Chapter 300. Upcoming merchants
Walking out of the sheriff's residence, the morning sun was full of vitality, Levi's brand-new cowhide boots stepped on the ground made of blue bricks, and the citizens passing by also bowed respectfully to him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The four town militiamen who were originally the first sheriff's residence had also followed him at this time, holding their heads high, although they were not as gorgeous and solemn as the regular dragoons, but they still showed the confidence from the invincible empire, at least the brand-new militia uniform was worn on the body, carrying a flintlock pistol, extremely spiritual.
Levi raised his hand to the citizens who saluted him on both sides, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and walked along the systematically built brick road, and after turning a street, he had already come to the southern district.
The southern district is a trade area open to the outside world, most of the city is converted into traditional houses of taverns and inns, and many citizens have also become service industry, tavern owners, chefs, bartenders and other employees.
Even the nearby Cape Hill has planted a lot of gardening plants at the foot of the mountain, which looks like a garden, but in fact, this garden is also a non-open area in the southern area.
Because on the mountainside of Haijiao Mountain, five traditional houses have been built, and at the same time, citizens have used tools to build a two-meter-wide road directly on the steep mountain, extending into the garden, which happens to be connected to a main road in the southern district, which is quite convenient and fast.
These five traditional houses are the barracks of the law enforcement team, and the 240-strong town militia is all stationed in these five buildings, except for the patrols, everyone else is on standby and resting in them.
As long as there is any law and order problem in the southern district, the town militia will quickly rush down the hill to solve a series of problems, and if there is a problem that even they cannot solve, then it is time for the city wall garrison to intervene.
Of course, they also guard the Cape Mountain, the only vantage point in the city, to prevent anyone from entering the mountain.
Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking at the top of the mountain, a masonry lighthouse has been completely built at the top of the mountain, and as long as it is night, it will light a bonfire, releasing a bright fire to guide the location of the surrounding sea area.
However, he looked at the top of the lighthouse, which was already somewhat blackened, and couldn't help but shake his head, if he now had a factory that made glass and mirrors, then he could transform a huge kerosene lamp, and at the same time use the mirrors as a reflection to form a pillar of light that could transmit a longer distance, so that the surrounding sea area could be included in the guidance.
Walking along the road, there were also many pedestrians in a hurry, both men and women, busy for the upcoming opening, and even a few provincial cavalry, as messengers of the news, quickly rode by.
Outside the city walls, of course, it is not the same now.
The trenches that had been dug for the war, and the wooden spears that had been inserted into them, had been properly cleared, and simple houses had now been built on the neatly padded ground.
It is not a systematic traditional house, but a traditional Spanish wooden house, which is made of wood and built by the craftsmen themselves, although it looks rough and simple, but it is not a place for people to live.
In other words, it's all a warehouse area.
The simple wooden houses are all warehouses, many of which are already filled with barley grains, which are the grain produced by Levina's self-cultivated farm, for him, four crops a year is equivalent to an easy harvest four times a year, as long as it is planted continuously, then the so-called food shortage, there is no possibility at all.
Now it has also become a commodity of Levi's foreign trade, especially after opening up the Swamp, using the fortress of Lake Island as a transit station, communicating the Ketufu River, and indirectly connecting Samar City, Cape Town will not be short of food.
Even Levi was able to get the fleet to Samar City, purchase a large number of crops and fruits, and continue to sell them here, although it was not as large as the trade quota of Gray Mist City, but as time accumulated, Levi's four-year-old self-cultivation farm harvested more and more grain, and it is estimated that this is the largest grain exporter.
Just outside this warehouse hut, there is also a neatly built open space, and here is a temporary open-air warehouse, built with reference to the outer harbor area of Gray Mist City.
The open-air warehouse is such a place where a large amount of cargo needs to be loaded and unloaded, and the perimeter is also covered by a two-meter-high wooden wall, and Barbary pirates armed with machetes patrol the inside to ensure the safety of the cargo.
The partitioned warehouse area belongs to the outside of the city, and this is the area where the group of foreign merchants move freely, because in the past nearly a month, the town of Cape has not always built these things, even in the seaside, in an area with a certain amount of deep water, a large number of stones have been thrown down, nailed into the wooden piles, forming a wooden dock.
Although the breakwater has not yet had time to be built, the nearly 30-odd 15-meter-long wharves can already accommodate at least 60 medium-sized merchant ships.
As for ordinary small fishing boats, the number of docks is even greater, especially when trade begins to flourish and small offshore trading ships will appear, even if there are no berths, a large number of docks can be used to supply the docks.
But Levi stood on the shore and looked at the choppy waves ahead, and couldn't help but sigh.
These wooden docks, in fact, could not be used as harbors against strong winds and waves, as long as there was stormy weather, the docks docked on the shore would also be empty, and those merchant ships had to return to the real harbor or the deep sea to escape the storm, otherwise they would be pushed by the waves to the reef and shattered on the shore.
If he had a trading port, there was no need to worry about it now, the docks and ports built by the system were absolutely sturdy, even inferior to those docks that had been used for more than ten years!
"Still lack energy!"
couldn't help sighing, looking at the numbers in his mind, Li Wei also reached out and pinched his eyebrows, turned his head to look at Haijiao Town, which was already quite rudimentary, but nodded with satisfaction.
The energy value is not enough, and now it can be replenished through the exploration of that undead plane, but in this world, Cape Town is the only reliance, as long as he can gain a foothold in this world, then he can go to glory, and there is no need to continue to worry about what enemies will appear!