The 200 freight wagons and 60 passenger carriages, both large and small, were stored in the original 500-square-meter warehouse and the newly built 1,000-square-meter warehouse.
Oliver explained the situation and then said, "I'm not sure when you'll be free, but the largest warehouse, covering 3,000 square meters, is nearly finished. The final inspection will happen soon. Do you want to come?"
"I won't go. You, Manager Lin, and Manager Jiang can handle the inspection," Jason Liu replied, uninterested in attending. With the carriages already manufactured and delivered, his focus was now on their shipment to the northern lords
Oliver wasn't surprised by Jason's refusal and simply confirmed that he, along with Manager Lin and Manager Jiang, would complete the inspection.
Jason Liu then collected the keys to the other two warehouses from Justin, a sales employee overseeing the project on-site.
After sending Justin back to the company, Jason Liu went to the warehouse, where he transported the passenger carriages to the castle storage in Winter Market Town. However, freight wagons, gasoline saws, and oil storage tanks could only be transported later when he visited the lumber mill warehouse.
In Westeros, Jason didn't have to wait long. Within three days, representatives sent by the northern lords arrived at the Easter store on horseback, bringing carriages and money to pay for solar lighting equipment.
They brought their own carriages and the horses required to pull them. For example, the Dustin family from Barrowton purchased two large carriages and two smaller ones. Since each carriage needed two horses, they brought eight horses along.
Escorted by a dozen soldiers, the Dustin family's steward paid for both the carriages and the solar lighting equipment before loading them onto their wagons.
To assist with the installation of the lighting equipment, Jason divided his 30-person installation team into three groups of 10. One team accompanied the Dustin family's soldiers to their castle. The other two groups traveled to Seven City and Torrhen's Square to collect payment and distribute the purchased goods.
Following a prearranged list, these three teams continued visiting noble houses across the North, installing solar lighting in their castles.
For several days, the northern lords arrived with their payments, collected their carriages and lighting equipment, and departed. Finally, the transactions were complete.
Jason Liu now had nearly 140,000 golden dragons in his possession! Several safes were filled with shining gold coins.
Looking at the dazzling piles of gold, Jason felt immense satisfaction. Money gave a man confidence. Without it, life was much harder.
Now that he had more than 100,000 golden dragons, he felt much more secure.
The next morning, Jason took a carriage to the lumber mill.
By this time, nearly 4,000 men, women, and children had cleared and leveled the hundreds of acres surrounding the logging site. A wooden fence encircled the entire area, with three gates positioned to the west, east, and south. These gates were made from thick wooden planks, tied and nailed together for strength.
Inside the fenced area, loggers' quarters were under construction. These two-story wooden huts were being arranged in 20 rows, forming four accommodation zones.
Each row contained 10 houses, with each house having eight rooms on the ground floor and eight more above. Each room could accommodate two people, making space for a total of 3,600 workers.
Since most of the future loggers were expected to be families—husband and wife, or even entire households moving to the lumberyard—Jason and Torrant planned accordingly. Families of four or more would be given two adjacent rooms. Smaller families would receive a single room.
This setup meant that a total of 1,600 rooms would be built, capable of housing at least 800 families.
Considering that each family would provide at least two workers—one male and one female—the lumberyard would have a minimum of 1,600 laborers.
Additionally, children living on-site could help with small tasks, such as cutting branches from felled trees and gathering them in one place. In exchange for free food, shelter, and even clothing, these children could contribute in simple ways.
To make life easier for the workers, Jason planned a large communal canteen at the center of the living quarters. Workers wouldn't need to cook daily. Instead, they could bring their bowls and eat with their families at the canteen—completely free of charge! The only rule was not to waste food.
To the east of the residential area, near the riverbank, a soldiers' barracks and training ground were under construction.
Twenty barracks had already been built, containing a total of 160 rooms. The 250 soldiers stationed at the lumberyard would share rooms, with each room housing two men. However, captains like Jon, McCann, Bud, and Marbu would have individual rooms.
Between the soldiers' barracks and the loggers' housing stood a large wooden building with a sign reading "East Lumberyard Hospital."
This hospital was specifically established to treat soldiers, lumberjacks, and their families.
Due to a shortage of medical staff, Jason assigned five of Boris' assistants to rotate through the hospital to treat the sick and injured.
Fortunately, modern medicine was highly effective. Most of the illnesses on-site were simple colds and fevers, which could be cured with a few pills.
For minor injuries, such as cuts from logging work, workers were treated with alcohol to disinfect the wound before being bandaged.
Additionally, clever boys and girls aged 9 to 13 were recruited as assistants at the Lumberyard Hospital. They learned how to bandage wounds and recognize common medicines for treating colds and fevers.
With these young assistants helping, the hospital was able to function, albeit imperfectly.
"Once the city sends trained personnel, we'll have a fully staffed hospital with real doctors," Jason thought as he watched the children busily working.
After ensuring that everything was running smoothly, Jason dismissed the others and entered the massive warehouse of the lumberyard alone.
This warehouse was a large, simple wooden structure, covering dozens of acres.
Felled trees were buried in a foundation pit at one end of the warehouse, while wooden walls blocked the interior from view. From the outside, no one could see what was stored inside.
That evening, instead of returning to his castle in Winter Market Town, Jason traveled back to modern times. He transported 200 freight carriages, 200 gasoline saws, five barrels of motor oil, and a storage tank filled with enough gasoline to keep the saws running for half a month back to the lumberyard warehouse.
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