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These words, spoken by the young lady who dressed up carefully and ran to the study, were obviously untenable.
But I don't know if the second wife really didn't notice it or was just pretending. She smiled apologetically and said, "The Lord City Lord rested at my place last night. I think he might be reminiscing about the past.
Just send some old clothes, maybe the city lord will be in a better mood. "
"My dear, I don't need you..."
"When did you decide my affairs?"
The "City Lord" opened the door and said to the two of them expressionlessly.
Without waiting for them to speak, Zhang Mu looked at the young lady and said, "Go home and stay for a few days. Remember to give my regards to your father."
The study door closed.
The young lady was stunned for a few seconds, then came to her senses and stared at the second lady.
After a long while, he turned and left, leaving the Second Lady alone, bewildered.
……
After returning to Blue Star, Zhang Mu paced back and forth in the factory workshop with his hands behind his back, sorting out the context of things.
We certainly cannot purchase all the food supplies from Blue Star. After all, if the quantity is too large, it will easily lead to official investigations.
Therefore, it would be fine to use the food from Blue Star to cope with the situation in the early stage, but later on, we must open up farmland near Gul City and grow food in large quantities.
These cannot be brought by refugees, otherwise they will all go to farm and who will build the buildings they want?
There is a construction team in Gul City, but with just that few people, it would take them forever to build so many houses, buildings, railways, etc.
Therefore, not only can refugees not be arranged to open up wasteland, but they must also be paid far more for their work than for growing crops.
This will allow them to voluntarily participate in the construction.
After a while of contemplation, Zhang Mu had a general idea.
Refugees participating in the project are given two options for obtaining wages.
One is to directly receive daily necessities such as food and drinking water in full, and the other is to generally exchange some of it for money.
In this way, food pressure can be reduced in the early stages.
In the future, Zhang Mu planned to pull members of the resistance army out of the Silent Forest, and cooperate with the women in the refugee group who were not suitable for heavy physical labor to carry out centralized, large-scale planting around the city of Gul.
I brought some high-yield crop seeds from Blue Star, and with the help of Forest Song, I can basically stabilize the situation.
Zhang Mu relaxed his frown, took out his phone and contacted the agent who helped him buy the factory.
……
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
The study room of the City Lord's Mansion, early morning.
Zhang Mu sat behind his desk, listening to Soran reporting on the latest developments regarding the refugees across from him.
Under the serious orders of the "city lord", all departments of the administrative system of Gur City worked very hard.
Most of the troops were dispatched to clear a piece of land by the river two kilometers away from the city of Ghor, and set up tents large enough to accommodate 30,000 people.
The refugees who came to Gur City one after another thought that they would be driven to the mountains far away from the city to open up wasteland, but they did not want to live directly in tents that could shelter them from wind and rain.
There was also free white bread distributed by the soldiers.
Then, Soran said that everything was in good order in the temporary camp.
There are soldiers and professionals affiliated with the city of Gul, as well as adventure groups patrolling the periphery who have accepted missions issued by the City Lord's Mansion, so there is no need to worry about safety.
Putting down the stack of gray paper in his hand, Solo asked: "Lord City Lord, the refugees have been basically settled.
But after only three days, the granaries in Ghor were almost empty. "
"There will be enough wheat and vegetables delivered tomorrow."
Soran did not ask Zhang Mu where he could get "enough" food when all the surrounding cities were destroyed. Instead, he asked, "When will the labor force that the city lord mentioned a few days ago start?"
With a slight smile, he took out a stack of drawings from the desk drawer and handed them to Soran.
He took it in his hand, flipped through a few of them, and asked in confusion: "These buildings don't seem to have any practical value.
In addition, these two parallel wooden sticks at equal distances... I have seen them in the church's "Divine Gifts: A Collection", they are called, tracks?"
Soran looked up: “It is used to shorten the travel time between the two cities.
But the Lake Kingdom, which is not a large territory, does not need it. Generally, only empires with large territories would build and use it. "
Standing up with a smile, Zhang Mu said, "I have my own uses.
Let’s go and check out the temporary camp outside the city.”
The two men walked out of the study at the same time, called Domit, who was promoted to "Commander of the Personal Guards", and strode towards the city gate.
On the way, Zhang Mu estimated the completion time in his mind.
In order to be as fast and reasonable as possible, he did not follow the movie completely and modified many details of the original work.
Otherwise, when others enter this "world", they will be surprised to see that Hogwarts, which has been built for thousands of years, looks exactly like the movie released in 01.
That's bullshit.
So when Zhang Mu called the Gul City Construction Team to survey and draw professional construction drawings, he decided not to change the overall environmental structure.
For example, the Nine and Three Quarters Station still exists, there is an elevated railroad track that crosses a narrow lake, and there is a dark forest outside the academy that is inhabited by monsters.
But it can't be the Scottish style in the movie, it has to be according to the Thor continent.
The environmental structure, which is similar to the original work, can explain where Rowling's creative inspiration comes from.
The inconsistent architectural styles make people who enter the "world" subconsciously think that, indeed, the movie is shot in reality after all, so how can it be similar to the real Hogwarts.
"Lord City Lord, we are here."
Waking up from his meditation, Zhang Mu looked towards the temporary camp not far away.
The huge group of tents stretched for miles and was surrounded by a circle of wooden fences. Refugees with dusty faces could be seen walking among them.
Zhang Mu walked towards the door.
"My Lord City Lord, how are you?" The soldiers on duty on both sides of the door greeted loudly.
With a nod, Zhang Mu led Domit and Soran through the gate and wandered around the tents.
"Sir." After walking around for a while, he called a man whose face was so rough that his age could not be seen. "How is your stay?"
He turned around and saw the three people wearing fine clothes, and knelt down hurriedly: "Sir!"
“Stand up and talk.” Zhang Mu, who was not used to being kneeled down to greet others, wanted to go forward to help him, but was stopped by Sauron’s eyes.
He stopped when he realized that his behavior was unbecoming of the city lord.
During this short break, the man stood up and said, "Sir, when are we going to the mountains to open up farmland?"
Stunned for a moment, Zhang Mu scratched his head: "Is the food here not good?"
"This is the first time I've eaten white bread for days on end, your Excellency."
"Is that not possible to live in?"
"We have tents and guards protecting us. It couldn't be better, sir." He rubbed his hands together nervously.
"Then why are you in such a hurry to farm?"
"I heard that the white bread distributed to the soldiers was ordered by the benevolent Lord Mayor." He smiled innocently, "We are grateful for the kindness of the Lord Mayor.
But we have nothing to give in return. We just hope to cultivate the farmland quickly and sow the seeds before next spring.
That way, we can pay the grain tax next year."
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Zhang Mu was silent for a long while, but in the end he said nothing and patted him on the shoulder: "Live in peace."
After saying that, he led the two of them back the same way.
As soon as he entered the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, Leah rushed over with her arms outstretched: "Zhang...Brother!"
Zhang Mu squatted down and picked her up. He stroked her head and rubbed her bouncing cat ears: "Have you had breakfast?"
"Liya has eaten." As if she was worried that Zhang Mu wouldn't believe her, she hurriedly patted her belly while sitting on his arm.
Holding her in my arms and weighing her, I found that the little cat had gained a lot of weight, perhaps because of the good food.
It grew very fast, and its head was almost reaching his chin.
"Liya, where have you been?!" The second lady's panicked shout came from the main hall.
Then, she rushed out of the hall anxiously, and when she saw Leah being held by Zhang Mu, her hurried pace slowed down.
"Sister Palina, I'm here." She put her arm around Zhang Mu's neck and waved her other hand.
It seems that the two of them get along well.
Zhang Mu happily handed Leah to her and felt that he was extremely wise.
Ten days ago, Zhang Mu purchased a large amount of vegetables and wheat through an intermediary in the name of donating to the disaster area, and then he immediately returned to the other world.
Then, he used the excuse of a funeral to rage at the ladies and young ladies in the city lord's mansion all day long, and finally drove them all away.
Only the second wife, Palina, always looked weak and allowed herself to be beaten and scolded, which gave Zhang Mu a headache.
I can't find a suitable excuse.
There was no choice but to delay it for the time being, but by the time he personally took Leah to the City Lord's Mansion, he still hadn't found a reason.
One day, Sauron saw Zhang Mu banging his head on the desk in frustration. When he asked about this, he learned about it and smiled and said that there was no need to drive the second wife away.
Considering the character of the "city lord", it is very unusual that there is no wife in the mansion.
If he really forces the second wife away, he will have to look for a wife again, which would be even more annoying.
Zhang Mu simply kept Palina.
However, Leia, who did not want to live in the city lord's mansion and was extremely averse to contact with maids and guards, got along well with her.
Moreover, Palina took good care of Leah, so Zhang Mu gave up the idea of driving her away.