Chapter 2776: Construction Speed-up and Foreign Trade Exports

"Can the speed be increased further?"

A year or half a year is indeed a rather long time; although for a project like the reconstruction of a town district, such a long duration is actually not considered long, Xia Duo has already grown accustomed to the efficiency of Magic, and this current timeframe leaves him somewhat dissatisfied.

"If you want to speed things up, you can only recruit more manpower. Currently, most of those participating in the construction here are original residents of Linshui Village and a portion of personnel from the Territory Development Department. We can transfer another batch of people from the Development Department."

"How much can the construction period be shortened?"

"At most, by a month or two!"

"So little?"

"It is already quite a lot. The one or two months I mentioned refers to the preliminary completion being advanced by one or two months; the time for subsequent refinement will hardly be reduced by increasing manpower, as many tasks cannot be finished immediately simply by adding more hands."

"I understand. It is good to have the preliminary completion advanced. Increase the manpower; it doesn't matter if the development in the north pauses for a while. After spring arrives, there will be no shortage of people in the north."

It is currently winter, and the ground in the forest is frozen. For development in the north, one can only select skilled workers from the Development Department, and they also need to rotate to avoid being harmed by the severe cold.

But after spring arrives, it will be possible to recruit development personnel from the Sweetwater Three Planes. Even if they are novices, it doesn't matter; after all, no matter how much of a novice one is in this era, there isn't much of a problem with listening to commands and working. Human resources will reach the most abundant state in the history of the territory's development.

There are still Trolls. So far, there have been quite a few Trolls encountered during the development process of Great Xia Territory, but casualties are inevitable whenever they are encountered. The Territory Guard has sufficient ability to deal with them, but it is very difficult for others to resist.

By then, the problems might be more internal.

Basically, as long as they are in groups of four or five, they dare to attack individual humans passing by.

"Then refer to the promotion of the Magic Lamp; the territory will provide subsidies. Additionally, a batch can be placed in Code Plaza and White Sheep Village in the north for rental."

Laidun responded solemnly, then, as if thinking of something, asked hurriedly: "By the way, my lord, should we establish a specialized construction department?"

Currently, although a public transportation line served by the Steam Locomotive has been opened between Great Xia Territory and Savile Territory, public transportation is, after all, limited.

Xia Duo is also not worried about who would cheat him. Magic Industry requires large subsidies at the start, whether given to factories or to the territory's residents, but if he had to bear it all himself, he might not necessarily have that strength.

As for the reconstruction of Linshui Village, Xia Duo actually understands that engineering construction is not like playing a game where you can finish instantly just by stacking numbers; this is a realistic construction where every brick and every piece of wood must be laid by people.

"Of course it can, but considering the cost, most people might still choose to walk."

Currently, the territory's population is only over 200,000, and more than half of that are new immigrants. The past territory management structure is completely sufficient; a new department is indeed unnecessary, at least not necessary now, and it is not necessarily going to be established in the future.

But this is also the reason why Magic has not been popularized; otherwise, one could pull out a Magic construction team, just like in Evereska.

But if it is a brand-new product that has never existed before, then one can set the price independently—high prices for harvesting in the early stage, and selling patent licenses in the later stage.

……

Next, Xia Duo did not continue to chat with Laidun about the topic of Linshui Village's reconstruction, but instead talked about the Bicycle: "Do you think this Bicycle can bring convenience to the territory's residents?"

But even though he very much hopes for Linshui Town to be completed immediately, Xia Duo still did not consider recruiting a construction team from Evereska, but instead let the territory explore on its own and accumulate construction experience.

For projects like Linshui Village and Linshui Town, if an Elf construction team were used, it might be completed in at most a month or two, unlike the territory now, where just starting the project took a month or two.

Sitting down for a long time, the 【Xia Xia-Sawier Tongdao】 has already become an almost taboo existence for the creatures in the forest, but that is under the condition that the creatures in the forest can be full; when hungry, who cares whether it is a taboo or not.

……

"A new department is temporarily unnecessary, but an independent new team is very necessary. You can pay attention to selecting and training during the process of Linshui Village's reconstruction."

After all, it is a road of several dozen miles. Xia Duo cannot place a soldier on guard every few steps; even with a Patrol that can provide support at any time, it is inevitable that there will be times when they cannot arrive in time.

"I understand, I will tell them."

One can only let other countries in the Northland help share the burden. Once Great Xia Territory develops first, it will surely drive the common development of other regions.

The promotion of the Bicycle is imperative. Even if Laidun feels that more preparation is needed, Xia Duo feels that it has already begun, and it is not just his own territory; he also plans to find a few Elf designers to design styles suitable for Elves, and then sell them to the Elf Kingdom.

If an Elf team were brought in at the very beginning, it might be limited to the framework of architectural concepts provided by the Elves.

Although people of this era have the ability to walk dozens of miles a day, if it could be more relaxed, wouldn't the willingness to travel be stronger?

Not to mention, the instinct of fear usually only belongs to wild beasts, and there is more than just that one threat in the forest; there are also unscrupulous Goblins. As long as they gather in sufficient numbers, they have no fear of launching a charge toward the Floating City.

"By the way, regarding the Mages of the Tower of Time, let the workers communicate more with them. It is not just about the construction points of the Magic Facility, but also talk more with them about the possible Application of Magic in construction methods, construction processes, and so on, or even Magic itself."

In the end, it is still about the need to Popularize Magic. Whether it is a Magic Item or the Mages themselves, as long as the numbers go up, the territory's safety will also go up.

This is not only Xia Duo's expectation, but also his promise.

The Void Warehouse alone actually doesn't make much money. For this type of high-tech service or product, Elf society has long had a set of conventional price standards, and it is hard to say how much of a premium there is.

Wait until experience is accumulated to a certain degree, or even forms a local style and local characteristics, then one can introduce an Elf construction team to exchange and learn more advanced construction techniques.

The only thing to worry about is that after the frequent private-nature traffic, the maintenance of safety near the 【Xia Xia-Sawier Tongdao】 is a not-so-small challenge.

For example, there are at most two trips a day, and one cannot get off the vehicle midway. If one could rent a Bicycle, it is thought that the traffic between the two places would be more convenient and more frequent.

As he spoke, Xia Duo took the factories in the territory's Industrial Zone as examples: "The Mo Jiao Guai Yang Zhi Chang and the Zi Lai Shui Chang are right there, and you have seen it too. In the future, the shadow of Magic will be everywhere in the territory. No matter what industry or what type of work, only by constantly and actively embracing Magic can one have a broader future for development, and construction is certainly one of them!"

Fortunately, in these two years, the Territory Guard has been constantly penetrating deep into the forest from both sides of the 【Xia Xia-Sawier Tongdao】 to clear away various threats such as wild beasts that might threaten pedestrians on the road.

But a specialized construction team is still very necessary, and one could even say that this is the foundation of the territory's construction industry that Xia Duo intends to support.