Seeing that Lu Chen had been staring at these shops, the old patriarch hurriedly introduced Lu Chen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Most of these shops sell daily necessities, and they are all bartered, after all, very few people in the holy city have money.

Hearing the introduction of the old patriarch, Lu Chen nodded. For the current development of the Holy City, Lu Chen is quite satisfied. Only now does the Holy City have the appearance of a city, no longer like before, just a bare city wall enclosing a piece of land.

Accompanied by the old patriarch, Lu Chen circled around the Holy City. Speaking of which, he, the city lord, is really a bit derelict in his duties. Except for when the Holy City was first established, he didn't stay here at all at other times, and fortunately, the old patriarch and Long Yan took care of it, otherwise, this newly established city didn't know what it would develop into.

After visiting the Holy City, Lu Chen turned to the old patriarch and said, "Thank you for your hard work, this Holy City has been able to develop to the point where it is today, and your old man has contributed a lot" Lu Chen did not have the slightest politeness in his words, the big and small things in the Holy City on weekdays were basically managed by Long Yan and this old patriarch. Moreover, because Long Yan is basically only in charge of the army and city defense, the rest of the trivial matters are all piled up on the old patriarch.

Hearing Lu Chen's sincere thanks, he saw the old patriarch smile and said, "City Lord doesn't have to be like this, I have already regarded the Holy City as my home, and I am also very happy to see the continuous development and growth of the Holy City!" ”

After visiting the city, the two came to the city lord's mansion, which had just been built, under the leadership of the old patriarch. From the outside, this City Lord's Mansion is not even as good as the Fat City Lord's Mansion before. Whether it is in terms of construction skills or the size of the mansion, it is inferior.

However, for the City Lord's Mansion in front of him, Lu Chen was already very satisfied. Because the area of the Holy City was not large, if his City Lord's Mansion was built too large, the rest of the Holy City would be a little crowded. Moreover, there are no skilled craftsmen in the Holy City now, and it is not easy to build such a project.

Luo Gong and Long Yan also stayed in the City Lord's Mansion, and when they saw Lu Chen walking in, Luo Gong immediately walked to Lu Chen's side, and suddenly knelt on one knee, clenched his hands into fists and said, "I said that as long as you save my people, I will follow you, and now is the time for me to fulfill my promise!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen instinctively wanted to help him up, but saw Luo Gong's eyes firmly and said, "Young master, you don't need to say more, I know your intentions." But if you don't let me follow you, I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life! ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen could only sigh lightly and said, "Okay, you will follow me for three years, and you will be free after three years, how about it?" ”

Hearing that Lu Chen agreed, Luo Gong got up. Then he respectfully saluted Lu Chen again and said, "Thank you, young master!" ”

After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Lu Chen also gave an explanation of the current number of people in the Holy City.

Today, the total number of residents in the Holy City has exceeded 5,000, and there are more than 1,000 Holy City City Guards among them, and the rest are basically those who fled from the previous tribes. When they heard about the Holy City, they all came to join them.

It is worth mentioning that when Lu Chen led the army to arrest slaves before, the people of the two tribes who were captured have now moved the entire tribe here, and now I am afraid that if they are driven away, they will not leave. Where to find such good living conditions?

Although the Holy City has undergone an expansion, it is still a bit crowded to accommodate more than 5,000 people. This is still under the premise that there are not too many shops in the city, if you wait until the future to build some large shops such as restaurants and inns. When the time comes, the Holy City will really not be able to accommodate it.

It may be precisely because this holy city is so small that there are only a few small shops operating in the holy city now. Looking at the flow of people coming and going on the streets, Lu Chen realized that the Holy City would have to be expanded sooner or later. Moreover, looking at the dense houses around it, if there are more people living in the holy city, it will not take too many, and if there are two or three thousand people, I am afraid that this holy city will not be able to fit it.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen found the old patriarch and asked, "What is your opinion on the expansion of the city?" ”

Hearing Lu Chen mention the expansion of the city, he only heard the old man sigh, and then he said helplessly, "Regarding the reconstruction of the city, the old man has had this idea for a long time. However, we are now running out of manpower. The city lord doesn't want to expose our city, and we can't go outside to recruit people, so I haven't mentioned this matter."

Hearing the helplessness of the old patriarch, Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "I brought back more than 200 laborers this time, and these people will be handed over to you for the old, we don't need to be too urgent for this expansion, let these people build little by little." However, it is important to ensure quality when building. This time the city wall will be able to keep thousands of enemy troops out in the future" The more than 200 people Lu Chen said were the same people he had caught in the small border city of Yizhou before.

Hearing Lu Chen's words, the old man's eyes lit up again, don't look at the only two hundred people, but as long as there is enough time, they can also play a great role.

At this time, the old patriarch said with a puzzled face again, "City Lord, there is one thing that the old man always feels a little strange. I don't know if you still remember the defeated Tubo army in the battle of Minzhou City before? ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen nodded and said, "Of course I remember, at that time, these people fled all the way to this side, and they once coveted the Holy City, but in the end, you repelled it." What, have they been doing anything lately? ”

But seeing that the old patriarch frowned, he said in a deep voice, "If they take action, the old man is not so worried, it is precisely because they have not acted all the time that the old man feels a little worried." The city lord had little contact with the Tibetan people, and may not know their character. These people are very vindictive, and if they suffer a loss, they will definitely come back to take revenge. However, it has been so long since they suffered such a big loss in the Holy City, and those Tibetan people have not made any moves, which is very puzzling! ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen was also stunned, and he really forgot about this matter. After all, there were too many things at that time, so Lu Chen didn't pay too much attention to this little thing. Now listening to the old patriarch mention it, Lu Chen thought about it carefully, there was indeed something wrong with this.

Lu Chen groaned slightly, and guessed, "Do you think it's because the Tubo people are busy dealing with the Tang Dynasty, so they don't have time to take care of us?" ”

Hearing Lu Chen's inquiry, the old patriarch nodded a little hesitantly, and said, "What the city lord said also makes sense, but the old man thinks that it is better for us to be careful." After all, this Tibet is too close to us, and if they send people to attack, it may cause us heavy losses" (To be continued.) )