[Chapter 316 Industrial Zone]
Turning on the tap and watching the clear water flowing out, it was not the first time that Abelson used this thing, but he still sighed that this thing called tap water was really convenient.
It is said that Winter City has installed tap water in every household. This is really… a luxury!
“Water plant, power plant, military camp…”
Abelson, who came to Winter City, is currently living in the top suite of the Winter Hotel. The servants and guards in the palace are currently arranged to live in the hotel. The Knights of Tilan and the Knights of the Guards have established a separate military camp outside the temporary camp.
David doesn’t care about the difference between nobles and civilians, but the nobles are unwilling to squeeze into the camp with the civilians. These nobles have more or less some family assets, which has given birth to a new business.
That is, the nobles of Tilan’s capital hire workers from Winter City and Cybertron, and then pay the great Jaina Proudmoore Mage to teleport them back to Tilan’s capital, and then dig out the property buried in the ruins.
The hired workers, Cybertronians, and Archmage Jaina, who was in charge of the teleportation, could all receive a generous reward.
The nobles who regained part of their property would directly purchase real estate in Winter City.
After all, Winter City had prepared a lot of new houses in advance, so there was no situation where the nobles had money but could not buy houses.
Even King Abelson found David, hoping that he could send some Cybertronians to help transfer the various assets in his castle.
This also reminded David that there were many high-ranking noble families who were completely killed in the explosion of the Tyran Capital, and those assets had all become ownerless. This was a windfall that was picked up for free, and there was no reason to let it go!
So the relatively idle Decepticons were arranged by David to dig for money, and the Autobots with better tempers were all sent to help the sheriff Elizabeth.
Although the civilians who came from the Tyran Capital are still living in a temporary camp under centralized management, the wealthy nobles already have their own houses and officially live in Winter City. This group of people also know nothing about the “rules” of Winter City, and they will cause an impact on public security.
Because there are too many people…
“Have you counted the population?”
Sitting opposite him in the office was Weatherby Swan, the government official of Winter City. At present, Weatherby’s main job is to settle the newly migrated residents.
“It’s still counting. I think the government department of Winter City needs to recruit more people.” Weatherby looked a little tired, but he didn’t seem dissatisfied. Instead, he looked very energetic: “But according to the current data, the number of people migrating from the capital of Tiran will not be less than 80,000.”
The arrival of a large number of people made him feel like he was governing a real “city”. The population of Winter City was too small before. For Weatherby, governing a town with such a small population was not challenging at all. With
the arrival of the population of Tiran, the population of Winter City has increased many times, and the workload of various departments has also increased. Several departments in Winter City do need to increase their staff.
David not only approved the proposal of the government department to increase staff, but also approved the recruitment plan of the public security department.
In addition, David also ordered the expansion plan for the water plant.
There is no need to worry about the power plant. There is no need to expand the power plant using the Ark reactor in a short period of time. By the time the power plant needs to be expanded, perhaps Winter City has entered the interstellar era.
“The real problem is how to solve the living problems of nearly 100,000 people.”
All go to farm? It’s not impossible, but if so many people open up wasteland and farm, Winter City must carry out “diversified” planting, and can’t all plant the same crops.
In this regard, the official intervention of Winter City is needed, otherwise if the farmers are allowed to choose for themselves, they will definitely give priority to the crops they are familiar with.
In addition to various grains and vegetables, a group of fruit farmers can be developed, followed by cotton planting and other industries.
“In addition, with enough population, the industrial zone plan can also be implemented.”
David did not want to vigorously develop industry in Winter City, but there was really no such condition before. With such a small number of people, even the production line of the arsenal could barely be filled. What kind of factory do you expect to open?
Now that there are people, various factories can be opened.
These factories not only allow Winter City to produce a variety of goods, but also create a lot of jobs, provide income for a large number of civilians, guarantee their income needs, and ensure that they can live a normal life in Winter City.
“Sir, what other factories will be built besides the steel mill?” The steel mill has always been on the schedule, so there is no need to ask again.
“Clothing, shoes, socks, bedding, and so on.” Currently, clothing and bedding products in Winter City are still in the relatively “primitive” hand-made custom era. In
the earlier period, they were distributed uniformly, and all kinds of materials were purchased from other worlds.
As for whether the existing shops will be affected?
In fact, it won’t, because the products produced by the factory are mass-produced on the premise of ensuring the basic quality of the products.
The nobles are most likely to look down on this kind of mass-produced clothing. It is produced to meet the needs of ordinary people, and the price of the product will not be too high to ensure that everyone can afford it.
The same is true for bedding and other items. With sufficient food and comfortable and warm houses, the basic life of the residents is guaranteed.
At that time, you can consider building more factories to meet the other needs of the people, such as bicycle factories, or even car factories?
After chatting with Weatherby for a long time, David didn’t have time to get up and leave his chair. Gareth Stanton came again.
“What’s the matter?”
Gareth came to find him for military matters, but there has been no military action in Winter City recently, right? Although the Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment is still sweeping orcs everywhere on the northern plains, it is Megatron who is responsible for this work, not Gareth Stanton.
After going out for a stroll, the Winter Knights continued their slow expansion work, and by the way, they also kept an eye on the soldiers coming from the capital of Tiran to ensure that they did not cause any trouble.
Thinking of this, David suddenly guessed why Gareth came to him.
“Sir, how do we deal with the Tilan capital army, including the Tilan Knights?”
“…”
It sounds like dealing with prisoners of war. Although the Tilan Knights and the Guards Knights are not prisoners of war, the current situation seems to be no different.
Especially the private guards of the nobles. This group of troops was directly controlled. Even if some nobles expressed dissatisfaction, David did not mean to give in at all: either take your guards out of Winter City, or if you want to stay in Winter City, you must abide by the rules here.
As for what the specific rules are? Of course, there are rules according to what the lord says!
Since the lord of Winter City is the god who resurrected them and gave them new life, these nobles are not stupid enough to challenge David, which is why the nobles’ private guards honestly accept vaccination management.
But this is not a long-term solution. There are also the Tilan Knights and the Guards Knights. They can’t be left outside the city to guard them all the time, right?
“What do you think?”
“Reorganize them into the Winter Army.”
These are the most elite soldiers of the Kingdom of Tiran, especially the Tiran Knights. These knights have received various training since they were very young, using potions and spells to ensure that they can constantly break through their limits, so their physical fitness is very strong.
In addition, they already know various combat skills, have extremely high military literacy and obedience. With a little training, they can learn to use the weapons and equipment of Winter City, and they can immediately become another powerful army.
Although the other troops are not as good as the two major knights, they are also better than ordinary civilians.
Gareth doesn’t want to watch such a large group of high-quality soldiers being wasted, but it is probably difficult to get permission to reorganize the Tiran Knights and the Guards Knights.
“I will have dinner with His Majesty later, and I will bring this up with him then.” David thought about it. The situation of the Knights of Tilan and the Knights of the Guards was rather special, but the noble guards, the capital garrison, and the ordinary light and heavy infantry regiments could all be reorganized directly: “Let’s not worry about the Knights of Tilan and the Knights of the Guards for now, and take the other troops to the barracks for reorganization.”
“What if there are those who don’t want to be reorganized?”
“They are soldiers and must obey orders.” David would not indulge these guys, especially now that they have come to Winter City collectively: “Those who don’t meet the requirements but have good personalities and integrity will be sent to Sheriff Elizabeth Swan.”
As for those who can’t meet the requirements, have bad personalities and professional qualities? David will still give these people a chance: they can choose a new profession on their own, and the government will also provide some help. As long as they work hard, they can still live well in Winter City.
If they have to do something weird… David is going to build an industrial zone next, and even if there are diggers, he won’t mind having more coolies on the construction site.
“I know what to do.”
Gareth left with the order. He and Floyd would be responsible for the reorganization work. As for the number of the reorganized army, if nothing unexpected happens, it will be directly named the Winter Legion.
This should be the largest legion in Winter City, and if all goes well, it will become the force responsible for most military tasks.
After all, both the Winter Knights and the Spartan Heavy Infantry Regiment are the trump cards of Winter City, and will only appear on important battlefields in the future.
Gareth was full of expectations for the future. After leaving Castle Glamorgan, he found Floyd to discuss the reorganization plan.
However, just as he and Floyd began to discuss, they were summoned by the lord again, and they also received a task: to take a team of winter knights to the south to determine the situation of Marquise Lana Tillane and Earl Sutton Stewart.
(End of this chapter)