Chapter 2540: Returning to the Territory, Laidun's New Plan

Huo En also agreed to promote it within Jilan Tower, and Xia Duo expressed his gratitude for this. If the Seven Towers helped with the promotion, perhaps the first art festival held by the Territory this year would achieve results beyond expectations.

Of course, even without the promotion of the Seven Towers, Xia Duo would still send people to promote the Nan Jing art festival in Seventon and the larger territories within Netheril.

Merely entertaining oneself is far from enough; it is best to have every territory in Netheril actively participate. Even if it is purely utilitarian, it can still trigger a powerful trend of thought on a large scale.

Perhaps this is the historical turning point for the Netherese to shake off the erosion of Elf culture!

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Since the two sides communicated quite well, Xia Duo discussed the bloodline sequencing cooperation with Huo En again, but the time and occasion were not right, so neither side went into depth, only agreeing to talk again after the Nan Jing Cultural Festival.

Before leaving Seventon, Xia Duo mentioned to Badijiaer the recruitment of people from the Tianshui Three Planes by Laidun. Badijiaer promised that those from the three planes registered before the deadline would be considered people of Daxia Territory. As for those who had not yet fully migrated, they could migrate slowly, and it would not be too late to hand over the Portal once the migration was complete.

The object of the Portal handover is the Pioneers and Lords Affairs Department under the Council. This new agency currently has few people and is under the leadership of the Seven Towers, so Badijiaer can naturally make these promises.

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After returning to Nan Jing, Xia Duo checked Laidun's movements at the first opportunity. Upon learning that Laidun had just returned to the Territory, he immediately summoned him to his presence and asked:

The current 100,000 reserve residents are mostly Xia people, and the majority are Netherese from the Inner Land.

"Yes," Laidun nodded without hesitation.

It can be said that the center of the future Xiao Mulan and even the entire Nan Jing will become this new town.

"Yes, currently Xiao Mulan and Savile Territory are far apart. Although they are connected by roads, this connection is relatively weak. In the future, Xiao Mulan will mainly develop towards the north, and accordingly, Savile Territory will develop towards the south, until the two places are completely connected. The new town currently being planned serves to increase the connection and also provide some convenience for people traveling between the two places."

To the east are sprawling, open farmlands and villages, and a new road is being built towards Konnifila City in the east.

"Then how many people have obtained the status of official residents?"

"Most of those who passed the language assessment have already obtained official resident status, because learning the Code is an important component of language learning, plus they are willing to actively integrate into the Territory, and we have not deliberately created obstacles, so it is not difficult for them to pass the assessment."

As the primary issue he cares about most—population—the study also keeps the most detailed household registration data of the Territory, which almost fills a row of bookshelves.

That is nearly 200,000 new residents, almost more than double the previous number of people in the Territory. It is not so easy to convert them into official residents.

"Can the Territory accommodate so many people? It is already the end of August, and the further it goes, the lower the temperature will be, until winter arrives."

"There are still quite a few. Nearly 10,000 people have already passed the assessment. In fact, there are even more Xia people who can converse normally in the Netherese language. Thanks to the Mind-Spirit Headband provided by the Lord, otherwise we would not understand their language, let alone teaching, not to mention letting so many people pass the assessment."

"Are you planning to build a new town between the 【Xia Xia-Sawier Tongdao】?"

The reason why there are so many reserve residents is mainly due to the nearly 100,000 Xia people brought back from Yimaska, the 50,000 people from the Inner Land recruited successively through Buluode in the first half of the year, and the 50,000 people compensated from the trade with the Seven Towers.

This is the number of registered residents, of which 167,202 are official residents, and the remaining 145,322 are all reserve residents.

And now, the Territory will have more than 200,000 new residents from the Tianshui Three Planes, which is a huge test for Laidun and the Territory. "A total of more than 277,000 people have registered, and currently nearly half have already transferred to the Territory."

Through these saved document copies, Xia Duo can understand everything that has happened in the Territory's past, present, and future in the deepest way.

Common sense tests include life common sense and legal common sense. The former, including the language barrier, is almost a freebie for Netherese from the Inner Land. Legal common sense is slightly more difficult, but it definitely cannot be considered a threshold.

Linshui Village.

According to Xia Duo's requirements, current official residents must at least pass the language barrier and the common sense barrier. The language barrier is easy to understand: it means being able to speak the Netherese language and being able to recognize common Netherese characters. The model text is, of course, the Great Xia Code.

"The progress of the remaining Xia people must also be accelerated. You can make some comparisons to increase their enthusiasm for learning and integration."

"How many people in total have registered to join Xiao Mulan? How many have currently transferred to the Main Plane?"

And for the Xia people, that is more troublesome.

"By the way, how many Xia people have passed the language assessment now?" Just as Laidun was in front of him, Xia Duo asked him another question.

After asking a few simple questions and understanding the recent situation of those Xia people, he let Laidun leave.

After listening to Laidun's plan, Xia Duo pondered for a moment and agreed with Laidun's plan, but at the same time reminded him, "My positioning for the ground territory in the future is agricultural and forestry landscape. You can retain a portion of workshops and residences, but that is not the main focus. Our main activity area in the future will be the Floating City. When you make territory development plans, you must consider this point in advance."

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"Yes, I understand. Over the next three months, I will accelerate the land grant progress. It just so happens that I can free up a batch of old houses for the new residents. In addition, I have discussed with others in the Government Hall and am preparing to plan and build a new town in the middle section of the 【Xia Xia-Sawier Tongdao】. At that time, we will mobilize some villages to move there as a whole, and the vacated places can be used to temporarily accommodate new residents. As for the long term, we still need to step up development, and only after completing the land grant ceremony can they be considered truly settled."

"Do a good job in organization, there is no need to rush, ensure that the people are safely transferred, we have enough time." Xia Duo patiently instructed Laidun, explained the details of the Portal handover by the way, and then asked:

"With previous experience, although there are more people to be accommodated at one time this time, the scale of the Territory is not what it used to be. My Lord, please rest assured, by the Moon Festival at the latest, all new residents will be able to have their own houses!"

Regarding the positioning of the ground territory, Xia Duo had told him more than once. In fact, the moment he boarded the Floating City and saw the internal design, he realized that Xiao Mulan and other territories were no longer the same kind of existence.

Xia Duo certainly did not need to check them one by one, but opened the latest statistical report. As of this year's Midsummer Festival, Xiao Mulan (including Savile Territory) had a total of 312,524 people.

"Temporary accommodation for so many people will not work!"

Speaking of this, Laidun also took out the map he carried with him to show Xia Duo his plan. In addition to the new town in the middle section of the 【Xia Xia-Sawier Tongdao】, he also planned to build a river port to the west from this new town.

Xia Duo was still a little worried about the Xia people, but not that worried. In his heart, the position of the Xia people could not be compared with the Demon Descendant problem and the Dragon Madness Mythallar crisis.

Because he had just returned, and Laidun also had his own things to do, Xia Duo did not talk to him for long and let him leave, but he himself came to the Lord's Villa in Linshui Village, where the study preserves all the document copies of the Territory.