The Vastness of Magical Destiny-Chapter 131 - Two Growing Stronger
Chapter 131: Chapter Two: Growing Stronger
Chapter 131 -Two: Growing Stronger
The immigrants here were mostly satisfied, even though the place seemed remote and desolate at first glance. That was due to the lack of traffic and vitality, but with people, all of that could quickly change. The climate was warm, the terrain flat and fertile, and there were also abundant forest and mineral resources. Whether they were from Meine and Susoer or Myron Duchy, the immigrants began to accept their new home, they at least didn’t have to worry about freezing or starving this winter.
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The thorough preparations made by Palermo and Puber played their part. Whether in Ugru or Mattdam, or Bahomon and Darman Pass, the granaries that had been built were already filled with grain. As immigrants arrived, the grain was distributed among families. With enough food for the winter, the heaviest burden in the hearts of the immigrants finally lifted—they knew that with enough food, their families’ lives were preserved, and that was hope. As for other necessities of life, that was not within Komer’s scope of responsibility. However, the merchants from Mattdam and Ugru had already made various preparations, full of hope. From fabrics, clothing, salt, tobacco, beverages, books to tools, weapons, and furniture, they had everything, all contributed jointly by those of Caffrey’s Barefoot Society Merchants who had smelled business opportunities, and the local shopkeepers. The needs of over a hundred thousand people were a bottomless pit, which of course would endlessly spout out the gold coins they needed.
The stretch of flat, fertile land between Ugru and Mattdam became the area with the highest concentration of immigrants, spanning hundreds of miles, where over sixty percent of the hundred thousand immigrants had moved to. Of course, the majority of these people were ordinary farmers whose livelihood depended on agriculture. The vast majority of logging yards and charcoal-burning sites were also located in this region. The thick smoke rising from the bushes along the road from Mattdam to Ugru created a unique landscape of the Caucasus, with slash-and-burn becoming the first task the immigrants had to undertake if they wanted to survive here. Only through continuous slash-and-burn could they request the fertile land they needed from the Earth Goddess.
The two market towns of Ugru and Mattdam became the preferred regions for wealthy immigrants moving into the Caucasus Region. There were relatively good infrastructure and entertainment living conditions in the market towns. Although the central areas had been requisitioned by the Lord’s Mansion for commercial use, as long as you could afford it, you could still easily buy large plots of land from the Lord’s Mansion’s Administrative Officer, of course, paying a handsome sum of money. However, for wealthy immigrants who hoped to live in town, this expense was worthwhile. The market towns, compared to the rural wilderness, offered much better conditions, not only with a variety of shops but also with some rare entertainment facilities, such as cafes and bars. While it might seem rudimentary to those who once lived in cities like Meine, Susoer, and Mycenae, having a place to rest and relax in such a remote area was quite precious.
But the main reason this upper class of immigrants chose the market towns was that in such a strange and desolate environment, they needed sufficient martial power to ensure their safety, and it was the display of martial power and prestige by the Half-beast Warriors in the Lord’s Guard that made them feel that perhaps staying in the town was safest.
Komer couldn’t help but admire those traders from the commercial city-states of Meine and Susoer; while the immigrants from Myron Duchy were busy marking and burning the fields in the fertile plains between Ugru and Mattdam to cultivate the land, leading Meine merchants like Hozer and Zip had already set their sights on the stone mines around Darman Pass.
Whole ridges of mountains were rich with cyan stones with a pale white pattern, an excellent material for castles and houses. If these stones could be transported to major cities like Cyprus or Gutenberg, the profits would be staggering. Even the steep crips of rocks near the foothills, a distinct ochre, the expensive Ruddle, used as decorative material, was so costly that even in the great cities such as Cyprus and Jazair, only the wealthiest could afford it. The only restraint was the poor road conditions, which made transportation costs to the destination exorbitant. This, perhaps, was one of the main factors limiting the development of the Caucasus Region.
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However, the massive land purchases and house constructions by a large number of wealthy immigrants in Ugru and Mattdam clearly stimulated the entire Caucasus construction market, which also drove up the price of building materials in the region. After careful analysis of the building materials market and the transportation situation in the Caucasus Region, the Meine traders decisively joined hands to apply to the Lord’s Mansion for the mining rights to the stone mines at Darman Pass. After some bargaining, Puber boldly proposed that the construction of the road in the Caucasus section from Darman Pass to Leon be the condition for exchanging mining rights. The Meine traders, after discussing it, ultimately accepted this condition.
In a similar situation, Puber openly tendered three adjacent coal mines found within the Volt Mountain Range for public bidding, with the construction of a road from the coal mines to Mattdam as the condition of the exchange. The Melbourne Lord and Barefoot Society Merchants cooperated to outbid the Meine traders and acquired the mining rights for two of the coal mines, while the other coal mine was won by local merchants and Myron gentry with a high bid.
This series of transactions for mining rights did not earn the somewhat strained Lord’s Mansion even half a Gold Shield, but it significantly stimulated the investment enthusiasm of traders from the three places and local industrialists and businessmen. Essentially, the Lord’s Mansion’s policy was to directly invest the auction proceeds into improving traffic and road conditions. The large workforce needed for road construction also provided an outlet for the vast number of idle workers during the winter slack, from Mattdam to the foothills of Volt Mountain, from Ugru to Mattdam, from Bahomon through Ugru to Darman Pass, the entire Caucasus became a massive construction site in a frenzy of activity. Building and construction had become the main work for women, while the elderly, in addition to taking care of children, also needed to cook and do housework, and road and bridge construction became the place where men went to earn money to support their families.
From December until early March, the entire Caucasus was immersed in busyness. Whether it was the indigenous population or new immigrants who had just relocated, it seemed everyone was involved in the plan to build the New Caucasus. Two large towns were gradually taking shape, with Ugru undoubtedly becoming the heart of the Caucasus Region. The population grew rapidly from the original 3,000 to over 20,000, and the central area’s diameter expanded suddenly from less than one kilometer to over three kilometers. New houses sprang up, and shops and stores lined the streets densely, compared to a few months ago, the vitality had increased more than tenfold.
Preparatory work for mining the Bahomon Iron Mine had been officially laid out. The road from Bahomon to Ugru was the first important project that Komer and Puber had jointly decided on. Puber had already recruited nearly a thousand workers to lay the foundation and start construction while the immigrants were still on their way. The sufficient workforce brought by the incoming immigrants greatly accelerated the construction of the road, and progress was very smooth. All sorts of tools and equipment for mining the iron mine were quickly brought to Bahomon under Caffrey’s supervision. Newly recruited miners were also rapidly familiarized with the work environment under the training of skilled workers from the Leon Region. It seemed that everything was in place, only waiting for a favorable wind.
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