A strange world

Chapter 1080 Section 2. Ongoing tense

The Liberty City that fell back to Gem Bay has filled the hole left by the initial liftoff, but it won't take long before a larger pit will appear.

In addition to wealth such as population and trade, which take time to accumulate, the money collected from the new royal capital is enough for them to purchase another medium-sized arcane energy core.

"So we can double the area of ​​Liberty City? It is now 1,250 meters. If we double it... it will be 2,500 meters!"

No one will ever say that Liberty City is just a floating castle!

Annan, who was already imagining how to use the extra area, found Olmedo looking at him.

"What's wrong?"

Olmedo sighed and closed the note: "My honorary principal, what is the range of a small arcane energy core?"

"Five hundred meters."

"Those five small arcane energy cores must be 2,500 meters away, right?"

"Uh... okay." Annan felt that his scalp was itchy, as if he was about to grow Martin, "How many meters is that?"

"Probably..." Mr. Olmei simply did the math in his head, "1,750 meters."

"Only 500 meters more in diameter?"

"It's quite a lot. The third arcane energy core adds even less."

Five hundred meters, the price is 2.5 million gold coins, which is equivalent to 10,000 gold coins and only adds two meters to the perimeter of Liberty City... It doesn't seem very expensive if you think about it.

Olmedo looked out the window and saw countless ships drifting in the bay in the distance. Deep in the white clouds, Wilhelm's floating city looms: "With two arcane energy cores, Liberty City can turn from a small village into a small town..."

"What if there is a third one?"

"It's still a small town."

Annan looked at where Olmedo was looking. Countless miles away, the floating city was still clearly visible. The Liberty City at this moment might only be as big as one of its streets.

Olmedo withdrew his gaze and pushed a stack of documents that could completely block Annan in front of him: "This is a matter left between us and the Kingdom of Ruikanl——"

"I think I haven't fed Lily yet..."

Annan walked out very naturally.

Bang!

When I walked to the door, the door suddenly closed without any wind.

"What's going on!?" Annan expressed panic

Being locked up in an office full of official documents... This kind of thing is so terrifying that it's indescribable!

Behind Annan, a cold voice sounded: "I asked Master Dumbledore to help install the Annan trap."

"Annan what?"

“The door opens as you pass by, and you can’t help but wonder when you come in and the door closes.”

Annan loudly accused: "It's because they always make these useless things that Mushroom House's improvement of gunpowder is so slow!"

Olmedo stood up, walked to Annan, held his shoulders, and pushed him towards the desk: "Let's do something serious, Master Annan."

She pressed Annan into the seat that was still warm. Annan still wanted to struggle: "Where's Itilia? She comes just in time to do these housework..."

"Your eldest sister has to deal with government affairs for more than twelve hours a day. She hasn't slept in three days."

Itilia was Annan's Achilles' heel. He had no excuses and sat there honestly, picking up the top layer of the endless documents and flipping through them.

[Multiple unique research recommendations and related reports on improving administrative efficiency and optimizing department duties in Liberty City]

"Olmedo, Olmedo! Why can't I understand the words all of a sudden! This is not lingua franca, or even any words I know!" Annan shouted.

Olmedo's eyes jumped over Annan's shoulder and glanced at the title: "What do you want to say?"

"A free soul should not be restrained."

"You want freedom? Well, give me Liberty City and give you freedom."

"Really?" Annan said in surprise.

Realizing that Annan really wanted to agree, Olmedo raised his forehead and said, "It's fake...forget it, you try this."

She pulled out dozens of pages of documents and put them in front of Annan.

Annan turned to the first page. There were still a lot of words, but at least they were connected together and could be understood.

The first article is saying that the refugees from the Kingdom of Rekaner are filling up the Free City, and there is no room for it anymore.

"I remember there are still many empty mansions?"

"We are bringing back hundreds of thousands of people, and no matter how many houses we have, it will not be enough."

"What do you think?"

"My previous idea was to limit the number of citizens. Only outstanding people can become citizens of Liberty City, but you don't like it very much."

"Well. Some people are citizens, and some are not. As more and more policies are only enjoyed by citizens, citizenship will become another privilege. Everyone is building a free city, so why should some people use nothing? Do you get more?”

"Then let's use meritocracy. Wilhelm's ancient floating city used this system."

“What is meritocracy?”

"Everyone is a citizen, but only the outstanding, gifted, talented, and contributing people can live in Liberty City. There are no privileges, it's all based on ability, and we can select talents to the greatest extent possible."

"This is what I'll do until I think of a better way."

After wiping his forehead and seeing no sweat, Annan turned to the second page: the placement of the kingdom's nobles.

Annan raised his head, and Olmedo, knowing that he was going to make excuses again, answered quickly: "Has anyone ever said that you look very charming when handling official business?"

"I'm very charming even when I'm not doing business."

Olmedo opened his mouth slightly, unable to refute.

Annan, who had left her speechless, continued: "I think it's too slow to handle things one by one like this."

"oh?"

"It's easy to break a branch, but it's hard to break ten branches. Why don't we gather all the officials in the city together to discuss and improve their efficiency while developing their abilities."

Olmedo pondered: "That's a good suggestion... I'll talk to them sometime."

Annan stood up suddenly, almost hitting Olmedo's chin: "No need to find a time, I'll have them arrested now... No, invite them to suffer... No, invite them to be trained!"

...

In the evening, Annan came to the parliament hall with Lily in his arms.

Footsteps and voices sounded, and other people came one after another.

In addition to the old people in Free City, Bronzebeard, Losey, Dumbledore and others, there were also newcomers who emerged in this war, such as Little Small, Barr, and Renato.

Seeing Annan, Evelyn exclaimed: "This is big news... How did you get Annan to sit there so quietly?"

Olmedo, who was pushing Idyllia's wheelchair, smiled: "I just told him that his elder sister was overwhelmed by official duties and didn't rest for several days."

Idyllia's pale cheeks flushed: "You don't have to tell him this..."

"He still wants to run around for such a big thing. No matter what, he will only go further in the future."

Idyllia smiled gently: "You are more like this sister than I am."

On the other side, Annan, who saw that everyone was there, put Lily aside and patted a pile of documents that he could lean his arms on.

"You should all know what we are going to do tonight. I have asked the kitchen to prepare a midnight snack, so you won't go hungry."

"Great!" Evelyn cheered with both hands raised.

Annan was very satisfied with everyone's morale: "Now let's discuss the first topic: the resettlement of the kingdom's nobles."