It doesn't matter what the lord is.

The archer took his punch and dared not resist, but there was a hint of indifference on his face.

I crossed my legs and watched the scene lazily.

The girl in the wheelchair looked east.

The young man named Fang Lita gritted his teeth viciously, but after he calmed down a few times, he actually suppressed his anger and said to the girl in a flattering tone:

"Sister, please. You know how active that fat guy Fang Yuan has been recently. If I continue like this, I will never be able to become the Lord of Zhaochen..."

At this time, the girl sitting in the wheelchair spoke and whispered:

"The rear formation becomes the front formation, retreat thirty miles. Set up camp and wait a little longer."

Fang Lita's brows twitched, but the army had already begun to convey the girl's orders and was preparing to retreat.

The girl raised her face in my direction, frowned, and pursed her lips.

She comforted Fang Lita and said:

"This city will always be here and will not go away. Sooner or later, you will walk into this city in glory."

Fang Lita nodded and shouted at me arrogantly:

"I'll let you live a few more days!"

In this regard, he seems to listen to his sister very much.

The girl in the wheelchair was still afraid. She didn't intend to make more attempts after that arrow failed. But she was right. Yunyang Territory couldn't let me be harassed and attacked all the time. They would either send troops or announce that I was expelled from Yunyang. One of these two things would happen. When the result came out, she would be more carefree about whether to fight or flee.

Watching hundreds of people leave in an orderly manner like the wind, I didn't feel relaxed at all.

For something like the Empty City Strategy, singing it once is the limit.

The time we have gained... must be used to enable Yuxi City to withstand the next baptism.

7. The first half-year plan

After Fileta wakes up, I am determined to convene the first plenary meeting of the Yuxi City Management Committee.

It was called a plenary meeting, but in fact it was just me, Alayya, Fileta, Heyue, Luger, and Heyue's two followers. The two followers were mainly responsible for recording the content of the meeting and conveying and implementing the spirit of the meeting.

However, it is unprecedented that the first plenary session will discuss the issue of life and death.

I was the first to speak, and my speech was as follows:

"Filita, stop standing behind me and hugging me. Sit down."

I was the second speaker, and my speech was as follows:

"You were also sitting on my lap. Your place is over there."

I was the third speaker, and my speech was as follows:

"Don't remember those two sentences just now, cross them out!"

He Yue's two followers obediently crossed out the previous record. Felita also sat back in her seat in a daze, and collapsed on the table as if she had lost her strength. I had no choice but to let her and He Yue switch seats. Originally, He Yue was sitting on my right, and then Felita. When the two of them switched seats, Felita fell limply on my shoulder, but her eyes were bright and energetic, like a mobile phone with only 1% battery left that was suddenly plugged into a charging cable.

However, He Yue became silent with a stern face again.

The atmosphere was rather tense, so I had no choice but to start the conversation immediately and said:

"The situation in Yuxi City is not very good now. Based on my years of experience in Yunyang Territory, my father will most likely strategically abandon Yuxi City. He has made many enemies in the past few years, and he will sacrifice the pawns to save the king. He will probably leave us to Zhaochen and save the fiefdom of my third brother Lineng in the east. So don't think about reinforcements. No one loves us. We have to be self-reliant and wish for the best."

He Yue's two followers took the lead in applauding, but after a while they realized no one followed suit, and the scene became very awkward.

He Yue coughed and said:

"It's not a bad thing. We will move eastward sooner or later. It would be a good thing if we could draw a clear line with Yunyang Territory as soon as possible. By then, we will have the upper hand in terms of morality and public opinion. Otherwise, if we start a war first, I'm afraid we will have to bear the blame forever."

He Yue's two followers began to applaud again. He Yue had no choice but to move closer and whisper:

"Let's cancel this for now. Yuxi City is different from other places, so we can put that one away for now."

...It seems that he is working very hard.

When I was in the opera troupe, I didn’t know what kind of master I would meet in the future, so I had to practice all kinds of courtesy and etiquette.

Alayya said:

"During the period of defending the city, we relied on Fileta's help. But when the enemy deployed their formation, Fileta's magic was ineffective."

Fileta nodded and took the opportunity to rub her cheek against my shoulder.

I said:

"That's normal. On the way to Yunhai, I heard a fat guy named Fang Yuan bragging about how awesome his Thirteenth Sister was. I can only say that she lives up to her reputation. But I always feel that something is missing in their formation. It doesn't seem to have reached its peak. Or, if it had reached its peak, it should have been even stronger."

He Yue took over the conversation and calmly analyzed:

"The strategist relies on two main factors when deploying troops. One is the protection of the territory, which comes from the prosperity of the territory itself. The other is the formation and the formation itself, which is determined by the strategist's own ability. According to the news from Bai Feng, the man named Fang Lita is the youngest son of Lord Zhaochen, and now controls ten cities. But this man is stubborn and self-righteous, and the people in the city are living in poverty. Their army does not receive much protection from the territory, and they rely entirely on Fang Shisan's formation to support it."

I asked:

"Fang Shisan? Are you talking about the blind and lame female commander?"

He Yue looked at me speechlessly:

"What do you mean by blind and lame... can you please be more polite? But it is indeed her. She was born with a disability, and Lord Zhaochen didn't like her at all, so he didn't even give her a name. She is the thirteenth child, so she is called Fang Shisan. She is now assisting Fang Lita because Fang Lita was favored by Lord Zhaochen when he was a child. The favored Fang Lita helped the unfavored Fang Shisan a lot, so Fang Shisan naturally stayed by Fang Lita's side and worked for him."

"It's a bit confusing... So one is obsessed with his brother and the other is obsessed with his sister."

I complained that I was okay with the opponent Thirteen, because at least his daughter was pretty. Men are more tolerant of pretty people. But I didn't like the opponent Li Ta. He looked like a naughty kid who went to a relative's house, broke someone else's figurine, and started crying without saying a word. It was annoying to see him.

But no matter how annoying it is, I have to admit that if I don't take action myself, the current Yuxi City really can't withstand the attack of these two.

He Yue said:

"If possible, I suggest you try to persuade Fang Shisan to defect. Our territory still knows nothing about military affairs. Anyway, what you are good at is luring girls back from outside. Miss Alayya is like this, Miss Fileta is like this, and I... not completely, but almost. When you lure Fang Shisan back, I can breathe a sigh of relief."

Hey, you know what, I have actually thought about this question.

But no. At least not now.

I said to He Yue unhappily:

"Don't make it sound like I only kidnap girls. I brought you back as well. Fang Shisan can't be persuaded to defect now, mainly because there is no suitable opportunity to approach her. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. If you don't even know what the other party wants or hates, that's not called defection, that's called sending someone to his death, understand?"

I frowned, knocked on the table and said:

"Don't prioritize the matter of instigating rebellion. Alaiya, just kill her if you have the chance."

Alayya nodded.

I crossed my fingers, placed them on the table, and continued:

"Well, next, I will assign you tasks. There are many things to do. I call it... the first 'six-month plan' for the accelerated development of Yuxi City."

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8. The beginning of the industrial age…?

Why is it the first half-year plan?

Let me tell you the story.

When I first came to this world, I was thinking about whether to develop thermal power and hydroelectric power, and go around the world to mine the coal, oil and natural gas that people in this world don't need, or to make some gunpowder. But after seeing the bombardment of Fileta's magic machine gun, I gave up. I found that unless I developed strategic missiles, I really couldn't beat the magic of others.

So apart from the amazing destructive power, where is the magic bullshit?

For example, when I was young, I had a very silly idea. Since water flows downwards and converts potential energy into kinetic energy, if I connect the lowest and highest ends of the water flow with Doraemon's Anywhere Door, the water flowing to the lowest end will be transmitted back to the highest end, and then the kinetic energy will remain unchanged while the potential energy will be restored, and the water will continue to flow downwards. If resistance is not considered, the water will be accelerated infinitely. After coming to this world, I found that space magic can really do this, so if I connect a hydroelectric generator outside this device, wouldn't it be possible to create a perpetual motion machine for the first time...

What a bullshit perpetual motion machine!

Doesn't it mean that we don't need magic power to maintain space magic?

Energy still cannot be created out of thin air, but the source has become magic.

Ultimately, in my opinion, magic is just a form of energy. It's just that this energy is more efficient and more incredible. Overall, the law of conservation of energy must be maintained.

To put it simply, not everything can be solved by magic, nor does it mean that with magic, the construction speed of the entire city can be greatly improved, and everything can be done in a snap. But with magic, the construction speed is much faster than without magic. In addition, the physical fitness of people in this world is much higher than that of people in the world I used to live in.

How should I put it? From what I've observed, even people who can't use magic have magic in their bodies. They are stronger and more powerful. If they were thrown into the original world, they would be several steps ahead of others even when carrying bricks.

To sum up, I think if we develop it with all our strength, we can take half a year as one stage.

First, I talked to Heyue about the modern management methods.

In short, it is to split up, let each person be responsible for a link, and then integrate them. This is actually a commonplace problem. First, it can prevent one person from mastering all the advanced technologies and then suddenly turning against them. Second, if each person is only responsible for one module, his proficiency will become higher and higher, and gradually people will start to complain:

"Why are you so skilled?"

"Because I have been loyal from beginning to end."

After listening to my analysis, He Yue agreed with it deeply. Her beautiful eyes kept glancing at me, as if wondering how a social parasite like you could come up with such an idea.

I also feel a little guilty.

However, things were not going smoothly. After a brief analysis, He Yue raised a very realistic question:

"The method you mentioned is indeed feasible. However, it is based on the fact that every worker in every link produces parts that are perfectly close to the template. This way, there will be no mistakes when assembling them. For example, for an old craftsman, he is responsible for the entire process alone, so if there is a slight error in any link, he can make fine adjustments in other links to ensure that the final product is usable. But if everyone is responsible for one part, there will definitely be a lot of errors, and it will eventually turn into a lot of garbage."

The questions raised by He Yue are very realistic.

Because this is not the industrial age, but the artificial age, and the production of various items depends entirely on manpower.

It’s still okay for these less delicate things now, but in the future, once precision parts are produced, no one can guarantee to produce exactly the same products, and problems of varying sizes are likely to arise during assembly.

So I gave him the drawings of the thermal power generation.

People can't guarantee that the things they produce are perfectly matched, but machines can. The era of mechanical production is bound to come, and I just accelerated the process. For them, a factory is equivalent to a magic set of processing items. As long as the raw materials are thrown in, there will be a steady stream of output.

The only problem I was concerned about before was energy, but with Fileta joining us, this problem has become a non-issue. That is the magic power I just mentioned. From the perspective of destruction, magic is the most efficient means. Magicians can convert their magic power into various elements, such as wind, fire, electricity, etc. Direct conversion into electricity seems to be more efficient, but it is very difficult to use. The first is that the current is too large. Electricity for the purpose of destruction is like lightning in the sky. When it is connected to a machine, it will burn the machine with a "sizzling" sound.

The wind is not good either, it is too difficult to collect.

The only thing that works is fire. On the one hand, thermal power generation is relatively simple and crude, and on the other hand, the flame magic used by Fileta is a truly clean energy source. Combustion does not produce any exhaust gas, and unlike traditional coal burning, it does not require grinding the fuel and discharging waste during the combustion process. There is no such problem at all.

"Filita, the generator is out of power, throw a fireball in there to burn it."

"Ok."

Get it done.

In my opinion, magic is the best energy, but it cannot be used directly as the power of machine production. I have also imagined whether there is a magical converter that can directly output stable energy by inputting magic, but in the end I found that it is still not possible. Electric magic should be the closest to my conception, but it is too violent and difficult to control.

Once the machine that converts magic power indirectly into power is built, Fileta's power can be better used. Because her magic power will naturally recover every day, but it will not continue to recover when it reaches the upper limit. There is not a war every day. Her magic power is always kept full on peaceful days, just like in the mobile game, if the physical power is not used up in time after it is fully recovered, it will be wasted. In the future, she can cast some fire magic from time to time to generate electricity, so as to maintain her magic power at a level that is sufficient but not overflowing.

I briefly described the blueprint to He Yue. He Yue still knew nothing about the structure of the generator, but he remembered it with his extraordinary memory and said he would study it with some skilled craftsmen when he came back.

In a world where magic, martial arts and other personal forces are highly developed, to what extent can industrialization be developed?

Although I have an estimate in mind, I am not too sure whether it will go smoothly...

9. Re-addressing the military issue

The issue of industrialization was mainly left to He Yue and Fileta.

One of these two people is responsible for building the factory, and the other is responsible for thermal power generation.

Next, I assigned tasks to the current temporary commander of the army, Luger. To put it simply, it was two words: recruit people. A good cook cannot cook without rice. It is really difficult to make any waves with just a few dozen people. My initial idea was to recruit 500 people, but He Yue came out to deny this and calculated the ratio of the army to the people for a long time. In the end, I had no choice but to agree to recruit up to 100 more people.

He Yue said:

"Actually, there's no need to worry too much about the military. I took a quick look around the city, and the public's morale is pretty good right now."

He looked at me and said reluctantly:

"You have contributed to this. Reducing taxes, using the inheritance of nobles to buy farm tools and distributing them to the poor are all good ways to win people's hearts. Especially when you were away, Yuxi City defended against the demons' attack to the west and blocked Zhaochen's invasion to the north. Even though the city walls were in tatters, most people did not panic. Instead, they believed that after you came back, Yuxi City would be invincible."

She said to Luger:

"The army is doing very well. They have strict training and clear rewards and punishments. They also provide pensions to the relatives of the dead soldiers. These are all very good. At least the people are gradually trusting us and treating us differently from the previous group of pure parasites. If you go to recruit soldiers now, there should be many people willing to join the army. Just select the soldiers strictly."

Luger scratched his head and said shyly:

"I see. No wonder I always feel full of strength when I fight alongside my brothers. Even if there are casualties in the battle, I feel fearless. I always feel like... I am being helped by God."

I hesitated for a moment and said:

"This should be the 'Protection of the Territory'. You were fighting near Misai Castle, and the people have great trust in you. Misai Castle itself is also on the rise..."