Mingdou Academy, which had drawn the attention of the entire continent, was finally about to open.
After more than half a year of construction, the academy, designed from the outset to rival the continent's finest, had consumed countless resources from the Sun Moon Empire. Every facility met the highest standards.
Mingdou City beside it was also unprecedented in scale. Judging by the plans, it would one day become a city on par with Mingdu.
Merchant associations under numerous major powers had already moved in. In their wake, many small and medium-sized associations arrived one after another, followed by a considerable influx of ordinary people.
With Mingdou City's establishment, travel between the borders of the Three Great Empires became increasingly convenient. Many commoners from villages and towns near the borders of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire relocated there.
The reason was simple: they could make money in Mingdou City.
Backed by the Sun Moon Empire and supported by the highly profitable soul tool and rare metal industries, the benefits trickled down through every layer. Even those who did dirty, exhausting work for others, farming or mining, earned considerably more than before.
With official support, commerce, and a population in place, Mingdou City had already become exceptionally bustling, and several large markets had formed within it.
Who could have imagined that less than a year ago, this place had been nothing more than a stretch of virtually uninhabited hills?
Huo Yuhao's requirements for Mingdou City were simple: everything had to measure up to Mingdu.
Clearly, his administrative abilities far surpassed those of Xu Tianran's family. The most direct evidence was that Mingdou City would never harbor any black markets or underground powers.
He did not even need to clean them out himself, because the city's entire commercial territory