Chapter 722: Immigration Policy of the City of Faith
“A total of eight thousand civilians can be left, preferably mainly Tethyr immigrants, and no more than two thousand on the Dragon Coast, preferably Prioritize those who have resentment towards Dragon Coast, especially those who have been persecuted by dark organizations.”
Karl has been prepared for this. This place is too close to the Dragon Coast. If too many Dragon Coast immigrants are left here, they will be easily infiltrated by the dark forces of the Dragon Coast, but he cannot leave any of them behind. , they must keep some people who are familiar with the situation there to facilitate subsequent battles.
"What about the army? Besides the legion of amputees, what else do you need?"
"It would be best if the Nott Guards heavy cavalry led by the commander of the Nola legion could be stationed in the City of Faith. For a period of time, although the large monster forces in the goblin frontier were defeated and strangled, there were more monster tribes that did not participate in the war. Once the main force left, they would definitely be ready to move. It would take a long time to completely eliminate them. ”
Karl chose to let Nora and the others stay. In addition to the reasons mentioned above, there is another reason that cannot be ignored. They are all direct descendants of Gavin and his original team.
With them stationed here, it is easier for him, Karl, to show that he is not selfish.
Being from a noble family in Ximen, he is proficient in the art of political management and knows very well the importance of loyalty, especially in such a relatively independent and high position, which even far exceeds ability.
And this is what he lacks most in Gavin.
"Yes, but their stationing is temporary. I may transfer them at any time. You need to organize your own cavalry regiment as soon as possible." Gavin also agreed.
In the rocky land, the heavy knights were of little use. It was better to stay in the City of Faith. After the army had left for a while, it would not be too late for them to catch up quickly.
“As for the development of the City of Faith, the lord has already paved the way for us, I just need to follow the path down.”
Karl said with all his treasures: “ The first point, and the most core point, is that Encourage immigrants, whether they are from the Dragon Coast or the other side of the Sunset Mountains, including the Kingdom of Cormyr, as long as they are willing to come, we will open our arms.”
This strategy of encouraging immigrants is not simple. It was influenced by the army of conquerors.
It is inevitable to develop new settlements and new cities in wastelands like Goblin Border. After all, the results are too slow through natural reproduction. It is far less convenient than encouraging immigrants to eat the demographic dividend of other areas. .
"There is no problem with the core policy." Gavin agreed, "This will be one of the core tasks of your City of Faith. You must not only attract immigrants to the City of Faith, but also attract immigrants to the rocky areas and valleys. The key issue is , how do you get those residents to voluntarily leave their comfort zones and immigrate to the City of Faith? "
Due to many reasons such as the time of settlement, the national structure, and the density of monsters, Faerun's population is extremely unevenly distributed.
Human settlement in Calinshan, Tethyr, Amn and other regions can be traced back to tens of thousands of years ago, and the three were under the rule of the powerful Shane dynasty for a long time.
1349 years ago, the Valley reached an agreement with the elves, established a stone alliance, and began to open the first human settlement in the open space of the Cormanthor Forest.
Thirty or forty years later, the first king of the Kingdom of Cormyr took his wife Susar to open up the first piece of wasteland and established his own manor in the current royal capital. .
If Gavin wants to develop rapidly in the valley, he must continue to draw people from the west coast of Faerun. The army of conquerors is just the beginning.
Based on the area of the valley, let alone 50,000, even if it were increased a hundred times to 5 million, Gavin could make clear arrangements for them.
When the time comes, there will be no need for him to fight for the king of the valley. This title will naturally fall on his head. This is an out-and-out conspiracy.
But the model of the Conqueror Army is difficult to copy, for many reasons.
The macro reason is that Tethyr has been war-torn for many years, and many residents have a severely weakened sense of belonging there, and just want to find a peaceful land without war.
The direct reason is that last year's large-scale monster disaster caused countless refugees to flow into Darauma City, which caused the city to develop too fast, far beyond its endurance limit. Many citizens were on the verge of famine, and the disaster was imminent.
The city lord of Dalauma City, Zalanda, fully cooperated to promote this matter because of Gavin.
Now the situation there has been completely reversed. Not only will there be no more unnecessary refugees, but Dalauma has the spare capacity to begin digesting the refugees from other areas of the Tethyr Kingdom.
Dalauma is more attractive to the Tethyr people than the city of faith thousands of kilometers away.
Those who are the most dissatisfied, the poorest, and the most eager to migrate on the Dragon Coast have been almost swarmed by the army of conquerors. Most of the rest have families and businesses and are relatively satisfied with their current lives. .
The most important thing is that, stimulated by the army of conquerors, the Dragon Coast is no longer a piece of loose sand, but has formed an alliance of eight cities. They are very wary of the City of Faith, and both the bright and dark forces will join forces. Stop immigrants and prevent them from continuing to grow.
Small-scale, fragmented immigrants will be the route to take in the future, and the City of Faith will be their most important transit point. Attracting immigrants will be his ongoing core mission.
"This requires different methods according to different regions." Karl was obviously prepared for this. "We analyzed it bit by bit. First of all, south of the Giant Plains, Amn, Taser Er, Calishan and the shores of the Lake of Steam, these densely populated ancient kingdoms
Although we have opened up the road to conquerors, for ordinary people, this road. Too long, and the risk of migrating alone is too great. They will not make this choice easily without falling into despair.
If we continue to organize immigration, we don’t need to be as large as the conqueror’s army. The size of the group only needs to be a few hundred or even dozens of people, and being led by someone familiar with the situation will greatly increase the possibility of them making this choice
We can negotiate with local friendly forces to establish immigrant trade unions or immigrant chambers of commerce there, and combine immigrants with chambers of commerce to do business and immigrate at the same time without delay. When the time comes, it will not be so much immigrants as hired workers going north. "
"Your suggestion is very good. The Immigrant Chamber of Commerce will be established by your city of faith as your municipal chamber of commerce. "
Gavin made a decision directly, "I will build a statue hotel along the Conqueror's Road. In each hotel, a medium-sized road statue will be installed to prepare for the future upgrade of the super-giant statue.
These idol hotels will also be established by you in the City of Faith as an important part of the Immigrant Chamber of Commerce.
Each idol hotel is a local immigration recruitment point and a resettlement point. They will later be transformed into settlements and villages.
The construction of the idol hotel can be integrated with the road refinement of the kobold road repair team. ”
Gavin originally thought of continuing to develop the Conqueror’s Road hotel chain with Mother Gothel, but the value displayed by the glass water lamp was far higher than expected.
Before the factory was established, the Cormyr royal family placed an order for thousands of pieces. Although the value was not too high, just hundreds of thousands, it greatly enhanced the confidence of the villagers in Nimir Village. things in general Progress is very fast
I believe that once the royal glass water lamp customized by the royal family is delivered, a new fashion trend will be blown in Susar, and nobles of all sizes will follow the trend and use it. Decorating their own banquet hall to show their taste and wealth.
This business alone takes up most of their energy. How can they still have the ability to cooperate with Gavin on the Road of Conqueror?
After all, they are just a happy hall, with limited manpower, there is no way to compare with Gavin, who has a big business now.
With the addition of the road statues, these hotels have a different meaning to Gavin. They are no longer simply points of interest, but also important transit points for military forces and accumulation points of primitive beliefs.
After he ascends to godhood with the priesthood of the road, they will transform into Gavin's first temples.
In this case, it is not suitable to jointly operate with others, but is completely in your own hands.
"Okay, I will definitely live up to the Lord's expectations." Karl said confidently.
This confidence not only comes from his own ability, but also from the series of new things that this extraordinary young commander in front of him has brought to him.
With the huge manpower and material support provided by the other party, even an ordinary hotel can do tricks, not to mention the road statue behind it that is like a cheating device. Whether it is information convenience or safety and security, Has unparalleled advantages.
If you still can't do it well, then don't think about seeking revenge from the Dark Night Mask, just keep your tail between your legs and be a human being.
"Opening our own chamber of commerce is just one way. Why don't we cooperate with other chambers of commerce and let them help bring more immigrants north, and pay them a certain commission for each one they bring. "Carissa said on a whim.
This half-Goliath and half-drow discovered many talents in the army of conquerors that could not be discovered in the Goliath tribe. She is not only a general who can charge into battle, but also a handsome talent. Now he is also one of the chiefs of staff of the conqueror's army, attending all large and small development and war meetings.
“No.” Others present vetoed in unison.
Looking at the confusion on Carissa’s face, Gavin patiently explained: “You live in the mountains all year round, so you don’t know that people’s hearts are sinister. Once money is involved in this kind of thing, those businessmen can do all kinds of things.
When the time comes, they will most likely ignore those immigrants. Without their own will, many civilians who are unwilling to immigrate are forcibly captured. How is this different from slave trading?
And these immigrants are going to become our citizens, and it is very likely that they will be resentful. It will transfer negative emotions to us, thus laying the foundation for many disasters
We can use various preferential policies to keep the employees of those caravans, or attract immigrants to go north with the help of these caravans, but we can never solve the problem with money.
This is the case even with the slave empire Calimshan. We would rather cooperate with the local slave rescue organizations and eliminate those slave organizations than purchase slaves from those slave owners and slave organizations.
Even if it is under the banner of rescue, it will not work, because our purchases, even under the banner of kindness and rescue, are also supporting the prosperity and development of the slave industry in disguised form.
We have no way to judge which slaves are already there and which slaves were newly captured by the slave merchants after we made a bid.
This is the most basic matter of principle and must not be crossed. ”
Gavin's attitude towards the slave industry is as resolute as ever, and he will never tolerate it, even if it is indirect stimulation.
His starting point is never kindness, but revenge, a personal grudge from his previous life.
This kind of hatred, he not only wants to take revenge on the Zhentarim, he will not tolerate all slave traders.
Others don’t know this, so they naturally attribute this matter to Gavin’s kind character. This is a wonderful misunderstanding.
Carissa suddenly realized: "Lord Renai, I want to keep this matter simple, I have no objection."
"Lord Karl, you can continue."
"After talking about the long-distance immigration policy, let's talk about the near-distance immigration policy. The difficulty of immigration for our neighbors in the three directions is different.
< < br>< br>Especially now that due to the rock gambling, the Red Spring Reclamation Area in the northeast has begun large-scale reclamation and development. Those Cormyrians who have an adventurous spirit and seek change will give priority to running in this direction instead of going to the goblin frontier.
If they do come over, we have to treat them with caution, because they are likely to be criminals who cannot stay in the Kingdom of Cormyr, and there is no way to take them in, either publicly or privately.
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Therefore, it is not our priority. It is normal to have the best and not have it.
Our focus should be on Zhucheng and Dragon Coast on the west side of the Sunset Mountains. The difficulty of the two is roughly the same.
The people of the Dragon Coast value profits. Even if they form the Eight Cities Alliance, they cannot change this. As long as they know that the City of Faith is not a barbarian land, they can find things more easily here. Wealth does not need our instigation at all, they will naturally flow here.
When people's hearts are wandering, there is no stopping them. They have many ways to go north.
This can be completely integrated with our own development.
The lord has created countless employment opportunities, such as Sterk bush cultivation, fish feed processing, fish breeding, crayfish and electric eel breeding, glass firing factory, glass bottle blowing factory, glass water lamp manufacturing factory, Sand quarries, quarries, biocement manufacturing plants.
Many of these are emerging industries, and there are countless opportunities to tap into their own wealth. As long as someone can tap into their first pot of gold, countless people will follow suit.
In order to attract more people to come, our next step is to continue to build more houses and provide free food and accommodation for those who are willing to stay and work hard in this city.
Especially those craftsmen with special skills, the shops here are rented to them at low rents.
This is just a preliminary policy. We will adjust it in time according to actual needs. I believe that this city has unimaginable commercial competitiveness. The loose alliance of Dragon Coast has no way to compete with us.
When our rise is unstoppable.
Many of those profit-seeking businessmen and dark guilds will fall in our direction.
We can take the opportunity to pull one faction, suppress another faction, and fight another faction. It won't take long before the so-called Eight Cities Alliance will fall apart and become a scattered sand again. ”
Karl’s main target is still the Dragon Coast, not only because he knows enough about it, but also because the population here is the most densely populated outside the Kingdom of Cormyr.
West of the Sunset Mountains The small and medium-sized towns on the other side cannot compare with this place.
"The fish feed made from Stark shrubs was successful? The construction of the luminous water channel was successful? The results of the bio-cement test came out?" Gavin asked hurriedly.
Although he introduced these brand new things, he was so busy during this period that he didn't even bother to pay attention to their subsequent progress.
Listen to Karl, is there going to be a large-scale factory production here? So fast?
“Yes, all of them were successful.” Karl said with sincere admiration, “Lord, you are so discerning, how could you be wrong? They have brought not two separate industries to our city of faith, but If the two huge industrial chains can be spread out, they can support tens of thousands of people.”
If we say that, leading an army of conquerors to open up the City of Faith shows Gavin’s military capabilities.
Then the introduction of Stark shrub planting and the construction of luminous water channels is a sign of economic acumen and business ability.
We have directly found two pillar industries for the City of Faith, and they are complementary to each other in many aspects.
For example, the planting of Stark shrubs is perfectly integrated with the fishery of Thun Swamp, and it is also cross-integrated with another industry, the cultivation of explosive crayfish and electric eels.
The production of glass water lamps will also spawn the glass firing industry, sand mining industry, quarrying industry, glass bottle blowing industry, etc. If you purchase it elsewhere, where can you build these industries in your own city? More convenient?
The bio-cement produced by the exploding crayfish shells ensured that the conqueror army left the City of Faith. Without the support of a large number of spellcasters, the construction speed of the City of Faith would not be too slow.
Even Karl, who is not good at imagining, can imagine the business opportunities and vitality that will burst out in the City of Faith.
If it weren't for the age difference, Carl would have to wonder whether he is the reincarnation of the missing wealth goddess Wo Jin, who has the ability to turn stone into gold. As for gender, it is not a good thing for the god Zhuan. question.
“Let’s talk about it in detail.” Gavin said with great interest.
“The process of making fish food from Stark bushes is very simple. Just mix them with various grasses and water plants, break them into pieces, stir them together, and throw them into the water to make the fish go crazy. Grab food.
Those druids are studying ways to dry and compact this feed for long-term use in winter when grass is scarce.
With Stark Bush as bait, the catch of the black-scaled lizardmen in Thun Swamp doubled in just ten days.
In the future, the catch here alone will be able to support tens of thousands of people. "
Karl obviously knew what Gavin was most interested in, so he only picked out the key points and said, "We have organized manpower to work in the lands that cannot be developed in a short time, especially along the Conqueror's Road. Large-scale planting of Stark shrubs.
Starting from next summer, we can organize manpower to go out to harvest, and we can harvest twice a year. ”
(End of this chapter)