After finally dealing with Connie, she temporarily gave up the idea of wiping out all the demons in the Bait Empire, and agreed to go over to meet with her for a detailed discussion.
After Jia Zhengjin sent her and Liz out of the palace, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Before leaving, Jia Zhengjin secretly grabbed Simon and asked him about the tree of life.
The answer I received was that the Tree of Life is growing vigorously and seems to be about to mature. Currently, there are bright tiger cubs guarding the tree, and with Simon's lair there, no monster in the forest dares to approach easily, so
Still quite safe.
This made Jia Zhengjin feel relieved and watched Connie, Liz and a group of monsters fly away from the floating city and descend to the residential area.
Looking down at the city that was larger and more crowded than before I left, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"Kien, during the month you were away, the population of our Holy Dragon City has increased rapidly and has reached 67,980 people!" Tina stood on the side and said softly, "The Prime Minister and many officials have carried out detailed registration of the city residents, and the information has dropped.
It’s become a mountain!”
"Almost 70,000 people? Double the number before!" Jia Zhengjin turned to look at the three wives, Prime Minister Gass and others, "Where did these people come from?"
"Lord Keen," Geis immediately stepped forward and replied respectfully, "most of the city residents are refugees from other human countries. Although the human countries on the entire continent are under the control of the four empires,
It seems to be a strong alliance. But in fact, most small and medium-sized countries have had territorial disputes and various national and family hatreds since ancient times. Therefore, large and small wars often break out between each other. In addition, natural disasters in some areas**
Continuously, the number of refugees from various countries has also continued to increase. Because after the previous battle with the Human Empire coalition forces and forcing the other side, our Holy Dragon City's reputation has spread. And with the precedent of the Mirtai tribe, some of the refugees from various countries have tried to
The mentality of giving it a try came from all over the world, and that’s why we have what we have today!”
"You mean some people?" Jia Zhengjin asked doubtfully.
"Yes!" Gass replied respectfully, "The refugees who came to our Holy Dragon City are actually only a small number of refugees, accounting for only a small proportion of the entire continent's population! The vast majority of refugees cannot accept the relationship with dragons, Warcraft, orcs.
, elves and other races are mixed together, so they are all waiting and watching. If we can let Shenglong City develop smoothly in this mixed race situation, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, it will be possible
Attract more people to migrate here!”
Jia Zhengjin nodded slightly. In fact, in his opinion, nearly ten million people were already very powerful! After all, how long did it take to build the Holy Dragon City?
"In this month, the population of our Holy Dragon City has surged!" Gass continued, "The acquisition and production speed of various resources have also doubled. Not only that, leading to the Principality of Hales, Sea Dragon City, and the Forest of Elves,
Highways in the City of Light and the Otto Empire were also successfully constructed. Kobold craftsmen continued to produce cement day and night to respond to road construction requests from more countries and cities!"
"Many countries have asked us to build roads?" These words made Jia Zhengjin curious.
"The construction of these roads on our side has won unanimous praise from passing merchants and passers-by during their use! The flatness of the cement roads makes it possible for any carriage, mount and transport vehicle to travel freely, and no longer has to endure the previous gravel roads and potholes.
It is precisely because of this that several countries and cities that have recently built roads have smoother economic and trade exchanges with us. After businessmen from various countries contacted their leaders after returning home, some of them realized that cement roads have a great impact on the national economy.
Countries with interests have sent envoys one after another. Currently, the countries that have signed road construction projects with us include the Principality of Hales, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Boman, and the Kingdom of Salvis. These countries require all cities in the country to
All traffic arteries have been built into cement roads. Then there are seven or eight other small and medium-sized countries asking us to send people to build a road directly to the edge of the border before considering whether to completely introduce it to the entire territory! But currently we are in short supply of building materials, even if it is a dog-headed
The craftsmen are working day and night, and can only barely provide a small part of the projects for the Principality of Hales, the Otto Empire, the Kingdom of Boman and the Kingdom of Salvis. This is still a stop-and-start job, and it must be solved as soon as possible!"
"Why sign so many agreements if we don't have enough materials?" Jia Zhengjin was speechless, "Do what you can first. Others can be rejected directly!"
Hearing this, Gass said hurriedly: "But Mr. Keen, these countries have already paid deposits in advance! And these deposits have also been used by Madam Tina for the expansion of Holy Dragon City. If they are all pushed back, we really can't get it.
Pay so many gold coins as compensation. Of course, it is okay if Lord Keen chooses to destroy the account, but it will be a very serious damage to our Holy Dragon City, especially to your personal reputation, Lord Keen! Therefore, I feel that the first priority at present is to deal with
The policy is to obtain enough materials and then slowly build roads for these countries!"
"Is it necessary to go to such trouble?" Jia Zhengjin said speechlessly, "Isn't it just gold coins? Just return them! I still have as many as you need!"
"Well~ The Principality of Wales has paid 5.5 million gold coins, and 10 million more can be credited after completion; the Otto Empire has paid 6 million gold coins, and 15 million can be credited after completion; the Boman Kingdom has paid 7.7 million gold coins, and can be credited after completion
12 million; the Kingdom of Salvis has already paid 12 million gold coins, and another 8 million can be credited after completion!" Gass replied honestly, "If we regret it, we need to double the compensation to these four countries for a total of 62.4 million gold coins!"
"I'll go!!" Jia Zhengjin almost fainted, he really didn't have so many gold coins!
"In addition, although the deposits from other small and medium-sized countries are small, they still reach a total of 5 million. So if they reject it, they will have to double the compensation to 10 million gold coins! In other words, the total is 72.4 million gold coins!" After finishing the calculation, Gass looked at Jia Zhengjin, "If
We refuse to compensate, but these countries dare not do anything! Especially the Principality of Hales is absolutely obedient to you now. But our possibility of making money by building roads will be completely stifled, and other countries will never trust us in Holy Dragon City again.
credibility! At the same time, it may also affect the business community’s assessment of our Holy Dragon City. The output of fruits, honey, crops and various specialties in our Holy Dragon City will also suffer a serious blow! It is estimated that the total loss by then will not be low.
At 80 million gold coins!”
The more Jia Zhengjin listened, the more frightened he became. This number was too scary! His brain felt buzzing and painful! Sure enough, the bigger the city developed, the more troubles it had! His specialty was playing games.
It’s really not possible to use your brain elsewhere, so you can only rely on others: “Well, Prime Minister Gas, what do you think we should do?”
"Lord Keen, now we can only expand the mining force in our city! But we must first get permission from Lord Connie to allow our people to mine in areas with richer mineral resources while avoiding attacks by monsters. At the same time, we can invite friends from the elves.
Ask the dwarves for help and exchange supplies for necessary minerals to make cement!"
"I'll do as you say!" Jia Zhengjin immediately agreed.
