Another small earthquake passed and the situation worsened again.
Looking at the ice forest in the southwest from the eighth floor of the palace, he could see the pale yellow snow falling hundreds of meters high. Wang Qi couldn't help scratching his head: "This hasn't even taken off yet. How about we wait until it does?"
The source of the snowfall is the steam ejected from the fault zone near the underground city to the west that directly cuts through the ice forest.
The steam eruption was large in scale, accompanied by a pungent smell. It was most likely caused by groundwater directly contacting the lava layer. The ice trees near the crack were evaporated to dryness, and even stimulated many large and small monsters in the ice forest to escape. .
The kingdom doesn't care about the ecology now, and basically all those who escape are killed, leaving a few hiding in residential areas wandering around the edge of the forest.
If the current situation continues, we may be ready to activate a state of emergency at any time.
The so-called state of emergency is not the kind that is declared every day. In the Phoenix Kingdom, it is an integral part of the total war situation and is used to coordinate the contradiction between the settlement of the people and production.
Wang Qi was in the palace all day long. When he was free, he was thinking about what to do if the demons attacked him and sent him to the city for isolation or leaving only the royal city. In reality, we still have to rely on the wisdom of our predecessors, fully militarize production companies and implement a rationing system.
The emergency situation is one of the links. It is planned to be activated when the city is temporarily isolated by the demons, to protect the people as much as possible, and to produce weapons with limited materials at the lowest production capacity.
But it can't be done now.
The state of emergency's control over the people is very inhumane. The establishment of the kingdom has a limited time, and it has not yet formed a reliable cohesion, so it cannot be carried out for a long time. The changes caused by the earthquake may seem drastic, but in fact they are very slow. It is estimated that it will take several years to form a real floating island, and it will float very low.
There is not much that can be done now, other than to appease the people, it is to negotiate with some cities that are "unfortunate" to be included in the Wind Valley plate.
After the swamp was dried up, the monsters inside lost their geographical advantage and the natural traps that hindered their movement. They could finally go in and do geological surveys. The latest survey results showed that the total area of the Wind Valley plate was about 15,000 square kilometers.
This range includes Red Rock, Wind Valley, Green, Intersection, East Mountain Road, and West Intersection. Blackwater and Elte are also included, as well as two other cities, Black Mountain and Obert.
Heishan is south of Heishui and is the second stop on the section from Heishui to Pangxun. Coal is also produced here, but there is no iron.
Aubert is named after the same surname as Pettus. It is south of Erte and east of the East Mountain Road.
Wang Qi hopes to start the naturalization work before takeoff, otherwise after takeoff, Wang Cheng's control over the Fenggu plate will weaken, and the need to use force will increase.
The progress in the four cities has been mixed.
The most successful one was Heishui, which Wang Qi didn't have high hopes for.
Blackwater Lord Doc is a domineering foodie, and his personal strength is very strong. In terms of fighting spirit, he is probably at a six-star or seven-star level. It is said that he was once chopped into pieces by Audrey from Pangxuncheng and he did not die.
With Duoke's strength, the cost of taking Blackwater by force will not be small. In fact, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, Wang Qi has no intention of conquering it by force.
However, the information sent back by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed that Doc's housekeeper Estelle said that Lord Doc had withered after Fatel's war against the kingdom. He had not been involved in government affairs for a long time and was concentrating on his spiritual practice.
After a year of delaying the naturalization-related matters, Doc finally nodded, and Estelle was solely responsible for subsequent negotiations.
This steward is a sensible person. Let alone what will happen after the sector takes off, even now, Blackwater does not have any capital to negotiate. It just hopes to give it some time to deal with internal property rights disputes.
Wang Qi also knew how to reciprocate the favor. After allowing the naturalization process to start, he integrated the Blackwater ironmaking industry into the ironworks and left Dok a share of the ironworks shares.
The treatment was the same as that of Sylwen, the former lord of Wind Valley. Sylwen's wealth was far inferior to that of Blackwater, but she surrendered readily enough to open up a new situation for her family. Such a sample was also needed at that time. Blackwater missed the window, so Doak's stake would not be larger. And considering that logistics conditions have deteriorated after takeoff, the income from this share will be even less, and it can only be regarded as a minimum subsidy.
Blackwater has a good foundation, including coal and iron, small rivers and groundwater, and the ability to be self-sufficient in a short industrial chain. It has an excellent population, with nearly 90,000 people at this stage. Due to close trade and raw material supply, there is also a certain number of Residents can already speak a small amount of Qin dialect, which can effectively reduce the subsequent workload of literacy.
Anyway, now we just wait until Butler Estelle is ready to hand over.
As for the so-called property rights disputes before the handover, it was nothing more than fear that Wang Qi would settle the score later.
In recent years, the road to naturalization has been relatively peaceful overall, but it has not completely avoided the beheading of some people, mainly those who refused to repay illegal occupation and used force to resist the execution.
Beyond the Black Water is the city of Elta.
The situation is similar. In principle, we have agreed to naturalize, but we still need time to deal with internal affairs. The difference with Blackwater is that we did not give an accurate time. We probably thought there would be other opportunities after takeoff.
Negotiations in Montenegro are progressing more slowly and are still ongoing.
Before Heishui agreed, Heishan had been fighting with the big guy in the middle. Now they have no choice but to sit down and talk, but the asking price is relatively high, and there are some conditions that the kingdom cannot agree to. For example, if you want to give a hereditary noble status, except for entrepreneurs and ordinary people in the kingdom, the rest are leeks waiting to be harvested at any time, and there is no such thing as aristocrats.
So does Aubert.
Obert seems to be not far from Dongshan Road, but Dongshan Road itself is limited by water supply, and the terrain lacks conditions for manufacturing expansion, which puts insufficient pressure on Obert.
For comparison, the green and Erte pairs are almost parallel to the north. Because the green water conservancy improvement project has been pushed forward for a long time, it already has a good hydrological environment. The industry has not yet exerted its strength, and the fishery output is already crowding out the Erte. A huge source of customers. Elte's industrial system is not large in scale, but there are many types. A little fishery cannot cause real harm. The real harm is the attractiveness of the population.
The green water conservancy project requires a lot of manpower, and the Wind Valley next door is a bottomless pit of labor. Even if Elte takes the initiative to absorb refugees from the east, the population is still in a state of net outflow, and the vacancy rate has been increasing. This is what crushed Elte. Core.
There is another mountain between Obert and Dongshan Road, and it is a mountain with geological conditions that make it impossible to build a tunnel. The winding mountain road can only allow traditional livestock to pass through. Dongshan Road itself is not attractive, and it is difficult to connect the production capacity of other cities within the territory. How much goods could be exported from the two broken roads outside the country? Obert relied on fooling some refugees without feeling any danger.
Maybe it was due to lack of fighting, maybe it was because he couldn't see the situation clearly or he was simply obsessed with power. In short, Obert's progress was lagging behind Montenegro.
Wang Qi didn't press, and just let the diplomats negotiate step by step. The kingdom was now under a lot of pressure in preparations in all aspects, and it would not be too late to deal with the thorns before the negotiations were completed before flying.
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