The foundations

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POV of Wilhelm

It had been several days since the great Prussian army had left the capital and set out for its new home.

The place where all the resources that had been obtained by negotiation were being accumulated had arrived days ago and was being processed for the titanic work that was approaching.

Every day wagons arrived filled with iron and coal to be processed into steel, logs from the nearby and not-so-nearby forests were processed into planks.

The Prussian blast furnaces worked non-stop with three continuous eight-hour shifts, even working at night so that production never stopped the steel was needed for everything, tools, nails, beams and support bars

The local population had been called to serve to produce bricks, from the nearby villages several thousand people had started working to produce bricks, men, women, children, all working to receive the payment that the Prussians had offered for their services.

The Prussian engineers had taken out their topographical tools and had worked for days to make the drawings of the city, when parts of the plans of the city had been finished, they made use of one of the most abundant resources that the Prussian army had

Cheap labor from the prisoners that the Prussians captured with the surrender of the Tyrells, from which time the Prussians had set them to work tirelessly doing menial jobs to avoid having to waste the Prussian manpower on unimportant work.

Within the time that the bulk of the Prussian army was in the north they worked on the foundations of the construction of the new Prussian capital, which was quite close to the most powerful castle in the reach.

After a quick trip from the capital, the Prussian monarch's boots touched the ground and he looked at the construction site, in which there were already several kilometers of pits waiting to be filled with cement or to build the sewage system.

A large group of engineers were waiting for him with dozens of rolls of plans to be approved for construction in the city.

''Report'' I said as I walked and watched the work.

''My king, the westerosis has been very useful, we have almost finished the preliminary works for the sewage system, if our expectations are kept in only three days, we should start working on them and in one moon it should be completed'' said an engineer handing some plans for me to check them.

I compared the plans with what was going on in the construction and everything was going well.

''Everything is in order, what about the steel production?, can we have a stable supply or are there problems with the quality of the iron we import'', I said as I signed the blueprint and handed it to him.

''The mines of the vale have shown to be the highest quality iron mines, working with that ore is easier for the steel to have the desired characteristics, I recommend increasing the import from the area, not only because of the higher quality but also because we have more processing capacity of the ore than what is currently produced, there are facilities in the ashford steel mill that are not working at one hundred percent of their capacity'' an engineer answered to my question.

''we are ahead of our expectations, it seems the Westerosis guided by skilled people can do wonders, but what will we do with them when .... you know, we should free them because the war is over, we will lose a huge amount of workers that we only have to feed and give a little watered beer occasionally''said Roon while reviewing progress reports.

''Well Lord Arryn is negotiating peace with Dorne, the longer the conflict lasts we can keep using the prisoners, then we will have to free them, but the good thing is that since we already taught them a job, besides using the sword and the spear we can convince some to stay working here for a decent salary, the rest should return to their homes and could be used by the local administration for minor jobs'' I answered while I looked through the groma

'Hell, there is a level drop, though not a very big one.'

''about the cement how did it go with the experimentation'' I asked the group of engineers following me.

''The mixture that you recommended analyzing has proved to have a fantastic property, my king, easy to prepare and being liquid it facilitates the construction works.... if you observe on the horizon, there is a house of twenty-four square meters that was our first test with the material, it is worth saying that the construction was fast and simple with a constant supply we could renovate all the houses in the reach to one with the new materials'' said an engineer handing me a papyrus

''Papyrus, why are you using this?'', I asked the engineers, who began to grimace.

There was an awkward moment where everyone looked at each other and no one seemed to want to talk.

You, why are you using papyrus and not paper, this junk is delicate and requires a lot of care not to deteriorate'' I said looking at one of the engineers who was hiding his face.

''The quartermaster officers are rationing paper for reports, apparently our strategic paper reserves are running low and the westerosis are using papyrus or parchment, which is scarce because it is only used by rich merchants and the nobility and very, very expensive, so for the moment we work with what we have at hand my king'' the engineer replied a little fearfully.

Von Roon ran his hands over his face.

''I'm going to talk to the damned quartermaster officers who kept the information to themselves'' said Roon walking with his men searching for the officers in charge of our supplies.

''Leaving aside this incident, have you tried to do anything to resolve it?'', I said, looking at the group of the brightest mints I had available.

''We tried to solve it ourselves, but with the shortage of wood in this territory and with all the wood that came from the northern territories was for construction, we had no choice but to buy the expensive papyrus from the Westerosi'' said the engineer.

I began to observe the surroundings.

''Good, build presses for the wood, we have to process the wood into paper, we can't keep giving our administration more problems with the shortage of a more important material, priority number one, how expensive is the papyrus?'', I asked while I continued observing the progress in the construction.

''Two silver stags for five papyrus'' replied another engineer.

''GOTT, we are leaving a lot of coins in this, we'll get to work, look for a couple of Prussian guards and teach them how to make paper, I don't want the Westerosi to start using our technology, we could earn a lot of selling paper'' I said to the engineers.

After reviewing the work and making sure that almost everything was going as planned we were even getting ahead of work, we set up my tent and I began to review reports from the new governors who were already working tirelessly to establish a system in which we can manage even with our shortage of literate men.

''My king I have already spoken to the logistics officers, such an administrative failure should not happen again''said Roon entering the tent as he removed his gloves.

''Well, it is serious, but understandable, we had an efficient system when it came to acquiring day to day supplies, but we are not in Prussia anymore, but well anything to point out about the construction plans?'', I said looking at the scale plan I had to review

''How high will the walls be'', Roon asked as he looked at the map.

''the inner wall twenty-two meters in total, twelve above the surface, the other ten are to make it harder for the besiegers, if they try to undermine the stability of the walls they will have to dig much deeper which will buy time in a siege, six meters thick, we can use all kinds of siege weapons to counter whatever our future enemies throw at us'' I replied as I began to work on the plans of the city that was to protect the mander river.

''The second wall, the outer one will be eighteen meters, eight above the surface, ten underground, it should have a slope of almost three meters, very similar to the walls of Theodosius, when the fortification is ready with about ten thousand men garrisons could efficiently protect the entire fortification and how not to forget the moat, we will divert the surrounding rivers to copy the system that the Tully have and a small wall to make things difficult''I said while I continued working

''What shall we do with that castle that can be seen in the distance?, shall we leave it abandoned?'', asked Roon pointing to Highgarden.

''The castle is too big, too much, this new castle seeks to be efficient, not and leisure, gardens, swans, music or other things that are not necessary, here we will do the administrative work and little else, the idea is to be a fortress city only for Prussians to avoid having to invest so much in defense against spies, Highgarden can serve for banquets and celebrations, although personally, I would send it to demolish to send a message if it was not too expensive'' I said leaving the quill in the inkwell

''I understand, how are the kingdom's finances?'', Roon asked as he signed his military reports and left them on my desk.

''At the moment I would say for sure we are the richest in the kingdom, since the Lannisters spent a fortune, the dowry, compensation and purchase of the sword of the Roxton house, but our expenses are huge, we committed a good amount in the bank that should generate income at the end of the year, besides we have to import everything from other territories''

''Our income is unstable because we depend on the price of grain which by the grace of the almighty is extremely high, because of the levels of destruction caused by the lords of the seven kingdoms'' I said as I thought of ways to find income.

Roon abruptly opened his eyes, reading a report.

''Almost four thousand killed in the raid the Finns carried out in tumbleton, hanged, some crucified and even impaled.... alive''said Roon showing me the report.

''yes, we expect more dead in the next few days, the Finns are going to hunt down all the criminals that are in the tumbleton governorate to show them what will happen if they rebel against our government, an exemplary punishment all at once'' I said looking at Roon

''Rebels should be punished, without mercy, but giving a governorship to Finns? You know that man is not very stable''said Roon with a bit of annoyance.

''The Finn didn't want an administrative position, he gave it to one of his men, a nobleman I think you know, his family served the kingdom for almost two centuries, he guaranteed me that he was a reliable person and will do his duty as expected from his family, so lose care, we must keep working'' I said while smiling slightly

''Yes, my king'' said Roon again concentrating on his work.

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