I definitely wanted to go on this rare vacation. Even Onyxia, who had always been shy, raised her hand to sign up without hesitation, let alone Stellagosa and Valeera.
But before going on vacation, Sarlayan still needs to check the management of the territory.
Under the long-term training of two capable secretaries, Valeera and Stellagosa, except for those important matters that must be handled by Sarlayan himself, the daily government management of the Marquis of Deep Shadow can be completely handed over to grassroots officials and officials. The secretarial team jointly manages it.
Sarlayan had been in the Shadow Realm for more than half a year, and when he returned to Quel'Thalas, it was already January 2014 of the Black Gate, perfectly missing this year's New Year's celebration.
According to the regulations of Quel'Thalas, in addition to national statutory holidays, noble lords from various places can set up to three additional special holidays in their territories.
Of course, these specially organized festivals must also be submitted to the central government for approval and can only be held after obtaining permission.
This regulation is to prevent some lords from holding random festivals for their own selfish desires.
In the past, when there were no approval regulations, a certain lustful lord actually held a New Year's Eve festival in his own territory.
As for the festival content... I understand everything.
This incident caused Quel'Thalas, which prides itself on being civilized and progressive, to lose a lot of face internationally.
Driven by the raging public opinion, the then Sun King Anastri forcefully deprived the nobleman of his title and forced him to pass the title to other people in the family. He himself was thrown into prison and played with the strong prisoners. Pick up the soap game.
Sarlayan had heard when he was a child that the noble who was deprived of his title died in prison. His family wisely removed this strange person from the family tree, obviously they couldn't afford to lose this person.
The New Year's Celebration is one of Quel'Thalas' official holidays.
In addition to this, there are the Founding Celebration in spring (also known as Dath'Rema's Birthday Festival), the Harvest Festival in autumn, the Midsummer Fire Festival in summer and the Winter Veil Festival in winter, adding up to a total of 5 official festivals.
Under the suggestion of the barrage, Sarlayan established three new festivals in his territory: Valentine's Day, Wine Festival and Children's Day, which are powerful tools for harvesting tourists' wallets. They respectively cover the three major groups of women, drunkards and children with the strongest purchasing power.
It has to be said that although there are many crazy Shaduo in the barrage who are crazy about their presence all day long, there are also some relatively low-key bosses.
Under their planning, the development of all aspects of the Marquis of Deep Shadow has been on the fast track.
Unicorn Town, the capital of the territory, has replaced Taquelin as the most prosperous town in the southern part of Yongsong Forest, if not one of them.
The saddest thing is that Taquelin, the former leading brother, can't even get the second one now.
Second only to Unicorn Town in terms of total economic output, it is a seaside resort town owned by the Windrunner family. The former Windrunner Tower was renamed Binhai Town by Lelessa a few years ago.
Since last year, people and officials in the Marquis of Deep Shadow have suggested that Unicorn Town should be upgraded to a city.
Since he was busy going to the Shadow Realm to deal with matters at the time, Sarlayan did not interfere with the matter for the time being. He just submitted the application for building the city to the Sun King and the cabinet for approval according to the procedures.
Returning to the lord's office after more than eight months, Sarlayan immediately heard about the follow-up to this incident from the secretaries.
The result was not surprising. Kael'thas and the cabinet members approved Sarlayan's application without hesitation.
"Building a city..."
Giving the permission issued by the Sun King to Valeela and Stellagosa for review, Sarlayan touched his chin thoughtfully.
"Formal cities and free-range villages and towns are different. According to regulations, city walls must be built for protection, but..."
Sarlayan has long been influenced by some fire cultists in the barrage. He believes that the city wall will not play a big role under the bombardment of large-scale magic cannons or artillery.
In barrage terms...
My lord, times have changed.
Compared to cumbersome city walls that waste manpower and material resources, Sarlayan prefers to build invisible magic barriers to protect the city within the barrier like New Shandara.
This has the advantage of facilitating further expansion of the city.
The city wall can indeed protect the safety of residents in the city to a certain extent, but it will also restrict the city's continued development.
You know with your buttocks that the wall surrounding the entire city would be impossible to build in just a few years.
Even if there are puppets to help with the work around the clock, according to the time schedule submitted by the officials below, it will be shortened to one and a half years at most.
With the development speed of Unicorn City still not slowing down at all, a year and a half later, the expansion of the city may have long exceeded the scope of the original city wall. So what is the use of building this city wall?
In contrast, the use of magic wards will be more flexible. You only need to increase the runes required to maintain the wards according to the expansion of the city.
Moreover, this method of building a city is more in line with the characteristics of the Magic Kingdom of Quel'Thalas. With the unlimited energy provided by the Sunwell, Sharlayan would not be stupid enough not to take advantage of it.
The plan to replace the city wall with a large-scale magic barrier covering the city has basically been passed, and the next step is to start designing the engineering drawings.
Sarlayan gave this task to Stellagosa, who was specifically responsible for the territory's magic affairs.
Little Xingxing started to make preliminary ideas after accepting the task. In order to brainstorm ideas, she planned to discuss it with some elders after returning from vacation, including Julian's old friend, the Archmage Melia who is resident in the Tower of Morning Star.
As long as the blueprints are designed in advance, all that is needed is to hire some mages who are free and short of money to invest in research projects. There is never a shortage of such people in Quel'Thalas.
The completion matter was initially finalized, and before Sarlayan could ask the next question that had accumulated, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open with a loud bang.
"Salayan! And sisters! You are finally back!"
The voice was so familiar that Sarlayan knew who it was without looking up.
【All members! Be prepared for impact! 】
"Hey~"
Putting down the document in his hand, Sarlayan stood up consciously, holding his feet steady while opening his arms to welcome the impact.
"Pfft!"
Sure enough, a bunch of human cannonballs immediately crashed into Sarlayan's arms.
Even though he was prepared in advance, Sarlayan was still knocked back a few steps, and it wasn't until Onyxia supported his back that he finally stopped.
Stella Gosa, who was thinking about it while holding the barrier sketch, raised her eyebrows and scolded mercilessly: "How many times have I told you! Don't make such dangerous moves in the office!"
The little dwarf jumped into Sarlayan's arms and climbed onto the snake-killing stick. He skillfully climbed onto Sarlayan's broad shoulders and sat down, with a slightly aggrieved look on his face.
This little guy is naturally Tina Gosa who was left to guard the home in the territory.
The Shadow Realm is full of dangers, and Sarlayan is not sure when he is moving in the Shadow Realm. He must take Onyxia with him just in case.
Although Tinargosa has made rapid progress, her strength is still far away from officially joining Sharlayan's team. Carrying this oil bottle is a troublesome burden, and she can only stay in Azeroth.
This is the truth, but humans are emotional creatures after all and cannot rely entirely on rational thinking.
The brothers and sisters who had always doted on her had been gone for more than half a year. It was no wonder that little Tina missed them so much. She couldn't wait to run over when she heard the news, and even gave Sarlayan a rocket headbutt.
At first, Tinagosa, who was unsupervised, roamed freely in the territory, and from time to time she would teleport to Dalaran to play with Jaina.
But in order to join Sharlayan's happy family (Mist), Jaina has been gritting her teeth to improve her knowledge and strength. It is impossible for Jaina to keep playing around with Tina Gosa like she did when she was a child.
Although Tina's mentality is immature, she is still a young dragon over a hundred years old and is still very sensible.
Jaina has always been working hard to improve herself. She was affected by the trend of involution and it was difficult for her to let go and play wildly by herself. Under the guidance of Jaina, she also began to study hard.
More than eight months passed, and Sarlayan only came back once when he had no choice but to leave. He came and went in a hurry and did not meet Tinagosa.
Ever since she first left the Blue Wing habitat with Sarlayan, little Tina had never been separated from her brothers and sisters for such a long time.
In the past month or so, the troubled Tina's learning efficiency has seriously declined, and she always looks absent-minded, which even drags down Gianna who is studying with her.
Under Antonidas' suggestion of combining work and rest, Jaina, the young scroll king, finally put aside her studies temporarily and accompanied Tina back to Quel'Thalas, patiently waiting for the return of her brothers and sisters.
...Of course, there is inevitably Jaina's selfishness in this.
Tina misses her brothers and sisters, and why doesn't Gianna miss her Prince Charming?
When Valeela alertly saw Jaina's fluttering figure at the office door, her brows twitched subconsciously.
'Stinky girl, you are really haunted. '
