>>5307581Matthew Davis had been acting as the foreman of Dawnholme since the town was just a group of tents and a few farms. The former miller had managed to keep the things together and organise the labour, but now it seemed that there were a bit too many things for a single man to handle.
“My Prince, good afternoon.” Davis greeted you with a bow.
“Good day Mr. Davis. Is everything in order?” You asked him.
“Sire, things are as good as they can be.” He said back.
“What do you mean?” You asked him again and Davis went to dig up another scroll that he handed to you.
“Sire, that is the recent purchases of tools, materials and so on. As my Prince can see, many of the purchases are all small in quantity.” Davis explained and what he said was true. Bunch of nails here, a pair of door hinges, a barrel of tar and so on.
“I don’t see a problem?” You said as you hadn’t caught the point Davis was attempting to make.
“We ermm… we have nothing in storage outside of lumber and now the garrison is going to use a lot of it for their palisades, houses and towers.” Davis explained to you. “If we need something then we have to order the materials.”
“And that causes delays.” You said.
“Sire, you are correct.” Davis said and sighed. “Our blacksmith can make most of the ironworks for us, but it will take a few days to finish the orders. Few weeks ago we went out to find bricks for fireplaces, but we found nothing in Southshore and Hillsbrad. Thankfully in the end we managed to find a source and acquired enough of them without causing major delays.”
Davis rubbed his brow and searched for a ledger that he gave to you.
“Sire, I have been keeping track of the small delays. And while we are managing, these delays are starting to pile up and I fear they might end up happening all at the same time.” Davis said to you.
“Are the delays serious or something you can just work through?” You asked.
“Sire, they are not serious yet and we can get what we need if we just work hard enough.” Davis said back.
“Do you have a solution to fix these problems?” You asked him.
“Sire, we need time and coin. Mostly coin. We have to build a warehouse and then get enough of everything to act as a buffer. Then we can take what we require from the warehouse and order replacements without causing delays.” Davis explained. “It won’t be cheap.”
Nothing is ever cheap and you require all the coin you have. Spending the coin now could solve the problems Davis were having, but he could be making a mountain out of a molehill as Davis has successfully acquired everything required without major issues before?
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