The next following day, we had Kayu-San over to meet us in the garden early in the morning after breakfast. He was surprised that by the time he reached there by half past 7, there wasn't anyone around about to do their business and the grounds are so quiet that crickets seemed to roar like lions...
Nobody going to drop a pin and no one is around to hear it ok. Its a metaphor and it is getting out of date. Now I used crickets instead and they roared like lions. You get my drift...
"Young Master, what do you have in mind rightnow?"
"Kayu-San, my good friend. Take a look at this... And tell me what do you think of it?"
He looked at the piece of brick that I had placed before him and he examined it. Seeing it, made his eyes glimmer and he asked how much is it that we are selling.
"It's not for sale. This is our sample for building a straight path from the innermost border-right all the way through the outermost districts and out to the southern gate entrance. It's going to be a 6 meters wide straight path."
"Oh, but this is a good piece of work you got here. Houses can be easily upgraded with these."
"That's why I called you here in the morning to put a stop on the works that you are doing right now. Tell me, how many men and how many hours would it take to dig a 6-inch deep path, 6 meters wide from here all the way from the commoner's path right to the southern gate. You have at least 120 men right?"
"If I deploy all the men, it would only take half a day to dig 6 inches deep and 6 meters wide. Then what happens next?"
Hiko-sama continued for me as seeing me placing my hands and slowly massaging my temple. "After your men had dug the ground, mix the soil with water, sand, dirt, straw and even shit if possible to make it like a huge clay ball and put it into the hand cart and deliver it to the front of the Ops Room in the first warehouse."
"We need all the soil and mud and whatever you can mix it with to make it lumpy, no matter how many cartloads...we need them all before midday. Would this be fine?" Hiko-sama added.
"Here is the riverbank, right? It's all curvy and not straight. Mark one end with a stake and use a string or something to make a straight line as possible. Here, I draw for you an example of a curvy river."
"Here you stick a stake in the ground. And here you lay the string and this end here you put another stake. Right? So I need some men to dig this part of the riverbank and make it straight."
I drew a sketchy river and put an 'x' where the starting stake was and drew another 'x' about 100 meters and it overlaps the land and the river at some point. I shade the area and wanted the workers to bring in those mud for us.
To prevent soil erosion into the river, I advised Kayu-San to insert Reed bamboos at a 45-degree angle after the workers had dug the ground. The same goes to the opposite side of the river. In this manner, 100 meters on both sides would be wider and straighten by one foot each.
Kayu-San noted of this and would deploy his men to work on the path first. He explained that he would mark out the ground first every 5 meters with a stake and a string and ensure it is in the same length and depth.
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He suggested putting cement but then he skipped thinking it was not cost-effective. I told him to get the soil and stuff from the path first before heading towards the riverbanks. 100 meters on both sides to widen the river and make them straight would be a start.
He immediately took his leave and informed the workers to cease work and embark on the project for laying the path as soon as possible. I called one of the storekeepers to wheel the carts of bricks and place them on a pallet where the start of the path is.
I told Hiko-sama to standby as I would try something new. If anything awry happens, I would wake him up in the real world. He said he is a willing partner so he is willing to take the risk.
I explained beforehand that I would leave him being in the Realm of Mind while I make trips bringing him a load of mud to him and all he had to do is to feed it on the conveyor belt.
"Alright, let's do it then." With that, we both walked towards the Ops Room where we both meditated and entered the Realm of Mind. After successfully entering, I told him I'm going to log off and enter once more. I did just that and when I entered the Realm of Mind, Hiko-sama is still there.
"It worked, but I still need to bring you back to the real world after this. The risk is unknown and extremely high if you log off by yourself, Sensei. Promise me you would stay right where you are?" I was worried if he does something stupid and he nodded in acknowledgement and I sighed inwardly.
I log off and return to the real world and I saw some 5 carts had been placed outside the doorway of the Ops Room and I slowly wheeled them in one by one. I was happy when I see those and I began to meditate and entered the Realm of Mind and I was glad when I saw Hiko-sama the same place where I had left him.
I helped Hiko-sama to load the 5 carts of mud onto the conveyor belt as it slowly fed it into the mixture before it auto fed into the dispenser system.
"I'd be right back, Sensei... Going to push these empty carts away back to the real world."
And so I began a mad flurry of meditating on and off several times that I had lost track and began to feel I'm nearing my limit when I made my last trip to the Realm of Mind with 3 more carts full of mud.
"Hehehehe... Looks like the first brick gonna be dropped from the conveyor belt into the holding area now. Let me sit back and relax... By the way how many trips did I make to send you these mud?"
"I think you've gone in and out more than 6 times already, kid. You don't look too good. I think we log off soon after this?"
"Yeah..." I began to stand up and was about to log off into the real world when everything goes dark around me. I saw pinprick lights and stars amidst the darkness and I quickly shouted gibberish to Hiko-sama "Rog Roff raoww Rog ram meeettt..." before I slumped forward and everything seemed quiet.
A pair of hands were on my shoulders and were shaking violently. I tried to open my eyes but I still can't focus and see straight and felt that my eyes seemed to be sucked at the back of my head instead of being in the sockets if my skull.
I was still unable to unfurl my tongue that seemed to be suddenly thick and unable to move freely. Even I can't swallow my own saliva and it drooled at the sides of my mouth...!
Dammit...!! Did I suffer a stroke?!? Did I get a heart attack or something?!? Where the fuck am I?! Is Hiko-sama out with me to the real world or is he stuck still in the Realm of Mind?!?
I tried to fight off the feeling of this sudden helplessness and even tried to sit up. I felt someone cradling me, my head on a pair of thighs and two arms were hugging the nape of my neck. I felt warm drops of water on my face as another few pair of hands were rubbing my hands and my feet to circulate my blood.
Oiiiii... There's another part that needs massaging and no one took notice of it... There... There... Right under your noses... Rub it and transfer some heat... I would soon recover for sure...hahahahahha.
Slowly, my eyes began to focus and I saw a person with jet black unruly hair staring at my face with his ever frown face... And I asked in a very squeaky voice like Mickey Mouse and asked, 'Are you in the real world, or still back there?'
"Back in time, kid... Back in the nick of time..." Hiko-sama answered and my eyes fluttered and I tried to rub my eyes with my hands and it felt so heavy that I ended up slapping my face with it.
"Himura... You are going to be alright... I'm going to be here for you, I'm always here for you anytime... I will always be by your side from now on... I'm never going to leave you."
Hearing that unmistakable voice, I tried to reach out through my blurry eyes and Izumi held my hand and place it to her face. God knows what will happen if she places it inside her kimono where her blossoming buds were. Hahahahaha...
My God, I just had a stroke of hypoglycemia... Which could prove fatal and I'm thinking of budding roses on Izumi's breasts. God will send His wrath upon me if I were to do such a thing with everyone around.
I asked for a can of coke and an offscreen crew appears once again and pop a can and inserted a straw and drank from it. HOT DAMN...!!! It feels great having an ice-cold coke in a can... Hehehehe.
After I drank half a can, Izumi sipped the straw and emptied the whole can and burped in my face. Haiyooo... How uncouth could she be at this time, during this chapter of my novel...?!?