My territory is filled with block creations.

Chapter 50 Suspended Factory

A week later.

It has to be said that not everything in this world goes as smoothly as Thorne imagined. The things planned last night can be carried out this morning.

Many other minor issues will arise this week, disrupting his plans.

For example, the men's and women's shower rooms were built even earlier than the factory the next day. However, because the villagers were so dirty, they blocked the drains in the shower rooms completely, so Thorne had to break through the blockage and dig a drainage ditch directly.

On the third day, some villagers were awakened by the stuffiness of a meter-thick, airtight room, so much so that Thorne spent a day fixing the ventilation system of all the houses.

On the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, each day was filled with minor but time-consuming issues. Now, after resolving all the problems, we are finally able to plan the assembly line factory.

To be honest, Thorne now fully understands why major cities in later generations no longer have city walls.

Leaving aside the changing nature of warfare, if a city with sufficient productivity continues to expand outwards, creating increasingly larger concentric circles, building city walls becomes impractical, as it would also disrupt transportation and restrict development.

Moreover, with the rapid flow of population and logistics, city walls were essentially pure obstacles.

For example, right now Thorne is sitting at his desk, with a map of the village spread out on the paper.

Inside the city walls, the houses, warehouses, and all sorts of machinery of the villagers were crammed together.

If we add two more assembly line factories, we'll have to expand the city walls. To be honest, that's not a difficult task for Redstone Village right now.

However, he was afraid that the villagers would think that this behavior of tearing down the city wall yesterday, repairing it today, tearing it down again tomorrow, and repairing it again the day after tomorrow was a waste of effort to torment them.

It would be better to build a large enough city wall all at once, but that's not realistic either, since a long enough city wall would also stretch the battle lines long enough.

Twenty untrained soldiers? Forget it, it sounds ridiculous.

"Hmm, if expanding the plane doesn't work..." Thorne stroked his chin as he studied the problem, wondering if expanding the top and bottom areas would be a good option.

The moment the idea popped into his head, he laughed; the underground factory plan was immediately erased from his mind.

Not to mention how harmful the meager light from torches is to the eyes, even underground ventilation is difficult.

As for the aerial factory, there is no problem at all. It only needs one pillar to attach two production lines in mid-air. The only thing to pay attention to is that the scale needs to be controlled so as not to block the village's natural light.

With that in mind, he decisively picked up a piece of paper and wrote down the latest gathering tasks: wood and stone were necessities, and if possible, he could also dredge some sand from the riverbed to make glass.

He had burned some glass before, just to make windows for modular houses, which is one of the reasons why the defenses are not well ventilated.

But now I need to use glass to build a large-scale aerial walkway.

If there are any left over, they can perhaps be traded. As long as production is controlled, they can be sold for a good price.

Without hesitation, he quickly planned the resource collection sites. The timber would be sourced from the only road leading from Redstone Village to Autumn Wind Town, while the stone would be sourced from underground in Redstone Village. In any case, given its unique properties, there was no fear of geological collapse.

This not only means that half of the road to Qiufeng Town has been completed ahead of schedule, but it will also make it much easier to expand the underground space of Hongshi Village in the future.

After giving the task to Naro, who then passed it on to Karl, who in turn gave it to the villagers to start gathering, Thorne also found Alex fishing by the river.

Looking at Thorne's expression, Alex couldn't help but have a bad feeling: "You don't have some plan you just came up with on a whim, do you?"

"Huh? You guessed that right? Do you have any way to transmit the power source into the air and help me pass the conveyor belt?" Thorne asked, raising his eyebrows.

Alex, true to her professionalism, only hesitated for a moment before replying, "Hmm... using waterwheel power directly would result in too much attenuation, making it counterproductive and wasteful. Using a windmill might work, but I'm still a little curious, what are you going to do with transmitting power into the air?"

"I want to build the factory in the sky in the future." Thorne said, pointing to the sky. The latter naturally thought of the illogical scene when Thorne built the framework of the city wall.

"Hmm? Sounds promising! But there are some difficulties to overcome. If the windmill blades are made of wooden planks, they will be too heavy and won't be able to turn. Even if they do turn, it will waste a lot of power, which will be troublesome if we want to expand the factory in the future."

"So what materials are used these days?" Thorne asked.

"Canvas, leather, or something like that. Wool definitely won't work; it's too breathable. Why don't you do some research and hurry up and have Doug steal a couple of cows on his next trading trip? Aren't you capable of making those things that make them reproduce quickly?" Alex suggested, raising an eyebrow.

"I will, but I'll buy it, not steal it." Thorne said as he headed to Lester's place to check on the progress of his warrior training. However, he suddenly realized that it wasn't a good idea to let Alex fish and slack off here every day; it was a waste of talent.

"By the way, if you have time, go to the work area and make me a few animal-drawn carts. If you need them for business next time, just tell me what materials you need in the list." After Thorne finished speaking, he strode to the Valley Square.

This place feels more like a training ground specifically for training soldiers than a valley.

Twenty training dummies were lined up in a row, and opposite them stood twenty warriors holding spears.

Lester marched through the ranks like a patrolling drill instructor, shouting, "One, two, thrust!"

Upon hearing the command, the soldier instinctively gripped his spear and thrust it forward. The speed was so fast it felt like muscle memory; his movements were much faster than he could think.

However, Lester was able to spot a few unlucky guys who either moved too fast or too slow, or who simply couldn't perfectly replicate the command one-to-one, and then he would drag them out of the group and give them a good beating.

Thorne was stunned and felt a chill run down his spine watching those two unlucky guys standing in the middle of the square being whipped without being able to shout or even change their expression.

Had I not been clear about the requirements I had given Lester? Would the warriors trained in this way be the same as the figures in my mind?

Lester, who was whipping Thorne with great enthusiasm, saw Thorne approaching and immediately sped up his whipping. After whipping Thorne fifteen times in just over five seconds, he ordered everyone to rest on the spot and then jogged over to Thorne.

"Village chief, what are your orders?" Lester asked.