Chapter 620: Who's the Best at Stirring the Pot?

"Heave-ho, heave-ho…" Shouts rose in steady rhythm from the open ground. Daniel Lyson took a calm sip of tea and glanced over, unhurried. In a single morning, every last tree had been cleared out. Soldiers from two companies had already started digging into the earth. The old green grass was gone, replaced by two pits, each dozens of meters across. Once those two companies started competing, neither side had the slightest intention of stopping. It began with a contest over who could uproot...