Although the Abandoned Land was now the Autonomous Domain of the Witch Clan, that did not an other races were forbidden from entering.
With the injection of fresh blood, the Autonomous Domain would undoubtedly flourish.
However, before Lan Qingyou could speak, Shang Chuan beat her to it.
"In that case, both the Abandoned Ruins and the abandoned coast will need to be developed. After all, the only land route into the Abandoned Land is via the river to the northwest, and a sea route would require constructing a port on the coast."
Thanks to Diana's earlier groundwork, a completely captivated Shang Chuan felt his mind opening to new possibilities.
Naturally, Shang Chuan's line of thinking was strictly comrcial.
He was a rchant, after all.
So, he imdiately took out a pen and drew circles around those two locations on the map.
'Mother of God! What a massive business opportunity!'
Urban developnt inherently involved supporting infrastructure.
And constructing a port involved more than just basic facilities; it dragged the shipbuilding, service, tourism, and transportation industries along with it.
Just how enormous was the profit potential there?
The sa went for the Knowledge Witch's proposal to recruit students from across the continent. After all, educational expenditures were staggering.
"This plan is quite interesting, so let's go with it. But where should the Witch Academy be built?"
Lan Qingyou asked after pondering for a mont.
In her eyes, Diana's proposal was fantastic. It practically accounted for every existing problem.
It even tied in so comrcial interests.
It was the very definition of killing multiple birds with one stone.
Furthermore, so witches—especially the newly evolved ones—truly needed a period of structured learning.
Compared to fumbling in the dark on their own, having soone to teach them would naturally yield twice the result with half the effort.
Just like how she had sought out Professor Samayel to learn chemistry.
Even with only a middle school education, having a good teacher allowed her to systematically master an unfamiliar subject from the basics to the complex.
'Huh, speaking of which, it has been a long ti since I studied with Professor Samayel,' she realized.
'Forget it, I already asked for a leave of absence anyway. I am so busy right now, so I will just wait until later,' she concluded.
"It should obviously be built in the upstream area. Since the downstream section needs to accommodate Shelters, it will serve as the residential area, making the upstream the Academy District."
Once Lan Qingyou made her decision, Diana imdiately expanded upon her vision.
"Since the academy is not a special building, we can simply construct it using our existing materials."
"As for the witches, because their work involves personal research directions and projects, I think it would be best for them to conduct their studies independently in the workshops within their own Shelters."
"Oh, right! The downstream residential area can also double as a Comrcial District, though it will require careful planning. The vast majority of the land there should be reserved for the academy teachers to use as placent zones for their Shelters."
"Also, since the ten thousand witches from the Supre Council are all experienced, they can be directly assigned to the Abandoned Ruins and the soon-to-be-built abandoned port during the initial stages."
"This way, we can tie their deploynt to the developnt plans this gentleman ntioned, while also having them act as outposts to defend the Witches' Forest, our capital city."
"Furthermore, if so witches dislike remote locations, they can simply set up their Shelters right around the Witches' Forest."
"When the ti cos, layering small magic arrays over the massive magic array will significantly expand the actual territory of the Witches' Forest."
"If we scatter them across the land like stars in the sky, the entire Abandoned Land might eventually be free from the threat of Mana Turbulence and Mana Tides."
After rattling off this long speech, Diana grabbed her juice and took a large gulp.
Sweet, with a hint of tartness. Delicious.
Ever since the Supply Boxes stopped spawning, she had gone almost half a year without tasting anything like fruit juice.
Suddenly drinking it now was undeniably much more satisfying than just gnawing on raw fruit.
"The thod is sound, but putting it into practice will be sowhat difficult."
Diana's proposals seed slightly whimsical, but there was actually a lot of room for practical application.
As for why it would be 'sowhat difficult,' that naturally involved a specific requirent.
—The array cores.
All the other materials were easy to procure.
But array cores were notoriously difficult to get ahold of.
Leaving aside the two Five Dragons Reincarnation Magic Arrays that Lan Qingyou had personally inscribed—those were simply of too high a caliber to compare.
Take the magic arrays currently being implented by the Supre Council for the Adventurer's Guild. The Yin-Yang array cores they utilized were all specialized B-rank magic items crafted by dedicated experts.
Unless she had soone on hand who could craft such items, or she managed to unbox unwanted B-rank magic items from a dungeon.
Otherwise, fulfilling this requirent would be downright impossible.
Naturally, there were still solutions to be found.
One option was to scale down by gathering individual witches into small village-like settlents, thereby reducing the number of arrays needed.
But doing so would undoubtedly weaken the strength of the magic arrays.
In the end, it would be nothing more than drinking poison to quench thirst.
"Tell you what, I will leave the urban planning, the reconstruction of the Abandoned Ruins, and the port project entirely in the hands of you two."
"Shang Chuan, let's renegotiate our previous profit-sharing agreent. How about we swap it for ten percent of the future port's profits?"
Wanting so space to think alone, Lan Qingyou simply floated up into the air.
"That is fine by , but I want thirty percent, along with the operating rights to the port for fifty years."
"Twenty percent, plus twenty years of operating rights, and the witches must enjoy priority in all matters."
"Deal."
The two of them barely even haggled.
After a single round of negotiation, they settled the matter with almost comical ease.
For Lan Qingyou, if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it. Besides, she was not the type of person to make soone work without paying them.
That would be far too tasteless.
Sotis, it was better for a person to have so class.
And for Shang Chuan, the conditions offered by Lan Qingyou were exceptionally generous.
Although he had never visited the seaside in this world, nor had he ever sailed upon its oceans.
But he had gleaned plenty of information about mariti navigation from the Pope, and it turned out to be no different from sailing back on Blue Star.
The only real difference lay in the Mana Turbulence and Mana Tides that were entirely unique to this world.
And that problem could easily be solved simply by establishing a network of ports along the coastline.
Exactly.
Shang Chuan was already calculating how to beco a shipping magnate.
As for the twenty-year operating rights to the port—it might have seed short, but any erging industry was a sunrise industry, an untapped blue ocean market. No matter how he approached it, he would make a fortune. It was not a loss in the slightest.
That was why he had agreed after only a token attempt at haggling.
The developnt of the Witches' Forest was rely a springboard for his business empire, or perhaps a 'model ho' of sorts.
Building it up successfully would not only bring imnse profit to the Witch Clan, but it would also allow his business empire to step out of the tiny Abandoned Land and truly spread across the entire Kalim Continent.
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