"Has anyone ever wondered why there are fewer people in Los Angeles and New City?" Before explaining the supplementary measures, Aiden suddenly interjected with a question that seemed completely unrelated to the current meeting topic.
Even Prince Anduin could notice such a phenomenon, so how could these leaders present not know? Everyone has their own embassies and diplomatic personnel in the Lands of Justice. It's impossible that they haven't noticed that since the end of the expedition, Aiden returned and summoned more than 100,000 citizens of Valoran, and not long ago, these people mysteriously disappeared. The populations of the two major cities in the Lands of Justice have sharply declined, and there are noticeably fewer pedestrians on the streets.
Humans all look alike, so it's not easy to tell, but everyone has noticed that green-skinned orcs have become rare, which is too obvious.
This question has indeed caused some trouble for other countries. They speculate whether the Valoran Federation has found some secret place and transferred the population out to alleviate the food crisis caused by population pressure.
If that's the case, they all hope to know if this place can solve the severe problems they are currently facing.
"They have all gone to Draenor." Aiden blurted out the answer.
This is close to everyone's guess. The leaders suddenly understood.
Aiden continued to explain: "The planet Draenor is about the same size as Azeroth. Although the land area is smaller than Azeroth, the land there is fertile and rich in natural resources, which can provide for the survival needs of a large population. Draenor is the homeland of the orcs, so in order to alleviate the pressure, after the portals between the two worlds were built, most of the orcs went back."
Warchief Thrall was also present, and he nodded to prove that what Aiden said was correct.
"Most of this planet is still in the barbaric era. If we go to cultivate and reclaim wasteland, we will definitely be able to greatly alleviate the pressure brought about by the food crisis. Of course, it is not very safe there, and the area suitable for human cultivation and hunting is limited. We have estimated that the current Draenor can provide survival resources for about 500,000 to 700,000 people."
Even if the human kingdoms set aside the Valoran Federation and the population reduction caused by years of disasters, there are still more than 2.7 million people. Even if they immigrate to Draenor, there is still the survival problem of 2 million people that needs to be solved urgently. The existing materials can only support the lives of half of the population at most, and another 1 million people will face the threat of famine.
If there is no other way, the problem of these one million people may have to be solved by asking the Astral Consortium for help.
It will take two to three years to fully restore production and become self-sufficient.
"So we still have to consider the Astral Consortium?" Varian said in a deep voice.
He instinctively disliked the Astral Consortium's practice of adding political ties to trade. If possible, he didn't want to choose to trade with the ethereals. However, Stormwind City now has a large population. If he doesn't want his people to go hungry, he must consider Prince Haramad's conditions.
Most other people are the same. Everyone is very familiar with politics, so they naturally understand the danger of this kind of tie-in.
"There is one last way." Aiden said, "If we choose this path, everything will no longer be a problem, and we don't even need to immigrate to Draenor to reclaim wasteland."
"What is it?" Daelin Proudmoore asked.
His kingdom of Kul Tiras was not destroyed by the natural disasters and the Burning Legion, and is one of the most complete human kingdoms. However, as a maritime kingdom, Kul Tiras has always needed to import food since its founding.
In the past, as the overlord of maritime trade, they had the money to make up for the shortcomings in food production. But now, they are not only short of money, but also facing the dilemma of it being difficult to buy food even if they have money.
So Daelin is very interested in the last way Aiden said.
"Here," Aiden pointed to Pandaria in the mist, and the holographic projection of this southern continent immediately appeared on the conference table. Then he clicked on the Vale of Eternal Blossoms and the Valley of the Four Winds on the map, so that their real scenes appeared on the upper layer. "Pandaria, this continent can solve all food crises!"
Everyone sat upright, waiting for his further explanation.
Almost no one present understands Pandaria, and their understanding of the history of the Pandaren is limited to a very superficial stage. Only Jarod Shadowsong, who represented the night elves, knew some about the history of Pandaria.
Because more than 10,000 years ago, the night elves and the pandaren, two newly emerging races, joined forces to defeat the overlord who ruled the world at that time—the troll empire. As an ancient civilization that has continued to this day, the night elves have some records of the history of the pandaren in their historical documents.
Even so, Jarod knew very little. After all, Pandaria disappeared after the War of the Ancients. If Aiden hadn't told them so firmly that this continent still existed, Jarod would have thought, like other races, that the pandaren had been wiped out during the explosion of the Well of Eternity.
Because they didn't understand, everyone was waiting for Aiden's explanation.
He continued: "When the titans came to Azeroth, they built the Well of Eternity in the center of the ancient continent as a source of arcane energy. I think everyone should have heard of this. Now what I want to say is another facility built by the titans, right here—" The map showed a golden valley.
When everyone heard "Titan Creation", their expressions suddenly became serious.
Although the titans are the creators, in their understanding, almost none of the titan facilities left in Azeroth are good:
The energy of the Well of Eternity attracted the covetousness of the Burning Legion, and eventually the explosion caused the earth to shatter;
The Ulduar prison was originally intended to guard Yogg-Saron, but even the guardians were corrupted, and all the facilities and creations inside became Yogg-Saron's minions, and later almost released this Old God;
A few years ago, the dwarves excavated Uldaman, which also contained countless crazy troggs. These barbaric creatures brought them huge troubles;
Fortunately, everyone has not been to Uldum yet. You must know that the "Halls of Origination" hides a device to reshape the world, or destroy the world…
In general, these things that have been proven to be titan facilities have eventually become a huge threat to the survival of the intelligent races of Azeroth.
In any case, after all, Aiden is now talking about a solution to the food crisis. They did not interrupt, but continued to listen.
Aiden pointed to the golden valley and said: "This place is called 'Vale of Eternal Blossoms', a beautiful golden valley. Back then, the titans killed an Old God named 'Y'Shaarj', and finally suppressed its heart under the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Y'Shaarj is an evil god who is good at manipulating negative emotions, so in order to resolve the curse it left behind before its death, the spring water flowing in this golden valley has powerful healing power, which can bestow life and resolve the world's trauma, and suppress Y'Shaarj's evil nature."
Muradin's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say: "So we can lead the spring water from the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to the Eastern Kingdoms, and we can quickly restore the trauma caused by the Burning Legion's fel energy corruption to the land, is that what I said?"
The dwarves have a bold personality, and Muradin doesn't care whether his interruption is polite, but Aiden doesn't mind either.
He said with a smile: "That's another plan, worth considering, but to lead the water from the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to heal the Eastern Kingdoms, that must be a long-term project, and it cannot solve our current urgent needs. So what I want to say is something else."
"Ah ha, that's right, you're right, continue, continue!" Muradin laughed.
Aiden pointed to the Valley of the Four Winds and continued: "The Valley of the Four Winds is just south of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, and the spring water flowing from the Vale of Eternal Blossoms also nourishes this land. The miracle power of the titans makes the plants planted in the Valley of the Four Winds mature within one day."
He paused deliberately, and everyone else in the conference room showed incredible expressions—food crops mature in one day? This is simply a miracle that people could not have dreamed of!
As long as the area of this Valley of the Four Winds is one-fifth the size of Elwynn Forest, it will definitely be enough to provide for the food consumption of all races in Azeroth!
"This, is this true?"
"How big is it, this Valley of the Four Winds?"
"By the Holy Light, did I hear correctly? One harvest a day?"
"The miracle of the titans, it's really the miracle of the titans!"
"I guarantee this is the most incredible thing I've ever heard in my life."
"How should we go? I can't wait!"
The leaders have never been so shocked and lost their composure. Even the arrival of the Burning Legion could not have shocked them so much. After all, that was an expected thing, but a land with one harvest a day—this completely exceeded their range of imagination.
Originally, after the combination of Valoran's technology and magic, the growth cycle of crops could be greatly shortened and the yield could be greatly increased, which was enough to surprise them, but that was still within an acceptable range. For example, turning a crop with a 4-month maturity period into a 2-month maturity period, and turning a yield of 200 kilograms per acre into 300 or even 400 kilograms.
But what does one harvest a day mean? It means that the harvest of such land in one year will be close to or even exceed 200 times that of other places!
What an incredible thing this is! With such a place, what food crisis cannot be solved?
Aiden couldn't help but laugh when he saw that everyone was impatient, with expressions of disbelief but also extremely wanting it to be true.
The leaders who have been plagued by the food crisis are all looking at him eagerly, fearing that he will say something like "This is a joke".
"Alright, I can guarantee that this is true." Aiden gave them a reassurance. As soon as these words came out, everyone was extremely excited, "But—" As soon as he said this word, everyone couldn't help but feel their hearts rise again.
Could there be any changes? I hope it's not too difficult to do…
Muradin muttered: "I knew it wouldn't be that easy. What's this called 'good things take time'? Aiden's hometown proverb says so, right?"