Today's Long River Town has completely become a huge construction site.
Tens of thousands of people are busy on the construction site.
The general person in charge of the expansion of 'Long River City' is Godric - he is very good at expanding the city on the original basis.
However, the expansion standards set by Li Ang made Godric a little panicked.
He feels that Li Ang is a complete loser...
Because Li Ang designated the five miles of land on the southeast, southeast, and west sides of Long River Town as the expansion scope of 'Long River City'.
In other words, the outer city wall alone would have to be built for more than twenty miles.
There is a lake to the north of Long River Town. The new city wall only needs to be built in three directions. However, the reason for the more than twenty miles is not because Godric is not good at math, but because the outer city wall will be built into a bastion structure, and there will be a military station extending out of the city wall every hundred meters.
There are more than a dozen military stations planned for the entire city. The top view of the outer city wall looks like a huge semicircular sawtooth...
Moreover, Li Ang also plans to build the outer city wall to be like Lion City, which is fifteen meters high, with the top of the wall two or three meters wide, and the wall can be used to race horses...
As for the north, a tall inner castle will be built based on the original inner castle.
It is also planned to dig a river around the city and use the lake water as a moat.
The inner castle will use the soil from digging the moat to raise the terrain - Li Ang plans to directly fill the area next to the lake bank to a height of 20 meters, so there is really no need to build a city wall on the north - the difference between the 'ground' in the north and the river is directly over 20 meters.
In other words, after the entire city is completed, it will form an overall shape with high north and low south, and the inner castle will also become an independent "mountain city" overlooking everything around it from the north of Long River Town.
Needless to say, the defensive capabilities of such a city are natural, and the residents in the city will definitely feel extremely safe.
But how much would it cost for a project of this scale...
"Li Ang, of course it is necessary to expand the city defense... but, isn't the extent of this expansion too outrageous? Did you get a lot of money again?"
After Godric got the design drawing, he ran all the way to find Li Ang. He once suspected that Li Ang had marked the wrong units of length, width and height...
"No... I am extremely poor now, and I rely entirely on loans..."
Li Ang dug into his pocket--he is penniless now.
"Then how can you maintain a project of this scale? And you also plan to demolish... There are thousands of households, and it will cost hundreds of thousands of dinars just to compensate for the demolition fees!"
Godric clapped his fingers in great distress.
"But now... I have already paid for the demolition costs, and Silver Hand's brothers have started breaking down walls and demolishing houses... and now Amy and Eric have recruited tens of thousands of people!"
Li Ang spread his hands. "I can't stop."
Godric sweat dropped. "We will go bankrupt... I know you used Pande Bank for loans, but even if you exhaust Pande Bank's potential, it is impossible to build such a city..."
"Aha? I didn't plan to build it quickly... A city of this size will take several years to build."
Li Ang shrugged, not caring about bankruptcy or not.
"How many years will it take to repair? But the enemy will not give us so much time... and..."
Godric is anxious.
"The only thing is that the enemy cannot sit still. If the enemy takes the initiative to attack Long River Town, then there is really nothing to be afraid of... The problem now is that the enemy is hiding in Lion City and cannot come out. As you know, it is difficult for us to attack Lion City from the front."
Li Ang said and glanced at the ring on his hand.
"But the enemy will continue to grow, right? Shouldn't it be time to prepare for war now?"
Godric is almost stunned.
"I am preparing for war, Uncle Godric... I will let those civilians keep building Long River City until the day we have the strength to conquer everything. Moreover, not only will we not go bankrupt, we will also become rich..."
Li Ang smiled and looked back at the desk behind him.
It was the conference table in the lord's hall, and a dozen Noldor artists were lying on the table to collaborate on some huge renderings.
These Noldor artists come from Finarfin family, who are the 'graphic designers' just hired by Li Ang from the forest.
They need to refer to the design drawings of Li Ang to completely present the future Long River City from all angles.
A few days later, almost everyone in the entire eastern region started talking about 'Long River City' - Long River Town. In the central square, the place with the largest flow of people, there were several large art works up to ten meters wide and five meters high.
What is drawn above is the 'completion rendering' of Long River City.
This is a standard feature of the modern real estate industry - it can be seen in every sales department and even on the exterior walls of construction sites.
Regardless of whether this place used to be a mud ditch or a mass grave, the renderings will definitely be elegant, spectacular and beautiful, and it will look like paradise...
But the people at the Pande Continent have never seen this thing, and the renderings are from the hands of Noldo artists...
"These paintings alone are priceless. I can't imagine that this will become real..."
"Will we really live in a place like this in the future? It's unimaginably majestic... Well, I don't know how to describe it."
"If I could live in a city like this, I would pay any price!"
"Lord Li Ang... Oh, Li Ang, didn't His Majesty promise that some villas will be built in the city for everyone to live in, and one will be returned to each of our families and a house will be built... Look, what's on the picture..."
"Then what does it say? Long River City The villa outside the inner castle has been put on sale? You can buy it by paying 30% of the down payment, and you can borrow the rest from the bank..."
"Outside the inner fort... that seems to be where Long River Express used to be? I do know that place, but the old houses have just started to be demolished there... The foundations haven't even been dug yet, and new houses have started to be sold?"
"Stop talking, let's pay the deposit first. The lord hall is packed with people! Let's use the demolition money as a down payment to buy directly... Think about it, although there will be a lot more space in the city after the expansion, how many villas can be built in total? Only 500 villas can be built in the first phase of the project - but look at how many people are in the city now?"
"Indeed... I have to grab one first! It's not expensive anyway... That villa looks much more beautiful than our old house! And such a majestic city will definitely become the safest place in the entire continent in the future..."
Some townspeople stopped and discussed in front of the renderings for a while, then went home, took their money, and trotted to the Lord's Hall together.
At present, the population in Long River Town has increased dramatically, and at least 50,000 people have no place to live. Moreover, only Long River Town currently has almost unlimited jobs - there are many job vacancies in every industry. In order to register more types of trademarks, those businessmen have added many factories in accordance with the requirements of Li Ang and are recruiting a large number of workers.
In other words, it is foreseeable that more people will move into Long River Town in the future - if you don't grab the pre-sale house while you have money at this time, you would be a complete fool!
In the lord's hall, Eric and Lesley were almost going crazy.
Rather than saying that this is the Long River Town lord hall, it is better to say that this is a sales department that is in the midst of a rush to buy houses.
The so-called flags waving and huge crowds of people refers to the current scene in the Lord's Hall...
"Look, the demolition money will be back again, and it is estimated that there will be a lot more... It is not that people have no money at all. The reason why the economy is depressed is just because everyone does not have a stable source of income and dare not spend money on things other than life - people will consider how to live in the future. But as long as they have a source of income, housing will become a need for everyone, and the safety of the living environment is the guarantee of their future life..."
Li Ang was in the garrison camp opposite, looking at the crowds in the 'house sales department', and explained to Godric, "The money recovered is not only enough to repair the house, but also to start the construction of the moat, so that more people have money. Then, we will open a pre-sale of 600 second-phase villas, and increase the price by 20%, and the money spent will be recovered again..."
Godric was stunned for a moment. "Isn't this cheating?!"
"Don't talk nonsense... This is to promote the circulation of dinars, improve people's lives, and make people live better... I have established several building materials companies. You must not have trouble with my dinars..."
Amy held Li Ang's arm beside him, and relied on nepotism to get Li Ang to sign and seal the supplier contract.
"As long as the money doesn't flow overseas, it can't be used up. But Li Ang, what if someone makes a lot of money but plans to leave here?"
With the signed contract in hand, Amy began to worry about the outflow of assets.
"I have already arranged this... Didn't Andongjia bring back a lot of Misty Mountain people, plus Dusk Knight Order and Nodo..."
Li Ang clenched his fists and his joints crackled. "If someone plans to leave our territory, they deserve to be robbed by bandits after leaving the country. I guarantee that there are no bandits in the country, but I certainly cannot guarantee the security outside the country..."
Andongjia is currently stationed in Fletcher temporarily with some Misty Mountain people;
Dusk Knight Order is stationed at Kewen Village;
Baudess received a sum of funds and went to the Eagle Claw Fortress area to recruit female soldiers - that was the place where Amy originally recruited female explorers, and where the highest level of acceptance of women as knights was found.
Ansen brought back Baxian from Calundru Castle and was placed in Serenmis;
The White Deer Fortress area is the territory of Noldo Elves.
Roland's troops are deployed at Vulpine Town.
These places are the only way to leave the Li Ang territory and go abroad from all directions. They encircle the current boundary of the entire eastern region.
No matter which direction they go, as long as they leave the border, Li Ang can basically guarantee that they will encounter "robbers" as soon as they leave the border.
However, business travelers entering from other places will definitely not encounter these 'robbers'.
These 'robbers' are all 'hard-to-control' 'heathens', and they are not easy to deal with - anyway, for ordinary people, if they encounter these groups, being robbed is considered good luck.
The only place where you won't encounter 'robbers' is in the direction of Vulpine Town where Roland is - but to the west of Vulpine Town is the territory of the heretic Fallen One, which can be really fatal...
Moreover, these 'robbers' have to pay taxes to Li Ang, and they have to pay an 'unexpected income income tax' of up to 75% - this tax is indeed a bit high, but it is legal...
In fact, this tax with the highest proportion in history has been collected for two years. This tax has existed since Forster pledged allegiance to Li Ang.
Forster no longer needs to pay this tax. He is already the legal lord of Lion Lake City, a high-ranking member of the party, and the one with the largest territory.
At first, Lion Lake City's jurisdiction was severely damaged by Aigrem, but Forster has done a pretty good job in the past year or so. Although he himself has a bad reputation, Lion Lake City is very stable, and Lion Lake City Flag Guard has also been rebuilt by him.
Forster has such strength only by relying on the "legitimate unexpected income" he got after becoming a "butcher".
And now, Alistair is about to embark on the road to success as Forster.
Alistair originally thought that Li Ang would regard him as an enemy - originally Alistair thought that Li Ang was dead, and he was planning to defect to Amy. He also became the vanguard of "rescuing Amy" and fought a wave of Three Prophets at Kewen.
Unexpectedly, Li Ang came back after missing for so long, and as soon as he came back, he raised the flag of Kingdom of Pendor, and no one even expressed any objection to this matter.
Alistair understands, after all, most of them were originally subordinates of Li Ang, and since Amy is engaged to Li Ang, it is natural for Li Ang to be the regent - whether it is Lionheart Kingdom or Kingdom of Pendor, it is their kingdom anyway.
But, what should I do?
After abandoning Dexian people and hitting Three Prophets, there is no way back for me!
Allegiance to Li Ang?
Heartbroken...
Get out of here?
Then where can I go...
When Alistair was in trouble, Li Ang took the initiative to come to the door.
Li Ang is willing to give Alistair everything he originally wanted, including giving him a residence and making him an official lord, and also allowing Alistair to become Grand Commander of Dusk Knight Order--Li Ang came with Malbert.
In front of Alistair, he stabbed Malbert to death with a sword.
Of course Li Ang is willing to accept Dusk Knight Order. Even if Alistair has a grudge against himself, Li Ang must unite every force at this time.
In fact, Alistair doesn't hate Li Ang very much - he was slashed in the crotch by Li Ang because he planned to catch Li Ang and it was he who planned to ambush Li Ang.
If we really want to talk about the cause, it was the order issued by his immediate boss Malbert that caused his work injury...
Moreover, it is normal to be injured during a war. As nobles, one should not hate each other just because the two sides were in hostile camps at the time. Although the injured part was a little strange, it was caused by accident and was indeed not intentional by Li Ang.
Besides, people's mentality is very strange - if you see others are worse off than yourself, you will feel more balanced...
Especially since the one who suffered the worst was his own boss, it would be more balanced - Li Ang let Alistair see it, and Dusk Knight Order Grand Commander Malbert also had that thing cut off.
With the knot in his heart relieved, Alistair can make rational choices.
Later, Li Ang asked a question in front of Malbert and Alistair.
"Who among you is willing to take Dusk Knight Order and return to the New Dawn Knights group formed by Sir Roland?"
Malbert hesitated for two seconds, but Alistair nodded directly without hesitation.
So Li Ang stabbed Malbert to death with one sword, and then said to Alistair, "The evil spirit from the other world killed Dusk Knight Order's Grand Commander! Bring Grand Commander!" Let the Twilight Knights avenge Grand Commander, return to Dawn Knight Order, become my allies, and fight against the heretics of Lion City and Cliff Bay together - what do you think?"
To be honest, what Li Ang said is all the truth - of course, this is also the opportunity provided by Li Ang to Alistair and the reason for returning to the New Dawn Knights group...
Seeing Li Ang gesticulating with a bloody sword in front of his eyes, Alistair naturally knew that if he dared to say no, Grand Commander would not be the only one killed by the "evil spirit from another world". The one who took revenge with Dusk Knight Order would probably be Jocelyn...
So Alistair rationally became Li Ang's subordinate. When he arrived at Kewen Village, he was reorganizing Dusk Knight Order while waiting for the arrival of Sir Roland.