Meng Wei's thoughts flickered, and the System Interface appeared in his consciousness.
City Name: Slag City
City Lord: Meng Wei
[Remaining Points: 5970]
[Level: Level 1 Town]
[Populations: 588/1000 (rewards for completion)]
[Trade volume: 15000 Guan/10000 Guan (Completed)]
[Food reserves: 1000 people/year (enough to feed 1000 people for a year)]
[Number of Shops: 10/50 (Reward for completion)]
Factory: 0
[Defense: 4000]
Meng Wei saw that the city's defense was no longer zero, but had reached 4000 points. He wasn't sure how this combat power was converted.
However, with 4000 combat power, he could withstand the repeated attacks of the Tibetan army.
If the defense continued to increase, Meng Wei found it hard to imagine that anyone could break through the city.
Unless the other party directly evolved into the era of firearms.
In addition, Meng Wei saw that the trade volume had been completed, and the unit of measurement had automatically changed from silver to Guan.
In the Tang Empire, the smelting technology was not developed, so gold and silver were scarce.
At that time, the so-called gold was mostly just brass.
Real gold and silver were very scarce and were hoarded by the high officials and nobles at home. There was no officially recognized exchange ratio between gold and silver coins.
It all depended on how the individual bargained and the market situation at that time.
There were no new trade missions in the trade volume column. It was obvious that they would wait for the town to upgrade to level 2 before they would issue new missions.
If he wanted to upgrade a town, the only thing he lacked was population and the number of Shops.
Shops were easy to deal with. There were a lot of idle properties in Scum City.
There were many shops on the street, roughly 200 of them.
Meng Wei immediately called Chun Tianhe over.
"City Lord, what orders do you have?"
Chun Tian He lowered her head, feeling extremely shy.
When she was practicing martial arts with Meng Wei, she was repeatedly attacked by him on her butt, making her so embarrassed that she didn't even dare to look at him.
Meng Wei's lips curled up slightly. Seeing this peerless beauty blushing, he felt that she was very cute.
Although it was summoned by the system, it was still a real person made of flesh and blood. The various emotions and physiological reactions of humans were the same.
With such a beautiful woman hanging around in front of him all day, Meng Wei couldn't help but want to take her down several times.
However, in the end, his rationality prevailed over his desire, and he finally kept his bottom line.
Although it was a little tiring, Meng Wei still felt very fulfilled.
Meng Wei knew that distance made the heart grow fonder. If he couldn't help but break the precepts, some things would change.
"Gather all the people in the city who seem to be doing business.”
Meng Wei said.
"Yes, sir! City Lord!"
With a flash of light, Chun Tian He disappeared.
It had to be said that Chun Tian He's Lightness Skill was very impressive. Even Meng Wei could not compare to it.
Soon, more than forty men and women of all ages were gathered.
This number surprised Meng Wei.
After all, it was easy to earn money by doing business. It was not as hard as working in the fields. There were 588 commoners in the city.
Excluding the guards and the administrative staff, there were a total of 38 people. Excluding the children and those who were too old, there were a total of 400 able-bodied people left.
Out of the 400 people, only 43 came.
It had to be said that the people of the Great Tang had not changed their mindset, which was the same as the Great Tang's emphasis on agriculture over commerce.
Most people still felt that it was more practical to work in the fields.
Meng Wei didn't say much. After all, these 30 or so people were enough to increase the number of Shops in Scum City to the required level.
"My fellow villagers, everyone here wants to do business. Today, I've gathered everyone here to help you run a shop for free. Moreover, all kinds of goods will be provided by this city lord. You're only responsible for selling, and you'll also receive the profits you deserve!”
Meng Wei said confidently to the commoners.
After Meng Wei finished speaking, there was no cheering as expected. Instead, there were more whispers and whispers.
Meng Wei had opened his Conception and Governor Meridians, so his hearing was extremely sharp.
If he wanted to, he could even reach the point where a pin drop could be heard in the downtown area.
He heard the crowd's discussion.
"We only have these few commoners in Scum City. Who are we going to sell the goods to?”
"That's right. Moreover, we're so far away. Who would come here to buy things?”
"Yeah, Scum City is basically a pool of stagnant water. I feel that it's more reliable to farm and be self-sufficient.”
Meng Wei wasn't angry after hearing the discussions of the commoners.
After all, what the commoners were thinking about were all real problems.
Even the shops that existed in Slag City were just flour grinders, butchers, tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, and so on.
Basically, all of them were moved over from the villages back then.
It was just enough to satisfy the needs of the people in the city. It was closely related to their production and life.
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