Riding and Slashing

Chapter 358 Money is Inexhaustible
Today's Changhe Town has completely become a huge construction site.

Tens of thousands of people are busy on the construction site.

The overall person in charge of expanding the 'Long River City' is Godric - he is very good at expanding the city on the original basis.

However, the expansion standard set by Li Ang made Godric a little flustered.

He felt that Li Ang was a complete prodigal...

Because Li Ang designated all the five miles of land on the southeast, west and east sides of Changhe Town as the expansion scope of 'Changhe City'.

In other words, the outer city wall alone will have to be repaired for more than 20 miles.

There is a lake to the north of Changhe Town. The newly built city wall only needs to be built in three directions, but the reason for the 20 miles is not because Godric is not good at math. There is an extended military depot.

There are more than a dozen military depots planned for the entire city, and the top view of the outer city wall will look like a huge semicircular sawtooth...

Moreover, Li Ang also plans to build the outer city wall into the type of Lion City, that is, 15 meters high, the top of the wall is two or three meters wide, and the wall can run horses...

As for the north, a tall inner castle will be built on the basis of the original inner castle.

It is also planned to dig a river around the city to divert water from the lake as a moat.

The inner castle will use the soil dug from the moat to fill up the terrain - Li Ang plans to fill up the position next to the lake shore by 20 meters, so there is really no need to build a city wall on the north side - the 'ground' on the north side is directly connected to the height of the river. There are more than 20 meters.

That is to say, after the whole city is built, it will form an overall form with the north high and the south low, and the inner castle will also become an independent 'mountain city', overlooking everything around in the north of Changhe Town.

It goes without saying that such a city has defensive capabilities, 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 the expansion too outrageous? Did you get a lot of money again?"

Godric trotted all the way to find Li Ang after getting the blueprint. He once suspected that Li Ang had marked the wrong units of length, width and height...

"No...I'm clinking poor now, living on loans..."

Li Ang took out his pocket - he is penniless now.

"Then what do you use to maintain a project of this scale? And you plan to carry out demolition...there are thousands of households, and it will cost hundreds of thousands of dinars just to pay for the demolition fee!"

Godric snapped his fingers distressed.

"But now... I have already paid for the demolition fee, and the brothers of Silver Hand have already started smashing walls and demolishing houses... and now Amy and Eric have recruited tens of thousands of husbands!"

Li Ang spread his hands: "I can't stop."

Godric Khan came down: "We will go bankrupt... I know you are using Pande Bank for loans, but even if you exhaust the potential of Pande Bank, it is impossible to build such a city..."

"Aha? I didn't intend to build it quickly... A city of this size would 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 was anxious.

"It's only good if the enemy can't sit still. If the enemy takes the initiative to attack Changhe Town, then there's nothing to be afraid of... The problem now is that the enemy can't get out of Sarleon City. You know, it's very difficult for us to get out Conquering Sarleon City head-on."

As Li Ang said, he glanced at the ring on his hand.

"But the enemy will continue to strengthen, right? Isn't it time to prepare for war now?"

Godric was about to faint.

"I'm just preparing for the war, Uncle Godric... I'll let those peasants continue to build the River City until the day we have the strength to conquer everything. Besides, not only will we not go bankrupt, but we will also become rich..."

Li Ang turned back with a smile and looked at the table behind him.

It was the conference table in the lord's hall, and a dozen or so Noldor artists were kneeling on the table to collaborate on some huge renderings.

These Noldo artists are from the Finarfin family, and they are the 'graphic designers' that Li Ang has just hired from the forest.

They want to refer to Li Ang's design drawings to fully present the future Great River City, and from all angles.

A few days later, almost everyone in the eastern region began to talk about 'Long River City' - the central square of Changhe Town, the place with the largest flow of people, had several large art works with a width of ten meters and a height of five meters.

The painting above is the 'completion rendering' of Changhe City.

This is a standard configuration in the modern real estate industry - it can be seen by every sales office and even the exterior wall of the construction site.

Regardless of whether this place used to be a mud ditch or a mass grave, anyway, the renderings will definitely be elegantly and magnificently drawn, and it looks like heaven...

But people in the Pendor Continent have never seen this thing, and this rendering is from the hands of Noldo artist...

"These paintings alone are worth a fortune, I can't imagine this becoming real..."

"Will we really live in a place like this in the future? It's unimaginably majestic... Cough, I don't know how to describe it."

"If I can live in such a city, I am willing to pay any price!"

"Lord Li Ang... Oh, didn't His Majesty Li Ang 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 to build a house... Look, it is painted on the picture..."

"Then what's written on it? The villas inside and outside the castle in Changhe City are already on sale? You can buy them with a [-]% down payment, and the rest can be borrowed from the bank..."

"Outside the inner castle... that seems to be where the Changhe Express used to be? I know it, but the old houses just started to be demolished there... and the new houses started to be sold before the foundation was dug?"

"Don't talk about it, let's pay the deposit first, the lord's hall is full of people! Let's use the demolition money as the down payment to buy it directly... Think about it, although there will be many more places in the city after the expansion, but the total amount of repairs How many villas? Only [-] units will be sold in the first phase of the project-but how many people are there in the city now?"

"It's true... you have to grab one first! Anyway, it's not expensive... That villa looks much more beautiful than our old house! And such a majestic city will definitely become the safest place in the whole continent in the future..."

Some townspeople stopped and discussed in front of the renderings for a while, then went home to get the money, and trotted to the lord's hall together.

At present, the population of Changhe Town is soaring, at least 5 people have no place to live, and currently only Changhe Town has almost unlimited jobs - there are many job vacancies in every industry, those businessmen want to register several types of trademarks, according to Li Ang Many factories have increased their requirements and are recruiting a large number of workers.

In other words, it is foreseeable that more people will move into Changhe Town in the future—if you don’t grab the pre-sold house while you have money at this time, you will be a fool!
In the lord's hall, both Eric and Leslie were going crazy.

Rather than saying that this is the lord's hall of Changhe Town, it is better to say that this is a house sales department that is in the midst of a panic buying period.

The so-called crowds of people with banners flying are referring to the current scene of the lord's hall...

"Look, isn't the demolition fund coming back now? It's estimated that there will be a lot more... People don't have no money at all. The reason why the economy is depressed is because everyone has no stable source of income. Spend money outside of life - people think about how they want to live in the future. But as long as they have a source of income, housing will be 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, watching the crowds in the 'sales department', and explained to Godric: "The money recovered is not only enough to repair the house, but also can start the construction of the moat, so that more people have money. Then, we will open another [-] second-phase villas for pre-sale, and increase the price by [-]% by the way, and the money spent will be recovered..."

Godric stared blankly: "Isn't this a scam?!"

"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 construction materials companies, please don't make trouble with my dinars ..."

Amy held Li Ang's arm beside her, and let Li Ang sign and seal the supplier contract relying on nepotism openly and aboveboard.

"As long as the money doesn't flow overseas, it won't run out. But Li Ang, if someone earns a lot of money but plans to leave here, what should I do?"

Holding the signed contract, Amy began to worry about the outflow of assets.

"I've already arranged this matter... Didn't An Dongjia bring back a lot of people from the Misty Mountains, plus the Dusk Knights and Noldo..."

Li Ang clenched his fists, and his joints cracked: "If someone plans to leave our territory, he deserves it if he is robbed by bandits after leaving the country. I guarantee that there are no bandits in the territory, but I can't guarantee the law and order outside..."

An Dongjia is currently stationed in Fletcher with some Misty Mountain people;
The Dusk Knights are stationed in Kewen Village;
Bao Daisi received a sum of money and went to the Eagle Claw Fort to recruit female soldiers - that was the place where Amy recruited female explorers, and the acceptance of women as knights was the highest there.

The Bacchus Anson brought back from Cullenbuckkeep were housed in Seren Meath;
The area around White Hart Castle is the domain of the Noldor.

Roland's troops are deployed in Fox Town.

These places are the only way to leave Li Ang's territory from all directions to go abroad, and they surround the current border of the entire eastern region.

No matter which direction they go, as long as they go out of the border, Li Ang can basically guarantee that they will meet the 'robber' as soon as they leave the border.

However, business travelers entering from other places will definitely not encounter these 'robbers'.

These 'robbers' are all 'heretics' who are 'difficult to restrain', and they are not very easy to deal with - anyway, for ordinary people, if they encounter these groups, it is good luck to be robbed.

The only place where you won't encounter a 'robber' is in the direction of the Fox Town where Roland is - but the west of the Fox Town is the territory of heretics and fallen people, that will really kill you...

Moreover, these 'robbers' have to pay taxes to Li Ang, which is as high as [-]% of the 'window income tax'-this tax is indeed a bit high, but it is legal...

In fact, the highest proportion of tax in history has been collected for two years, and this tax has existed since Fawcett's allegiance to Li Ang.

Fawcett no longer needs to pay this tax. He is already the legal lord of Lion Lake City, a member of one party, and the one with the largest territory.

At the beginning, the area under the jurisdiction of Lion Lake City was ravaged by Egreme, but Fawcett has done a good job for more than a year. Although he himself has a bad reputation, Lion Lake City is very stable, and the flag guard of Lion Lake City has also been suppressed. He rebuilds.

Fawcett has such strength only by relying on the "legal windfall income" he got after becoming a "butcher".

And now, Alistair is about to embark on the road to Fawcett's fortune.

Alistair originally thought that Leon would regard him as an enemy—Alistair originally thought that Leon was dead, and he was going to defect to Amy. three prophets.

Unexpectedly, Li Ang came back after being missing for so long, and raised the flag of the Pendor Kingdom as soon as he came back, and no one even expressed objection to this matter.

Alistair also understands, after all, most of the people were originally Leon's subordinates, and since Amy and Leon are engaged, it is a matter of course for Leon to be the regent—whether it is the Sarleon Kingdom or the Pendor Kingdom, anyway It is the kingdom of the couple.

But what should I do?
Abandoning the D'Xia people and beating the three prophets, there is no turning back!

Allegiance to Leon?

heartbroken...

leave here?

Where can I go then...

When Alistair was in trouble, Li Ang took the initiative to approach the door.

Li Ang is willing to give Alistair everything he originally wanted. He can give him a residence, he can become the official lord, and he can also make Alistair the Grand Master of the Twilight Knights — Li Ang brought Malbert with him. .

He stabbed Malbert to death in front of Alistair.

Li Ang is of course willing to accept the Twilight Knights. Even if Alistair has a grudge against him, Li Ang must unite every force at this time.

In fact, Alistair didn't have much hatred for Leon - he was cut in the crotch by Li Ang, it was because he planned to catch Li Ang, and he planned to ambush Li Ang himself.

If we really want to talk about the reason, it was the order from his immediate superior, Malbert, that caused his work-related injury...

Moreover, it is normal to be injured during a battle. As aristocrats, you should not hate each other just because the two sides were in hostile camps at that time.Although the injured part was a bit of a mess, it was an accident, and Li Ang did not do it on purpose.

Besides, people's mentality is very strange - if you see others are worse than yourself, your heart will be more balanced...

Especially if the one who is worse is still his boss, then it will be more balanced - Li Ang let Alistair see it, and Malbert, the head of the Twilight Knights, was also cut off that thing.

With the knot in his heart relieved, Alistair can make a rational choice.

Afterwards, Li Ang asked a question in front of Malbert and Alistair.

"Who among you is willing to take the Dusk Knights and return to the new Dawn Knights formed by Sir Roland?"

Malbert hesitated for two seconds, but Alistair nodded without hesitation.

So Li Ang stabbed Malbert to death with a sharp sword, and then said to Alistair: "The evil spirits from the other world killed the Grand Master of the Twilight Knights! Take the Dusk Knights to avenge the Grand Master, and return Knights of the Dawn, be my allies against the heretics in Sarleon and Crag Bay—what do you think?"

To be honest, what Li Ang said is the truth—of course, this is also the reason why Li Ang gave Alistair the opportunity and returned to the Knights of the New Dawn...

Seeing Li Ang gesticulating in front of his eyes with a bloody sword, Alistair naturally knew that if he dared to say no, then the Grand Leader would not be the only one killed by the "evil spirit from another world". The revenge of the Knights may become Jocelyn...

So Alistair rationally became Leon's subordinate, went to Kewen Village to reorganize the Dusk Knights, and waited for Sir Roland's arrival.

(End of this chapter)