Reincarnated as a boss tyrant in the game

Back at the Imperial Bank Building, Soren passed the first tenement building in the West District. The structure was already taking shape, and its massive size impressed Alonso.

With his experience, he could tell that the building wasn't a palace or a noble's residence, simply because there were too many rooms, and each room wasn't that large.

"Is this a tavern?" Alonso asked, his words filled with curiosity and doubt.

Jennifer had long known that the little old man sitting next to Soren was none other than the currently prominent Saint Magister, Alonso Harron.

"This is a building that His Highness is constructing for the people of the city, called a tenement building."

"Tenement building!" Alonso didn't care much about the name, but he did care that Soren was building houses for the people.

Soren explained, "Fuerga City needs to be re-planned. Many residential areas are chaotically planned and have various safety hazards. Once a fire breaks out, it can easily spread throughout the entire residential area."

Alonso nodded. He had once traveled and adventured in a small city that experienced a fire at night. Because the fire wasn't put out in time, the flames spread, burning down half of the city's houses overnight and causing hundreds of casualties.

His experience made him deeply aware of the dangers of fire and the importance of urban planning.

In addition to the construction of the tenement building, Alonso also saw that many places in the city were being dug up, and deep trenches were being dug to lay huge cylindrical pipes.

Alonso was curious about this phenomenon, so he asked, "What is this?"

Jennifer quickly explained, "These are the city's sewers, specifically for discharging urban sewage." Her answer revealed her familiarity and pride in the construction of the city's infrastructure.

Afterward, Alonso noticed the gray soil laid on top of the areas where the sewers had been laid. A strange expression appeared on his face.

He had never seen this new type of building material before, which gave him a deeper understanding of Soren's reforms and innovations.

Alonso made a casual gesture, and a piece of cement that hadn't yet hardened flew into his hand. He carefully sensed it with magic, then his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Good stuff!" His words were full of praise and surprise for this new material.

Soren smiled and leaned over, asking, "Grandpa-Great-Grandpa, if you like it, I'll send you a ton."

Alonso shook his head and said, "A ton is too little. This stuff becomes very hard after it hardens. With a little solidifying magic, it can be used to build the main body of a magic tower."

As soon as he said this, Soren's eyes also lit up, obviously very interested in Alonso's suggestion.

Alonso's suggestion made Soren very interested.

The Imperial Capital, Lodesa, had four magic towers, two of which were located within the Imperial Palace, one of which was left over from the previous dynasty.

There was one in the Royal Academy, and another in the Harron family. This was built with the help of the Empress when she assisted the Harron family, and that magic tower also exhausted all of the Harron family's resources.

The existence of the magic tower made the path of the Harron family's mages much easier than that of other families.

Soren's proposal was undoubtedly to build a magic tower in Fuerga City, which would be a huge achievement and would win more recognition and support for Soren's governance.

In addition, with Alonso stationed in Fuerga City, it would inevitably make Fuerga City a magical holy site in the Northwest.

Coupled with the talent testing crystal, Soren was confident that he could multiply the number of professionals in the Northwest provinces in the next ten years.

"Your Highness, your ideas are really wild," Jennifer said. In fact, what she wanted to say was fanciful.

Soren couldn't help but laugh out loud, his laughter full of confidence and boldness.

Alonso naturally agreed, after all, the Emperor had already told him when he came.

The Emperor hoped to develop the Northwest provinces into the Central provinces, without powerful nobles. The future border fiefdoms would not exceed the rank of Earl, to avoid another rebellion like Prince Corin.

Since the Northwest provinces were to be included in the central administration, they had to be won over. Building a magic academy in the Northwest provinces would be a very good choice.

Concentrate the Northwest nobles' mages for training, and send particularly outstanding mages to the Imperial Capital for further studies.

Over time, when these mages return, they will inevitably be loyal to the Empire.

Since a magic tower was to be built, a location needed to be selected, and the construction finances, etc., needed to be calculated. These preliminary tasks would take a lot of time and manpower.

So Soren took Countess Fiana to the northwest coastline. The northwest coastline was not long, only more than fifty kilometers, but more than three-quarters of the coastline was formed by cliffs, and the cliff terrain was strange and known for its danger.

The entire coastline seemed to have been split by an axe and chiseled by a sword, all standing straight and high on the edge of the ocean. The highest point of the cliff was more than 200 meters above sea level, which was extremely majestic and spectacular.

Because of this, there were seven areas in the Northwest provinces close to the ocean, but only two areas could truly utilize marine resources, namely the Turus area, which was only two hundred kilometers away from Fuerga, and the Musk area in the Willis province. The only natural deep-water port in the Northwest was in Turus.

When Soren arrived at the port of Turus, covered in dust, he was shocked by the port's dilapidation. What surprised him most was that this dilapidated port city also had five hundred naval soldiers, but these naval soldiers were all over thirty years old.

In the Empire, if they weren't professionals, the age of thirty would already be considered middle-aged, and it would be impossible to stay in the army.

Soren sighed inwardly. To revitalize the port of Turus, a large amount of manpower and material resources must be invested in renovation and reconstruction.

This was not only a transformation of the port, but also a strategic layout of the entire Northwest region. He needed to find a place that could not only make full use of marine resources, but also ensure strategic security.

Accompanied by Countess Fiana, Soren began a detailed inspection of the port of Turus.

At the same time, he was also thinking about how to use this port to bring more opportunities for the development of the Northwest region.

Maritime transport must be developed, and marine resources must be rationally developed and utilized in order to revitalize this city.

Suddenly, he noticed a graceful figure standing in front of the pier, gazing into the distance.