Chapter 2430: Sustainable Development, Invitation to Visit

Although the subsequent negotiations went through several twists and turns, the final result was that the Tri-Nation Mithral Agreement was amended. (There was also the influence of the Northland Alliance's establishment.)

If the renegotiation of the Mithral Agreement between Netheril, Yierlan, and Dan Zuo was an action where self-interest converged into morality, then prohibiting Netherese Mages from intercepting mountain peaks leaned even more toward pure morality.

So-called "morality" is actually the ethics and justice recognized by countless ordinary people; perhaps the ordinary Netherese of today do not feel that a Mage lord chopping off a mountain peak has any impact on them, but the future is not necessarily the same.

As Xia Duo said, Spellcasters are also ordinary people, not to mention that new Spellcasters, including powerful ones, will certainly be born in the future; even according to the current classical concepts of Netheril, leaving enough resources for future powerhouses is not something difficult to accept.

In the current era, although there are various Life Extension Spells, one cannot live forever after all, and almost every Netheril Lord, when dealing with the various resources in their Territory, will consciously leave some for their descendants.

And they will not exhaust everything in just one generation.

This actually already has the embryonic form of Sustainable Development, it is just that Xia Duo now wants to extend the object of Sustainable Development from precious mineral deposits privately owned by individual Territories to a broader domain.

Not only for one's own Territory, but one must treat other people's Territories and ownerless lands the same way; not only for precious mineral deposits, but one must also do the same for some resources that may not seem important by current standards but are difficult to regenerate.

Xia Duo explained his concept of Sustainable Development in detail; after listening, Laolunsimu wanted to say something, but opened his mouth and could not say anything.

Since then, I have known that Xia Shao has no ambition to build a magical civilization where everyone is Yinaole, but I have always thought that what he wanted to build was just a new country that is more advanced than all known civilizations throughout history.

If it were proactive, it would be a question of face; this is our voluntary act, but how can it be easy to make Jilan High Tower voluntarily hand over the Floating City Base that has not yet been displayed before the Northland Alliance and exists as a symbol of face and strength!

The Netherese literary style is flourishing; if there are a few outstanding Bards, even a great Arcanist will often show support. Otherwise, if one were just a person of no ability, would Jilan High Tower allow a Bard to arrange and ridicule them like that?

Laolunsimu has heard performances by the Wild Poetry in recent years; I originally thought the other party might have gone to travel and collect material in the country, or was quietly killed by someone in Jilan High Tower who was dissatisfied with the arrangement.

Laolunsimu suddenly thought that although he often heard Buluode, Haichenisi, and even Xia Shao himself talk about matters in Nan Jing, he had never been there himself!

Xia Shao suddenly thought of a possibility: perhaps he could use his own Floating City to trade with Jilan High Tower. His own Floating City had invested massive resources and was more advanced than Jilan High Tower's, but he was going to build a new one anyway, so how to deal with the old one was actually a problem.

Because of the limitations of the Projection Plane itself, the Red Heart Alliance is unable to make any significant progress in the field of Plane Exploration; that is a shortcoming, and compared to other fields, Jilan High Tower's accumulation is probably difficult to make up for that shortcoming.

The present moment seems to be a good opportunity. Thinking of this, Xia Shao issued an invitation to Laolunsimu again, "The person in charge of the cultural and educational work in my Territory will soon return from an exchange and study trip in the Akaola Kingdom. Does Teacher want to see what he has learned from the Elves?"

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Now that Xia Shao deliberately mentioned it, he immediately reacted.

"That is true, but when it comes to face, Jilan High Tower will not easily give up, and it is impossible for others to force them too much for our sake; in the end, this matter might just be dragged on indefinitely."

Then, besides making Jilan High Tower passively hand over that section of the mountain, is there no other way to make them hand it over voluntarily?

Just based on the introductions of others, he already had a strong feeling of curiosity about that Territory located in the south, independent of the Nether Core territory; if he went to experience it himself, perhaps he would have deeper feelings.

"Willing or not, Jilan High Tower is different from you and me. Even if they also accept this set of theories, it is still almost impossible to make them return the mountain peak that has already been intercepted."

Just before he came to Seventon, he was discussing with the senior management of the Tower of Time how to handle the old Floating City. Keeping it for one's own use is certainly an option, but if it could be exchanged for more things, it might not be impossible to sell it.

No—

But it can be patched up and looked at first.

However, even though he was already considering trading a Floating City for a Floating City, Xia Shao was prepared to promote the resolution on Sustainable Development, and not just in Netheril, but including the Northland Alliance; he was prepared to do so as well.

As soon as Laolunsimu mentioned this, Xia Shao also remembered that he seemed to have never invited his teacher to his Territory; the two of them were either busy with this or that, and dragging it until now could be considered rare.

Laolunsimu tilted his head as if recalling something, "Right, I remember now, the Bard, that Bard who wrote the 'Gier Epic', I didn't expect him to have joined your Territory!"

Moreover, besides Plane Exploration technology, Jilan High Tower still has many things that Xia Shao covets. The Red Heart Alliance is not omnipotent; just like in the field of Plane Exploration, there are always areas it cannot reach or has not deeply cultivated, and it just so happens that Jilan High Tower has some accumulation.

But when it comes to artistic achievements, Laolunsimu is far inferior to the Bard, not to mention that the Bard is also the Chief Official of the Great Xia Territory's Department of Culture and Education; now he holds the responsibility of educating a region, and in the future, he will hold the responsibility of educating a civilization.

In the past, Xia Shao had also consulted him with the New Natural Philosophy, but he only regarded it as a sharp weapon to resist the cultural invasion of the Elves and for the Netherese to dissolve the worship of the Elves.

Xia Shao deliberately kept him in suspense, and he did not think that asking Laolunsimu to inquire about the Bard was an insult to Laolunsimu; in terms of magical achievements, the Bard is far inferior to Laolunsimu.

Excessive mining, excavation, and endless arms races are meaningless; one must still consider development as a top priority, and it must be Sustainable Development.

I didn't expect that he actually joined Xia Shao's Territory and even went to Akaola for exchange and study!

"The person you mentioned, I have an impression, his name is the Bard, right?"

In Xia Shao's view, the two of them just have different development directions and different social divisions of labor, and there is no distinction between high and low.

"It seems I have to go to your Territory to take a look when I have time!"

"Let's wait until Teacher goes to Nan Jing to ask the Bard himself about that question!"

The talk of visiting the Territory was just a small interlude in the conversation between Xia Shao and Laolunsimu; the two soon returned to the topic they started with.

Now it seems that his student has ideas that are completely different from the current era, ideas that even he, an old guy who has lived for hundreds of years, cannot fully understand.

Of course, if he has made up his mind to trade with Jilan High Tower, he certainly cannot just exchange it for a primitive Floating Island that is destined to be dismantled; at the very least, he needs to add the latest Plane Exploration technology.

"If the resolution on Sustainable Development is passed in the Arcane Union and the Seven Cities Council first, can't that force them to give up that section of the mountain? As long as the resolution is passed, others should not allow Jilan High Tower to possess special privileges, right?"

"Does Teacher think that the Sustainable Development I mentioned has a great impact on the future?"

This is indeed a dead knot that is hard to solve.

This is easier than using the general trend to suppress them.

What Laolunsimu said is reality, and Xia Shao has to admit that even if the resolution on Sustainable Development is passed, Jilan High Tower will most likely not hand over that section of the mountain.

"I cannot draw a conclusion yet, but I can say that if any civilization can achieve this, it is undoubtedly a great civilization."

Of course, the current mutual trust between the countries of the Northland Alliance is not enough, so this topic does not need to be rushed for the time being; perhaps after the Demon Descendants are resolved, enough mutual trust can be accumulated. "Great Xia Territory welcomes Teacher to visit and provide guidance at any time."

Laolunsimu remembered that last year he heard Haichenisi mention that Xia Shao had sent someone to Akaola; it was just that at the time, he could not connect Xia Shao's Bard with that Wild Poetry.

Xia Shao heard the subtext in Laolunsimu's words, so he struck while the iron was hot, "Then is Teacher willing to support me?"

"Why did you send the Bard to the Elves' side? Aren't you always very wary of the Elves' things?" Laolunsimu asked curiously.