The original residents found that the city was constantly changing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The city walls were constantly getting taller, thicker, and longer. They have now moved into new homes, and they are free. They are all beautiful two-story buildings. Their old houses have all been demolished and rebuilt.
Although these old, weak, women and children cannot work, they can cook and pour water for those who come to work, and help Cage supervise the quality of the entire city construction. Things have become much busier. Everyone has money to get and everyone has work to do. The prospects seem to be getting better and better.
The entire city is planned uniformly. Cage has made detailed divisions of commercial areas, residential areas, industrial areas, planting areas, educational areas, entertainment areas, etc. People who come here to work have seen the changes in the entire city. They swear that in their lifetime, they have never seen such a beautiful city, with towering city walls, beautiful residential areas, beautiful city gardens, and a dazzling array of commercial streets, exuding vitality everywhere.
Cage was very satisfied with the progress of the construction. After these thousands of people were settled, Cage's Prince's Palace was also built. Cage first transferred a large number of manpower to build the city wall, which must be completed first as the biggest reliance for protecting the city. Cage also designed a large number of magic arrays to be placed in the main places of the city to ensure that the city will not be attacked by magic.
Cage reserved a large amount of land for the construction of various entertainment facilities including hotels and clubs, which is the main place to make money in the future. Since the entire city belongs to Cage, that is to say, all the real estate in the entire city will be obtained by Cage alone. As the largest real estate developer, Cage wants to drool just thinking about it. According to this land area, how much money should his actual assets be? The so-called central enterprise land king in the previous life is nothing. He can get more than them by just leaking a little from his fingertips.
In order to attract a large number of people to live in the city of Landis, Cage offered the most favorable conditions. Every household that planted land in the designated place will receive a subsidy of ten gold coins each year, free housing, and permanent residency in the city of Landis. Moreover, the planted land does not need to pay any taxes. The lord will purchase their grain at the market price. The land planted for more than ten years will have permanent planting rights that are completely legal. This permanent planting right can be inherited by future generations, provided that you must plant on this land every year, but private trading is not allowed because these lands belong to Cage.
At the same time, an announcement was issued that all people who come here to do business do not need to pay extra fees, only one-tenth of the business tax, and all city entry fees and management fees are exempted. A single tax system is implemented, and merchants can buy houses and properties in the city.
Vidi gradually understood what Cage wanted to do. I'm afraid there was no one in the whole continent who built the city as generously as him. Vidi firmly remembered Windsor's teachings and bought a large number of stores, which made Cage very appreciative of his unique vision. Bird was in charge of the government affairs of the entire city under Cage. Although there were few people, Bird still enjoyed the feeling of being high above.
Cage used Vidi's relationship and issued a notice to all cities in the empire. Anyone with a skill could get a start-up subsidy here, or enter the local government to work for Cage. Special talents could get free housing and a living allowance of one gold coin every month.
Under the catalysis of various policies, the city developed rapidly. Many migrant workers working in the city were homeless and propertyless. It was a good thing to get a piece of land for planting here without paying any fees. Isn't this pie in the sky? Even if they can't hit themselves, they have to grab one. A large number of migrant workers registered in the temporary government office to ensure that they can plant land in the second year. Cage was very happy. As long as one-tenth of these migrant workers could stay, there would be more than 10,000 people. What does urban development need most? Population. Only with a large population base can the city develop rapidly.
Cage also launched a blockbuster bomb. In the future, education in the entire city will be free. Anyone can go to school, children of school age, etc. All fees are free. Those who are not of school age can study in school after paying a certain fee.
Children of civilians have never had the opportunity to study, so they feel inferior. Learning is a right unique to the nobles. Many civilians are illiterate at all. A small number of them have become new low-level nobles because of their talents in magic and fighting spirit. Cage's move is undoubtedly a rebellion, but in Cage's eyes, he will always remember a sentence "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different species?"
Cage hoarded a lot of food in order to prepare for this long winter. After all, it is still early for planting, and you have to wait for a year before you can have food income. Cage ordered a large amount of food from the southern city to store in the city. The north has one good thing, the cold weather makes it easy to store anything.
"House, lead the guards and prepare for battle."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Your Highness, what happened?" Vidi was shocked. Could it be that the two empires came over? There has been no battle for many years. How could they suddenly start a war?
"I didn't expect the barbarians to attack now. They have come once this year. I don't know why they attacked again." Cage said, "Vidi, pay attention to organizing and protecting the migrant workers. I will lead these people to meet the enemy outside the city. You lead the guards and half of the guards to defend the city wall."
"Yes." Vidi never doubted Cage's judgment. What Cage said would definitely come true. Now is not the time to ask him questions.
Under the gaze of the crowd, Cage rode on a magic horse, holding a dragon-headed golden spear, and led House and a group of people out of the tall city gate. The city now is no longer the city two months ago. It is a completely different scene.
Cage standing outside the city gate made the migrant workers in the city feel a sense of killing.
"It's the barbarians." A migrant worker on the tower shouted loudly. A large number of barbarians rushed out from the forest in the distance. The tower was in chaos. They all knew the fighting power of the barbarians. It was a large number of high-level warriors who could deal with it.
"What's the chaos? Whoever runs around, kill them."
Vidi took the guards and weapons to the tower and shouted loudly to stop the migrant workers. When their lives were threatened, fear overcame everything. Now they also knew that there were still troops outside to protect them. The cold light reflected by the cold weapons made them feel scared. Now the city wall is so high, they should be able to resist for a while.
Cage also saw these barbarians. Many of them were more than three meters tall, and the tallest was even four meters tall. Standing in the distance, they were even as tall as Cage sitting on the horse. They didn't look very ugly. They worshipped totems and painted a lot of patterns on their bodies. You can tell which race of barbarians they are by the different patterns. In addition to their strong bodies, their weapons are very simple. Many people only hold wooden sticks. Some of them are probably the leaders, holding simple weapons. It seems that the barbarians are very low in development. They have no armor at all. They are covered with thick hair and simple cloth strips around the main parts.
Cage took the lead.
"Why are you here?"
The barbarians have their own language, which is an onomatopoeia similar to the howling of wild beasts. The dwarves have always had a good relationship with them. Steel Tower knows the language of the barbarians. Cage knows a lot by learning from him.
This team of nearly 500 barbarians looked at the army in front of them in surprise. No one dared to confront them head-on, and no human knew their barbarian language. They looked at this strange human stupidly.
"Food, food."
This is probably the only language the barbarians know. They roared loudly and kept hitting their chests with weapons.
"Surrender and I won't kill you."
Cage's words surprised the barbarians even more. It was unimaginable that someone dared to ask them to surrender. They had never been conquered by any human army. Even if they could be repelled, no one could make them surrender. This made them very dissatisfied and they shouted loudly.