Luther shrugged and said.

"If you design it like this now, the city will become a weird city." Luther looked at the small circle on the drawing again, and felt that the design of the big circle was unreliable.

"Tear down the original city wall." Lelouch picked up an eraser and erased the small circle inside the big circle.

That is to say, the newly built city of Pompeii will not have an inner city.

The original old town will become the southern corner of the new city.

"Isn't this a waste? Tearing down the old city wall is a waste of time and effort, and it also removes an inner city, which relatively reduces the city's defense capabilities."

Luther felt a little dissatisfied.

"What should we do? If we expand into a circular city parallel to the old city, it will inevitably include many developed farmlands in the south, causing harm to farmers. We might as well expand to the north, cut down all the forests in the north, and completely connect with Patton Territory."

"As for the defense of the inner city."

Having said that, Lelouch showed a strange look on his face.

"If a metropolis is used for war, it is better not to be built."

Luther shrugged. It sounded like there was no way to refute this. If one day Pompey needed to rely on Pompey to resist, then Pompey would probably be close to destruction.

This was a metropolis, a huge and prosperous market, the political and economic core of Pompeii.

It is best to never experience war.

And Lelouch was right, if the city expanded outward in parallel, it would inevitably cause damage to the Pompeii villages in the south, as well as the farmlands of the twenty villages.

The agriculture that has been developed with all efforts will also be destroyed.

It would be better to expand northward.

The cost is just to hire a group of people to tear down the original city wall, which seems to be a good deal.

Although the current construction of Pompeii is mainly centered on the mayor Lelouch, Lelouch will not be able to accomplish anything if Luther does not approve.

Now that Luther agreed, the direction of the city's expansion was determined.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Luther said to Lelouch: "I have discussed with my partners that we need some land from the City Hall Planning Department to provide them with a factory building and allow them to develop real estate."

Luther told Lelouch what happened.

"In the future, urban expansion and the prosperity of manufacturing are necessary. No city can survive by relying on real estate. I will spend some time planning an industrial zone for them."

Lelouch said, nodding.

"Industrial areas must be planned, but there is another point. In the future planning of my city, there must be a school for younger children at certain distances, and an area for the construction of higher education institutions."

Luther said seriously.

"Luther, I know you plan to build a series of high schools to compete with big cities like the Royal Capital and the Golden City for students and make the city more prosperous. But what is the use of schools for younger age groups?"

Lelouch said, somewhat confused.

In this era, there are only two types of ordinary schools.

One is a school for younger children, formally called a "lower education school."

One is "School of Higher Education."

For example, the alma mater of Cuban Brown, the Royal College of Business, is a higher education institution that specializes in cultivating business talents.

There are just as few high-level schools as there are low-level schools.

There is no need to explain why there are so few schools of higher education, but why are there so few schools of lower education? The answer is that the nobles of this era tended to hire tutors. For example, Luther grew up under the education of Mr. Qiao Xiu.

The most important thing is that ordinary people in this era basically did not go to school.

Luther wants to make some changes to this and he will invest a lot of money in education.

Luther's future territory construction plan will be very grand, which requires a large number of talents, not only knights and wizards, but also many ordinary talents.

Luther felt that if he invested money now to allow the common people to obtain the right to receive education, the common people would provide huge impetus for the development of Pompeii in the future.

That is to say, invest first and then make money.

This business will never lose money.

However, this time, Luther rarely explained to Lelouch, because he knew that even if she said it, Lelouch would not understand.

Before Luther, no one had ever cared whether common people could have knowledge.

Hey.

"I think my metropolis will have a lot of middle-class people in the future, and a lot of people will need to go to school. It's always a good idea to keep more schools."

Luther shrugged and said.

"All right."

Lelouch thought this reason was very far-fetched, but he still agreed. It was just a small plot of land, not a big deal.

………….Three days later, on a sunny afternoon.

West of Pompeii.

There is a small piece of farmland here, which belongs to the scope of Pompeii Village No. 6. If the city expansion plan is implemented this time, the farmland here will be included in the city system.

Beyond the farmlands is the forest, an endless forest.

Some people are active at the edge of the forest, including a team of guards, some city hall officials, the most important ones are Luther, Amanda, Alice, and Lelouch.

Lelouch was wearing a bowler hat, wrapped in thick clothes, and holding a blueprint in his hand.

The wind was a bit strong at this time, and Lelouch had to use his hands to cover his hat from time to time to prevent it from being blown away.

"Starting from here, go five kilometers west. I have planned a piece of land there for Miss Amanda to plant mulberry trees and for Miss Alice to build a ranch. However, since the price of the land sold to you is not high, the city hall will not help you cut down the trees. You have to hire workers on your own."

Lelouch said.

"Why is the distance so far? How many workers should I hire to cut down such a large forest?" Alice was a little dissatisfied and crossed her arms across her chest, which made her look even more majestic.

She is a woman of substance.

Whether it is capital or money.

"Because this is the second expansion of the city, and if nothing goes wrong there will be a third expansion. First, choose a place far away for you and Miss Amanda's land to avoid the third expansion of the city and cause trouble to your industry. Especially Miss Amanda, once the mulberry trees are successfully planted, there will be countless years of economic benefits."

Lelouch explained.

This explanation was barely acceptable, but Alice felt annoyed when she thought about how if the city continued to expand, she would have to move her ranch again.

"Then the industrial zone will be set up nearby?" Luther stepped on the land under his feet with great interest. This is still a farmland, but in the near future, it will become an industrial zone.

It will become the heart of Pompeii's manufacturing industry.

"Yes, this will be the industrial area of ​​the future." Lelouch nodded.

(End of this chapter)