Letting the Velanders build their own home was a compromise. After all, the authorities of Settlement No. 1 could not conjure a new district capable of housing five thousand people out of thin air.
Especially since Settlement No. 1 itself was taking in wastelanders from the eastern provinces. The expansion of the settlement and population growth had only just reached a fragile balance, and no one wanted to break it.
Besides, these immigrants had brought with them considerable capital and manpower.
Labor needed jobs, and capital needed suitable outlets. With a little resource allocation, both needs could be met at once.
Henk had found precisely such an opportunity, satisfying the demands of every side.
The authorities of Settlement No. 1 only needed to provide a planning blueprint to gain a high-growth new district for free. The construction sites in the new district would not only stimulate the local economy, but also resolve more problems arising from the Velanders' continued integration in the future.
And with dinars as collateral, The Alliance's banks would be more than willing to provide loans.
After all, using real foreign currency backed by gold and silver as collateral was far more reliable than using IOUs or stocks.
Although some Boro People nitpicked over the word "home," making a huge fuss and calling it a Velander conspiracy of "soft colonization," there were not actually many people buying it.
After all, in terms of sheer numbers, far more Boro People had gone to The Alliance than Velanders.
First the Moon Tribes, then the residents of Golden Gallon Port. Those people had been fleeing ever since the West Lan era.
In a sense, they too were beneficiaries of The Alliance Constitution.
Crossing the river themselves and then wanting to tear down the bridge behind them was the kind of