Chapter 1216 Development Plan
After leaving Mistiara City, we rode on fast horses and moved from the territory of the female warrior tribe to their northeastern border.
After arriving here, Zhou Xu could take the train directly to Black Moon City, but he obviously had no plans to do so at the moment.
Since the opening of the railway, the construction efficiency in the Northeast has been greatly improved. When they sent troops to support the Smith Kingdom before, considering efficiency, they arrived at the border directly at the fastest speed and went to meet up with the troops of the female warrior tribe. Therefore, he has never really inspected the construction situation in the Northeast.
Now that I'm here, I must take a few more glances.
At this point in time, as the highest priority construction project in the Northeast region, all facilities of an entire border fortress from the outside to the inside have been completed.
At the same time, considering that this side of the border might be invaded by a large greenskin army, they specially asked the engineering team to raise and thicken the protective wall on this side.
Now the height of the protective wall here has reached 15 meters.
At this height, even if the ogre rushed to the bottom of the protective wall, it would not be able to climb to the top of the wall easily.
In addition, they also added steel plates to the walls below ten meters to further enhance the defensive capabilities of the bottom walls.
In this era, steel is an important military material, mainly used for casting weapons and armor, or some large-scale military equipment. Using it directly to strengthen the protective wall is undoubtedly a luxurious decision, but it also makes people feel more at ease.
After a brief inspection of the border fortress, the personal guard group headed by Zhou Xu boarded the train and arrived at the second stop of the inspection, the Northeast Transit Station.
This was originally a border fortress in the northeastern region of their Great Zhou. Later, with the expansion of territory, it was converted into a transit station connecting the border fortress and the city in the rear, which can be regarded as an important station.
It just so happens that there is a large enough place here, and it is not far from the border, so transportation is convenient. According to what Zhou Xu had agreed with Yalvette before, he plans to set up the trading station here.
I can take this opportunity to confirm the situation here and make a rough plan in my mind.
When large-scale trade with the female warrior tribe is officially launched, this place will soon become lively and will surely become an important trading site between the two forces in the future.
Further back is the original oil village, which has now been built into an oil city.
Judging from its scale, it is a small city similar to the grassland city, mainly functional. The existence of this small city is purely to provide services for the oil fields in the area.
An entire industrial chain has been formed around this area, and all of it is under the responsibility of Zhou Yifei.
Of course, considering the existence of the border fortress, once a war breaks out, the oil city will directly become the most important rear support point.
Taking this factor into consideration, more related industries will be added in the future to enrich the functionality of this city.
In any case, the city is now well built.
While Zhou Xu is leading his troops to support the Smith Kingdom, the remaining finishing work has now been completed. The engineering team had just withdrawn a week ago. If nothing unexpected happens, the engineering team will go to support the southern region after a short rest.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu felt a little emotional.
The southern region was one of the areas he occupied relatively early, but in terms of development progress, it was at the bottom.
In the south, the territory is large, but the journey is too long. It takes a lot of time just to travel, so the development efficiency has not been improved.
It was not until the past two years that railways began to be opened in some areas of the southern border, and the construction efficiency was gradually improved.
This time, Zhou Xu also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that there was no other thing for him to worry about, and concentrate his efforts on the development and construction of the south!
With this thought in mind, Zhou Xu returned to Black Moon City and talked about these things directly at the court meeting the next morning.
First, I briefly mentioned the establishment of a trading station with the female warrior tribe...
"This part of the work, Kong Daqian, will be handed over to your department."
"I obey your orders."
The transactions with the wood elves in the early years were also handled by the Propaganda Department headed by Kong Daqian.
They are experienced in this area of work, and Zhou Xu feels most at ease handing it over to them.
After briefly arranging this matter, the topic of the court meeting quickly shifted to the development of the south.
In the southern border, there is no need to say much about the continued construction of railways. Apart from that, there is another issue that cannot be avoided, and that is population.
If you want to develop an area, in addition to the initial construction, you also need talented people.
Otherwise, the southern region, with such a large territory, will be sparsely populated and will not be able to develop at all.
This problem is actually very common and is basically encountered when developing new areas. However, the southern region is too large, so this problem becomes a bit tricky.
"Anyway, please go to the Population Registration Bureau and collect the population statistics of each city, compile them into a file and send it over."
After receiving the order, the Population Registration Bureau acted quickly. While it was still morning, a document had already been delivered to the Qinzheng Hall.
After taking the document report, Zhou Xu flipped through it quickly.
Although the Great Zhou has never stopped its military operations in the past two years, they were mainly for support purposes, and the war was completely blocked by them outside, without affecting the lives of the people inside.
The situation in the Great Zhou has always been calm, and even the prices have not fluctuated.
The people lived in safety, had no worries about food and drink, and there were no entertainment activities at night. After blowing out the candles, wouldn't they be busy creating humans?
Nowadays in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is normal for married couples to have three children, and some even have four or five children.
This has resulted in the population of their Great Zhou continuing to grow in recent years.
Of course, its power has not been fully revealed in the past two years, after all, they are still minors. But in a few years, the early newborns will begin to grow up in large numbers. At that time, these cities will suddenly become crowded.
This congestion refers not only to the physical level, but also to jobs.
After all, the number of jobs a city can provide is limited, especially for those cities that have completed overall development and will not make any major moves in the short term.
At this moment, Zhou Xu directly selected all the cities that would face this situation in the next few years.
Then immigration policies were promulgated for those cities, various benefits were provided, and people were encouraged to immigrate to the southern region to live.
Once these people go there, not only will they solve part of the future population problem, but they can also serve as direct labor at this stage to assist in the development and construction of the southern region, which is killing two birds with one stone.
(End of this chapter)
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