"The length and width of Yaoque City's walls?"
Outside the storeroom.
Yang Bolin looked at the floating sand model before him, gesturing with his hands as he spoke:
"If my mory serves right.
The walls on either side of Yaoque stretch about seven or eight miles each, and the central section is slightly over twenty miles long...
As for the width, that's hard to say, given the fortifications built around the mountain.
So areas are narrow, only a hundred ters or so.
So areas are quite wide, even exceeding two miles."
"So the circumference is more than thirty-five kiloters..."
Ma Ning calculated the numbers in his mind, a visible awe appearing on his face.
Even though he was prepared for the scale of Yaoque.
Upon truly hearing the size of Yaoque City's walls, Ma Ning's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
It's not necessary to compare whether the Damo Realm or the holand is stronger, but one thing is certain:
The basic productivity level of Damo Realm definitely cannot match that of the holand, especially in terms of engineering.
To achieve results equivalent to those of the holand, Damo Realm's building facilities require human resources at least four to five tis higher.
And this multiple increases with the difficulty of the construction, eventually inflating to quite an exaggerated figure.
This doesn't need much explanation.
It relates to social forms, not cultivation combat strength.
Generally speaking.
A full set of tower crane equipnt can equal the construction efficiency of ten Foundation Establishnt cultivators.
Even in the holand.
Building a wall with a side circumference of seven or eight miles, a top edge circumference of twenty miles, and a height over 300 ters is definitely not an easy task.
The Three Gorges Dam is rely two kiloters long and 185 ters high.
Of course.
The construction difficulty of a hydroelectric dam cannot be directly compared with ground structures, but it can serve as a reference to so extent.
After all, in terms of form, a dam is the closest structure to a 'wall' within the holand.
aning.
The cost of cultivators in Damo Realm building such a massive fortress is likely imasurable.
Considering various arrays involved, the scale and cost of the project are indeed enormous.
This fortress might consu several years or even decades of production revenue from the entire Damo Realm.
But such investnt is essential and fruitful, as it's a vital life-and-death defense line of a civilization.
Unlike so who, after occupying soone else's land for twenty years and spending three trillion US Dollars, leave behind only ruins.
Then Ma Ning thought and posed one last question:
"Shopkeeper Yang, may I ask how many cultivators are currently stationed within Yaoque?"
"Uh, well..."
Yang Bolin hesitated noticeably upon hearing the question.
It's not that he wasn't willing to share the information with Ma Ning; rather, he was truly unaware of the details himself:
"The total number of cultivators is known only internally in Yaoque, so I can only provide a vague estimation...
Including cultivators from all realms, it shouldn't be less than tens of thousands.
After all, the central three territories are vast, with three being conscripted from each city.
Adding various independent individuals and groups on training, there are certainly twenty to thirty thousand cultivators.
As for high-level cultivators, I'm truly unsure.
Recently, I've heard that several Nascent Soul Great Cultivators exploring relics in Star Sea rushed back to Yaoque overnight after receiving a summons to strengthen the defense.
Therefore, the number of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators currently in Yaoque should not be fewer than twenty."
The 'summons order' Yang Bolin ntioned had been referred to several tis before.
This is a type of mandatory command issued by Yaoque to cities possessing Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivators:
Whenever over three Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivators are present in a city, one must be dispatched to Yaoque for 'service.'
The specific selection of personnel is fully handled by the regional city.
For example, the Mo Family, subjected to justice by the rabbits, had a Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivator stationed at Yaoque.
As for why Chixian City, despite having three Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivators, does not have to serve, it's because Wei Siming had rendered ritorious service at Yaoque, earning Chixian City a one hundred-year exemption.
However, such exemptions are extrely rare, so most cities eting the requirents must dispatch personnel for 'service.'
Additionally, Yang Bolin's words revealed another piece of information:
His estimate hinges on two factors: his firsthand experiences in Yaoque and...
The number of cities he knows in Damo Realm.
The latter is indeed what Ma Ning truly cares about, as the rabbits currently have no other ans to statically analyze cities in Damo Realm.
The cultivators stationed in Yaoque consist of two main types:
One is the cultivators in service.
The other type are individuals or groups, like Wei Siming's group, approaching the Foundation Establishnt Realm without service duty but desiring to participate in battles for training.
And the forr includes individual recruits from small cities and institutional forces from large cities.
This is not hard to grasp.
The 'three conscript one' policy targets ordinary cities lacking high-end combat power, while more powerful cities take on more responsibilities.
This sowhat resembles inco tax in the holand; the higher the inco, the more tax one pays.
Except Damo Realm lacks tax avoidance strategies.
Consider Ziqiong City.
The Yang Family alone has consistently stationed over forty Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivators at Yaoque, with other families combined, the stationed Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivators nearing two hundred.
This is due to the weaker strength of the southern region.
In the eastern region, so large cities have more than five hundred Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivators from various families enlisted.
Deducting these personnel.
The number of cultivators who really ca to Yaoque according to the 'three conscript one' policy is about a hundred thousand.
The ratio of cities eting the 'three conscript one' standard to ordinary cities is about 1 to 4, given that Damo Realm mostly requires at least one Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivator for city establishnt.
Cases like Wei Siming's group, who built a city at Qi Cultivation level eight, are individual exceptions, hardly universally applicable.
Thus.
The total number of cities in the central three territories is likely around four hundred thousand.
Distributing proportionally, each territory would have about one hundred thousand cities.
Don't find this number bizarre.
According to the "Huaxia Statistical Yearbook 2020".
As of the end of 2019.
Huaxia had a total of 44821 township-level administrative regions—this number includes 8393 street units, leaving a total of more than thirty-six thousand towns and townships.
The average distance between towns is 22.8 kiloters.
With Huaxia's land area being 21.6% of Asia's area.
If one day the rabbits encompass all of Asia, theoretically, the number of township divisions could be around eighteen thousand.
Even deducting certain mountain ranges, the number breaking twenty thousand is quite manageable.
Previously ntioned.
The southern region aligns with Asia, with a similar area.
Thus, ten thousand cities distributed across it, averaging a hundred kiloters, i.e., fifty kiloters apart, is completely reasonable.
The other eastern and northern islands are probably similar.
Considering these four hundred thousand cities.
So are large, so small, with very complex circumstances.
But generally speaking.
The population of each city in Damo Realm fluctuates between 6000-20000.
For instance, before the siege.
The total population of Chixian City, with three Foundation Establishnt Realm cultivators stationed, including refugees, was only around fourteen thousand.
Calculating an average of 1.5 million per city puts the central three territories' total population around six billion.
Of course.
This is a highly vague calculation.
Given the current chaos, this number might vary significantly from reality.
All in all.
At this point, Ma Ning has gained considerable insights.
If previously the rabbits only understood the outline of Yaoque.
This ti Ma Ning's conversation is like... not quite entered, but more like seen the reality of Yaoque.
Additionally, he roughly understood Damo Realm's total number of cities and population.
Though the latter might not be precise.
But in this satellite-less era, this is already a crucial source of intelligence.
Then he organized his words and asked:
"Shopkeeper Yang, when your side next heads to Yaoque, could you grant a few spots?"
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