Chapter 897 869 Lack of People

"The spiritual energy here is rich, and there are spiritual rice and spiritual medicine to eat. It is normal that many people advance." Ning Qingyun said lightly.

"Boss, is the rice used in our restaurant really spiritual rice? I was wondering why the rice was so fragrant. After eating it, I felt refreshed and energetic. My God, how much spiritual rice do tens of thousands of people eat in a day? Sister-in-law, did you rob someone's granary over there?" Huo Ye asked in a low voice.

"Stop talking too much!" Ning Qingyun scolded lightly.

Rong Xianxian chuckled aside.

In fact, it is not only the spiritual rice provided by Rong Xianxian that feeds so many people. In the fairy world, she also stores a lot of animal meat, and the combat teams also take turns going out hunting and collecting edible wild vegetables and fruits.

In those old safe zones, the population is becoming increasingly concentrated, and the edible wild vegetables, fruits, and low-level mutant beasts around them have all been picked and killed, resulting in a shortage of resources and a food crisis. But it is different here.

This is a place that humans have never set foot on. Low-level mutant rabbits, pheasants, edible wild vegetables and fruits are everywhere, and people can easily obtain survival resources.

Accompanied by Huo Ye, Rong Xianxian and Ning Qingyun walked and looked all the way. About forty minutes later, they came to a very spectacular city lord's mansion! Chang Qing, Ming Tianlei, Feng Xingjia, Jiang Jie, Wang Qirui and others were already waiting outside the city lord's mansion.

The blueprint of this city lord's mansion was drawn by Jiang Jie. The courtyard layout is similar to that of Jincheng Rong Mansion, but the area is ten times larger than that one, and the functional areas have increased a lot more than before.

Xuanxuan, Xiaoluo, Feng Mingyu and Zhong Yingying went to familiarize themselves with the environment of the City Lord's Mansion. Rong Xianxian and Ning Qingyun came to the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion surrounded by the crowd.

"The construction is going well. The current progress is much faster than I expected." Rong Xianxian said to everyone approvingly.

Everyone in the hall had a happy look on their face.

"Madam, Master, the living environment here is good and the resources are rich, making it suitable for building a city. We relied on the two energy walls to complete the construction of the outer city wall. We have currently built more than 36,800 meters of walls on the east, west, south and north sides. Due to shortage of manpower and for the convenience of management, we have opened a gate on each of the four walls. The Nan'an Gate is in the middle of the south wall; the Beiping Gate is in the middle of the north wall; the Dongqing Gate is in the middle of the east wall; and the Xifu Gate is in the middle of the west wall. Three doorways are left at each gate..." Chang Qing held a red laser pen in his hand and pointed to the giant sand table on the table to show Ning Qingyun and Rong Xianxian the results of the past two months.

"The construction speed is so fast, is the quality of the city wall up to standard?" Rong Xianxian couldn't help but ask.

"Ma'am, don't worry. The quality of the city wall is related to whether everyone can settle down here. Every builder has done his best. There will be three more groups of people conducting acceptance inspection in the later stage. There will be absolutely no problem with the quality!" Jiang Jie stood up to answer this question. He had been keeping an eye on the later acceptance work and had a better understanding of the situation of one area.

"It seems that the builders we temporarily recruited are very enthusiastic about construction!" If there were people who were slacking off or sabotaging the work, the project would definitely not have progressed so fast.

"Not only do we provide food and accommodation, we also set up a point system to allocate points based on the amount of work completed each day. Points can be exchanged for weapons, medicines, and even houses. Naturally, they are very motivated!" Wang Lin is responsible for calculating the points.

During the time when Ning Qingyun and Rong Xianxian were away, he ignored the opposition of his family and stood firmly with Chang Qing and others. For Wang Lin's sake, the eldest brother of the Wang family secretly helped Chang Qing a lot. This time, Wang Lin also came with him to build the new city.

"But after all, it is far away from the major safe zones. If we encounter danger, no one will come to our rescue. I think we should speed up the construction of city defense fortifications, increase the population in the city, and build satellite cities around it as soon as possible..." Chang Qing proposed a new construction plan.

Although the construction of the new city has only roughly completed a framework, the main buildings completed are the city walls and gates used for defense, and even the city lord's mansion is only partially completed, but in Chang Qing's opinion, as long as enough population is introduced, the scope of urban construction can be expanded.

"Will there be management chaos if we bring in the second batch of population so soon?" Rong Xianxian expressed her doubts. According to her plan, she planned to bring in the second batch of population after half a year.

"Ma'am, don't worry. Within these two months, the management system has been perfected and there will definitely be no problem of management chaos. Now we are short of people, a large number of them. This is a Feng Shui treasure land and we can feed as many people as possible. Now all major safe zones are experiencing a food crisis and they are also willing to reduce the population burden." Chang Qing stood up again to express his point of view.

"The first batch of residents of our new city were selected from the Jindu Safety Zone. Due to some special reasons, we can select people with working ability. However, the next step is to recruit people from various safety zones, but we will not be able to choose." Ning Qingyun said.

Rong Xianxian was furious at the time because her subordinates were persecuted and the Tianhe Mercenary Group was driven out of Jincheng. She took control of the Jindu Safety Zone, and the military acquiesced in her behavior out of a desire to compensate.

But things are different now. She has enclosed the land and built her own facilities. If she wants more population, the major security zones will not let her do what she wants.

"Sir, while building the City Lord's Mansion, we also built two large buildings. This side is a school, and this side is a nursery. My subordinates have investigated and found that the biggest headaches for the major security zones are children under 12 years old and infants under three years old. The population in these two stages either cannot create any value at all or cannot undertake physical labor. However, in the long run, these children are the future's vital force and are also malleable materials." Chang Qing is very familiar with the conditions of the major security zones and has plans for the next step of population introduction.

Later, Feng Xingjia, Wang Hong, Jiang Jie, Ming Tianlei, He Wen, Song Min, Chen Lishu, Wang Qirui and others gave work reports on the areas they were responsible for, and looked forward to the next work priorities, what kind of support they expected to get, etc. In the end, they summed it up and found that there was a shortage of people in all aspects.

When the meeting was over and everyone had left, Rong Xianxian rubbed her head and said, "These things sound tedious. I don't know how Chang Qing managed to stick to it. It hasn't been easy for him these years. He is still single. Don't you worry about his lifelong affairs?"

"Xianxian, do you still want to be a matchmaker for him?" Ning Qingyun had a strange look on his face.

"It's not impossible. Let me think about it. Look, He Wen is going to marry Huo Ye, Song Min and Wang Qirui are in love with each other, and Wang Hong likes Brother Ming. Is there any single girl in our team who is suitable for him?" Rong Xianxian counted on her fingers and thought seriously.

(End of this chapter)