vrcanaries Chapter 921 The Desert Cyborgs Are Busy
Chapter 921 The Desert Cyborgs Are Busy
Seeing that Ba Tiancheng was busy, Chu Chen immediately pulled him aside and gave him a task.
Ba Tiancheng, a mere martial artist, knew nothing of such matters and immediately pushed one of the people next to him towards him.
"Don't bother me with anything other than murder and drinking, go find him!"
"This man, the former head of the Desert City, knows everything about the city better than anyone else. So, he is now yours!"
Chu Chen looked at the person behind him and was about to speak when the person knelt down in front of Chu Chen first.
"This humble one, Wen Zhou, greets Your Majesty the City Lord!"
Wen Zhou, that name sounds so familiar. Does he have some manufacturing skills?
However, since it was Ba Tiancheng who recommended it, it must be someone who can actually use it.
He immediately stepped forward to help him up, saying, "Please get up quickly, Lord Wen. The construction of the Great Desert City will be in your hands from now on!"
"You flatter me, Lord City Lord. It is my great fortune to be able to learn from you. I, Wen Zhou, will never back down from any task."
Chu Chen nodded after listening: "Come with me!"
After saying that, he led him back to Zuo Yunxiong's study.
"Wen Zhou, go immediately and find an old man and a craftsman who know the whole of the desert city like the back of their hand. Revise the map of the desert. I want to renovate it and make good use of those unused places."
Upon hearing that Chu Chen wanted to renovate the Desert City, Wen Zhou immediately became interested.
In fact, he was an old man in the Desert City, so he was very familiar with the entire city. Even when Zuo Yunxiong was in control of the Desert City, he had been to this oasis.
Therefore, he was aware of many unreasonable points, but unfortunately, Zuo Yunxiong was a military man, and he dared not give him any advice at the time.
"Lord City Lord, rest assured, you don't need to worry about these things. I will definitely handle them perfectly for you!"
Chu Chen laughed immediately upon hearing this: "You mean, you're familiar with the entire plan for the Desert City?"
"Lord City Lord, not only do I know this, but there are also many untapped areas in Desert City that I understand, but I just haven't had the chance to use them before."
"Now that you want to rebuild Desert City, these lands, if properly planned and utilized, will be more than enough to support the people of Desert City!"
This is a real steal! As long as someone else does the work for me, I can relax and enjoy myself.
Actually, leading them to wealth is not difficult; the key is to have an industry and a business sense.
After a morning of exploration, it turns out there's still a lot to develop in Desert City, and most importantly, it's rich in mineral resources.
However, the construction of the teleportation channel was too expensive, and Sha Jinrui could not arrange it in the Desert City. Moreover, the transportation was blocked, which is why the entire Desert City was in a closed state in the Heavenly Domain.
Therefore, Chu Chen first focused his attention on the road connecting the desert city to the outside world.
Once the passage is opened, everything in the Desert City will become valuable.
When the time comes, merchants and tourists will gather, and by developing cultural tourism and combining it with mining, becoming wealthy will be a very simple matter.
Therefore, his first decree was that all land and its contents belonged to the city lord's mansion, but could be rented to the people without paying rent.
If the city lord's mansion needs to use land, it must compensate the people!
This decree immediately won the support of the people.
It should be noted that the land was previously controlled by the Black Fiend Army, and the common people had to pay 80% of the land as taxes if they wanted to rent it.
Therefore, these people have long been in a state of food insecurity, let alone being wealthy.
Now that everyone has land, whatever grain they grow is their own—it's a blessing they never dared to dream of.
Moreover, of the more than 200,000 troops recruited initially, Chu Chen only kept 50,000, and these 50,000 were all elite troops.
With the entire planet Earth under his control and unlimited resources, supporting 50,000 people would be a piece of cake.
If we wait until the later stages of the project are completed and all the mineral resources are extracted and converted into money, we won't have to worry about not being able to buy food.
People will store grain, but once their material lives become more abundant, they will take out their stored grain and exchange it with merchants for other goods.
All I have to do is collect commercial taxes!
With commercial taxes and various industries belonging to the city lord's mansion, the entire desert will become prosperous.
Having decided on the direction, Chu Chen issued a series of orders to his subordinates.
In an instant, the entire desert city became lively.
Some were clearing wasteland, some were distributing land, some were building roads, and some were constructing houses.
Chu Chen was not stingy; during the initial construction and renovation process, all expenses were covered by the City Lord's Mansion.
The grain they plundered from the imperial palace was enough to feed them for hundreds of years.
The city lord's mansion has long since been moved to Zuo Yunxiong's main hall for temporary office operations.
Outside the main hall is a huge square.
At this moment, the square was crowded with people, and large pots were simmering various foods.
Chu Chen led Sha Yanyan and the other person through the crowd, watching the lively scene.
Sha Yanyan looked at Chu Chen with a hint of admiration, thinking to herself, just how much food and money must be stored in his personal space ring? He must be rolling in wealth.
Therefore, when a man has money in his pocket, his demeanor instantly improves.
"Chu Chen, if you keep eating and drinking like this, when will you ever go broke?"
"Haha, Yan Yan, why are you starting to care about worldly matters too!"
"I'm just curious. What kind of person are you that you can win people's hearts so quickly and make them unable to forget you?"
Upon hearing the phrase "unforgettable," Chu Chen looked at Sha Yanyan with great surprise, wondering what was wrong with this girl.
Could it be that I'm too handsome and have returned to the south?
However, this is not the time to talk about this. Since I transmigrated here, there have been too many of these things, and sometimes I feel overwhelmed.
So he immediately changed the subject, saying, "Actually, the people of Desert City have very low demands. As long as they have enough to eat and drink, a wife and children, a warm bed, and a stable life, that's enough for them!"
"I once visited a country where there was no strife, the people lived in peace and prosperity, and they didn't even lock their doors at night. Everyone was working hard in their own little family. My ideal is to build the desert city into something like that!"
As Sha Yanyan listened to Chu Chen's words, she wondered to herself, "What kind of place is that?"
A life free from strife, peaceful and prosperous, where doors are left unlocked at night—this is the life many people yearn for.
"When you have some free time, you must take me with you!"
However, just as they were looking forward to a better future, suddenly, a procession of carriages and horses arrived in a hurry outside the city gate!