Dreadfort CastlePOV of Domeric Bolton

  "Are you not do?" Aunt Barbrey asked as he tio carve runes in the Gsshouse that he had retly built inside Dreadfort with the use of transfiguration magic.

  The sole purpose of the gsshouse was to act as an experimental b frowing High Yeilding Variety Seeds that would increase the produ of grain by a signifit amount by the time he returned from his voyage.

  With the help of the runes and the Heartwood tree that supplied it with stant magic, the Gsshouse would increase the growth of the wheat to the point where it turned from a seed into a crop ready for harvest within a single day.

  After seleg the grain from the pnt with the rgest amount of yield, the grain would theed once again in the gss house the very day.

  Selected breeding in such a manner would see the quality of wheat rise by a signifit amount within a short time.

  In short, if he went on a 2-month voyage, then by the time he returo Dreadfort, the Wheat in the gsshouse would have already gohrough 60 cycles of selective breeding.

  "Yes. That's the st one." He said as he fihe st stroke in the gss house with the magical ink that he had created from the Weirwood sap.

  It was a far cry from the magical ink that he used in his past life which was made of dozens of carefully selected magical ingredients, but it did its job.

  "Are you sure you don't wao e with you?" Aunt Barbrey asked, looking a bit worried.

  "I'm sure. I know that this task might not sound very important, but I assure you that a Green Revolution is one of the greatest things that I'll bring to this world. After the printing press, steam engine, industrial revolution, and an education system of course." He said with a smile and his aunt simply rolled her eyes at his words as she didn't really uand what he meant by the st few words.

  "So, I just o follow your instrus and make sure that the gss house is provided with enough horse manure every day?" She asked with a bit of disgust, and he nodded.

  "Yes. And if you don't uand something, then just tact me with the Mirror like I showed you st evening."

  "Are you sure that the mirror will work from such rge distances?" she asked, and he simply shrugged.

  "In theory, it should. But I've never dohis before so I 't say for sure." He said "Regardless. Your task is not that hard. Keep doing what I taught you and you'll be just fine."

  "As you wish my lord." She said with a mock courtesy before ping both his cheeks, something that both irritated and amused him to no end.

  “Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I want you to take care of while I am away.” He said.

  “You will really work me to death, aren’t you? What is it this time?”

  “My notes in my sor. I’ll give them to you after we arrive there.” He said while walking toward his sor with his aunt. On the way they talked about small things like his training or what he should pay attention to on his journey.

  After a while, they arrived at his sor. Domeric took out the key hanging around his neck, opened one of the locked drawers, took a transfigured notebook, and gave it to his aunt.

  She didn’t say anything and just began to read his notes. But after a while, her eyebrows started to file.

  He could guess what was going through her mind.

  “Are you serious? Why would we do something like this for small folks? This is not a small expense Domeric. This is going to cost a lot of gold for us.”

  He expected this rea from her because that notebook was about the hygiene politics that he wao implement in his nds, including buildings such as public bathhouses and public toilets.

  “I know these will cost us a lot of gold. But it is necessary and must be done. Also, this projeine is a long-term one. ging the habits of people and creating new habits will take a lot of time. So, we must begin as soon as possible.”

  He knew very well that implementing this kind of daily life habit-ging policy couldn’t be forced in a short time. So, he wao implement his policy as soon as possible.

  People in this world don't pay attention to their hygiene and there are a lot of illnesses and early deaths because of that. When he creates a city around Dreadfort and a port town there will be more people who live in these nds and with time these pces will be more crowded. That means a more rapid spread of diseases and the risk of pgue. And that is a big no-no for him. These things must be done and done quickly.

  His aunt looked into his eyes like she wao see what he was thinking in his mind. But in the end, she gave up and looked back to the notebook.

  “Why do we have to build these public bathhouses and toilets in the new city and port town?” she asked after a while.

  “Well… Simply, I want every small folk on my nd to be and, I don’t eople to pollute my nd. After we implemehese policies if anyone pollutes my cities and towns with their piss and poop, they will be fined. Also, some facilities iies and ports will not accept dirty people till they themselves up. Don’t look at me like that. Don’t you also want small folk not to be smelly and dirty when they are around you?” He said. He khat one of the reasons she didn’t like small folk was because they were smelly and dirty.

  “Hmph. And what about boiling water before drinking or ing wounds? And why do we have to wash our hands and rinse our mouths before and after eating something?”

  “There are a lot of things we ’t see ier that make people sibsp; We o kill them with heat. The same reason is also valid for washing hands and rinsing our mouths before eating. To the small things make people si our hands and in our mouths. As for washing our hands and rinsing our mouths after eating; if people rub their greasy hands through their hair, they cause their hair to bee ied with lid if they don’t riheir mouth, their teeth might decay.” Domeric expined as simply as he could to his aunt patiently.

  “Really? Are there small things that make people si the water?” She asked with a bewildered face.

  “Yes, there are.”

  “Haah… I will arrange builders for public bathhouses and toilets and implement this hygiene policy of yours. But what are these things you wao buy and stockpile as discreetly as possible?” She asked while looking at the list of things that his nephew wao buy and stockpile. Things like animal fat, tea leaves, different kinds of oils, mint, and many more.

  “Oh, these things for making soap, toothpaste, toothbrush and shampoo.”

  “Soap? we really make soaps? You know only lords, dies, and some rich folk be able to afford soap, right? And we have to buy them from the free cities across the narrow sea. I don’t know about the other things you said but if we make soap, we bee one of the wealthiest houses in all Westeros.”

  “Shampoo is for ing hair while toothpaste and toothbrush are for teeth. You will love them for sure. And don’t worry we really make soaps.” He said that there were still unspoken things in his mind.

  ‘I will make soaps, but I don’t pn to sell them to rich people at high prices. I hem for my people, so they have to be cheap. Well, she didn’t o know that yet. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, right?’

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