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Chapter Eight Construction in full swing

Two days later, Nogfogg led a construction team of fifty people to Li De's territory.

When he first arrived here, Noggenfogg couldn't believe his eyes.

He came to Tanaris from Kezan and landed here. In the past few years, he has mainly developed the Shining Plains and managed Gadgetzan.

But he never forgot the coast. In the past few years, he would come here to inspect it every few months and plan how to build a port in the future.

It can be said that he is familiar with every inch of the land here, but it has only been more than a week, and the place has already changed drastically.

Starting from the northern edge of the desert, the settlement on the beach has expanded to three kilometers long and one kilometer wide. The main body of the territory can be divided into three areas:

The largest area near the sea includes coconut gardens and fishing grounds. The second largest area in the middle is people's residential area, which is composed of tents. More than 200 families and more than 300 single men and women live here.

The last area left is a work area consisting of a rope-making workshop, an armor-making workshop, a leather-making workshop, etc. At the same time, there are guard posts distributed around the outside and inside of the territory to protect the security of the territory at all times.

‘There is clearly the prototype of a city here!’

Nogfogg marveled in his heart and said that he simply couldn't believe what means Li De had to make a group of homeless people work together to achieve such an amazing achievement?

However, after asking such a question, Nogfogg immediately had the answer, which was the towering Great Pyramid outside the territory!

'Yes, although that guy always looks approachable, how can he be a mortal who can do such a miracle?'

Nogfogg thought so, but soon he forced himself not to think about it. Next, he and Li De would start negotiations on cooperation. If he was in awe of that guy, he would suffer a big loss in the negotiation.

'Calm down, Marin! There is a god opposite, and that's no excuse for you to give away gold coins!'

Marin Noggenfogg cheered himself up and started negotiations with Li De. Also participating in the negotiations were Haggard, Bigwitz, Van Cleef and other humans and goblins.

There is no need to go into details about the specific process, but the final result is that both parties are quite satisfied.

The general content is to jointly build aqueducts, build ports, expand Gadgetzan to three times its current size, and upgrade the Shining Plains Circuit.

Among them, Li De insists on two points the most:

One is that the water canal needs to be jointly managed by both parties, and an independent "Gadgetzan Water Industry Committee" is formed, and neither Reed nor Nogfogg is allowed to be on the committee;

The other is that after the construction of the port is completed, the ownership rights will be completely owned by the human territory, and Gadgetzan only has the right to use it.

When these two points were first raised, Noggenfogg firmly disagreed. The management of the water canal was not a problem, but he could accept it.

But the raw materials for building the port were entirely provided by him, and he only had the right to use it when it was finally built?

Because of this incident, the negotiations between the two parties were on the verge of collapse. In the end, Li De made a "major concession."

Li De "reluctantly" decided that after the project was completed, the human territory could not participate in the profit of the Fenrun Shining Plain Racing Circuit at all!

This concession was so great that Haggard and Van Cleef were shocked at the time. If they hadn't believed deeply in Reed, they would have even suspected that Reed had been bewitched by Nogfogg.

Nogfogg is really tempted. If this plan can be successfully completed, the shining plain in the future will be a "golden plain".

It was such a big business, and he didn't have to pay a penny of the money earned to Li De. The temptation was so great that even Noggenfogg didn't understand. Is one port so good? Even so many ports just for a piece of land.

Can you do without money?

As a goblin, Noggenfogg is ultimately incomprehensible. In Lid's view, no amount of money can buy sovereign territory.

Only with absolutely autonomous land can we have absolute security.

As for the profits of Shining Plains Circuit, he really didn't take it seriously.

In fact, to be fair, Li De knew that this business would definitely make a lot of money in the future, but precisely because of this, he was unwilling to let people in the territory get involved with the goblin business.

The money earned by opening a casino is definitely fast, but such methods corrode people's hearts just as fast. Li De's wish is to build a great civilization, how can he overdraw the territory's life now?

After the issues of water canal management and port ownership were finalized, Li De did not insist on the expanded Gadgetzan New City. The result of the negotiation was to leave 20% of the area for the human race to live and operate.

After the cooperation regulations were finalized, the entire land in the northeastern part of the Tanaris Desert became busy.

The first project to start is the aqueduct. Whether it is building a port or expanding Gadgetzan, water consumption will be considerable, so only after the aqueduct is built, large-scale construction of these two areas can begin.

As the construction of the canal began, Li De also became busy, and there were countless tasks that required his attention every day.

In addition to the craftsmen, another 200 strong laborers were mobilized in the territory to participate in the construction of the canal, and 100 people were also mobilized in Gadgetzan.

To support the heavy physical labor, logistical materials had to be supplied. The fishing ground became the main force, and Anderson completely changed his career from captain to fish leader, leading the fishermen to be busy at sea all day long.

Li De was mainly responsible for security work. In two months, he traveled all over the desert in the northeastern part of Tanaris. In order to get rid of it once and for all, he even led an elite team deep into the deep sand plain in the middle of the desert!

Of course, there were some places in Tanaris that he still didn't dare to go to, such as the insect nest deep in the desert. There were so many insects there that even a hero like him couldn't escape unscathed.

There is also the Cave of Time near the sea in the middle of the desert, which is the lair of the bronze dragon. Li De doesn't know what the bronze dragon will think of him as an "alien". At present, he does not have the courage to face the bronze dragon army.

In addition to the Tanaris Desert, there are also excavation sites in the Shining Plains that are not peaceful. There are actually silithids there!

Li De spent a lot of effort to temporarily eliminate the insects there. At the same time, this seemed to confirm a rumor that after the Insect Empire failed in ancient times, it actually did not give up its counterattack, but dug out a huge "underground" underground.

empire".

But in the end, no matter what, although various difficulties were encountered during the construction process, after three months, the two canals were finally completed!

When the trickling clear spring flowed from the canal to the seaside and Gadgetzan, both the humans and the goblins all shed tears of excitement! For them, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is the water of life!

After the canal was completed, Li De was happiest because he also gained additional productivity points.

"Ding~, congratulations to the leader for completing the construction task: a major engineering canal! Reward 500 productivity points. The canals in the area provide the leader with 50 productivity points every day."

After the most important water channel is completed, you no longer have to worry about water, and the remaining projects will be much easier.

Of course, in order to prevent precious water from being wasted, the "Gadgetzan Water Committee" was established on the day the canal was opened to water.

This is an organization independent of the port and Gadgetzan. Neither Reed nor Nogfogg is allowed to be present. The most powerful ones are of course the chief engineers of the aqueduct: Van Cleef and Bigwhiz.

They strictly control the daily water consumption and water quality, not only ensuring that precious water will not be wasted, but also ensuring the water safety of residents in both places.

It can be said that the only problem that can hinder the progress of the project now is the transportation problem.

When building the canals, everyone relied on their faith, relying on people to pull pallets and trucks to transport stones, and with the help of a small amount of goblin engineering machinery, and built two canals in three months.

But how can the stones used to build cities and ports now be the same as the stones used to build canals?

It's okay to say that Gadgetzan is close to the Shining Plains, so we can start expanding Gadgetzan first. But the new city will be built one day, and what will happen to the port then? Will it take manpower to pile up the massive stones?

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Regarding the transportation matter, Li De was not the only one who was anxious, Nogfogg was also anxious.

Although he only has the right to use the port after it is completed, the earlier the port is completed, the earlier his business will be able to open.

In fact, in the past few months, Li De has been trying to tame the monitor lizards in the desert.

Through consulting other goblin scholars, Li De learned that the name of this six-legged giant lizard was: crystal-scale lizard. And he also knew that he was not the first person to want to tame these lizards. He even knew that before

People who want to tame these lizards all fail in the end without exception.

After experiencing several failures, Li De was also a little disheartened. It was not because he didn't work hard. The last time he even caused a soldier to be bitten and his life was almost in danger.

Helpless, in the end Li De could only admit that the domestication of crystal scale lizards failed.

But the day after Li De gave up on domesticating the Crystal Scale Lizard, a big event happened. Two thousand trolls came to his territory!




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