Business owners want to earn back their investment before the railway is cut off, and as the rumors become more discussed, some ordinary people also have their own ideas.
"I heard from Ergouzi at the intersection that it seems true that cities have turned into floating islands."
"Hahaha, do you really believe it?"
"Why don't you believe it? It doesn't cost money anyway, so just believe it a little bit."
"What can you do if you believe it? Can you pin the city to the ground without moving?"
Unexpectedly, this was a really good idea: "My mother-in-law and I have discussed it and plan to move to Phoenix."
"Moving to Phoenix? Does it make a difference?"
"Why is there no difference? There is His Majesty in Phoenix City. If this place becomes a floating island, do you think someone will jump out and declare themselves a lord?"
After a few good years, people rarely talked about the past. This sudden mention of the lord immediately aroused the discomfort of several chattering players around him.
During the lord's rule, ordinary people's lives were very hard. Not to mention oil and water, even those who ran small cloth shops were reluctant to buy meat. Even worse, they even had to go to the market every day to find rotten vegetable leaves to feed themselves. When buying food, they could only buy mixed food. Those with sawdust and pure grains can only take a look and smell them, and those are reserved for the rich.
Since everyone has been like this for generations, I didn’t think there was any problem back then.
But people, once you live a good life, you can't go back.
There is no doubt that people can eat enough here. After people drink sugar water, their demand for food will be reduced. They will not have to eat a bowl of rice at a meal because there is no oil and water. Sugar water also suppresses food prices. Go, food does not cover half of the basic salary at all. If you have a small family and don't care about savings, you can even eat meat every day.
In addition, one kilogram of iron in the Phoenix Kingdom is one yuan, and the average steel product is less than three yuan per kilogram. The steel drums, steel basins, and iron pots necessary for a family can be collected with a month's salary of a labor force. The durability of metal water containers Sex is not something that can be compared to wood, and the same applies to a wider range. As long as you buy many non-consumable household items, it will be fine if you don't maintain them for a few years.
Finally, there is the living environment.
In the age of lords, except for freedmen who could afford slightly disabled slaves, the vast majority of ordinary residents could only live in wooden houses. Wooden houses are not friendly in areas with high average temperatures, because the heat absorbed during the day cannot be dissipated at night, and the house will become hotter and stuffier. You must either choose a more open form to face the bandits directly, or use a grass wall to face them. For greater fire risk, either close it up and continue to live in the steam oven.
Under the rule of the Phoenix Kingdom, everyone can live in relatively solid houses with the help of higher incomes, local brick factories in every city, and cement produced in certain cities.
And these houses are not only sturdy. Craftsmen who build houses for neighbors in almost every city will go to Phoenix to visit, bringing many strange architectural and furniture forms that they don’t know the concept but only know how to make.
These architectural experiences from Phoenix have greatly improved everyone’s living experience. It turns out that the house does not need to be particularly large to meet a family’s needs for item storage, separate sleeping and studying, and it can also have a relatively spacious guest room. Dining room.
Now, when everyone thinks back to the days spent in the lord era, it feels creepy, as if everything in the past was darkness.
"But, is there a place to live in Phoenix?" Some people think that moving is okay, but there are still problems.
The flat area of Phoenix City is not large. Coupled with the growth of Wangting trees in recent years, less than 80,000 people can live within the city walls. Most of the houses are small ones with an area of less than 60 square meters, and some five-story houses built later. 1-story steel-concrete building.
Precisely because the population density is too high, there are almost no ethnic communities other than the Night Clan and the Blade in Phoenix City, and it is difficult to continue to expand the scale of heavy industry. Agriculture, light industry and workshops are the main focus... This is what the head of the factory where we work said. .
Although there are difficulties, those who have made the decision to move are uncompromising: "Even if I can't live in the city, I will live with His Majesty outside the city."
"What about work?"
"Your Majesty will find a way."
…It’s all His Majesty’s fault anyway, and I don’t even consider staying here to try my luck.
While talking, several other chatters also had some ideas.
Indeed, if there are really floating islands in each city, the future will definitely be more secure with His Majesty.
I haven’t heard of any city becoming a floating island yet. It seems there is still time. If you are not determined enough, don’t worry. Find a way to go to Phoenix during your weekend break.
Phoenix City includes the main urban area, Nancheng District, XC District and the completely militarized DC District.
The main urban area is only a little over four square kilometers. The huge Wangting tree above covers almost half of the city. The light intensity below is limited, but it can still meet basic living needs and daily drying.
Nancheng District is a newly developed area. It is only a little over one square kilometer. It is somewhat to the west based on the southern city wall. It is full of buildings and the terrain is relatively rugged. In some buildings, you can go up to the third floor through the front door and open the door from the back of the corridor to the ground level. This is also the area with the highest population density in Phoenix.
In addition to the railway station, XC area is mainly an agricultural area and concentrated breeding ranch extending to the west, with no population density at all.
But after careful inquiry, Phoenix City, which does not seem to have any big industries, actually has many agricultural jobs that are hiring.
It is mainly a kind of glass house farm that was only available after Phoenix became electrified. This kind of farm is vertically planted. Compared with ordinary agriculture, the labor demand per unit area is relatively large. However, Phoenix has sufficient local employment and there are no outsiders due to the population density. The population and the production capacity of the glass farm cannot be increased.
Otherwise, move here too?
There are jobs, but housing is still a problem.
But there is no need to worry about it later, because officials have noticed that there are many shanty towns near Nancheng District.
Phoenix City was built from scratch, and the officials had some experience in managing people who had no housing at all. After a little investigation, they confirmed the origin of these people. They were all here for Your Majesty, and they immediately reported it to Wang Qi.
"The work is still rough." Wang Qi was a little dizzy after receiving the report.
The news of the floating island had been spread before, mainly to find more brain resources to prepare for the future. It had not been considered that after the rumors spread, it would actually trigger a large number of civilians to move to Phoenix City.
It's just a rumor right now. If there are real signs or if a certain city really becomes floating, Phoenix could have tens of thousands more people overnight.
Those who have moved outside Phoenix now have a certain degree of panic. Trying to find a way to send them back may cause panic to spread further and make subsequent organizational work more difficult.
Stay.
The reason why we did not expand the city area before was because the surrounding land was not good, and Phoenix City was on the front line of the demon spread area, so there was no need to concentrate too many people and take risks. It would be better to send the population out, resettle some in South Town and Underground City, and then expatriate some well-informed disaster second generation. The remaining existing land is completely sufficient.
In anticipation of the influx of more people in the future, key areas actually have many solutions.
There are really no decent plots of land in the south. If we expand further, we will have to squeeze into the hills, which poses too great a safety risk. Not only is the building safe, but the residence is too elevated, and it is easy to directly observe the upper two steps of the Wangting tree, which poses an intelligence risk.
The west side of the city is okay. The Ice Forest has shrunk due to environmental changes. The land area is a bit larger, and there is a relatively flat area further to the west. However, it is difficult to do defense work if it extends too far, especially when there is a military emergency. Evacuation and concealment can be difficult.
Go to the north and east of the city to get some land.
The north of the city is the strange rock area. There are many canine-shaped stones drilled out of the ground. After the volcanic movement stopped, these strange rocks stopped growing. There have been no recent earthquakes that have caused fractures. You can try to level them and push the north wall forward for about Two kilometers.
Although the terrain here is not super flat, the overall slope is not large. The height difference of one kilometer is between 100 and 150 meters. The existing engineering capabilities can be used better.
Of course, the existing city wall will not be moved, but will grow in another circle to encompass the two square kilometers to the north.
Development plans for the east end are earlier.
The city was built on the east side of New Pettus. Now the main road from New Pettus to New City has been built. Next, a direct connection road to Phoenix will be built. In order to meet the new logistics needs, it was originally planned to move the garrison to the east of the city. Give up the station and move the headquarters a little north, so that the east city is divided into two blocks, the north and the south. The south area is directly blocked by the headquarters to the north. The safety level cannot be lowered. It is suitable as a new cargo distribution area and can also add several enterprise factories. .
It's just that the northward expansion of the headquarters requires the construction of many new camps, which have not yet been implemented.
Now we can use this framework to make room for a community wide enough to accommodate many people.
The original site of the Eastern District Headquarters was an area of about 1.5 square kilometers. This time, it was widened and lengthened in one step. It was extended eastward for two more kilometers and reached a natural pass formed by a gap between hills, giving a new area of four square kilometers in total.
The terrain is similar to that of the north, but it is not a pure slope. It has some undulations and can be used.
Adding the two areas together, the urban area expands to six square kilometers, which is enough to last for many years.
