Chapter 8 The Dilemma of the Castle

"Okay, you two should know why I asked you to come here for, so I don't talk much nonsense." Di Qing, who was sitting in the position of the city lord rather than the position of the governor, said to Cabra and Sand, "If you have any requests, just make them. As a native, you should also know that if we are defeated, we can only die in battle. Now that our race has changed, your destiny is closely linked to me. Our relationship is not as distant as other heroes and residents, so for the fate of all of us, I will agree to it as long as it is a reasonable request."

Di Qing is still very frank about these people who know the details, because everyone knows the truth. If you play something false, it will be looked down upon. So at the beginning of this conversation, Di Qing made it clear to everyone's situation: "As long as you cooperate well with me and help me manage the rear, then the possibility of our victory is very high. You should also know that we outside heroes are all chosen gods. As long as we can win, we can control the world. At that time, I can give you the power to share my glory. If I am defeated, then I think other heroes will not give up the opportunity to show off their force, so you have only two choices, either support me and cooperate with me and then share my glory after I win, or die under a butcher knife of a hero who doesn't know who it is. I believe that everyone is smart people should know what kind of choice it is beneficial, right?"

After a while of silence, Cabra and Sand said at the same time: "Great Your Majesty, we are willing to follow your footsteps until the end of our lives!" This sentence is a common word for loyalty in this world. Di Qing learned this news from Zhitong and Yerece, but others say great heroes. Why do they call themselves great His Majesty? Most people are called great heroes. If you don't understand, ask it is a habit for Di Qing, so he asked this question to Cabra and Sand.

"Your Majesty, that's it." Sand replied after hearing Di Qing's question, "All heroes are called heroes by us, and the winner of the title of the leader of the camp is called the king. His Majesty is the exclusive title of the king of race, so we call you His Majesty."

"Oh, that's it?" After knowing the origin of this title, Di Qing didn't pursue anything. "Forget it, you'd better tell me what you think about the development of the town."

"Your Majesty, I think we should build a magic guild as soon as possible." Sand said, "No matter which race, the magic guild is the top priority. Even the orcs and the ground castles of our demonized orcs have several similar halls."

"Why? I have mastered the skill of Mystery All-knowing and can automatically master all spells. The Magic Guild is not a particularly important building for me." At this point, Di Qing paused, "I built the Magic Guild just to give you a magic academy. Now that resources are tight, I will make all the resources to practice the Magic Guild, right? You also know that it will consume a lot of resources. Is there any special reason for your suggestion?"

"Your Majesty, this is it. To play a role in the deep arena, the support of the Magic Guild, the Magic Guild must be supported. To be precise, the support of the Magic Guild's annexes." Sand explained to Di Qing, "For example, our floating castle and the castle of the Academy need a certain scale and a certain number of mages, otherwise you cannot hire advanced troops such as the ** division and the Lamp God. The Lava Castle is similar to the Hell Clan needs a Burning Academy affiliated to the Magic Guild to recruit troops of the Level 4 or above. The ground castle, like the Orcs, needs to be attached to several Heaven and Earth Altars attached to the War Howling Hall to reach a certain scale to recruit troops of the Level 4 or above. So although the Magic Guild is useless now, it is also a building that must be built. This is directly related to the later development of our castle. If there is no preparation in the early stage, you may fall into the dilemma of having barracks and resources and not being able to hire troops in the later stage."

"Okay, I will build a first-level magic guild tomorrow as planned. You are temporarily the dean of the Magic Academy." Although I already know that the magic guild is very important, Di Qing did not want to upgrade it with all his might now. After all, it is difficult to find all kinds of rare resources. Di Qing only has the Crystal Grottoes. It still needs to produce resources tomorrow. Moreover, the Magic Academy does not just need to be built like the Magic Guild. It also needs to be expanded through development. After all, although it can expand the campus by upgrading the Magic Guild, it cannot be expanded through this method to expand the scale of students and teachers.

"Cabra, do you have any suggestions?" Sand did not object after Di Qing made the decision, so Di Qing turned to Cabra and asked, "You are from the civilian class and should be very clear about everyone's requirements, so tell me what you think."

"Your Majesty." Cabra continued after saluting Di Qing, "I think there are two issues that limit our development now, population and food."

"Well? This is more interesting. Can you tell me in detail? I remember that the population of the castle will increase by itself. How did this become a problem, and it is a problem that restricts our development?" Di Qing knew from Zhitong that as long as the castle level rose, civilians from unknown places would automatically join the city until the population was saturated, so he never thought that population was a problem. Now, he heard from Kabra that population has become a problem, which made him curious.

"This is the thing. This problem needs to start with population growth." As a civilian, Kabra is more aware of these situations. He also knows that outsiders may not understand these, so he explained from the beginning, "There is an upper limit for the castle population. If the population exceeds this upper limit, it will enter the wild life. When the castle can be upgraded, these people will return to the city to live, or they will form a new castle. This is the reason why the population of castles in other races will automatically grow. However, since we are a new race, we do not have civilian tribes or villages in the wild, so we cannot move the wild population into the castle. But if we rely on the two thousand people to reproduce now, it will be too slow."

"The source of income for castles is the tax of castles. If the population is sufficient, then the average tax will be less. If the population is insufficient, the tax for a single person will increase. We now have only two thousand people, and we can maintain the income of gold coins of the castle every day. If we upgrade to the Municipal Government Affairs Department, the city's income is higher, and this requires an increase in taxes. This will cause a large increase in taxes. If this will make everyone unable to live and the people's hearts drop significantly, which will lead to a large number of escapes. In this way, the Municipal Government Affairs Department cannot be upgraded for the development of the city, but this will greatly limit our development. This is the fundamental reason why I say that population problems will limit us."

"Oh? So, I understand, then why will food become a restriction on our development?"

"It's true, because Qidian City is still a town-level castle, most of our residents are our demon spirits. There are very few demonized half-persons like Sand and most of them are farmers. However, with the development of the town, the proportion of demonized half-person in the population will inevitably increase, which is not the key. The key is that the number of mages and alchemists will also increase significantly. At this time, the food provided by our demon spirit's desert insect hunters and demonized half-person farmers will not be able to meet the food consumption needs of everyone, especially those senior talents. If it were the former academy tribe, it could still trade food with other races in the Justice camp, but our demonized half-orcs are excluded races that cannot trade with people, which has caused the dilemma of our castle not to feed too many populations and senior talents. Therefore, if the food problem cannot be solved, we cannot significantly increase the population."

"Oh? Then, now we are entering a vicious cycle?" Di Qing thought about it after hearing Kabra's words, "If you want to achieve greater development, you must upgrade the castle, but we do not have enough population to develop cities, and if we have increased the population but do not have enough food to support them?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, as long as we solve these two problems, we will have no other worries." Cabra said respectfully, Di Qing understood what he meant to make him feel that he had done what he should do.

"This is it. Cabra, tomorrow you will recommend someone to be the boss of the blacksmith's work house, right?" Di Qing thought about it and said to Cabra, "In the future, you, the owner of the workshop and Sand, will help me be responsible for the government affairs of Qidian City." As he said that, Di Qing divided the Governor's seal into three parts, and gave two to Cabra and one to Sand, "In the future, you three will be responsible for the government affairs of Qidian City. I will divide the power of the Governor into three parts and handed them over to you. I hope you can do it well."

"Thank you, your Majesty, we will not let down your Majesty's gift." Cabra and Sand, who obtained one-third of the power of the governor, couldn't help but thank Di Qing very much. Of course, Di Qing had no choice but to do so. The city must have a governor to handle government affairs, but now he is not available. The only sensible recruitment of troops is Ye Lace, but Ye Lace needs to command the demon spirit shooter troops. Now letting Ye Lace be the governor is a great loss to his combat effectiveness. Of course, although Di Qing now doesn't know why the Book of Heroes emphasizes the role of sensible recruitment of troops, it is better to stay by his side than to be a governor.
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