Chapter 540 Big Appetite, Good Digestion (8000 Words)

Wow!

The warm, clear water washes away the dirt-covered skin.

Feeling this unprecedented warmth, Udala looked at the unkempt head above him, with a little curiosity shining in his eyes.

This unprecedented sprinkler device, like other newcomers to the Bay Territory, made her unable to help but explore it carefully.

Automatic water pipes.

Wonderful water heater.

A soap that is fragrant and has strong antibacterial properties.

Soft, clean, intimate clothing.

The finely woven texture was more delicate than most clothes she had ever seen.

What Yondala likes most is that the various furniture in the entire room are all in sizes that are very suitable for halflings.

This was more comfortable than many hotels Yodala had stayed in before, and she couldn't help but secretly admire it.

Although he is young, Yondala has four or five years of wandering experience and can see the traces of use on these furniture.

It's not new, but it's extremely clean.

As a halfling who was not particularly liked by humans, Yodalla fell in love with the Gulf Territory immediately.

"If this is the case for some refugees, we must treat our own citizens better."

Recalling the elder's instructions to her, Yodala took out a small ball of parchment and was about to record what she saw and heard.

But suddenly he saw a stack of papers placed on the table and a brochure about Bay Collar.

Yondala picked it up and took a look, and was surprised to see a few smiling halflings, with words written below in Common and Halfling languages:

"Welcome to the Gulf Territory, what should you do in the first seven days?"

"How to eat meat for every meal and be full every meal after a week."

"How to own your own house and farmland in 6 months."

It was so simple that Yondala couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Just these three sentences, she wanted to take a closer look, what was written behind them?

For most refugees, having enough food, clothing, clothing and a place to live is already a dream.

If the Gulf Territory can really do this, it will be incomparably attractive to refugees and it will definitely be easy to conquer them.

Of course, Yondala didn't fully believe it at the moment.

She has seen some lords blowing loud slogans, but in fact they are just to deceive the people and become a stepping stone to promote the early development of the territory.

She was just about to open the first page and stroke the delicate and smooth paper when she immediately noticed something different.

Compared with the roughness of parchment paper, the paper from Bay Collar is much better.

Yodala thought about it carefully and realized the superiority of this kind of paper.

Flat, smooth and tough.

Delicate, tight and very clear.

The materials of some spell scrolls are not as comfortable to touch as this paper.

But in the Gulf Territory, this was just used to make a brochure for refugees, which naturally made Yondala even more curious.

"Maybe this time is really different..."

Yondala originally thought that this brochure would praise certain figures in the Gulf Territory in order to complete the task of deceiving the refugees.

Unexpectedly, she took a closer look and found that it was full of concise images and illustrations:

"On your first day in Bay Territory, eat well, sleep well, accept inquiries, treat injuries and illnesses, and rest well."

"On the second day, get up late, have breakfast, and continue to rest. You can ask questions to the Questioning Golem."

"On the third day, we will continue to rest and receive special questions and answers (which will determine the preliminary job position in the bay to a certain extent)."

"On the fourth day, take good care of your body, learn common language, read and attend meetings."

"On the fifth day, you will learn common language, read and write, and assess your special abilities (the salary and position of the early positions will be determined)."

"On the 6th day, learn about the job, learn common language, and become literate."

"On the seventh day, carry out job selection, training, and have a good rest."

"Day 8, distribution."

Yondala looked at the trumpet golem at the door and blinked slightly. Although it was still the first day, she was not prohibited from asking questions.

If it were before, she would hide her identity as much as possible.

But she didn't lie in the Gulf Territory, so there is no need to cover up now.

After all, before coming to the Gulf Territory, she had already vaguely learned about the basic procedures for arranging refugees in the Gulf Territory.

Now that her understanding has been verified, she will not continue to waste time. She does not want to be sent to farm.

However, just as Yodala was about to head to the door, a clear and slightly seductive husky voice came to her ears from the opposite side:

"I'm good at close combat, what kind of job is suitable for me?"

A crisp and sweet voice came from the rather cute trumpet dragon-shaped golem:

"Yeah, you can consider taking the reserve soldier assessment. With your current professional level, passing the assessment will be very easy."

"After passing the assessment, you can become a reserve soldier in the Gulf Territory."

"You will receive soldier training that matches your strength level and can obtain the corresponding combat position."

After hearing this, Yondala subconsciously pricked up his ears.

Reservist?

Professional level?

Combat position?

The little golem directly answered these things that Yondala considered very important?

Is it really appropriate?

Thinking of this, Yondala did not hesitate and walked to the door very simply. He saw a cloaked figure opposite who continued to ask questions:

"How much salary can you get as a reserve soldier every month? What kind of treatment will you get?"

The small dragon-shaped golem slowly swung its tail and tilted its head. Under the curious gaze of the two, it answered crisply:

"Yeah, the treatment of reserve soldiers has been greatly improved now."

"Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all included. You can train 6 days a week, rest 1 day, and get magic food."

"A monthly salary of 1.5 gold coins, and a monthly subsidy of 1 gold coin per level based on the professional level."

"If you participate in combat missions, you can also get combat gains and mission rewards."

"The territory will prepare excellent enchanted weapons and equipment, and you can also apply for your best weapons and equipment according to your own strengths and habits."

"..."

The two were fascinated by what they heard, and their eyes lit up involuntarily.

If nothing else, the benefits of the reserve soldiers in the Bay are enough to make people excited.

When the dragon-shaped golem stopped answering, the two people who listened to it were still a little unsatisfied.

Both sides noticed each other's existence and saw each other's characteristics, but did not have any special emotions because of this.

Seeing that the other party did not continue to ask questions, Youdala asked very straightforwardly without covering up:

"What's the matter with the house and the land?"

The bright eyes blinked slightly, and the dragon-shaped golem turned around flexibly, and said clearly word by word:

"After officially joining the Gulf Territory, everyone can obtain permanent farmland provided by the Gulf Territory according to the merit level, 10 acres × the number of levels."

"All citizens who join the Gulf Territory, regardless of gender, can get a 128-square-meter two-story house for free and obtain permanent residency."

"With the improvement of the merit level, you can apply for a larger house with better functions."

"Houses and farmland cannot be traded. After the owner of the house and farmland dies, it will be converted into merit and distributed equally to parents, wives, husbands, and children."

"The converted inheritance merit can be passed down for five generations."

Free houses?

Free farmland?

Somewhat excited, Yondala suppressed her excitement and continued to ask about farmland and houses in detail.

Soon, they heard something they had never heard of or seen before.

"Farmland can be cultivated by yourself, and the territory only collects 10% of the tax, which is used to develop agricultural technology."

"The distributed farmland can also be handed over to the territory for cultivation, and the territory only collects 30% of the tax, and 20% is given to the cultivator."

"Cultivating the public farmland of the territory can get 60% of the income, which will be purchased by the territory at the market price."

"Note that those who cultivate the public farmland of the territory will share the distribution of farmland tasks of others in proportion."

"Note: Farmland cannot be traded, and can only be obtained through land reclamation and improving the level of merit."

Simple rules, no extra regulations.

It is hard for Yondala to imagine that the Gulf Territory really does not "value" these farmlands.

The reason why it values ​​them is that the territory almost has the ownership of all the farmland.

On the surface, it is for everyone to cultivate, but in name, it all belongs to the territory.

However, the territory does not "value" the income from farmland.

Most of them have been distributed and handed over to farmers.

Moreover, the Bay Territory does not seem to have the idea of ​​"low grain prices hurting farmers". Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all kept quite cheap and stable.

This is really an irresistible temptation for Yondala.

However, before she could think clearly, the man in the cloak opposite her began to ask questions again:

"What should I do if there are not enough farmland and houses?"

Yes!

As the population continues to increase, will the farmland and houses allocated to each person begin to decrease?

What if the first people get it, but the later ones don't?

This problem seems to be a long-term one, and even Yondala has not thought of it.

After all, in her opinion, as long as she and others live well for the time being, it will be fine.

They originally thought that this would not be answered.

After all, even they themselves don't know how to solve this problem.

Unexpectedly, the dragon-shaped golem quickly gave the answer:

"Yeah, there is an answer to this question!"

"First, the territory will continue to expand outward."

"After taking those wild lands into the territory and transforming them, they can be turned into new farmland and houses."

"The transformation of the demiplane is also one of them. People who open up in the future will get more farmland and houses that they have opened up and built."

"At the same time, the territory will develop magical agricultural buildings in the future."

"With the same area, many layers can be built downwards, and several times or even dozens of times the farmland can be obtained."

"The agricultural facilities in the underground world , and is currently conducting research and development in this area. "

"If the territory's population continues to grow at its current natural rate, it will take 375 years for the territory to reach population saturation."

"The better the technology, the larger the territory, and the longer it will take to reach saturation."

"The same is true for houses. Development and expansion will continue to increase like population growth."

"The Lord once said that there are countless territories and mysteries in the material plane that can be expanded, not to mention the huge number of demiplanes."

Although the dragon-shaped golem's tone was a little dull, the uplifting momentum made the two of them a little stunned.

Don't exploit internally, and strive to develop upward.

Expand more externally, and everyone will share the results.

They didn't know how the Gulf Territory was implemented, but they felt that the program and slogan of this development really touched their hearts.

The more they heard, the more they wanted to know about the Gulf Territory.

The dragon golem quickly answered most of their questions.

Only a small part of them used "Insufficient authority, please upgrade the merit level as soon as possible" to solve it.

Interestingly, their voices did not spread around.

Others could only see their actions, and few asked questions to the golem like them.

In the next few days.

Yondala got to know the figure next door.

The other party was also not human!

Of course, there were many "not human" people in the Gulf Territory.

She was a tiefling, a humanoid creature with devil blood.

Of course, although there were not many tieflings in the Netheril Empire, there were also many.

After all, the probability of tieflings giving birth to spellcasters was quite high, and many arcane masters in the empire were also tieflings.

However, for ordinary people, tieflings, like demon descendants, were not very popular with them.

Moreover, due to the manifestation of blood power, tieflings and demons are prone to losing control, resulting in some casualties.

Ordinary people's perception of them is getting worse and worse.

Quite a few regions and territories do not welcome their arrival.

Some people even set their sights on the blood power in their bodies and prepare to conduct some dark experiments.

The reason why this tiefling named Rui Ke came to the Gulf Territory was that he heard that the Gulf Territory had taken in nearly 10,000 demons and wanted to try his luck here.

Yondala only believed 30% of her words, and she estimated that the other party only believed her so much.

However, both of them vaguely sensed the other party's purpose.

With the idea of ​​getting more information and more ways out.

In the past few days, they told each other about their understanding and ideas about the Gulf Territory.

Then, they both chose the same job position.

Become a reserve soldier!

During the chat and research, they found that ordinary jobs and positions are not difficult, and life and development are also very stable.

For ordinary people, the Gulf Territory is definitely a dream place.

But both of them know their own affairs and want to know more about the secrets of the Gulf Territory.

If they participate in other jobs, they must first obtain higher merits to learn more information, which will be a more difficult process.

Becoming a soldier is the fastest!

Of course, they have also thought about becoming adventurers in the Gulf Territory.

However, they naturally think that the Gulf Territory will not regard adventurers as their own people.

They need to go deeper!

Time soon came to the 8th day.

Layers of refugees came out of the resettlement area.

Youdala and Rui Ke recorded the positions chosen by most refugees to guess the development direction of the Gulf Territory.

They soon saw some clues. A considerable number of people chose to become pioneers.

Only a small number of them joined the factories in the Gulf Territory because of their professional production skills.

It seems that the Gulf Territory still attaches importance to agricultural production.

However, they still saw some people trying to become reserve soldiers.

However, they suddenly realized that the Gulf Territory did not have the option of directly becoming a reserve soldier.

Just when they were puzzled, the guards who were waiting in a state of alert told them the answer:

"Everyone will start a half-month job training. Only after the training is completed can they apply for the assessment of reserve soldiers."

"If you pass, you can become a reserve soldier."

"If you don't pass, you can only continue to work hard in training and strive to meet the requirements."

This is something they didn't expect!

The two looked at each other and soon tacitly chose another job position - working in a factory.

"According to the Gulf Territory, factory work is a very important job. Everything that the Gulf Territory needs needs to be produced by the factory."

Youdala recalled carefully, curiously looking at the refugees being diverted, and remembering the direction they left.

That's not the location of the teleportation array!

Doesn't the Gulf Territory use the teleportation array to teleport refugees?

Rike, who was standing next to her, looked at the elderly, weak and children who were taken to the residential area, and felt a little relieved.

At least for now, except for those who were selected the day after entering the resettlement area, the Gulf Territory did not treat other refugees differently.

This alone was enough to make Rui Ke look at them with admiration.

However, she had a kind of expectation in her heart, as if the actions of the Gulf Territory were all hiding some other purposes.

When she understood these purposes, the thoughts in her heart should have been answered.

Trample! Trample! Trample!

The neat steps of the soldiers in line made everyone look extremely well-behaved.

Whether it was the armor on their bodies.

The indomitable momentum.

Or the burly dragon cavalry No. 1 golem at the front and back ends of the team.

They were enough to make everyone give up the wrong thoughts.

Rui Ke and Youdala looked at each other and had a higher level of evaluation of the strength of the Gulf Territory's military strength.

What made them even more unbelievable was that such a strong force was actually used to transport refugees.

Such attention to refugees made them relax a lot.

It's useless to think too much.

The two began to look more at the Gulf City.

Clean, tidy, and spacious streets.

Lush trees and flower beds.

Pedestrians and adventurers come and go.

A series of small dragon-shaped golems standing at the street entrance.

They keenly noticed that those dragon-shaped golems were not decorations and could still answer questions from people around them.

However, not many questions were asked per person.

This made them feel very lucky.

At the same time, I was also stunned by the large-scale construction and popularization of golems in the Gulf Territory.

The buildings on both sides of the street also opened their eyes to the two of them.

There are not very high buildings here, only three or four floors at most.

The style of the house is also very interesting.

Pavilions, pavilions, eaves and tiles.

It has the spiers of a Western castle and the charm of Eastern architecture. The two blend together and have distinct personalities, just like the different races living in harmony on the street.

Yondala saw several halflings wearing armor, who were eagerly chatting with their adventurers.

She resisted the urge to wave hello and watched their faces carefully.

There is no dissatisfaction with being looked down upon, nor anger with being squeezed. He seems to be very kind to his human companions.

From small to big.

The atmosphere in the Bay Territory should be good!

Ruike next to her felt even more eye-opening.

Before coming to the Gulf Territory.

She couldn't believe that the ferocious ogre warrior was clumsily counting coins to pay the bill.

Not only was there no robbery, it actually counted.

The troll next to him is even more amazing.

There was no mud or dirt on his body, and even the strong body odor was almost non-existent.

He was holding a pig's trotter happily, biting it happily, while his other hand carefully caught the remains of the food, as if he was worried about the food falling.

Only the vendor who was taller than him did not show any fear. Instead, he reached out and handed him a paper bag and said in a hearty voice:

"Wear it like this to avoid dropping it on the ground. Not only will you be fined, but you will also have to clean it up."

A dwarf next to the troll laughed loudly and was drinking wine happily.

He pointed at the troll who was cleaning up across the street and told everyone to take care of the environment.

This picture was so "beautiful" that Ruike almost didn't react.

"That's not a dwarf, it should be a gray dwarf from the underground world..."

Yodala, who was well-informed, withdrew her gaze from Ashes and forced herself not to look at the adventurers who could bring her a huge sense of threat.

Their combination is indeed curious.

This is nothing.

Because Ruike soon saw several long-eared elves sitting on several slowly approaching carriages!

Judging from their expressions that they didn't look around, Ruike knew that this was not the first time these elves had come to the Gulf to claim.

What is the magic of Bay Territory?

"But look, are they demons?"

Yondala's curious voice sounded in Ruike's ears.

She turned around subconsciously and saw a group of burly demons with horns on their heads and black flame tattoos all over their bodies, walking leisurely on the street.

They were wearing uniform red clothes and looked particularly eye-catching.

The pedestrians around them were not surprised at them. Instead, some people smiled and said hello to them, and they raised their hands cheerfully in response.

Such a dizzying scene really opened Ruike's eyes.

Yodala next to him touched his chin and continued excitedly:

"It seems that the Gulf Territory is really like what they say. As long as they abide by the rules honestly, there will be no prejudice..."

For halflings, finding a suitable gathering place is indeed a very happy thing.

Halflings do not have their own dedicated cities or residential areas like humans or other races.

They live more together with other races, forming small villages or small communities in cities.

There has never been a place like Gulf Territory where Yondala feels like everyone is treated equally.

In addition to pedestrians of different races, the dazzling variety of food and merchandise deeply attracted their attention.

Not that they have the urge to buy.

But they can judge whether the Gulf Territory's strength and supplies are sufficient based on the rich variety of goods.

When people in the territory don’t have enough to eat, they don’t have the money or the energy to engage in these tricks.

As far as the two of them saw, the Gulf Territory had undoubtedly done an excellent job and had nothing to do with the rumors from the outside world.

Although they both felt a lot of reluctance, they gradually left the rather grand Bay City.

Then what caught their eyes were a series of huge and burly engineering golems.

These engineering golems are at least several meters high, and the largest ones are more than 10 meters high. They are constantly busy on the newly built city wall.

Ruike glanced at the dense engineering team and stared at the engineering golems that moved freely, with bursts of disbelief flashing in her eyes.

Even if other spellcasters have so many golems, they will not "squander" them at will!

That’s right, it’s “squandering”!

The precious magic resources and golem resources are actually doing this kind of work that can be completed by human power.

Isn't this a waste?

If it were other spellcasters, they would definitely be very careful to put these golems into a resting state.

Lest they move too much and cause wear and tear, they must be repaired.

As for other work, just call in more farmers.

What makes the two of them even more unbelievable is that.

The man who controls these burly golems.

Not the spell caster they imagined.

Instead, it was a group of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old kids.

Some of them sit on the shoulders of the engineering golems, and some sit in their bellies.

The engineering golems appeared to be very flexible under their command.

After leaving a large construction site where construction was in full swing, the marching team arrived at a vast fertile farmland.

However, the frost covering the entire ground has not dissipated, leaving only neat ravines one after another.

Udala's eyes showed a little bit of ecstasy, and he carefully looked at the farmland on both sides, curiously watching the huge marks.

Some are like those left behind by the engineering golems just now!

That’s not right either!

We can't expect these engineering golems to cut wheat and rice with sickles in their clumsy hands.

Her doubts did not last long, and then she saw a farm stronghold under construction.

As a druid, Ruike carefully looked at the green trees that were more than one meter high, and couldn't help but admire them secretly.

"I don't know what tricks the Bay Territory used to allow these small trees to survive so well in the winter."

"However, these small trees seem to have a magical aura about them. Could they be some kind of magical plants?"

This is impossible!

Ruike watched thousands of small trees being planted, feeling their surging magic power, and couldn't help but fall into deep thinking.

Yondala next to him repeatedly looked at the small engineering golems.

Watch as they work on the land while compacting and filling it.

The various engineering golems really opened Yodala's eyes.

At the same time, I also feel extremely lucky.

Fortunately, she didn't have any special ideas. Otherwise, if she bumped into these things in the bay area, she would definitely not be able to escape!

After leaving the farm stronghold under construction, the eyes of the travelers could not help but look envious.

Because they saw with their own eyes that some of the farmers who were just assigned today seemed to be doing various kinds of work with the help of the engineering golem.

Looking at the smiles on their faces, everyone felt uncomfortable.

The Gulf Territory is really weird, you can actually see all kinds of golems anytime and anywhere.

While the two were thinking, the marching team had arrived at an area of ​​factory buildings.

Factories that are more than 10 meters high and cover an area of ​​more than 10 acres or even dozens of acres are neatly arranged next to the Silver Moon River.

Workers were coming and going, and one golem train after another was constantly shuttling through the major factories.

Around them, an army of several thousand people was training meticulously.

Several burly Dragoon No. 1 golems exuded a bright silver luster under the sunlight.

The two of them were overjoyed, and immediately thought that such a crucial guarded place must hide the vital "secret" of the Gulf Territory.

No matter what happens, they can explore the situation in the factory first.

If it's better, you can naturally worry more about it.

If it's worse, change lanes as soon as possible.

Just when the two were full of confidence, the team passed through the soldiers' defense line and entered the huge factory area.

They were taken to a group of built houses. The guard soldier at the head shouted in a loud voice:

"Everyone has prepared their rooms and entered according to their respective house numbers."

"Everyone, please don't play any tricks, lest you lose credibility in the Gulf, lest the gains outweigh the losses."

Can you get a house now?

Yondala, who immediately realized this, looked at the newly built house curiously.

This is already prepared!

Yondala and Ruike next to him looked at each other.

Walk towards your own room.

The two of them happened to live in the same dormitory building, and they were door-to-door next door.

Seeing that there is more than 10 minutes of rest time.

The two of them immediately got together to discuss countermeasures.

"Do you really want to enter the factory? It might be dangerous inside!"

"There shouldn't be any danger, otherwise there would be no need to be so nice to us."

"That's right, human life is the least valuable these days..."

"As long as we handle it carefully, there shouldn't be much trouble."

"Yes, I see there are men and women in this factory, and there is something magical about Bay Collar."

"..."

While the two were discussing.

In the Lord's Mansion in the Bay Territory, Matthew was looking through Butler Ralph's report.

"Sixty percent of the construction crew has returned to Bay City and is working overtime to build."

"After about three months of busy work, we will be able to build housing that can continue to accommodate more than 2 million people."

"When that time comes, the Gulf Territory will become a large city with a population exceeding one million!"

Matthew didn't care too much about this, he was more concerned about the situation of accepting refugees.

Facts have proved that Matthew's insistence on promoting housing construction and wasteland development is very necessary and effective.

The ever-increasing administrative manpower and staff will also grow rapidly amid the busy schedule.

Then, they will fill more and more farms, camps, and castles.

Thanks to the help of other lords in the entire Naiseri Empire.

In just over a week.

The Bay Territory received nearly 80,000 refugees.

The total population of the territory has officially exceeded the 2 million mark, and will increase rapidly at a rate of 10,000 per day.

Putting down the information in his hand, Matthew continued to say to the expectant housekeeper Ralph:

"Continue to increase the intensity of "purchasing" food, and send out some signals at the same time."

"Tell them that we have a good appetite and are not afraid of eating ourselves to death."

"It's just a little malnutrition..."

"Good words"...

"Everyone" must love to hear it!

8,000 today,

Please give me a monthly ticket.

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