Urban Sims

Chapter 421 Zhucheng Alliance
after the agreement is signed.

The cloud of war has temporarily disappeared.

The forces of all parties who have been closely following the development of this conflict do not dare to jump to conclusions about which side will win in the end.

But at least for now, Zhenlin City, which suffered a slight loss, undoubtedly achieved an extremely brilliant victory.

The forces of all parties lost their glasses.

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

"Chixing Mountain lost, and the immortals lost! Zhenlin City, which is sure to lose, won?!"

"How could such absurd things happen in this world? A mere mortal, not to mention defeating a fairy, and not one of them died, did the world suddenly turn upside down?"

"Monsters, those guys in Zhenlin City are not human at all, but a group of monsters!"

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

"Zhenlincheng said from the very beginning that it would be good to go with them, and if you don't follow, you will lose... If I had known the result would be like this, the Tu family would have sent all the monks of the family to help Zhenlincheng!"

Countless voices were annoyed, regretful, and extremely worried, for fear that Zhenlin City would take back the agency rights of various commodities that could bring a lot of benefits.

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

"My Yang family can share weal and woe with Zhenlin City, and Zhenlin City will definitely value my Yang family and give the Yang family greater benefits!"

"Zhenlin City is so strong that the immortals are not afraid at all. The small contribution of my Jin family will definitely bring infinite rewards! This is all the insight of the Patriarch!"

"After this battle, there is no force in Zhenlin City that can restrict it. My Gao family should follow in the footsteps of Zhenlin City and get out of this small Golden Rock City to obtain greater benefits."

The Patriarch of the Gao family gazed like a torch, and murmured: "Perhaps, following that forest town, one day, I, a mortal, will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with an immortal."

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No matter how the forces of all parties comment and discuss, after the war readiness is lifted in Zhenlin City, all production activities have fully returned to normal.

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

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

One, Zhou Ming, who has been sitting at the head of the city for ten years, only has two months left until the end of his term. He plans to move his butt and support a newcomer to take over as the head of Zhenlin City.

However, this matter that follows a fixed procedure has attracted a lot of opposition.

Not only did the 24 city councilors not want him to resign, but Zhou Ming valued and trained Yang Zheng, his successor for many years, and approached him many times in private, saying that he was ignorant, immoral and incompetent, unable to manage such a large city. Nearly forty in the first year, still young, I hope to serve 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 deal with it.

In short, as the backbone of 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 do not understand the so-called "tenure system". If the head of the city is wise, let the head of the city continue to work. If the son of the head of the city succeeds, if he is also wise, then he will continue to work. ...That city is not like this, the city capital that changes every ten years?

Zhou Ming had no choice but to do ideological work for these people. He retired as the head of the city in accordance with the procedures agreed by everyone. No one should violate this set of procedures, and he must be the first to follow... This is for the benefit of everyone , but also for the future of Zhenlin City.

In addition, in the past 20 years, for the development of Zhenlin City, he has been busy without touching the ground. He has very little private time, too many affairs to deal with, and his practice has stagnated. He hopes to take off most of the burden and concentrate on doing it A few things.

Especially for the education system, he intends to personally check and speed up the training of students.

As for agriculture, industry, municipal administration, commerce, military, etc., Zhou Ming will not ignore them completely. After retiring, as a member of the city council, he can provide some suggestions for his development and will continue to participate in major decision-making. 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 over to Yang Zheng, asking him to implement the plan first after taking office.

"Zhucheng Business Alliance?"

Yang Zheng flipped through a few pages, a little puzzled: "Teacher, in the Armistice Agreement signed with Chixingshan a few days ago, didn't Chixingshan not allow Zhenlin City to expand 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 just want 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 the business of Zhenlin City has been greatly developed, the growth momentum has obviously dropped, and it is not as strong as before.

There are many reasons.

One is the crazy dumping of powerful commodities in Zhenlin City, which has encroached on the interests of countless traditional forces and attracted countless backlashes and boycotts. As a result, road taxes in many cities have been raised to unbearable levels.

Of course, the world is very big. Opening new roads, bypassing inhabited cities, or taking air routes can avoid road taxes, but the cost increase and additional losses brought about are often higher than the road tax paid.

The second is that after Zhenlin City exposes its powerful force, it will inevitably attract the attention of countless sects, as well as suspicion and vigilance. No one wants to become the second Chixing Mountain, and no one wants this mortal force to use all kinds of Exquisite goods, while earning the spirit coins in their hands, they also have the power to destroy them.

And once Zhenlin City is boycotted by various sects, it is foreseeable that the mortal cities under the control of these sects and all kinds of products produced in Zhenlin City will also be boycotted.

That was undoubtedly a huge blow to Zhenlin City.

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

It is still not stable to make profits by exporting...unless cheaper air transportation can be realized.

As for air transportation, some people must immediately think of things like hot air balloons, floating boats, and transport planes. In the past few years, Zhou Ming has also led people to do preliminary research, and they have also developed prototypes. Looking at various indicators such as cargo volume and voyage, the propeller-type transport aircraft equipped with "psychic aircraft" has the best economic benefits.

The only constraint is: the number of monks in Zhenlin City has not reached the level of large-scale promotion of "psychic machines".

The more reliable means of transport with a large capacity is still a steam locomotive running on ground tracks and powered 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.

The other is the "Golden Crow Track" from Jinyan City to Wuhe City.

Other cities, of course, have seen the benefits that the track can bring, but still have no plans to repair it.

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

And with great confidence, I believe 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' to form a three-city alliance, but they gave up because of Jinyan City's opposition. This time, they will definitely actively join .”

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

"Hundred Lakes City, this city is located in a flat and low-lying terrain, with vertical and horizontal rivers, and many lakes. It is suitable for the cultivation of spiritual crystal rice and the development of dried fish. In addition, I heard that several lakes in Baihu City are 'brine lakes' with very high salt content. High, we can provide technology to help them refine the salt in the brine lake, develop the salt industry, and create a lot of income..."

"The reserves of red crystals in Red Crystal City are not less than that of Jinyan City's Yaojinshi, and red crystals have a wide range of uses, but the people in Red Crystal City do not have the smelting technology to smelt them. 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, and Zhenlin City has technologies that they don't have."

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

Putting the proposal solemnly in Yang Zheng's hands, Zhou Ming encouraged him:

"You don't need to have too much psychological burden. You have done a lot of work well before. After you became the head of the city, you only focused on realizing the plans in this plan. If you can turn these plans into reality within five years, you He is a fully qualified and excellent city leader!"

"Ok!"

Yang Zheng nodded, feeling full of motivation and confidence.

(End of this chapter)