Chapter 108
Swiss Arms
Chapter 108
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Hans von Fluelaberg
Winter passed and I greeted the Year of Our Lord 1305.
My people managed to go through the harsh Alps winter with very little damage to show for it. Compared to the other cities nearby (Lindau and Chur), there were very any people dying from hunger or exposure. This had a lot to do with the fact that I provided small amount of coal to anyone who asked and provided jobs even to the infirm.
There was this girl - Annabell - who lost her left leg due to some accident before her family migrated to my city earlier this year. Being a cripple, she didn't have much job prospects, so I asked Isabella to take her in and make her into a bureaucrat. Of course, we had to start with reading and writing, but considering that the girl had very little to do even at her home with her family, she was quick to take to reading and writing. She only managed to start working as an actual bureaucrat only at the start of winter, but she's been worth the investment my wife and I put into her.
If there was a problem with my barony, then it was the fact that the city was expanding way too quickly toward Davos, creating an urban sprawl despite the fact that I was forcefully getting my people to build three to four story apartment as the default housing. This problem existed because people kept moving into my city even during winter.