Chapter 68: The City of Miracles
Zhuang Yu watched as the berry seedlings and flower seedlings he planted on the other side of the Crimson Great City grew rapidly, reaching up to the height of his shins in no time.
Little Mushroom patrolled every day with its legs up because Yu said it could eat as many berries as it wanted in the future. Just the thought of it made Little Mushroom's face light up with joy.
Zhuang Yu began arranging for people to transplant these small seedlings. First were the berry trees, and each seedling was transplanted to both sides of the river. Many people from the Crimson Great City came to help with the transplantation, mainly women and the elderly. This wasn't particularly tiring work, so even the elderly could lend a hand.
Being able to help construct the Crimson Great City according to Zhuang Yu's requirements made the faces of these elderly people shine brighter than chrysanthemums.
After each segment of the riverbank was planted with a tree seedling at intervals, the originally bare riverbanks seemed to have changed.
They gained a lot more vitality.
The foreign merchants were utterly shocked. Did the people of the Crimson Great City want to plant trees in the desert? This idea was simply absurd. If others told them, they probably wouldn't believe it at first. But seeing the rows of seedlings extending along both sides of the river, they couldn't help but admit it was true.
In everyone's mind, there appeared such a scene: in the desert, a river encircled the city, shaded by green trees. Leaves fluttered in the wind, and fishing boats occasionally drifted by in the river.
This was in the desert. If those who had never been to the Crimson Great City suddenly saw this, they might think they had entered a mythical land.
If planting trees along the riverbanks alone was astonishing enough, the flower beds planned by Zhuang Yu were truly beyond imagination.
Zhuang Yu planned the flower beds into small squares, with each square planted with the same type of flower.
Currently, they were still green seedlings. Even without blooming flowers, they were already marveling at the sight.
Such orderly squares of land were something they had never seen before. Coupled with the charm of green plants, it looked incredibly beautiful.
People in this world had never seen city environmental planning before, so they were all amazed by the unique construction of the Crimson Great City.
The unique and unseen beauty of the Crimson Great City's construction attracted everyone's attention.
The flower beds grew larger and larger, with more and more flower seedlings transplanted every day. Eventually, all they could see were patches of greenery.
To have so many flower seedlings was thanks to the foreign merchants, who sent batches of flower seeds almost every day.
Such greenery formed a huge circle, surrounding the Crimson Great City like a green jade belt. Compared to the bustling seedlings along both sides of the riverbanks, the flower beds were different, resembling a green ribbon.
The people of the Crimson Great City now loved to climb the city walls and gaze at the green ribbon outside. Those interested would even leave the city to stroll along the riverbank.
While transplanting the flower seedlings, Zhuang Yu unexpectedly discovered some pleasant surprises among the flower seeds. There were quite a few lotus seeds among them.
These were lotus flowers, not only beautiful when planted in the river but also providing lotus roots and lotus seeds to eat.
Just imagine, sailing in a boat, surrounded by blooming lotus flowers, plucking a few lotus seeds-it would be so comfortable. If there was time, you could even dive into the river and dig up some lotus roots. That would be quite interesting.
Zhuang Yu hurriedly transplanted the lotus seedlings into the river.
When the river was full of blooming lotus flowers, it would surely be another beautiful sight.
Seeing Zhuang Yu transplanting the flower seedlings into the river, some people were puzzled. "Can flowers really be planted in the water? What would such flowers look like?"
Zhuang Yu's face was all smiles as he said, "Lotus leaves reaching the sky, lotus flowers reflecting the sun."
Although somewhat tongue-twisting, the people of the Crimson Great City saw a different scenery from the middle, and their eyes seemed to brighten up.
From then on, the people of the Crimson Great City learned a peculiar phrase. Whenever they saw lotus leaves that hadn't grown tall yet, they would say this phrase.
Then they would patiently wait, waiting for the scenery described in the phrase to appear before them.
This was what Zhuang Yu told them, and they believed it wholeheartedly. They wanted to see how the lotus leaves would connect heaven and earth, and how the lotus flowers would reflect in the river.
Moreover, they felt they wouldn't have to wait long because the lotus flowers in the river seemed to grow unusually fast, even faster than the berry trees and flower seedlings on the shore.
Zhuang Yu thought to himself, of course they grew fast. They soaked in Little Mushroom's bathwater every day.
The lotus leaves emerged from the surface of the river, unique with their round shape, large and beautiful. Even before flowering, they attracted countless spectators.
Especially the fish in the river loved to hide from the sun under the lotus leaves.
With ten scorching suns in the sky, the fish weren't foolish. So as long as they looked under the lotus leaves, they would always see a few fish, big or small, swimming around.
The people who came to fish were delighted. As long as they cast their hooks near the lotus leaves, they would always catch a couple of fish.
A group of children were also happy because Zhuang Yu made them a fishing net shaped like a butterfly net. Holding poles with fishing nets tied to them, the group of little ones walked along, laughing and playing happily, occasionally catching some particularly fat fish.
Under the blazing sun, the silver bell-like laughter resounded.
This lively and vibrant scene made the entire Crimson Great City seem to rise like the morning sun.
Outside the moat, the green grasslands planted by the Qing Sang Tribe were getting larger and larger, forming the largest green circle on the outermost perimeter.
Some small cattle and sheep were also driven to the outermost grasslands.
The children of the Crimson Great City happily ran and rolled on the grasslands, herding cattle and sheep. They casually picked up dried cow dung cakes and buried them in the grass.
Because the Young Lord said their grasslands had to be kept especially clean-no cow dung everywhere, no cow dung smell. So besides playing and herding cattle and sheep on the grasslands, the children of the Crimson Great City also had to clean them.
Anyway, whenever they saw cow dung cakes, they would pick them up and bury them. This became a habit.
And the Young Lord said that by doing so, they could make the grasslands grow more luxuriantly, calling it an ecological self-circulation. So the grasslands were very clean, and they weren't afraid to roll on them.
The people of the Crimson Great City seemed to feel the benefits of this. With the grasslands being clean and tidy, they could make the grass grow better. So besides the children herding cattle and sheep, even adults, when they saw overlooked cow dung cakes, would pick them up and bury them in the ground.
This was their Crimson Great City, and of course they cherished it more than anyone else.
So even though there were more and more cattle and sheep outside, the environment wasn't greatly polluted or damaged-a rare occurrence.
Despite the scorching weather, green grass covered the ground. Gradually, the Crimson Great City was becoming a city of miracles surrounded by greenery.
The large-scale construction of the grasslands outside the moat, the flower beds, and the gardens-these were all huge projects that couldn't be completed in a day or two. But every day brought new progress, and it could be said that the Crimson Great City was changing every day.
And the speed of construction was miraculously fast because it was a unified effort of the entire Crimson Great City.
Their ideal homeland was slowly taking shape.
In addition to these, the comprehensive area closest to the city walls of the Crimson Great City also began construction.
Zhuang Yu built sunshade shelters. Although they didn't encircle the entire Crimson Great City, they formed a long arc.
The current snack street still had people eating under the scorching sun. To be honest, if the food on the snack street wasn't so delicious, no one would be foolish enough to sit there and get sunburned.
So having sunshade shelters on the snack street was imperative.
After the first few sunshade shelters were erected, sitting in the shade under them and eating delicious food truly felt like enjoyment.
Even these foreign merchants, if they didn't eat anything, would still go to the snack street just for the shade. Of course, there were hardly any who could resist the aroma of food.
The snack street, whether for eating or for seeking shade, attracted more and more foreign merchants. Although the business on the snack street improved a lot, it could no longer be described as a snack street-it had become a gourmet street.
But with more and more people, this curved street that provided shade became overcrowded, and it even started to affect the normal business of ordinary people in the Crimson Great City.
Zhuang Yu frowned as he looked at the bustling crowd. Many foreign merchants didn't leave after eating but instead continued to stroll around, admiring the sunshade shelters overhead. This was something they had never seen before. Not to mention the food, just this street itself was highly attractive to them.
Zhuang Yu thought to himself, this overcrowding wasn't a good thing. In the future, with more and more caravans, it meant more and more people coming to the snack street.
Should we continue extending the length of the snack street?
Actually, there's no need for that. The planned length of their snack street is already large enough. It's just that these merchants who crave shade are piling up here and refusing to leave.
This is the business of the Crimson Great City. It's not possible to make them leave after they've eaten; that's not how business works.
Zhuang Yu thought for a moment and decided to also build sunshade shelters leading to the distant market. This way, those merchants who seek shade will leave the snack street and go to the market, dispersing the crowd.
Moreover, Zhuang Yu felt for the merchants who had to do business under the sun all day without being able to leave for a moment. It was tough for them too.
These stalls belong to the Crimson Great City, and as long as there are goods on the stalls, they must be manned. Unlike foreign merchants, who can find shade when it gets hot.
Building sunshade shelters at the market would make the business environment more comfortable for them too. Both the people of the Crimson Great City and the foreign merchants should be very satisfied.
In this way, the market of the Crimson Great City could be considered officially fixed in this location, making it easier to attract crowds and allowing everyone to gather here to exchange goods.
So, another huge project began-continuing to build the unfinished gourmet street and starting to build the market.
The Crimson Great City was almost busy every day, with everyone seeming to have endless tasks, but no one felt tired. Both the elderly and the children contributed their energy happily within their capacity.
It is said that positive energy is the most infectious, perhaps this is what it means.
When the construction of the market began, Zhuang Yu had the merchants of the Anguo Tribe bring the wood they had purchased from foreign merchants.
Large quantities of wood were transported to the Crimson Great City from afar.
The foreign merchants received their rewards and smiled brilliantly. To be honest, these woods, if outside, would be left unwanted. But after this trip, they received so much.
Although the road on this trade route was a bit difficult, it allowed the merchants to taste the sweetness.
This was a path to wealth.
After receiving the wood, Zhuang Yu immediately had the Gui Liu Tribe make more fishing boats. Their sole fishing boat couldn't meet the demand of the snack street.
Moreover, they couldn't just let all their fish be sold to foreign merchants; the people of the Crimson Great City needed to eat fish too.
When the people of the Crimson Great City brought out fish to sell instead of consuming it themselves, Zhuang Yu noticed.
Currently, the Crimson Great City was starting to build its infrastructure, but fundamentally it was still relatively poor.
This was because the infrastructure was built with the Crimson Great City's own materials and labor, making it only self-sufficient.
So the Crimson Great City was experiencing this kind of uneven development-its infrastructure was improving rapidly, but the people were still poor.
Of course, poverty is relative. With these goods from foreign merchants, life was much better than before.
Zhuang Yu couldn't help feeling a bit sad when he saw the people of the Crimson Great City reluctant to eat fish themselves and choosing to sell them instead. He knew that the people of the Crimson Great City also loved to eat boiled fish slices.
So, a few days later, there were suddenly more fishing boats on the river.
One by one, fishing boats braved the waves, and fishing nets were cast from the boats, creating a unique scene in the shimmering waves.
Then one net after another was pulled up, bringing in a bountiful harvest. This picturesque scene attracted countless onlookers.
The women of the snack street rushed over to get fish because who knows how many foreign merchants were waiting to buy the boiled fish slices they made.
But unlike usual, the children of the Crimson Great City were also waiting eagerly, happily carrying fish back home.
Because the Young Lord had ordered them early on to come and take fish home to eat themselves.
Holding the fish, their mouths couldn't help but water. Tonight, they would all be able to eat fish.
And the Young Lord said they could come and collect fish every day from now on, and they could have boiled fish slices every day.
This time, Zhuang Yu indeed had many fishing boats built. In the moat, there was a fishing boat operating every few distances.
These fish are all from the Northern Sea, and there are quite a few of them. Zhuang Yu will definitely not let go of such a meat source. Moreover, they have built interception dams, so it's not dangerous at all to catch fish in the moat. It's a very worry-free meat source.
Furthermore, Zhuang Yu is still continuing to purchase wood, so there will be even more fishing boats in the future until saturation. Their moat is very large, and currently, these fishing boats are not enough.
The bustling construction of the Crimson Great City officially began.
The people of the Crimson Great City are busier than ever before. As long as there are people available, they all come to help, not seeking rewards, just hoping to build the new Crimson Great City mentioned by Zhuang Yu.
This scene is somewhat reminiscent of many years ago when they were building the dam. The whole Crimson Great City was working together towards a common goal.
With everyone working together, the speed of the project was much faster than Zhuang Yu had anticipated.
One month later.
The market in the Crimson Great City became even more lively because even more distant tribal caravans had arrived at the Crimson Great City, not just the traders from the Tribes bordering the Crimson Desert as before.
Now the bustle of the market in the Crimson Great City has spread throughout the land, and the good things of the Crimson Great City are also spreading across the land.
The small Tribes bordering the Crimson Desert are making a fortune, and who knows how many people envy them. Driven by this envy, they couldn't help but embark on this trade route like these caravans.
If others can make money, of course, they can too.
Perhaps only the people of the Red Great City and the White Great City are speechless. They can only purchase from these foreign merchants, and the prices are unknown. But there's no other way-first, the Red City and the White City don't allow them to purchase things from the Crimson Great City, and second, given their relationship with the Crimson Great City, their caravans going to the Crimson Great City might not return.
Currently, many Tribes in the Red Great City and the White Great City have actually obtained some good things from the Crimson Great City through other traders.
There's no other way-the goods are just too good, and they couldn't resist. Of course, everyone understands this, but they won't discuss it openly. They just discuss it privately with those they are familiar with.
As a result, the massive demand from the Red Great City and the White Great City, coupled with the caravans sensing an opportunity, has led to the phenomenon of the market outside the Crimson Great City becoming extremely lively.
Although this market is very large, it doesn't look deserted at all because there are people everywhere. Even the most peripheral positions have people strolling around.
Moreover, a market definitely shouldn't have only stalls from the Crimson Great City itself. It's better to have a wide variety of goods. So Zhuang Yu also allowed foreign merchants to set up stalls.
Of course, there's a fee for the stalls. After all, this market was built with a lot of effort by the Crimson Great City, so they can't just let others benefit from it so easily.
But the stall fees are very reasonable, and the foreign merchants coming to the Crimson Great City are not small caravans, so there's no pressure for them to bear.
With foreign merchants setting up stalls, the people of the Crimson Great City also find it interesting to come out and watch, buying some small things.
The foreign merchants make money, and the people of the Crimson Great City can also buy what they need. The resources of the Crimson Great City have also become more abundant and diverse.
Zhuang Yu had said early on that this market is not only for the profit of the Crimson Great City, but it will also bring benefits to these traders. This is also the normal direction of market development. If the Crimson Great City takes advantage of everything, there might be problems with the market in the end.
After all, without benefits, merchants wouldn't come here for no reason.
Of course, people from the Crimson Great City also set up stalls. The system of the Crimson Great City is between collective and private ownership. Items like salt and porcelain are definitely owned by the entire Crimson Great City, but when these people bring out their own things to sell, the items they exchange belong to their own homes.
So the entire market now has the scene it has now-crowded and lively, gradually becoming the liveliest place among the Five Great Powers.
For a gathering point like this, where all creatures from the earth come to exchange goods, it's the first time it has appeared. In the past, it was always caravans going to various Tribes to trade for what they needed.
Although the market is more bustling now, it's also more regulated.
Under the shade of the sunshade shelters, both sides are neatly arranged with goods, leaving a spacious path in the middle for people to stroll through.
A white line is drawn in the middle of the road, and everyone walks on the right side of it. This division might seem strange now, but surely there were people who didn't understand it when it was first implemented?
However, looking at the middle of the road, those little carrots with Crimson armbands on their arms, their faces excited and red, and those fierce-looking little radishes, perhaps you can understand why everyone follows the rules.
The little radishes' eyes are like those of guards. When they see someone walking backwards, they run up sternly.
"You, don't you know the rules of our market? We only allow walking on the right."
"Not listening? Believe it or not, I'll call Uncle from the Yellow Sand Tribe to come over and press you down on the ground."
Hmph, they don't even see whose market this is. This is the Crimson Great City, and of course, even foreign merchants must follow the rules of the Crimson Great City.
In fact, implementing such rules is not as difficult as imagined. After Zhuang Yu explained this simple rule, the people of the Crimson Great City would definitely follow it 100%. They must have a reason for what the Young Lord said.
The only ones left who violate the rules are the people from outside the city. The little radishes from the Golden Centipede Tribe, who move wherever needed, are then dispatched to act as managers of this market.
When most people follow the same rules, others naturally follow suit.
So when the rules are implemented, it's not as difficult as imagined. These little radishes just need to remind those who don't understand the market rules.
Each little radish is so dedicated, their eyes scanning the market like scanners, and they really manage the market properly.
Of course, everyone sees the benefits of these rules. Despite the large number of people in the market, it doesn't look chaotic at all.
Such a good trading environment is liked by any normal person, and they will consciously abide by it.
Of course, besides regulating people to walk on the right, the little radishes also have another task-to make sure the stall owners arrange their goods neatly and don't block the pedestrian area in the middle.
With such seemingly simple but particularly regulated bustling markets, they run day by day.
Whether it's the stall owners or the market-goers, there are contented expressions on their faces. In the scorching sun, under the shade of this market, it feels particularly cool, so strolling in the market is really comfortable.
Of course, the key is that they have never seen such a market before, so the excitement of strolling in the market might not calm down for a while.
The food street under the city wall is almost the same, with the same rules-food stalls on both sides, a road in the middle, and the rule of walking on the right. The excited little radishes are directing the crowd, and there's also the cool shadow cast by the sunshade.
In addition to the market and the food street being completed, the fruit trees on both sides of the river and the flower beds have been transplanted almost.
Especially the flowers transplanted earliest in the flower beds have begun to bloom.
Normally, flowers take about three months to bloom, but with the water from the little mushrooms' baths, it's almost a month, equivalent to two-thirds of the time being shortened.
Of course, this time could actually be faster because the water used to water these seedlings has been diluted who knows how many times by the little mushrooms' bathwater.
Just look at that big pear tree to know how powerful the little mushrooms' bathwater is. Originally, the small pear tree, as thick as an arm, has now become a towering mushroom cloud.
With flowers blooming in the flower beds, it has become a circular band of flowers, and because it is planned in the same way as cities on Earth, the flowers are planted in squares, neat and tidy.
Looking up, for people from Tribes who have never seen such planning, the kind of shock they feel is beyond words, coming from the depths of their souls.
Looking at the lush flower fields forming a band of flowers, whether it's the people of the Crimson Great City or the foreign merchants, they feel like they're in a dream.
"How... how can it be so beautiful?"
They've seen flowers before, but they've never seen such dense flowers, or even imagined it.
The feeling of being in a sea of flowers makes people forget all their worries, this... is definitely the most beautiful place in the world.
The people of the Crimson Great City are even more excited. This is their Crimson Great City, and... it's so beautiful.
No one, no one ever imagined that their Crimson Great City could become so unbelievably beautiful.
A city surrounded by flowers, it truly exists like a dream.
As the people of the Crimson Great City enjoy the dreamlike scenery, they can't help but lift their heads and puff out their chests. This is something they have built bit by bit with their own hands.
They all remember how they dug the soil bit by bit, how they purchased these flower seeds, how they sowed the seeds, and how they transplanted the seedlings.
The pride of building such a beautiful home with their own hands fills their hearts with awe.
As for the foreign Tribes, besides being amazed, they are also filled with envy. The people of the Crimson Great City can actually live in a sea of flowers every day, in such a beautiful place.
The foreign merchants, with a dazed look, murmured to themselves, "City of Miracles, this place is simply a marvel."
A miracle city in the desert.
More and more people are saying this, and when they leave, the name of the City of Miracles will probably spread throughout the land soon.
Zhuang Yu also had someone change the appearance of the flower field at the city gate, actually bringing in some flowers of different colors.
Different colored flowers were planted in the field of single-colored flowers, creating a unique painting.
Zhuang Yu told the people of the Crimson Great City, "These are characters, and their meaning is 'Crimson Great City'."
The people of the Crimson Great City were stunned, looking at those neat and beautiful characters. These three huge characters made up of flowers were like magic to the people of the Crimson Great City.
They looked sacred, inviolable-this is their Crimson Great City.
And the characters also shocked both the people of the Crimson Great City and the foreign merchants. "Characters? Isn't this something only the people of the Crimson Great City would know?"
"It is said that during the era of the Three Cities, a great sage created characters, and characters have the incredible power to shock the heavens and move ghosts."
"Even the Red Great City only inherited a part of the characters."
"Could it be that the Crimson Great City is also using characters now?"
"It's possible, after all, the five powers all inherit from the Three Cities, it's just that the Red Great City is more orthodox."
Zhuang Yu didn't expect that just a few characters would shock people to such an unbelievable extent.
For Tribes without characters, it really does have the power to shock the heavens and move ghosts. It can be said that whether civilization can continue, whether civilization can be preserved, all depends on the existence of characters.
In addition, the reason why these merchants call the Crimson Great City the City of Miracles is not only because of the appearance of the flower band like a sea of flowers.
Because although the flower band is beautiful, only a part of the previously transplanted flowers have bloomed, and there is still a larger part yet to be opened. I believe that when the entire Crimson Great City is truly covered by the flower band, that kind of beauty will be truly indescribable and unimaginable.
In addition to these flowers in the flower beds, the lotus flowers in the river bloomed earlier than them.
They soak in the bathwater of the little mushrooms every day, so their growth rate must be the fastest.
Nowadays, the moat is no longer the same as before.
The emerald green lotus leaves are connected together, adorned with pink lotus flowers.
How to describe it?
Lotus leaves reaching the sky, lotus flowers reflecting the sun.
Perhaps it's because of the little mushrooms, these lotus flowers are really well grown.
Nowadays, more and more people like to go to the riverbank to see the lotus flowers. The beauty of the lotus flowers makes people feel refreshed and beautiful, making it impossible to take their eyes off.
The merchant caravans on the shore even have a feeling of not wanting to leave the Crimson Great City.
The children of the Crimson Great City are guarding these foreign merchants like guards because... there are already many lotus pods in the river, and the Young Lord said these lotus pods are delicious. They also picked some, and those lotus seeds are crunchy and fragrant, with an indescribable sweetness.
This is a good thing, and they need to guard against foreign merchants taking their lotus pods when they're not paying attention.
Indeed, lotus pods are good things, and the lotus pods in the river are indeed ripe now. If they're too old, they won't taste good.
Zhuang Yu ordered people to go to the river to pick lotus pods.
Boats swayed the lotus leaves, shuttling between them, and the people on the boats began to laugh and pick lotus pods without closing their mouths.
There is also a large crowd on the shore watching the fun.
What a scene of lotus picking.
The foreign merchants on the shore even loudly asked the little people picking lotus pods to throw them to them. They had long heard that these lotus pods were fragrant and delicious.
Do they really think they are so honest and won't take advantage of the situation? It's just that the people of the Crimson Great City are too vigilant, so they didn't succeed.
The little people on the boats hugged the lotus pods tightly and didn't give them to the foreign merchants. Everything belongs to them, the Crimson Great City.
The river is theirs, the lotus leaves, lotus flowers, and lotus pods are all theirs.
They happily picked the lotus pods, their mouths wide open with missing teeth, laughing heartily.
Nowadays, the river is full of lotus flowers, and the flowers around the city are in full bloom.
More and more people are walking on the riverbank and admiring the flowers in the flower beds.
Some bad things have also happened because the foreign merchants are not like the people of the Crimson Great City, who cherish every flower to the extreme.
Sometimes, they would accidentally step on some flowers without paying attention, which would make the people of the Crimson Great City very sad.
Especially a group of little radishes, watching the trampled flowers, they could cry over them for half a day. These were their Crimson Great City's flowers, and they were being trampled to death just like that.
These flowers, planted with all their emotions, flowers that had never appeared in their Crimson Great City before, Zhuang Yu understood their feelings at this moment.
These flowers may just look beautiful in others' eyes, but in the hearts of the children of the Crimson Great City, in the hearts of every person of the Crimson Great City, they were different. These were the most beautiful things belonging to their home.
Zhuang Yu thought for a moment, it wouldn't be good to prohibit these foreigners from viewing, the reputation of the Crimson Great City still needed to be spread by them.
Don't underestimate the reputation of the city; it is the foundation of prosperity.
Zhuang Yu looked at the crying children and couldn't let them be so sad every day, their little eyes were even red from crying.
Zhuang Yu glanced at the riverbank and then at the flower fields. His eyes lit up. Since he couldn't prevent these foreigners from viewing and didn't want them to trample the flowers, why not build some dedicated viewing paths? In the future, they could walk on designated paths, achieving the best of both worlds.
Moreover, the group of ants, those ants now could be called an ant sea, leaving ant acid wherever they went. He could use them as cement to pave dedicated concrete paths in the riverbank and flower fields.
Thinking of a solution, Zhuang Yu's face lit up with a smile. He rubbed the heads of the crying children and said, "Let's build roads. In the future, you can guard the roads every day, allowing others to only walk and not step on your flowers."
The children wiped away their tears and lifted their heads, "With roads, they won't step on our flowers anymore?"
"These people are so bad. The flowers are so beautiful, but they still trampled them," Zhuang Yu nodded. "If they dare to step on our flowers again in the future, you can call the people of the Yellow Sands Tribe to catch them and hang them up for punishment."
The children laughed through their tears, "Hang them up and punish them severely."
After completing the construction of the market, food street, and flower beds, Zhuang Yu was ready to build roads.
The cement was readily available; he just needed to mix the ant acid-laden soil with sand, add water, and mix.
A group of children followed Zhuang Yu closely, "Building roads, building roads."
Once the roads were built, no one would step on their flowers anymore.
While Zhuang Yu was preparing to build concrete roads, he encountered some problems with his trade routes.
The news was brought by a group of anxious foreign merchants.
Their goods were robbed shortly after entering the Crimson Land, just outside the investigation range of the Yellow Sands Tribe. Their goods were robbed by a group of sand bandits wearing bone masks, so their faces naturally didn't look good.
Such a big incident made Zhuang Yu have to put down what he was doing and go understand the situation.
He was also puzzled. How could sand bandits appear in the Crimson Land?
Surviving in the Crimson Land was very difficult because the environment was extremely harsh. What kind of sand bandits could tolerate such a harsh environment and still choose to rob in the Crimson Land?
Moreover, the Crimson Land was his Crimson Great City's territory. Who were these people who were so bold as to come to his territory to rob?
When Zhuang Yu arrived, the people of the caravan were so angry that their faces turned pale. "We ask the Young Lord of the Crimson City to give us an explanation. Why were we robbed in the Crimson Land?"
According to reason, all the Tribes in the Crimson Land belonged to the Crimson Great City.
He was also getting anxious because they not only lost their goods but also lost quite a few people. What puzzled him was that although those people could have killed them, they seemed to have intentionally let some of them go.
On ordinary days, Zhuang Yu wouldn't want to deal with such an attitude. But now others were doing business with his Crimson Great City, and they were robbed in his territory. He had to understand the situation no matter what.
Otherwise, if the news spread, who knows how many people would be afraid to travel the trade routes due to the danger. The trade routes of their Crimson Great City were just starting, and they were likely to face unprecedented crises.
Zhuang Yu waited for the people of the caravan to calm down before starting to inquire.
Then his eyes narrowed. Sand bandits with bone masks?
Even if others didn't know who these people were, Zhuang Yu was very clear.
Weren't they the ones who annihilated the White Pupil Tribe and the Golden Centipede Tribe in the past?
The... Bone War Tribe from the Red Great City?
A cold light appeared on Zhuang Yu's face. The Red City claimed to be virtuous, but let the Bone War Tribe people wear masks and do some unspeakable things. It was truly hypocritical to the extreme.
The Red City wants to emulate the Three Cities and unify the world. Relying solely on martial arts is definitely not enough. During the Three Cities period, all Tribes, big and small, attached themselves, ultimately unifying the world. In addition to martial arts, it also relied on benevolence.
The Red City is really good at managing; he has gained a good reputation, but he lets the Bone War Tribe people wear masks and do dirty work. Countless beings on the earth are still in the dark.
Zhuang Yu frowned. This time, the Red Great City clearly came for their Crimson Great City. They was afraid that dealing with related small Tribes would ruin their reputation, so he let the Bone War Tribe people disguise themselves as sand bandits.
Zhuang Yu inquired about the specific situation, how many people were involved, and of course, the actual situation. They would have to find out for themselves in their Crimson Great City since the strength of the caravan's people is limited, and they cannot understand the situation so clearly.