When mentioning the name Esco, thirty years ago, in the minds of people in the North, it might have been a ruins adjacent to the Aino Oak Desert.

Those with a little knowledge will tell you that it was the former capital of the dwarf Danzo Kingdom adjacent to Netheril thousands of years ago. It was once a sentry city that monitored the Orc Tribe of the High Glacier and guarded the North.

Eye of surveillance.

However, following the destruction of the Nether Empire and the continued intrusion of the orcs southward, the three major medieval civilizations in the North were extinguished one by one like lights. The dwarves, whose country was ruined and their family was ruined, could only be forced to retreat to Ade, which now has natural dangers of mountains and rivers.

Ba Bao and Fei Ba Bao are now the borders of the Silver Moon Federation.

But if you ask someone again now, most of the people being asked will show respect and proudly introduce to you:

It is the pride of our Northland, the backbone of the Northland rebuilt under the will of the Silver Dragon Lord Levis, the green building of the protective forest in the northeast of Zeelandia, the deposit of Kildarin gems, and the communication today.

The powerful heart of trade transit between the east and west ends of the entire Coril Continent.

In the past barbaric years, with the destruction of Netheril, the dwarf kingdom of Danzo and the elven empire of Erlan, people once thought that the fire of civilization in the North was on the verge of extinction except for the lingering Kaishui City, so even if it still

While trade routes remain, there are only two bad options:

Either start from Jishui City along the Delinsha River, go to West Combo, Noisy Water City, and Locke Town, climb over the Gray Peak Mountains, cross the lonely wasteland, walk through the black sandy road of the Aino Oak Desert, and cross the Corman

Travel to Dagger Falls, which is often haunted by vampires, and arrive at Zhentil Keep, which although prosperous is known for spreading strife and chaos.

Or go south along the ancient trade route, passing through the green fields, the Giant Plains and the Dragon Coast, and arrive at the southern border of Cormyr.

However, these two trade routes are not only time-consuming, but also a breeding ground for evil forces to harbor parasites and suck blood. The price of a very ordinary item may increase dozens or hundreds of times after it takes several months to reach its destination.

possible.

But now, after the initial trepidation, the Northland merchants soon had a third option that was so fragrant.

That is to choose the Northland Intercity Expressway, which is financed by the Northland United Development Bank and constructed by the Fourth Bureau of Zelandia Construction Group.

At first, it was a bit difficult for people to understand. Although there is a natural and convenient trade route called Sebring River from Waterdeep City to Silvermoon City, Zeelandia has to go to great lengths to build a land route.

But only businessmen who are eager to trade every day all year round know that with the rapid growth of trade in the North over the past half century, the daily throughput of the old ports in both Jishui City and Silver Moon City has increased.

tending to be saturated, and more importantly, no one can now endure the months-long flood season of the Sebring River, let alone the muddy roads that become mired in deep mire when spring warms up.

So the North Intercity Expressway was born under this situation, and then people were shocked to find that the time taken between Jishui City and Silver Moon City in the past was reduced by at least half. Arrivals from the two cities serve as a transfer station.

Minas Tirith? It only takes as little as three to four hours.

For the first time, people discovered that the distance between city-states could be so close.

And those towns that were passed through by the Northland Intercity Expressway were even more surprised to find that due to the huge increase in the flow of people, the towns where they were located were booming almost every year at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Of course, this expressway has indeed brought unprecedented convenience and changes to people's lives, but it is not without its criticisms.

That is a high-speed toll station set up in every town.

After all, it’s human nature to engage in prostitution for free. Why would you charge me even if I’m just walking around? Doesn’t that mean you want to kill me?

But when a small chamber of commerce blatantly resisted charging and was kicked off the highway and permanently blacklisted in the newspaper, returning to the medieval life of small horses and carts? All the businessmen became alert and queued up to pay with a shy face. After all, there was such a thing.

Time, it is the last word to make two more business trips.

In the face of simple calculations? No one will have trouble with money.

And Zelandia’s official statement also makes sense, isn’t it:

Do you all want to have sex for nothing? Who will build the roads for you in the future?

A group of veteran drivers believed that, after all, there were roads? It would be more convenient for them to drive, wouldn’t it?

But just when everyone was queuing up to pay in front of the toll station, they saw a magic alchemy motorcycle speeding past the emergency lane. Immediately, the steam locomotive driver loaded with cargo protested:

"Hey! This isn't right! Why can they get it for free without queuing?"

The young lady in the toll booth immediately casually glanced at the motorcycle's license plate with white characters on a black background, and then glanced at the small wooden sign held up by Slime next to the table. She immediately gave these guys a blank look and said:

"Open your eyes and see clearly! That is the military license plate of our Zeelandia, and we are obviously on a mission. We charge our own official tolls? What should I do if I miss the military plane? Is it because you are not smart enough?

Is there something wrong with my brain?"

When the dwarf driver heard that it was a military vehicle, he immediately shivered. How could he dare to explain that there was something wrong with your service attitude? He quickly smiled and apologized:

"No, no, no, there's something wrong with my brain! Mine!"

I'm afraid that if I apologize too late, I'll be blacklisted. If the patrolman on duty sees something wrong again and pulls me out of the cockpit for an alcohol test, that's a joke!

Unexpectedly, the toll-paying lady immediately took out a small card and stuffed it into the dwarf's hand:

"Here, if you have a problem with your brain, go to a 'forensic doctor' and have ape-man intelligence-enhancing surgery. This is a new surgery. The surgeon is my senior and he has a professional qualification certificate. If you go with this card, you can get a 9.5% discount.

oh."

A group of freight drivers and small businessmen immediately twitched their mouths and looked at each other in confusion.

No one in the North knows the fame of ape-man intelligence-enhancing surgery, but the price is equally staggering.

If they had the money to do surgery and try to follow the path of Master, who would be doing freight logistics?

Escau City.

When Kangevian got off the motorcycle with his scales standing up, he felt salivating at the corners of his mouth and his feet were floating. When he looked at the position of the sun above his head, he was immediately startled.

He is addicted to working, and his thinking is still stuck in thirty years ago. He still knows the old location of the capital of Danzo Kingdom, because the location of the Dark Area connected to Felbarburg by the group of shield dwarves happens to be in his mother's territory.

In the territory of Fadelim in the north of the forest.

In the past, it would have taken him a whole day to cross the fungus forest even if he flew at full strength, but now that they arrived here from Minas Tirith, which is further away, it took less than four hours.

?

However, when I thought about the teacher driving all the way at a speed of over 200 kilometers, my legs were shaking and I felt relieved, but then I felt an inexplicable awe of the silver dragon.

Cangevian has admired his mother Savivian since he was a child, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he grew up reading her legendary biography.

The entire Valley of Screams and most of the fungal forest are crawling under her power.

Savivian began to rise as a legend in his prime. It took less than two hundred years to integrate a powerful army of dependents and sweep across the Fungus Forest, establishing a stronghold in the Underdark and in the Screaming Valley.

Gelthorne, the Ember City with the same name as Ironforge Castle.

You must know that it took the drow nearly a thousand years for Gelthorne to reach its current scale, while her mother only spent less than one-fifth of the time.

So Kangevian decided to learn from her mother since she was a child, and prepared to build a black dragon empire that was unique to Kangevian in a shorter time!

But when he started to 'start a business' as an adult, he realized how difficult this road was, and he also realized that he might not be able to achieve his mother's achievements in his lifetime.

And for a legend like her mother who was born in the Dark Territory, all she could change in her lifetime was a city.

Well, to say that it is a city is a bit embarrassing according to the standards of surface city-states.

Compared with Minas Tirith, his Ember City is just a castle on the outskirts of the countryside.

On the other hand, it only took Tiberius more than ten years to establish the mining city of Zeelandia under the noses of the drowbichi in Gelthorn City.

Next, they miraculously broke through the drow's power blockade, reached trade cooperation with the surface human forces of Silvermoon City and Jishui City, and gradually monopolized most of the mineral industry in the Underdark.

Then it took less than half a century to build that miracle city. Minas Tirith, known as the crown of the North, became the transit hub and freight distribution center that the entire Northland trade must pass through.

Immediately afterwards, he participated in the Moon-Sea War with everyone's eyes broken. He marched north to Luskan and completely brought the former maritime overlord back to his original form. He stabilized the Moon Shadow Island in the west and turned this archipelago into an island.

It has become a back garden that provides raw materials and population output for Zeelandia.

Now, with the remaining power of the victory in the Moonsea War, the Northland Joint Development Bank was established, integrating the resources of the entire Northland, and began to build a high-speed and railway network connecting all major towns in the Northland.

Although the current progress is only to build a main road connecting Jishui City, Baicheng, Jishui City, Esco and other important city-states, according to the current progress, I am afraid it will take another thirty years to connect the entire city.

The Northland network is about to be completely formed.

He didn't read much of Kangevian, but he understood some simple principles and could see some obvious trends.

Nowadays, through this intercity expressway that connects all the city-states in the North, the distance between city-states is infinitely shortened. Various trades and flows of people are flowing back and forth every day, and people's geographical affiliation is also driven by this flow.

Blurred quickly.

As for the silver dragon above the seventh city of Minas Tirith, which overlooks the entire Northland, every will and every command he makes directly or indirectly affects the lives of millions of people in the Northland in real-time.

Life.

Over time, wouldn't this be the prototype of a kingdom or even an empire?

And Tiberius is the uncrowned king of this country, the Dragon Emperor

Wow, this kind of encounter and this kind of achievement are something no bardic biography would dare to write about.

Ah, this is simply the chance of being born in a dragon that Kangevian has always dreamed of!

This is more than just the goddess of fate lifting her skirt to you

You just take off your skirt and openly ride on your face, okay?

Just when Kangevian's face began to deform due to extreme envy, he heard teacher Kike talking to several figures walking towards him:

"Master Anthony, I came here to report on the order of the city lord. I wonder how your preparations are going?"

I saw the silver-haired old mage immediately cried out in pain:

"It's no small matter when it comes to teleportation, not to mention that we still have to build a super large teleportation gate across the Aino Oak Desert, which is likely to transport more than 50,000 people. This thing happened so suddenly, and we just did it today.

Order received."
To be continued...