After walking around the city, Lant returned to the east wall of the city, stood on the wall and looked northeast, "If you have a chance, set up a huge market by the river over there!"
"Market?" Ben was a little surprised, "Isn't there a commercial street in the city?"
"It's not a small commercial street." Rand's mental plan was for a large-scale comprehensive commercial area similar to a bonded area and a trade fair. "It's a specialized trade area where caravans from various kingdoms can be stationed. They bring goods from all over and we sell our goods.”
"What goods do you have to sell?" The more Ben listened, the more strange he became. Why are you toiling outside the city when there is nothing in the city?
"Ore, magic plants, alchemical products, everything will be there." Rant knew that Ben Call was mocking his territory for not producing anything, but he was not worried. Rant believed that he had such a large territory, and he would definitely do it in the future. There are a large number of merchants who come to do business in the territory.
"Not only is there a commercial district in the east, but there is also a dedicated college area in the west of the city." Lant happily imagined his future city, with commerce and industry in the east, culture and education in the west, and a stadium in the north. What a reasonable plan!
Ben looked at the young man in front of him and silently drew all of Lant's city plans in his mind. It was obvious that Lant's city had more than 1 million people, otherwise there would be no need to draw a place outside the city as an industrial zone.
Although it was unclear how Lant planned to realize his various ideas, Ben Call was even more curious about the descendant of the galloping horse in front of him.
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When the sun was about to set that day, Lant and Ben met at the south gate Wendy, Lili, and the earth magic goblins who had finally completed the road construction. Of course, they were also accompanied by more than 300 non-magic people from their vanguard. and more than 90 knights.
Wendy brought not only materials and people, but also the luxurious carriages, observation masts and nearly 100 beasts of burden that Lant urgently needed.
On the third day, February 7, at Lant's strong request, Ben Call had to stop for another day and use the observation mast and drawing magic to draw the entire map of Yeqi City on multiple pieces of animal skin paper. superior.
Lant held the animal skin and looked at the precise map that looked like a satellite photo from his previous life. He suddenly had a realization. Accurate magic expression is indeed useful!
Now that Wendy, Lili and other demon-wielding girls have arrived, Kaul has begun to fulfill his important role as a teacher, teaching Wendy and others to identify the many magic circles in the palace, and organizing them to work with the earth fairies to repair some of the damage in the palace. of magic circle.
The magic circles in the entire palace are nested layer by layer. It takes an unknown number of magic crystals to activate them. However, in the cellar where the camp is located, there are also separate magic circles that can be turned on and off directly to perform basic functions such as lighting, ventilation, heating, etc.
According to Lant's idea, in addition to part of the magic circle in the cellar area that needs to be restored, some functional rooms upstairs also need to be restored as soon as possible, and some rooms can be activated in the future.
The entire Padmila Mountain, which is more than ten kilometers north and south, stands like a high wall on the east side of Yeqi City. Now Lant is only staying in the central palace part, and there is still a lot of space waiting to be explored.
But for Rand, he has more than one task. When he left the salt mine last year, Rand took away all the salt he could hold, but there was still some mined salt in the cave, and some of it had been boiled. It's over, some are still brine.
Lant brought a large number of pack animals with him this time just to go to the salt mine again. On the one hand, he would investigate whether the salt mines were occupied by some small tribes that did not open their eyes two months after leaving. On the other hand, he asked me to check. , whether alchemical equipment can be used to replace manpower to mine salt mines.
So on the 7th, Peter led 50 knights and half of the cavalry in Yeqi City to escort the pack animals to the north, preparing to go to the salt mines. According to estimates, it will take at least 6 days for this team to reach the salt mine, and at least 10 days to complete all packaging and return.
Lant will take Ben, Kenan Doyles, Wendy and the Rock and Earth Goblin to arrive in two days. It is expected to arrive in 2-3 days, as long as Ben completes the preliminary exploration and testing and allows Wendy to Take the rock and soil goblins to try to see if you can use the magic goblins to dig the salt mine. Regardless of whether it is feasible, several people can return directly.
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On the 10th, Lant and others set out, and their fast horses arrived at the camp south of the salt mine in less than three days.
The former Gray Goose headquarters camp was specifically requested to be preserved when Lant left. There were even a few demon-lovers who were accustomed to living on the plains and about 100 non-demon people who wanted to stay and look after this tent for Lant. area.
Lant then agreed and left some pack animals and woolly sheep with them.
The Gray Goose camp in the distance was getting closer and closer. Ben Call looked at the solid earth wall around the camp and the eye-catching large tent inside the camp, and couldn't help but laugh at Lant.
"Is this the main camp of Gray Goose? Sure enough, the largest tribe on the Galloping Horse Plains is well-deserved." The mage looked at Lant with a smile, "Lant, when you saw this tribe, you never thought about who is the most powerful tribe. Is it a barbarian question?"
"No, from the time I defeated the second or third tribe, I was sure that I was the barbarian. I had no iron, no horses, no people, and no money.
When you look at people, they have everything they want. Except for the word "barbarian" in their names, they are all rich and noble. I just belong to the human race, how can others compare with me? "In fact, Lant initially felt that his nobleman was no different than an animal.
Ben couldn't bear it when Lant complained about himself like this, "You're not that bad."
"As long as my life is better than theirs, I won't rob them." Lant didn't care who was worse off in the past. After all, he was the one who promoted Gray Goose.
The left-behind humans warmly welcomed their lord back. Lant could see that the left-behind people had lived a very prosperous life in the past few months. These people were consuming long-haired sheep at a rate far exceeding the average.
But Rand didn't care. After all, without them, as long as this camp was still there, they would have completed their mission.
During dinner, Lant told Ben Call about the various rooms in the caves in the salt mine, including the emergency communications room.
"Oh, can you recognize the magic furnace room and the emergency communication room?" Ben was a little surprised. "The magic furnace room is a standard feature in all big cities. These magic furnaces can be traced back to ancient times, but it is a pity that the human empire cannot manufacture them yet."
"Then it seems that our Human Empire is not that powerful." Lant muttered. In terms of the technology we have seen so far, the level of the Human Empire is quite different from what Albert boasted back then.
"Hahaha, did Albert tell you that the human empire is in its best era?" Ben smiled, "The best era of the human empire depends on how it compares. Compared with the human beings in the past and the people on the continent today. The orcs and elves are indeed the strongest."
I didn't go on, but Lant understood. Compared with the various races in ancient times, it was still almost meaningless.
(End of chapter)
