Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1236 - 1129: Outer City_2

However, when they arrived at the recruitment office, they startlingly discovered that each person could earn at least 30 wen per day, and some skilled individuals could earn over a hundred wen in wages.

As a result, they were instantly excited.

The families initially intended to leave some manpower at home, but now they brought everyone of age to work here.

With these people joining, the progress of the project was surprisingly fast!

The initial construction on the outer layer had already begun in earnest, building a wall 50 li outside the Capital City, followed by a thorough cleanup inside, moving mountains and filling pits as necessary.

According to Lin Yi’s plan, the initial scale of the outer city was 50 li.

And this was just the first circle of the outer city. In Lin Yi’s vision, this was similar to the later Capital City, where the current Imperial City was the first ring, and this 50 li area was the second ring.

Of course, he believed that as the scale grew and the flow of people increased, this place would soon be expanded further, eventually leading to the three-ring, four-ring, and even five-ring systems seen in the present-day Dayou.

Moreover, to facilitate the efficiency of goods in and out, Lin Yi had specially planned the workshops overall.

Another circle of industrial land was being planned outside the second ring, where Lin Yi intended to develop large workshops.

This meant gathering all workshops here.

At the very least, within the first ring of the Capital City, i.e., the existing Imperial City, it would become much quieter.

"Is this stuff really sturdy? It seems a bit unreliable, doesn’t it?"

At the site of the newly built city wall in the Capital City, as the foundations were cleared, large carts carrying barrels of gray powder arrived.

When these powders were unloaded, the craftsmen responsible for construction frowned, looking at the powder as they began to debate.

"I heard this stuff needs to be mixed with water to be used like clay?

But this stuff? It looks so fine? It doesn’t seem to have the grip, can it hold? Later when it’s pushed, wouldn’t it just collapse?"

"Don’t talk nonsense, this stuff was developed by the Dayou Research Department.

How could something produced there be bad?"

Following this person’s words, the surrounding people immediately began to nod and agree.

As he said, how could something produced there be bad?

And the Dayou Research Department they referred to was none other than the facility Xiao Zihan had set up.

Furthermore, Lin Yi specifically approved the establishment of this new department during the council meeting, placing it alongside the six ministries as the seventh department.

The first appointed Minister was Xiao Zihan.

Everything was under Xiao Zihan’s full responsibility.

Of course, although nominally it belonged to Xiao Zihan, most of the high-tech innovations were attributed to Lin Yi.

Given his systematic approach, he could easily modify things when necessary.

If everything was left to Xiao Zihan, there might be technical challenges at certain times.

Take papermaking technology, for instance. Though simple, the first batch of paper molds wasn’t easy to develop. It required multiple experiments for success.

With Lin Yi’s involvement, the molds were promptly created.

This significantly improved efficiency during reverse engineering, advancing progress by months without exaggeration.

However, that’s getting a bit sidetracked. Back to the present situation: at this moment, as people viewed this grayish powder on-site, they were filled with both shock and confusion.

Nonetheless, as the technicians arrived and explained, the materials were soon mixed with sand and water.

Looking at the gray-black mud-like substance, everyone displayed doubt in their eyes.

Despite feeling uncertain about its sturdiness and usability, since it was produced by that location and technicians were present to assist, they skipped any tests and started constructing the city wall.

When the city wall was built, people felt it was no different from ordinary clay.

Especially when someone accidentally bumped into the wall, instantly toppling a small section, leaving bricks and stones spread across the ground, everyone internally questioned its reliability, reducing their confidence in the material.

But since it was produced there, no one dared say anything.

Thus, amid skepticism, the wall was finally completed.

Of course, this was just a small part of the internal wall structure.

At night, Lin Yi demanded no night work, so everyone rested early.

For Lin Yi, there was no urgency; rebuilding the wall was merely for planning.

Another reason was to prevent wolves and tigers from entering the city and disrupting the people’s lives.

Lin Yi came from the 21st century, where cities had no walls, neither were there city walls between towns.

Nonetheless, current thinking was different, so Lin Yi didn’t plan to build low walls but opted for tall constructions.

After all, this was the Capital City, symbolizing royal majesty.

However, since it was primarily symbolic, Lin Yi didn’t plan much about layer upon layer of rammed earth inside the walls.

Moreover, the wall thickness differed from other city walls.

In other words, the current wall interiors were hollow.

While other city walls were composed of layers of rammed earth, Lin Yi designed rows of rooms instead.

To accurately describe these walls, they resembled buildings appearing as walls.

This enabled both tall walls and sufficient internal space for the troops.

Thus, it was a multifaceted benefit.

Yet, due to limited technology, excessively tall buildings were still unattainable.

Thus, these wall rooms weren’t built from ground level but started three meters up with the first room.

This meant construction began from a three-meter base, with three layers of rooms built above.

Each room was approximately five meters tall, making the overall height of the wall at least 18 meters.

Putting aside the wall design, when the workers ended their day, they started discussing this peculiar material on their way home.

And the substance they were talking about was none other than cement.

This material was common in the future, essential to any construction, but was unprecedented here.

Nevertheless, its production method was rather simple, and research was completed about half a month ago, with mass production underway.

[To be continued...]