Chapter 663: Trade-Offs

For the Kingdom of Stars, which has a very low historical background, this is not a difficult choice.

"The prophet's arrangement is better. I agree with moving those useless women to other towns to make room for the young children."

Rao agreed with the Prophet's plan number two.

It is certainly easier to support the decision to expel a woman than to expel a man.

Men have to do things like go to the battlefield and die, but you can't let men do things like leave home, right?

Even in the civilized world, many women marry outside their homes.

Morality cannot change trends, nor can it make vested interests give in.

Stella's moral standard is much higher than most people of this era.

"I object!" The elf policewoman stood up to fight for equality for human women. "Why should women leave their hometown? What ability will they have to survive after they leave?"

Thoras, the elven bridge-builder, stood up against Stella's objections.

"If you don't let women leave, how about letting the workers and the men who work hard to fight the war leave?"

Stella's moral level is still too high, and she cannot use rudeness to reason with others, so she is often speechless regardless of whether she is reasonable or not.

Lawrence raised his hand and motioned for both parties to sit down and calm down.

Now that this matter has been decided, Lawrence is thinking about how to reduce the impact.

"I can give some time, and I allow some women to remain single, but their singleness is based on my protection and they must contribute to protecting their country and me."

"Either find a man to marry, or show strength and be effective in literature, art, technology, agriculture, urban architecture and various fields that I value."

"If you still can't find a partner after six months and can't get results, then I will think that these women are not good enough and cannot find satisfactory matches in the ice land, and I will send them fifteen days away. Living in other towns.”

"If they are good enough, then I allow them to remain single and childless. This excellence is reflected in many aspects. Even if they can cultivate three acres of land alone and do housework diligently, working women will not be driven away."

After hearing Lawrence's request, Stella said in shock: "Then all women can stay, and no one can be driven away."

Lawrence didn't know how to explain the specific things. Even in this era, there are a lot of lazy women.

"That's how the matter is arranged."

Lawrence settled on this matter and came up with other solutions to the population problem.

"Our buildings can be built higher. The earliest buildings are old houses built more than ten years ago. These old houses are all in central areas. They are in the way, not warm, and prone to accidents."

"It just so happens that the number of people in Dumu Port has increased in recent years, so unemployed people are allowed to join the construction team and build taller buildings under the leadership of experienced craftsmen."

"The new buildings have a minimum of six floors and a maximum of ten floors. It brings the population together to make it easier to heat, and it is also more convenient for work and travel."

"Daily food is mainly from bakeries and restaurants. There is a kitchen on each floor of the building, which mainly burns coal."

Lawrence solved the easiest housing problem, because the land here is his own, and the people here are his own slaves, so there is no problem of not being able to move, let alone the need for compensation.

The most difficult problem to solve is water resources. Drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people is definitely a big problem.

There is a coal seam below Dumu Harbor and it is impossible to drill a well.

This place is not suitable for many people to live in. Even if we dig some ditches for drinking water, it will not solve the increasingly serious population and drinking water problems.

Fortunately, most people don't have the habit of bathing or washing clothes once a day. They usually drink alcohol, which saves water to a certain extent than civilized people.

The industrial city that needs the most water was built in the City of Waterfall. There is a wide river outside the gate of Ironforge. The town of Pumexiu also intercepts the stream of the Agama Mountains. Only Dumu Port has no place to get water and cannot develop. Rise up industry.

"Can we build a very large reservoir in the nearby mountains?"

Lawrence comes up with a massive plan that would be impossible to pull off in the ordinary world.

This kind of thing was difficult to achieve in ancient times, but the wizards in front of Lawrence nodded quickly after thinking for a while.

"Yes, but it will take a lot of time. It will take at least ten wizards to work together for several months." The wizards gave accurate replies.

Lawrence himself had dug out Wing Haven with a group of people and wizards, so he knew very well that this kind of thing could be done.

"Then this is the arrangement. As long as the drinking water problem is solved, the other problems will be much easier to handle."

"It doesn't matter if we find a good location to dig. It doesn't matter if it's far away from Dumu Port. It can also be one or two kilometers away. In the next few years, I will upgrade the canals and pipes to allow water from far away to enter Dumu Harbor."

"But we do need to arrange some people to the Ice Port and the newly built port, or to the Snow Mountain Castle where I live. They are mainly young couples with children. We only accept those who have lived here for more than ten years. Young couple.”

"If both spouses meet this requirement, I will personally review it and prohibit anyone from getting divorced for immigration purposes!"

Rao and others had recorded the prophet's arrangements.

The last requirement seems to be achievable by many people, but in fact it is a more troublesome requirement.

Because some of the ice warriors married women from outside countries.

Many young and beautiful women from foreign countries are very enthusiastic and proactive in order to stay in the God-given land and enjoy the blessings.

For barbarian men who can only fight, they basically cannot resist this temptation and easily become the providers of these foreign women.

On the contrary, some people at the bottom prefer monogamy. Whether men or women, they hope that the other party will take care of the family and not mess around.

The requirement that both husband and wife have at least ten years of life experience directly eliminates most warriors and noble heirs. The descendants of these people generally marry multiple women.

Lawrence not only migrated the population to bad places, but also carefully selected a group of people who were willing to work to go to Snow Mountain Castle, and selected a group of noble descendants who were difficult to manage by ordinary people to live in Oak City.

Oak City has also expanded a lot, and because Lawrence took people away from Oak City and only went back for two or three months a year, a lot of places were vacated.

Solving the problem does not rely on a single method. Lawrence uses various methods to solve the pressure caused by the population at the same time.

As long as these problems are solved and the difficult times are survived, the huge labor benefits brought by these people will make the country more vigorous in a few years. (End of this chapter)