Chapter 40: Chapter 22: Beginning Construction
The next day, Lin Yu finished breakfast with Chenxi as usual.
"My Lord, this is the plan that the City Planning Bureau finalized last night."
After breakfast, Chenxi took out a planning document.
Lin Yu took the document and began to look through it seriously.
Overall, the plan filled in some of the finer details that Lin Yu hadn’t covered.
For example: The residential area was divided into exclusive enclaves for different races, as well as mixed-living districts.
It included construction standards and styles for the residences of each race.
It detailed the ratio of resource buildings, specifying how many Element Collection Workshops and orchards were needed based on the territory’s current situation. It even included the projected meat supply deficit.
Of course, there were also the Forestry Lodges that needed to be placed throughout the territory. After upgrading them to Intermediate Forestry Lodges, their area of effect would increase significantly. Each lodge could cover a maximum area of 100 square kilometers, meaning only 110 Forestry Lodges would be needed for full coverage of the entire territory.
The placement of these 110 Forestry Lodges was also included in the plan.
Then there were the Sunflowers and Moonlight Mushrooms. For these two types of plants, the more the better was the rule for the entire territory.
In the plan, aside from the central area which Lin Yu had already planned out, many other locations had been designated for additional, smaller Sunflower and Moonlight Mushroom plots.
It also marked which areas needed to be left empty, reserved for new blueprints Lin Yu might acquire and the new buildings that would come with them.
Finally, there was the resource deficit. For conventional resources like wood, stone, and ore, some initial planning was required. Until there were enough resource buildings and production was sufficiently high, they couldn’t go full throttle on construction.
The crucial issue was Gold Coins. The territory had no stable source of Gold Coins; the current supply was entirely from treasure chests Lin Yu had opened.
Therefore, the territory’s Gold Coin deficit was massive. Even with the effect of the "Flourishing Growth" territory trait, the gap remained huge.
’This really is a problem...’ Lin Yu mused, rubbing his chin. The fingers of his other hand tapped unconsciously on the table.
"Alright, have them revise this. Prioritize building more resource structures first. I’ll sell some resources for Gold Coins."
"By the way, Chenxi, have you chosen a head for the City Planning Bureau yet?"
"My Lord, yes. She is waiting outside now," Chenxi replied, taking the plan.
Lin Yu looked out from the World Tree through the Territory Core. At that moment, a fairy was fluttering her wings, flying back and forth in front of the World Tree. It was clear she was a little nervous.
"Let her in! I’ve given her temporary access!"
After hearing this, Chenxi went out and returned with a beautiful fairy.
Lin Yu waved his hand, beckoning the fairy to come closer, then inspected her information.
[Name]: Xia Luo (Hero)
[Race]: Fairy
[Grade]: Legendary (Purple)
[Level]: 3
[Attack]: 1080
[Speed]: 1800
[Defense]: 540
[HP]: 2880
[Skills]: Life Bloom, Magic Power Surge, Plant Possession
[Talents]: Spirit Heal, Intellect, Planning Prodigy
[Life Bloom]: Cast on a target area, drawing upon the life force and nature energy of surrounding flora and fauna to restore vitality to allied lifeforms within the area, heal their wounds, and dispel negative statuses.
[Magic Power Surge]: Cast on a target area, restoring the energy of allied units within the area.
[Plant Possession]: Transforms into a Spirit Body to inhabit a plant, enhancing its skills, reducing its skill cooldowns, and healing it.
[Spirit Heal]: Enhances healing abilities. Healing effects increased by 50%.
[Intellect]: Naturally clever and bright, with intelligence higher than most creatures. Good at learning. Intelligence +10 (The maximum for an ordinary human is 10).
[Planning Prodigy]: After just one night of study, her planning ability has reached a professional level. She is truly a natural-born fairy prodigy when it comes to planning.
Looking at just her last talent, [Planning Prodigy], Lin Yu was certain. This beautiful little fairy named Xia Luo was the best possible person to head the City Planning Bureau. Plus, she was a rare Hero-grade fairy, and her stats were very high.
"Impressive stats, and very high talent."
"Xia Luo, I feel like putting you in the City Planning Bureau is a bit of a waste of your abilities."
"It’s not a waste at all! Xia Luo is very happy to be able to contribute to the territory," a sweet voice came from Xia Luo.
"Your stats are a bit too good to be wasted in the planning bureau. How about this: from now on, I’ll adjust your work schedule. Out of your twelve-hour workday, you only need to work for eight. Take the other four hours to train at the Training Camp."
"Also, appoint two deputies for yourself. They will also only need to work eight-hour shifts, taking turns to manage the City Planning Bureau."
"Of course, from now on, you’ll have the final say on all matters concerning the City Planning Bureau."
"What do you think of this arrangement?"
"I will do as my Lord says!"
"Good. Then you can go back to work for now. Take this plan with you. Chenxi has already noted my revisions on it. Take it back, make the changes, and have someone deliver it when it’s done."
"Oh, right. Chenxi, add one more thing: for all buildings except those that must be completed immediately, pause construction at the very last moment before completion. Wait for my command to finish them all at once."
Chenxi finished writing the revisions on the plan and handed it to Xia Luo.
Xia Luo took the plan, nodded lightly, and quickly flew out the door.
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At noon, just after Lin Yu had finished lunch, the revised plan was delivered. After checking it and seeing no issues, Lin Yu affixed his Lord’s mark and sent it back to the planning bureau, authorizing them to begin construction according to the plan.
In an instant, roots broke through the soil all over the territory. These were the roots of the World Tree, and they were weaving themselves into the facades of various buildings according to the designated blueprints.
Simultaneously, resources from the warehouse were transported by the roots into these structures, becoming part of their construction.
When the reserves of each resource were about to drop below two million, construction in the territory halted. Following Lin Yu’s instructions, a reserve of two million of each resource would be left for him to trade with other lords.
Lin Yu was now in the chat channel, looking for a lord to buy his resources.
[World Chat Channel (789654)]
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Lord Qian, are you still buying resources?"
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "I am. How much do you have?"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "About one million wood and one million stone."
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "*Pfft—* ///•A•/// Are you selling all of it? Aren’t you going to use it for your own development?"
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Lord, I don’t have the money for land plots. My territory is all resource buildings now. I have too many resources and nowhere to use them. No choice but to sell."
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "Aren’t you training troops? Units consume all sorts of resources every day."
Lin Yu (Private Message): "〒_〒 I have bad luck. No barracks buildings, just some defense towers."
Qian Duoduo (Private Message): "Then you should save up points and buy a generic barracks. There will be fighting in the second phase. You’ll be at a huge disadvantage if you don’t have any troops."
Lin Yu (Private Message): "Thanks for the reminder, Lord. I understand."
