Yanjing City stands along the coast, and at the foot is a huge bay. If you talk about the southeast of Yanjing City, it should be the other side of the bay.

This bay is a superb harbor, and it is pure natural, not only the area is huge, the depth is enough, and the small peninsula terrain surrounded by mountains on three sides, the southeast defense line sticks out of the head, which blocks the waves very well, no matter how violent the waves outside are, when entering the bay, it automatically becomes calm.

It can be said that this port is the most important port in Datang at present, and it is also the largest natural port in the entire western continent.

Yanjing City is on the innermost side of the bay, and there are two pieces of terrain on both sides that look like crab pincers, enveloping the entire bay.

To the northeast, there is a satellite city called Slatan, where Optimus Prime has their main contact with the outside world. And on the southeast peninsula, there is also a city called Sanjili, which means the city of life in the elven language, yes, the satellite city on the southeast peninsula is the city inhabited by the elves. Because Datang has worked hard to absorb people of other races since the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and Datang has always done a good job, for other people of different races, there is no discrimination, all are treated fairly, no matter whether the other party is ugly or not, and whether the other party has special abilities, as long as the other party is willing to live in Datang, he will divide a small piece of land to the other party to help them establish their own settlement.

And take the initiative to help them integrate into the whole Datang, lack of food? Free supply. Short on supplies? Sold at cost price. No money? Specialties are exchanged, and the price of the exchange is higher than the market price. It can be said that the Tang Dynasty treats these foreign people just like the Huaxia in the previous life treated ethnic minorities. A large number of preferential policies were given to encourage them to settle in Datang, and they were able to integrate into Datang very quickly. Today, according to the statistics of the civil affairs department, there are more than 30 races in Datang other than humans.

This includes elves and dwarves. Giants and other races have a strong color in various legends, as well as a large number of races such as lizardmen, cavemen, snowmen, and Zedi elders, which have never had a huge population from the beginning and have never done anything great in history, but they are genuine. These aliens have been unable to enter the mainstream world for a long time. Self-sufficient, but also to ensure their own survival, so they more or less have some special abilities of their own, even if it is to make some small handicrafts. It is also much stronger than the average human.

And this Sangjili. It is a satellite city headed by the elves, with all races at the same time, and the officials of the Tang Dynasty are responsible for the partial management of the racial integration. There are several considerations for establishing here, first of all, this kind of thing must be more or less under Gao Zhen's control, he can generously give his land to these guys to survive, but he can't tolerate these guys betraying him. Of course. He didn't mean that these people would definitely betray him, but the so-called desire to let people go is indispensable. It's always good to be prepared.

Secondly, the city was built in this place, but also to make it closer to the port, as we all know, if the economy wants to develop, the convenience of transportation is extremely important, especially in today's world, like the earth at that time, the world has begun to contact each other on a large scale, the number of ships coming and going between the east and the west is increasing, what does a good port mean, the fool also understands that the city of Sangilli is built on the bay, so close to the port, it is also extremely important for its own development.

Gao Zhen, and even Datang, cannot seek a way out for every city, and the managers of the cities themselves must have certain economic management ability and economic acumen, and the development of the city is the business of the city managers, not the empire. There are more cities in the empire, and everything needs to be managed by the empire, and the empire's own energy will be consumed on it, which is an obvious waste of resources, which is extremely undesirable, so each city must have its own development route.

Sanjili City is already a special case, Gao Zhen has given them such a great convenience, even if they know that Gao Zhen's move has the intention of monitoring them nearby, but they did not refuse, and they did not even feel unhappy, they have confidence in themselves, since they will not betray, so what does it matter if they are put under their noses and watched? Even if it is this kind of life, it is much better than before, what is there to be dissatisfied with? With so much convenience, the development of Sanjili City is very rapid, has quickly become an indispensable part of the Gulf Economic Bureau, many foreign specialties, greatly enrich the flow of goods in the bay, but also to these foreign people, bring rich benefits.

Of course, these are not the most important, the development of a city, for the current Gao Zhen no longer matters, the city is good or bad, is the business of the city managers and residents, he is responsible for, only the country's macroeconomic control and the provision of land, the rest, is not something he can interfere with.

The reason why he wanted to fly to this city was to see the current situation of the city, but just to see, he didn't even have the interest to intervene a little more. What's more, he wants to see how far the force here has developed, after those ancient tree elders were created by him, they were put together with the elves, the ancient tree elders have the ability to change to special professions, and they have a good relationship with the elves since ancient times, he has not paid attention to it before, only knows that a large number of elves enter the army every year, and now that he has time, it is good to come and take a look.

From a distance, the whole city of Sanjili is like a huge tree, and the branches and leaves at the top of the tree, like a dome, cover the whole city, dense like a lot of green clouds, floating there in the distance.

Gao Zhen knew that this was a branch of the World Tree. The World Tree of this world still exists, but the main body has died, leaving only three seeds, one of which was destroyed in the great war between humans and elves, and one failed to grow because it did not find a suitable land, and finally consumed all the energy in the seeds when it grew to a height of less than three thousand meters, and finally turned into ordinary trees. It didn't take long for it to wither, and now only the last seed remained, and the elves had sought Gao Zhen's help before. Gao Zhen also spent a month refining and using the power of the source, making a thousand crystalline stones of the power of the source, although it was not pure enough, but it only supported the growth of the World Tree, and a short time was enough.

The current World Tree is in the Moon Shadow Forest, which is already a sacred place for all elves. Except for the people who followed Gao Zhen from the beginning, including Gao Zhen himself, the others could no longer find the specific location of the land over there, because the entire Moon Shadow Forest was covered in powerful magic. Even if a twelfth-level master enters, it is inevitable that he will be disturbed by illusions, and today's human beings are not as good as they were during the First Dynasty, although today's elves are no longer the elven empire of the past, but the elves, an ancient creature, have mastered the most powerful magic technology in this world after all. This level of magic array can still be arranged. Of course. That's all there is to it, the defensive array is much simpler than the attack array, if they are allowed to arrange an attack array that can kill the twelfth level master, it is almost impossible, not to mention the twelfth level, even the eleventh and tenth level are difficult, not only the technical strength is not up to par, but also a lot of materials. It has long since disappeared from this world, and there are no suitable materials. That kind of top-level killing array can't be arranged at all.

The gossip is far away.

The World Tree has successfully grown, here in Sangjili City, it is a branch on the World Tree that has just grown, transplanted through a special method, and after hundreds of mages above level 10 of the Elf Race have provided magic power day and night, it took a full three months for it to be successfully transplanted and thrive, although it can never become a new World Tree, but it can still be done to protect a small area.

"Your Majesty!"

When Gao Zhen flew over Sanjili City, three elves riding horned eagle beasts greeted him, and when they saw that it was Gao Zhen, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Well, is the Great Elder here?"

"Yes, the Great Elder just came back yesterday, Your Majesty came at the right time, please come with us."

It was a female elf who spoke, and her appearance inherited the usual petite and weak appearance of the elf race, but at the same time there was a heroic spirit, although it was specific to the facial features, it may disappoint many people who misunderstood the elf race, and I only felt that the appearance of this elf woman was not so beautiful and exaggerated. But how to say it? It's already good, especially with that heroic spirit, it really feels good.

Of course, that's just for other people, for Gao Zhen, he doesn't care about this kind of thing anymore, there are so many girls around him who haven't eaten them, and those girls are not beautiful? Which has no temperament? An ordinary elven woman, but she couldn't make him rise those impulses.

Nodding, Gao Zhen slowly fell towards the giant number with the three elves. This giant tree itself is actually a huge magic array, all the branches and leaves and the growth of the root system have a certain rhythm, once it can successfully survive, it will independently unfold a magic array, the scale of the magic array is related to the top branches and leaves of the tree itself, how much area is covered by the general canopy of the dome, and the same area of land below will be covered by the magic array.

Now this giant tree, the canopy has covered the entire Sanjili, that is to say, as long as Gao Zhen wants to enter the city, he must pass through the magic array. Of course, the power of this magic array is not enough to stop him, but he doesn't need to force his way, does he? This empire, where can he not go?

When they walked under the canopy, a faint film suddenly appeared in the originally empty air, and only such a film flashed in front of them, and the rest of the place was still a void, and if people who didn't know these things wanted to break in, I was afraid that they would be discovered as soon as possible.

The elven woman's status in the elven clan did not seem to be low, originally she needed to send a message to let the magic array open from the inside, but she just used her hand lightly, and the membrane slowly opened, revealing an opening that was enough for more than a dozen people to pass through at the same time.

"Your Majesty, I am the next Great Elder of the Shadow Elves, after the re-merger of the Elven Clan, the elder candidates were re-selected, and I was defeated, but after all, I used to be a Great Elder candidate, so I still have some understanding of these magics."

As if seeing Gao Zhen's doubts, the woman took the initiative to speak.

"Hmm."

Gao Zhen nodded, and didn't say anything.

He was only puzzled about these things, and he had no intention of going deeper. But he was from the woman's behavior. I sighed a little, and it turned out that unconsciously, I had become an existence that a random look or a thought was enough to make others pay great attention to it. He used to stay with those people around him, and although they regarded their orders as the highest, they were very casual in their daily lives, and he himself didn't feel anything. Now that I suddenly went down to the "grassroots", I suddenly felt like the moon in the moon, a little happy at the same time, but also a little depressed. He understands that once he reaches this point, he wants to change back to what he was before. There is almost no possibility left......

"After reading it, let's go back quickly......"

Thinking so, Gao Zhen stepped into the interior of Sanjili City.

From afar, the current elven clan elder greeted him. It's an old elf with a white beard. Holding a curved wooden cane in his hand, although his face is old, his body is still quite tough, walking in the void, every step is very powerful, and Gao Zhen is also full of confidence when he talks to him, Gao Zhen simply glanced at it. It was discovered that the old man was actually an eleventh-level master, plus the elven clan's already long lifespan. This old man can live for at least thousands of years.

Along the way, the old elf introduced a lot of the current situation of the elf clan to Gao Zhen, and Gao Zhen listened to it and was satisfied.

Unconsciously, the population of the elves has exceeded 100 million, and at least half of them are in the prime of life, that is to say, the combat power that the elves can provide alone is more than 50 million people. Of course, this is only the maximum number, not everyone in the elves likes to fight, and they can't force others, right? But even then, it's pretty remarkable. The individual strength of the elves is generally better than that of humans, and their racial talent is better than that of humans, especially in terms of lifespan, ordinary elves and ordinary humans are simply people of two worlds, ordinary people, lifespan of up to two hundred years (product of the high-energy world), and ordinary elves without any power, the lifespan is at least five hundred years old. For such a long time, even if he was an elven civilian without any strength, as long as he was willing and cultivated well, even if it was just time to accumulate it, it would be enough to become a fifth- and sixth-level existence. And if there is some talent, the eighth and ninth levels are not a problem. If you have good talent, it's easy to be at level 10 or 11. It is not easy for a level 12 master to appear, but it is the same for all races, except for the former dragon, no creature can easily enter level 12.

Now, the standing combat power of the elf clan has three million, all of them are good hands above level seven, one or two may not matter, but they are based on the army, three million good hands above level seven, this force itself is terrifying enough.

And the three million standing combat power Huang Zong, there are 500,000 druids, this is also not a small number, as we all know, the elves are good at natural magic, the power of holy light and archery, that is to say, the elves produce more magicians, priests and archers, of course, there are also warriors, but I don't know why, the warriors of the elves are all swordsmen with double swords, the lethality is not bad, but the defense is too poor, even worse than magicians and priests, that is to say, in the elf race, the phenomenon of partial science is too serious. There are almost no meat shields that can be held in front, all of them are ranged professionals and anemic melee professionals similar to thieves, and the mix is uneven, so it's no wonder that the overall combat effectiveness is not good.

But with the druids, it all settles.

The Raptor Druid is responsible for reconnaissance and assassination, the Talon Druid is responsible for the battle array charge, with the Talon Druid in front, the mage priest archers in the back can unleash their long-range means to their heart's content, and the powerful attack power can be fully displayed, which is why after learning that they can be transferred to the Talon Druid, many elves cried out excitedly. Because even during the period of the Elven Empire, the strongest elven of their elven race, the claw druids were their main combat power, and there was no one, the claw druids were the most important tactical core of the elves at any time.

Today's elven race, among the standing three million combat power, there are 500,000 claw druids. And in the entire elven clan, all the combat power that can be mobilized exceeds 30 million, and according to incomplete statistics, the number of claw druids has exceeded 2 million, which is definitely the level of the super legion. Just imagine, more than two million giant bears rushed from afar, how spectacular it was, and it is no wonder that the elves are becoming more and more confident in the face of the outside world.

There were other questions, all of which were asked by Gao Zhen one by one, and the Great Elder of the Elf Clan also answered, and half a day passed in a flash, Gao Zhen refused the Elf Great Elder's proposal to let him stay for dinner, left Sanjili City, and flew all the way along the sea to the south. Sang Jili Cheng is just the main place where these foreign people trade, the place where they live is not here, in order to show fairness, Gao Zhen left a piece of land for each race, since you want to see it now, then go and take a look, others in the province say that he favors one over the other.

His next destination, 300 kilometers away, was the Anthill Rock, a former nest of a creature called the Volcanic Ant, which had now been wiped out, and the intricate underground caverns that had become the best place for cavemen to live. (To be continued......)