Chapter 1356: Two New Cities

Huaxia is currently beginning the construction of two cities simultaneously; one is located downstream on the Dahe, and that city has higher, longer walls and is situated slightly further from the Dahe to avoid flooding, with dams already planned in advance.

A shorter section of wall was also planned from the Dahe to the city's location, providing both protection and minimizing losses should it be breached or submerged by water.

The name of this city is also very straightforward: it is called Weicheng.

All of Huaxia's available labor force has basically been sent to build Weicheng; roads have been opened in the fastest time possible, material transport efficiency is extremely high, and the construction speed is very fast.

For now, they are still following the previous method of building cities: build the city walls first, and as for everything inside the city, that will come slowly; there is no rush.

However, this time, because the city planning has not yet been detailed, only one side of the wall was built—the side facing the Xuanyuan Tribe—which stretches very far and long, but is not high.

This wall connects to the Dahe on one side and a small hill on the other; because the terrain gets higher and higher, the wall does not need to be built as high, as it can rely on the terrain to serve the function of a wall.

The middle section will be built higher to serve as the main wall of Weicheng, and the gate has already been reserved, but outside the city is a wilderness, and inside the city is also a wilderness.

Right now, everyone is just burying their heads in building the wall and ignoring everything else; in any case, whatever the King says is what goes.

Officials at all levels do not yet have a very high degree of concern for Weicheng, because the development trend of Weicheng is different from all previous cities.

This year, as long as one side of the Weicheng wall can be built, that is enough; the remaining three sides do not need to be worried about.

When the time comes later, people will certainly be sent to reclaim wasteland, and then they will be allowed to build their own houses and dwellings; however much land they can reclaim, that is how much the remaining walls will be expanded.

Weicheng is destined to have no pillar industries and can only rely on planting; one wall is enough, as long as enough soldiers are stationed there and given enough weapons, it can serve as the frontline city guarding Huaxia.

Although the establishment is based on a city, it will inevitably develop little by little according to the trend of village, town, and city, only in this process, Huaxia will provide more support and promotion.

There is another city, which is Suiren City; this is a city built for the people of the Suiren Clan, and it is also a city they built themselves.

Because the location is relatively central, it is currently very safe, no one knows about it, and there is a very, very long time for development, so it also does not need to build the city walls first like other cities.

Huaxia had long ago sent people to guide the construction, and because it was to build their own city, Baoxi was very excited and very supportive, almost going all out to start construction.

Coupled with the support of Huaxia's grain, he mobilized more than 10,000, nearly 20,000 tribesmen from the center of the tribe at once, which was half of the labor force from his tribal center, to go to the selected site to reclaim wasteland.

The first step was to fell trees, cutting down all the trees in the surrounding area, and at the same time, after simple processing, the tree species that could be used as timber were placed in the forest to air-dry in the shade, preparing for subsequent construction.

Because there were so many people, the residential area was cleared very quickly, and then at the location of the New City, they began to search for resources, especially clay; after the clay was found, the first thing to do was to fire bricks and tiles to make preparations in advance.

This time, they are going to build cement houses for the people of the Suiren Clan, no longer of earth-wood structure, but it will certainly take a very, very long time; if they cannot wait and cannot get in line, then they can go and build brick-wood structures themselves.

While searching for clay, limestone was also found, which means that a cement plant can also be built in Suiren City, and there is no need for Huaxia to support it anymore.

Now that the main materials for construction are available, Huaxia almost does not need to worry too much about Suiren City, only needing to send technical guidance on a regular basis.

The initiative and enthusiasm of the entire Suiren Clan are very, very high, and the construction speed is also very fast.

The goal Baoxi set this year is to lay a good foundation and at the same time reclaim a piece of land that can be cultivated; next year, they will start building houses and constructing city walls, and still within five years, move all the tribesmen of his tribe into Suiren City.

This is the same goal as what Baifeng said about moving all the people of the Suiren Clan over in five years, but because Suiren City cannot accommodate all the people of the Suiren Clan, the people of some other tribes will certainly be arranged by Huaxia in the end, which also conforms to Huaxia's goal: western development needs to fill in the population, and without the Suiren Clan, there would not be that many people.

Grain is being sent out of the city almost every day, and as an ambassador, Xuanxiao can naturally discover this; he is relatively free in Huaxia and cannot be imprisoned, and he has even visited Lema City accompanied by the Ministry of Rites.

If a large amount of grain leaves Huaxia City, there must be a major event, so Huaxia directly told Xuanxiao about the construction of Weicheng, telling him that all that grain was sent to the construction site of Weicheng, where there are too many workers and a large amount of grain is needed.

Xuanxiao would not go to count how much grain goes out in a day, and he does not have this ability, but knowing the destination of the large amount of grain, Xuanxiao was not so worried; the construction of Weicheng is an unstoppable trend.

However, Huaxia is concealing the truth; more than half of the grain sent out was actually sent to the construction site of Suiren City, not the construction site of Weicheng.

If Baoxi were allowed to rule Suiren City forever, there would be a feeling that Huaxia is helping the Suiren Clan for free, so in the future, a large number of Huaxia officials will inevitably be stationed in Suiren City, and Huaxia people will also integrate into Suiren City.

All policies of Suiren City will be aligned with Huaxia: education, medical care, and examinations; if they want to be officials, they must go to Huaxia to study and take exams, and the cultivated land must also pay taxes to Huaxia; only this can be considered as truly incorporating the Suiren Clan into the rule.

After a few years of mutual integration, the Suiren Clan will be completely inseparable, because medical care, education, and various things will restrict them, making them unable to leave, and in military terms, Huaxia will rule them even more.

The people of the Suiren Clan must join the army; it is too late this year, but next year, they must be selected, and a certain number of Suiren tribesmen must enter the Huaxia army; even if they have not yet been fully registered in the household register, this is a gesture.