Chapter 64: Development and Hidden Dangers
Nationality: British
Town: London (City)
Aristocratic Sentiment: There is currently no aristocracy.
Civilian Emotions: Joy (Joy, Calm, Suspicion, Riot)
Taxes: Medium
Income: 30,000 gold (the income of the first quarter, including financial expenditures, is also counted, including the expenses earned from trading with the King Continent) Grain: 14,000 kg (half a year)
Treasury: 70,000 gold coins, 150,000 kg of grain
Garrison: 750 Heavy Sergeants (1 star), 600 Longbowmen (1 star), 200 Commercial Mounted Militia, 50 General Guards (2 stars)
Population: 13,034
Population growth: 7.5%
Buildings: Stone Walls, Paved Roads, Docks, Compound Mines, Councillors' Halls, Throwing Ranges, Bazaars, Taverns, Garbage Disposal Plants, Guard Barracks, Irrigation System, Armor Workshops, Sewers, Commercial Guilds, Monasteries.
Technologies researched: water-powered mills, livestock farming, aqueducts, cast iron wheels, bow saws, large cranes, lighthouses, compasses.
With the autumn wind blowing, the snow melting, and the sun never sets on February 28, Sun Lin and all the inhabitants of the New Delhi Peninsula have been living in this heavenly land for a full year. Sun Lin, who is only 21 years old, has also experienced the development of London Town into London City, the death of Captain Richard's guard, and the 2 defense battles of Nottingham Castle, etc., and finally ushered in his nominal 22nd birthday, but for various reasons, this day of national celebration has been simplified to only 3 people, including Sun Lin: "So, since it has been simplified to this extent, there is no need to hold it at all, right?" Captain of the Leo Guard? General Bobby? Sun Lin, after eliminating the last piece of beef in the ceramic plate, said while drinking the wine that had just been made from the royal estate last year, while staring at the strategic sand table behind him.
"Nope! As the ruler's birthday, the fact that people from all walks of life did not hold a celebration according to your request is already very hurtful to your prestige, and if you don't make a statement, your influence in the city of London will be hit, which I will not allow! After handing the towel in his hand to Sun Lin, Leo said very seriously.
"A group of boring dukes, uncles, and viscounts, do you really think that Lao Tzu can't get out of his way to fix you because of the problem of the orcs? I hope in a few months you won't cry and cry out and beg me to stop. ”
"Your Majesty Sun Linmian, what are you muttering?"
"Uh......... It's nothing. That's right! What about General Bobby? Didn't he say that he had been evacuated from the war zone in front of the 'God Blessed' gorge today, and had returned to London to await my orders for the next phase? What about him now? ”
"Returning to the crown, General Bobby is already waiting for your arrival in the sand table area with the commanders of several other legions."
"Oh, is it? Coming so soon? I thought that even if the paved roads in the City of London were completed, the yellow mud roads in Nottingham should slow down their march. Forget it, let's hurry up and issue an order, I think the soldiers in those castles off the coast of the King Continent can't wait anymore, speaking of which, the London District has now entered a stage of steady development, and the land on the New Delhi Peninsula and the islands off the King Continent can no longer meet the needs of the empire, so it's time to go deep into the mainland to get a piece of the pie.................."
As Sun Lin said, although in appearance, the city of London is still in a state of rapid development, new docks, warehouses, pubs, red light districts, etc. will be built every few days, but careful people will find that the models of these buildings are all based on the houses that have been built in the city of London, and none of them are the transformation of the land that has not been built in the city of London. And with the completion of several system tasks rewarded personnel to live in the city of London, last year was only the west of the city of London more lively in the middle of this year, the east, west, south, north four districts have become lively, although in the construction of the city of London, Sun Lin has been built with a plan that can accommodate 30,000 people, but until now Sun Lin understands that the plan can never catch up with the changes, and at the beginning of the idea, Sun Lin appeared a loophole, because at the beginning Sun Lin only counted the settled population, The problem of floating population is not taken into account.
Although there were only more than 13,000 people living in London at this time, it seems that this number is not much of a burden for the city of London, which can accommodate 30,000 people, but with the appearance of London City in the eyes of the Lancester Empire in the northwest region of the King Continent (the continent where the New Delhi Peninsula is located is located in the northwest of the King Continent, the middle distance is about the same as the distance from Iceland in Europe to Madrid in Spain, and the direction and location are also similar, the army of the Lancester Empire is good at mountain warfare, and its target is also inland, So to a certain extent, the empire's seafaring industry was not developed, which is one of the main reasons why the Lancet Empire has not discovered the New Delhi Peninsula or even the ancient continent named by Sun Lin for so many years). All the forces on the Northwest Sea side of the King Continent are like sharks that smell fishy, and a large number of trading merchant ships were sent here to conduct trade and trade in the second half of last year, and this kind of thing has not weakened a little until now, but with the spread of merchants, there is a tendency to continue to grow.
Although it is difficult to imagine, but with the inflow of 6 treasures (porcelain, grain, wine, paper, fine coral, silver products) in the London area, things have begun to exceed Sun Lin's imagination, you must know that in August last year, the flow of ships in London City was also maintained at about 100, but in November, the dock ship flow that has begun to enter the winter state reached 200, and in February this year it exceeded 300, although the volume of most of the ships belongs to medium-sized ships, not very large, But it couldn't hold up many ships, and even in a few days, in order to prevent those merchant ships from docking at the periphery of the port, the channel leaving the ships was blocked, and the people from the Ministry of Commerce also wrote to Sun Lin to temporarily develop the Crescent Port together, but Sun Lin refused to use the real Crescent Port for military ships to conduct drills.
"Of course, this is not the main reason, General Bobby, if it is just a matter of trade, in fact, I only need to build more ships, and then let them transport the trading goods to the Sardinian Islands occupied by our side on the King Continent, the real problem is, if you want London City to be upgraded to a large city, although there is no problem in some aspects such as land, money, consumables, etc., but when London City is successfully built into a large city, the blood of the New Delhi Peninsula is no longer enough for the City of London, Not to mention that there is a Nottingham castle and even a fortress in the north, which also needs the New Delhi Peninsula to send blood to it, so the occupation of new areas in the King Continent has become an indisputable fact that must be executed immediately! ”