Jonas's hoarse voice rang out, "Lord Theodore, it's getting cold, you should head back early."
Listening to Jonas's words, Theodore glared at Aiden a few times before withdrawing his gaze and walking toward a distant carriage.
The other two manor lords also glanced at Aiden and, supported by their followers, headed to their respective carriages.
With the sound of carriages being driven away, five carriages left the three-story building and vanished into the night.
On the gravel road outside the town.
The carriages were moving at a steady pace.
Inside the carriage, an oil lamp emitting a faint glow swayed continuously.
The creaking sound of swaying echoed constantly within the carriage.
At this moment, Aiden's face was full of coldness.
His eyes looked through the swaying curtains into the distant darkness.
Until ten minutes later.
He called out to the outside of the window, "Ackman!"
Ackman, who was riding on a horse in front, heard this and quickly slowed down the horse, coming to the right side of the carriage.
Ackman's voice was full of respect, "Master?"
This time, Aiden actually called his name correctly.
Aiden wasted no words, directly saying, "Once we return to the manor, I need you to send a letter to Viscount Chambers's castle at Wind Hill!"
Ackman's eyebrow raised, he quickly responded, "Yes, Master."
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In a blink, three days passed.
Lynn habitually woke up early.
After eating the nutritious breakfast prepared by Kuisi, he stepped out of the castle.
Walking across the red brick ground, through the lime square, and along the extending lime road.
Lynn arrived at the site where the wooden tracks were being constructed.
Watching the busy townsmen, Lynn's gaze looked into the distance.
From where he was standing, the open-pit coal mine was only about two miles away.
He could even see the workers at the foot of the open-pit coal mine breaking up coal chunks!
As expected.
The more labor force, the faster the efficiency of work.
By dusk today, the wooden dual tracks from the town's entrance to the open-pit coal mine could be completed!
An inexplicable sense of anticipation rose in Lynn's heart.
Amidst the curious gazes of the townsmen, he stepped in and joined the track construction team.
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Sleepers were laid on the ground and fixed.
Tracks were nailed onto the sleepers.
Time was passing swiftly.
In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon.
At this time, Lynn was already less than a hundred meters from the open-pit coal mine!
Piles of sorted and crushed coal were stacked not far away.
Each pile was nearly three to four meters high, with a total of sixteen or seventeen piles!
As long as the track cars could run smoothly, it wouldn't take long to transport all this coal back to the town!
Fundamentally solving the issue of insufficient transport capability.
With the final few curved tracks nailed and secured, a twenty-mile long wooden dual track was finally completed!
Next, what remained was the final testing.
Colin walked briskly to Lynn, and asked, "Master, shall we start the test run now?"
Lynn glanced at the twenty hand-cranked mine cars that had been brought over, "Begin the test run!"
Colin respectfully bowed slightly, "Yes, Master."
With Lynn's permission, Colin immediately began arranging for workers to lift the hand-cranked mine cars onto the tracks.
Several workers worked together to shovel coal into the mine cars until the carriages were completely loaded.
As a carpenter apprentice climbed onto the mine car and continuously turned the hand crank, the power was transmitted to the car wheels through the drive mechanism.
With the axle assemblies in place, it reduced the driver's required force direction and saved half the effort!
Therefore.
Even for a carpenter apprentice, they could handle the fully loaded mine car and transport it back to the town.
Under the carpenter apprentice's cranking, the mine car began moving slowly.
Furthermore, its speed began to increase, becoming faster and faster.
Along the lime road, four carpenter apprentices jogged alongside.
If an accident happened, they would immediately perform a rescue.
The scene was reminiscent of learning to ride a bicycle for the first time.
Under Lynn's gaze, the mine car rolled over tracks, heading towards the town.
The speed was smooth, driving steadily, and could accelerate on slight downhill slopes.
Colin's gaze also followed the mine car as it moved away.
There was a clear look of hope and tension on his face.
This was his first time making a track mine car, and naturally, Colin didn't want to end in failure!
Especially since Master Lynn specifically drew the production blueprints for them.
Until the front mine car gradually disappeared from view.
Lynn spoke to Colin, "Continue!"
Hearing Lynn's instruction, Colin continued to arrange for an apprentice to lift a mine car onto the track.
After the carriage was fully loaded with coal, an apprentice climbed onto the mine car again to operate and drive it.
These mine cars were crafted by the joint effort of the carpenter workshop's apprentices.
Compared to construction workers, they were more familiar with the operation of the mine cars.
One after another, the fully loaded mine cars drove towards the town.
Quickly, Lynn noticed several issues with the mine cars.
Firstly, the starting speed of the mine cars was too slow.
To use the drive mechanism to start a car loaded with fifteen hundred pounds of coal, required the driver to exert a lot of energy.