Chapter 166: A City Like No Other
"What's wrong?" Wang Xu lowered his head and asked her when he heard Zana's confused whisper.
When questioning, Wang Xu did not stop moving forward, and continued to lead everyone along the main road in the center of the city to the north, the longest road in the city, is only about two hundred meters long, if it were not for a big fountain in the center of the city, now, everyone should have seen the appearance of the city lord's mansion.
"Did you design this city?" Zhana turned her head to look at Wang Xu, and said with surprise in her eyes: "The architectural style here, I have never seen it in other places, whether it is the Elemental City of the Elf Race, or the City of the Human Race, or even the City of the Demon Race, there is no building like here, it's amazing!"
After listening to Zana's words, the two sisters Nilou and Succubus turned their eyes to the surrounding scenery, and in an instant, the three of them also realized that the city was indeed strange, and everything in it was so different.
Unlike the two-story wooden houses inhabited by the Terrans and Elves, all the houses here are three-story stone houses, some of which are made of cheaper dark gray limestone bricks, some of which are made of slightly more expensive light gray granite slabs, and some of which are obviously mansions, made of snow-white marble bricks.
Unlike most of the spire houses in the Loren world, almost every house in the city has a horizontal roof, and on the edge of each roof, there is a circle of arrows like jagged arrows, which fully shows that even if an enemy breaks through the gates of Hill City, it is impossible to easily occupy the entire city. Because, every house here. It's all a little bunker, so to speak. The inside of Hill City has been transformed into a paradise for street battles by Wang Xu.
In addition to the private houses, the shops in the city are also very distinctive, and each shop here is exactly the same in appearance, all of which are small five-story limestone buildings, and these five-story small buildings are connected together and form two rows facing each other. Each row is more than 100 meters long, and a commercial street 100 meters long and 5 meters wide is formed in the middle.
Since Hill City is very small, only about the size of two football fields, and the population of the city is small, with a permanent population of only 2,000, and with the non-resident population and mercenaries who come to the city to spend money, there are only 4,000 people in the city, so there are hardly any pedestrians on the streets. Occasionally, I saw a pedestrian, and after just nodding at Wang Xu, he hurried by.
The most distinctive thing is the streets of the city. Except for the two main roads in the east, west and north, which are about ten meters wide, every street in the city is only two or three meters wide, and. Each road is not smooth, and it is less than ten meters away. Either you meet a T-junction, or you have a dead end. Anyway, the city's streets have the feeling that if you don't know the way, you can't go anywhere.
From the inside to the outside, the whole hill city faintly exudes a solemn atmosphere, although you can see happy smiles on the faces of the occasional passers-by, but after all, it is the happiness that only people who live in the city all year round will have, and those who come here for the first time will definitely find it very strange.
"I designed it, from the streets, houses, public buildings, to sewers and water supply systems, I personally designed and directed the construction!" Wang Xu replied to Zana's question.
"Although it is the first time to come to this city, I can feel that you are deeply imprinted here!" Zana looked at the strange streets and buildings around her, shook her head, and said: "The location of every street, every house, every tree, and every magic street lamp here is very strange, but if you look closely, those locations are very reasonable, for example, those magic street lamps are arranged in a straight line, which is more reasonable than the placement of the ancient city of Atagan, which can save resources to the greatest extent." ”
"Sure enough, she has knowledge, and she is worthy of the woman I fancy," after patting Zhana's sycophants, Wang Xu boasted: "Don't look at my small city, but everything here is complete, not only schools, hospitals, libraries, restaurants and hotels, but also various chambers of commerce and trade unions, I can guarantee that everything can be bought here, and I also have a black market here, so things that can't be bought elsewhere can also be bought here." ”
"Are you also in charge of the five villages outside the city?" Zana asked Wang Xu again.
"That's right, the villages outside are all my territory, and those hundreds of acres of land in the river valley plain are enough to feed ten times the urban population!" Wang Xu replied easily.
"How is it possible, there are three or four thousand people in the city, and there are only two or three hundred acres of land outside the city, no matter what is planted there, it is impossible to feed so many people!" Xia Na squinted at Wang Xu and questioned what Wang Xu had just said.
"Don't forget," Wang Xu didn't open his mouth to explain, Nilou suddenly replied to Xia Na: "He is a wood magician, with the strength he has shown, he should be able to control the growth of crops in this area, I estimate, he can do it, every ten days, harvest food, in this way, the city can raise a million people, this is less than 10,000 people." ”
"Oh, I just remembered, you're right, he's still a wood magician!" Xia Na knew that she was embarrassed, and she didn't panic or feel guilty, but directly opened her mouth and said coquettishly to Wang Xu: "I'm sorry, I doubt you, otherwise, I'll give you a benefit, you kiss me." ”
"Save, and kiss together in the future. Wang Xu replied casually, and evaded Xia Na's calculations, he didn't have to kiss her on the spot, and let her owe him a favor.
"Coward!" After realizing that her clever plan was seen through by Wang Xu, Xia Na hummed Wang Xu, twisted Wang Xu, and then, wrapped her arms around her sister, and continued to examine the scenery in the city.
"The pavement in the city is made of some stone, it seems to be a whole piece, very hard!" Nilou stomped the ground hard, looked down at the ground like a whole boulder, and asked Wang Xu again: "Is it really a whole stone, so big?"
"No," Wang Xu replied in a low voice: "I use concrete poured out of the pavement, concrete, also called cement, is an alchemy item I invented, can be dissolved in water, once solidified, it will become very hard, very brittle, and no longer soluble in water, although, in terms of its solidity, not as good as limestone and granite, used to build a house seems a little too brittle, can not withstand the impact, but, it is good to get more for paving, as long as the road is paved thick enough, the cement road is as solid as the bluestone road!"
Just as Wang Xu was leading his women towards the City Lord's Mansion, satisfying their curiosity and answering their various questions, the patriarchs of the three major families who had been dismissed by Wang Xu were gathering in the meeting hall of the Taylor family, discussing something...... (To be continued.) )