The first feeling that Silvermoon City gave Aaron, apart from the unusually familiar feeling similar to that of Dalaran, was the biggest feeling that this city did not live up to its name. Aaron couldn't tell where this feeling came from at the moment.
In fact, Dalaran and Lordaeron had already made Aaron feel this way before, but at that time Aaron was still in the excitement of just coming to this fantasy world, so he didn't pay too much attention.
After arriving at Silvermoon City, the feeling in Aaron finally became clear. After thinking carefully for a long time, Aaron finally figured out the source of his feeling - is this city a little too small?
You must know that it has been nearly 10,000 years since the High Elf came to Eastern Kingdoms, and it was already seven or eight thousand years ago that they snatched the current location of Silvermoon City from Troll and started building the city.
In other words, just looking at the duration of existence, the history of Silvermoon City has crushed a large number of famous historical cities in the world where Aaron was born. After all, the written history of Aaron's world is much shorter than the history of Silvermoon City, let alone the history of those cities.
However, even though you can always see the historical heritage accumulated over thousands of years when walking in this city, Aaron always feels that this city seems a bit too small. Even though High Elf people rarely build high-rise buildings that are often tens or hundreds of meters high to save construction area, the area of this city is still a little too small no matter how you look at it.
Aaron found an opportunity to ask his question, "How many people are there in Vereesa, Silvermoon City?"
Hearing Aaron's question, Vereesa blinked in confusion and muttered, "How many people are there in Silvermoon City? I don't know, there are probably tens of thousands of people."
Liadrin on the side took over the topic. According to her, rough statistics of the elves Church of the Holy Light were made. There were about 150,000 elves in Quel'Thalas and High Elf. Naturally, the elves living in Silvermoon City were the largest. However, there were also quite a few elves scattered among the noble estates in various settlements of Eversong Woods. There were also many living in the territories of other races that had a good relationship with High Elf.
"According to Silvermoon City, there are about 70,000 to 80,000 permanent residents. However, if we exclude those merchants who do not live in the city for more than half of the year and the soldiers stationed on the island in the north, there will probably be 10,000 to 20,000 less people." Liadrin finally said.
As for the island to the north, although Liadrin didn't say there was anything special about that island, Aaron did know what was there - the Sunwell that High Elf relied on for survival was on that island, so there would naturally be no shortage of troops stationed on the island.
Hearing this number, Aaron nodded. It's no wonder. This population is far different from the small eighteenth-tier county in Aaron's hometown. It's no wonder that Aaron feels that Silvermoon City is smaller. After all, the total number of people is so large, and it is difficult for this city to expand.
The population growth rate of High Elf has always been tragic. During the Troll Wars period three thousand years ago, Quel'Thalas had a population of 100,000. After thousands of years, the population has not even doubled.
However, if you take into account the long lifespan of High Elf, this population growth rate does not seem to be a very bad thing.
However, despite its small size, this city that has stood on this land for seven or eight thousand years still has enough features to boast about, first of all, those buildings that are often thousands of years old.
Although for humans, it was too wasteful to build a residence that could last for thousands of years, at that time, for the High Elf people who lived for thousands of years, this was just a daily need.
However, because of their superb magic skills and the magical assistance of Sunwell, it is relatively easy for High Elf to build some strong enough buildings.
On the other hand, compared to the mage city-state Dalaran, whose population is dominated by magicians and whose daily needs are basically supported by Lordaeron, Silvermoon City has a much richer atmosphere. Daily necessities shops opened by elves can be seen everywhere on the streets, and occasionally there are shops opened by dwarves who have good relations with the elves.
Strangely enough, in Silvermoon City, shops opened by dwarves can occasionally be seen, and even Aaron, a shop opened by Goblin, was seen, but not a single shop opened by humans, not even a few shops opened by humans Aaron.
I don't know if this is because High Elf is relatively cold and contemptuous of humans, or because humans' relatively inferior technical level is not noticed by the elves, or a combination of both.
From what Aaron saw while walking in Silvermoon City, the products sold in High Elf's store are relatively comprehensive, most of them are exquisite in appearance, and traces of magic processing can be seen in many of them, and the prices are relatively high.
The products in the dwarves' shops are relatively simple, mainly forged weapons and some products with dwarf characteristics. Occasionally, some dwarf mechanical products are sold in the shop. However, Aaron did not find any dwarfs, but it may be because these little men are too inconspicuous in the city.
After wandering around Trade District for a long time, Aaron followed Vereesa and prepared to go to Xicheng District of Silvermoon City. It was different from the prosperous Dongcheng District where Wang Ting was located. Xicheng District had more Silvermoon City civilians gathered there, and the style was different from that of Dongcheng District.
If they were Silvermoon City's traditional nobles, they probably wouldn't have much interest in civilian areas, but Vereesa was born in a family of rangers, and Liadrin grew up in Church of the Holy Light, so they don't have this mentality.
They just think that Xicheng District is also a part of Silvermoon City, so naturally they want to take Aaron, who is visiting Silvermoon City for the first time, to see it so that he can get to know a complete Silvermoon City.
"This guest, would you like to come and take a look at Old Anvil's goods? They are definitely strong enough." As he was walking on the road, Aaron suddenly heard a greeting coming from a blacksmith shop with a clanking sound coming from the side of the road. Aaron turned around and saw an old dwarf standing on the counter waving his thick arms at him.
"Are you calling me?" Aaron pointed at himself and asked.
The bearded dwarf nodded and shouted, "It's you, little human!"
"But why are you looking for me? I don't have any money." Aaron said, patting his empty pocket, indicating that he had no money.
In fact, Aaron still has a little money on his body, which is the employment fee paid to him by Rhonin before. Since the mages are never short of money, Aaron started from Rhonin The remuneration that got there was quite large. If he only spent it on food and accommodation, it would be enough for him to use it for a long time. However, Aaron was still a little worried if he could only get out and not get in. After all, he couldn't last long without getting in and out.
Aaron originally thought that since he completed the task of solving Alexstrasza, he should be able to get a lot of rewards. If he went by Aaron's experience in playing games, the final reward for such a task that spanned several maps should be several hundred gold coins.
Unfortunately, neither Antonidas nor Terenas thought about giving any material reward to the brave Paladin. Aaron, whose wallet was not very generous, naturally did not dare to spend lavishly. After all, Aaron didn't know when he would make the next money. Maybe he should really consider becoming an adventurer to make money.
With this thought in mind, Aaron walked towards the yelling dwarf, wanting to ask him what he was doing by stopping him. He didn't look like a customer worth soliciting, unless the old dwarf drank too much and looked away.
But the dwarf didn't look like he was drunk at all, and Aaron also vaguely felt that the old dwarf didn't really want to sell him anything.
"Come on, come on, human boy, come in quickly," the old dwarf was very enthusiastic. Before Aaron could get closer, he jumped down from the counter facing the street and dragged Aaron into the store. If he hadn't always had a good impression of the dwarves, Aaron would have been worried that he had encountered a shady store.