Chapter 42 Urban Reform
Thunder Eagle City, it's time for something to change, Rocky thought.
For his identity as the city lord, Rocky can be said to be full of contradictions, although this identity gives him a better starting point than others, but it also makes him feel pressure, especially as the city lord of Thunder Eagle City, the pressure is even greater.
The weakness of Thunder Eagle City is something anyone can see, this small city with a population of only 1,000 has almost nothing, industry, commerce, military, etc., etc., Thunder Eagle City has none of them, if there is such data as development indicators in this world, then the development indicators of Thunder Eagle City will undoubtedly be zero!
In this case, Rocky feels that Thunderhawk City must make a change!
The current Rocky has mastered the unique technology of magic runes, and his future is naturally limitless, so he must let Thunder Eagle City develop and become strong, and only when Thunder Eagle City is strong, he can really give full play to the advantages of magic runes.
But how can we make Thunder Eagle City stronger?
Lodge thought about this question for a long time, and finally came up with an answer: the economy.
The economy is the key!
If a city wants to develop, whether it is a city in the sky or a city on land, the economy is the top priority, because the economy is the foundation of everything, and nothing is empty talk without this foundation.
Therefore, if Rocky wants to make Thunder Eagle City strong, he naturally has to engage in the economy first.
And the first thing he thought of was that he couldn't let Thunder Eagle City rely only on the textile industry to make a living.
Thunder Eagle City has a small population, and there is no real meaning of the factory, the so-called textile industry is all from handwork, and the economic lifeline of a dignified Sky City is actually hand-spun, which is simply a ridiculous thing to hear.
Lodge believes that the economic lifeblood of Thunder Eagle City must be transferred to other industries, even directly to the market, only then can the city's economy improve.
Secondly, it is necessary to change the economic model of Thunder Eagle City.
Now Thunder Eagle City is still in the mode of planned economy, and all the allocation of resources in the city is still decided and allocated by the city lord's mansion.
To give a simple example, let's take the textile industry in a city.
Every quarter, the Lord's Mansion would decide how much yarn to import, and then sell the yarn to the inhabitants at a predetermined price, and when the inhabitants had spun the yarn into cloth, the Lord's Mansion would buy it at the predetermined price, and then sell the cloth to the Chamber of Commerce.
In this process, the city lord's office is responsible for making everything, and the residents only need to pay labor and earn the difference in price to get income, which is a typical planned economy model.
There are too many drawbacks to this economic model, and it is impossible for Thunder Eagle City to develop without changing the city's free market economy.
Rocky felt that this trip to the Sleepless God City was an opportunity, and he also hoped that he could use this opportunity to kick off the beginning of the reform of Thunderhawk City.
With this thought, he found Erin just one day later, and then told her his thoughts, after all, Erin was the financial officer of Thunderhawk City, and she knew more about economics than Rocky.
"My lord, I probably understand what you mean......
When Rocky told Erin what he thought, Erin fell into deep thought, and after a long while, she spoke again: "My lord, your idea is indeed very good, Thunderhawk City really needs to change, but it's just ......"
"But what?"
"You just can't rush it. ”
Glancing at Rocky, Erin said, "My lord, the inhabitants of Thunderhawk City have long been accustomed to what you said...... Economic model?"
"Planned economy. ”
"That's right, it's the planned economy model. For this new word, Erin felt that it was very accurate: "The residents have long been accustomed to the planned economy model you are talking about, and if you suddenly change this model and let the market in Thunder Eagle City connect with the market outside, the residents will definitely not be able to stand this kind of impact, and there will be a big mess at that time." ”
"And what do you mean?"
Erin's words are completely correct, and at the same time, Rocky is worried, although Thunderhawk City must make a change, but Rocky is afraid that the residents of the city will not accept this change, which is why he wants to ask Erin.
"My lord, let's take our time and let the residents get used to it. ”
Erin was very smart, and after listening to Rocky's words, she not only quickly grasped the point, but also thought of a way, which was to gradually adapt the residents of Thunderhawk City.
It sounds like nonsense, but it's not.
Because the population of Thunder Eagle City is too small, but the population is small, it is very easy to adapt to the changes, if the population of Thunder Eagle City is not 1,000 but 100,000, it will be difficult to adapt to the new changes, but fortunately, there are only about 1,000 residents in Thunder Eagle City, and it is relatively simple to let these people adapt to the new changes.
After saying this, Erin told Rocky her thoughts one by one, and for the next few days, the two of them discussed the matter, discussing how to make Thunderhawk City change, and how to make the city's residents adapt to these changes.
As a result, a week passed quickly, during which Rocky and Erin had already developed a fairly complete plan for the economic reform of Thunderhawk City, and it would be implemented by the time of the Nightless God City.
However, Lilia then finds Rocky and tells him that Monte has been discharged from the hospital.
Since he had been preparing to reform the economy of Thunderhawk City these days, Rocky had almost forgotten about the orcs, and he only remembered it when Lilia reminded him of this.
"Healed of his injuries?"
"How can it be so fast, but he has a broken arm, and it is impossible to be good without three or five months. ”
Giving Rocky a blank look, Lilia shook her head helplessly, and then said, "Do you want me to talk to him?"
For the orc Monte, both Rocky and Lilia attach great importance to it, don't look at the other party's broken arm now, but in Rocky and Lilia's eyes, Monte is still a talent, at least the talent that Thunderhawk City needs.
His strength, his experience, and so on can all come in handy in Thunderhawk City, so if you can recruit him under your command, it will only be good for Rocky.
It's just that Monte has been healing a few days ago, and Rocky is also very busy, so the two have not met, and now Monte has not only been discharged from the hospital, but everyone is about to arrive in the City of Sleepless God, if you don't talk to Monte again, they may have to leave.
So Rocky shook his head after thinking about it, and stood up at the same time: "I'd better go and talk to him myself, so that it seems more sincere." ”