By the time the two of them finally came back, another month had already slipped by, and now the height of summer had passed and autumn had set in.
The houses for the craftsmen to live in had also been put up, and over this past month, people were still continuously moving in with their teams.
They weren't just coming from the Capital City, but also from various other prefectures—craftsmen who knew how to build ships.
Rumor had it that the court was recruiting skilled shipbuilders to build great ships and sail the vast seas. There was no need for any mobilization at all; once the call went out, crowds of craftsmen came to sign up on their own.
Who didn't want to be part of something monumental? If you could take part in the grand enterprise of shipbuilding and ocean voyages, that would bring glory to your ancestors and be something you could boast about for a lifetime.
So a great many people came, and of course, the more the better.
