The Extraordinary Earl

"I thought you would turn the original small town into an inner city, and then expand the city outwards in parallel to build a larger circular city wall."

Luther said with a shrug.

"Now if you design it like this, the city will become a weird city." Luther looked at the small circles on the drawing again, and the design of the large circles was not reliable.

"Tear down the original city wall." Lelouch picked up a piece of eraser and erased the small circles within the large circles.

In other words, the newly built Pompeii will have no inner city.

The original old city will become the southern corner of the new city.

"Isn't this a waste? Tearing down the original old city wall takes a lot of effort and removes an inner city, which relatively reduces the city's defense."

Luther felt a little dissatisfied.

"What should we do? If we expand parallel to the old city into a circular city, it will inevitably include many developed farmlands in the south, causing harm to farmers. We might as well expand to the north and remove the northern forests. All felled and completely connected to the Barton Territory.”

"As for the defense of the inner city."

Speaking of this, Lelouch had a strange look on his face.

"If a metropolis is meant for fighting, it would be better not to build it."

Luther shrugged, as if he couldn't refute his words. If one day Pompeii needs to rely on Pompeii for resistance, then Pompeii is probably not far from destruction.

This was a metropolis, a prosperous huge market, the political and economic core of Pompeii.

It's better never to go through war.

And Lelouch was right, if the city expands outwards in parallel, it will definitely cause damage to the Pompeii Tunnels in the south and the farmland of the twenty villages.

Agriculture, which has been developed through every possible effort, will also be destroyed.

Might as well expand north.

The price is just to hire a group of people to tear down the original city wall, which seems to be a good deal.

Although the current construction of Pompeii is mainly focused on the mayor Lelouch, if Luther does not take action, then Lelouch will not be able to do anything.

Now that Luther agreed, the direction of the city's expansion was set.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Luther said to Lelouch: "I have already discussed with my partners that I need some land from the City Hall Planning Office to provide them with manufacturing plants and allow them to develop real estate."

Luther told Lelouch what happened.

"In the future, urban expansion and manufacturing prosperity are necessary. No city can survive relying on real estate. I will spend some time planning an industrial zone for them."

Lelouch nodded and said.

"Industrial areas must be planned, but there is another point. In the future planning of our city, there must be a school for lower age groups at regular intervals, and an area for the construction of higher education schools."

Luther said seriously.

"Luther, I know that you plan to build a series of colleges and universities to compete with the Royal Capital and big cities like the Golden City for students and make the city more prosperous. But what is the use of schools for lower age groups?"

Lelouch said a little puzzled.

There are two types of schools in this era, ordinary schools.

One is a school for lower age groups, and its official name is "lower education school."

One is "School of Higher Education."

For example, Kuba, Brown's alma mater, and the Royal Business School are a higher education institution that specializes in cultivating business talents.

There are just as few high-level schools as there are low-level schools.

There is no need to explain why there are so few higher education schools, but why are there just as few lower education schools?

The answer is that the aristocrats of this era preferred to hire tutors. For example, Luther grew up under the education of Teacher Qiao Xiu.

Only when nobles could not afford to hire tutors would they choose to send their children to lower education schools.

The most important thing is that civilians in this era basically do not go to school.

Luther wants to make some changes in this regard, and he will invest a lot of money in education.

Luther's future territory construction plan will be very grand, which will require a large number of talents, not only knights and wizards, but also many ordinary talents.

Luther felt that by investing money now to give civilians the right to receive education, civilians would provide huge impetus for the development of Pompeii in the future.

That is to say, invest first and make money later.

You will never lose money on this transaction.

But this time, Luther rarely explained to Lelouch, because he knew that even if she said it, Lelouch would not understand it.

Before Luther, no one cared whether common people could possess knowledge.

Hey.

"I think my metropolis will have a lot of middle class in the future, and there will be a lot of people who need to go to school. It's always good to have more schools."

Luther said with a shrug.

"All right."

Lelouch felt that this reason was very reluctant, but he still agreed. It's just a little bit of land left, it's not a big deal.

…………….

Three days later, it was a sunny afternoon.

West of Pompeii.

There is a small area of ​​farmland here, which is within the scope of Pompeii No. 6 Tunnel. If this city expansion plan is implemented, the farmland here will be included in the urban system.

Beyond the farmland is the forest, an endless deep forest.

Some people are operating on the edge of the forest, including a group of guards, some city hall officials, the most important ones are Luther, Amanda, Alice, and Lelouch.

Lelouch was wearing a round hat and thick clothes, holding a blueprint in his hand.

The wind was a bit strong at this time, and Lelouch had to cover his hat with his hands from time to time to prevent it from blowing away.

"Starting from here, five kilometers further west, I have planned a piece of land there for you, Miss Amanda, to plant mulberry trees and for Miss Alice to build a pasture. However, because the price of the land sold to you two is not high, the municipal government The department will not help you cut down the trees, you have to hire workers yourself.”

Lelouch said.

"Why is it so far away? How many workers do I have to hire to cut down such a large forest?" Alice was a little dissatisfied and crossed her arms, highlighting the majesty even more.

She is a woman of substance.

Whether it's capital or money.

"Because this is the second expansion of the city, and if nothing else happens, there will be a third expansion. First, choose your and Miss Amanda's land far away to avoid being affected by the city's third expansion, which will cause harm to your industry. Trouble. Especially Miss Amanda, once the mulberry trees are successfully planted, there will be countless years of economic benefits.”

Lelouch explained.

This explanation was barely acceptable, but Alice would be annoyed by the thought of having to move her ranch if the city expanded.

"Then the industrial zone will be set up nearby?" Luther stepped on the land under his feet with great interest. It was still a farmland, but in the near future, it would become an industrial zone.

would become the heart of Pompeii's manufacturing industry.

"Yes, this will be the industrial area of ​​the future." Lelouch nodded.