"In addition to personnel, there is also the material aspect." Jasmine maintained her tone. "Many materials continue to be lacking on construction sites, especially stone and wood. Timber is almost not produced locally in the sand forest, and can only be purchased and transported from other places at high prices. As for stones, they are available locally in Shalin, but due to productivity and quality constraints, they can only meet half of the demand at most, and the other half needs to be purchased and transported from other places. This is obviously not a long-term solution. After all, after the new city is built, there will still be There are plans for expansion.
Your subordinate named Linn decided to expand the original quarry to solve this problem. As for me, I want to do something bigger and plan to invest a lot of money to investigate the origin of high-quality stone in the entire sand forest and open eight to ten large quarries. The stone produced in this way can not only meet demand, but can also be exported. In addition, I also want to gradually build roads between cities in the sand forest area to ensure smooth transportation in the future and facilitate commercial development.
besides… "
Jasmine talked a lot and was very detailed. Richard listened carefully all the time and occasionally spoke up to ask for a few details.
In this way, Jasmine talked for more than half an hour before it was over.
"call-"
After exhaling, Jasmine put away the scroll, looked at Richard, and concluded: "The situation is almost as I said. I know that although you said that the new city can be built in half a year, the original plan was four months. . Two months have passed during these four months, so there are still two months left. It may be a little difficult, but I feel that it is not impossible to complete it within two months. As long as my men and I continue If you work hard, you should be able to achieve your goal.”
"That's best." Richard nodded.
"In that case, I want to talk about that matter." Jasmine pointedly said, looking at Richard, "You have also seen my ability. I said two months is enough, then it is no problem. Then, Wouldn’t it be too much to discuss that matter in advance?”
"No." After hearing this, Richard shook his head and refused directly, "It will not be considered a complete success until the dust settles. The construction of the new city is an assessment for you. Only if you pass the assessment, will I work with you? Discuss that matter formally.”
"But..." Jasmine frowned and questioned, "But what if I really spent a lot of effort to help you build the new city and you continue to refuse to discuss that matter with me? Then wouldn't it be in vain? Wasted energy and suffered a lot of losses?"
Richard glanced at Jasmine strangely and said: "By the way, you haven't forgotten that you still owe me money, right? That money should be enough to buy your help for four months, right? Not to mention that I have not broken my promise to you. However, even if I really break my promise, the money will be enough to compensate you for your losses."
"I..." Jasmine was speechless, pursed her lips, took a deep breath and said, "Okay then, we will formally discuss the matter in two months."
"Very good, I'll wait."
"I'm waiting too." Jasmine said, taking a deep look at Richard, turned around, and left the room.
Richard looked up at the door where Jasmine left, his eyebrows raised slightly, as if he was thinking about something. But he didn't think about it for long, he looked back and got busy with his own things.
He could guess what Jasmine was going to do when she left, and it was nothing more than continuing to be busy building a new city. He has never liked these energy-consuming and tedious things. Fortunately, with Jasmine at his service, he can take some time off and seriously engage in his various researches.
This made him feel relaxed and happy.
Jasmine would naturally be in a different mood, but it had nothing to do with him.
In a way, that's not a good thing.
But on the other hand, it's very good.
Well, very good.
…
The next two months were indeed not very friendly to Jasmine.
The closer to the end of the project, the more tedious and annoying things became. Even though Jasmine tried to calm herself down, she still lost her temper more than once.
For example, the main road that took a lot of effort to build for the new city was found to be 20 centimeters too low during the inspection.
what to do? What can be done? I had to break it into pieces and refill it with soil to increase the height.
For another example, among the workers, the miners from the south were inexplicably opposed to the local workers because of salary issues. The southern miners mocked the local workers as knowing nothing, and the local workers mocked the southern workers as foreigners. Afterwards, the conflict continued to escalate. The southern miners requested that all local workers be fired, while the local workers wanted all southern workers to go back to their hometowns and leave Sarin.
What can be done? A big kill to establish authority
This is not an army, nor are they completely sold slaves, but workers who work and get paid. If they really kill people, the effect will be too bad, so they have to use gentler methods. But it should not be too gentle, otherwise both sides will be displeased. The intensity must be appropriate so that the problem can be solved.
So Jasmine pretended to be a good guy and a bad guy, fired a few thorny people, received a salary increase, and did a lot of private work before the situation was stabilized.
In addition, the progress of the quarry was not smooth and was obstructed by several small managers. Regarding the construction of roads between cities, it has not received the support of the majority of people as expected. More people feel that it is a waste of people and money.
In these two months of life, it can be said that every day is a new challenge and every day brings new surprises.
However, thinking about the matter she wanted to discuss with Richard, Jasmine gritted her teeth and persevered, trying her best to deal with every problem as well as possible, and continued to advance the progress of city construction.
In this way, two months later, that is, four months after the construction of the city began, the new city was officially completed.
Broad roads, planned buildings, brand-new public facilities, a huge city hall, and elegant lord's mansion... everything is pleasing to the eye...
The screened residents were allowed to move into the new city one by one, which made the new city lively. Residents, merchants and nobles from other places were slowly attracted and became part of the new city, becoming its vigorous vitality.
In this way, more than ten days after the construction of the new city, on June 6, the name was officially engraved on the gate of the new city. Richard's lord's residence in Blackwater City, the city hall that handles government affairs, and the headquarters of the Department of Efficiency have also moved in. This means that the new city has officially become the administrative center of the entire Sarin and the future economic center.
This day is considered a day worthy of being remembered in the history of Sarin.
Many Salin people also remember the special and convoluted name of the new city - Atlanx Mandino, or Atlan for short. The local language of Salin means... the city of peace.