Chapter 1127: Grand Blueprint

Afterward, Yu gave Changle many more pointers on this subject, telling him how to judge whether a place was suitable to be built into a capital, and Yu also offered some of his own advice regarding the Nobles who wanted Changle to help them look into the fiefs they were exchanging.

Yu also had a fief of his own, originally next to Huaxia City; this time, when exchanging territories, Yu did not exchange his large, distant fief for one in the Western Development Group, but merely swapped his Huaxia City fief with other Nobles.

In the eyes of the Nobles who remained in Huaxia City, the fiefs next to Huaxia City were more valuable, while those next to Lema City were slightly inferior, so they were eager for such an exchange.

Yu's fief was still quite large, as his status was what it was; he exchanged territories with two Counts and even ended up with a few acres less, letting those two Counts get the better end of the deal.

But Yu was very willing, because here in Lema City, it was easier for him to develop and operate; although he was not as concerned about territory and wealth as other Nobles, these were his own things after all, so he certainly could not handle them too casually.

Without Baifeng's development, Yu had already arranged for people to start reclaiming wasteland on his territory; it was not even forced, as it was very simple for him to formulate a policy that was attractive enough, and the people of Lema City felt more at ease knowing they were cultivating the City Lord's land.

Through Yu's maneuvering, the number of tenant farmers in Lema City would be reduced by one-third because of his fief, and being able to possess a stable source of food and housing was Yu's political achievement.

The existence of tenant farmers was naturally good, but if the number of tenant farmers in a city was not decreasing steadily but instead gradually increasing, it meant the economic work was not being done well and there was a major problem, because everyone was farming on their own land and could not support themselves, or even falling back into poverty in the current environment, which was a completely unacceptable thing.

Yu was also not afraid that there would be no tenant farmers for everyone to use in the future, because the mechanical growth rate of Huaxia's population was currently a bit too fierce; here at the Suiren Clan, there was a huge population that needed to be received, and it was possible that some would still become tenant farmers, not to mention the public Slaves.

As for the population coming from the Shennong Clan, more of them would become tenant farmers; the status of the population that came after being defeated was much lower than those who joined voluntarily, and this time, going to the Golden Autumn Gathering, perhaps some population could be brought back as well.

Baifeng was a bit worried about Huaxia City, feeling that it could no longer accommodate the excessive mechanical growth of the immigrant population, but here in Lema City, everything was looking up; because communication was relatively less smooth, Baifeng could not fully grasp the situation in Lema City, so in many matters, he would underestimate Lema City's capabilities and think that Lema City still needed Huaxia City's help.

But now, in just one short year, there had been huge changes, and the entire situation was excellent; Yu even explicitly told Changle and Yishang that the current Lema City could easily accommodate two thousand wild people to live and spend the Winter there.

If Yishang encountered wild tribes that wanted to join Huaxia, he could boldly let them come, and Lema City would take them in; there was no need for Huaxia City's help.

Currently, Lema City's only trouble lay in its combat power and troop strength; Lema City's population had risen, but its troop strength had not increased. This year, Yu's energy had been focused on economic development, and because there were few available people, he was unable to attend to everything at once, so he could not take care of all aspects.

Only now did he have the free time to consider the future of the entire Lema City; at the end of the year, during the Winter summary report, he would submit the development plan for next year that he had summarized to Baifeng for approval, to carry out even bolder and even crazier development.

Besides those factories, regarding the issue of military weakness, he wanted to apply for Lema City to independently recruit and train soldiers, and pull all of Lema City's youth of age into the ranks as well.

Although new soldiers were recruited from Lema City every year, the number was small and the proportion was low; if they could recruit independently, given the currently youthful population ratio of Lema City, they would soon be able to catch up with Huaxia City, it was just that the supply of Weapons would be a bit difficult.

Considering that Baifeng might not agree, he was also prepared with the idea of just letting Huaxia expand recruitment and then Lema City would support them; in any case, Lema City must have military strength as powerful as Huaxia City's, so that it could serve as a guard city for Huaxia City.

Another thing was education; Lema City only had Village Schools and Middle Schools, no Advanced Schools, which only Huaxia had. The educational pressure in Lema City was even greater than in Huaxia City, so expanding schools in Lema City was also a top priority; both Village Schools and Middle Schools needed to be expanded, and Village Schools also needed to be built in large numbers, which required transferring teachers from Huaxia City.

If Huaxia itself was under pressure, there was another solution, which was to establish an Advanced School in Lema City as well; even if the quality of training was a bit worse, it could still cultivate some teachers with basic educational abilities, at least capable of being teachers for Village Schools.

As for things like Medicine and politics, Lema City might not need them, but Lema City was in urgent need of low-level teachers who could teach children.

In terms of medical care, it could only be managed barely for now, and there was no such urgency; minor illnesses could be endured, medium illnesses could be treated in Lema City, and major illnesses could go to Huaxia. The entire Huaxia was short of medical resources, and the people of Lema City would not complain because of this; once they left Huaxia, they would not even be able to enjoy this much.

Listening to Yu pontificate in Lema City and describe the blueprint he had planned for Lema City, Changle was also very gratified and was genuinely happy for Yu, because Yu could now truly do the things he liked to do; it was great, and Changle himself even had the thought and desire to go and build a city by himself, feeling that this must be particularly fulfilling.

But thinking about his own work again, once this great task of his was accomplished, its significance would be far greater than building a wealthy city; a city was only significant to Huaxia, but if his own task succeeded, it would be significant to the entire human race, and just like the Shennong Clan, his deeds might be passed down forever.