Chapter 2695 - 1164: Political Wisdom

Chapter 2695: Chapter 1164: Political Wisdom

"Mr. Gaven, it’s really you who has returned."

The door suddenly flew open with a bang, and a light, petite figure, flapping her wings, flew and sprinted in, pouncing towards Gaven.

Gaven instinctively wanted to evade, but Zalanda, whom he was supporting, held onto him tightly, making him afraid to struggle for fear of hurting her.

The petite figure immediately plunged into Gaven’s arms, hugging him tightly and saying, "Mr. Gaven, have you forgotten Nicole? Why did you come back only now? Nicole missed you so much... missed you terribly..."

Speaking with a thick sobbing tone, she rubbed her little face back and forth in his embrace.

The moment he heard the voice, Gaven recognized her as Nicole, the Pike Elf Girl from Dragon Oak Mother Tree Honey Village.

When he first returned to the Thacel Kingdom, she had stayed by Zalanda’s side.

At the time, Anna had stayed with her, too, mainly to use the abilities of the Book of Strategy, the sub-divine artifact in Zalanda’s possession, to quickly elevate their professional level.

Unexpectedly, she never left, for she discovered her greatest talent here, which also became her passion—textiles and fashion design.

Nothing is absolute, including the racial label on the Fae Race.

Nicole indeed has a three-minute enthusiasm for other things, but when it comes to studying textiles and fashion design, she is incredibly passionate and persistent, to the point of working day and night.

Coupled with her outstanding talent and custom-tailored special abilities, she immediately shone brightly, achieving remarkable accomplishments.

Even though Gaven has experienced many ups and downs, he was still at a loss, not knowing whether to embrace her or push her away.

After all, the woman carrying his child was standing right beside him!

His angry gaze could only turn toward another beautiful girl peeking at the doorway, whose distinctive mare ears and tri-colored braided tail exposed her.

It was clear that it was the Half-Moon Colt who, being talkative, had told Nicole about his return.

Instead, Zalanda smiled and said, "Miss Nicole is now the most precious treasure in my territory. If you upset her, don’t blame me for being unkind to you."

She was fully aware of the special affection Nicole held for Gaven.

The Pike Elf Girl was never someone who hid her feelings, nor did she mean to.

Loving or hating openly is another racial feature of the Fae Race.

Zalanda’s reaction not only made Gaven let out a sigh of relief but also left a hint of secret joy in his heart, though he did not openly express it. He hurriedly redirected her attention, saying, "Even though I haven’t returned, I’m well aware of your situation.

I heard that you’ve already upgraded Nicole’s textile machine to the third generation, and both the technical level and the fabric produced are a thousand times better than the first generation."

Sure enough, upon hearing a topic in her field, the Pike Elf Girl immediately lifted her little face from Gaven’s embrace, with unconcealable pride on her face, saying, "It’s not as exaggerated as Mr. Gaven says; the output has significantly increased, but the quality hits a bottleneck once it reaches a certain point."

"It’s Miss Nicole who sets her standards too high." Zalanda revealed her genuine regard for the Pike Elf Girl, "Now the textile industry has become another pillar industry in our Darama.

At least one-third of the women in Darama City work in this industry.

We’ve transformed from the largest cotton exporter to the largest cotton importer.

The fabrics and finished garments we produce are sweeping through the surrounding markets.

Currently, the constraints on our development speed are the cotton plantation area and population. As long as these catch up, I’m confident we can capture most of the West Hartland market share."

She has already tasted the rewards brought by technological innovation.

The rapid development of Darama City owes only partly to her just and wise rule.

Another indispensable reason is the ability to make money here and have a brighter future.

If immigrants arrived here and found no work, no food, and no shelter.

No matter how just and wise she is, the situation would revert to chaos as it did two years ago, with these immigrants becoming the greatest security risk, ready to be ignited and cause uncontrollable unrest.

Darama’s development didn’t surprise Gaven; he reminded, "Food is the focus of everything, and you mustn’t switch a large amount of rice fields to cotton."

"I’m not that shortsighted," Zalanda responded with a smile, "Besides, the Three Rivers Region isn’t ideally suited for cotton; there’s too much rain here, and a slight mismanagement could result in lots of cotton rotting in the field.

I’ve already scouted two cotton planting bases; one is in the Samis Hill Region, where there are convenient mountain terraced fields for drainage and plenty of demi-humans, perfect for harvesting these economic crops.

The other is in the inland plains between Ruitawen and the Giant Plains, where there is a lot of dry and barren land, also suitable for large-scale cotton cultivation. With the opening of the Conqueror Path, those with a business mind have already started doing so, albeit not yet on a large scale."

Gaven immediately caught on, saying, "I will include Ruitawen in this diplomatic mission. Lord Raymond is one of the wisest rulers I’ve met. Over the past period, we’ve maintained a good cooperative relationship, and I believe we can take this opportunity to advance further."