From Londoner To Lord - Chapter 50:49. Excursion

... an had left the manor, before the villagers had even started gathering outside. I already sent two men and a woman to assist him at his smithy."

"Good," Kivamus said. "Tell the servants to gather all the available shovels - we should have more than enough of them kept for use in the coal mines, along with the ones we bought from Pydas yesterday. We’ll divide the workers into two groups for now - one for logging, the other for clearing the land."

He ordered, "Then send around half ...