Chapter 964: Industrial City

For Huaxia, these are things that must be done. For every newly joined tribe, if one wants to quickly select people with sufficient potential for cultivation from the large number of individuals, one must certainly select those who are clever and already possess a certain foundation.

Perhaps many more gifted people will be missed, but Huaxia does not have the time to slowly select them. If they are still children, then Huaxia can naturally educate and cultivate them from a young age, letting them learn characters and arithmetic from childhood, and then discover little by little what they are suited for and what they can do.

But those being selected now are all adults whose thinking has already solidified. One can only pick out some clever people with potential for cultivation, and when the time comes, let them learn a skill, take up a post in the Ministry of Works or some other department, and become ordinary Workers. How far their path goes in the future will depend entirely on their own abilities.

As for those who already have a certain foundation, it is even better for Huaxia; they can take up their posts after a little training. Moreover, they have a great possibility of being able to stay in Huaxia City. For them, is this not a kind of good fortune? This is their best opportunity.

Of course, what Baifeng is mainly eyeing are the people in the Suiren Clan who are responsible for smelting Bronze. According to Baoxi, there are as many as several hundred Artisans who know how to distinguish ore and perform smelting and casting, and they can even use the Shila to cast extremely exquisite Bronze Ware.

However, they do not know the term Shila; they only know that they should produce it in that way.

To Baifeng, these people are treasures. Huaxia's iron smelting workshops are still very short of people. Although many have been cultivated over these years, compared to Huaxia's needs, it is still far from enough.

What's more, Huaxia now has nearly three hundred thousand more people, and it is estimated that more than one hundred thousand or even more will come from the Shennong Clan in the future. At that time, whether it is resettlement or development, it will be a big trouble.

It took Huaxia City's small workshops many years to forge enough Weapons and tools for the people of Huaxia, and this was achieved under the condition that Ironware is durable and rarely wears out.

If four or five hundred thousand people were to pour into Huaxia City in an instant, how could such a small number of workshops be enough?

Therefore, Baifeng now has a new trouble and a new demand: to find larger Iron Ore deposits, cultivate more Blacksmiths, and then, just like Xiaozhao Town, build an industrial city born specifically for iron smelting and blacksmithing.

In the future, relying on a mine to develop the entire Huaxia is possible, but looking at the current situation, Huaxia City is actually the most suitable place. It has already discovered Iron Ore, and given their current mining and consumption capacity, it is completely impossible to exhaust the ore in decades or a hundred years.

And there is also coal, which is a ready-made fuel and catalyst. The Dahe in front of the gate can bring a continuous source of water, and the pipelines connected to the Dahu can all guarantee an ample water supply.

But once Huaxia City is built into an industrial city, an Iron City, then it will be completely unsuitable to use this place as the capital, because the pollution will be very serious, and there is no logic in having a resource-based industrial city as a capital.

However, this is also within Baifeng's plan. Huaxia City is too close to the border and is not suitable as a capital. The capital should go deeper; not only would it be easier to govern, but it would also be safer.

Another point is that although Huaxia City has developed very well, it is becoming increasingly crowded. In the future, perhaps everyone will feel that living here is inconvenient and uncomfortable, and in the end, all the farmland, Pasture, and such will have to be converted into residential areas.

However, all of this is still too far away for now. Huaxia City's sturdy and tall city walls, perfect industries, most prosperous scenes, and most advanced infrastructure all show that Huaxia City is currently the most suitable city in Huaxia to serve as the capital.

Later, one can wait until a better location is chosen, and after vigorously building and transforming a better city, one can choose to move the capital. At that time, there will be no need for farmland or Fish Pond within the capital city.

However, Baifeng feels that this matter might not be his own trouble; it should be a problem for Yulong to think about. By the time there are those conditions, he should be unable to work and will have to make room for Yulong.

What he needs to do is to lay a good foundation, point out the direction for Yulong, and finally let Yulong realize it himself.

The personnel allocation list for Huaxia has already come out, and Baifeng summoned Baoxi again. At this time, Baoxi had completely changed his appearance, looking exactly like a Huaxia official, but this also meant that he could no longer stand on equal footing with Baifeng. When he came to Huaxia again, it was no longer a matter of Baifeng accompanying him to observe.

Baifeng knew that Baoxi could not read, so he did not make the unnecessary move of showing the list to Baoxi, but told Baoxi directly: "This time, the people I am sending to you are still quite sufficient. I know it is impossible to change your Suiren Clan from its current state to be exactly like Huaxia, and there is no need to."

"At most five years, this side will be able to take over everyone in the Suiren Clan, so there is no need to go to great lengths to educate them now."

"You have no objection to this, right, Baoxi?"

Baoxi hurriedly replied: "We have already discussed this before, King. Everything will be arranged according to your will."

"Good. As long as you understand the logic, I will now give you a rough idea of the personnel allocation. Those Slaves are a gift for you, and you can keep them forever."

"Two Soldiers will go back to help you train your Soldiers, and also to see if you can find some good seedlings. When the time comes, they will be sent to Huaxia City for specialized training, and in the end, they can become full-time Soldiers of Huaxia."

"Another thing is the doctors and a few civil officials. Those civil officials will also help you handle Government Affairs. If you have any questions, you can ask for their opinions; their abilities will not be poor."

"And they are also responsible for selecting clever people from the Suiren Clan to be sent to Huaxia City for study, preparing for future management."

"The last thing, Baoxi, is that I need the craftsmen from your place. Even if it is just someone who makes a Pottery Jar, I want them. Huaxia needs such people."

"Of course, the most important thing is those people of yours who smelt Auspicious Metal. They are also the first batch of people who need to be sent to Huaxia. You have no objection to this, right?"

But Baoxi was somewhat troubled: "King, there are still many Auspicious Metal mines in the Suiren Clan's territory. Every year, the Auspicious Metal ore that these people mine and smelt can eventually be used to forge large Ritual Vessels, and can also forge many Weapons."

"If they are allowed to go to Huaxia, what should be done about those mines? Won't there be no one to manage them? This, this is afraid to be a bit of a waste."