Chapter 11 Upgrade the big city, the return of the fleet
Since the military and political reform, the entire Dragon City has been undergoing changes in an orderly manner.
In the military camp, the cries of killing revealed that these soldiers were changing.
"One, two, stab!" A squad leader with two stars engraved on his shoulder armor shouted loudly. Following his voice, 240 spear soldiers fiercely stabbed out their spears! Under the dazzling sunlight, the tip of the spear reflected
The cold light dazzled people's eyes, but they didn't care about the sweat left on their temples. They sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. This is what the Lord of the City said. It's a very simple truth. Li Er stabbed his hand with all his strength.
holding the spear, his eyes drifted to the officer standing in front, saw the two stars on his shoulders, showed an envious look, and then looked at the tip of his own spear again, "I can do it too. When I become a non-commissioned officer, my salary will increase."
You can double the number! As long as you save enough for half a year, you can buy a lot of betrothal gifts!" Thinking of the spring flowers in his neighbor's house, Li Er stabbed the spear in his hand harder, and the tip of the spear seemed to streak through the space with a silver light.
Regardless of this military camp, all the military stations in the entire Dragon City are in a fiery military training frenzy. The military rank and medal system formulated by Zhou Yunfei is like a spark falling into dry firewood, burning violently.
The soldiers looked at the epaulettes on the captain's shoulder pads and thought of more generous salaries, more preferential policies, and the legendary medals! "Princes and generals, Xiang Ning has a lot of talent!" Zhou Yunfei shouted this while reviewing the army.
Sentence! All the soldiers and officers burst out with the most violent enthusiasm!
Compared with the ordinary army, the soldiers trapped in the camp only had a glimmer of light in their indifferent eyes. They were not unexcited, they just buried the excitement in their hearts and used more indifferent training to display their enthusiasm. After discussions with Pang Tong and others
, Gao Shun led the trapped camp as the city's main escort, guarding Zhou Yunfei's safety at all times. All other generals were in the military camp, training and resting with the soldiers.
For the people, a piece of citizen news is like a meteorite falling on a calm lake. Abolition of agricultural tax forever! Semi-commercial tax! For these people, there is no better benefit than this, Zhou Yunfei
At this time, he was like a living saint in the hearts of the people. Some businessmen would even pay homage to Zhou Yunfei's portrait before going on business in order to bless their wealth. However, the foreign businessmen in Longcheng received a notice from the Governor's Office.
, leaving Dragon City within a limited time, Dragon City’s future trade will be scheduled in the Acropolis.
The Acropolis is an important part of Zhou Yunfei's plan. The existence of the Acropolis can well protect the safety of Dragon City, and at the same time, it can keep the secrets of Dragon City secret to the greatest extent. When the local people flock to Dragon City, the Acropolis'
The effect is even more obvious. Those who are qualified will enter Dragon City and those who are not will stay in Acropolis. Originally, Zhou Yunfei wanted to use Longgang, but then he thought that the secrets of Longgang were equally important, such as sea salt and navigation routes.
It cannot be easily shown to others. Therefore, it is essential to build an acropolis.
After the system was updated, some restrictions were lifted, so Zhou Yunfei was able to mobilize the people to build a small town in the south 20 kilometers away from Dragon City. There was no city wall built yet, but a team of tiger and leopard cavalry were stationed here. So when those foreign businessmen
After leaving Longcheng, he checked and found that there were several foreign spies in Longcheng, so he called the trap camp to dispatch and arrest them.
After everything was ready, Zhou Yunfei said softly: "Upgrade!"
With the same change, the city walls disappeared, the streets widened, and the buildings on both sides changed accordingly. At the new city edge, the city walls were re-erected, and tall city gate towers were born.
The new city wall is 10 meters high and 3 meters wide, all made of thick boulders. The new streets can accommodate 8 carriages in parallel, and all the buildings have been rearranged, including commercial streets, new medical offices, and schools.
It can be turned into a school, and additional courts can also be built.
When everything was settled, Zhou Yunfei inspected and determined several buildings to be built.
The first is the court. As a person born in a society governed by the rule of law, Zhou Yunfei understands that detailed laws can bring social stability, so this is resolved first.
The second step was to divide the school into two, with one serving as a comprehensive school for the masses and the other only for the military, called a military school.
The next step is to establish a chamber of commerce headquarters, led by the governor, and establish a Longcheng commercial headquarters, which will be managed by the Ministry of Commerce. This will greatly improve the efficiency of commercial operations, combine small businesses and individual traders into large businesses, and further stimulate business development.
Finally, there are irrigation projects and large ports. Since Zhou Yunfei had built a rudimentary irrigation system before, this was very convenient to build. Large ports were even simpler. A large number of port spaces were reserved when Longgang was selected.
After the upgrade, Zhou Yunfei's Governor's Mansion became more grand, but he did not have time to experience it in detail. News came from Longgang that there was news about the fleet.
He hurriedly got on the carriage, took Gao Shun and several soldiers trapped in the battle, and drove to Longgang.
Uncle Tian was directing workers to unload goods from the cargo ship at the dock. His deputy took a detailed list: "Sir, most of the goods coming from Mills City on the upper reaches of the Hengduan River this time are high-quality furs, and there are also a large number of
Spices. If these are transported to the south, the profit will double."
"Having said that, the city lord has ordered that all the money from the sales be used to buy grain. Then after returning to the city, the grain will be sold to the city lord. These merchants still made a lot of gold coins in the process!" Uncle Tian was somewhat reluctant.
He said, after all, the fiscal deficit has been getting bigger and bigger in the past few months, and I don’t know what you are doing with so much food. While thinking about it, the guard reported that Zhou Yunfei was at Longgang Mansion, and hurriedly put down the list and headed to Longgang Mansion.
At this time, Zhou Yunfei was listening to the report of the escort sent back by the fleet.
This time the fleet went south along the coastline and passed through several major ports in the west of Byvost. The locals were shocked when they saw this huge fleet. They curiously flocked to the dock to watch these black-haired guys.
The local city lords hurriedly came to inquire. When they learned that they wanted to trade, they were all very happy. In the era of underdeveloped shipping in the Ross continent, as a port city, there was no oil and water, so they saw the huge caravan.
At that time, the first reaction was to get rich and no longer have to live a tight life. The port residents thought that they could have more job opportunities to earn some money to support their families. The businessmen flocked in like flies asking about the fishy smell.
Come and look for opportunities for cooperation. So the fleet successfully dumped the goods it carried, and also cooperated with local merchants to purchase a large amount of local specialties, and then sailed south to find a new port after the city lord repeatedly persuaded them to stay.
After a month of sailing, the fleet arrived at the Nohr Empire.
Yuan Xu stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the large port ahead. Thinking of the mission entrusted to him by Zhou Yunfei, he clenched his fist fiercely. The Noel Empire was experiencing frequent rebellions, so the arrival of the fleet made the entire port nervous. A large number of
The militiamen blocked the port and waited for the people from the fleet to disembark.
Yuan Xu waved his hand and asked the escort team to prepare just in case. Then he led several guards off the merchant ship and boarded the dock.
"Who are you, and what do you want to do here?" A leading general looked at Yuan Xu on horseback and asked,
"Hello, sir. We are a caravan from the Byvost Empire in the north. Of course we are here to trade supplies with your country." Yuan Xu replied with a smile, not caring about the flashes of swords and swords around him.
"Are you really a businessman?" the man asked uncertainly,
"Of course, nothing is more attractive to us than golden gold coins. I think your country will not reject those golden gold coins either."
After explanations, the caravan finally came into contact with the local nobles. When the caravan made a request to exchange spices, sea salt and other luxury goods for food slaves, the nobles readily agreed. Due to years of rebellion, the Nor Empire had a large backlog of slaves.
These slaves were civilians forced to live by harsh taxes. After being suppressed, they narrowly escaped massacre and were demoted as slaves. When the caravan offered to buy slaves, the nobles even proposed long-term deals. They would capture a large number of slaves, but
The caravan said that its ships could not transport so many slaves. The nobles said that they could leave by land. Anyway, there were many slave caravans on the mainland that could be hired, as long as they paid money. After thinking about it, Yuan Xu thought of catching up after setting sail.
After Zhou Yunfei updated the system of the fleet's communication ship, he immediately sent people to notify them as soon as the fleet was not far away. The slaves were the most important part.
So Yuan Xu proposed that both parties should jointly pay the slave merchants' employment gold coins and transport a large number of slaves to Dragon City by land, and the nobles agreed. In fact, the nobles did not have to pay a penny, and there were a lot of domestic merchants rushing to do it.
In this matter, the profits from human trafficking are really too great. For the nobles, it doesn't matter whether the untouchables buy them for 10,000 or 20,000. As long as they can get a lot of luxury goods, it is enough. If there are not enough people, just continue to arrest them.
Okay. Slave traders can use the hiring money to capture slaves openly, then falsify the number of heads, sell the excess number to other customers, and earn large profits. As for Zhou Yunfei, using gold coins in exchange for
Population, only gain but not loss!
When Zhou Yunfei heard that the fleet would return to Longgang in a few days, he breathed a long sigh of relief and was very satisfied with this operation. He also wanted to inform his nominal ally Yuna St. Clair and let her guide her.
A large number of slaves came from the south.
"Father, you're here just in time. The fleet will be back in a few days. Get ready and make the welcome meeting bigger. I want to celebrate Yuan Xu and the others!" After seeing Uncle Tian come in, Zhou Yunfei ordered him,
"Yes, lord, I promise to complete the mission." Uncle Tian replied excitedly when he heard that the fleet was coming back.
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Yuan Xu stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the increasingly clear Longgang, while 10 frigates were already guarding both sides of the caravan. When the fleet slowly sailed into the port, gongs and drums were loud and colorful flags were flying! The citizens were excited.
He waved to the fleet and shouted. Yuan Xu saw Zhou Yunfei and Tian Bo and others waiting at the dock, and his heart was filled with excitement.
"Bang." The ship docked at the pier. Yuan Xu jumped onto the pier before the ship stopped, striding towards Zhou Yunfei, "Sir, I have lived up to your instructions! Complete the mission!" He looked at Zhou Yunfei with both fists,
"Okay, okay! Well done! Yuan Xu, you have done a great job!" Zhou Yunfei stepped forward, hugged Yuan Xu, and patted his shoulder fiercely. However, Zhou Yunfei was still only about 13 years old at this time, so he had to stand on tiptoe.
Take the photo, fortunately Yuan Xu is also in a bent posture.
As the first batch of slaves in the fleet walked off, some looked around curiously, while others walked around lifelessly and numbly. Looking at these slaves, Zhou Yunfei couldn't help but smile with pride, look! Here is the new
The world! This is the place where dreams take off! This is the Garden of Eden of happiness! When you truly integrate into it, your life has just begun. Follow me to the highest point on the mainland!