Chapter 2822: The Results of Popular Education

After Aoruipusi left, Xia Duo continued to watch from the Sightseeing Tower for a while; a moment later, He Sai, Kelake, and the others also found a gap to come down from the construction platform.

"Lord Territory Owner."

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded, then looked at Kelake and the others, asking, "How are you all learning over here? What are your thoughts on the Elves' construction techniques and concepts?"

The few people asked looked at each other, and finally decided that Kelake would be the first to answer; for one thing, Kelake was not a construction worker by trade, so if he answered incorrectly, it would help the others behind him eliminate wrong options.

For another, Kelake was part of the Territory's leadership, so naturally, he had to have the courage to take the lead at such a time.

"Lord Territory Owner, let me talk about my personal thoughts first!"

Kelake organized his words slightly before speaking slowly, "Actually, rather than saying we came to learn, it would be better to say we came to visit; those Elven construction techniques are truly too high-end for us."

"Even if the Territory could quickly catch up, I fear it would be a matter for the next generation, so I have nothing to say regarding the techniques; here, I will only talk about the Elven construction philosophy."

"Before coming to Evereska, although the Territory often organized exhibitions and lectures related to the Elves, my impression of the Elves was still inseparable from the forest."

It was also on that same day that twenty thousand prospective residents successfully became full citizens, and the vast majority of them were immigrants from the Sweet Water Three Planes.

It was not that Xia Duo wanted to train everyone he saw into a Mage, but the future was an era of Magic, and not understanding Magic meant being destined to be unable to keep up with the trends of the era.

In the past, as a Slave, let alone an Elven city like Evereska, even ordinary towns in Netheril were beyond my imagination; every day I was driven to labor in dark, sunless mine shafts by leather whips, completely devoid of any thoughts of my own.

This time, coming to a real Elven city made Kelake even more grateful for Great Xia Ling and thankful for the opportunities the Lord Territory Owner had given him.

Next, five construction workers from various parts of Netheril with special backgrounds spoke separately about their views on Elven construction techniques and concepts.

And in Great Xia Ling, this was also a period of time that required waiting.

After Kelake finished speaking, the few people beside him all fell silent, as did Xia Duo; he had not expected Kelake to be able to say such profound words, which made him unable to help but praise:

It was not until he came to Great Xia Ling that he, despite being a Slave, became a person with real power in the Territory, and later was even able to shed his slave status, learn to read and write, study the law, and even see art exhibitions he would never have dared to imagine in the past.

On this foundation was the liberation of thought; they were no longer labor tools trapped on the land, but had become masters of labor, realizing their self-worth through their work.

"Well said! It seems you have put your heart into your time in Evereska."

Magic must be learned, but it was not necessary to receive the systematic, general education like the members of the Tower of Time; one only needed to learn Magic related to construction, and it was not even strictly necessary to learn how to cast spells—one only needed to understand the necessary details within it.

It was not quite the same as what Xia Duo had imagined; he thought these construction workers might use relatively superficial language to describe the differences between the Elven architecture they had seen during this time and the architecture of Great Xia Ling.

Actually, it was more than that; Xia Duo also felt that he might have underestimated Kelake in the past. Kelake was not only skilled in the organization and management of large numbers of people, but also had his own unique concepts regarding architecture and aesthetics.

On the 10th of the 3rd month of the 840th year of the Netheril Calendar, the main body of Linshui Town was initially completed, and some impatient residents of Linshui Town had already excitedly moved into their new homes, which were still in a rough state.

"My Lord, during this period of time, I have visited many Elven buildings. I have discovered that in terms of aesthetics and practicality, Elven architecture places more emphasis on aesthetics. Of course, excellent buildings are often able to reconcile these two, and this is what I believe is worth us learning."

After leaving the Sightseeing Tower, Xia Duo returned to the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory. Currently, the Northland Alliance had already initially established wide-area monitoring of Time-Related Magic Rituals, and related research was still ongoing, but for Xia Duo, it was more about waiting.

"But on the other hand, focusing too much on aesthetics might be normal for Elves, but for us humans, it is too complex and too extravagant. Therefore, I feel that our Territory's architectural development does not need to completely copy the Elves' path, but rather should combine it with the reality of the Territory to walk a path most suitable for ourselves."

That evening, Xia Duo attended the opening ceremony of the new cemetery located near Xin Shi Cun and gave his blessings to the first two deceased residents to be interred there.

Another reason, of course, was the capacity of the old cemetery. Xia Duo did not intend to expand the old cemetery indefinitely; building a new cemetery after reaching a certain capacity was an inevitability.

"Now that I have come to an Elven city in person and seen this city with my own eyes, I finally understand how serious my past stereotypes were. This city has many green landscapes, but it is not a forest; it is a cross-era city that I found hard to imagine in the past."

But what he had not expected was that these few construction workers used standard written language, even interspersing it with various rhetorical devices, and the content of their expressions was quite profound—at least, if one were to pull a few High Mages from the interior of Netheril at random, they would not be able to say such things.

Speaking of this, Kelake paused slightly, as if to calm his excited mood. Of course, the reason he was excited was not because of how Evereska was, but because he thought of himself.

Did Xia Duo send Kelake and the others to Evereska just to let them come and play? Not at all. Xia Duo's true purpose was for Kelake and the others to deeply contact the Elven construction process, and then return to the Territory to set up a preliminary framework for magical construction.

"Lord Territory Owner, let me!"

That noon, Xia Duo participated in the largest-scale land-granting ceremony of the new year, where a total of over one thousand households of residents were allocated land.

Only then did Xia Duo fully realize that the results of the Territory's popular education were already displayed before him. The popularization of education in the Territory could be roughly divided into two parts: one part was the popularization of Magic Education for school-age children.

The opening of the new cemetery did not mean the previous cemetery was abandoned or full, but considering the reality of the Territory's current expansion to the north, the old cemetery at the southern end of the Territory was relatively inconvenient.

Take the field of Magic, for example.

The one near Xin Shi Cun was just one of them; there would certainly be more in the future.

Although this was only a small achievement, through this point, Xia Duo saw a brand-new era in the near future that would be built by the hands of these people.

The other part was the popularization of education for adults; this part generally did not contain specific magical knowledge, but was more about literacy and reading.

This was enough to show that Kelake was a genius, and a genius was not necessarily limited to the fields already discovered; perhaps he could also achieve high accomplishments in other fields.

"Next, who is coming?"