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Chapter 169 - Kyle Dam

　The city of Barcania was formed by clearing the forest to the north.

　South from there, a river flows through it.

　The castle north of the river, which is now mostly an inn town for people coming to Barcania from Fontana City.

　The river leads to the moat of that castle and then flows to the west.

　At the point where we moved west from the castle north of the river, there was a hot spring gushing out.

　I drew the hot spring directly from here through a hardened brick pipe to the neighboring village of Linda.

　It was a simple hot spring with no smell of sulfur.

　There is no difficulty in growing crops downstream of the river, so the water downstream of the fountains can be used for agricultural purposes.

　Basically, my territory consists of four villages located west of Barcania.

　Within this territory, those with the Barca surname are actively improving the land, so we can expect a substantial harvest.

　I think that if we harvest wheat once or twice a year, we won't have to worry about losing the moisture content of the land.

　This is because there will be snow in the winter.

　The problem is when you have to repeat [soil improvement] over and over again to produce vegetables that grow for a short period of time with high frequency.

　Many farmers with the Barka surname do this because they can produce unprecedented amounts of food this way.

　However, Brother Hector is worried about the amount of moisture in the land in this case.

　I said, "Let's do it now so that we can draw water from the river when we need it."

　But if we build a pipe through the ground like a hot spring, we might not be able to respond immediately if something bad happens.

　That would be a big problem.

　Therefore, I wanted to make sure that the water supply would be stable even if I was not there.

　So, I decided to use the river as a dam to supply water.

　The ground in the middle of the river will be dug up and turned into a large pond, and if necessary, a plug will be opened to connect it to the irrigation canal, so that water can be transported to the farmland.

　That's how I envisioned it to be.

"I'm glad I came along with you, Nii-san. If you had just acted on that idea, we would have ended up with a flood, wouldn't we?"

"I'm sorry, Kyle. I was going to build a dam, but I didn't think about how I was going to do it."

"I was surprised when you suddenly started talking about building a wall next to the river to form a dike. Wait a minute. I'll calculate the amount of water and so on, and you can just change the terrain as Gran and I say."

"Yes, I understand. I look forward to working with you, Kyle-sensei."

　If we make a big gouge in the ground and build a wall near the river, like a dike, it will become a water reservoir or even a dammed lake.

　That's what I was thinking.

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　But when Kyle, who had come with me, saw me suddenly start working, he rushed to stop me.

　Of course, he did.

　If we made it that way, it would be fine under normal circumstances, but if the water volume increased due to heavy rain, we would be in big trouble.

　If the water were to rise beyond the dam's capacity and the embankment were to collapse, there was no telling what kind of damage it would do to the surrounding area.

　Hearing this, as expected, I immediately stopped my work.

　I erected a tower where Kyle had instructed me, checked the terrain with binoculars from the top of the tower, and interviewed the old people in the nearby village about what kind of heavy rainfall the area had experienced in the past.

　Based on this information, Kyle and Gran created a blueprint.

　What was particularly amazing was Kyle's magic.

　He was able to quickly calculate the amount of water, the momentum of the water, and the predictable changes in the water level, and based on this data, he was able to determine the structure of the dam.

　In the past, Barca had been forced to build straight roads without any surveying technology, but now there is a possibility that they will be able to create a calculated structure.

"Kyle's magic is amazing. He's a genius."

"Yes, that he is. When I look at Kyle, I want to use the same magic, degozaru."

"That's true. Well, since we're here, why don't we name the dam here Kyle Dam or something so that people can see how great Kyle is?"

"That's a good idea, degozaru, Ars-dono. It is the greatest compliment to have the name of the creator, that it is. One day, I want to make something magnificent and give it the name of Gran, that I do."

"Haven't I named the Hard-fang Sword after you...? Well, you'll have the chance sooner or later."

"Is that true, Ars-dono? I want you to promise me that you will call on me if you need to make something, that you will!"

"All right, all right. I'm indebted to Gran, that I am! I'll be sure to ask Gran when the time comes."

　As I was talking with Gran and had adopted his way of speaking from his sudden excitement, Kyle's calculations seemed to be all done.

　The blueprints for the dam are so solid that there will probably never be a flood again.

　With that, I proceeded with my work.

　In the end, it was decided to store the water by blocking the flow of water in the middle of the river.

　So, instead of digging up the area, we connected the upstream and downstream of the planned dam site with a newly dug substitute channel.

　We will use it as a bypass to change the flow of the river, and in the meantime, we will work on the dam construction site.

　The ground will be [Hardened] so that the water can be stored properly, and the sides of the river will be reinforced so that they will not be cut by the flow of water.

　The spillway of the dam should be prepared to regulate the flow of water so that it does not accumulate too much while maintaining a certain level of water.

　Furthermore, it is necessary to be able to divert water from the dam to the irrigation canal so that water can be diverted to the fields as needed.

　To be honest, I didn't fully understand how all of these mechanisms were affected.

　To be honest, I didn't fully understand the mechanism and how it affected the water, but I trusted Kyle and Gran's assurances that it would be fine and worked quietly as instructed.

　My magic was the main source of the labor and materials, but I made sure to have people work on the fragile areas so that anyone other than me could repair them as long as they had bricks.

　In this way, the Barca Knight's Domain was able to secure a stable supply of water for all the villages, and a dam was built to prevent flood damage.

 

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