After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 93

Chapter 93: For the Economy
While various citizens were doing what they could to gather stable income, their lord was also thinking about how to get the economy running as quickly and efficiently.

She was chewing something sweet again, a lollipop she was reserving for her babies. Unfortunately, her cravings seem to be on the sweet side and her self-restraint cracked at the need for sugar.

It had been less than a week and she had consumed a good part of the sweets she hoarded. Fruits were fine but their variety was so small, she got sick of them fairly quickly.

This was very bad news. Distressing, even.

When would they find sugar?

How could her children live without it?

It wasn’t that she hadn’t tried extracting sugar from the fruits, but the process was extremely cumbersome and the sugar in the local fruits really wasn’t much.

Not to mention, fruits required to gather sugar (even if it was a high-sugar fruit, which they weren’t) would still be a lot more in quantity than, say, from other sources like sugar cane.

Sigh. What a tragedy.

Anyway, she pulled herself back to the topic at hand and took a look at her stats.

[TERRITORY STATS

Status: Level 1 Village

Area: 3,142,000 square meters

Residents: 64 (13 permanent, 51 temporary)

Total Population: 313

Base Resources:

Wood: 920/5000

Stone: 650/3000

Money: 7302 Gold, 91467 Silver, 37007 copper

Reputation: 20

Buildings: Village Center, Weaponry Shop, Defensive Wall, Warehouse, Farms

Bonus Building: Custom Building

Building Slots: 5/5 (+1)]

She wanted to build industrial areas where the lush resources would be processed to finished products.

However, she didn’t have a building slot anymore. Even if she did, she would not waste it on this function.

Too bad the custom building couldn’t be used. One was the column spacing was impractical and second, the custom building had to have some residential use.

Even the commercial modules she built had to have residences somewhere, usually on the second floor.

Not to mention, there was also the utilities infrastructure that she should be planning while the territory was still young.

Thinking about it for a while, she opened up the Lord panel.

She opened the announcement tab and made a post in the name of the System.

[Announcement: The territory is hiring as many strongmen in construction to further develop the territory.

Requirement: Experience in construction work.

Wages: 50 copper/day labor

80 copper/day foremen

150 copper/day technical talents (architects and engineers)

Please submit your resume at the Village center. ]

She made similar announcements for Territory-hires for consistency.

[Announcement: The territory is hiring people to maintain cleanliness in the territory.

Requirement: Working body

Wages: 40 copper/day labor

Please submit your resume at the Village center. ]

Althea saw this as an opportunity to further liven up the economy. Including those that she and Baron would hire, pretty much the majority of the population would be able to get comfortable salaries.

The construction in and of itself would also contribute, as there would be more industries that would pop up when there were more building types available.

Speaking of the constitution team, she had seen that there were actually a few former construction workers and an architect in the 300+ people currently in the territory.

If she would get a civil engineer or two, she could have a complete team. She turned at Eugene who had been playing with Theodore during his breaktime.

“Eugene, you will temporarily lead the production of blueprints after we finalize the tools.” She paused. They weren’t producing paper now and it would be a pity to use paper too much, as only Eugene actually stocked up on a few rims.

Speaking of which, when paper was mass produced, she decided to sell a plant guide so the resources could be gathered by the people as well.

This way, the ready resources around—inside and outside the territory—would be maximized.

“A sheet is fine.” Eugene smiled at her stingy appearance. “It’s not a priority, but since we’re doing conventional construction, it may take a while so the sooner we start the better.”

“I’ll make an inventory of the materials, to start.” Eugene said, before gesturing to go. He still remembered the plethora of materials he briefly learned about when they were designing the custom house.

“Thanks.” She said, “We’re counting on you.”

…

Outside of their villa, the moment the announcements were made, the territory boiled.

“JOBS!”

“The salary is so good!”

“I was a mason before!”

“I can totally clean well! I’m a proud over compulsive!” Someone said, referring to the second job offering.

The second job naturally wasn’t popular to the young people. Even those who were poor in Terran.

This was their chance to start over, and not let their poor education hinder their living well. How could they take such a job?

However, many old people who didn’t have much options, as well as young kids, found this to be very much in line with their current capabilities.

In any case, there weren’t any residents that weren’t talking about the job openings, with the tourists listening in and asking for news.

One such person was Nina, who was a visitor simply because she couldn’t afford any other residency options. Who told her to be an utter ‘modern kid’ with all their savings in digital form?

Hearing that there were job openings that were paying well, still in her field of study, she naturally got excited. “I’m an architecture student!”

The person beside her who had been gathering resources, looked at her very impressed and a bit of envy. “Really? That’s great! You should try it!”

Things had not yet calmed down when, not long after that, the citizen-made announcement made by Sheila also resounded across the territory.

If the territory hiring came as a pleasant surprise, the citizen-made announcement made them dumfounded.

There were so many openings! Everyone would have jobs at this point, right?

There were requirements for farmers, labor, seamstress, medical professionals, cooks, waiters, craftsmen, artists, and many more.

What about those who would gather resources? Who’d do those hard jobs?

Then they remembered there were still millions of Terrans around. Let the newcomers take those jobs instead.

“More jobs!”

“We can make announcements as well? That’s so cool! Who is Sheila and how do I post?”

“I worked in a botanical park before!”

“I lived in the countryside until a year ago! I know a lot of crops.”

Another person looked at the dazed person beside him. “Didn’t you come from a pottery family?”

This was a scene that happened all over the small population.

In any case, the fact that the territory was hiring, whether or not they even applied, was enough to stabilize their hearts.

After all, this meant that the territory had plans and that their lives could only get better from here.

That, in and of itself, was reassuring enough.