Chapter 146: The Breath of a Bustling Metropolis
The scale of Black Rock City is really not large, along the way the Cyclops went all the way to the north, Dong Chen saw several cities, there were second-level cities like Blackstone City, and there were also first-level cities larger than Blackstone City.
He didn't have any specific concept of this, but after actual comparison, he understood.
Others may not be able to see clearly in the sky, at most they can appreciate the scenery or something, but Dong Chen has the cooperation of the Book of Heaven, and after the graphic comparison of the Book of Heaven, Dong Chen can see it clearly.
Whether it is the size of the city or the density of the surrounding towns and villages, there is a certain gap between Blackstone City and the first-class cities.
Of course, this is on the surface.
The people of the Black Rock City Science and Technology God Cult are very confident, and Dong Chen has paid a little attention to the issue of city upgrades, after all, his appearance has given the Black Stone City Science and Technology God Sect some more confidence, and Su Rui and Gangyu have talked to him.
After the Black Rock City Technology Cult meets all the conditions and is promoted to a first-level branch, and then the City Lord's Mansion makes some preparations and completes some conditions, after the main body of the city and the technology god cult in the city reach the first level, Blackstone City can become a first-level city.
There are many benefits to increasing the level of a city, the simplest of which is that the empire can allocate an extra portion of its finances, which is one of the reasons why cities are willing to obey the orders of the empire.
And after upgrading, it is very useful to expand the army in a justifiable way, whether it is to guard the safety of the city, or to gain military merits on the battlefield of the East-West War, to improve the reputation of your city, or to do something else.
Although each city has its own industry, and it can secretly get a little manpower, but the army just burns money, and there are really not many people who can play this.
The main thing is that one is justified, and that is still very important.
A day later, the Cyclops landed in a Tier 1 city, refueled it with a little fuel and water, cleaned up the toilets to survive, and the passengers let off on the ground before taking off again to its destination.
The next time you land, it will be the imperial capital.
The scenery along the way is still good, especially in this kind of world that is not very developed because of the small number of people, the mountains below are undulating, the forests are lush, and you can often see groups of pterodactyls flying next to the airship.
I don't know if the airship is big enough, or if these pterosaurs have been beaten by other powerful crossbows on the route, they didn't come over to have a close encounter with the Cyclops, but even so, the passengers on the airship screamed in amazement.
Their appearance also made the crossbowmen more vigilant, who knows if they will rush over like crazy.
It's one thing to look up at these beasts in the air from the ground, it's another thing to look at them in the sky, especially when humans can't fly on their own and can only rely on airships.
I can't stand steadily, I don't have a solid support, let alone a frontal fight, I don't even have a place to hide, and if something happens, it's a covenant of faith, so human beings are sometimes very careful.
After getting close to the imperial capital, the height of the airship also decreased a lot, and Dong Chen also saw this different super city.
Although the scale is certainly not as large as the megacities on the planet, and there are no super tall buildings, the tall and large walls of the people alone are very imposing.
And from the air, it is not only the second and first level of the city wall, it already has two city walls, it can be seen that it is too prosperous, the first circle of city walls can not live, and another circle of city walls has risen.
There are already many buildings outside the outer walls, and it is believed that in a few years, the third ring of the city wall will be put on the construction schedule.
To build such a city wall, the amount of work is huge, and without people and technology, it is impossible to play at all.
"It is worthy of being the imperial capital, I don't know how many times more prosperous than Black Rock City!"
Dong Chen tilted his head and sighed as he looked at the big city below.
"Of course, this is the imperial capital, the most prosperous city in the Eastern Continent," Vatra looked down with a smile next to him, "It's a little more prosperous than the last time I came, and it's developing too fast!" ”
When the Cyclops had already flown very low and was about to fly over the outer city walls into the outer city, the Cyclops they were riding was an airship belonging to the Air Transport Chamber of Commerce under the Cult of Technology Headquarters, and it could fly directly into the inner city, so there was no need to land at the airship landing field in the outer city.
Dong Chen found that the beast cars on the streets of the imperial capital came and went, the number of pedestrians was also very large, and the prosperity was abnormal, and there were airships taking off and landing in the airship landing field in the outer city not far away, and he also saw that the road was being repaired below, and he also saw two steam cars...... Road roller.
The steam roller looked like a shrunken locomotive, except that the small wheels had been replaced by large rollers, two large steel rollers in front and one behind, and in the middle was the boiler, and the chimney was constantly smoking.
The driver sits in front to control the direction and speed of the vehicle, while a stoker fills the boiler with coal in the middle, but he doesn't have to keep loading, so he will walk around the car from time to time to see how the vehicle is working.
Two steam rollers were rolling back and forth slowly, pressing the gravel laid on the solid roadbed neatly, and there were people constantly scooping water on the beast cart and splashing it back and forth, which made Dong Chen think of a certain rolling method of water-cemented gravel road, but I don't know if it is not.
Don't let him think, the Cyclops has already crossed the outer city wall, flew over the part of the road repair, and flew straight towards the inner city, Dong Chen found that the buildings in the inner city are obviously older than those in the outer city, and they are not as tall as the outer city, but this is the essence of the imperial capital, and all kinds of buildings have a very strong artistic and historical atmosphere.
There are a lot of tall buildings in the outer city, the tallest in Black Rock City is the nine-story Science and Technology Cult Building, and there is only one, and the nine-story building here can't be said to be ordinary, but there are definitely a lot, one by one, the highest Dong Chen saw the twelve-story building.
Dong Chen has never seen any running steam equipment in the city, it seems that the steam roller is the first step of the steam car, and the roads in the city are all stone roads, which cannot withstand the toss of the roller.
However, there are already presses paving the way outside the city, and I believe that steam cars are already being planned, and the people of the Cult of Technology will certainly not be satisfied with letting the steam engine only run on the rails.
In addition to the steam transportation on the road, Dong Chen saw the most towering chimneys, which was also a major feature of the steam age.
However, looking at the blue sky of the imperial capital, it can be seen that the changes brought to the imperial capital by the steam age are not very big, at least the haze or something has not been seen yet.
After the spacecraft landed, the convoy that picked them up also arrived, pulled up the luggage unloaded from the airship and left the airship landing field.
Naturally, Vatra was in the same car as Dong Chen, after all, he was entrusted to take care of Dong Chen, and it was a short-horned deer pulling the cart, and the hooves on the four hooves collided with the stone road with a crisp sound.
Vatra looked at the scene outside and took a deep breath, "It's still a familiar smell, I can smell the prosperity of the imperial capital as soon as I smell it." ”
Dong Chen looked outside, there were a lot of beast carts and pedestrians coming and going, but he said that it smelled......
He looked at the beast feces everywhere, and he didn't dare to gasp for breath.
This is probably the prosperous taste of this era, with many people, many cars, and a lot of poop......
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