Construction of Helmarte Part 1A

The first week was chaos.

Not the kind born from poor planning, but the kind that inevitably accompanied the beginning of something unprecedented.

Before sunrise each morning, hundreds of wagons entered Helmarte's eastern district carrying cut stone, structural steel, timber, cement, bricks, cast-iron pipes, copper wiring, and machinery manufactured by Teucher Industrial Group. Long caravans stretched for nearly a kilometer outside the city gates as merchants patiently waited their turn to unload their cargo. Soldiers assigned to traffic control directed the endless procession with military precision, preventing congestion from spilling into the surrounding districts.

By the time the city bells announced seven o'clock, what had once been a quiet residential quarter had become the busiest place in the entire kingdom.