Urban Sims

After the agreement is signed.

The clouds of war have temporarily disappeared.

All parties who have been paying close attention to the progress of this conflict dare not jump to conclusions about which side will win in the end.

But at least for now, Zhenlin City, which suffered minor losses, has undoubtedly achieved an extremely brilliant victory.

All the forces from all sides lost their glasses.

In Jinyan City, two completely different family sitcoms are staged everywhere.

"Chixing Mountain lost, and the immortals actually lost! Zhenlin City, which was bound to lose, actually won?!"

"How could such a ridiculous thing happen in this world? A mere mortal defeated an immortal, not to mention that no one on our side died. Has the world suddenly turned upside down?"

"Monsters, those guys in Zhenlin City are not humans at all, they are just a bunch of monsters!"

"It's over. The glassware sales agency rights of my Qi family in ten cities will definitely be taken away by Zhenlin City. If Zhenlin City is in trouble, and my Qi family didn't help, the agency rights will definitely be taken away by Zhenlin City. It's over!"

"Zhenlin City said from the beginning that there are benefits to going with them. If you don't follow, there will be nothing... If I had known the result would be like this, the Tu family would definitely send all the family monks to help Zhenlin City!"

Countless voices are feeling annoyed, regretful, and extremely worried, fearing that Zhenlin City will take back the agency rights for various commodities that can bring a lot of benefits.

Naturally, there are also a few voices celebrating and ecstatic, and the family is boiling.

"If our Yang family can share the joys and sorrows with Zhenlin City, Zhenlin City will definitely value our Yang family and give them greater benefits!"

"Zhenlin City is so powerful that even the immortals are not afraid at all. The small contribution of my Jin family will definitely be exchanged for endless rewards! This is all due to the wise eyes of the family master!"

"After this battle, Zhenlin City has no power that can restrict it. I, the Gao family, should follow Zhenlin City's footsteps closely and go out of this small Jinyan City to obtain greater benefits."

The head of the Gao family had bright eyes and murmured: "Perhaps, by following Zhenlin City, one day I, a mortal, can be on par with the immortals."

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No matter how various forces evaluate and discuss, in Zhenlin City, after the war readiness state was lifted, all production activities have fully returned to normal.

The lives of millions of city residents have returned to peace.

At this time, Zhou Ming was mainly busy with two things.

One, Zhou Ming, who has been at the head of the city for ten years, has only two months left to serve. He plans to move his butt and support a new person to take the position of head of Zhenlin City.

But this matter, which followed a fixed procedure, attracted opposition from blockbusters.

Not only do the 24 city councilors do not want him to step down, but Yang Zheng, the successor whom Zhou Ming has valued and trained for many years, has also approached him in private many times, saying that he has little talent, no morals and no ability, and is unable to manage such a large city. Moreover, the city Nearly forty years old in the first year, still young, I hope to serve for two more terms!

What's more, the crisis in Zhenlin City has not been completely resolved. Once Chixingshan tears up the agreement and suddenly targets Zhenlin City, Zhenlin City may not be able to respond.

In short, as the backbone of the millions of people in Zhenlin City, no one wants the founder of Zhenlin City to step down early.

There are even quite a few people who don't understand the so-called "tenure system". If the leader of the city is wise, then let him continue to work. After the son of the leader of the city succeeds, if he is also wise, then he should continue to work. ...That city is not like this, with a city head that changes every ten years?

Zhou Ming had no choice but to do ideological work for these people. When he retired as the city leader, he followed the procedures agreed upon by everyone. No one was allowed to violate this procedure, and he had to be the first to take the lead in abiding by it... This was for the benefit of everyone. , and for the future of Zhenlin City.

In addition, in the past twenty years or so, for the development of Zhenlin City, he has been very busy, with very little private time, too many things to deal with, and his practice has been at a standstill. He hopes to relieve most of the burden and concentrate on Do a few things.

Especially regarding the education system, he plans to personally check it and speed up the training of students.

As for agriculture, industry, municipal administration, commerce, military, etc., Zhou Ming will not completely ignore it. After retiring, as a member of the city council, he can provide some development suggestions and will continue to participate in major decisions, but most matters Above, his role is that of a "consultant."

Moreover, before officially retiring, Zhou Ming also formulated a plan for the "Zhucheng Business Alliance" and handed it to Yang Zheng, asking him to start implementing the plan after taking office.

"Zhucheng Business Alliance?"

Yang Zheng flipped through a few pages and was a little confused: "Teacher, in the Armistice Agreement signed with Chixing Mountain a few days ago, doesn't Chixing Mountain not allow Zhenlin City to expand externally and annex other cities?"

Zhou Ming shook his head:

"Business is business, how can it be confused with expansion? Is it because of the existence of an agreement that we don't even develop normal business?"

"On the contrary, we are going to take advantage of this opportunity to vigorously develop business alliances and extend the interests of Zhenlin City!"

In fact, in the past two years, although Zhenlin City's business has developed greatly, the growth momentum has obviously declined and is not as strong as before.

There are many reasons.

One is the crazy dumping of powerful products in Zhenlin City, which has usurped the interests of countless traditional forces and attracted countless backlash and resistance. As a result, the road tax in many cities has been increased to an unbearable level.

Of course, the world is a big place. You can avoid road tax by opening new roads, bypassing inhabited cities, or taking air transport routes, but the cost increase and additional losses are often higher than the road tax paid.

Second, after Zhenlin City exposes its powerful force, it will inevitably attract the attention, suspicion and vigilance of countless sects. No one wants to become the second Scarlet Star Mountain, and no one wants this mortal force to use all kinds of power. Exquisite goods, while earning spiritual coins from their hands, they also have the strength to destroy them.

Once Zhenlin City is boycotted by various sects, it is foreseeable that the mortal cities under the control of these sects and the various commodities produced by Zhenlin City will also be boycotted.

That was undoubtedly a huge blow to Zhenlin City.

Therefore, Zhenlin City needs to adopt various methods to win over more alliances and expand internal demand. It is best to form a large internal market and achieve healthy internal consumption and circulation.

Profiting from foreign exports is still not stable...unless cheaper air transportation can be achieved.

As for air transportation, some people must have immediately thought of things like hot air balloons, suspended boats, and transport aircraft. In recent years, Zhou Ming has also led people to do preliminary research and developed prototypes. Finally, he found that from the perspective of speed and load, Taking a comprehensive look at various indicators such as cargo volume and range, propeller transport aircraft equipped with "Psychic Machines" have the best economic benefits.

The only restriction is that the number of monks in Zhenlin City is not yet large enough to promote "psionic machines" on a large scale.

Today's more reliable means of transportation with large carrying capacity are steam locomotives that run on ground tracks and are driven by burning firewood.

In the current "Twin Cities Alliance", there are only two tracks in total.

One is the "Zhenjin Track" from Zhenlin City to Jinyan City.

Another one is the "Jinwu Track" from Jinyan City to Wuhe City.

Other cities, of course, have seen the benefits that rail tracks can bring, but still have no plans to repair them.

In the "Zhucheng Business Alliance" plan formulated by Zhou Ming, he planned more than 50 rail lines with a total length of more than 50,000 miles in 33 cities with a population of one million, and planned to complete these rail lines within five years. Build a strong business alliance.

And I am very confident that more than 30 cities will join.

He said:

"Needless to say, Wuhe City has been assimilated by us a long time ago. Two years ago, they clamored to join the 'Twin Cities Alliance' and form a three-city alliance. However, they gave up due to the opposition of Jinyan City. This time, they will definitely join actively. .”

"Bihua City, there is a kind of Bihua tree in this city. The paper produced is white and soft, with a long shelf life. The papermaking industry can be transferred to Bihua City to specialize in the production of various types of paper."

"Baihu City, this city is located in a flat and low-lying terrain with crisscrossing rivers and numerous lakes. It is suitable for planting spiritual crystal rice and developing the dried fish industry. In addition, I heard that several lakes in Baihu City are 'brine lakes' with very high salt content. Gao, we can provide technology to help them refine the salt in the brine lake, develop the salt industry, and create considerable profits..."

"The reserves of Red Crystal Stone in Red Crystal City are no less than the Yaojin Stone in Jinyan City, and Red Crystal Stone has a wide range of uses. However, the people in Red Crystal City do not have the smelting technology to smelt it. They have been selling low-end raw ore for so many years. We can provide advanced smelting technology to help them create greater wealth."

"There are other cities that can develop characteristic industries belonging to these cities, but Zhenlin City has technologies that they do not have."

"In short, the theme of the Zhucheng Business Alliance is mutual benefit and win-win results. Cooperating with Zhenlin City is equivalent to shaking hands with opportunities and embracing interests. No one will refuse this kind of good thing."

Putting the plan solemnly into Yang Zheng's hands, Zhou Ming encouraged him:

"There is no need to have too much psychological burden. You have done a lot of work well before. After you become the city leader, you will only focus on realizing the plans in this plan. If you can turn these plans into reality within five years, you will He is an excellent city leader who is fully qualified!"

"Um!"

Yang Zheng nodded, feeling full of motivation and confidence.