Chapter 557 Nation-building Plan
The establishment of the branch city of Ironforge did not delay Sunaifa too much time.
First, the so-called establishment of sub-cities, in fact, there is not much work to be done in terms of infrastructure.
眼光要放远，但是路还是得一步一步走的。
In the final analysis, the urban construction of Phoenix is still being planned and carried out, and even the expansion of the city hall will have to wait until next spring.
Hence, it is not realistic to impose strict urban requirements on Ironforge.
The essence of city construction under the current circumstances is identity transformation, rather than hardware reconstruction.
Other than the relocation of personnel, a change of rulers, and the removal of the totem symbols related to Winter's Hammer in the station, the rest is basically unchanged.
Of course, this is temporary.
After the subsequent city construction in Phoenix is completed, Ironforge will definitely be renovated and expanded in accordance with the city construction requirements.
But at least that’s the case for now.
So after Sunaifa made a plan to build a branch city with Aisha, and received a positive reply from Gothe and confirmed the name of Ironforge, he embarked on the journey back to Phoenix.
However, before leaving, they still took the lead in pulling ten Ethernet "network cables" in Ironforge, leaving ten access keys.
This is enough to ensure that messages between the two places are transmitted without delay.
Another point is that both of them are decision-makers, and the specific implementation must be left to their subordinates. They do not need to stay here to worry too much.
As for the selection of the governor of Ironforge, the branch city.
This is the core of sub-city management and is directly related to the subsequent stability of Ironforge. This is a major event.
However, Sunaifa quickly finalized it:
Winter's Hammer, as one of the three major tribes in the north that was once as famous as the Zhenbing Tribe, has three fourth-ring mages in the tribe.
They are War Mother Yarna, Great Elder Jolan and Thorfinn, the chief engineer of the forging workshop.
This is actually a characteristic of the northern tribes: the mage level is complementary to their own status. For people with high status, the mage level must be the highest in the tribe.
The reason is also very simple, it is because of the ice bloodline and "The Secret of Zhenbing".
People with high status will naturally be able to allocate the most ice marrow to enhance their bloodline strength, and the mage level will naturally be the highest.
War mother Yarna has died in the hands of Sunaifa, let’s not mention it for now.
The remaining two people are Joran and Thorfinn.
Jolan, a potentially dangerous person with both strength and reputation, according to Sunaifa's decision, will definitely leave Ironforge and take him to Phoenix under his nose.
This is to prevent him from "inciting tribesmen to revolt" if he is far away from the sky and the emperor is far away.
But Thorfinn is different. He is the alchemist with the highest forging skills in Winter's Hammer. He is a core figure in the original Winter's Hammer forging system and needs to stay in Ironforge to maintain the operation of the Ironforge forging system.
In other words, there will be a fourth-ring mage in Ironforge who is not a direct descendant of Phoenix.
In this case, Phoenix will definitely need to send a fourth-ring mage to suppress the situation.
As for Phoenix, there are only five fourth-ring mages in total.
That is, War Mother Sunaifa, Lanwen, who is the head of the northern office in the Blue Flame Islands, Claude, the warden of Valar Bay, Quentin, director of the Animal Husbandry Office, and Aldrin, who does not have a suitable position and is only temporarily serving as a "bodyguard" for various projects in Phoenix.
Needless to say, the first four people all hold important positions and cannot leave at all. They do not have the energy to serve as the governor of Ironforge at the same time.
Hence, this position naturally falls on Aldrin, who seems to be the most idle and indeed the most idle.
As for whether he is capable enough or not... Although Aldrin does not have an important position for the time being, he is at least strong enough. In addition, he is a veteran of Zhenbing and will obey orders absolutely, so there is no need to worry about loyalty issues.
As long as you listen to instructions, management skills can actually be developed slowly.
Phoenix, City Hall.
"Thank you for your hard work." Gothe said to Sunaifa and Aisha who were rushing back to Phoenix.
The two of them were followed by a sturdy middle-aged man.
As soon as he saw Gothe, the man immediately knelt down on one knee, and his heavy knee hit the stone ground with a dull sound.
He bowed his head heavily, "Jolan pays homage to His Highness."
It was Jolan, the great elder of Winter's Hammer.
He returned to Phoenix with Sunaifa, and was brought to see Gaude by her.
"Welcome to Phoenix." Gothe nodded slightly at Jolan and raised his hand to signal him to get up. His attitude was quite friendly.
Without him, Phoenix is really short of available people.
The establishment of Ironforge has made this problem more acute.
When finalizing the candidate for the governor of Ironforge, Gothe discovered that he had no choice at all.
This feeling of "stretched" once again reminded Gothe: Phoenix's expansion rate has far exceeded the growth rate of its talent pool.
With Phoenix developing so rapidly, the problem of lack of available people has always been unresolved, and this gap continues to expand.
Although Gaode has promoted education for all early.
Education is a slow process.
Far water cannot quench near thirst, nothing more than that.
This is still the case after Gothe brought Elsa from the outside world and subdued Kathleen and Quentin, otherwise the manpower would not be enough.
As a fourth-ring mage, Jolan is also the great elder of Winter's Hammer. He has assisted two war mothers, including Yarna, in managing Winter's Hammer.
No matter in terms of strength or ability, in the current northern border, they can be regarded as rare talents.
Although his origin is not "pure".
But in Phoenix, there are many people like Qiaolan who are not of "pure" background but hold important positions.
For Gaode, as long as his character is not seriously wrong, his ability matches the needs, and he is willing to contribute to the unification of the northern border, he is willing to trust and even reuse him.
——There is a very important premise that cannot be ignored, which is that Sunaifa can control the situation.
After getting up, Qiaolan still lowered his head slightly, not daring to look directly at Gaode, expressing awe.
This awe was partly due to Sunaifa's breathtaking strength. After all, he witnessed Yarna being frozen into an ice sculpture within a few breaths.
The other half comes from the visual impact he experienced after entering Phoenix: the changes in this city have completely subverted his understanding of the "Northern Tribe Settlement".
He knew that Phoenix was developing rapidly and growing in strength.
But only by setting foot in the city in person can Jolan truly feel how much Phoenix has changed.
It was so big that it no longer matched even the slightest bit with the appearance in his memory.
If nothing else, the street from entering the city to the city hall is flat and wide, with almost no snow on it.
And there is more than one such road, and Qiaolan can see a straight and intersecting branch road every other section.
This is the road?
Why should the road be built so wide?
Also, isn’t the road winding?
Why can it be as regular as a grid drawn with pens?
These are the questions that are lingering in Qiaolan's mind.
There are also regular buildings on the roadside. The size of the doors and windows and the thickness of the walls are almost the same, as if they were carved from the same mold; Sign;
The road is full of energetic Phoenix residents with rosy faces;
As for the endless sea of wheat outside the city, let alone the scale of farming, it is a scene that even Aisha, an outsider, is amazed by.
Jolan knew that all these changes began in the two years after Gothe came to Phoenix and became king.
In two years, he was able to transform Phoenix into this look!
This kind of surprise naturally turned into awe of Gao De.
In Qiaolan's view, this is a method that is even more heaven-defying than the five-ring spell and Sunaifa's Perfect Ice Arrow.
After a brief confrontation, Sunaifa asked Qiaolan to retreat temporarily.
After seeing Gaode's attitude, Qiaolan, who had been tensing his heartstrings on the way here, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, bowed respectfully again, and left.
His steps are a little lighter than when he came.
"Sit down first." After Jolan retreated, Gothe called the two of them to sit down: "What I'm going to talk to you about next is related to the future of the North."
Sunaifa and Aisha couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this, and they both saw a light in each other's eyes.
They vaguely guessed that what Gothe wanted to talk about was a topic they had thought about many times and had been waiting for Gothe to formally mention.
After the two of them sat down, Gothe came straight to the point: "After the establishment of Ironforge, Sunaifa, the matter you have been concerned about before has been officially put on the agenda."
After saying this, Sunaifa couldn't help but shrink his pupils: "What do you mean?"
"Yes, Jianguo!" Gothe nodded heavily, with unquestionable determination in his tone:
"Winter's Hammer has become Ironforge, and we have also begun to implement food sanctions on the Frostwolf clan. Their food reserves can last for two months at most. They will either surrender or we will take over by force. It is only a matter of time."
"Once these two major tribes are captured, all that remains for the unification of the northern territory is the finishing work, which is to clean up and integrate the scattered small tribes and resources in the fringe areas. These are not difficult problems."
"In the vast land of the North, there are countless resources and potential, waiting to be developed, but the people in the North are not capable of doing this."
"So these resources can never be of value, and the people in the North can only live a life of worrying about food and clothing, which makes the North a synonym for primitive backwardness."
"The fundamental reason is that there is no unified force to develop and no stable system to operate."
"Only by establishing political power can the scattered forces be twisted into a rope, and the North can truly get on the fast train of development."
Hich Although the two people did not know what a "train" was, they had no problem understanding Gaode's words, and they both nodded in agreement.
"It's just that the time was not ripe before, so I skipped mentioning the founding of the country." Gothe continued.
"The establishment of any political power must be based on "internal unity"". "
"In the past, there were many tribes in the north, each living their own lives, with very different cultural customs. Moreover, even the most basic peace could not be achieved between the large tribes, so how could we talk about building a country?"
"Now, we are about to unify the northern territory. At that time, we can integrate all tribes into the same system, follow unified laws, enjoy unified benefits, and there will be no internal wars or divisions. Such a stable situation is the first cornerstone of the founding of a country."
"But this is only the first step," Gothe glanced at the two of them and continued: "If you want to build a country, there are three steps in total.
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"The second step should be to mint coins and establish a unified monetary system." Aisha answered softly.
As a princess of a country, Aisha, who has directly participated in the management of the principality, is very proficient in the ways of political power.
"Yes." Gothe nodded heavily.
To build a country, if you don’t even have currency, what kind of country can you build?
Isn’t this a joke?
The operation of the political power requires economic support, and the underlying skeleton of the economy is currency.
Without currency, taxation, trade, etc. will become empty talk.
The reason why the soldiers launched Winter's Hammer originated from this.
"You have personally inspected the Ironforge's workshop, and it is fully capable of minting coins in batches, right?" Gothe said.
"Yes, coining is not an advanced craft, and the difficulty is much lower than forging extraordinary equipment.
As long as the temperature is sufficient and the equipment is complete, there is no need for a high-level alchemist. As long as the mold is made, ordinary people can completely perform this process after training." Aisha said.
"There is no need to worry about resources." Gothe took out a folded parchment, and after unfolding it, there were dense veins marked: "The exploration team sent out before has found three gold veins around Phoenix using the mine compass, and the reserves are astonishing;
The map you collected from Winter's Hammer also showed There are many gold veins, silver mines, and copper mines marked. "
"Coupled with the veins marked on the Snowfield Guardian map, at least the raw materials for the current currency are enough for us."
"More importantly, after defeating Winter's Hammer, we have a huge mining team."
Gao De continued to add: "The people of Winter's Hammer are already good at mining. They have complete mining methods, rich experience and corresponding tools. After they move to Phoenix, they can directly join the mining team and start mining the veins."
"As for Leni, I have already introduced Flora to her.
With Flora's help, the magic element reaction formula for the weak cold-resistant potion will be launched soon.
Once the magic element reaction formula is launched, it can be made in batches Create a weak anti-cold potion.
Once the potion can be produced and supplied in batches, miners can withstand extreme cold when working in the mine, and the mining efficiency can be increased by at least 30%. "
"As for now, there is no need to wait for mining, and the minting work can be started directly.
Gothe then dug out the summary of Winter's Hammer supplies that Sunaifa sent through Canglan: "The Winter's Hammer warehouse itself has a lot of gold and silver ore reserves, which are now used to make the raw materials for the first batch of currency." Gothe's tone became solemn: "And what we have to do now is to decide on the monetary system of Phoenix, or the North."
He put away the two pieces of parchment and glanced at the two of them: "Especially the name, logo, and shape of the currency, this must be decided first."