--------The next day------


    Since Landon couldn’t start the mission until Tim came back, he decided to open his school today.


    The adults could attend sses anytime of the day, due to the fact that some of them worked at morning shifts while others worked at afternoon shifts. Landon forbade anyone, especially the miners to work above 9pm in Baymard. Mining while usingmps air candles was still too dangerous in Landon’s opinion.


    The children on the other hand, had to attend only morning sses.


    After training, he asked the knights to gather all the vigers around the town square in the central region. Even the miners and farmers had to attend, plus the alchamists and fishermen. Everybody!!


    He looked at therge crowd and climbed up the podium in the city square in the central region.


    "Citizens of Baymard. Within this past month and a half, history has been made here in this glorious city. The farnds have bored food, the people are healthy and the town is growing steadily...Some of you have had steady wages from working in the various jobs in Baymard, and can now afford to feed your families. You all need to feel proud because, this is the result of your hardwork." Landon said


    Everyone nodded and felt warm inside, especially those who had been working in factories and farnds.


    "As you all know, Baymard is no longer part of Arcadina. The empire has rejected us because in their eyes we the trash of Arcadina. The empire abandoned us and left us for dead. But do we need them?..No we don’t. We will make our own empire and make them regret ever throwing us away."


    As they listened, they blood began to boil. For years now, they had been requesting food and assistance from their former king, Landon’s father, King Barn.


    But what did he do? Absolutely nothing. He neglected them for years and left them to their hunger.


    "The empireughed at Baymard thinking that we would always remain weak and die from starvation....But, haven’t we proven them wrong? It is my dream to make Baymard a paradise on earth for you all. We will progress mentally, physically and financially together. We will fight and trample on our enemies together... I promise to make the city a holynd to all who see it. Are you all with me? Are you all with me!!!? Landon asked loudly.


    "Yes" They yelled passionately.


    "Good....In future, I will offer up more jobs to you all allowing all of you to make as much money as you would like and live better lives than your current states.... But for this to happen, I need my people to be literate.... I will teach you all and allow you to further yourselves in the world. My people must not be looked down on by anyone in the empire. I will make you all leaders of tomorrow and Baymard, the promisend for all. This is my promise to you."


    They were stunned. His highness was willing to teach them? Their hearts were filled with joy and gratitude towards Landon. Their children would be literate and smart like people in flourishing cities. They vowed hat they were going to seriously learn and develop Baymard alongside with Landon. They also wanted to witness history in the making.


    Landon exined the schooling system to them and had everyone register for a session.


    He had Lucius and the three Major general’s, write out their names on parchment papers. Lucius wrote down the names of all children, while the three generals Registered the adults. Gary registered adults for morning sses, Josh for early afternoon sses and Mark forte afternoon sses.


    Registering, allowed Landon to know how many people would attend the sses daily. Just like that, the first day of ss was set for tomorrow morning.


    He also told them about the ves and refugees that woulde at the end of the month, and got 100 volunteered men and women who would aid in building houses for them.


    He discussed the pay and also promised to provide them with food and guards while they were working. He wrote down their names and told them that they would start the next day.


    And finally, he gathered 350 men and women in advance for the building and development of cannons. He also wrote down their names and told them to begin work Monday next week, since Tim woulde on Friday.


    Off the bat, he decided to let most of the women work with making ss, as that did not involve strenous digging for ores in the mines.


    Although women could do the job, men had more raw strength and were just faster than women.


    On earth, women could work in alot of jobs due to the progress of technology. There were machines that dug up the ground and carried raw materials for people. All one needed to do, was to control these machines.


    But now, in this ancient and wayward era, there was no way he would allow women carry heavy stones and rocks all day. They’d get sick and damage their organs and bodies. Landon wasn’t risking it.


    But he could allow them to be a part of putting sand in sacs and letting the men load them unto carts that would transport them to the ss making factory. The women could also be alchemists or scientists if you will.


    They could also weld and mold the cannons in a giant furnace...but he would never allow them to work in the mines.


    The women who signed up were happy and excited. Women in this era only cooked, took care of their families, sewed, farmed, mold mudbricks or became maids for rich households. Even working as a cksmith’s apprentice was not allowed.


    They were bored with these jobs and wanted something new, but now they could. And the best thing was, they got to earn the same sry as a man.


    In this era, even in the same profession, men earned more than women. For example, In the same backery or farming jobs.


    Even if a woman did exactly the same thing as a man, she’d still get lower wagespared to that man. They usually got frustrated because they too have families to take care of. Some of them were widows and some had husbands who were became bedridden with illness.


    They became the bread winner in those cases, and had to support their slhusbands and children. But this era made things too hard for them.


    Over the past month, Landon had been teaching Lucy, his mom Kim, Grace and little Momo math. Likewise, Lucy and Kim also taught Grace and little Momo how to write, read, count numbers, and also do basic addition and subtraction.


    In Landon’s opinion, Grace was very intelligent and had a sharp mind. With more time, Grace would definitely be a master in mathematics. In the future, he would let his mom teach math 2, while Grace thought math 1. But not for now....she had to continue learning properly.


    Landon went down to the Alchemy department and transported a huge stack if chalk to the ssrooms in the upper region.


    Each student would be given 2 packs of 12 stack chalk sticks (24 pieces of chalk in total) and 2 te-boards for free at the beginning of the term.


    Once they lost or finished their school supplies, they could buy extra supplies from the school store or the local stores in the central region.