Chapter 140: An Imminent Financial Crisis

Time flies, and the light shining on your body in the blink of an eye is the sun of another day.

When the snow melts in the streets of Dawnbreak, when the howling cold wind turns into a mild warm wind, when the cuckoo begins to cry in the treetops of the budding broad-leaved plane trees.

The cold and lonely winter moon has passed.

The warm and warm planting season has arrived.

At the beginning of March, the crowd that had been wrapped in thick cotton clothes had already taken off most of their clothes and traveled lightly.

And the city of Dawn, which had been stagnant in winter due to the cold, was rejuvenated.

The suspended Mage Tower began to recruit workers,

Blacksmiths brought out farm tools in piles and distributed them to the civilians,

The tailor's new clothes were also changed from thick cotton clothes to thin outer clothes.

The whole city was breathed back into life.

The new year has begun.

Standing by the window of his office on the third floor of City Hall, Li De looked at the crowd of people coming and going on the street through the open window, with a deep smile in his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, the winter moon passed.

A lot has changed this winter, and the City of Dawn has completely changed from last year.

Now the land under his feet is a city of nearly 10,000 people, and the number of blood clans among them has exceeded 400.

The majestic Daybreak Mage Tower is being built, and the fields outside the city are busy with farmers working and energetic vigilantes in their new uniforms as they navigate the streets.

Everyone's face was filled with hope and reverence.

The vibrancy that the city exudes is enough to be amazed.

"Harrison, report on the current state of the City of Daybreak"

After a long time, Li De, who was wearing a blue mage robe and had an elegant and perfect temperament, withdrew his gaze to look at the street.

Turning to face Harrison, who was wearing a dark gray robe and had a feminine appearance.

Harrison had already prepared, bowed slightly, and began to report on the progress of the work throughout the winter.

He has developed a work habit and does a work summary at the beginning of each month.

Today is March 3rd.

"Patriarch, the winter moon has not stopped us from developing.

The first is urban development.

We renovated a lot of dilapidated houses, and the capacity of the South End increased by about 3,000 people.

The total number of houses now supports about 25,000 people, and the city of dawn has further increased its capacity.

However, in order to prepare for the plundering of the population in the winter month this year, it is expected that houses will be built to meet the needs of 3,000~5,000 people.

The construction of the Mage Tower in the City of Daybreak also restarted yesterday, and with the help of 100 Bloods, it is expected to be completed by May. ”

Ledd nodded, but did not open his mouth to interrupt Harrison's speech.

After the beginning of spring, all focus will shift to building the City of Dawn, and population raiding will be suspended.

As is customary in previous years, after the Winter Moon, the orcs will withdraw from the territory of the Nolan Empire and return to the barren wasteland, and the humans will take over the land again.

Now to plunder the population is undoubtedly to go toe-to-toe with the human army, the orcs will not fight to the death with the bloodline, but the human race will not mind hunting the bloodline whose whole body is alchemy material.

Since the focus is to shift to the construction of the city, the Mage Tower in the City of Dawn will undoubtedly be a key construction project in the next two months, and he has dispatched hundreds of blood clans to participate in the construction for this purpose.

"The second point is the development of the market economy

Due to the increase in population, many people had the idea of opening shops and chambers of commerce, and the town hall deliberately set aside an entire street near the square for human trade.

In the future, it will be the commercial center of Daybreak, and there are now 6 tailors, 5 bakeries, 1 flower shop, 1 grain store under the jurisdiction of the town hall, and 1 shop selling groceries.

Due to the lack of supplies, many residents who are interested in doing business cannot find a suitable intervention point, so this new market is not prosperous, but I believe that after the land can be cultivated, there will be a wave of explosion. ”

Business development Li De did not deliberately manipulate, now the lack of materials is a big problem, if you want to develop business, you must solve this matter before you can talk about the next step.

Leed nodded and motioned for Harrison to continue.

"Third, the Bloodline itself.

After the hero selection competition, the number of blood clans has reached 400, but the strength of the new 200 blood clans is still relatively weak, and the levels are all between level 1~3.

It is expected that there will be a wave of improvement in strength after the completion of the Mage Tower, but it can only be used in the City of Dawn for a short period of time. ”

After the expansion of the blood clan, the strength of the new bloodline is undoubtedly very low, and it takes time to grow, and Li De is in such a hurry to build the mage tower in order to improve the strength of the new bloodline faster.

"Fourth, the iron ore of the Valley of the Giants.

The Cyclops are now the most effective miners, producing up to forty tons of ore per day.

Although this iron ore is a rich ore, the ore is of average quality, and after being refined in the new blast furnace built by the blacksmiths of the City of Dawn, it can produce four tons of pig iron. ”

Li De nodded slightly, there was no way to solve the quality of the ore, but this production efficiency made him very satisfied.

Mining ore by hand is undoubtedly a very inefficient thing, and if it were mined by humans, hundreds of people might not be able to dig up 40 tons of ore in a day.

The Cyclops undoubtedly helped him solve this big problem.

This group of beings with the blood of ancient giants has extremely terrifying power, and it is completely like they were born for mining except for fighting.

And the cyclops only need to work hard to mine every day to eat enough to eat, and even save surplus food, and they also feel very happy.

"Fifth, the operation of the town hall.

The Ministry of Agriculture has been established, and in the past six months, it has begun to guide residents in selecting and breeding......

The number of members of the security force has reached 200, and they train every day in accordance with the required military training tasks......

Logistics Team ......

Propaganda Department ......"

In Harrison's one-day report, a series of issues such as people's livelihood, agriculture, economy, politics, and military in the City of Dawn were summarized in detail.

The development of the City of Dawn in the past six months was presented in front of him in an intuitive way.

Thriving.

However, the last question made Li De frown.

He's going bankrupt......

"Patriarch, we have been carrying out high-intensity urban construction and various welfare expenditures, and now there are less than 2,000 gold pucks left on the books of the town hall."

"The various departments of the town hall need a fixed expenditure of 1,000 gold buck every month, and the money on the books is only enough for us to operate for two months.

That is, we, out of money"

This data made the corners of Li De's mouth twitch slightly, the development of Daybreak City was completely supported by him with the vault of the Blood Clan, and his secret room full of gold spectrum had already been emptied.

2,000 gold puck is not a small amount for an individual, but for a fast-growing city, it is simply too small to look at.

A company with more than 10,000 employees and large-scale construction every month only has 20 million working capital on its books.

This development is undoubtedly walking a tightrope.

The rapid development of the City of Dawn in the early stage can be said to be all based on the accumulation of wealth of the blood clan.

Buy food, magic materials, farm tools, cotton, cloth, and even pay the salaries of vigilantes, post-teams, and other temporary workers.

The wealth of the Bloodlines was transferred to the inhabitants through the purchase of labor.

But now the City of Dawn has no other means of obtaining the wealth of its inhabitants,

So the current situation is that in addition to the daily expenses, the wealth accumulated by the residents will gradually increase, but in the end, the wealth that can flow back to the city hall is very small.

If the city hall wants to have income, it can only collect taxes, and the grain is sold at a discount, and the cost of harvesting is negligible.

But now that the market is depressed, supplies are scarce, there is no commercial activity at all, and the newly established chambers of commerce and shops can enjoy a preferential policy of tax exemption for one year, which has caused the town hall to now have only expenses and no income.

Using the Blood's heritage to grow will undoubtedly make the city prosperous to the fastest extent, but this prosperity will also stagnate when the wealth is exhausted.

If there is no more financial support for the city of dawn to obtain tax revenues, I am afraid that it will really face the dilemma of not being able to pay wages internally and having no money to buy materials outside.

After thinking for a moment, Li De showed a meaningful smile.

"It's okay, I'll solve it with Kimpuk, you just need to continue to maintain the development of Daybreak City, and soon there will be a large number of Kimpuk in the account"

The winter moon has passed, and spring has arrived.

Adventurers in Green City should be venturing out of the city, right? Those mercenaries who licked blood from their knives should also accept the hiring, right?

His magic scroll factory went through a winter hoard...... It's also time to ship.