Chapter 2877: Evereska New District Construction Plan

A moment later, Badijiaer sent out another remote meeting notification, and this time it was not just a notification, but the formal start of the meeting room.

Niya still did not attend this meeting, instead entrusting Xia Duo to cast her vote on her behalf.

At the meeting, Badijiaer introduced to everyone the current progress of negotiations among various countries regarding the Mithril Mine in the Grey Peak Mountains; besides what had been mentioned to Xia Duo before, there were more details, and Xia Duo also took this opportunity to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the current situation in the Northland.

"In view of the current situation, Lord Xia Duo has proposed that a portion of the Mithril Mine shares could be separated, and then contested by various countries through an Arcane Competition; currently, our side is primarily pushing for the Snow Melting Competition."

Afterwards, Xia Duo expounded to everyone the idea of "resolving Northland disputes through a more peaceful Arcane Competition," and although it did not gain everyone's approval, no one truly opposed it either.

After all, everyone is an Arcanist, a researcher, not a natural-born violent extremist; if disputes can be resolved through more peaceful means, who would refuse?

The reason it did not gain everyone's approval was not because they opposed the idea, but because they were not optimistic about its prospects; after all, if a problem can be solved through an Arcane Competition, why can it not be solved through negotiation?

Competitive conflict is still conflict, just of a lower intensity; low-intensity conflict cannot resolve disputes, and in the end, it will still have to be solved by war.

However, for now, resolving disputes through an Arcane Competition can indeed serve as an important supplement to negotiations, rather than transitioning directly to war.

In the end, that proposal passed by a low margin, and what followed was the authorization for Tiao to use the latest principles in the negotiations.

The guests, besides Xia Duo, also included Laruian, the person in charge of Cole Construction, and Schneider, an Elder of Evereska whom Xia Duo had met a few times but could not call familiar.

Therefore, the fact that Evereska was able to quickly pass the development plan for the new upper-level district in the south of the city, while somewhat unexpected to Xia Duo, was in fact an inevitable choice that Evereska could make at the moment.

After the meeting, Xia Duo continued to decipher Pafen's consciousness, and since only some fragmented consciousness shards remained to be deciphered, the energy Xia Duo invested was far less than before.

What can be done in Evereska can also be done in Kemansuoer and Taiweimansa, but what can be done in the latter two cities may not necessarily be done in Evereska; that is just on a purely commercial level.

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Like many Elf cities, Evereska is also a city with a three-dimensional structure, and its scale far exceeds that of ordinary cities, as the vast majority of Evereska's citizens live within this one city.

From the ground to the upper levels, some places have already been developed to the second or third layer, while some places remain only on the ground; the southern area of the city originally only had two Magic Academy and Combat Academy institutions similar to technical schools, as well as surrounding communities and commercial districts.

This is also the main reason why Schneider would personally attend the banquet hosted by Wuerban and personally explain things to Xia Duo and Laruian; besides the fact that this plan could not bypass Xia Duo, there was more of a sense of urgency.

As he spoke, Wuerban made a "please" gesture to Schneider; Schneider's ranking in the Evereska Council of Elders was quite a bit behind Wuerban's, but if this development plan for the new upper-level district in the south of the city were successfully completed, his ranking could completely move up several places.

This meeting only discussed one thing, which was actually a continuation of the previous meeting's agenda; in fact, it could have been possible not to convene this meeting, but now that communication is so convenient, even for the sake of the councilors' right to know, Badijiaer still convened it.

The only real reason Xia Duo could think of was the newly discovered Mithril Mine in the Grey Peak Mountains not far to the north of Evereska; the future development of the Mithril Mine will surely attract a large number of outsiders.

However, upon closer inspection, this approach by Evereska is also understandable; the south of the city has always been one of Evereska's underdeveloped areas, and this does not mean the ground is lacking, as the ground is actually already full.

"At the same time, the Council of Elders has also passed a new district construction plan, and in the future, a brand-new commercial area will be built with the Friendship Tower as the core."

Currently, Evereska can be considered a commercial center of the Northland, but it mostly only occupies the characteristics of having many types of goods and wide channels; in reality, a large part of its commercial potential has yet to be developed.

Sure enough, after simply having some refreshments, Wuerban took the initiative to point out the theme of this banquet, "Currently, negotiations among Northland countries are at a stalemate, and Evereska intends to take the opportunity of the Friendship Tower's delivery to facilitate reconciliation among the countries."

"Lord Xia Duo, Manager Laruian, regarding this development plan, I think it can be simply summarized as 'one core, two main roads, three layers of development'."

The second layer only has the Tartat Academy of Swordsmanship, and its degree of openness is far lower than other urban areas.

"'Three layers of development' refers to starting from the reconstruction of the ground and building all the way up to the eighth layer."

But they are all located on the ground.

For Xia Duo, this banquet was of course not a necessity, even if it was a banquet of the Golden Maple Family, but combined with the early completion of the Friendship Tower, Wuerban clearly did not just want to invite him to a meal.

While deciphering Pafen's consciousness, he also diverted part of his consciousness to move about in Evereska using an avatar; he had already received an invitation from Elder Wuerban to attend a family banquet.

Once these words were spoken, not only Laruian, but even Xia Duo had a faint look of excitement on his face; he had originally thought today was just about talking about the Friendship Tower, but he did not expect Evereska to actually come up with a new district construction plan.

Upon seeing this situation, Xia Duo once again confirmed that tonight's banquet was just a facade, and in reality, it was still about matters related to the Friendship Tower.

Of course, the underdeveloped state of the south of the city had persisted for so many years, and they had even specifically chosen the site for the Friendship Tower there previously; clearly, the Friendship Tower was not the main reason for the development of the south of the city.

That evening, Xia Duo arrived at the Golden Maple Family estate on time, and the banquet proceeded as scheduled; attendees from the Golden Maple Family included the Patriarch Wuerban, as well as Wuerban's eldest son, the high-level Mage Laierlesi.

Regarding this, Xia Duo was actually more inclined toward convening a meeting for public discussion.

"For the specific plan, I would like to invite Elder Schneider to introduce it to the two of you."

Just as Xia Duo had said to Wuerban before, as long as this opportunity is seized, Evereska will definitely have the chance to become the most important commercial center in the Northland, without exception.

It is nothing more than the question of where to locate the new district; it just so happens that a Friendship Tower that integrates multi-racial and multi-cultural elements has been built, so if this is not utilized, wouldn't this opportunity be wasted?

What is actually being developed is the upper-level urban area.

"One core refers to taking the Friendship Tower as the core and expanding outwards; the two main roads are to build two elevated main roads from the north and east directions to connect the new district with other urban areas."