My territory is filled with block creations.

Chapter 40 Redstone Village

This question wasn't something Lester asked casually; it was something that came to him during his trade trip, coupled with his experience of being treated as a slave.

Heaven knows how embarrassing it would be if that adventurer named Green asked him which village they came from, or if he were asked by customers at the market, or by other slaves in the slave barn, and he couldn't answer the question about the village's name.

"A name?" Thorne on the other side paused for a moment before realizing that he had been in this village for so long and hadn't actually thought of giving it a name.

It has to be said that this is indeed a very important issue. Thinking about it carefully, it is really necessary to give a village a good name nowadays. Putting aside the intangible things like uniting people's hearts, he also plans to continue to organize caravans.

After all, it wouldn't be good if others asked the caravan, "Hey, which village are you from?" and they replied, "Oh, I don't know, my village is very beautiful."

Then they spend a huge amount of time telling them that the way to the village starts in Autumnwind Town and goes through a thin forest in the middle of the North Mountain Range. Isn't that insane?!

But a new problem has arisen: what should this village be called?

"Redstone Village?" Thorne blurted out, speaking without thinking.

"Huh? Where's the red? Where's the stone? Or is the red stone some kind of weird thing? Why don't you just call it Block Village?" Alex complained.

Then, as the villagers sat around, they realized something: when it came to naming things, Lady Alex was far more outrageous and humorous than Lord Thorne.

Seeing Alex's conflicted expression, Thorne scratched his head and asked, "Is this name strange?"

Alex then started stroking her chin. If you don't get hung up on what Redstone actually is, just looking at those two words as a name, it's actually not bad.

Red represents sincerity and passion, while stone represents perseverance and steadfastness. The overall structure is quite elegant and easy to pronounce. The only problem is...

"A village is too small an administrative unit and doesn't match the relatively grand and solid word 'redstone.' If it were Redstone Fortress or Redstone City, it would be perfect."

Alex said hesitantly.

"There's nothing we can do about it; we don't have enough people to upgrade the administrative scale. But there will always be opportunities in the future. So, what do you think of this name?"

As Thorne spoke, he turned to look at the expressions of the villagers surrounding him. They couldn't quite put their finger on what was so good about the name Redstone, but it was catchy, sounded nice, and was unlikely to be ridiculed if spoken aloud, which was enough for them.

Thorne looked at the expressions on the faces of the villagers and understood what was going on: "Then let's call it Redstone Village. Maybe I can put up a sign later. But there's something else. I don't like you guys always calling me Lord. It's too formal."

"What's it called?" Lester asked.

"Just call me the village chief." After Thorne finished speaking, Alex slapped her forehead in exasperation.

Meanwhile, Thorne listened to the village chief's words with satisfaction, stuffed the bread in his hand into his mouth, walked towards the worktable, made a batch of notice boards, wrote the three words "Redstone Village" on them, and then ran to the outside of the village wall to put them up.

Then, deep in the nearby forest, a path had been carved out by the footsteps of people passing by. He then erected a signpost beside the path, indicating the direction and name of the village.

After her initial frustration, Alex got back to work, giving Lester and Doug, the two more astute ones, a meaningful look, and instructing them to continue showing the new villagers around the village, including things like waterwheels, brushing machines, millstones, rope-making machines, and so on.

Let them see how powerful this village is, and then they'll settle down here and serve as laborers.

Although Lester and Doug were a little stunned, they eventually understood what Alex meant and, after realizing what she meant, continued to lead the newly joined villagers on their tour.

"Ah~ It's good to have more people, finally I can relax a bit." Alex leaned against a wooden plank by the river and randomly grabbed a passing villager to carry all the tableware to the river to wash.

Meanwhile, Thorne, having finished putting up the notice board, returned to the village and stood at the highest point of the city wall, looking down over the entire village. He picked up a piece of paper and a piece of charcoal and began to write and draw plans on the crenellations of the city wall.

First, the village population has increased dramatically, and the current pitiful area is definitely not enough to accommodate everyone. In fact, the village was already a bit crowded from the beginning, with most villagers sharing a room or three villagers sharing a room.

Only he and Alex had a single room, and the pitiful situation that followed was definitely not going to be possible; everyone needs some private space, right?

It has to be said that the village's city wall was planned a bit too early, but fortunately, the population has increased now, making it much easier to expand the city wall.

After thinking it over, Thorne decided to demolish all the north-south walls of the village and then expand it outwards to a considerable area. In addition, the expanded area should also be extended to the east and west.

The square-shaped city wall was transformed into an "工" shape, except that the section facing the river was slightly shorter.

This plan, by sheer accident, solved the problem of blind spots when defending villages. It can be said that it can both defend against blind spots and avoid the need to redesign new city gates, achieving two goals at once.

Now that the village has expanded, it's time to create a large enough dedicated workspace for myself, since I still need to manufacture modular house components.

Modular flooring, walls, and roofing all require a large enough area; the small space centered around the workbench, with an area of ​​no more than twenty square meters, is definitely not enough.

But where to set up the work area? Thorne glanced at the waterwheel with 2.0 power next to the village wall and thought it looked good.

Firstly, that huge machine wasn't protected by the city walls, so being closer to the waterwheel would provide some protection. Secondly, he might need the waterwheel's power, and being nearby would be more convenient.

Moreover, its geographical location is also excellent, being located in the very center of an unusual village, offering a wide view and convenient access.

Thorne quickly jumped off the city wall and began the specific design and construction. First of all, it was a bit risky to leave such a large thing as a waterwheel without the protection of the city wall. Therefore, a section of the city wall at this location needed to protrude. Fortunately, the area was not large, and he could complete it himself.

After protecting the second-generation waterwheel power system, the next step was to level the ground. A flat groove was dug in the ground, and then wooden planks were laid on top. Soon, a platform of approximately 200 square meters was built outside the waterwheel. Finally, a sunshade was erected on top.

It's not big, but it should be enough.