Obviously, the increase in population has added a lot of workload to the old prime minister.
In just half a month, he looked like he had aged several years.
Obviously, prosperity comes at a price.
"Your Majesty, the Holy Pharaoh, I am here to see you."
Lin Ke simply asked, "How long will Saint Egypt's current food supply last?"
Kamul just lowered his head slightly when he heard this: "Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh is wise!"
"The food consumption in Cairo is increasing day by day."
"This is because under your leadership, the people of Cairo are now richer than ever before."
"The frequency with which the people of Holy Egypt buy food has increased significantly. Not only that, but now there are more and more foreigners coming to Cairo."
“Even people from the villages around Memphis have now moved into Cairo.”
“The people of Holy Egypt will consider it a lifetime honor to live in the city of Cairo.”
"So, the population of Cairo has reached unprecedented levels."
"In order to avoid any food problems, I have sent my subjects to various cities to allocate food."
After hearing this, Lin Ke nodded slightly.
"You've done a great job, Kamul. I'm very pleased that you can always share my worries."
"But you have to take care of yourself. There is always work to be done."
"Now go down and rest."
Kamul immediately accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty the Holy Pharaoh."
"It is my greatest honor to share your worries."
Lin Ke waved his hand and asked the guards to support Kamul and escort him away.
Even Kamul is so busy, one can imagine what the people under Kamul are like now.
Obviously, if Lin Ke didn't find a way to solve the "housing" and "food" problems, his subordinates would collapse first.
Of course, Lin Ke already has a solution.
As long as we use the civilization panel to build a [Waterwheel], we can directly solve the problems facing Cairo City today.
In Civilization VI, the Waterwheel House can provide +2 "Housing" and +2 "Food".
In the early classical period, the waterwheel house provided the highest level of "housing" among buildings with this function.
+1 "Housing" far exceeds [Barracks], [Lighthouse], etc.
If we have to say something that can be compared with the Waterwheel House, it would only be the wonder of the Sky Gardens.
Moreover, +2 "Food" combined with Cairo City's [Farmland] can accelerate the growth of food even faster.
You know, the +1 "food" of [farmland] was already extremely precious in ancient times and could almost meet the food needs of most people in the city.
As for the +2 "Food" of the [Waterwheel House], its value is naturally self-evident.
However, there is a problem in building this [waterwheel house].
Lin Ke's attention was now on the information about the [Waterwheel House] on the civilization panel.
It shows:
“Cities must be located next to rivers, including freshwater rivers and where rivers meet.”
“Cannot be built in cities without rivers, including coastal cities or pure lake/oasis cities.”
"Note: Rivers are defined as flowing water on the map, not lakes."
Obviously, if Lin Ke wanted to build a waterwheel, he could only choose to build it in the city of Memphis, which is located on the Nile River.
But it is the city of Cairo that needs "food" and "housing"!
If we just continue to build infrastructure such as [farmland], it will only waste the land in Cairo.
This is the capital of Holy Egypt. How could Lin Ke build so many [farms] here?
Simply put, Lin Ke still has use for the land near Cairo City, and he doesn't want to use all of it to solve these basic problems.
In other words, if a problem can be solved by one plot of land, one building, or one area, there is no need to use multiple plots of land, multiple buildings, or multiple areas to solve it.
Otherwise, it will not only be time-consuming and laborious, but many new problems will have to be considered when it is demolished in the future.
Lin Ke frowned slightly at this time, he was thinking.
Or, turn Memphis into an agricultural city?
Just keep building [farmland] in the area around that city so that it can provide food for all the cities in Holy Egypt?
It's not impossible.
However, if this happens, Memphis' production capacity will be too single.
Simply put, if the Greeks launched an attack on Holy Egypt one day in the future, as long as they destroyed Memphis, Holy Egypt would immediately face the problem of food shortage.
As the saying goes, crocodile eggs should not be placed in the same reed basket.
If this is really the case, the only option is to let the city of Memphis move towards food production.
That's right.
Food can be transported from Memphis to Cairo, and Linke can also send [builders] to build [roads] between the two cities to improve the efficiency of transporting supplies.
But......
How to solve the housing problem?
Can build "wonders", some "wonders" also have a +1 "housing" effect.
But +1 "housing" is not enough for the city of Cairo today.
At least a +2 "housing" building must be built first to solve the current problem.
Not to mention that it will take time for Lin Ke to produce the [Builder] and build the building.
Otherwise, as soon as the +1 "housing" building is completed, Lin Ke will have to think of other ways to continue to increase the "housing".
Is there any way to ensure steady population growth without overpopulating the city of Cairo?
At this time, Lin Ke blinked.
That is to build [Pioneer]!
[Pioneer] is the unit that Lin Ke had used before, used to build cities.
They can build a city directly.
And every time a [Pioneer] is built, the population of Cairo will be reduced by 1 point.
Today, the population of Cairo is shown as 9, but in reality, the population is close to 100,000.
That is, one number represents a population of ten thousand.
Lin Ke only needs to produce the [Pioneer] and then send it a few miles away from Cairo City.
Then, Lin Ke used the [Builder] to build the [Road] between the new city and the royal capital.
Then, the city of Cairo will become the Cairo city complex!
That is, a super-large royal capital composed of multiple urban clusters!
The original city of Cairo will become the center of the super-large royal capital.
Nothing has changed, it's just gotten bigger.
In this way, not only the total population and overall strength of Holy Egypt can be increased and improved, but the difficulties currently faced by the city of Cairo can also be solved.
Lin Ke stood up at this time and walked out of the palace.
He was still thinking whether there was a better way than this.
Outside the palace, the people of Holy Egypt were still worshipping and praising him.
But when Lin Ke raised his head, he saw that one side of the sky was pitch black.
It was a dark cloud.
To be more precise, it was pitch black, forming large dark clouds.
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