In fact, in the early days of the emergence of new things, it was almost inevitable that various problems would arise. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Especially in Plandal, where the whole is still like the Middle Ages with low productivity, but the sudden appearance of efficient means of transportation such as buses can be imagined, and the impact on people is conceivable, and naturally many people will join in the fun.

The thieves who like to take advantage of petty theft will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

However, since Fiona said that she had already started to take measures, Don stopped paying attention to this aspect.

Fiona sighed and said, "Although the bus has greatly facilitated people's travel, there are also people who find it very inconvenient to fix the route, so they always want the bus to change the route according to their ideas. ”

Tang En couldn't help but complain: "Do these people think that anyone can get on the bus...... Ahh If you want to be free, buy me a private car! ”

“……”

Fiona said quietly, "Your Majesty, with all due respect, we haven't started selling private cars yet. ”

“…… Oh. ”

"Intercity buses have now begun to be put into trial operation, but so far, there are only one or two buses per city on average, and the demand for cross-city travel is not strong at present, and the only customers are some fresh businessmen and adventurers."

Fiona couldn't help but say, "Although it has received rave reviews among merchants and adventurers, but Your Majesty, can we stop the intercity bus project first?" It's a loss-making business. ”

Don shook his head and said, "No, you can't stop, even if there is no one, you have to maintain a minimum of one trip a day." ”

"Why?"

"It's my duty as a king."

"Buses will be a social welfare, and after the operating costs are figured out, the charges will be reduced as much as possible, which means that the bus operation does not have to worry about income, as long as it keeps the balance between the two sides," Don said. ”

"That is, you want to use the proceeds from other projects to support the bus project?"

"You can subsidize it in the early stage, but you can't rely on subsidies completely, and you must maintain a balance in the later stage, without considering profits."

"I see."

Fiona took down Donn's opinion, and then said with a smile: "But because the occupancy rate of this intercity bus is very low now, it just happened to be used by us, and in the past half a month, it has successively helped us transport a lot of foreign people." ”

"Oh?"

Don perked up and sat up straight: "How many people have increased?" ”

Fiona opened a demographic book next to her and said: "Originally, the population increase has slowed down a lot, but in just the half month of opening intercity buses, more than 20,000 people have increased, and most of them are concentrated in this week." ”

"Probably because the early stage was all in the gestation period, and it broke out this week."

"According to our analysis, as the influence of intercity buses continues to ferment, the population will increase faster and faster, and by the end of the year, the population of Ellington will double compared to now, officially exceeding 500,000!"

Fiona said excitedly: "At that time, the entry of young adults will completely disappear the shortcomings of our labor shortage, a large number of vacant residential communities that have been developed will also be completed to move in, the increase in residents will also increase the market demand, and a large number of businessmen will definitely gather here, and the economic benefits will be immeasurable." ”

Don smiled slightly: "Of course, there are more people, there are more business opportunities, but by the end of the year, the population will barely exceed 500,000, it is not worth so much excitement, our goal is to continue to strengthen the attractiveness of Ellington, and strive to make the population exceed five million next year." ”

"Five, five million!?"

Fiona was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, aren't you crazy?" The population of Alinks is less than two million! Do you want to move the capital!? ”

"Trust me, as long as everyone works together, it's not impossible."

Don smiled, his heart full of confidence.

In the past year, the population of Ellington has increased from a few thousand at the beginning to 250,000 now, who would have believed it at first? This growth rate is also due to the lack of transportation and the slow construction of infrastructure.

After this year's construction, the relevant infrastructure of Ellington has been completed, the well-planned new urban area and the industrial area are completely separated, and the interior is divided into commercial areas, residential areas, functional areas, etc.

What's more, the construction of the highway has been completed, and the opening of intercity buses has increased the efficiency of residents' travel, and it only takes five or six days to get from Ellington to Alinks by intercity buses and changing in each city - again because there are so few buses at the moment.

The intercity bus is not only fast and safe, but also costs only a few dozen silver coins, you know, if you take a horse-drawn carriage to Alink, a person is afraid of only a few gold coins is indispensable, and if it goes well, it will take fifteen days on the road, not to mention the dangerous situation.

This means that as long as Ellington's attraction is strong enough, those people will only need to spend a small amount of silver to come and see for themselves, and even if they are not satisfied and want to leave, they will not lose anything.

The Tang Chamber of Commerce sought out low-income poor people from all over the country who were willing to work, and the policy of moving to Ellington for free contributed greatly to the population growth here.

"Don't get excited."

Seeing that Fiona was too excited, Don couldn't help but wake her up: "After the population increases, the problems that come with it are quite troublesome, and this needs to be planned in advance. ”

A city of 500,000 people is not big or small, but so many people in Ellington's eating, drinking, and Lazar are all built on the Tang Chamber of Commerce, which is not a small pressure.

In particular, the grain production capacity of Plandal is generally not high, and many people come to Ellington with their families because they have heard the propaganda and know that they can eat enough to work here.

If the food supply is insufficient, I am afraid that there will be a big mess.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured."

Fiona smiled very confidently: "Not to mention the population of 500,000, even if it is another 100,000 people, I can feed them this year!" ”

"Oh?"

"Now that the wheat harvest day is approaching, our Datang harvesting convoy has set off again, due to the completion of the highway, this time the harvesting convoy will start from the cities where the teleportation array has been built, radiate to the surrounding areas, and help those farmers harvest crops."

"Not only that, as an experiment in the production of alchemy puppets, we used them to produce a large number of combine harvesters and magic energy cultivators, except for some to meet the needs of our Ellington to expand production capacity in the future, I decided to donate the rest to the royal family of Illus in the name of the Tang Chamber of Commerce."

Fiona glanced at Don charmingly and said, "A total of five thousand combine harvesters, five thousand magic cultivators." ”

Tang En laughed and said, "What does this left-handed hand-to-right-hand mean?" ”

The Tang Chamber of Commerce is his, and the property of the royal family of Illus is now his, and donating it to the royal family is the same as donating it to himself.

"It's not as simple as you think."

Fiona explained: "Publicly announcing the donation of these properties can win a good reputation for the Tang Chamber of Commerce, and as the private property of the royal family, you don't have to worry about falling into the hands of others, you can still use it as you like - don't forget, the royal family has a lot of private land, is it possible that you have to cultivate it yourself?" ”

"That's just as well."

Tang En suddenly realized that he basically didn't ask much about the private property of the royal family, and let Olena and Aurelia mother and daughter dispose of it themselves, after all, the purpose of his request for this throne was just to reform the Ilrus Empire openly.

"With the help of the combine harvester, the time to harvest wheat this year will be greatly shortened, and a lot of time saved can be used for other production work.

Speaking of this, Fiona said excitedly: "When it comes to planting next spring, we will be able to use the new varieties of wheat seeds!" ”

"Oh!?"

Hearing this, Don suddenly put down the teacup and said in surprise, "There's good news over there in Grantia?" ”

"Yes!"

Fiona said happily: "She came back a few days ago to report the good news to you, but when she found out that you were not there, she told me that it was said that she and Ms. Othya had made a breakthrough in their research, and the production capacity of the latest generation of improved seeds has more than doubled compared to the beginning!" They think they've met your requirements and have started mass catalytic production. ”

"Double!"

Don was overjoyed: "Is it really double!?" ”

"I don't think Lady Otinia would make such a bad joke."

Fiona looked at Don very seriously, her eyes full of joy that could not be concealed: "Your Majesty, this is the most surprising news this year. ”

Don was also excited.

What a concept is doubling grain production!

With the same amount of land, you can grow twice as many people!

Coupled with the improved planting efficiency of the various agricultural magic machines developed by Donne, it can be expected that there will be a terrifying explosive increase in the food production of the Illuth Empire next fall!

"Next fall, we may be able to solve the long-standing hunger problem."

Don let out a long sigh of relief, according to the current rate of population growth in Plandal, the current scale of agriculture can definitely meet the population's demand for food after replacing it with improved seeds, and even enrich a large amount of grain as a reserve grain.

Fiona reminded Donn, "I think you should reward Grantia and Otinia, who have been busy with this for more than half a year. ”

"I'll reward them."

As soon as he said this, Don regretted it, and to be honest, he could already think of what reward Grantia would offer...... (To be continued.) )