Lu Yao transformed the spectacle and named it the City-State Alliance Council, and the Apostle Seal was restored to 3.
This ground-level structure emitted a faint white light.
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[City-State Alliance Parliament]: Here, the Yao Clan established an alliance of cities based on the City-State Responsibility System, where the Yao Clan from different regions lived in the same way and the allied city-states followed the same systems and laws. This groundbreaking union also opened up a new future for the Yao Clan.
The city where the council is located has +1 morale for all, and an increased chance of people of all professions being born in the city.
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The Alliance Parliament was like a ghostly lighthouse, being established one after another in every city of the Alliance, radiating every member in the city-state alliance.
Lu Yao patiently observed for a while.
The appearance of the City States Alliance had made an immediate difference to Tree Crown City, the Elven Village, and the Channel Docks.
A wide, flat road was constructed on the west side of Treecrest City in the East Continent’s Valley of the Gods.
The merchant road passed through the mountains that surrounded the valley, crossed the newly constructed bridge erected between the Valley of the Gods and the Eastern Continent, and continued onwards until it reached the seaside pier, where several merchant ships were waiting.
These road projects were all paid for by Salt City, with the cooperation of Tree Crown City to get them off the ground quickly.
Treecrest City mainly produced pine nuts, lumber, woven goods, and fruit.
There is another local material that has gained a lot of attention from merchants.
[Canopy City found: Pine Resin].
These local specialities, as well as roses from Pinkman’s rose gardens, were exported as far as Salt City through the newly opened trade routes, from which they were exchanged for potatoes, wheat, metal tools, pottery, and glassware.
The squirrels, skilled at planting and gathering, encapsulated nuts and fruits in glass and pottery, allowing these local specialities to be stored for longer periods of time, so that they could be easily sold on steamboats.
Thus, Canopy City was connected to the Western Continent and turned into a raw material supply.
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And in the southern new continent, the elves of the elf village learnt to keep bees and make honey.
Two eras passed, and they cultivated a special small tree whose fruit was dried and processed to become a spice.
[Pixies discover: dried spiced fruit.]
Honey, dried spiced fruits, and various types of mushrooms from the forest were the main commodities exported to the outside world from the elven village, which quickly became rich due to the relatively high prices of both honey and spices.
The original simple woven fence became a fashionable green-rose facade, a library and a theatre were added to the village, a small bathhouse was built, and two fire steam carriages were purchased, making the elves’ daily life nourishing.
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The Straits Quay was a settlement dependent on the Dragon’s Nest, with a large transient population, but with only three hundred permanent residents, it was indeed only the size of a small village.
Since the Northern Temple Army left, this place had taverns, inns and docks as its main industries.
With the Dragon’s Nest becoming increasingly saturated with exported earthworms and Pasha focusing on cultivating the Dragonborn Ranch, the economic pillars of the Straits Wharf had long since faltered, so the locals had simply embraced Salt City.
In the trade network constructed by the Alliance, this place turned into a centralised harbour connecting north and south.
The Alliance’s merchant ships all uniformly docked and resupplied at the Channel Pier, leading north to Uda City and Crystal City, and south to wade into Salt City, the economic centre of the Western Continent.
Relying on the volume of trade between the New Twin Cities and the Old Twin Cities, the Straits Wharf instantly regained its vigour.
The entire alliance system had traces of the Twin Cities of yesteryear.
It was just that the twin cities in the alliance had become Salt City and Crystal City.
One in the south and one in the north, the two core cities supported the basic framework of the entire trade route, allowing trade between the cities to circulate efficiently and quickly.
It took Lu Yao a bit of time to thoroughly understand these lines of travel.
What he was curious about was who exactly conceived the Unionisation Strategy.
Lu Yao asked the Blood Knight sitting in Salt City.
Nevid replied, “My lord, it was Prophet Shibao and Mayor Botu.”
Lu Yao looked at the top edge of the screen.
[April 22nd year of the Yao Calendar in the Fire and Vapour Era].
Shi Bao was already a frail old man who could step into death at any time, and how was Botu, who was much older than him, still alive?
He found Botu and realised that the YC mayor was already in the body of a ghost, he wore a ghost armour and was still busy with his official duties in the council.
According to the world backstage, Botou was invited back by Prophet Shippo and the city council after his death.
Botu excused himself several times, which led to his continued re-election as mayor of YC, and he was the first Ghost to return to his original position after his death.
As it turned out, the council did not invite Botu back, and there would be no Alliance as it exists today.
The framework of the coalition was proposed by Botu.
He argued that for Salt City to grow further, it would not be enough to inspire the city’s residents to buy bonds; more people from outside the city were needed. Yancheng has a large amount of commodities that need to be dumped externally and to digest the stock, Yancheng needs to expand its foreign exchanges and co-operation.
The development of Yancheng cannot be confined to the inner city, those forgotten and marginalised settlements are the partners that Yancheng should strive for most at this stage, as well as future allies.
Those places were economically backward and were eager for development, so as long as they were persuaded to connect them into the Salt City system, an even larger trade cycle could be formed.
This idea came from the past Fifth Fearless Empire.
The old imperial capital, Crystal City, had a similar plan.
By forming circles through the main roads, with different circles encompassing individual towns and villages, a central city could radiate a large number of settlements, gathering and dispatching raw materials and manpower from different places.
After the plan had taken shape, Prophet Shippo used mathematics to deduce and calculate.
This step was crucial.
Shi Bao brought mathematicians, senior merchants, engineers, including Merchant Clueless, together with the captains, to make detailed projections of the direct benefits that could be brought to different cities after Unionisation.
They gave detailed calculations, as well as the premise of the calculations, which included names such as transport costs, maritime risks, manpower costs, trade cycles, circulation losses, and so on.
Even those who did not understand mathematics, as long as they read it from beginning to end, they could intuitively understand that the integration brought about by the city-state alliance would bring huge returns to each city.
The framework of deduction built by mathematics turned out to be the most persuasive invitation, which made several settlements, including Crystal City, quickly agree to join.
The final result proved that the involvement of mathematics in decision-making was very successful.
Since then, maths had been widely used in the city-state alliance, and mathematicians had turned into key talents chased by the city-states. The subject of mathematics officially came into everyone’s eyes, turning into a new field as hot as theology, medicine, and engineering ……
Lu Yao held a thermos cup and took a sip of hot tea, preparing to go out for a run.
Sitting in front of a computer for a long time, one still had to maintain a moderate amount of exercise – even the committee’s official website kept reminding of it.
He had only just put on his trainers when a prompt popped up in the interface.
[Jimmy the Snowman is calling you.]
Snowman?
Lu Yao clicked on the prompt bar.
The screen jumped to the snowman’s head.
“Lord God, Jimmy has taken the liberty of disturbing you because the first sub-dragon has appeared in the Dragon Nest, and Jimmy wants to tell you the good news!”
Jimmy raised his arms high and excitedly space-stepped in place, his red fluffy hat swinging from side to side on his head.
Lu Yao looked around and found his target in the Dragon’s Nest.
It was a dragon-shaped creature with two long curved horns. It was pitch-black, with two forks at the top of its horns, its body was thick and majestic, and its wings were spread out on its back, with purplish-red stripes on its wings.
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[Sub-Dragon Shovelling Armour LV20]
Life Value: 1202/1202
Mana: 1/1
Damage: 21
Defence: 18
Speed: 11
Dragon Brawn
Possessing brawn comparable to that of a dragon, an outstanding melee fighter.
Sub-Dragon
A sub-dragon creature with a long lifespan, excellent abilities and growth, and extremely slow growth.
Dragon Painting
By collecting various elements and living creatures to evolve themselves, they mimic the forms of various dragons.
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Lu Yao looked pleased.
This progress was fast enough, the sub-dragons had all been cultivated.
Pasha also came out to report his joy, “Lord God, Pasha has cultivated a sub-dragon, the Dragon Nest has a sub-dragon!”
A grinning expression of triumph appeared on the head of the Dragon of Ember Sun, “Lord God, Pasha has a small request.”
“Isn’t White Castle imitating dragons with metal and glass? Pasha wants to bring the sub-dragon over to show them the power that the dragons deserve.”
Lu Yao thought to himself that it was right, whether it was a dragon or an insect had to be pulled out for a walk.
Let’s see what both sides have become.
