Colorful projection.
A map of the entire city-state was condensed.
From the projection, Chen Yu could clearly see the building situation within the city-state. To exaggerate, he was like God, overlooking his city, overlooking his people.
Staring at the projected map before him.
This situation was definitely beyond his expectations. With the insignia, he could actually see the entire city-state.
The feeling was like wizards using magic crystal balls.
His palm brushed through the air.
The desired image would appear on it.
"Activated it?" Sona also walked up with a smile, "You have to keep it safe. This insignia not only represents your status as City Lord but also holds all the management rights of the city-state. You can use it to view the population and prosperity of the city-state, and to upgrade the city-state."
"The city-state can be upgraded?"
Chen Yu exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, take a good look yourself."
Sona whispered, and Chen Yu turned his gaze back to the projection before him.
There was a details button in the upper left corner of the projection.
[City Lord's Insignia: Holder Chen Yu]
[Current Level: Level 2 City-State (Upgrade Conditions Not Met)]
Huo.
It could really be upgraded.
It's just that the upgrade conditions were not met yet.
View Details.
Required population for upgrade 10000/0, Prosperity 10000/1700.
"Prosperity, Population?" Chen Yu muttered. Sona heard him and whispered an explanation, "Population is the population of the city-state. Prosperity is related to the buildings, population, and taxes within the city-state."
"Then why is my population 0?"
Chen Yu was confused.
In the city-state he was in now, there were hundreds of survivors, as well as the original slaves of the city-state, and the orcs from the surrounding villages that his camp had taken in.
Though not tens of thousands, it was still over a thousand.
"You haven't registered them," Sona shrugged. "City-state residents need to be registered. Otherwise, why would they be considered your citizens? If they are within your city's territory, they are your citizens, but then the population flow of your city-state is too large."
"What about the previous slaves?"
"..."
As soon as she said that, Sona gave Chen Yu a look as if to say, "Figure it out yourself."
"You don't think they would register slaves, do you? Look at the city-state buildings, does it have a statistics department?"
Chen Yu tapped to open the building details.
Empty.
Not a single city-state building had been constructed, although there were many options for construction in the building page.
[Statistics Department (To be built): Used for personnel statistics within the city-state]
"I found the department you mentioned," Chen Yu whispered, glancing sideways. "The Necromancer indeed didn't build this building. Should I build it now?"
"It's up to you."
Sona spread her hands slightly and said.
"If you build it now, you will have to plan the future development of your city-state in advance. City-state buildings are not like camp buildings that can be moved. If you build it, it will have to remain in the area where you built it. The only way to move it later is to dismantle it."
"Reasonable."
Chen Yu nodded in agreement.
The fact that buildings could not be moved was reasonable to Chen Yu. Otherwise, with a flick of his finger, a building could be in the north city today and in the south city tomorrow.
Too ridiculous!
But—
Sona's words made Chen Yu sigh involuntarily.
Planning.
Indeed, he had to make a rough plan and not just place things casually to save trouble now, only to dismantle and rebuild them later, which would be more troublesome.
In this regard, he could actually learn from the area outside the cave.
The placement of administrative departments.
He could now plan an area for the construction of administrative departments, and this area would also be the political center of the entire city-state in the future.
Then, it would radiate outwards, placing smaller departments in the city-state's districts.
In the early stages of city-state construction.
Departments should be located in relatively convenient areas, but absolutely not in the core. The core area of the city-state must be the commercial area.
If the commercial area prospers, he could earn more money.
Besides,
Land prices in the core area are expensive!
Chen Yu felt heartbroken at the thought of occupying space with a bunch of city-state departments.
Clicking on the map.
Chen Yu, sitting on the ground, propped his chin and examined his city-state from a macro perspective. The entire city-state had no rivers, lakes, or seas, so he would have to build his own water system in the future.
Building it himself would require water condensers to condense water.
Considering the aesthetics of the city-state, large-scale water condenser setups would need to be in relatively secluded areas.
Chen Yu visually divided the city-state map.
Using the four city gates in the east, west, north, and south as reference points, the entire city-state was divided into four regions.
"Alright~"
With his eyebrows slightly furrowed, Chen Yu whispered and then clicked on the building list again.
[Statistics Department: To be built]
[Construction Requirements: Wood 12000, Stone 9000, Iron Ingots 1200, Copper Ingots 600, Obsidian 500, All Element Shards 2000, All Element Crystals 100]
[Time Required: 7 days]
Hiss!
A major undertaking.
Both the materials required and the time consumed indicate the magnitude of the Statistics Department's project. In the past, Chen Yu's construction of buildings was measured in hours.
Even his camp did not consume as many resources as the Statistics Department.
After all, it's a city-state.
It seems to be more advanced than a camp.
Even constructing one Statistics Department is like this, let alone the resources required for future city-state upgrades, which are even harder to estimate. It seems Chen Yu's earlier consideration was correct; his current funds might not be enough to build a city-state.
City-state construction consumes resources that are definitely astronomical.
Despite the high resource consumption.
It was not much for Chen Yu.
Build!
His finger lightly tapped on the construction page, and immediately a to-be-built Statistics Department appeared on the city-state map, requiring Chen Yu to choose a construction location.
Chen Yu had already chosen.
The East District!
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
He hoped that his city-state departments could be like the rising sun, illuminating every corner of the city-state and allowing the citizens to live and work in peace and contentment.
[City-State Reminder: The Statistics Department has begun construction. Remaining time: 7 days]
From the map, Chen Yu could see that the Statistics Department had appeared in the East District. He also noticed that compared to non-city-state buildings, city-state buildings would have a 'City' label.
It was very conspicuous.
It clearly distinguished city-state buildings from other buildings within the city.
"Hiss, the construction of city-state buildings is also self-built, without the need for manpower," Chen Yu whispered. "If that's the case, then architects and laborers are not needed."
"You're thinking too much."
Sona glanced at Chen Yu and whispered.
"Even if it's your city-state, can you expect to build everything yourself? You still need to collect blueprints to be able to build them, right?"
"Yes~"
"It's the same for the city-state. You can't do everything yourself. Furthermore, those that belong to city-state buildings in the page you see, the buildings that the City Lord's Insignia itself holds, like other city residents' housing and shops, need to be completed by others," Sona whispered. "Chen Yu, this is a city-state, and it may become a city or town in the future. You cannot accomplish it by yourself."
Sona spoke earnestly, but Chen Yu did not respond at all.
When she looked up,
Chen Yu was frowning and propping his chin, lost in thought.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" Sona lightly poked Chen Yu's shoulder. Chen Yu then snapped back to attention and said with a frown, "I'm thinking, since the city-state has administrative departments, how do we get staff for the departments? Do I..."
"I still have to recruit a batch of civil servants?"