Li Xiang lay on the table and looked at someone's profile, while Wang Qi was studying the work diary that Li Xiang brought back. Next to it was the one brought by General Xiao Lei earlier.
After watching it, Wang Qi had a feeling: "I have met Mingjun."
"Mingjun?"
"The meaning of the wise monarch is ironic here." Wang Qi explained and continued, "The original intention of building overseas railways is to collect resources from various places through scissors. Incorporating new territories also means more responsibilities. In the case of increased pressure in the north, It’s not a good direction. If everyone is like Kafuer, the conflict time and re-planning consumption are limited, and it won’t be a big problem to do it a few more times.”
"If Blackwater City has a chance, will it be like this time?"
"It's unlikely. Blackwater City has a large population and the overall governance level is much higher than the first three stations. It will be difficult for the people to be particularly inclined towards us in the short term. Many people will die in a fight."
Kafuer is obviously a city with a lord, and the process of being captured is almost the same as Red Rock City. The lord seeking death is only one aspect. The subsequent transformation work did not encounter particularly big difficulties, which was still due to Lord Buren, because the people did not want to maintain the status quo and had strong expectations for foreign rulers. Of course, they were lucky. Although Wang Qi's level was not high, it was not a big problem if he did better than Braun.
Blackwater City is completely different. Although they have not figured out how the iron works operate, they can use relatively retro methods to form a certain scale of production. Coupled with the various industries in Blackwater City itself, the overall living standards of all classes in Blackwater City are indeed Improve little by little.
In this environment, there will be many temporarily recruited people who are willing to fight for Blackwater City during the war. As long as the lord himself is not put under the gunpoint like this time, it will definitely turn into a difficult see-saw, and the street fighting will follow. , The security war is even more difficult to handle.
Wang Qi is confident that he can win, but the recruitment and training of a professional army does not happen overnight. Before the pressure from the north is relieved, it is still necessary to try to avoid large fluctuations in the number of personnel in the army.
Li wanted to return to the royal city, and soon the herald, who was transferred from translator to Kafur, conveyed the focus of the next stage of work.
Brun knew that he was unpopular with the people, so he was on guard against the expansion of the locals' power, and also brought about a situation that could be called advanced. The proportion of slaves in Kafuer was much smaller. In a city of almost 40,000 people, slaves accounted for only 5%.
People like this should not be kept in Kafur, otherwise they will easily continue to be bullied, and they should be concentrated in the new city. The social institution, which specializes in slave re-education, does not need to be touched, which can relatively reduce Kaffer's administrative pressure.
The city defense force must also be formed on the spot. In order to restore normalcy to the city as soon as possible, the popularization of official language can be postponed relatively and on-the-job night school training can be conducted.
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Sylwen, the Lord of Wind Valley, has not been able to sleep well recently. She is awakened almost every day by the nightmare of being beheaded.
Especially when the people who inquired about the news came back recently and knew that Lord Brune was completely shattered, the situation became more and more serious.
It's better to vote.
It was difficult to make a decision. Silwen was not courageous enough. After procrastinating for a while, she was tortured by nightmares all day long and could hardly think normally. She finally decided to accept all the conditions brought by the previous envoy and surrender.
He even made a small request: to keep the family property.
Not long after the envoy was sent, the envoy waiting to come to Phoenix City was heard to be a female envoy who rode a giant bear and painted everywhere outside Kafuer City all day long.
The giant bear stayed outside, and the female envoy walked into the lord's mansion alone, seemingly not worried about a sneak attack.
Silwen met the special envoy. Before they could exchange greetings, the special envoy directly unfolded the folded pieces of wood in his arms and read:
"Lord Silwen loves the people like a son, understands the righteousness, and follows the trend. He is a rare talent. He is chartered to invest in the Phoenix Iron Works to encourage him. Lord Silwen is also asked to temporarily act as mayor and take the lead in implementing the plans of Wind Valley. A renovation matter. (End)"
After reading it, Xilven didn't know how to react. She didn't even understand what kind of encouragement it was to invest in Phoenix Iron Works.
Finally meeting someone who couldn't understand these things better than himself, Li Xiang stretched out his hand and handed out the stack of colorful wood pieces: "This is yours."
"Oh." He quickly stepped forward to catch it.
Li wanted to continue talking: "You are the acting mayor now, and a small team will come over later to help you carry out the renovation work of Fenggu."
"Then my family property..." She was still thinking about this.
"It's not mentioned in the handwriting, so your family property will not be touched. However, slaves are not considered family property. All slaves must be converted into free citizens. Is there any problem?"
"...No." She was already mentally prepared when she decided to surrender... Maybe she was mentally prepared only after the decision was made, and she couldn't tell.
"Then do your best and I'm leaving."
"ah?"
"how?"
"too fast."
"Procrastination won't do anything good." Li Xiang waved and left directly.
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Carver's affairs were progressing in an orderly manner, and suddenly a messenger came to Phoenix City and said he wanted to surrender.
The first one to come was the envoy from Wind Valley, the second stop outside the country, and the small mountain city corresponding to the first stop also sent an envoy to express their surrender.
"The awareness is too high." Wang Qi sighed with emotion. There is really no comparison between people.
The story of Kafuer has probably spread, and the lords of the first two stations also knew that they would be deprived of their power, but they still made such a decision, which can be said to be a profound and righteous decision.
Even if the starting point is to save one's own life or other reasons, it does not affect the conclusion. It is always good to avoid two conflicts.
However, the administrative staff that can be transferred are all in Kafuer. If we transfer people from outside, we will not be able to handle our own affairs.
Therefore, the managed transformation can only be carried out temporarily.
Without experiencing a war, the lords taking the lead in reform would encounter less resistance, so two lords were directly appointed as acting mayors.
For the two cities, Wang Qi also has different plans for their future.
A small mountain town has no future. To develop, a mountain town must rely on large rivers and at least one lake. A small mountain town has nothing. Even if there are some unused minerals, it is difficult to process them locally due to terrain reasons. At best, it will be an mining industry.
The small mountain town has a population of only a few thousand. It plans to transform it into a function similar to that of Nanzhen. It will protect the railway section and serve as a military support point. As for what industries can be developed, it remains to be seen.
The main point is Wind Valley. This is a really good place, but it’s a pity that Lord Sylwen doesn’t know how to use it.
The southern slope of the Wind Valley is gentle, with a total area of nearly 80 square kilometers. If the area near the railway town is included and can barely be considered outside the Wind Valley, there is a gentle area of nearly 100 square kilometers.
Although the entire site is located on the shady side of the terrain, the gentle terrain does not reduce much sunlight, and the surface river provides sufficient water supply. It is a typical piece of excellent agricultural land.
Unfortunately, since the comet landed, the sunshine rate has decreased, and the potential for agricultural development has become more limited.
But it doesn’t matter. With nearly a hundred square kilometers of gentle terrain, anything can be done. Including Phoenix, Kafur, etc., Wind Valley is also the most suitable land for development into a large city, and even blocking it to make a reservoir. , it must be the scale of a national key project.
The royal city is on the front line of the war. No matter how well prepared it is, it is difficult to ensure that various production facilities will not be damaged in the war, so there must be a second productivity support point.
The original second support point was Xincheng.
The area of the small basin in the new city is not as large as the super flat area where the royal city is located. However, as the volcanic belt calms down and the temperature of the dark land drops, there is a lot more land available for the new city, but it still needs time to develop.
Now that Fenggu has returned, the transportation conditions there are better and it is more suitable to be used as a second production center.
Kafuer translated it as a crossroads, but in Wang Qi's eyes, the conditions were still not as good as those in Fenggu. The so-called crossroads were nothing more than natural land corridors.
Wind Valley's transportation capacity consists of north-south railways and east-west rivers, and its potential is not small.
It's just that the river has to be tossing slowly, otherwise the flow will be too fast for transportation.
Of course, this is a very long-term matter. In the short term, it will mainly cooperate with local emerging towns to form a second production base. The iron factory can also build a new branch here.
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