Chapter 60 The Great Rome

If you can imagine the construction miracle of Rome Island in the first year, then you can understand why the current Holy Sword City is so great.

-Economist Franks

On Rome Island, Elvin witnessed the birth of a miracle with his own eyes.

When I first arrived at Rome Island, there were less than 3,000 residents on the island, most of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled, and only more than 300 people could use.

On Rome Island, about 300 elf slaves who do not want to return to the elf forest have established an elf village on the island, employing more than 100 elf craftsmen with high salaries, responsible for the production of various handicrafts and handicrafts, and more than 300 foreign human civilians who have obtained legal residency. 0 people, more than 15,000 slaves were bought.

If demographic changes are not enough to satisfy people, there are more achievements enough to shock everyone.

With Morgan's efforts, there has been a new sailing school on the island, with more than 20 senior crystal-powered boat sailor teachers and more than 200 sailors selected by slaves and civilians. In addition to the Sailor Academy, there is also a primary school and a middle school on the island, two schools with professors. Many practical knowledge, such as computing, farming knowledge, writing, morality, but not involving theology and other disciplines. These schools take care of 1,432 school-age children.

The original three villages on the island have been connected by clean stone roads. Horse-drawn carriages and ox carts are flowing on the road. In the middle of the three villages, a towering castle has been built. The castle is all made of boulders and steel plates, which is extremely strong. Under the castle, large commercial streets have begun to be built. There are large residential areas, more than 70% of the new residents on Rome Island have their own wooden or stone houses, and more than 10% of the original residents and foreign civilians have their own independent double-decker villas. After reclamation, the island has 30,000 mu of arable land, 2,000 cattle and 1,700 pigs, and more than 1,600 islanders are engaged in agricultural production.

The mining of iron ore, the only mineral on the island, has begun to take shape, and 2,000 slaves are working hard for their legal identity. In the whole year since Hubert took charge of iron ore and resumed production, more than 230,000 tons of high-quality iron ore have been mined. With the reclamation of farmland, manufacturing and sale and other purposes, a total of more than 100,000 trees have been cut on Rome Island this year, and the elves have planned to restore more than 40,000 trees.

With the purchased ore and the ore produced by the iron ore on the island, under the leadership of the Kunt blacksmith, 317 blacksmiths and workers produced 110,000 tons of qualified iron plates and steel, which fully satisfied the various constructions of Rome Island, and even helped Arcado design the dam on the island. This newly built dam has a water storage function. And several large waterwheels were built downstream, using waterwheels for irrigation, and two new blacksmiths laid by the river, using waterwheels to strike iron, saving manpower and making the quality of steel produced more unified.

Old Tom formed three fleets under the help of the new captain Abner, one led by Old Tom, responsible for the route from Rome Island to Melok Province, with a total of 4 Black Pearl-class merchant ships; one temporarily led by Meadow, responsible for the route between Rome Island and Luolei Province, with a total of 5 Black Pearl-class merchant ships; one Led by Abner, it is responsible for the route from Rome Island to the Elf Forest, with a total of 3 Black Pearl-class merchant ships. The three fleets have added up to more than 300 crew members.

Through this huge merchant ship team, a large number of materials or slaves are transported back to Romem Island every three or five days, and a large number of goods and crafts are also transported from Rome Island to be sold all over the world. Now the weekly transaction volume alone has reached 2 million gold coins. When the Holy Empire spans more than 40 provinces, the annual tax revenue is only more than 67 million gold coins, and there will be no surplus of more than 10 million gold coins. If there is a war with the Eternal Night Empire, there may be a fiscal deficit, so that Rome Island has become a golden island in people's eyes. .

Jianye Port has become an exaggerated huge harbor. More than 2,000 slaves also worked hard day and night to build 22 wharfs, including 4 black pearl-grade special wharves, 8 general wharfs, and 10 wharfs were pre-built for larger crystal-powered ships. Similarly, two smaller docks were left at the beginning and are still in production. In addition, four larger and more complete large docks that have been built have been put into production at any time. There are 300 skilled workers and more than 200 apprentices in the docks. They will be the backbone of the future Lomai shipbuilding industry.

The crystal reserves on the island are now nearly saturated, and the mountain of crystals in the warehouse are even more than the reserves of a crystal mine. If Rome Island is calculated according to the existing crystal consumption, these crystals are enough for Rome Island to be used after 2000.

With more and more frequent exchanges, more and more merchants from southern provinces have come to Rome Island, because at the price of a few gold coins, they can take a boat to Rome Island to invest and return to the mainland of Yavia almost at any time, which makes businessmen find business opportunities. The poor on Rome Island are very rich. This is because their salary is very high, and they have a large number of gold coins and valuable luxury goods, but they lack a lot of things, so all kinds of businesses have mushroomed on Romem Island.

Tourism is the first to develop. The ultra-high-speed long voyage by unpowered iron ships is very attractive in itself, not to mention that you can enjoy the mysterious and alternative island fun of the elf village on Rome. Then hotels, shops, personal slave trading markets, cake shops, pubs, restaurants, and even brothels and casinos appeared on the island.

Acardo did not explicitly prohibit brothels and casino business, but he asked casinos to set quota limits and banned gambling with non-gold coins. The management of brothels is stricter. Once a woman dissolves the marriage because her partner enters the brothel, the man will pay 40% more of his personal property.

McVallon has not been idle for nearly a year. He and the elf baron Gavin formed the only legal military force on the island. Now Rome Island has 1,000 strong soldiers, most of whom are expensive cavalry and can board the ship to fight at sea at any time. They were personally named by Arcado. These armies have their own standard armor and uniforms. They are strong and powerful, and their treatment is also very good, which makes them one of the enviable professions on Rome. They are loyal and brave, and most of them are stationed in the newly built castle. A small number are responsible for the security of the larger urban areas of Rome Island.

At the party celebrating the first anniversary of the development of Romem Island, Arcado excitedly announced to all the guests that the development of Romem Island in the first year was over-completed, and Romem has been reborn!

"Dear ladies and gentlemen." Arcado picked up the exquisite wine glass in front of him, raised it gentlemanly and said loudly, "For the rich Rome! Cheers!"

"For the great Rome! Cheers!" All the guests held their glasses high.

"Hello, my name is Tessa." A beautiful girl came to Arcado's side, stretched out her hand and took Arcado's hand. There was no scruples at all. Just as Arcado and Meadow were stunned, she continued to say, "I'm the daughter of Abner, the captain of the Abna fleet, and my name is Tessa. My mother is a member of the original elf team. I'm very happy to be I know you, Lord Arcado. I have always been your most loyal admirer. After saying that, he kissed Arcado on the cheek and ran away quickly.

"It's another little girl who worships you." Meadow looked at the twisted lip prints on Arcado's face with a smile and handed Arcado a handkerchief.

"Why did you say it again?" Aka asked while wiping his face.

"The three female crew members on my ship will engrave your name on the port of the ship." Meadow flirted with Arcado with a proud light in her eyes.