Chapter 163 - Second Batch!

Along with that one business manager that specializes in Building Construction, 9 more Construction Workers were tagged along. Although they aren't in the Governing team, they will surely prove useful for Bale Town, to at least fight off the blistering february cold. These Construction workers were the most vital to bring up there, even though Bale Town had a few Construction Workers of its own. But not enough to survive this winter when you think about it. Or they could just be lacking the proper tools.

Their primary task shall be to cover houses with thicker layers of planks, considering that this team has better supplies such as Iron Hammers, nails, saws and even quality axes. It will be easier and more effective. They don't have to wait for February to end in order to provide the town with some more warmth. They might not even have to work for a month there if improving houses is their only task. 

Although making nails for the Construction workers in the Kingdom, and those of which will be sent to Bale Town became difficult with their current larger task at hand. By putting in some extra hours of work, the Blacksmiths succeeded at this sudden task. 5 sets of nails are ready, each one containing exactly 100 Nails. When you take it into consideration, it isn't a lot. But there are only 50 houses there. If more Nails are required, they will be ready by next week. Sending another set of nails to Bale Town would cover just about all the nails they need to fix the housing there, if they are savvy with the nails of course. If a lot of nails bend, Pameres Kingdom would have to send a third batch.

Without Blacksmiths in Bale Town, any Iron Tools in general are hard to come upon. The only Iron they have there, is Weapons. So King Zar made sure that the Construction Workers would go there well supplied instead of being held back by the lack of proper tools. Which is why he maxed out and supplied them with 30 Hammers. 

Iron Axes were also a requirement, but harder to mass produce or find spares of. Bale Town has 20 Lumberjacks, they sure can use better tools to boost their productivity, it can be a tide turner. Although gifting each Lumberjack with a couple of extra Axes along with the new one isn't quite possible yet, Zar made sure that each Lumberjack would receive a new Axe, plus 10 axes were sent as spares(Not per person.). A bit confusing when described, but he sent 30 Iron Axes in total.

He pushed productivity to grant 10 extra axes Since cutting down trees can be tricky and can often break the axe when the branches are cut off. Not because the branches are rock hard, but because the ground where they put the cut down tree on, often has rocks. 

The last and possibly most important tools, are the saws. Without the saws, they can't turn the lumber into planks. Without the saws, they can't even cut the planks to the desired sizes. They can be considered as the most used tools, but also the most vulnerable. They are thin, so they can break quite easily. That can tend to be a problem without a Blacksmith in town.

Luckily, the Blacksmiths in the Kingdom were reliable. They have been working extra hours, all of them! Even before the messenger arrived. How? Well Saws and axes are the most required tools. The construction workers pointed it out to the Blacksmiths before the messenger even arrived. And the word reached King Zar with a dash.

Zar felt almost sure that they will strike this Contract, so he agreed to the requests in a Heartbeat. He even felt guilty for not thinking about it himself. Even If they didn't successfully get this contract, the tools would simply be put into better use by the Construction Workers here, they would prove great spares.

Zar supplied these 10 Construction Workers with 30 saws. Unlike with the Axes, Spares were wildly necessary and will likely be required in the future. However by the time when they run out of Saws, it probably wouldn't be a big problem, since a Blacksmith is being sent from Pameres Kingdom with the Governing team. A team of Blacksmiths beginning training there is quite possible too.

Hunting tools being urgently required by Guard Commander Delrus Aze himself, 20 Iron Spears were donated without hesitation. Each Spear costs 60 Gold Coins, so this portion of the donation didn't come cheap. It would be considered ten salaries for some. But what's required is required. Nets can be the most valued tool for hunting, since people would rarely face an animal with a weapon, nets are required to set good traps plus it is a lot safer. So King Zar donated 100 of those. He donated more since they are easily breakable and multiple nets would net to be set at a time from each hunter.

Food is a constant problem in Bale Town, the problems aren't scarce on Pameres Kingdom either. The hunter that got hired a few months ago, gained enough experience to keep the Kingdom's food supply steady. Most importantly, they had experience before being hired as well. Now that they are used to the Kingdom's rules, flow and requirements. They are capable to take recruits under their wings, give goals for them to follow instead of hunting randomly.

Taking new recruits can be a large risk, especially at hunting where the recruit's life can possibly be in danger. Wild Boars are the most common animal in Ignis, and they can sure be dangerous considering that they weigh around a hundred kilograms and can jump around 1 meters high. They are a force to be reckoned with and should only be approached with nets and traps. Unless the Hunter has enough experience to face it with a spear. But that's just playing crazy.

This time however, King Zar played it very safe with the recruits. Both the Experienced Construction workers and Stonemasons, filed complains about the experinceless recruits before this event. They can be a hassle to control sometimes and some won't listen at all. So King Zar simply hired less for now even though they need a lot more with the tailoring business recently opened. 

He hired 3 recruits per experienced Hunter. Which means that he hired 18 new recruits. It sounds like a lot when approached with an overall count, but when split into 6 parts, it means that each Hunter will have to deal with 3 recruits only. It should make everything easier and should increase the overall hunting profit in the Kingdom.

Since hunting is a dangerous job in general, these experienceless recruits will be paid 150 Gold Coins a month, but with no additional bonus after certain periods of time, unlike the experienced hunters. King Zar has been looking to remove all bonuses and increase salaries instead. Because it tends to be a hassle each month when the budget and profit is calculated. Each month some calculation goes wrong and it takes all day to settle everything down. 

Summing it up, because of the new hunters, Zar can risk to donate yet another portion of food with minimal or no consequences. With a lot of wheat grain previously ordered from the Zamerians not because of the Gr.a.p.e Ale project(Which will be tackled in Autumn.) But because the Kingdom needed it and Lav Kingdom offered a fair discount to meet the local Ignis currency, an offer Lav Kingdom made for Pameres Kingdom exclusively since they are in cooperation, plus Lav Kingdom has a lot of grain to spare since they have bigger farmlands and more employees.

Zar managed to donate around 200 hundred Kilograms of wheat flour and 500 hundred Kilograms of Wheat Grain. Since the Kingdom doesn't yet own a windmill, the newly hired farmers(For the Gr.a.p.e Ale Project.) crushed the wheat grains manually over the days. Which explains why King Zar donated Grains mostly. The farmers at Bale Town have a windmill and can put this grain into use, while a windmill is also being constructed in Pameres Kingdom. 

King Zar also managed to donate 150 Kilograms of WildBoar meat, since the Hunters are mostly bringing Wildboars to the castle thanks to the winter season, simply giving away such expensive meat didn't become a problem. Donating Wolf meat became very easy as well, thanks to the season so he managed to donate another hundred Kilograms of Wolf meat too. Less tasty but it can still fill the belly.

Black Marlin Meat although the most expensive so far, he donated 50 Kilograms of it. This meat will be exclusively available to the citizens of Bale town only. Since they agreed with the Contract, King Zar wanted to thank them with a taste of luxury.