Chapter 261 247: The Soon-to-Be-Completed Villages

To speak the truth.The rice cultivated by Xiang Hua's team isn't considered very high-quality, with yields just over two hundred kilograms per mu.

But this so-called 'not considered high-quality' is a conclusion drawn in comparison with local varieties.

Just like some ping pong players who can't even make it to the quarter-finals domestically can participate in the Olympics if they change their nationality, the Houji No. 1 under the big context of the Damo Realm can be described as a game-breaking, dimension-reducing bug-level crop.

As for the reason Xiang Hua reported his results to Lin Li, it is quite simple; it wasn't to show off achievements, but because...

Several villages under Chixian City are about to be completed!

At this time, it has been five Damo Days since the first batch of population census ended, which is roughly a little less than a month and a week in Huaxia calendar.

During this period, the rabbits have made rapid progress in the Damo Realm, accomplishing quite a lot:

First, Yang Bolin proposed the transaction with Ma Yinglong, followed by the analysis of monster crystals and beast-taming palmares, and finally, a series of changes and discoveries caused by Sheepback City, as well as the very crucial Floating Array Technique transaction.

Aside from external trade and research fields, the rabbits' farming matters—namely the expansion work of Chixian City—have not stalled at all.

Currently, the total population inside Chixian City is approaching the figure of sixty thousand, and a considerable portion has been allocated and planned into several factories.

It can be said that as of now, apart from differences in housing and health status, there's not much substantial difference between the original civilians in the city and the incoming displaced people.

Everyone has a source of living, can eat relatively abundant food, and has an equally bright future.

Moreover.

The last agricultural machinery factory of the Five Small Industries has also started operation recently—truth be told, it was really hard to find old-standard agricultural machinery equipment, the rabbits spent quite a long time before finally finding this set of equipment in an old factory named 'Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory' located in Pingyuan, Beixi City, Anhe Province.

By the way, it's worth mentioning.

This set of equipment, though said to be old machinery, because of the proper maintenance by Factory Director Qin Hai and his father-in-law Ning Zhongying, operates without any of the harsh 'arthritis' noises typical of antiques, and there are no precision issues.

Meanwhile, the semi-manual cooperative work mode, which is non-automated, perfectly fits the situation in the Damo Realm.

In five words, it can be described as:

Immediate operation, immediate production.

In addition to the workers in the city factory being allocated, another group of people has also been designated early on.

This group includes the bicycle factory worker Tian Baoceng among other farmers wishing to return to the land.

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Ten days later.

The sun shines bright, and the flowers smile at me.

A convoy of over ten buses slowly travels along a newly built road and finally arrives at an area about five kilometers outside the city.

This area is very vast, and many low-profile sectioned buildings can be seen being or having already been formed.

After getting off.

Director Shi Zehong, stationed in Chixian City, lightly steps on the ground and says to a middle-aged engineer next to him:

"Engineer Liu, the road is very smooth, without much bumpiness... By the way, how is its compression resistance?"

The middle-aged man next to Shi Zehong, named Liu Ping'an, belongs to the Eighth Bureau of China Construction in Modu. Hearing this, he shows a confident smile and says:

"Director Shi, don't worry.

Given the current situation of transportation and mobility tools, this road has a lifespan of at least twenty years.

And our next road expansion plan is in one and a half years, so it will surely suffice."

Today, Shi Zehong and his team are on a trip to inspect and accept the planned villages, and this group of buildings before them is their first stop.

As the saying goes.

For prosperity, first build roads.

An area isolated from the outside world wants to develop well, roads are a necessary infrastructure module that needs to be laid.

Only when the roads are open can money flow in.

Thus, when the core layer issued the second stage long-term plan, the task of road construction was included.

The roads here not only refer to the path from villages to Chixian City, but also included are the routes from camps to Chixian City, from camps to the Spirit Stone Mine, and the main roads for coal mines.

Even in the recently supplemented long-term plan, Sheepback City will also be connected by roads in the future.

After all, completing transportation tasks solely by military SUVs is unnecessary and wasteful.

Of course, that is a long-term plan task, which is hard to complete in a short time. (Note 1)

The road where Shi Zehong and others are standing was completed more than ten days ago, and its standards correspond to the county-town roads in the local area.

That is, the lowest level four road in the road system.

The requirement for a level four road is simple.

Not counting non-motorized vehicles, as long as the daily traffic volume for various vehicles, converted to 19-seater village-town buses, is below 200, it's sufficient.

Thus, the average level four road doesn't require reinforcing steel. Only heavy-load ones would involve the addition of a steel mesh.

Therefore, laying such ordinary roads is quite fast and can simultaneously ensure time and quality.

Next, Liu Ping'an takes a construction plan from his assistant and introduces to Shi Zehong:

"Director Shi, Chixian City's expansion this time includes the establishment of six villages.

Aside from one belonging to our new district on the east side, the remaining five villages are all equipped with this kind of level four road.

Of course, these roads mainly serve as temporary transitional use for early stages.

Once we can achieve qualified self-supply of materials in the Damo Realm, we will certainly repave with reinforcing steel and upgrade the roads.

The five roads are all five to six kilometers long, with starting points at Chixian City and end points at village entrances, without extending outward.

They mainly serve as connectors within and outside the city, which should suffice for the coming and going of villagers and city dwellers."

Shi Zehong quietly listens to these words, glancing back along the road.

Since there are no mountains or forests blocking it, the shadow of Chixian City is still faintly visible in the line of sight.

Then his gaze turns toward the area... or rather, the village.

According to the command office's plan.

Aside from the one belonging to the rabbits' new district.

The remaining five villages will accommodate 2000-2500 villagers for residence, around six hundred to eight hundred households.

In strict terms, rather than calling such village scales 'villages', it is more like a small township.

But the Damo Realm doesn't have the concept of 'towns' or 'counties', so the rabbits have followed the village unit.

After all, in the local area, villages with thirty to fifty thousand people are not uncommon, just like any rifle with a scope can be called a sniper rifle.

The villagers in these villages will be allocated farmland based on population, the specific quotas are still being calculated, but it's roughly three to five mu per person.

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This time, the beast wave was quickly eradicated, thus only the area the beast wave headed to was drained of land power by the double-headed ox, while the other three directions have maintained a certain fertility, allowing for direct farmland division.

Seeing Shi Zehong's gaze fixed on the village buildings, Liu Ping'an introduces:

"Director Shi, this time we allocated simple partitioned houses for the villagers, instead of multi-unit buildings or standalone portico houses.

Uh... to speak frankly, achieving comfortable living experiences with this kind of house is still quite difficult,

but the local saying goes, 'A bushel of rice earns gratitude, a quint produces hatred'; we can't arrange everything perfectly for these displaced people, otherwise, they'd become parasites."

Shi Zehong, hearing this, shows a somewhat agreeable expression, nodding gently.

Just as Liu Ping'an said.

One major reason why the rabbits were able to plan the village layout so quickly this time is the comparatively short construction time for the village buildings.

Many have seen images of local rural areas; aside from impoverished villages, quite a few rural buildings are three to four-story standalone concrete portals,

whether some households are better off with high-end interiors and exteriors, or some families have bare concrete external walls.

However, these... or all the villages assisted by the rabbits in the Wei Mansion planning are constructed with ordinary relief partition boards.

If someone's inclined to build a house or ask the rabbits for assistance to build a concrete house,

Simple, pay money!

It's not that the rabbits are cash-strapped to this extent.

But in line with what Liu Ping'an says, 'A bushel of rice earns gratitude, a quint produces hatred'.

If you plan their future completely free of worry over clothing and food, then is this nurturing people or nurturing parasites?

The rabbits can guarantee a bright and stable future, assuring the safety of their lives and property.

The rest will depend on their own struggles.

Then Shi Zehong turns to Wei Niandong, saying:

"Nian Dong little brother, could I trouble you to have a word with the village representatives, let's go inside for a look."

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