finally dealt with Connie, and let her temporarily dispel the idea of destroying all the demons in the Bait Empire, and promised to go over to meet with the other party for a detailed discussion first.

Jia Zhengjin breathed a sigh of relief after sending her and Liz out of the palace.

Before leaving, Jia Zhengjin secretly grabbed Simon and asked him about the Tree of Life.

The answer was that the tree of life was thriving and seemed to be about to ripen. At present, there are bright tiger cubs guarding the tree, and with Simon's lair, no demonic beast in the forest dares to approach easily, so it is still quite safe.

This reassured Jia Zhengjin, and watched Connie, Liz, and a group of demonic beasts fly away from the floating city and descend into the residential area.

Condescendingly looking at the city that was larger and more numerous than before he left, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Kean, in the month you've been away, the population of our Holy Dragon City has increased rapidly, reaching 67,980 people!" Tina stood on the side and whispered, "The prime minister and many officials have registered the city's citizens in detail, and the information has fallen into a mountain!"

"It's almost 70,000 people, it's double the number before!" Jia Zhengjin turned his head to look at the three wives, as well as Prime Minister Gaiss and others, "Where did these people come from?"

"Lord Keane," Gaiss immediately stepped forward and replied respectfully, "the vast majority of the city's inhabitants are refugees from other human countries. Although the human nations of the entire continent are under the control of the four empires, they seem to form a strong alliance. However, in fact, the vast majority of small and medium-sized countries have had territorial disputes and various national enmities with each other since ancient times, so wars of large and small scale often break out between each other. In addition, natural and man-made disasters continue in some areas, and the number of refugees in various countries is also increasing. Because after the previous battle with the human empire alliance and forced the other party to make peace, the fame of our Holy Dragon City has already spread. Then there is the precedent of the Miltai people, so that some refugees from various countries come from all over the country with the mentality of giving it a try, so there is today's scene!"

"You mean some people?" Jia Zhengjin asked suspiciously.

"Yes!" Gas replied respectfully, "The people who came to our Holy Dragon City are actually only a small part of the refugees, only a very small proportion of the population of the entire continent! If we can let the Holy Dragon City develop smoothly under such a multi-racial mixed situation, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, it is possible to attract more people to migrate over!"

Jia Zhengjin nodded slightly, in fact, in his opinion, having nearly 10 million people was already very powerful! After all, how long did the Holy Dragon City be built?

"In one month, the population of our Holy Dragon City has exploded!" Gaiss continued, "and the rate of acquisition and production of various resources has also doubled. Not only that, but the roads leading to the Duchy of Hales, Sea Dragon City, Elven Forest, Bright City, and Otto Empire have also been successfully constructed. Kobold craftsmen continue to produce cement day and night to respond to road construction requests from more countries and cities!"

"There are many countries asking us to build roads?" said Jia Zhengjin, who was curious.

The flatness of the cement roads makes it easy for any carriage, mount or transport vehicle to come and go, and no longer has to endure the gravel roads and potholed mountain roads of the past. It is precisely because of this that several countries and cities that have recently built roads have smoother economic and trade exchanges with our country. After the merchants of various countries returned and contacted their own leaders, some of the countries that realized that the cement road was of great interest to the national economy sent envoys one after another. At present, the road construction projects that have been signed with our side include the Duchy of Hales, the Otto Empire, the Kingdom of Boman, and the Kingdom of Salves, all of which require all cities and all transportation arteries in China to build concrete roads. Then there are seven or eight other small and medium-sized countries that ask us to send people to build a road that leads directly to the edge of the border, and then consider whether to completely introduce it into the whole territory! It's just that at present, our building materials are in short supply, and even if the kobold craftsmen produce day and night, they can only barely provide a small part of the projects of the Duchy of Hales, the Otto Empire, the Boman Kingdom, and the Salves Kingdom, so it is still done and stopped, and it must be solved as soon as possible!"

"Why are you signing so many agreements if you don't have enough materials?" Jia Zhengjin was a little speechless, "Do what you can first, and refuse the others directly!"

Hearing this, Gas hurriedly said, "But Lord Kean, these countries have already paid the deposit in advance! and these deposits have also been used by Madame Tina for the expansion of the Holy Dragon City. If we push it all, we really can't get so much gold to compensate. Of course, if Lord Kean chooses to destroy his debts, it will only be very serious damage to our Holy Dragon City, especially to Lord Kean's personal reputation!

"Is it necessary to be so troublesome?" Jia Zhengjin said speechlessly, "Isn't it just gold coins?

"Amount~ The Principality of Wales has paid 5.5 million gold coins, and it can be credited with 10 million after completion, the Otto Empire has paid 6 million gold coins, and 15 million can be credited after completion, the Boman Kingdom has paid 7.7 million gold coins, and 12 million can be credited after completion, and the Salves Kingdom has paid 12 million gold coins, and another 8 million can be credited after completion!"

"I'll go!!" Jia Zhengjin almost fainted, he really didn't have so many gold coins!

In addition, although the deposits of other small and medium-sized countries are small, they have reached a total of 5 million. Therefore, if you push it off, you will have to double the compensation of 10 million gold coins!In other words, it is a total of 72.4 million gold coins!" Gaiss looked at Jia Zhengjin after calculating, "If we refuse to compensate, these countries will not dare to do anything! Especially the Principality of Hales is now absolutely obedient to you." However, the possibility of us making money by building roads will be completely stifled, and other countries will no longer trust the credibility of our Holy Dragon City! At the same time, it may also affect the business community's evaluation of our Holy Dragon City. The export of fruits, honey, crops, and various special products in our Holy Dragon City will also suffer a serious blow! It is estimated that the total loss by that time will probably not be less than 80 million gold coins!"

The more Jia Zhengjin listened, the more frightened he became, this number was too terrifying! His brain only felt buzzing, and it hurt badly! Sure enough, the bigger the city developed, the more troublesome things there were! His own specialty was playing games, and it was really not good to use his brain in other places, so he could only rely on others: "What do you say Prime Minister Gaisi should do?"

"Lord Keane, we can only expand our mining forces in the city now!, but we must first get permission from Master Connie to allow our men to mine in areas with more minerals, and at the same time avoid demonic attacks. At the same time, you can ask your elven friends to ask the dwarves for help, and exchange the materials for the necessary minerals to make cement!"

"Just do as you say!" Jia Zhengjin immediately agreed.