Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1947 Changes in Winter

Urban greening, coupled with emissions control from internal factories, has led to a visible improvement in the environment of this border city in the new district.

This is actually thanks to the staff of the Environmental Greening Bureau, who have a wealth of experience in environmental governance.

There are other cities in the Great Zhou Dynasty with similar situations to the new district, such as Steam City, but in terms of environmental pollution, they are much better off than the new district.

The fundamental reason is that their emperor had foreseen this situation from the very beginning. At the very beginning of the establishment of the steam city, he began environmental management work, keeping the entire pollution problem under their control.

In this process, the staff of the Environmental Greening Bureau also learned which plants are most effective for environmental optimization, thus accumulating valuable practical experience.

Whenever they thought of this, the wood elves couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, "Your Majesty is wise!" and "Praise be to the Emperor!"

With the completion of the city's central natural park, the city's greening efforts have essentially come to an end.

The next step is mainly to observe and control emissions, which is a long-term process.

At this point, it's no longer necessary for everyone to stay here. Just leave a team of staff to handle routine maintenance. The others won't get a break; they'll be busy heading to the next city.

Even with the help of the Wood Elves' magic, the overall environmental management of the new district would conservatively take five or six years, considering the city's size and number.

Meanwhile, the latest report from this side was also delivered to Zhou Xu.

While matters concerning urban greening and environmental management are important, they don't necessarily need to be presented to Zhou Xu for his personal review.

However, the urban greening and environmental management work in the new district would affect their subsequent assimilation plan with the neighboring elves, which is why the plan was put on Zhou Xu's desk.

It seems that we can proceed with the follow-up plans next spring, depending on the situation.

Zhou Xu didn't really have much room to maneuver in this matter.

The most ingenious part of this plan—to assimilate into the culture of the elves—lies in constantly amplifying and increasing the elves' desires.

When the elves become increasingly dissatisfied with their current situation and living environment, they will unconsciously push the plan into the next stage.

When that time comes, all they need to do is go with the flow; desire will drive them forward.

Speaking of which, I wonder how Hilke's trial is going?

When Hilke came to tell him about this before, he had already learned some details from Wright.

It's actually similar to the trial hall for female warriors. After activation, he will be teleported to a special space to undergo trials.

But perhaps because elves are a long-lived race, according to Wright, the stronger the elf, the longer the trial time required.

It can take anywhere from a year and a half to eight or ten years, which is normal. The specific timeframe depends on the strength and performance of the spirit undergoing the trial.

At that time, not only Zhou Xu, but even Hilke himself was speechless at the elves' concept of time.

However, Zhou Xu was generally at ease with Hilke; participating in a clan trial wouldn't pose any real danger to his life.

Meanwhile, in the Elf Forest... This winter is not yet over, but in this short period of time, the changes that have taken place within the Elf race can be said to be greater than the changes that have taken place in the past thousand years!

Some of the older wood elves have recently become somewhat irritable, as deforestation in the elven forest has intensified significantly.

Although skilled wood elf mages can create a forest in an instant with a single spell, even in the cold winter.

But magic power takes time to recover after it's been used up; even at its fastest rate, it can't keep up with the efficiency of cutting down trees.

Winter hasn't even passed yet, and the area of ​​forest within the Elf Forest has already been significantly affected, shrinking to some extent.

This caused some of the older wood elves to have objections. After discussing it, one of the wood elf elders even protested directly to the Elf King, saying that the frequency of tree felling was too high, and also expressed doubts about whether the Great Zhou really needed so much timber.

Wright didn't ask about this, because from the very beginning of their discussions, Da Zhou's meaning had been very clear: 'We'll accept as many resources as you send.'

Simply put, we'll accept any log you send us, whether it's a single piece or tens of thousands.

There is no mandatory requirement for you to deliver a certain amount of timber every day or every month.

After all, everyone understands that the Great Zhou's fundamental purpose is not to purchase resources from the elves at all; these purchased resources are merely incidental. Therefore, in related matters, it is natural to be more lenient.

At the same time, considering the scale of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the resource production efficiency of the Elven race, they could easily consume those resources without any hesitation.

The fact that the older generation of wood elves would have such doubts only shows that they lacked understanding of the scale of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, it cannot be denied that the current situation has indeed brought considerable trouble to the Elven race, who have never experienced such a situation before.

Wright quickly summoned some of the younger elves in his tribe for questioning.

However, when asked one by one, they all said that they could not cut down many trees every day. It was mainly because of the elves' own beliefs that they would not allow them to go on a crazy logging spree.

Wright believed this.

On the one hand, they believed in the character of their people and that they wouldn't lie; on the other hand, they believed that they really wouldn't be that hardworking.

While the allure of delicious food and daily necessities from the Great Zhou Dynasty was certainly present, the elves, who had been lazy for so many years, were not about to suddenly turn into workaholics.

The reason why this situation has arisen is mainly due to the quantity!

If one elf cuts down one tree a day, then a thousand elves would cut down a thousand trees a day.

Not to mention that each elf could not possibly cut down only one tree every day; even if they were lazy, they wouldn't be that lazy.

And this number continues to increase as the elves' desires grow.

No matter how efficient the wood elf mages are at casting spells, they can't withstand this kind of attack.

This has led to the current situation: each elf may not cut down many trees each day, but the sheer number of elves coming to cut down trees makes the total number so large that the wood elves cannot ignore it.

(End of this chapter)