Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 943: Chapter 350: Methods to Enhance the Peak of Cold Resistance, Moao’s 10th Town, Beishuo Yang Fa, Nightmare, East Ridge Lu Yun

He didn’t care whether Zhu Yang on the ground understood or not. After speaking, he transformed into a trail of firelight and soared into the sky, speeding off towards the east.

Zhu Yang clearly sensed that Xia Hong had left, but he remained kneeling on the ground for over a hundred breaths. Only after feeling sure Xia Hong had truly gone far did he slowly stand up.

”A Xianyang Level from the Outer Realm, have I run out of luck for eight lifetimes?”

A deep sense of lingering fear still lingered on his face, and he suddenly realized something, looking quickly toward the direction Xia Hong had left, his pupils tinged with a hint of fright.

”Flying east, where is he planning to go, could it be...”

He gritted his teeth, lifted his leg, and swiftly followed towards the east as well.

The purpose of Xia Hong’s journey, of course, was to go to Beishuo City!

According to the map sent back by Lu Yang, Beishuo City should be directly east-north of Beining Mountain, approximately over two hundred kilometers in a straight line from East Ridge.

As Xia Hong flew towards Beishuo, he observed the route below and the condition of the camps along the way. Noticing green stone roads connecting some of the larger camps and that the roads were not overly covered in snow, his eyes lit up slightly.

”These green stone roads should be maintained by zones, with each camp responsible for a small section. Although the construction and maintenance costs are higher compared to Great Xia, if such work is divided among many camps, it becomes much more economical!”

Actually, calculating this way isn’t correct either.

Now is different from before. Great Xia is now building straight roads, mainly using wood though piles and crucial joints still use metal.

Moreover, two years ago, the Craftsmen Department led by Mu Dong issued new regulations. When building straight roads, depending on the importance of the location, roads could be five or eight meters wide.

Five meters and eight meters refer to the width of the straight road.

The wider the straight road, the more people and larger vehicles it can accommodate, allowing more resources and troops to be transported at one time, which is easy to understand.

Great Xia’s bases are now divided into large and small categories. Large bases like Long Mountain and Wuyuan, which have eight subordinate departments, transport more materials to Xia City monthly and experience more frequent comings and goings, necessitating the construction of eight-meter wide straight roads.

While smaller bases like Beehive, Xiling, and Songyuan, which send fewer materials to Xia City, only need standard five-meter wide straight roads.

”The construction cost of an eight-meter wide straight road is not necessarily lower than that of this green stone road, and all maintenance of the straight road must be done by Great Xia. However, the green stone road in Beishuo basically doesn’t need local oversight, which has its pros and cons.”

Moreover...

Xia Hong looked at the environmental conditions below, a hint of understanding passing through his eyes.

The Beishuo area primarily consists of green stone mountains, making the use of green stone roads an optimal choice due to nearby material availability.

”From the green stone roads, it can also be roughly seen that this inspection system essentially relinquishes some resource privileges, allowing these village-level camps to be self-sufficient while continuously supplying resources and nourishment to the Town.

With the downgraded productivity of the Town, most of the resources relinquished will eventually flow back to the Town through trading. The population cap of one hundred thousand also prevents these village-level camps from becoming too large.

Thus, it not only removes safety concerns but also saves a substantial amount of management costs. This alleviates the resource pressure faced by the Town while preventing the issue of the Town’s power being too dispersed due to the vast territory, allowing more focus on enhancing the Town’s strength.

The system is indeed commendable, no wonder the other Eight Towns have modeled after it...

It’s just a pity that it’s not applicable for Great Xia, or rather, not yet applicable.”

The inspection system was first initiated by Yang Zhun, applied first in Beishuo and, seeing its success, was adopted by the other Eight Towns.