Most lords will have trouble falling asleep tonight.
They will reap the fruits of their own victory.
The past month has also been a long month for them.
No matter what, those who can survive the defensive challenge can be regarded as the best among the lords. After all, the mortality rate of the first batch of lords is close to 45%.
The lord system implements the law of survival of the fittest from beginning to end.
The purpose of challenge after challenge and rule challenge after challenge is to allow the lords to adapt to this world and at the same time do their best to become stronger.
The surviving lords have initially passed the test and been recognized by the lord system.
For the first batch of lords, the age of survival has temporarily passed.
What comes next is the real era of great development!
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The next morning, Zong Shen woke up early.
He first made love with Luna for a while, then put on a set of decent and loose silk robes and went downstairs calmly.
Now his strength has grown to an astonishing level.
When you are usually in the territory, you no longer need to be nervous and fully armed. You can walk around in casual clothes. After all, his super high basic attributes are there.
After a simple wash, Zong Shen had some breakfast, and at the same time summoned the key members such as Mariel, Howie, San Pang, Vereesa, Colby, and Faweid.
At noon today, he planned to gather the soldiers and citizens of the entire territory again to commend and reward them. This was a summary of the difficulties and gains he had encountered in the past month.
Before that, he planned to hold a small internal meeting to communicate with the key heroes.
At the same time, explain the future construction plan of the territory!
Now he only needs to provide the general direction, and his subordinates will be responsible for the specific details.
After all, the territory currently has more than a hundred logistics heroes, and working together is much more efficient than one person taking care of all the problems.
Everyone gathered at the Lord's Fortress and bowed before taking their seats.
After everyone arrived, Zong Shen nodded gently.
He first looked at Mariel and Howie, and said in a solemn tone.
"New buildings are on the to-be-built list."
“Given that higher-end buildings occupy larger areas, the original scale of the inner city must be expanded in advance.”
"At the beginning, our horizons were too small."
Zong Shen's words made the two of them nod their heads.
Especially Mariel, who is often responsible for the construction of the territory and takes this very seriously.
"Lord Lord!"
"According to the original plan, the inner city will focus on the Lord's Fortress, with military camps, schools, libraries, training rooms, various workshops, wonders and other major buildings nearby."
"If you want to accommodate a city-scale workshop, then at least a dozen kilometers of area must be reserved in the inner city."
"As for the outer city, multiple main streets can be built."
"There is no need to subdivide it, just divide it into several urban areas."
"Each city area has independent businesses, residences, private workshops, markets, warehouses, etc., so that it can comply with the freedmen plan you mentioned before."
"Finally, there is the problem of farmland, which can only be cultivated on the periphery."
"In other words, as long as the directly controlled workshops are included in the inner city area, the outer city area can allow free people to build and develop according to actual needs, and can even allow other states, giant city forces or other heavenly forces to do so.
The chosen lord pays a certain price to build land in the city."
"Of course, before that, the city hall must be established."
"Freemen can build any building they want and pay dinars to purchase it."
"In the early stage, the territorial treasury will provide some basic means of production on a per capita basis. Later, they will be paid through labor."
"In addition, it is necessary to open stores directly operated by the territory in the city to sell food, clothing, tools and other daily necessities. This can not only complete the initial transition, but also initially implement a circulation system within the territory."
"..."
Mariel had obviously been prepared a long time ago and started talking nonstop.
She based it on the Free People's Plan that Zong Shen often emphasized and used it as the basis for future urban construction.
Zong Shen listened attentively and pointed out several shortcomings using his experience in humanistic construction in his previous life. Others also spoke freely and expressed their own thoughts.
After a final discussion of more than an hour, Zong Shen finalized several guidelines for the future construction and development of the territory.
First of all, in terms of territorial planning, the inner city will follow Marier's suggestion, and all kinds of buildings, main workshops and barracks that need to be directly controlled by the territory will be included in the protection of the inner city.
As for the outer city, it is initially divided into four districts. The directions of east, south, west and north are temporarily used as the names of the districts. The name will be collected when the territory becomes prosperous in the future.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs was established immediately, with Mariel as mayor.
San Pang serves as her deputy, and other positions and the establishment of subordinate departments will be decided by Mariel.
In addition, a financial and commercial department will be established, headed by Howie. Zong Shen will later give him the [Lord of Greed’s Money Bag (orange)] and 70% of the dinars for safekeeping.
The current and future farmers recruited in the territory serve as the basic population. After the free citizen reform, each person can be allocated 120 square meters of land. They can sign a contract on a voluntary basis to merge the land. The territory ensures the land area.
However, the corresponding planning needs to follow urban construction and cannot be built randomly as you wish.
Housing will be built uniformly by the territory [double-story stone house] and [stone house]. Territorial residents can move in first and need to pay back a part of the dinar to the Ministry of Finance and Commerce every month, which is regarded as a mortgage.
The residents who choose to settle in urban areas only have housing land and no agricultural land.
If the territorial residents choose to settle outside the city, each person can apply to cultivate three acres of cultivated land. The seed money also needs to be paid monthly. The grain harvest will be purchased by the territory at market price, of which 10% of the agricultural tax will be deducted.
This part of the purchased grain is put into the market, and the people use the money from selling the grain to buy food, clothes, and daily necessities, forming a basic internal cycle.
The same is true for animal husbandry. As long as those who choose to settle outside the city are given a corresponding number of livestock for breeding, they will also pay back the money on a monthly basis to offset these production materials.
The citizens in the city can choose to apply for a loan from the Ministry of Finance and Commerce, regardless of credit score and ant score, only loyalty, and it is divided into several loan amounts. After obtaining the loan, they can do business in the city, open a workshop, and decide what they want to do.
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In addition, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, as the overall coordinator, will also use the work-for-relief model to create public jobs.
Such as building construction, mining minerals, caravan handymen, etc., you will receive corresponding remuneration according to the position.
Not to mention the distance, the Azshara Mine alone, once Zong Shen completely clears it out and fully exploits it, will require at least tens of thousands of miners, plus transportation, finishing, classification and other positions, enough to create two jobs.
Thirty thousand jobs.
The same goes for the gem mines in the mountains and forests.
In this way, as long as you survive the initial transitional stage, you will be able to fully operate after getting on the right track.
This plan is a little rough, but combined with the basic guarantee of loyalty, it can almost usher in the era of free people.
The food must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. If problems are discovered in the future, they can be rectified immediately. Once the territory is established, there should be many indigenous people coming, and those traveling merchants will also use the territory as a trade node.
This is just a rough plan, you can plan in this direction first.
In terms of defense, first secure the inner city and build a circle of the highest-level city wall currently available to protect the inner city.
The territory’s overall defense towers are planned in a unified manner.
It is divided into three defense matrix levels: small, medium and large.
Arrange defense nodes according to the farthest range of the defense tower and the shooting height to ensure that any corner of the territory can be protected by at least one defense matrix.
Each large defense matrix is stationed with a certain number of warriors, including wolf cavalry, spellcasters, and crossbow shooters.
I just mentioned the issue of salary. The salary of a fighter is determined by two standards.
They are rank and position. The former determines the starting base salary, while the latter will be determined by merit. For example, Colby can appoint squad leaders and squadron leaders on his own.
The base salary is multiplied by a certain multiple based on the position as the final salary.
Salaries are still paid monthly, and soldiers can decide how to use them.
It’s just that the soldiers responsible for patrolling and guarding are not allowed to eat out during the current period.
Moreover, the housing conditions for soldiers can be preferential, and they can be built by the territory without paying extra fees.
Mariel assisted Colby, Farvid and other fighting heroes in formulating the relevant regulations.
Finally, there is the issue of territory expansion. The current territory level is LV19. Counting the [Lord Expansion Privilege] he redeemed, the legal territory reaches a circular area with a radius of 38 kilometers.
If a territory wants to develop comprehensively, it must occupy a large area of land.
Previously, the [Legion of Guides] had received the opportunity of [Relocation of Territory] after the legion rules were updated, and they all moved to locations far away from Zong Shen’s territory.
However, there are still some lords within Zong Shen's territory.
In this regard, he planned to send a special person to negotiate, and first persuade them to leave with good words. If he met a stubborn person, he would directly trample the other party's territory.
Expansion means being more domineering!
So this problem is easy to solve. He believes that the current lords who can survive should not be the kind of stubborn people.
Speaking of which, the Endless Continent is extremely vast, and most of the lords do not feel that the land is insufficient. Only super lords like Zong, who are preparing to work towards the formal construction of a city, will feel that the land in the region is insufficient.
Afterwards, everyone also discussed the issues of marriage, love and childbirth among the people.
Howie also mentioned the formation of the caravan that he had been obsessed with.
Zong Shendu made arrangements respectively.
In the days to come, the territory will flourish in its own system.
He himself will gradually withdraw and pursue the continuous improvement of his personal force.
At the same time, we will contribute our own strength in high-end force and overall coordination.
Help the territory conquer the indigenous forces and collect more wonders and powerful buildings.
All in all, the territory now has the potential for independent development. He no longer needs to work hard and accumulate resources like ants moving.
Zong Shen can do his own thing and pursue his personal realm.
There is no longer an absolute dependence between the two, but more of a parallel relationship.
Most of his warriors will also stay in the territory.
From now on, we will only bring with us confidants and high-level warriors who can keep up with us.
It is also a stage that a lord must go through when his strength reaches a certain level.
The territory is still the strongest backing and home for the lords, but the lords themselves must also have higher pursuits.
Which serious lord stays in his territory every day without going out?
What's more, after having a hero, the lord no longer needs to be a model worker.
If everything was handled by the lord, it wouldn't take three days to drive people crazy.
A qualified lord only needs to coordinate the overall situation and leave most of the details to his subordinates. If he does not do well, he can be criticized and corrected, but it will not cause any damage to the territory.
This discussion and deliberation took more than four hours.
If it weren't for the fact that there was only half an hour left before 12 noon, everyone would have continued the discussion.
"Okay, okay, let's disband first."
"Anyway, the general direction and strategy have been determined."
"Mariel, work hard tonight and make a form of the plan we discussed."
"Howie too, finance and business are crucial. I will give you the dinars and the big bag in the afternoon."
"Now, go tell everyone to gather."
Zong Shen waved his hand, everyone bowed and saluted, and filed out of the lord's fortress.
He rubbed his temples, took out a bottle of red wine with his backhand, uncorked the bottle and took a sip.
"Skull hurts!"
"After the Free People's Reform, there will inevitably be a surge in work related to internal affairs."
"Fortunately, the number of hero-level talents is still relatively loose, and it is more than enough to serve as a processing node."
"Speaking of which, the original big pot system is the most worry-free."
"But if you save worry, you won't be able to see the future if you continue like this."
"It is no different from slavery or primitive society."
“If you want to energize your territory, you must take this step.”
"After all, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain."
He thought secretly in his heart and rested for a few minutes before leaving the fortress.
In the open space outside the lord's fortress, a large number of soldiers and farmers were gathering in an orderly manner.
Even the always lazy little Heizi didn't snooze and was hovering in the air.
Just because Zong Shen promised to give it the [Tiamat's five-color flower (orange)], which is the treasure that every five-color dragon longs for.
The wild boar king Cha Cha, the dragon vein gryphon Ying Jiang, and the dragon vein scorpion tail tiger Feihu all gathered together with their families.
It is no exaggeration to say that Zong Shen already felt a bit like a patriarch at this time.
Unknowingly, the number of subjects, warriors, and tamed raptors and monsters under his command reached an astonishing number.
If the population in the territory were larger, even if Zong Shen said that this was a state city, other lords would believe it.
Of course, in the face of the great goal of conquering the kingdom or even the continent, this small number of subjects can only be regarded as a small beginning.
But in the future, today will definitely be a day worth remembering!