"In addition to the personnel aspect, it is the material aspect. Jasmine maintained, "There is a constant shortage of materials on the construction site, especially stone and wood. Timber is hardly produced in Sarin, and can only be purchased and transported from other places at a high price. As for the stone, sarin is available locally, but due to the limitation of productivity and quality, at most half of the demand can be met, and the other half needs to be purchased and transported from other places. This is obviously not a long-term solution, after all, the new city has been built, and there are plans for expansion.

Your subordinate, Lynn, decided to expand the existing quarry to solve this problem. I, on the other hand, want to be bigger, and I'm going to invest a lot of money in surveying the whole sarin of high-quality stone sources and opening up eight or ten large quarries. In this way, the stone produced can not only meet the demand, but also be exported. In addition, I want to gradually build roads between the various cities in the sarin area to ensure smooth transportation and commercial development in the future.

And ......"

Jasmine said a lot, in detail, and Richard listened attentively, occasionally speaking out and asking for a few details.

In this way, Jasmine talked for more than half an hour before it was over.

"Whew-"

With a sigh, Jasmine put away the scroll, looked at Richard, and concluded: "The situation is almost what I said, I know that although you said that the new city can be built in half a year, the original plan was four months. And these four months, two months have passed, so there are still two months left. It may be a little difficult, but I think it is not impossible to complete it in two months, and as long as I and my men work hard, we should be able to achieve your goal. ”

"That's for the best. Richard nodded.

"In that case, I'd like to talk about that. Jasmine pointed out and looked at Richard and said, "You also see my ability, I said it's okay in two months, then it's no problem." So, it's not too much to discuss that in advance, right?"

"Nope. Richard listened, but shook his head and refused directly, "If you don't wait for the dust to settle, then it won't be a complete success." The construction of the new city is an assessment for you, and only after passing the assessment will I formally discuss that matter with you. ”

"But......," said Jasmine, frowning, questioned, "but what if I really go to great lengths to help you finish the construction of the new city, and you continue to refuse to discuss it with me?

Richard glanced at Jasmine strangely, and said loudly: "By the way, you haven't forgotten that you still owe me money, right? That money should be enough to buy you four months of help, right? Not to mention that I haven't broken my trust with you, even if I really lose my trust, that money is enough to compensate you for your loss." ”

"I'm ......" Jasmine was speechless, pursed her lips, took a deep breath, "Alright then, we'll discuss that in two months." ”

"Good, I'll wait. ”

"I'll wait, too. Jasmine said, giving Richard a deep look, turning around, and drifting out of the room.

Richard looked up at the door where Jasmine had left, his eyebrows slightly raised, as if he was thinking about something. But he didn't think about it for long, he withdrew his gaze and got busy with his own affairs again.

What Jasmine was going to do, he could guess, was nothing more than continuing to be busy building a new city. He has always disliked these energy-consuming and tedious things, but fortunately, with Jasmine at his service, he can be idle and seriously engage in his various researches.

It made him feel relaxed and happy.

Jasmine, naturally, will be in a different mood, but it has little to do with him.

In a way, that's a bit of a bad idea.

But on the other hand, it's very good.

Well, very good.

......

The next two months were indeed not very friendly to Jasmine.

The closer you get to the end of the project, the more tedious and annoying things become, and even as Jasmine tries to keep herself calm, she loses her temper more than once.

For example, the main road, which was built with great effort for the new city, was found to be 20 centimeters lower in height during the audit.

What can I do? I had to break it up, refill it and raise it higher.

Another example is that among the workers, miners from the south are inexplicably opposed to local laborers because of their salaries. The miners in the south ridiculed the local laborers for not understanding anything, and the local laborers ridiculed the southern laborers as outsiders. After that, the conflict escalated, and the southern miners demanded the dismissal of all the local workers, and the local workers wanted all the southern workers to go back to their hometowns and leave the sarin.

What can I do?

This is not an army, nor is it a slave who sells himself completely, but a worker who works for a salary, and if he really kills people, the effect is too bad, and it is necessary to use milder means. But it can't be too gentle, otherwise it will be unflattering to both sides, and the intensity should be appropriate, so that the problem can be solved.

So Jasmine pretended to be a good guy and a bad guy again, fired a few thorns, raised her salary, and did a lot of private work before she stabilized the situation.

In addition, the progress of the quarry was not going well, and it was hindered by several small managers. In terms of road construction between cities, it has not received the support of most people as expected, and more people feel that it is a waste of money and labor.

In the past two months, it can be said that every day is a new challenge and a new surprise.

However, thinking about the matter to be discussed with Richard, Jasmine gritted her teeth and persevered, handled every problem as much as possible, and continued to push forward the progress of the city's construction.

In this way, two months later, four months after the start of construction, the new city was officially completed.

Wide roads, planned buildings, new public facilities, a huge town hall, and a well-groomed lord's residence...... Everything is pleasing to the eye......

The residents who were screened began to be allowed to move into the new city in turn, which made the new city lively little by little. The inhabitants, merchants, and aristocrats of the rest of the city were also slowly attracted to become part of the new city, and became the vigorous vitality of the new city.

In this way, more than ten days after the construction of the new city, on June 6, the name was officially engraved on the gate of the new city. Richard's lord's mansion in Blackwater City, the city hall that handles government affairs, and the headquarters of the efficiency department have also moved in, which means that the new city has officially become the administrative center of the entire sarin, as well as the future economic center.

This day is a day worth remembering in the history of sarin.

And many people of Sarin also remember a special and tongue-twisting name of the new city - Atlantic Santino, referred to as Atlantan, and the local word for Sarin means ...... City of Peace.