Chapter 13

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

He had spent a happy afternoon with Lena yesterday so Joshua decided to have a good rest.

The Sun had just risen in the morning when there was suddenly a knock on the door.

Joshua immediately sat up. “Who is it?”

A rough voice came from outside the door. “It’s me, Alger! I received a letter from the public office this morning. I heard that you’re going to build a farm so I came here to discuss with you about its construction!”

Joshua immediately held his forehead with one hand. He did not expect Alger to come so early.

With no other choice, Joshua hurriedly put on his clothes and opened the door.

“Have you eaten breakfast?”

“Yes, Village Chief! Because of this matter, I got up early in the morning and had breakfast!”

Speechless, it seemed that Alger would not let him off if this matter was not settled within the morning itself.

Under such circumstances, Joshua could only bring him to his office.

Soon, under Joshua’s supervision, Alger drew the blueprints for the farmland in front of his eyes.

A few hours later…

As Joshua, who had not had breakfast, was preparing to eat lunch, Alger handed over the blueprints that he had drawn and said, “How about this?”

Looking at the enthusiastic Alger, Joshua was too embarrassed to refuse him for his own stomach.

He could only bear his hunger and pick up the blueprint to look through them.

Half an hour later, the blueprint was finally completed.

When the matter was finally finished, Joshua heaved a sigh of relief.

Looking at Alger’s disappearing figure, Joshua immediately relaxed.

He called Lena over and had her prepare a sumptuous dinner for him.

Looking at Joshua who was like a hungry wolf, Lena secretly smiled. She looked very beautiful under the setting sun.

After dinner, Joshua’s matters were not over.

Because the blueprint had been finalized, he now needed to go to the public office to confirm these documents.

Only after Mortimer had confirmed them could these plans be carried out.

After arriving at the public office, Joshua found that there was a crowd of people surrounding the public office’s entrance.

From a distance, he could hear, “We protest against the village selling things! The things in the village are too expensive!”

“We have used up all our food!”

There were not many people protesting at the door. Most of them were simply onlookers.

Seeing this scene, Joshua remembered some things and entered the office through the back door.

Seeing that Joshua had arrived, Georgi, who was in charge of guarding the area, immediately walked to his side and said, “Village Chief! Do you think we should force them out?”

Joshua shook his head and said, “As long as they don’t smash things, don’t pay them any heed. I still have some things that need to be spread through them!”

“Yes, Chief! I’ll go and guard the gate now.”

Joshua immediately found Mortimer and said to him, “Stop what you’re doing for a while.”

Then, Joshua took a piece of white paper and wrote on it. 

[From tomorrow onward, the village will begin to recruit labor workers. A salary will be paid on a daily basis and there will be two meals a day. Those who are interested can register at the designated location!]

Looking at the notice written by Joshua, it seemed that Mortimer knew just what Joshua was attempting to do!

“You want to recruit people through this method?”

“Of course!”

“Our previous workers aren’t on a salary right now. If you recruit people like this, the people on the construction site will be very dissatisfied!”

“The solution to that is simple. From tomorrow onward, the skilled workers on the construction site will be given five times the salary of ordinary workers.”

Mortimer thought for a moment and felt that this method was feasible!

This would not only increase the circulation of money but also make them more motivated.

“Young Master Joshua, I’m really sorry to have to trouble you with these things!”

Joshua waved his hand and explained, “Actually, I’m here today for the construction of the farmland and breeding grounds.”

Hearing this, Mortimer immediately took out the documents that needed to be reviewed.

“Everything is here. Young master, please take a look! I’ll help you put up the notice now.” With that, he picked up the notice on the table and walked out.

Looking at the thick construction plan, Joshua flipped through each and every one of them carefully.

After more than half an hour, he signed all the things on the table that needed to be approved.

After he was done, Joshua sat down on the chair. He could not help but remember that he had still been on Earth just a few months ago.

At that time, other than work, he was playing games. Life was so boring. Now, he had become the village chief.

He suddenly felt that he had fallen in love with this kind of life!

Not long after, Mortimer walked in with the form. He smiled at Joshua and said, “Young master, your method is very useful! After these people saw the notice, most of them at the scene quickly signed it! There are now a few hundred recruits for average laborers. What should we do with these people next? They have never even built houses before!”

Joshua thought for a moment and said, “Tomorrow, you will bring the matter of salary to the construction site in advance and talk to the workers there. Record down their identities and classify them as skilled workers. 

“After recording all the skilled workers, you can then let the ordinary workers in. If we operate in this way, we will be able to obtain a large number of craftsmen! In the future, no matter if we’re building a village or a large town, we will not need to worry about the manpower needed.”

Hearing Joshua’s words, Mortimer immediately took action.

Seeing that Mortimer had been busy by himself, Joshua said to him, “It’s really too hard for you to work alone! You can choose a few races with a higher level of education to help you work!

“While you’re at it, train more talents. I have a feeling that our town will become bigger in the future!”

After hearing what Joshua said, Mortimer recorded this matter in his work notebook.

Once he had given out all the instructions, Joshua went straight to the office.

At this time, the noisy people outside had completely dispersed. They had already returned to their own homes to prepare for work the next day.

Looking at the village that was getting bigger and bigger, Joshua felt as if he was in a dream.

If it wasn’t for the pain he felt when he pinched himself, he would have thought that he had been in a very long dream!

“It seems that I, as the village chief, also need to work hard!”

On his way back, there was a shadow in the darkness observing him from the dark, confirming his every move.