"Yeah." Chris agreed softly, "How many people are there in Dawn City now?"
"If you include the tauren and rhino races, the total population reaches more than 39,500." After saying that, Tina asked pitifully, "I gathered close to 30,000 people without your permission.
As a free citizen, you won't blame me, right?"
"How is that possible?" Chris didn't care at all. "You have done a good job. The previous population alone is not enough to support this city."
Dawn City encloses Chris' original territory of Hope Town. In terms of area, it even exceeds the capital of the Eagle Kingdom. It will not be a problem to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people in the future.
Tina stuck out her tongue playfully.
Chris asked: "Tell me, how do you arrange these people?"
Tina began to narrate: "Because you issued a large number of gold coins a month ago, the original people's enthusiasm for work was generally low, so I divided the new free people into four waves and placed them at work. Orchards, coal mines
, mining and construction workers have been greatly replenished."
"In addition, the principle of the old leading the new is implemented, and the old citizens who are willing to stay lead several free citizens to work. The salary has also been adjusted. The daily salary of the original citizens has been increased to 70, and the daily salary of the free citizens has been reduced to 40."
"Because the number of residents in the city has increased, meals are no longer included in the package, and they have to spend their own money to buy lunch. The old residents will not say much because their salary increase far exceeds the value of three meals, and the new freedom
The people will not complain."
Chris couldn't help but give Tina a thumbs up: "You did a good job."
Originally, in order to attract people to come and build the territory, he offered a very high salary, with a daily salary of 50 and food included. This had the disadvantage that everyone would save their money, which would prevent the currency from flowing in the market.
Ten thousand people are fine, but if it's thirty to fifty thousand, there will be problems sooner or later.
Tina's series of actions perfectly avoided this problem, and by increasing wages for the elderly residents, they would not have any complaints.
Moreover, their salary is higher than that of newcomers, which will naturally create a sense of superiority and encourage them to come to work instead of lying at home and waiting to die with the money given by Chris.
Chris continued to ask: "What are your thoughts on the construction of the city?"
Tina lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said: "The houses built now are enough. I am going to build some large shops to form a commercial street, and attract the two Viscount families of Jordan and White to open shops. If there are other businessmen or nobles,
If they are willing to move in, we are happy to welcome them. We will give them a year's rent and tax exemption, and they can rent or sell the shops in the second year."
I have to say that Tina’s idea is really good. Chris is very relieved to have her be the housekeeper of Dawn City.
Commerce is the blood of a city, and only in this way can currency circulate.
By giving preferential treatment in the early stage, we first attracted the two families closely related to Dawn City, Joeton and White, and then attracted more businessmen.
Once the commercial street is put into operation, the whole city will prosper.
Chris suggested: "We also need to build some entertainment venues or restaurants, and we will hire people to run them. I am planning to open a few Chinese restaurants in Shuguang City."
Now that the old residents in the city have money, we need to build some entertainment facilities for them to spend their money.
"Okay." Tina asked with a smile, "What do you want to build?"
"Build a racetrack first, and then think about any good projects." Chris said simply.
In fact, he wanted to talk about casinos and brothels. After all, Shuguang City is going to develop into a big city in the future. Without these two places, it is absolutely impossible to attract rich people.
But in front of Tina, Chris was embarrassed to speak, so he could only take his time step by step.
Tina said: "Okay, then it's settled. I have already built five shops. I will leave it to you to contact the Jotun family and the White family. We will try to let them open a store in Dawn City within half a month."
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The person in charge of the White family is the Duvina guy, not to mention the Jordan family.
Therefore, it is more convincing if Chris comes forward.
"Without further ado, I'm going to Mote City now."
After bidding farewell to Tina, Chris rode on his horse and walked out of the city gate, heading straight for Mote City.
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"That guy is so generous. He actually gave each citizen a gold coin. Does he have money but no place to spend it?" Bugatti sighed with emotion.
In the past month, they had heard too much information about Earl Chris, the most explosive of which was the distribution of gold coins to the people of the territory, which caused a large influx of Mote City's population into Dawn City.
The Marquis of Ockham was too seriously injured to travel long distances, so he could only rest in this small city.
Because the two hundred knights were too eye-catching, Occam sent them home early, leaving only Bugatti, Ignaz and a few close associates.
They booked several rooms in a hotel in Mote City, and did not plan to go back until Occam's injury was fully recovered.
On this day, Occam and others packed their luggage and left the city.
At the city gate, they saw a familiar figure, and their expressions changed.
At this time, Chris also noticed them and immediately became highly vigilant.
Damn it, why are these guys here?
Chris held the reins tightly, and as soon as the situation went slightly wrong, he would quickly drive away.
The knights turned their attention to the Marquis of Ockham, waiting for his orders.
The kid is alone now, and if they go together, it's enough to take Chris down.
Occam hesitated for a moment, and then said very simply: "Let's go!"
He has seen Chris's character. With his character, he will definitely fight until the last moment. Even if he dies, he will bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy's body.
If the two sides fight, no one except Occam will likely survive.
And if Occam kills Chris, he will not get any benefits, but will incur a crusade from other nobles.
The seventh-level Marquis found out helplessly that he had no way to deal with the boy.
Occam has never seen such a tough opponent so far.
He could only bear the loss of a hundred knights silently.
Occam took several of his nobles and rode away without any hesitation.
Chris breathed a sigh of relief at this. He didn't want to lie in bed for another month.
Putting away his drag, Chris entered Mote City.
It can be clearly seen that the number of pedestrians on the street is significantly less at this time. Some shops are empty and there are not many customers.
Chris walked directly to the Jordan family, preparing to discuss with his father the matter of settling in Dawn City.