Pioneering

Chapter 213 New Chang'an City Project and Noble Students

"Ming, are you okay?"

In the conference hall, Shana looked worriedly at Zhong Ming who was yawning all over the place: "Why don't you take a rest, you haven't rested for ten days and ten nights in a row."

"Hache~"

Zhong Ming sat in the first seat, glanced at the crowd, and waved his hands to indicate that he was fine.

It's a joke, just staying overnight for ten days, I don't take it seriously at all, my demigod's body that punched mountains, could it be possible that I will die suddenly?
"Shana, it's okay, this little fatigue is nothing to me, let's go to the meeting."

Shana, Kesarina, and Raven were present at the meeting, as well as Ange, Ryan, Bout, Myers, and Salt who participated remotely using the divine magic sound transmission.

As the saying goes, the fewer people, the more important things can be decided.

It has been a month since the end of the war, and it is time to inquire about the progress of the post-war affairs.

Zhong Ming was the first to ask Ange who was far away in the four new provinces: "Ange, how is the work-for-relief going? How is the road repair going?"

"Your Majesty, the work-for-relief program was doing okay. We recruited more than 8702 million road construction workers from the four new provinces. The 50 skilled workers I brought over brought the old to the new, and the progress was okay.

Although the progress of the trunk roads in the four new provinces you planned varies from place to place, one-third should have been completed as a whole, and the construction of the trunk roads can be completed in two months.

but……"

"but what?"

An Ge sighed: "But the Coastal Province and the Near Ocean Province have been attacked by the mermaid tribe, and recently there have been more refugees from these two provinces.

In just three days, we accepted [-] refugees, and the influx of refugees continued, and the pressure on supplies rose rapidly.

But our current recruitment needs have peaked, and we don't need more road workers.Even cement plants and transportation workers are already in full demand.

Because of these alien attacks, workers in the coastal provinces are afraid to go to work.

Your Majesty, please hurry up and exterminate these aliens, otherwise..."

Zhong Ming pinched his eyebrows: "Well, the reinforcements will leave in three days and arrive in the two coastal provinces within ten days. I have already ordered the standing troops of the two coastal provinces to guard the towns, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

As for the saturation of recruitment, don't worry about so much, keep recruiting, I will increase your material authority for you, add these refugees, and complete the main roads of the remaining two provinces in 20 days, is there any problem? "

Angle promised repeatedly.

Zhong Ming turned to connect with others: "Boot, Myers, how are you two doing with your qualification screening and missionary work?"

Myers was the first to speak out: "Your Majesty, thanks to the efforts of many priests, we have already completed all the qualification screening work for the new four provinces ten days ago, and the attack of the mermaid tribe has not affected this work.

There are 5112 wizard talents recorded in the new four provinces. The attribute energy affinity statistics are as follows: 3522 low affinity talents, 1134 medium affinity talents, 455 high affinity talents, and 1 super affinity talent.

Judging from their appearance, these people had almost reached the capital. "

Zhong Ming nodded slightly.

"It's just that the missionary work is not going well." Myers, who is in charge of missionary matters in the two coastal provinces, said shamefully.

"The two coastal provinces are originally rich places where the population gathers, accounting for [-]% of the population of the new four provinces.

Originally, I have baptized more than 3000 million believers in the past half month.

But the sudden attack of the mermaids seriously hindered our missionary activities. I counted yesterday, and the priests sacrificed 13 people.

In the past three days, the number of casualties among the citizens should have been around 30. "

Zhong Ming's brows were a little gloomy: "Myers, it's okay, it's not your fault. But how about you?"

Boote, who is in charge of missionaries in Linshan Province and Lindong Province, said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, my side is fine. Almost half of the people in the territory have converted to my god. It is estimated that within a month, my god's faith will cover the people of these two provinces."

"Ah."

Zhong Ming didn't give any praise, because there are only two provinces with a population of 4000 million, and Bout's efficiency has only developed 2000 million believers, which is much inferior to Mels' achievement of more than 3000 million when he carried the mermaid attack up.

"Salter, how is the training of the 30 recruits with good martial arts qualifications that you just took over?"

Salt's humble voice came:

"My master, I have screened out a hundred thousand idiots who are not suitable for the battlefield.

But it is indeed very difficult for this group of illiterate idiots to teach them martial arts.

At present, there are only [-] talents who are very talented. I guess it will take at least five months to complete the training and train them to the level of the previous batch. "

From teaching stance, literacy, acupoint recognition, weapon moves, and teaching collective consciousness, obedience consciousness, and military formation, the workload is very heavy. Even if Salt brought five thousand warrior veterans, he could only save money compared to before. a month.

It is even more routine to eliminate those who are not brave enough to be eliminated at the bottom until they are close to Zhong Ming's 12 target, and then disperse the eliminated to the standing army to become officers.

Zhong Ming expressed his understanding: "The master leads the door, and the practice is up to the individual. You have done a good job to lead them all in in five months."

"Lian, is there any progress in the information you searched for on the mermaids?"

Ryan was very excited: "Your Majesty, my side is first..., then..., sacrificed..., and finally....

It is basically certain that these mermaids were not sent by the 'Ondina' royal family at all!

The high probability should be Melmed, and the low probability is Malan. "

Zhong Ming was not very surprised, after all, he had already expected it.

The infighting between the mermaid clan is not much worse than the political struggle in the human kingdom!

Pure mermaid?Oh Te!
Zhong Ming affirmed Ryan's efforts and achievements.

As a half-way monk, without knowing anything, he entered the industry as an intelligence leader, Ryan can do this to this extent, it can be said that he has "dedicated himself".

Zhong Ming warned: "Lian, you did a good job. But you are too risky this time!

Put yourself on the line, if you make a mistake, how should I explain to your family?
Where else could I find such faithful 'eyes'?

I would rather give up this information than lose your bright eyes! "

"Your Majesty, my lord, I..." Ryan's choked sobs could be heard through the radio wave of the divine art.

Zhong Ming made an overall comment: "Those who went to the four new provinces have done a good job and are worthy of praise. After returning to Chang'an for your contributions, I will let you get the rewards you deserve.

Titles, money, honors... I will never begrudge you what is due, I hope you will not relax. "

Anger thanked the four.

Zhong Ming said loudly: "In addition to checking and accepting your achievements this month, today is also announcing a plan—the New Chang'an City Plan!"

Yes, at present, all the towns in the entire Zoya world, no matter how prosperous they are, rely on agriculture as the cornerstone, and handicrafts and commerce can only be regarded as functional supplements.

Zhong Ming wants to rebuild Chang'an City, that is, the Nabrien City of the former Yige Principality, which can not only further wash away the traces of the Yige Principality, but also set a benchmark for the future Yaxia town.

A benchmark for an industrialized city!
The original Chang'an City was about 40 kilometers long and 50 kilometers wide. As the capital of a country, it was already quite a magnificent city in the North Continent, enough to accommodate more than 200 million citizens.

But in Zhong Ming's eyes, it's not enough, far from enough!

How can it be the heart of an industrialized country if it cannot accommodate tens of millions of citizens?
"Ming, our supplies..." Kesarina, who was in charge of the accounts, became more and more careful in her calculations, her pretty face paled in shock from Zhong Ming's grand plan, and she hurriedly spoke out.

Zhong Ming also knew that Yaxia's food supplies were a little tight.

And farmers have to wait on the land, and it is not wise to spend people's energy everywhere.

He is not going to be like Ying and Yang of Blue Star.After all, the steps are too big, and it is easy to pull the eggs.

Zhong Ming explained: "Honey, don't worry, of course I know what to do, I won't be reckless.

I want to divide the whole plan into three phases..."

That's right, the project is too big, so installments are fine. Anyway, I can stay in the material world for 1000 years, so I have plenty of time.

Although the original Chang'an City was made up of all masonry buildings, roads, and a certain number of public toilets, it seemed to be okay, but the urban layout was not reasonable, and there was still a lot of excrement outside the inner city, which was very stinky.

The city's sewer works are also perfunctory.

This is something Zhong Ming can't stand!
So Zhong Ming wants to tear down and rebuild the new Chang'an city!
The goal of the first phase is to renovate and rebuild Chang'an City, move the new Chang'an City to the north and expand it by [-] kilometers, and re-arrange urban facilities with the inner city "Ziwei City" as the core.

The rough design is that the first ring "Ziwei City" can be regarded as the political district and Zhong Ming's home;

The second ring is laid out in the central business district, and the sales area for various commodities is laid out in detail. There are only a small number of residences to deceive nobles and wealthy businessmen who want to save face;
The third ring is dominated by residential areas, supplemented by commercial areas, with a roughly ratio of six to four, mixed and mixed.

The fourth ring is dominated by residential areas, supplemented by a small number of commercial areas.

The fifth ring is mainly to lay out some textile factories, as the basis for providing jobs for most citizens in the future.

It will be expanded in the future, and this collar design also leaves considerable room for improvement for subsequent projects.

If the first phase is completed, it is estimated that the capacity of citizens can be increased to 40 million.

As for the sewer plan...

If you talk about urban planning, Zhong Ming still has a little foundation in middle school geography and college elective courses, and can point out and generalize the direction;
As for the design of the sewer, Zhong Ming didn't know much about it. He was going to issue a recruiting order across the North Continent to see if he could find a few who could solve this problem.

He didn't believe it anymore, with a title of baron, wouldn't it be possible to offer a reward for not finding a suitable construction talent?
No matter how few cultural people there are, Zoya’s world population base is here, so it’s impossible not to find it?
After hearing Zhong Ming's first plan, Kesalina made a rough calculation, and it would not ruin the finances, but she still wanted to persuade Zhong Ming:
"Ming, we have to allocate a sum of supplies to John and their reinforcements recently. No matter how much we capture, it will cost a lot..."

Zhong Ming said he understood, but he didn't change it: "Kesalena, the mermaids have damage and consumption, and they will naturally have loot. Believe me, the ocean can give us unexpected joy."

She had no choice but to agree, but reminded again and again that she must take her time, and don't waste all her wealth...

Speaking of food supplies, Zhong Ming looked up at Lei Wen again: "Lei Wen, how about it, after those good neighbors sent us the 'Joint Statement', how many countries are willing to maintain trade relations?"

Lei Wen wondered: "Your Majesty, this, the trade relations between the big countries are almost broken.

Winkler, Diemen, and Wieserde explicitly banned all trade between the country and us.

Especially Winkrell, the strictest implementation, basically did not get any supplies.

There are still some big nobles in the other two countries who trade with us, but the price has generally doubled, and the overall quantity of materials has also dropped to one-third of the original. It is not known whether it will be completely cut off.

Although Magzhek is an ally of our country in name, it is itself a major food importer, and the food materials it can obtain from it are extremely limited.

Estonia is a peninsula country. I don’t know what happened in the country in recent years, and the communication with the outside world has dropped sharply. We can get very few supplies from there. "

Lei Wen saw that Zhong Ming's face was not very good, and said quickly:

"However, the Department of Foreign Affairs has also worked hard.

After I Yaxia annexed Andrioya in one fell swoop, we acted both hard and soft, and many counties agreed to establish trade relations with us.

Twelve have agreed, eight are still working on it, and three have refused.

If the trade goes smoothly, the total amount of food imports may be one-third more than before, which means that the total expenditure may be doubled. "

Zhong Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

It's true that I like to do some infrastructure construction, but if the supplies are really unbearable, it's okay to postpone it first.

It is not bad to be able to rely on imports to support it now.

As for capital outflows, gold and silver outflows?
Hehe, it is true that gold and silver are natural equivalents, but Zhong Ming can rub gold and silver with his hands?
Isn’t it a good thing that the over-issued currency has been taken advantage of?
Zhong Ming nonchalantly agreed to the price quotation for this kind of material that other countries regard as a "big injustice", and asked Lei Wen to import as much as possible, so that if you buy it, you will earn money.

After the meeting ended, Zhong Ming looked at the empty meeting room, stretched his waist, and prepared to go back to work.

Entrepreneurial gods, that's what it is.

……

At the same time, on the outskirts of Chang'an, a large team of [-] people was marching undulatingly under the sun.

This team is impressively selected wizard qualifications and the army that escorted them.

"Yves, why are you dawdling, don't fall behind." A well-armored knight dressed as an aristocrat stepped forward to remind his companion.

"Eden, what do you think will happen when we arrive in Chang'an City?" Yves Capo said worriedly,
"You and I both know that in name, we came to Chang'an City to study with these wizard seedlings, but in fact we were just hostages.

After all, we are not Yasha's own people! "

"Shh~!" Eden Saba hurriedly covered his friend's mouth, "You don't want to die? We are the Asshai people now, the Asshai people, how many times do you have to say it before you can remember?

Our family is now loyal to Grand Duke Assia, and the Grand Duke has accepted our allegiance.

We are all faithful believers under the crown of the God of Wealth. Once we enter Chang'an City, the Grand Duke or His Majesty the Pope will personally baptize us into religion, understand?

Talk nonsense again, none of us friends have to do it!
If you say such things again, believe it or not, I will tell Uncle Lukash that he can ride a flying monster overnight and beat you up? "

Yves knew that his friend was doing it for his own good, so he could only apologize and thank him.

"Brother, I know you feel uncomfortable going away from home.

But don't blame me for being serious, you don't even think about it, what can you inherit from the second son of the second son in the future?At most one knight collar, great baronet collar.

Coming to the capital of Assia, which is the closest to the center of power, might it be the best way out for a smart person like you?
You have also tested the talent of a high-level wizard, which is much better than me who has no talent for a wizard! "Eden comforted.

Eve nodded reluctantly, but a beautiful image flashed in his heart.

Eden seemed to have guessed something, and joked, "Could it be that you still can't forget Polona?"

As soon as this name was mentioned, Yves felt as if his hair exploded, shame, anger, nostalgia, sadness... It is hard to imagine that a face can express so many emotions at the same time.

Seeing that the good brother was impatient, Eden quickly changed the topic: "Brother, don't worry, I don't mean to provoke you, I just want to tell you that if you don't get it, it may not be the best, and you can't say that the real good things are right in front of you." Nah.

Use what is said in the "Asian Dictionary", yes, when it is time to pick flowers, do it decisively! (Flowers can be broken when they bloom, don’t wait until there are no flowers to break branches)”

As he spoke, he pursed his lips and motioned his good brother to look at the green figure on the right.

Eve followed his friend's instructions subconsciously.

Under the sunlight, feeling that his peeping behavior was noticed, that figure was like a frightened cunning rabbit, lightly urged the horse, and ran away in a hurry.

These thousands of young teenagers and girls have different identities, different aptitudes, similar ages, and the same destination. What kind of unknown future will they face?

The teenagers and girls who are full of expectations, uneasiness, and apprehensions are getting closer to Chang'an City.

(End of this chapter)