Chapter 139 [0137] Three-Year Period (The First Half of A Tale of Two Cities Ends, Please Subscribe)

Chapter 139 [0137] Three-year period (·A Tale of Two Cities·The first half of the volume is over, please subscribe)

In the Blue Haze Manor, with the help of Mel, Jace is learning to truly enter the upper class of Piltover.

In the academy laboratory, Victor is accompanied by Skye, looking for a way to use artificial hex crystals to transform his hex body to save his life.

In Zaun, Cassiopeia escaped in a panic under the protection of Talon.

She has never met Lux.

But all her plans were completely thwarted by Lux-Elise escaped with serious injuries, Singed was simply captured, and Cassiopeia, who always boasted of her wisdom, used the strength of Noxus to drive one chess piece after another in her eyes, but was defeated by Lux in the end, and finally lost everything.

The war mason still obeyed her orders in name, but Tamara was only willing to provide any help other than actual action.

If Talon hadn't given up on her, she would have been desperate to stay in Zaun and wait for death.

Lux knew that there was a Noxian spy in Zaun, and that this spy was a beautiful but vicious woman in Piltover under the alias "Opeia", but because the other party ran away too quickly, she left the chemical plant just after Singed was caught, so even if the final battle was a complete victory, Lux failed to catch this Noxian spy.

The workers organized by the foreman could catch the Alchemist Baron and their lackeys, but asking them to help catch this Noxian spy was beyond their ability.

Although Janna, who could collect information with the breeze, found that the wind was not right, when Lux arrived, she was embarrassed to realize that she had been tricked - in order to lure Lux into the trap, Cassiopeia spent a lot of money and used many magic props to create strong shadow magic fluctuations, causing Janna to misjudge.

Even though the road to Kumengra was guarded by Ino himself, Cassiopeia was the better one this time - she and Talon chose the more remote and dangerous road to Kalduga that had not been completely cleared.

After avoiding the sight of the workers guarding the intersection, they went into the jungle.

After discovering the safe house and a bunch of magic props, Lux and Kalja had a brief discussion and finally gave up the pursuit.

It was impossible to catch him.

Moreover, compared to looking for a Noxian spy who might change his appearance like looking for a needle in a haystack, there was something more important in front of Lux now.

Zaun's resumption of production.

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As Kalja once said - uniting the Zaun people and eliminating the Alchemy Baron was just the beginning of this great change.

Next, restoring Zaun's production was the top priority.

Although the amount of gold hex seized from the chem-baron's warehouse is astonishing, even if the part they stored in the Zodiac vault is not counted, it is enough to exchange for an astonishing amount of food from Kumangla through the newly opened trade route, but for the entire Zaun, this is still just a stopgap measure.

The Zaun people can accept that part of their labor results will be distributed in the form of food.

But in addition, they still want wages.

In the past, Zaun's factories would sell their products to Piltover in exchange for gold hex, and then buy other products from Piltover - but now, Piltover has blocked Zaun, and Lux ​​does not intend to continue to open those highly polluting and highly dangerous factories.

Zaun is in urgent need of transformation.

So, the question is, how should Zaun transform?

Together with Vandal and others, Lux summoned a large number of foremen and summarized the advantages and disadvantages of Zaun outside the Fulgrim Tavern.

Let's talk about the disadvantages first.

First of all, Zaun has almost no food output.

After years of pollution and overdevelopment, Zaun's land is completely unsuitable for growing normal food crops - there is a lack of sunlight, the land is seriously polluted, and heavy metals and other chemical toxins are concentrated. It is uncertain whether you can grow food in Zaun, and even if you can, it is almost inedible.

Secondly, Zaun's existing industrial industries have no market.

Zaun's largest industries are mining and primary processing, but the main buyers of both are Piltover. When Zaun is blocked and wants to be self-reliant, even if it continues to produce, its products cannot be sold.

Finally, Zaun does not have a stable and qualified organizational structure.

The structure of foremen uniting small groups of workers has its unique advancement, but it must also be reorganized in the context of Zaun's overall transformation. But at least in Zaun now, everyone has no idea how to change it.

As for other problems such as the lack of written laws, the lack of regular military forces, and serious bad habits, although they are also serious, they are not the main problems at present.

Compared with its disadvantages, Zaun also has its own unique advantages.

First, the literacy rate of Zaun people is very high.

Although simple statistics show that the average person here has dropped out of elementary school and most people can only write their names, considering that the average person in Runeland has dropped out of prenatal education, Zaun has a considerable advantage in literacy.

Everyone is used to division of labor and cooperation, and naturally has a high degree of organization.

Secondly, Zaun has a good chemical industry foundation.

Although the alchemy industry led by Singed has gone off track, and human experiments and research that disregard ethical bottom lines are everywhere, it is undeniable that Zaun has a very good chemical industry foundation.

There are many supporting factories and skilled workers, which is undoubtedly a major advantage.

Finally, Zaun has Calican's laboratory.

Lux and Ino only took a quick look at the results of Calican's laboratory. The specific situation is hard to say, but at least from the current point of view, Calican has mastered the cultivation method of rune trees in a lightless environment, and this will also become Zaun's advantage project.

The cultivation and subsequent processing of rune trees can complement the chemical industry!

By analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of Zaun, Lux quickly established the development direction of this city.

Internally, Zaun needs to shut down highly polluting industries, block the sewage outlets in Piltover, draw intellectuals to study the results of the Calican Laboratory, organize the mines for lightless cultivation of rune trees, and transform the alchemy factory into a rune stone processing plant and a fertilizer processing plant...

Externally, Zaun needs to maintain the Kumangra trade route to maintain food supply, open up the Kalduga trade route to obtain a passage to the west, and take the initiative to conduct diplomacy with the northern cities of Shurima...

In general, it is "except for food, try to produce as much as possible; shut down pollution and open up new production."

In addition, it is necessary to compile Zaun's written laws, organize workers to receive training after work, use the opportunity of training to build new grassroots organizations, form a worker guard to maintain urban safety, and transform Zaun's urban area...

When the plans were listed one by one and classified, and after preliminary evaluation and analysis, the participants were surprised to find that as long as the plan was well planned, the future could be so clear.

Finally, after repeated discussions, everyone finally unanimously decided to carry out a large-scale and thorough transformation of Zaun in three years.

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Volume 2·A Tale of Two Cities·The first half of the volume is over.

Updates will resume tomorrow, so please look forward to the second half.

[The three-year period has arrived].

Kalya's small class·The transformation of the alchemy factory:

In fact, although the alchemy factories in Zaun did not produce good things in the past, they are indeed the most advanced factories in Runeland. With skilled workers, they can become factories that process rune tree products with just a little transformation.