Chapter 175 29. Eve
The first home buyers were the Gilman brothers and sisters. Lorna spent a black crystal, about 160 gold coins, to buy a single-family house near the coast.
Mr. Fast also paid for his tavern, 220 gold coins. Fast only had 20 gold coins, and Evelin took out the remaining 200 gold coins. "The Fall of the Mage Tower" changed Evelin's life. Just by attending a banquet among nobles and rich people, she received gifts worth hundreds of gold coins.
Lindy paid for Mr. Victor, Bronzebeard generously donated money, Andrew Luna allowed Xingyue Bay to have a second tavern, and Michael paid with a curse - 500 gold for alchemy. I only had less than a few dozen dollars left for myself, but ended up paying Annan for buying a house.
Houses that cost easily one hundred gold coins are comparable to the prices in the wealthy areas of Breeze City. But rather than saying that they like Xingyue Bay, they are more interested in the potential of Xingyue Bay - King Ruikan'er does not have the luxury of using water elements to flush public toilets, and it is still a large water element.
It's just that the prices of these houses are far beyond the reach of the residents, so Annan still has to do something before the enthusiasm of the residents wears off.
Francois said that some people in the territory have become lazy. When people find that doing more and doing less eat the same and live the same, laziness makes them start to be lazy. But there is no punishment, because they are indeed doing their jobs, but they will take less sticks when carrying firewood and one less piece when carrying limestone.
Annan’s method was to ask Ingrid and Francois to select the 10 most diligent citizens these days, give them a townhouse, and then promise each of them to do something for Xingyue Bay. Those who contribute will be rewarded.
The ten subjects who were stunned by the surprise moved dazedly into the exquisite and spacious townhouse amid the envy of other subjects.
The people then looked at the lord longingly, and Annan did not disappoint them, pointing to a broad land: "That will be your home... everyone. But I want spacious townhouses and Single-family houses can only rely on your own efforts.”
Except for special buildings such as taverns, blacksmith shops, and libraries, the rest are mainly townhouses and single-family houses. There are no manors or castles, at least not around the bay. But it's not impossible if a noble is willing to spend several thousand gold coins.
The new foundation pointed by Annan is the new building discussed with Yili Ruishi yesterday - a three-story mansion-style building. It not only increases the types of houses in Xingyue Bay, but also resettles the residents who do not have houses.
Aesthetics and practicality are the first elements.
This leap forward originated from the alchemical material "cement". The half-dwarf confidently said that he could even build a ten-story building with cement-Annan agreed, and then rejected him.
This kind of building is not needed in Xingyue Bay, and even if it collapses, it will not kill a few ratmen. Moreover, Annan lived in a high-rise building on Earth, and still lived in a high-rise building in another world. Wasn't that a waste of time?
Eli Gravel murmured ruefully that the treehouses and spiers favored by the jungle elves would be very nice-
Spectacles? Annan thought of allowing Eli Gravel to build a bell tower instead. As for the style... Annan thinks the mage tower in Breeze City is good.
In any case, this encouragement is enough to make the people of the lord give up their hearts to Annan - working for the lord not only provides food, shelter and salary, but also a brand new home.
The biting cold winter makes the enthusiastic people feel like the arrival of warm spring.
"I said you have the potential to become a lord." From a distance, Fast said after watching the whole process.
"I remember you were talking about politicians, weren't you?"
"Absolutely."
Annan really did his best to lead the people. He is also planning to build a college - giving priority to teaching common language and mathematics. At least there will be no exaggerated rumors that one was opened a few days ago and one is opened today, making a total of twelve.
This model Annan is also planning to move to Breeze City and other places. When the literacy rate in the north increases, the newspaper can be put on the agenda.
Xingyue Bay has the last remaining parts of a town: tax rates and laws.
Annan returned to the big house and read through the Star-Moon Bay code drafted by Ingrid: "The liquor tax in Breeze City is actually 30%?"
All tax rates fluctuate around 30%, only the magic image has a 15% tax rate... …Looks like Olmedo was a big help. "Let's change it to a 20% tax."
Compared with the 10% tax, the new citizens attracted by the tax cut are more valuable.
Law Ingrid copied the laws and punishments of Breeze City: imprisonment, expulsion, whipping, and hanging.
Annan felt that this was too wasteful, so he changed the punishment for many crimes from imprisonment, deportation, and flogging to work, and from hanging to work to death.
Logging, mining, construction, every citizen has endless work to do. There is no reason to let criminals sit idle while the people work.
Moreover, Annan added one more thing to Ingrid's words: Any nobleman or any identity who commits a mistake in Xingyue Bay will not be able to escape the punishment of Xingyue Bay.
The crime of aliens can be judged based on objective conditions. For example, littering and excretion are prohibited in Xingyue Bay, but slimes and birdmen move their tribes while excreting. You sue it for violating the law, and it sues you for stereotyping.
"Including me."
Annan's loftiness at this moment seemed to require Ingrid to look up to him, until he lowered his voice and added: "At most, let me go while no one knows about it."
"Then who are you going to hand over to do such an offending thing? "
Okay, there's the last half.
"Stilkin and Lorna Gilman served as captains of the guard."
Annan investigated Stilkin, who was as upright as a Paladin but as moral as Nurgle. Your bad behavior will make the demons of the Abyss know that you have to raise their thumbs and declare that you are the real demon of chaos.
Lorna Gilman has a destructive personality... Annan learned this from casual chat. In other words, Lorna hates every life equally.
This arrangement allows us to inspect both of them at the same time.
Annan of the Construction Department temporarily appointed Eli Rubble as the temporary director. He and Soruman Bronzebeard also served as the directors of the Development Department, while Francois and Ingrid were in charge of the Interior Department.
Annan then found the four scavengers who came with the team. They had nothing to do in the past two months and couldn't leave. Fortunately, "The Fall of the Mage Tower" was available to relieve the boredom. Annan, as the lord of Xingyue Bay, invited them to establish a scavenger base here. But we still have to wait for the approval of the scavenger headquarters.
In the afternoon of the same day, Annan announced that the territory would be closed tomorrow, but all territorial residents must go back to sleep now, wake up before 0 o'clock, stay in the territory, and are prohibited from going out. When a disaster occurs, immediately go to the square to take refuge.
Ingrid asked what was going on, but Annan only said that it was a premonition of what would happen tomorrow.
Six water elements were also transferred back from the public toilets, and the earth elements guarded the log house. Uncle and nephew Blom, who Annan had forcibly retained, led the guards to patrol throughout the town.
There are nearly twenty elite professionals in Xingyue Bay at the moment, which is more than the professionals in a normal town.
Being prepared for everything, Annan quietly waited for the first day of the year 999 of the Saint Laurent calendar to arrive.
(End of this chapter)