When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 989 Joan of Arc in 1454 (Part 2)
The wheelchair rolled along the cobblestone road of the dock, its palm-sized wolf ears fluttering, attracting the attention of many pedestrians.

They didn't know the wolf girl's identity, but they did know that the person pushing the cart was Saint-Sun Horn.

So who is this wolf girl?

An angel has descended to earth?
As Horn pushed Sylvie along the canal, they waded through the ground strewn with vegetable scraps and eggshells.

They were accompanied by many guards in the water, who slowly moved forward with them.

Shilov stopped at the head of a bridge: "Is this the Longbridge where the Battle of Longbridge took place?"

“Yes.” Horn turned his head to look. The original wooden suspension bridge had been demolished, and the bridge surface had been widened because a large number of people needed to cross the canal.

This resulted in the original suspension bridge cables being unable to lift the bridge deck, thus obstructing the navigation of ships.

So, after modifications by several master stonemasons and scholars, towers were added to the original bridge piers, and granite counterweights and a clockwork crane were added to the rear of the suspension bridge.

Meanwhile, two pedestrian overpasses were added at a higher point between the two towers, above the highest point when the suspension bridge is raised.

In this way, when the suspension bridge is raised, pedestrians on both sides can go down the stairs of the tower to the third floor and then cross the river via the pedestrian bridge on the third floor.

The suspension bridge is raised or lowered according to the daily volume of pedestrian and boat traffic, which facilitates land transportation without hindering boat navigation.

It's like a youthful version of Tower Bridge in another world.

It must be said that these scholars who came to the Holy Trinity from Leia and Fran were indeed capable.

Most importantly, they all have a background in mathematics and philosophy.

Professor Sylvie's natural theology, various engineering mechanics and analytical mechanics, plus kinematics, enabled them to learn several times faster than ordinary students, grasping concepts instantly.

"Is there such a large flow of people and vehicles on both sides of the canal?"

“Yes, of course there is.” Horn pushed Sylph along, gesturing towards the distance as they walked.

Jeanne d'Or's original industries were mainly pharmaceuticals, dyes, high-end woodworking, and sculpture.

However, in eight years, J.J.B. also completed its industrial transformation.

It abandoned industries such as medicine and dyes and moved them to Celestial City, Rapids City, and the Holy Temple.

What St. Reich left to Jeanne d'Arc was a sugar workshop, an ink workshop, a movable type printing workshop, a papermaking workshop, a garment workshop, and so on.

In the foreseeable future, they also plan to relocate their garment workshops to Charlottetown and take over the bleaching workshops from Upper Switzerland.

In exchange, the local chairman of the woodworking association also reached an agreement with the chairman of the Upper Rivershire woodworking association to transfer some of the high-end woodworking to Upper Rivershire.

In addition to the prosperity of this secondary industry, Longsand County is also a major grain-producing county in the South, second only to Hotham County in terms of output.

County Hotham is unavoidable; it's located in the Noon Delta region, a place crisscrossed by rivers and naturally endowed with natural advantages.

Longsand County's agricultural output surpasses that of Caxia County, mainly because it was the first to implement the 100-household system and modern farming tools.

Although Horn vigorously promoted new agricultural tools and water-powered machinery to replace human labor, it will still take time for them to become widespread.

Longsand County is the most popular among them, and it also has the fertile South Ibe Plain.

Originally, that area was a battleground between the Empire and Black Serpent Bay, a very chaotic place where no one dared to cultivate that kind of food.

After Black Snake Bay came under the control of the Holy Alliance, large numbers of immigrants, especially refugees, were sent to that area to reclaim wasteland.

Many prisoners of war even brought their families from their hometowns to live with them.

This has resulted in very low prices for agricultural products in J.J. D.C., which has led to frequent disturbances by farmers' representatives regarding the industrial wastewater problem in J.J. D.C.

At the previous central assembly, the representatives of the citizens of Jenderburg and the representatives of the farmers got into a fight over this issue in front of Horn.

Some enthusiasts even drew pictures of the famous scene from that time.

At the very top sits a benevolent-smiling Horn with a sun disc hanging behind him; in the middle are numerous cardinals and saints who look helpless and facepalm; and at the very bottom are other representatives who are watching the spectacle with amusement.

The person who did this was Leonardo DiCaprio, and his painting sold for an extremely high price at auction.

Leonardo DiCaprio immediately poured the money into research on airships.

After learning about the law of conservation of energy in natural theology, Leonardo DiCaprio's dream of a perpetual motion machine was shattered, and he was depressed for half a year.

Having just returned to the scene last summer, he quickly set his sights on aviation, with his latest product being the Novia vibrating wing aircraft. "But you still haven't answered my question about why there's such a huge crowd!"

Seeing that Horn had gone off on a tangent, Sylph quickly tried to bring the conversation back on track.

Horn then explained, "Don't forget, besides the primary and secondary industries, there's also the tertiary industry. Commerce is the foundation of Langsander County's prosperity!"

Yes, business.

The three counties under Black Snake Bay's control, which together cover an area equivalent to two Thousand Rivers Valley, served as the first stop for all exported goods to Jeanne d'Arc Castle.

As for the midpoint of the wool processing belt around Upper Riverdance, it is also Jeanne d'Arc.

Wool, wool, fur, timber, smoked meat, and oil from the north converged in J.J.B.

Spices, slime, sugar, monster meat, and fruit from the south also converge in Jeanne d'Arc.

Don't forget that the various agricultural and industrial products produced in Jeanne d'Arch also converge in Jeanne d'Arch.

If the Holy Armory is the political center of the Holy Alliance, then Joan of Arc, as one of the twin cities, is the economic center of the Holy Alliance.

"So you see, the areas on both sides of the canal used to be working-class neighborhoods, and now what are they?"

Helena looked around and was surprised to find:
The book records that the artisan district on the north side of the river was occupied by various trading houses, newspapers, and warehouses, while the dilapidated working-class district on the south side of the river was replaced by various row houses.

As for the original residential areas, they are much quieter now.

Groups of merchants hauled various goods across the bridge and waterway, while tax collectors of all ranks affixed tax slips to wine barrels and crates with stamps.

"Are all these merchants from out of town? Where have all the locals gone?" Shilov looked around but didn't see many local residents.

"They've all moved to the industrial zone."

Walking downstream from Civic Street, you'll reach the outskirts of the city and see the platform for the horse-drawn train.

After about half an hour on the train, we arrived at the industrial zone, where the printing and papermaking workshops had moved.

“Those who moved away from the working-class areas either went back to the countryside to farm and then returned to the city to work during the off-season, or they moved to the industrial area,” Horn explained with a smile.

Edwin, the privy councilor accompanying him, added: "The locals call the industrial area the New Town and J.J. Fort the Old Town."

Due to poor drainage and various infrastructure issues in J.J.J.C., the houses are low and old, and some areas don't get any sunlight all year round.

Therefore, people and immigrants tend to live in the new town area, while only those working for newspapers, printing houses, and chambers of commerce live in the civic streets.

"Are there any houses left to live in the industrial zone?"

“Of course,” Horn said proudly with a smile. “These are supporting facilities. Besides, can’t we also build timber-framed houses?”

As sugar mills and paper mills expanded, a number of apartment buildings specifically for laborers were built on the edge of the old industrial area.

Some were timber-framed houses, some were brick and tile houses, and the well-performing state-owned workshops even had three-story mortar buildings.

Along one side of the apartment barracks, there is a row of two-story wooden buildings, lined up in a row.

At a glance, one sees the clanging and banging of blacksmith shops, barbershops, furniture stores, grain and oil shops, butcher shops...

Across these apartments, there was another stretch of paper and sugar factories, followed by another row of apartment barracks.

The designers of this new urban area are quite clever; they not only designed a sewer system but also created a small park for daily water use and rainwater/sewage drainage.

"What's the designer's name?" Horn asked, intrigued by Edwin's introduction.

"Mr. Lenot, a stonemason scholar from Leia, came to the Holy Alliance because of the war."

"Who was the chief designer of this Jeanne d'Arc Tower Bridge?" Shilov followed up with another question.

“Mr. Alberti, also a stonemason scholar from Leia, was expelled from the stonemason scholars’ guild for not building bridges according to fixed designs.”

Horn and Sylvie exchanged a glance and asked in unison, "What about the planners from Jeanne d'Arc?"

Edwin gave a wry smile: "They are from the same place as Leia, the Wood father and son, scholars from King's University on the River Island."

Sylph looked up at Horn: "You really have ripped off all the elites of the Kingdom of Leia!"

(End of this chapter)