Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 316: An honest day work

Chapter 316: An honest day work

Outside the city of Yarzat, a vast swarm of workers toiled under the hot sun, their figures scattered across the barren earth like ants in a field. Over 2,500 men, employed underthe princess , dug with shovels, sweat dripping from their brows as they labored to carve a path for progress. The massive construction were the preparation for the aqueduct—and their current task was to dig a canal to channel the flow.

This canal, stretching far into the horizon, would eventually run from Yarzat to a lower point of dislevel where the pontini—stone arches to carry the aqueduct—were planned to rise in the coming winter months. For now, their orders were clear: a trench two and a half meters wide, half a meter deep, cut precisely into the earth.

Among the workers was Rahim,an humble men with sun-darkened skin, his tunic stained with dust and sweat. He stood deep within the canal, shoveling dirt in rhythmic motions, the heavy weight of the earth thudding as it landed to the side. His muscles strained with every lift, his shoulders burning, but he moved with a quiet determination, each stroke digging deeper into the trench that would one day carry water to the whole city, and from whom he did not know he would greatly reap many benefits in the future. 

Another dozens of men worked alongside him, some shoveling, others carrying the accumulated dirt away.