Chapter 429: The Purpose of the Hong Sect Martial Arts Competition, The Ancestral Festival Day Advanced

Does Does Da Xia Year 9, May 30th.

Night, Hong Sect Department Office Building, brightly lit.

Top floor great hall, Lin Kai sits in the main seat.

Seven people sit below, namely Li Longkai of the Camp Needs Department, Liu Yuan of the Military Department, Zhao Bao of the Prison Department, Ying Yi of the Civil Affairs Department, Yuan Shan of the Hunting Department, Chen Hua of the Harvesting Department, and Kong Xiu of the Craftsman Department.

"The martial arts competition will officially start tomorrow. This is the last round of discussion tonight. Secretary Ying, introduce the preparation situation of the martial arts competition to us!"

Lin Kai's face is full of expectation at this moment. For this martial arts competition, he has been preparing for half a year, running to other towns three or four times without fear of hardship. Now that it is finally about to bear fruit, his mood is naturally excited.

The core purpose of this martial arts competition event is to accelerate the promotion of the Three Towns Integration proposed by the Lord last year. The outside world's guesses about absorbing talent, promoting the strength of the youth, and displaying the style of Does Does Da Xia are all secondary.

One question Lin Kai cares about most at this moment is how many young people from the Eight Towns this martial arts competition has attracted, as well as the overall population situation in the city, so the object he asked first was the Civil Affairs Department.

"Martial arts competition registration officially stopped at midnight according to the plan. The total number of participating contestants is 115,285, among which there are 45,413 in the youth group aged 15 to 20, and 69,872 in the young adult group aged 20 to 25;

Among these 110,000 people, our own people account for the highest proportion, more than 30%, which is about nearly 40,000 people; Jiangxia and Muyin towns are slightly secondary, adding up to about 30%, which is about 35,000 people; the remaining 40%, more than 40,000 people, basically come from the other six towns, and there are very few people from outside the territory."

"More than 110,000, hiss..."

"So many!"

"How many young people are there in the Eight Towns in total?"

"This is at least almost half, right?"

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Hearing the total number of participants said by Ying Yi, the six people including Liu Yuan couldn't help but exclaim, and even Kong Xiu couldn't help but guess that half of the young people in the Eight Towns had come.

Hearing Kong Xiu's words, everyone immediately lowered their heads and thought, but soon shook their heads, denying his guess.

The total population of the Jiuzhen is at least over 15 million. According to the normal age structure of the camp's population, young people between 15 and 25 are at least at the million level. 115,000 people is estimated to be less than one-tenth.

"Half of the young people in the Jiuzhen have come, that certainly won't be the case, but to put it another way, more than half of the young elites of the Jiuzhen have come, that's no problem!"

Hearing Lin Kai's words, everyone's eyes lit up.

Right!

This session of the Three Towns Martial Arts Competition, although there were no other restrictions on the registered personnel except for age, after all, it is a selection competition. Those who can come to Hong Sect to participate from far away have some confidence in themselves. Saying that these 110,000 people are the elites of the Jiuzhen, that's certainly no problem.

Lin Kai's gaze shifted to Ying Yi again, continuing to ask: "This is just the participating personnel. The overall growth of the city's population in the past two months should be even better, right?"

Hearing this question, Ying Yi's expression vibrated, and he nodded heavily, saying: "Following the successive solving of the serial beheading, the Snow Night Butcher, and the daytime door-breaking cases in March, the population growth trend in the city has revived. It broke through 350,000 at the end of March. Later, when the news of the martial arts competition was announced in early April, the momentum of population growth was even more exaggerated. 130,000 people came in April alone, and the subsequent May was even more exaggerated, with 190,000 people coming. Currently, our Hong Sect population has broken through 670,000."

670,000!

Wow…………

As soon as Ying Yi said this last number, the six people in the hall, including Lin Kai in the upper seat, couldn't help but shake their bodies, their faces full of excitement.

This is almost catching up to the population of a town city!

"I said why even the North City has become crowded these few days. The population has actually risen to this level without knowing it. This is too scary."

"No wonder Secretary Mu rushed over from Xia City three days ago and started planning to expand the city. 670,000 people, tsk tsk, with the current 25 square kilometers, accommodating so many people, how is it enough!"

"Our Craftsman Department has been constantly looking for suitable residential buildings in the east and west districts of the Nancheng to demolish and rebuild, just to free up more living space. I had some premonition about the population explosion, but I thought it would be 500,000 at most. It actually has 670,000, it's really scary!"

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"Lord Li, how is the income of the Camp Needs Department in the past two months?"

Unlike the points others are worried about, Lin Kai threw his gaze at Li Longkai as soon as he heard the number 670,000, asking about the income of the Camp Needs Department.

"31.58 million taels in April, 48.21 million taels in May!"

Hearing Li Longkai's data, there was no surprise on Lin Kai's face.

The surge in trade volume brought about by the population explosion is inevitable.

Moreover, Hong Sect's means of profit are not just trade. The food, clothing, housing, and transportation of the foreign population in the city are not free. Although this part of the income is not as much as trade, once the population base is large, it is also an extremely considerable income.

If he remembers correctly, Hong Sect's profit in March was 16.82 million taels, which means it doubled in April, and the profit in May was directly three times.

"This round of population explosion, although it is for the reason of the martial arts competition, how many can stay after the martial arts competition ends depends on our ability.

Lord Kong, the city is indeed already crowded. The city expansion work must speed up the progress and try to end it within this month;

Then it is the Prison Department's turn to maintain the public security in the city. If there are ghosts causing trouble again, it must be reported at the first time, and try our best to solve it at the fastest speed. To keep the population, safety is the first priority;

Finally, it is the Camp Needs Department. The vast majority of these people are here for the cultivation resources of the Wanbao Tower and the materials sold by the merchants and vendors in the Nancheng. Try to let the Camp Needs Headquarters in Xia City transfer more materials over to meet the needs of these people, and at the same time, it can also earn more silver for the camp.

As long as these three items are done well, after the martial arts competition ends, the total population of Hong Sect will not fall too fiercely."

Hearing Lin Kai's words, Kong Xiu, Zhao Bao, and Li Longkai immediately clasped their fists and nodded, responding with solemn expressions: "This subordinate obeys!"

Lin Kai looked at the seven people below and suddenly asked with a smile: "The year-end evaluation of the seven of you last year should all be Grade B, right?"

Hearing this question, the seven people including Liu Yuan and Zhao Bao below suddenly became a bit excited, and all nodded heavily.

Does Does Da Xia's official system is now gradually maturing.

The Eight Departments of Xia City will conduct a centralized evaluation of all officials at the end of each year, give a rating based on the official's political achievements in the past year and other performances, and then issue corresponding year-end salary rewards according to your official rank.

Of course, not only year-end salary rewards, this rating will also be marked in your personal resume, which is related to the maintenance and promotion of your future positions.

As a result, this year-end evaluation naturally became the thing that all Does Does Da Xia officials care about most, and there is no one else.

This year-end evaluation system has been implemented since Does Does Da Xia Year 3, and it has been six years now. The evaluation rules are naturally becoming sound and mature.

Political achievements account for at least 70% of the rating, and the amount of a official's political achievements is basically determined by the total value of the profit creation of the foothold where he is located every year.

In fact, one can know it by thinking about it. The original intention of Does Does Da Xia setting up external footholds is, in the final analysis, to grab resources for the Xia City headquarters, and the profit creation value is the final data embodiment of how many resources a foothold grabs. The higher the value, the better the work of the person in charge of this foothold naturally is.

Hong Sect only fell into Does Does Da Xia's hands at the end of April last year, and then officially opened the port in July, so strictly speaking, it hasn't been a year yet. But even in less than a year, Hong Sect's total profit creation value ranked 10th among many large footholds last year, second only to the six jurisdictions of the outer city, as well as the three external large footholds of Longshan, Wuyuan, and Bashang.

It was relying on this proud achievement that the ratings of the eight department heads of Hong Sect were all above Grade B.

Lin Kai himself is Grade B Upper. If he remembers correctly, among the seven people in front of him, only Liu Yuan's rating is the same as his, and the remaining six, Li Longkai is Grade B Middle, and the other five are all Grade B Lower.

For a fourth-rank official, the Grade B rating can get a salary reward of 1.2 to 1.8 million contribution points according to the three grades of upper, middle, and lower. This is the reason why the seven people were so excited when he mentioned last year's evaluation.

Getting more than one million contribution points at once is extremely tempting even for these middle and high-level officials of Does Does Da Xia, not to mention that the higher the rating, the more corresponding contribution point rewards there are, and even reaching Grade A, there are other extra better rewards.

Lin Kai naturally wouldn't mention last year's year-end evaluation for no reason. Liu Yuan, the Military Official of the Military Department, was the first to react and asked with a smile: "My Lord, according to this momentum, our Hong Sect's total profit creation value this year should be able to rush into the top five, right?"

Hearing this question, everyone's eyes suddenly became hot, and they turned to look at Lin Kai in the upper seat one after another.

"Top five?"

Lin Kai asked back with a strange face, then looked at everyone and said in a solemn tone: "I went back to Xia City to report on my duties at the beginning of the month. Not counting May, in the first four months of this year, our Hong Sect's cumulative profit creation value ranking among all large footholds in the camp has already ranked seventh, second only to the four jurisdictions of East 1, East 2, East 4, and East 5 of Xia City, as well as the two external footholds of Longshan and Bashang..."

Hearing this ranking, the seven people were full of excitement and surprise.

And Lin Kai seemed to think that everyone's reaction was not big enough, and continued with a hot look: "I estimate that after adding the profit creation value of May, our Hong Sect's ranking can advance two more places."

Seventh place advances two more places, that is fifth place!

Everyone's expressions shook, and the joy on their faces became richer.

No wonder Liu Yuan said to rush into the top five, and Lin Kai's reaction would be like that. Only five months have passed. If this momentum can be maintained, it is already a certainty that Hong Sect will rush into the top three this year, and maybe even rush for the championship.

"The eight department officials of the large foothold ranked first in profit creation value can reach at least Grade A Middle. Calculated by the fourth-rank official rank, the salary reward is at least 2.5 million contribution points, and they can also find the Craftsman Department to tailor a weapon. At the Cold Origin Banquet at the end of the year, there are extra rewards from the Lord..."

Hearing Zhao Bao's whisper, the six people including Liu Yuan, including Lin Kai in the upper seat, couldn't help but fall into reverie, and the heat in their eyes became a few points richer again.

Finally, it was Lin Kai who was the first to recover from the reverie, and his voice carried a hint of encouragement: "Everyone, there are so many benefits to being first, and it's not just our Hong Sect that is greedy for it.

Not to mention the few districts ranked high in the East City; Longshan relies on such a large resource land and holds five silver mines in its hands; Wuyuan has such a large water area; Bashang has Mount Mo'ao plus the Nine-Curve water area...

It is not so simple to surpass these large footholds, and they will not sit still and wait for you while we think about rushing up!" ===== CHAPTER 430 =====