Chapter 2577: The Inflection Point of the Integration Process

"A low price for the basic version is certain, but since Zhenna has reservations, let us trial it in the Nan Jing for a period of time and see the results first. It is just that by then, if the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce wants to join, they will not have such favorable conditions as they do now."

Xia Duo's words were, of course, his true thoughts. Currently, compared to the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, the only thing the Tower of Time might lack is experience in dealing with lords from various places, but this is not something that cannot be compensated for.

Coupled with mastering the core technology, one could actually bypass the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce and work alone. The reason for bringing in the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce is mainly to borrow their brand and the reputation they have accumulated over a long time.

One can save a considerable amount of time in the initial stage, and winning over a partner is equivalent to reducing a competitor or a troublemaker in advance.

Xia Duo naturally finds it easy to distinguish the gains and losses, but Zhenna still has reservations about the business model of the Void Warehouse. However, if the feasibility of this business model is fully verified, the potential partners will not just be the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce.

Instead, it will be for Xia Duo to choose from all parties!

"I will produce the first version of the Void Warehouse as soon as possible. Let Dailike be responsible for the commercial operations; this can also be considered as providing new momentum for the integration process between the north and the south."

Dailike is an old-timer of the Savile Territory, and also an old-timer from the period when Aipusi was the lord, mainly responsible for the territory's commerce, with several chambers of commerce under his control.

Of course, the reason for choosing Dailike is also because Dailike is the father of the brothers Edrich and Aidelian, so to Xia Duo, he can be considered a close person.

With the brothers Edrich and Edwian in hand, it is effectively equivalent to holding "hostages" for Savile, and the forces in the Epps Territory that hinder the integration of the two places are to a large extent the middle-level management personnel of the territory who use the Epps Chamber of Commerce as a bond of interest.

Now, having the conditions to accept Savile will be an important turning point in the integration process of the two places. Coupled with Dailike's support, perhaps the initial goal of integration can be achieved before the end of the year—

Those stubborn elements used to use the banner of how the old lord was this and how the old lord was that when he was around. Now that the old lord has truly appeared, they are directly dumbfounded.

And the leaders under Dailike, while being the highest level of the Epps Territory, are also, to some extent, Niya's elders. For example, the Town Mayor of Sein Town is also the father of Saixili, the Supervisor of the Material Department of the Tower of Time.

Therefore, since deciding to start the integration process of the two places, Xia Duo has been waiting for an opportunity—an opportunity for the old-timers of the Epps Territory to make mistakes and for them to lose points in Niya's heart.

Of course, it is not realistic to completely exclude the old people of the Epps Territory from the new system. Since the start of the integration process, Xia Duo has been examining who is usable and who is not.

But doing so would hurt Niya's feelings.

The economic base determines the superstructure; as long as the economic problems are solved, the remaining majority of problems can be easily resolved.

However, he is also somewhat worried about whether there is a difference in the exploration results of the Plane Exploration Array between the Plane Crystal produced by the Semi-plane and the Plane Crystal produced by the destruction of a Normal Plane.

Those middle-level managers did not directly oppose the policies from above, but instead constantly complained to Niya, which in reality was just bullying Niya for her lack of understanding of territorial affairs, or her limited understanding.

After discussing the operational arrangements for the Void Warehouse with Niya, Xia Duo then left the Tower of Time and returned to the Level 3 Laboratory in the Floating City Research Zone.

It is a pity that the leaders under Dailike and those elders of Niya perhaps truly approved of the integration of the two places, as they did not show the slightest defiance; on the contrary, they constantly suppressed the middle-level management below.

In the past, if Xia Duo had been willing to accept all those old people, there would actually have been no great resistance to the unification of the two places. After all, working for anyone is still working!

It is a pity that there is no specialized Plane Laboratory, and building a new one now is somewhat inappropriate. After all, the New Floating City is already nearing completion and ready for use; if one is to be built, it should be built in the new city.

Of course, other goals of integration are not lined up to be carried out one by one, but are carried out simultaneously. For example, in terms of education in both places, the Tower of Time is also constantly expanding enrollment in the Epps Territory, eventually reaching the level where all school-age teenagers are enrolled.

Of course, for Saixili and her father, they are also stewards for two generations of lords respectively.

And he is also selectively introducing a portion of those who actively support the new policies into the new system. Today, what Xia Duo said about "letting Savile be responsible for the operation of the Void Warehouse project" can be considered a new stage of the new system accepting the old people of the Savile Territory.

So Xia Duo is still using the Labyrinth Laboratory now. He wants to try the crystallization process of the Tower to prepare Plane Crystals. If successful, there should be no shortage of Plane Crystals in the future.

In the past, Xia Duo was also worried that Dailike would become a new core for resisting the integration of the two places after he came out. What he didn't expect was—Dailike decisively chose to support him after seeing the differences between the two places!

However, this matter soon ushered in a turning point. Emotional issues might make Niya unable to make up her mind, but for Niya's father, that is not a problem at all.

Take the Territory Guard, for example. Although the old guard of the Epps Territory has not been completely disbanded, the Great Xia Territory guard from the south has already begun to take over part of the patrol work and has begun to recruit soldiers locally.

But Xia Duo did not want those people to pollute the new system, so he had always rejected the acceptance proposals that Sain and others had actually mentioned many times.

To verify this, long-term comparative observation and recording are needed. Currently, the Tower of Time does not have the conditions to verify this, but the third-phase construction of the New Floating City can take this part into consideration. Their true inner thoughts might not necessarily support the integration of the two places!

Therefore, the greatest resistance to promoting the integration of the two places is actually those middle-level management personnel who actually control the territory. Removing the resistance is not difficult; the simplest approach is to ignore the existence of these people and directly govern the north from the south.

Once anything involves emotions, even the most shrewd mathematician finds it difficult to sort out the subtleties.

Under such circumstances, Niya cannot make up her mind, which in turn makes it inconvenient for Xia Duo to intervene, because what Niya cannot make up her mind about is not the so-called facts in the mouths of those middle-level personnel, but the worry about the psychological blow to those elders from the hard-line promotion of policies.

Clarify internal affairs and completely extend the new system from the south.

Yet these middle-level management personnel have all kinds of intricate relationships with the leaders under Dailike—be it father and son, brothers, uncle and nephew, or in-laws; in short, almost all the relationships one can think of can be found among these people.

What a huge blow this is to those in the Savile Territory who were feigning compliance and engaging in confrontation! It is simply a remake of "The ministers were just about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first!"

Under such circumstances, even if the high-level officials of the Epps Territory support the integration of the two places, they will in reality be held hostage by their relatives who directly manage the various affairs of the territory.