Star Tycoon

Chapter 207 Visiting Friends
After Tian Ersan returned to China, Yi Xiannong felt a long-lost sense of happiness.

Especially after the establishment of the government office, Yi Xiannong was finally able to live in the official residence that only heroes could live in, and he was so moved that he almost cried.

"This is the first time since I was born."

Yi Xiannong sighed, saying that he was sent out to work by his inhuman lord right after he was born. He had to be careful and cautious to survive, and only by doing so did he manage to get to his current position step by step.

Fortunately, that inhuman lord didn't care about things here, which gave me the opportunity to show my talents!
"Work!"

Yi Xiannong issued orders, instructing a group of farmers to build a secondary administrative office.

Not far from the government hall, there is a building that can be constructed; its name is the inn.

Yi Xiannong had no intention of building an inn; one hero was enough, and there was no need for a second one for the time being.

It took three days for the more than a thousand households to build all the farmhouses outside, and two or three days for archers and horse-drawn caravans to transport them.

Building construction requires a labor force, as does food production and resource gathering.

Yi Xiannong looked at the Black, White, and Asian people nearby and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness he wasn't here."

Yi Xiannong made a mistake these past two days, but fortunately it wasn't discovered.

It turns out that the country of lighthouses has its own unique characteristics.

One farmhouse is roughly equivalent to 3.5 people, usually parents plus one or two biological children, and taxes are low.

A typical private house usually houses 5 to 10 people, usually one or two parents, plus several biological or non-biological children. Sometimes, two fathers or two mothers can be registered in the household. Or it can be an immigrant family of more than 1 people, who pay more than 5 times more taxes than a farmhouse.

Urban residents often have household registrations for cats and dogs, which are much higher than those for rural residents, regardless of whether they pay taxes, have a higher labor force, or have higher education levels and assets.

Therefore, when there is no shortage of food and resources, building houses is the most cost-effective option, as it provides more labor!

"A thousand rural residents outside are enough. We're short on money right now, so let's not transfer them out yet and keep working!"

With four or five thousand in taxes every day, there's plenty of room for many things to do. Plus, the lord has gone back to his country to enjoy women these past two days, giving Yi Xiannong plenty of freedom to do his own thing!

Without Tian Ersan wasting money by coming and going all day, and without Tian Ersan wasting money by transferring laborers and additional populations out and delaying the development progress, Yi Xianong was overjoyed!
The best lord is one who doesn't hold others back.

At the beginning of October, the population of Glory City had increased from more than 100 households last month to 4,000 households and 24,000 people today.

John Smith has rarely appeared in the public media in the past two or three years, and has been mostly busy at the factory building rockets.

Like He Tianzi, John Smith rarely went out, never attended banquets hosted by the wealthy, and never went to any secret places to enjoy himself.

John Smith's image didn't collapse when he dyed his hair black; in fact, many blond men turn black, brown, or even gray as they get older.

John Smith with dark hair was more popular, appearing more mature, composed, wise, and gentle.

Leona's father became the mayor of Cotton City, where upgrading a small town in the Lighthouse Kingdom to a county is more difficult than upgrading to a municipality.

With 500 town residents and 5% of them in agreement, Cotton Town can easily apply for city status.

The biggest problem is that the county may object because of reduced tax revenue, while residents may object because of increased taxes, and they just want to live their peaceful lives.

However, this was no problem for the Smith Corporation. The Smith Corporation had bribed county and state officials, who were only concerned with making money themselves and didn't care about the fate of their descendants.

The residents themselves have even less to worry about; the city of Cotton easily gained autonomy, including the right to levy taxes and plan land use.

The mayor was Leona's father, and Leona was hired as a councilor's assistant.

John Smith already had a very, very good reputation among the local white community!
So when two thousand farmers and several hundred middle-class urban families united to join the cotton market, more than 400,000 people in the surrounding area quickly joined in the call!
Whether young or old, middle-aged or elderly, whether farmers or oil workers, everyone spontaneously cheered and encouraged them.

Several nearby counties and towns are heavily indebted, so why wouldn't a fool join a wealthy region now?

Glory City is constantly amassed troops; this crappy place feels even more formidable than Tao County.

Tao County produced Tian Ersan, two scientists, and a few people skilled in computers. Cotton City was different; that place was quite eerie.

He gave people the feeling of being a beacon for humanity. In the month or two after the Olympics ended, tens of thousands of elites from dozens of places across the country immigrated there.

Scientists, biologists, engineers, technicians, highly skilled military personnel, farmers, factory owners, teams of professional workers...

These are not just low-level people who are wasted; they are all highly skilled talents that are most in short supply in each state, and they are almost all from the industrial sector!

Elites from major metropolitan areas on the east and west coasts, as well as those with European residency and other regional elites, have gathered in Cotton City.

Just like when it rose to prominence...

John Smith, who had dyed his hair black, convened a general meeting and, with 100% approval from the residents of Watermelon Town, accepted the allegiance of several nearby towns and counties. Cotton City, which absorbed a large population, quickly became a metropolis with a population of one million.

Several presidential candidates who had just dyed their hair blonde wisely did not follow suit and did not dye their hair black.

He became popular with his black hair because he is John Smith, and fans think he looks better with black hair than with blond hair.

If other people dye their hair black, they are suspected of being spies and have an improper attitude.

Just like a beautiful woman who looks good even without makeup, everyone says they like women who don't wear makeup.

In reality, if other women didn't wear makeup, they would only be criticized and ridiculed.

At this point, Leona posted again on her own software, YS.

[This is the age of infrastructure! All of us in Cotton City, let's build roads for ourselves! Let's work overtime for ourselves! Let's work hard for ourselves! Let's cheer for our dreams!]

[All residents and children of Cotton City will receive 10,000 in cash! Download YS now, and we'll deposit the money into your account!]

Leona is a very noisy woman...

Many farmers and country folk used to think that Leanna was not good enough for John Smith.

But now many people admit they were wrong.

Especially those country folk who had just joined the Cotton City, for the first time liked Leona a little more than John Smith.

***
"It's confirmed. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are scheduled to arrive in Tao County in late October."

"How should we receive them? What level of reception should we arrange for them?"

“They refused to meet with strangers. This time they were only going to meet with Tian Ersan and visit Chengbang Group and Yijiazhuang.”

"There's nothing to visit in Yijiazhuang... not even Yi Xiannong's tomb. The people in that village are completely disobedient. And the people in Wangjiazhuang and Yangjiazhuang are all outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant. It's no use for anyone to go there."

"We have no choice but to send Mu Xiuying's adoptive mother to receive them."

After thinking it over, everyone realized that Chai Meirong was indeed the only one who could go.

The Smiths are not the richest people in the world, but the richest people in the world would all be humbled in their presence.

The richest man in Sangguo doesn't even have the right to meet them.

Even the richest man in the United States was repeatedly invited but refused, and finally agreed to meet him only after he took the initiative to visit him.

The biggest drawback of this young couple, both under thirty, is that they are too young; they are still several years away from turning thirty-five.

No one doubts their abilities; given a few years, their future is limitless!
Because they are young, they can control the situation for a very long time. In addition, with hundreds of families in the town already in charge, there is no shortage of people to employ.

Compared to other political families, the Smith family’s greatest advantage is its youth, its large size, and the loyalty of thousands of elites.

People from all over the world who have been relegated to menial labor by the children of the powerful and wealthy suddenly find a place that is willing to give them the opportunity to display their talents, and that employs people based on merit!

The most dangerous thing is that this place is the world's largest country!
What kind of beast of burden would we be then?!
Despite the efforts of countries around the world to suppress the Smiths Group's hiring, the Smiths' online posting of a job opening for 100,000 people has stirred up middle managers and ambitious individuals in various countries.

(End of this chapter)