Chapter 1,000: A New Empire
Just when Princess Claire was recruiting troops and developing rapidly.
Emperor Shi Tian's side was naturally not idle.
On the surface, it seems that Emperor Shi Tian is just constantly strengthening his flying castle, and you can see 100,000 alchemists working around the castle non-stop.
The flying castle, which was originally bare and only had various stones, had gradually begun to change at this time.
The base of the castle is completely metallized and covered with a thick layer of metal armor, enough to withstand the full force of a Legendary-level powerhouse.
And the metal armor is enchanted with I don't know how many layers of magic protection, with the castle's protective array all opened, even a sage, even a demigod don't want to easily break through this layer of defense.
Of course, the price of doing this is also extremely high, and the metal materials above the silver can only be formed after being personally processed by the senior alchemist to form this kind of pure metal armor ten or twenty meters thick, which is simply as high as the sky.
And the flying castle with a diameter of more than ten kilometers has to be completely covered with such a layer of metal protection, which is too expensive.
It is also thanks to Emperor Shi Tian's violent conquest over the years, and the sale of hundreds of thousands of warships at one time, that he can barely gather these materials.
If it were someone else, hehe, even a little rich woman like Princess Claire, who had a background and wealth, would not be able to do such a luxurious level at all.
Even if Princess Claire listened to Mr. 'None' and secretly embezzled half of the assets of the Anti-Imperialist Alliance, it would still be far behind.
However, although Emperor Shi Tian was ostensibly working hard to build a flying castle, in fact, his main energy was focused on the large-scale construction of the interior of the Jiangshan Sheji space.
At this time, the space of Jiangshan Sheji has completely changed, and it is no longer as desolate as before.
The land within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers is covered with a layer of magical moss, and most of them also grow various flowers and plants containing magical powers, making it completely turn into a sea of green, looking at it from a distance, it looks like a super huge green blanket.
And on top of this green blanket, there are countless elongated and slender canals, where the magic moss expands, the terminal of the canal is dug to ensure that there is enough fresh water to prevent the green plants from dying.
Just to dig these canals, there are almost more than 100,000 earth monks working on them, and there are also millions of goblin workers, driving all kinds of primitive magic machines, helping earth monks build canals.
Anyway, where they are, it's often a huge construction site, full of noisy sounds.
In addition, there are countless huge cities and towns as well as villages.
After so many years of development, the forces controlled by Emperor Shi Tian have gradually developed into a rudimentary form similar to that of a country.
According to different functions, it is divided into different huge areas, which can be called provinces.
In the center of each province there are huge cities, and there are also major ethnic groups.
For example, in the functional area responsible for the production of steel and machining, the main ethnic group is naturally the dwarf.
So their central city is a super huge dwarven city, and the architectural style is exclusive to the dwarves.
It is inhabited by millions of high-ranking dwarven craftsmen, as well as members with their core, including family members, apprentices, relatives, and so on.
In this huge city, only dwarves with advanced forging skills are eligible to open an account and occupy a small villa of several floors.
Everyone else can only live temporarily or rent, and cannot become permanent residents.
Even school teachers and even government administrators can only be temporary residents.
There are many dwarven cities like this, and there are many more around them, and the inhabitants are all low-level dwarven blacksmiths.
Of course, such a good treatment also comes at a price.
Anyway, every high-level dwarf blacksmith must provide a sufficient number of works, 1/3 of which can be used freely, do whatever he wants, and the public will provide materials.
But the remaining 2/3 must be provided with the items prescribed by the government, sometimes armor, sometimes swords, anyway, depending on what the craftsman is good at.
In addition to dwarven cities, there are also cities of the Minotaur tribe, cities inhabited by elves, cities of humans, cities of goblins, and cities of many other peoples.
These cities are not isolated from each other, they are bound together by a giant flying treasure.
Even sometimes, people who have free time can go on a tour or visit relatives and friends.
Therefore, people of other nationalities can often be seen on the streets of these cities, and there are many of them.
I have to say that Emperor Shi Tian, who is from the civilized world, is still very good to his subordinates.
Regular workers are given one day off per week and can get up to an additional week of vacation each quarter.
As for those senior talents, the work is easier, whether it is the working environment or the content of the work, it is very humane to carry out various adjustments.
For example, dwarven blacksmiths, high-level blacksmiths can even work in their own homes, and their living houses are at least 3 floors or more, and there is also a basement.
Among them, the basement is the studio, the first floor is the reception room, the second and third floors are the guest rooms and bedrooms, anyway, the space is very large, enough to accommodate more than ten or twenty people, and you can even bring your own family and apprentices to live together.
In addition, the treatment provided to them by Emperor Shi Tian is also very high, the more advanced the talent, the more qualified they are to buy high-level items.
In this society created by Emperor Shakti, the levels are very distinct.
When everyone is born, they start from scratch, and except for the children of martyrs, who can inherit the social rank of their deceased parents, everyone else can only start from the bottom of the ladder.
Low-level ordinary craftsmen and soldiers, even if they get enough money, can only buy low-level items, and in general, their strength is added by one level.
In other words, a bronze-level warrior can spend money to buy silver-level treasures, but gold-level treasures, even if he has money, he can't buy them.
Anyway, the higher the level, the more you can buy premium items, and of course, spend a lot of money.
Speaking of which, it is necessary to talk about the currency of this society, and after some careful consideration, Emperor Shi Tian decided to issue a unified magic currency.
The so-called magic currency is a currency with magic crystals as the carrier.
Emperor Shi Tian had the magic crystal made into a standard octahedron, the same size, which could contain up to 10,000 units of magic power.
Then Emperor Shi Tian equipped everyone with a magic watch, which is specially used to inlay magic crystals, which can transfer the magic power in the magic crystals to other magic crystals with minimal loss, and can also display the scale of the transferred magic power.
Therefore, when trading, it can be operated through the watch, which is very convenient.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Emperor Shi also made people study the magic network, which is similar to the virtual godhead network of the Heavenly God Academy.
In fact, this kind of magic network has long been used in the divine realm, and many high-level gods have been laid in the divine fruits.
The Magic Network can deliver messages, delivering a lot of information.
It can even teleport mana from a distance, and can sometimes be used in battle.
However, now, Emperor Shi still uses this magic network as an ordinary network, and sets up functions such as information chat, online banking, etc.
It's just that the initial setting is still relatively simple, and it will definitely continue to be upgraded in the future.
But for now, this network has at least informationally connected Emperor Shakti's vast empire.
And the online banking not only facilitates the people under him to make large transactions, but also allows Emperor Shi Tian to take the opportunity to make a profit.
Don't think that magic money is the same as the dollar, it's a waste of paper, in fact, the dollar itself is worthless, but magic is.
Especially in this magical world, almost everyone can't do without magic.
All people need magic to cultivate, and mages need to make scrolls, and even high-level blacksmiths need to spend a lot of magic power.
So the more magic this thing is, the better, and no one will dislike it.
As for the acquisition of magic power, it is also varied.
Mages or high-level warriors can directly obtain a currency that can be spent, mana crystals, by instilling their own power into the magic crystal.
And their strength can be slowly recovered through cultivation, at most, it is just a waste of time.
But for them, if they have to do something else, they will definitely earn more magic.
So the vast majority of people work in exchange for magic.
And the only boss of these people is Emperor Shi Tian, and almost all of them are working for him.
It was with the hard work of these people that Emperor Shi Tian was able to build the country so well, and he was also able to take the opportunity to obtain a large amount of surplus magic power.
As for Emperor Shi Tian himself, the method of obtaining magic power is even simpler, and all the altars used to gather magic power in the entire Jiangshan Sheji space are owned by him privately.
Every day, Emperor Shakti can obtain a massive amount of magic water through these tens of thousands of altars, and then slightly compress it into magic crystals.
These magic crystals can then be pressed into higher-grade magic gems, which can be used as an energy source for various high-level alchemy weapons.
And can be directly taken out and traded with others, no matter at any time and place, magic gems are a hard currency that everyone loves, and their status is slightly inferior to that of law coins.
Even those legendary masters have a huge demand for magic gems, anyway, here in Emperor Shitian, each legendary master can receive 1,000 low-level magic gems every month, which is already a very huge number for them.
To put it simply, each low-level magic gem contains 100,000 magic points, and you can buy a barrel of silver-level fine wine, which shows how strong the purchasing power of this thing is.