"How could it not be? It's just that most of them have failed. Whether it is the new improved varieties developed by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences or the planting areas led by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Military, they have not succeeded. Only the Fifth Army Corps near Jincheng and the Xinshan Army Corps near Qinshan have succeeded. The new cities that were expanded and built have survived, and each new city has supported hundreds of thousands of people." It's not that other legions have never expanded and built new cities, it's just that it's not easy to defend the city, and they all ended in failure.
"At the beginning, when the end of the world came, the army rescued in time, and a large number of people survived. But now there are mutant beasts and invaders outside, coupled with frequent natural disasters, the official can't support so many people." Chang Qing sighed, if it weren't for Tianhe's many people Resources were secretly transferred to the seven strongholds. In the past two years, the number of deaths in the safety zones where the seven strongholds were located could have increased by tens of thousands.
"How could this happen? The earth is obviously expanding, and edible beasts and plants are everywhere in the wild!" Rong Xianxian was puzzled.
"The wild environment is dangerous and difficult for ordinary people to set foot in. Most of the army and mercenaries are stationed in various secret and dangerous places to obtain the resources and protect the dangerous barriers. In the many years after the end of the world, because they have been fighting on the front line, the army and The number of mercenary combatants is decreasing all the time. The battle loss rate of our soldiers is relatively low, with hundreds of casualties every year. However, ordinary people living in the safe zone are relatively safer, especially those encouraged in the past few years. There will be a lot of births and a lot of new people.”
"Insufficient combatants make it difficult to expand the city. There are limited safe planting areas in each safe zone, and there is a natural food shortage. There are more than a dozen new cities that have been expanded in recent years, but most of them fell due to the invasion of monsters and have survived. There are only those two." Chang Qing said while pointing out the new cities that were built and then fell to Rong Xianxian.
"Are there any restrictions or requirements for building a new city? Who builds the new city and who owns it?" Ning Qingyun looked at Chang Qing.
Rong Xianxian had previously asked Siren to look up some information that she was eager to know. She had not yet learned about information on the expansion of new cities and the food crisis.
"Theoretically, there are no restrictions on the expansion of new cities. As long as you have the strength, you can do it. The official will not give any support. Whether it is financial or manpower, the builders need to find their own solutions. And the expansion of new cities is not only a matter of construction; Hold on, the early investment in manpower and financial resources is very high. In the past, several forces were in the process of expanding and building a new city, but their rear was unstable, and they had to give up in the end."
"Judging from the currently announced policies, whoever builds the new city will be in charge of it. All affairs in the city will be decided by the builder. As for what form it will take in the future, it is hard to say!" Chang Qing will discuss the expansion of the city. He took out Xincheng's policy documents and handed them to Ning Qingyun.
"Xianxian, what do you think?" Ning Qingyun read the document and handed it to Rong Xianxian.
"This document was just issued this year. The plan to expand the new city has been started for several years, right? Is this this year's new policy?" Rong Xianxian asked.
"Yes, many people starved to death last winter. The food crisis has become more serious in the spring of this year. Riots have occurred frequently in the safety zones. Tragedies of people exchanging their children for food have even occurred in many places. Officials in the major safety zones are suffering unspeakably. As long as The expansion and construction of new cities will always require labor force, so at the joint request of the leaders of the major security zones, this new policy was issued to increase the enthusiasm of the major forces to expand and build new cities!" Chang Qing replied.
"I have food. If we want to defend the city, Qingyun, do you have any city-protecting arrays among the arrays you have accumulated?" Rong Xianxian looked at Ning Qingyun.
"Yes, but there is only one finished product at the moment, and the others are semi-finished products. If you want to make a finished product, you have to collect materials." After Ning Qingyun finished speaking, his spiritual consciousness invaded the storage ring on his hand and inspected the materials. .
"One thing is enough. Chang Qing Huoye and the others have collected a lot of materials over the years. Let's go look for it in the material library. If we don't find it, we can publish a list to find it."
"Do you want to build a city?" Ning Qingyun asked.
"Well, I have food here. I can't just watch the people starve to death. I'm not willing to donate it to the government or give it to the people for free. Why not build a city? It will not only respond to the official policy, but also give us more places to stay!" The Lingmi Lingmai Lingguo stored in Rongxianxian's mist space is not small, but it is not inexhaustible.
However, as Rong Xianxian's strength increased, the usable area in the mist space became larger and larger. The space where she planted elixirs and Ganoderma lucidum only occupied a small part of it, and large tracts of space were not used.
As long as these spaces are utilized, it should be possible to feed a large population.
"That's good. Building our own city is safer than building it on someone else's land. We don't have to worry about the city defense formation. The first thing we should consider is site selection. Where do you want to build the city?" Ning Qingyun asked.
"Do you still remember the secret realm with the barrier when we first came back?" Rong Xianxian asked.
"Of course I remember that there are many dangers there, but it is also rich in resources. It is a treasure land! It's just that it's too dangerous there. It may not be easy to build a city. Even if a new city is built, it will be more difficult to defend the city." Ning Qingyun thinks that the secret realm is not established Great place in New Town.
"Of course it's not suitable within the secret realm. What I'm talking about is outside the secret realm. There is a very vast area outside the secret realm. The geological environment of that area is stable and the aura is sufficient. I think building a new city there is a good choice! What do you think?" Rong Xianxian discussed with Ning Qingyun.
"That area is suitable, but the location is remote and the transportation is inconvenient. If you want to trade materials or living supplies with other safe zones, the cost will be too high." Ning Qingyun thought.
"I remember, didn't you make teleportation arrays before? Let's just install a few teleportation arrays then!"
"The teleportation array disk in my hand has a limited transmission distance and a small number of people can be transported at one time. In addition, the array disk materials are scarce. It would be too wasteful to use it as a means of transportation!" Ning Qingyun said with a helpless smile.
