In Aishi's old way of thinking, new large and medium-sized cities were mostly developed from small villages.
It wasn't that the higher-ups started building a city just because they had the idea. Instead, it was that the citizens needed a city. With enough population as the foundation, a city would naturally form.
After all, unlike Earth, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, a magical world like Aishi's had plenty of wastelands. A city's first consideration was its safety and functionality.
After satisfying the most basic requirements of safety and stability, the citizens' pursuit of life goals and means of livelihood naturally extended to the city's functionality, or in other words — the city's characteristics.
Port cities were developed step by step from small fishing villages because they needed ports. Commercial cities were mostly located on major transportation routes, and border cities were often highly militarized.
Based on this concept, Aishi's city planning had two mainstream approaches.
The first was to construct a large city with multiple functional areas. The living areas, commercial areas, industrial areas, administrative areas, and so on were all planned out. The first step was to create a large city.
Such a city was typically a mega-city that required a huge investment. Most of the time, it was the territory of a major domain lord or the capital of a country.
It was well-planned, had many functions, and was quite convenient and comfortable to live in. The city's layout was also orderly, and the advantages were obvious.
The second, and also the most common, was to use a functional area (special area) as the core. The core area would be built first. For example, a commercial city's bazaar, a port city's harbor, an industrial city's mining area/industrial area, or a religious city's cathedral/temple area.
Only the core functional area's residents wouldn't be able to live there. In terms of layout, other areas would naturally be added, such as the living areas, commercial areas, and so on.
Of course, such a city's layout would be quite chaotic. Cities that were repeatedly torn down and rebuilt, with narrow roads that weren't enough, and heavily polluted industrial areas with schools and residential buildings were most likely this type of city.
When a city reached a certain scale, such a classification would become meaningless. A large, comprehensive city would also develop many functional areas, and a functional city would also have various supporting areas. In the end, the only difference would be the layout.
But in the early and middle stages of a city's development, such a difference in development would have a great impact. The city's style and branding would be established during this period.
"… Our city, Vila Nova Dônia, is a functional city. It's a functional city that focuses on living and entertainment. After the first phase of construction is completed, more than 70% of the city's districts will be living and entertainment districts without any defensive capabilities. "
In a way, this completely went against Ansorenne's so-called common sense.
In the chaotic and dangerous Ansolion, most cities were built with fortresses as the standard. It would make anyone think that the designers of the Ansolion Empire had a screw loose in their heads if they tried to pursue enjoyment right from the start.
However, this construction plan had been decided from the very beginning.
After an invisible ceiling blocked out the bombardment of lightning, the mage towers were organized one by one, and the energy they absorbed was stored as backup resources for the city. A large number of engineers completed the framework of the main city area, and immediately began to build residential buildings and entertainment facilities.
Because soon, the first batch of residents would arrive.
Making the residents of the primitive tribes become the citizens of the district planning was probably more difficult than the reconstruction of the city center or the construction of the satellite city.
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. "" Please register at the left tower of the city gate and receive your resident card. Bedding and meal vouchers will be given out immediately. "
A large sign was erected at the city gate … or rather, where the city gate was supposed to be. Since the construction schedule was far too full right now, the city gate was still far behind the city walls … That's right, this city didn't even have city walls.
Simple barbed wire and wooden fences marked out the general location of the city. Large machines and mage towers occupied the sky, with warships taking off and landing in the sky.
They were quite busy with their work as well. They were fighting for time. If they gave the wasteland tribes enough time to communicate with each other, the contracts they signed on the spot would likely become useless. Now that the lightning season was preventing them from communicating, they were trying to recruit as many new residents as they could.
"Ah, we're almost full. If you don't come soon, there won't be any more houses for you."
"Tall buildings and houses … You say that you don't know what tall buildings are? Er, they're houses like those in Cape Town. Plus, there's a light inside and a water source that you can drink as you wish. "
The final period of time before the lightning season ended was the golden period for recruiting people (labor) into the city, as well as the final preparation period.
Yes, that's right, the preparation period.
Obviously, the New Gods from Aishi were prepared for the worst.
After all, in order to make people accept your existence in the Ansorenne, it wasn't enough to rely on friendliness and words alone. If a new faction didn't experience something, it would be impossible for it to reach a balance with the existing factions.
However, this didn't have much to do with Rorschach and the Game Church.
After the adjustment of their development strategy, Rorschach and his team were already very open-minded.
Originally, he might have traveled back and forth between Cape Town and Mount Sainte in order to reach a compromise. Or, he might have continued to work hard to track down the Evil God in Cape Town and get rid of this unstable ticking time bomb as soon as possible.
But now, he was putting all his energy into the construction of the Game Church in the new city area, communicating with the Eagle Tribe in private (deepening their friendship), and spreading the teachings of the Game Church in Cape Town … It could be said that he was wholeheartedly serving the Game Church.
Unfortunately, because they didn't have any ships that could move in the lightning season, their communication with the Eagle Tribe was rather passive … But this also strengthened the Game Church's determination to build their own fleet.
Other than waiting for the public ships to pick up people, they also took a few trips to Mount Sainte. Then, they sent some fresh fruits, fresh meat, and other supplies as consolation to the residents who were trapped on the mountain peak. Then, they "accidentally" mentioned the new city's established vegetable, fruit, and meat markets, as well as the excellent living conditions.
Of course, the private transactions and communication also achieved some results.
At the very least, the Eagle Tribe was now most familiar with Rorschach, the Descender who frequently came and went. Rorschach, Salia, and Elder Marsha also had private conversations several times, but it was obviously impossible to convince them to place their bets on the Game Church now.
After bumping into a wall several times, Rorschach also learned how to joke around. The communication also shifted to exchanging information and strengthening "friendships". After all, even if they successfully entered the new city, the Eagle Tribe wouldn't completely let go of Mount Sainte. They also needed to find trustworthy allies in the new city. This bit of friendship and goodwill was very likely to affect the final decision … This was probably what they meant by forming good karma. Or to put it bluntly, even if business didn't work out, friendship still existed.
Of course, in this Tribal society where the strong preyed on the weak as a clear social rule, friendliness and gifts weren't enough.
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