76 border cities
After arriving at the warehouse with the paladin, Ankka retrieved a few bones, blood, and slime inside, and returned to his temporary accommodation.
Ankh called out to Sodeyith in the distance and said, "Can Sodeyith come over for a moment?" ”
Sodeyith trotted over and asked, "Are you about to go?" ”
"You're in such a hurry! I need your help me to process these into gear and accessories. ”
Sodeeth took it and said, "These are excellent and I can give them to you tonight." ”
Later, when Ankka gets bored, she prepares to take a walk around to see how the city is being built.
Ankh meets the members of Wrath of the Virgin at the humble gates that have been piled up to check in the residents.
The other party stood up and saluted when he saw Ankha coming, and Ankha waved his hand and said, "You don't need to use any etiquette on me, I'm just here to see if there's any problem?" ”
"One of the problems is that now that more and more people are coming, it seems that we need to re-plan the construction of the city."
"We only need to leave the basic office space and effective guards, and the rest of the construction will be personally participated by the people who move in."
"But if people build houses freely, won't the land be big enough? After all, everyone wants their house to be big. ”
Ankka pinched her chin and looked thoughtfully at the city plan on the other party's table and said, "Can you show me?" ”
"Yes."
Anka took the map and found that the whole city was completely standard for other regions, and Anka smacked his lips and said, "There are some problems here!" ”
"What?"
Ankh pointed to the drawings and said, "Most of the people here are herders, artisans and merchants, and we want to make this a trading center, so we need to set aside additional grazing areas outside the city and let those herders live there, so that they can manage their own animals and quickly transport them to the city for sale, plus the city is close to it, and they don't have to travel long if they want any supplies." ”
"But didn't we say we could give them a place to live in the city and a shop?"
"They can choose to live here or in an area that has been set aside outside the city, and they get a meadow area based on the number of cattle and sheep they have."
"But do we need to limit the amount of houses built inside and outside the city?"
"There are no restrictions outside the city, as long as it is in the grassland he has planned, even if he wants to build a house on the grassland, we don't have to care."
After that, Ankka suddenly asked, "How much budget do we have to apply to the Holy Maiden for the construction of the city?" ”
"It's only halfway."
Ankka looked around and said, "That would definitely not be enough. ”
The Paladin asked, "Do we need to take the initiative to sell the city house?" I've heard that Karan is making a lot of money doing that. ”
"We said that the first 10,000 people can get land and shops, and we can't be untrustworthy, but we can effectively plan the area where they will use, if they want to buy other houses, we can ask them to buy at the original price, and as for the 10,000 people who come after them, they can also reduce the price of the first house they buy by at least one-tenth."
The paladin said with concern on his face: "Then we, as managers, may be in debt!" After all, our budget is no longer enough, even if people after 10,000 people can buy a house, so what about after that? ”
"Can residents be charged for water and coal?"
"What does that mean?"
"I think we can make a kind of contract with them, where we send people to bring them water on time and coal in the winter, and we can take some of the hard-earned money from that."
The paladin's eyes lit up after writing it down, and he said, "I understand, Mr. Anka, we will quickly come up with a new plan tonight and show you it." ”
"I'm an amateur after all, and you don't need to ask me if you think it's appropriate."
"Your opinion is also valuable."
"I'm going to check it out there, you can get busy first!"
When Ankh came to a house under construction, Ankka asked the craftsman, "Are you new here?" ”
"Yes, I used to be a blacksmith from a tribe, and when I heard that there were shops and living quarters here, and that I was paying for a settlement, I came here with my family."
"How do you feel here?"
"I feel good that my family and I don't have to wander around when there are so many people here."
"Can you accept that the managers here will make some contracts with you in the future for you to pay for the services?"
"As long as it's not too much, I'm acceptable, after all, this is the first city of this size on the grassland, and I won't have too few customers in the future, so as long as they don't ask for too much, I'm okay with it."
"Then aren't you worried about being invaded because this is a border?"
"How is it possible, how can the people of the Cades still have the energy to come here after being invaded by many sides? And don't we have a lot of paladins and ordinary soldiers here? ”
"Sorry to interrupt."
Since then, Ankh has been wandering among the newly arrived residents, asking them various questions and hoping to get some opinions and suggestions from their mouths.
At night, Ankka arrived at Sodeis's workshop.
Sodeeth said, "This is the equipment I think is the best fit for you. ”
"Thank you."
After saying that, Ankka placed a copper plate on the anvil and put on the equipment, a robe made of monster slime and stained blood, and the clasps made of monster bones all hid poisonous hidden weapon flying needles.
"Mr. Anka, I'll show you the secret weapon here."
After speaking, Sodeyith picked up a button and squirted out a thin needle, and when the other button was pressed, a black mist strung out more than ten meters.
"Mr. Anka, these hidden weapons can shoot more than ten meters, you can also make your own hidden weapons according to the instructions I gave you in the future, I believe these hidden weapons will definitely help you in the future."
"Thank you very much for your kindness, although I don't think the hidden weapon is good, but I have to say that this kind of hidden and unexpected deadly thing is really useful."
As the two were talking, one of the members of the Wrath of the Maiden came over and said, "Mr. Anka, we have a new plan, please come and give us some advice. ”
"Okay, I'll go."
As Ankka prepared to leave, Sodeeth said, "Mr. Anka, can you allow me to use that monster corpse for some experiments?" ”
"What experiment?"
"I hope I can use monster corpses for all sorts of things, such as making stronger explosives out of monster slime."
"What explosives?"
Sodeyith excitedly brought Ankara into the workshop, and Anka saw a black iron bucket placed on a high platform.
"Mr. Anka, this is a cannon, a newly developed weapon of the Holy Maiden, I stole his crafting method from the Northern Academy, but I still need enough shells, I think I can use the monster's slime as a substitute for gunpowder before I can get those excellent minerals in the mountains west of Cades."
"What's the use of this compared to a catapult?"
Sodeis smiled and said, "You will see it in the Golden City of Sacred Words in a month." ”
"What do you mean?"
"If the Holy Maiden wants to take down the Golden City of Sacred Words, it is necessary to use this weapon, and when the time comes, you will see the Golden City of Sacred Words in ruins with the sound of explosions."
Ankh said with a look of disbelief: "It's so strange that a metal bucket like this can burst out with such power?" ”
"This is still in the initial stage, and I don't know how powerful it is."
"Don't say so much, I'll go over first, I wish you a good dream!"