Chapter 3282: The Great Purge within the Yierlan Kingdom

————It will be a bit late~~

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Tower of Time.

Inside the study, Xia Duo ended his communication with Dumu in Evereska, turned to look at Laidun who had been there for a while, and asked:

"Have you encountered any difficulties in promoting the Other Plane journey?"

"Everyone's enthusiasm is very high, and I haven't encountered any difficulties for the time being. It's just that many people have come to the Government Hall to ask about the purchase of shops and residences in the Floating City. How should I answer?"

"This was my oversight. Tell everyone that not only shops, but also residences in the Floating City are allowed to be bought and sold. To avoid being too scattered, we will open the sale of residences in two communities for the time being, and increase them later depending on the situation."

Previously, there were people living in the Floating City's communities, but they were mostly rewards, such as for the winners of the Tower of Time's monthly exams, the top few in various competitions, excellent Teachers, and so on.

There were also some bought by Tower of Time Mages for the convenience of their families to stay when visiting the Floating City, and then there were direct allocations after Tower of Time members reached a certain level; currently, this portion includes new Mages who have passed the Intermediate Assessment and the heads of various departments.

It was not open to ordinary people. As for shops, they had been open for a long time, but very few had actually purchased shops; mostly only some external chambers of commerce had bought them (the right of use), and in Xia Duo's impression, no local residents had ever bought one.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo gave instructions again: "After this Other Plane journey, the Floating City may visit various places in the Main Plane regularly; you can reveal this news."

"Therefore, the prices of shops must rise, including those that will rise after the existing shop agreement periods end, and they must be raised regularly in the future."

"If Territory residents want to open shops in the Floating City, the price is the same as for outsiders, but the Government Hall can introduce a subsidy policy. If outsiders hire a certain number of local residents, they can also be given a certain subsidy."

"As for residences, set the price at 30 times the median annual income of Linshui Town residents, adjusted monthly. If outsiders want to purchase, the price will be increased by 30% to encourage outsiders to naturalize."

"For this Other Plane journey, the Territory will provide free food and lodging, letting everyone experience life on the Floating City."

In Xia Duo's planning, the ground, or rather the natural environment, should ideally be preserved. For example, the land reclaimed by the current Daxia Territory might eventually need to be restored to forests or other natural landscapes.

By then, everyone will live on the Floating City, while high-priced, pristine ecological residences will be developed on the ground, similar to villa estates in the suburbs of cities in his hometown.

Of course, it is also necessary to retain some surface cities; it mainly depends on future development.

Originally, Xia Duo planned to let the public spontaneously migrate to the Floating City, but the cost of living in the Floating City is far higher than on the ground.

In his original plan, he would at least wait until industrialization was initially completed before introducing various policies or organizing various activities to encourage the public to migrate.

But reality often presents many things outside of plans, such as potential war threats, Demon Descendants, Drow, the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, or even an Abyss invasion, all of which could cause fixed settlements to suffer unbearable shocks.

Therefore, Xia Duo decided to use this opportunity of the decisive battle with the Illuminati to transfer the Territory residents to the Floating City. He would strive to take everyone on the Other Plane journey and try his best to get more people to purchase residences in the Floating City afterward.

Of course, just living there is not enough; it is also necessary to provide them with work plans, which means that the industries on the ground also need to be moved to the Floating City together.

This is beneficial for some industries, such as those undergoing Magic transformation, but for new industries, such as the Mo Jiao Guai Yang Zhi Chang and the Rubber Shoe Factory, even if the already built factory facilities can be moved, it will require a great cost.

In addition, there are some industries that may be severely hit, such as the construction industry in the Territory that has just started to improve and is developing.

If everyone lives on the Floating City in the future, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the low-to-mid-end practitioners in the construction industry, and these people will almost all face the crisis of being eliminated or changing careers.

Although this is almost an inevitable trend in the world of Magic, if the steps are too large, it is inevitable to pull a muscle.

So Xia Duo's plan is—after this Other Plane journey ends, that is, after the Illuminati crisis is completely resolved, he will not abandon the development and operation of the ground Territory for the time being, but will subtly guide the Territory residents to move to the Floating City.

And he will develop friendly city visit routes in the Main Plane, building Chang'an City into a model of a new city suitable for long-term residence and commercial prosperity, further attracting the migration of residents within the Territory and outsiders.

Now and in the future, many policies within the Territory will distinguish between local residents and outsiders, attracting and encouraging outsiders to naturalize. Of course, doing so does not mean that Xia Duo wants to lower the threshold for naturalization in Daxia Territory.

Not only will it not be lowered, but it will even be increased.

After all, given the current environment and policies of the Territory, he really cannot think of any reason for outsiders to choose not to join!

The only reason he can think of is a lack of understanding, but as long as the Floating City flies frequently and actively displays itself, he believes that outsiders will definitely regard Daxia Territory as their lifelong pursuit.

He wants to be the lighthouse of the world of Magic!

In addition to developing regular visit routes for friendly cities, there is another big killer that must be utilized, and that is the Communication Mythallar. Besides direct war capabilities, the power of discourse is also an extremely powerful force.

There has always been a saying in Xia Duo's hometown—"If you don't occupy the high ground of public opinion, the enemy will occupy it," aimed at reminding everyone of the importance of the power of discourse.

Currently, promoting the Tower of Time's Communication Mythallar in the Northland and even the entire Main Plane is just short of some Divine Grace from the Lady of Mysteries. As long as he can obtain enough Divine Grace to apply for a patent for the Communication Mythallar and leave the Holy Emblem of the Lady of Mysteries in the Mythallar, he can greatly Stun the Elves, thereby successfully passing the platform's most critical user accumulation period.

As long as the number of users accumulates to a certain amount and generates a certain stickiness, it will be almost impossible for latecomers to catch up, unless the first mover loses their head and makes major decision-making mistakes one after another.

Although Xia Duo has not personally operated a platform, he has personally witnessed the rise of platforms of different types, which of course includes communication platforms.

As for how to increase user stickiness and build a moat, there is still a considerable amount of experience that can be built upon.

As for further development, there is no need to worry too much at all. He can completely refer to the big penguin of Xia Duo's hometown. As long as the monopoly of the platform itself is not lost, it almost has infinite trial-and-error costs. What can't be done successfully?

As long as it is fair competition, the strong will never lose to the weak.

Of course, the big penguin also has many places worthy of criticism. Xia Duo believes that this is more caused by the conservative tendency brought about by monopoly, and also the change of original intention.

Is it to bring a better experience to users, or to make money?

Xia Duo will also think about making money, but he will not take making money as the fundamental goal; building and developing an unprecedented Magic civilization is. As long as the original intention does not change, he will not worry about the Communication Mythallar becoming a target of public criticism in the Main Plane.