Fire Monster

Chapter 153 Urban Planning
This was the most leisurely moment for Zhao Guanshan in the past thirty days. He climbed up the city wall. He didn't even need to wear the imperial armor and helmet. He could walk and breathe normally in ordinary clothes. The environment was no different from that in Linjiang Prefecture.

The deployment of the first-level spirit supply tower was successful, and the effect was immediate. If viewed from the perspective of the game, the progress bar of his S-level city-building task was directly pulled to 80%, which was almost successful.

At the same time, morale +100!

People’s hearts +100!

Influence +100!

Otherwise, do you really think it is so easy to get a wife? Those new recruits are indeed idiots, but they are not fools.

So even though he had been sleeping all day, everything in the city was in good order. The old soldiers no longer had to urge him and they each solved their own problems.

For example, now, two sealed chariots are parked outside the city wall, one in the south and one in the north, just at the edge of the psychic vortex force field. This is the most powerful military deterrent in the small city, the kind that will not be afraid of even the eighth-level evil demon.

There were already 24 fixed sentry posts and several mobile sentry posts on the city wall. Two towers that had been abandoned for many years during the Fenwei Camp were also put into use.

Everyone from top to bottom is preparing for war, and morale is high because everyone can see a bright future.

You don’t even have to say it in person.

With a first-level spirit tower, they are all meritorious officials. If you, the governor, want to hand over, well, what about the reward? There must be a corresponding reward.

So the original pressure is gone, the situation has opened up, and my mood naturally improves.

Of course, Zhao Guanshan still had greater expectations in his heart. Unless the Governor gave him a position as the first, second or third chief of the yamen, he would not compromise.

Now, what he needs to do is to try his best to unite all the forces that can be united, work together from top to bottom, and make everyone a vested interest.

Giving money and a wife is the first step, and the second step is to give a house.

Those who have constant property have constant perseverance!
But how can we ensure that everyone has a place to live and that they are safe without using more materials when the Chief Secretary has blocked all supplies?

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan thought of the Khrushchev Building in his hometown Earth.

"The maximum thickness of the psychic vortex is one hundred meters, but the effective safety thickness is only thirty meters. In theory, a ten-story residential building can be built, but it is definitely not possible in practice. We must consider the most cost-effective height."

At this moment, Zhao Guanshan was frantically calculating in his mind, and at the same time he was also taking into account his plans for the future of the small town.

"The entire town is an irregular circle with a radius of about 1.5 kilometers. Now that the main engine of the first-level spirit supply tower is placed in the core area in the center, theoretically, it can no longer be used as a residential area, but we can consider reserving a piece of land for farmland and another piece for a factory and a primary school."

"This is the inner ring layout, divided by the rail loop. Those two rail trains can be used as commuter buses for residents of the small town in the future."

"The outer ring includes the battalion headquarters, residential area, workshop area, and barracks. Well, that's it for now."

At that moment, Zhao Guanshan went down the city wall and first marked out an area next to the camp headquarters for building barracks. He then marked out a workshop area, which was also the market area, which was right next to the southern city gate. A new road needed to be opened here.

The other side of the city gate is used to build residential areas.

This was an open area before, probably to facilitate defense and patrolling. Otherwise, after the evil demons rushed in, this area would be the first to suffer.

But now it is different, with the psychic energy vortex provided by the first-level spirit supply tower, it will be difficult for the eighth-level evil demon to rush in. The psychic energy vortex force field will cause great suppression to it, and it can be easily killed with concentrated fire.

So the space within the city can be utilized.

"The residential area will first adopt a three-story, nine-meter-high building model. The interior will be an apartment-style residence with a corridor in the middle. Each household will be guaranteed 60 square meters of internal non-communal space. A first-level imperial seal array will be built at the door. The building will use a second-level imperial seal array as a whole, which will ensure both overall safety and individual safety. If the width and length of the floors are increased, ten households can live on one floor, and thirty households on three floors. It is planned to build five buildings first."

While Zhao Guanshan was calculating, he personally started to tear down the remaining barracks that had not yet been demolished. These barracks had been built hundreds of years ago. They were made of extremely solid materials, such as bluestone, and had wood demon roots that could adjust their growth with the injection of spiritual energy. They were extremely useful.

It is worth mentioning that the roots of this wood monster here replace the part similar to the steel mesh. It can grow rapidly and tightly entangle the pieces of stone.

Ultimately it plays a reinforcing role.

Of course, how to awaken the wood monster roots, how to judge the growth status of the wood monster roots, and when to cut off the spiritual energy injection into the wood monster roots are all technical jobs that most people don't understand.

This is also the reason why Zhao Guanshan didn’t dare to ask anyone else to do the dismantling of the barracks.

As for the bluestone blocks, they are also specially made, like prefabricated parts, and are divided into two specifications.

One is a cube with a side length of 15 centimeters, and the other is a cube with a side length of 30 times 15 times . The former has nine holes built in, and the latter has five holes built in, which are used to hammer in rune spikes.

Normally, the thick stone is on the outside and the thin stone is on the inside, which is entangled by the roots of the wood demon to stabilize it. Pure soil or mud is poured in the middle, and finally rune spikes are hammered in. This is a standard combination of low-level + low-level + low-level + high-level materials, which perfectly meets the deployment requirements of the psychic circuit.

After the exterior walls and main structure are completed, the growth direction of the wood demon's roots can be quantitatively controlled to form a large area of ​​vine-like rhizomes, weaving into a net, layer by layer, to form a pure natural wooden floor.

When the growth is in line with expectations, and the spiritual energy supply is cut off, these roots will naturally wither and become stiff. They are very strong and are not afraid of fire. Ordinary swords cannot cut them. It is a very good building material.

However, it takes a lot of spiritual energy to activate the roots of the wood monster, and the cost is also high.

There is no such option as Wood Demon Roots in an ordinary first-level Imperial Seal Hut.

Most second-level imperial seal houses will only have a small amount of wood demon roots, and they will not be over-stimulated.

Only in a place with plenty of money would there be so many wood demon roots.

For example, the three-story Imperial Seal Apartment Building designed by Zhao Guanshan at this moment, because it requires a large amount of spiritual energy, its final cost may even reach about five hundred coins per household.

But it doesn’t matter, because we have our own first-level spirit supply tower, we can create as much spiritual energy as we want, there is no need to control it at all.

Even the stones and pure soil used were removed from the original barracks.

So the cost is zero throughout the process.

Zhao Guanshan worked like a black whirlwind for half a day and a night before he successfully built a model building. Yang Mao, Han Erzi and others moved in directly because they were acquaintances.

Of course there were some who were hesitant, but after walking around upstairs, the group of new recruits and their new wives all looked at Zhao Guanshan with changed eyes, and they felt an urge to call him daddy.

"Everyone has a share, don't worry, it will only be two or three days late."

"Yang Mao, Han Erzi, the two of you come out and draw lots for them!"

Zhao Guanshan shouted quickly.

Soon, even Liu Yuwei, Xiao Chengyun, and a group of veterans were attracted to watch the fun.

"It's a good idea to have an overall second-level seal array outside and individual first-level seal arrays inside. Combined with the spiritual energy vortex formed by the first-level spirit supply tower, the safety is comparable to the second-level residential area in Linjiang Prefecture."

Liu Yuwei was the first to comment and was deeply touched.

"How do we calculate the spiritual energy supply? This is equivalent to a quasi-third-level imperial seal formation. If there are 30 households living here, each household will consume at least three, or at most five, energy storage spiritual stones every day."

Xiao Chengyun put forward her opinion from another perspective, that spiritual energy consumption is the biggest expense.

"It's free for now. Once these people are settled and the order in our town is stabilized, we will charge a fee based on the situation. But even if we charge a fee, it will be at most half price."

Zhao Guanshan made a guarantee that all this was now done to test the waters, to create a better living environment, and to win over people's hearts.

"Brother Zhao, how many of these Imperial Seal Buildings are we going to build? I think it's great. If I have a chance in the future, I will bring my wife and children over. Can I get a house like this?"

Deng Jiu asked at this time, and a group of veterans immediately pricked up their ears. Although they had no chance to share a wife this time and were all envious and jealous, if they really had to choose, their own wives and children were more important.

"We will build five buildings this time, which can accommodate 150 households. As for you brothers, you will definitely get a share, and it will definitely be a better one. Don't worry, this will be our home from now on."

Zhao Guanshan is not just exaggerating. Their small town can really accommodate a population of 100,000.

"By the way, Commander Liu, Supervisor Xiao, what's the situation over there? Can those criminals be rescued?" Zhao Guanshan asked again. He was very busy here, and Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun were not idle either.

Liu Yuwei is the wet nurse and Xiao Chengyun is the surgeon in charge, and they work together very well.

"Fortunately, it's not that difficult. The most severely depraved criminals have long been cleared out by Cuihonglou. The rest are just mild or moderate cases, so if you give me half a month, I can save them all. Thank you for your hard work, Senior Sister Yuwei."

"No, I'm clumsy and couldn't help much." Liu Yuwei said quickly.

Xiao Chengyun was about to say something else when a bell on the city wall suddenly rang three times, and then three times again.

This is not an emergency signal, but an indication that there are visitors coming from the direction of the Imperial Seal Great Wall.

"Could it be that the Chief Secretary has come to recruit us? They have very good spies."

Xiao Chengyun said immediately.

"Let's go out and greet them."

Zhao Guanshan smiled and said, today is different from the past.

(End of this chapter)