresponding crops, such as wheat, potatoes, and carrots. In addition, they were also responsible for the sugarcane along the riverbank in their spare time.

Then there was a four-person gathering team, mainly responsible for logging and mining. Thorne chose to have an experienced villager lead three new villagers, and their first task was to go to the forest to start cutting down trees, ideally cutting a road directly between the forest from Redstone Village to Autumnwind Town.

One person is responsible for feeding the three chickens in the corner of the territory, using wheat seeds to make them reproduce continuously, and also for collecting the eggs.

The others are a brushing machine and a rope braiding machine. These two machines run day and night. Thorne also has three people working on one machine, with one old villager leading two new villagers. The three work in three shifts, with each person working eight hours to ensure the machine keeps running.

Of course, these villagers are more than capable of doing this kind of frighteningly easy work, so the scale of these two machines will be increased and expanded in the future.

As for the remaining villagers, Thorne looked at the file in his hand. Apart from himself and Alex, there were twenty-six idle villagers left. The rest would be very simple.

Six villagers formed the caravan for the next trade trip, including Doug. Thorne had initially wanted to include Lester as well, but he noticed that the new villagers would sometimes tremble at Lester's mere glance, especially since Lester was arguably the first to organize a slave rebellion in the slave warehouse.

Thorne realized that Lester might have other talents, at least far greater than his talent in business...

So Thorne waved his hand and sent all the remaining villagers to the threshing ground for military training. As for Lester, it must be said that he had a little bit of combat talent and was quite intimidating to the new villagers.

At the same time, he resolutely carried out his orders, so he decided to hand over these twenty men to Lester for training. He didn't know if it would work, but at least he could give it a try.

Once Lester has trained the villagers sufficiently, he can divide them into two teams: one team will act as a caravan escort, while the other team will infiltrate the Upper North Ridge to find the exact location of the goblin iron mine.

Of course, if circumstances permit, it's also polite to send a commission to the Adventurers' Guild to improve the efficiency of finding goblin iron ore.

The road ahead is bright!

After he had assigned tasks to everyone and sent them off, Lester stayed on his own initiative.

"Hmm, what's wrong with you? You're not here to quit, are you?" Thorne couldn't help but joke when he saw Lester stay. However, this joke almost made the latter turn pale.

"Absolutely not, Village Chief!"

"Just call me village chief, I don't like adults." Thorne waved his hand. "Then what do you do?"

Lester scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "Village Chief... Village Chief, you asked me to train them to be warriors, but what should a warrior be...?"

Thorne paused, admitting it was indeed a good question: "Soldiers... well, they must obey orders without question and maintain strict discipline. That is to say, orders must be executed immediately. The army's bottom line is that no one can violate anything that is detrimental to the villagers or the village. The entire army must maintain a high degree of unity in its actions..."

Thorne wanted to continue, but then stopped himself.

At least for the villagers at this level, as long as they can obey orders and maintain strict discipline, they are already powerful soldiers who surpass most armies of this era.

Saying more might confuse Leicester and backfire, resulting in a mishmash of characters... so let's stop here.

"Then, village chief, how exactly should I train them?" Lester continued to ask.

"Hmm... train them as one person, or train twenty people as one person, like a rope braiding machine, braiding thin threads into a large rope. That's what it means to move in unison."

"Once you can get them to act in unison, they will basically have a subconscious obedience to your orders, and strict discipline will not be far off. As for strict discipline, that's your problem. You need to let them know what is right and what is wrong, and that wrong things cannot be done."

After Thorne finished speaking, Rice nodded. He seemed to understand, but also seemed not to. However, he eventually felt that he understood a little. Then he walked towards the threshing ground and began to think of ways to train the villagers.

Just as Thorne finally assigned all the work to everyone, Alex came over again.

He was a little confused. At this time, Alex didn't have any work to do, so shouldn't she be sunbathing by the river?

He instinctively scratched his head and asked again, "What are you doing here?"

Alex shook her head: "I'm sorry, the Mechanical Church has rules regarding the private lives of its members, so that's not allowed..."

As she spoke, she noticed Thorne's increasingly strange expression, then shrugged: "I was just kidding."

However, Thorne's expression remained puzzled after her explanation. Alex thought for a moment, considered a possibility, and added, "The church's precepts are not a joke. I'm mainly here to talk to you about serious matters."

"Hmm... Serious business? Aren't we supposed to continue discussing those lewd topics about baby chicks and mother hens?" Thorne was a little confused by Alex's joke, and finally checked again.

"This is a real issue, and I think we need to find a full-time administrator for the village."