Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 742

The rumors about the relationship between Perfectcot and the royal family were just a small episode. What was more important to both the royal family and Perfectcot was how to carry out post-disaster reconstruction and allow the North to recover from the impact of the blizzard.

This is not an easy job.

The destruction brought about by this white disaster was unprecedented. Almost all transportation in the North was severely affected. All railways came to a standstill during the blizzard and airships were unable to fly. The impact and losses brought to the North were immeasurable.

Many settlements in the North rely entirely on external input to maintain normal operations. Once transportation is cut off and external input is interrupted, they will easily fall to the brink of collapse.

This is why Perfecto sent people to relocate remote settlements once the weather controllers began to operate.

Leaving them there would only cause them to collapse in the snowstorm, eventually killing everyone living there.

It is also for this reason that when the snowstorm subsided, both the North and the Cabinet mobilized forces to restore transportation as soon as possible.

This is not an easy task, or at least it was difficult from the beginning.

The snow brought by the blizzard was several meters deep, and it was almost impossible to clear the snow.

Even though Perfect and the Cabinet sent out steam knights and various autonomous robots to participate in the cleanup work, they still found it difficult to clear the accumulated snow.

Some even suggested that instead of shoveling away all the snow, it might be faster to just dig holes in it.

This suggestion has been adopted on a limited basis and is used in some places where there is severe snow accumulation and not much traffic demand. Some streets choose to dig a channel in the snow, which greatly reduces the difficulty and workload of clearing.

The cleared snow is piled on top of the uncleared snow, making it thicker and more solid.

In order to prevent the dug passage from collapsing due to the weight of the snow itself, some people poured water inside the tunnel to make the inner wall of the tunnel freeze and increase its strength.

Although it is difficult to say how strong the tunnel dug in this way is, it has solved the urgent problem for the time being.

After all, if we want to clear everything, the workload will be too huge. This way we can temporarily open up the traffic and save a lot of time and manpower.

But this cannot be done on major transportation routes such as railway lines, after all, even solid ice cannot support large-span caves.

But if you want to reinforce it, the workload will be no less than digging out all the snow.

So in the end, large-scale snow removal work will still be required on major traffic roads.

To do this, Perfect had to mobilize the entire population of Chernobog, and everyone was put into this work.

The army and steam knights were responsible for leading large autonomous robots to open up important traffic routes.

Topeficote had set up many towns along the railway, which were very useful at this time. They were important supply nodes and calibration points for the construction team to rush through the railway, and they were also important departure points for the construction team. Some machinery and manpower could be transported to these towns by airships, and then they would start from these towns and work in other directions along the railway.

This is undoubtedly faster than working from only one direction and can open up all roads more efficiently.
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"The settlements in the Old River Valley should be relocated if possible, and closed if possible. This snowstorm has exposed many survival problems in this area. If we want to maintain the operation of the settlements in this area, we must at least build another railway across this rift, but this will require too much investment." Perfectot looked at the settlement distribution map in the north in front of him and told the officials beside him about the plan to adjust and close the settlements.

"Yes, my lord. But where will these relocated people be resettled? Should they be resettled nearby, or..." The official recorded Perfecto's order, but at the same time also asked her about further arrangements.

Perfect thought for a moment and said, "Move the young and strong ones to Chernobog. I will have new projects that will require a large number of manpower. As for the old and weak ones, place them nearby.

As for the discovered resources around these abolished settlements, please summarize them and give me a new development plan.

These resources are the wealth of the North and cannot be wasted. Some must be sealed and some must be developed and utilized more properly.”

"Yes, lord." The officials all bowed in response, and at the same time, they worked harder on the plan to adjust the settlement.

Although Perfect had adjusted a wave of settlement issues before, that was only an emergency measure during the snowstorm.

When the snowstorm passed and the disaster situation in various places was summarized, the situation was far worse than expected.

Even Perfect had to admit that the development of the North in recent years had exceeded her expectations, and the construction of settlements was far more than she had originally designed.

This is certainly not a problem in itself. After all, more settlements mean a larger population, and various resources can be developed more effectively, and the construction of the North can also achieve more favorable development.

But this also brings up a problem. Not all settlements take their location, surrounding resources, and other factors into consideration at the beginning of construction.

This resulted in many settlements being located in remote areas, away from major railway lines, airship patrol routes, and even far away from major towns.

Perfect could understand the emergence of this situation. After all, good locations had settlements that had been planned in advance. If later generations wanted to have their own territory, they could only develop in more remote areas.

In addition, many of the indigenous people in the North still dislike the Empire. Although they have surrendered to Perfect, they still choose to live far away from the Imperials so that they can maintain their unique culture and living habits.

These people even rejected the North's plan to build railways to their settlements, and were only willing to accept visits from regular touring caravans.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to doing this. The advantage is of course that it preserves the traditional culture of the local indigenous people, develops resources in remote areas, etc., but the disadvantages are also equally obvious.

These places have inconvenient transportation and relatively scarce materials. Although some resources have been developed, their own mining capacity is limited and many resources cannot be effectively developed.

So Perfect needed to adjust various issues to ensure that the North could recover from the previous disaster while also preparing for her future plans.

(End of this chapter)