Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1099
Soon, Iolum gave his opinion——

"I think it's feasible. I will bring it up at the next joint meeting of the Grand Arcanists. I believe that the Seven Towers will agree. If you have any other suggestions, you can put them forward together. If it is feasible, I will also support it. "

Xia Duo glanced at the stack of Tower of Time Level 2 apprentice textbooks still on the tea table, and didn't make any more suggestions.

If there is no accident at the next joint meeting of the Great Arcanists of the Arcane Federation, it will be the day when Congeinio officially resigns. By then, Iolum will surely have his own "three fires" to take office, and Xia Duo doesn't want to Too pretentious.

And he doesn't have many suggestions to make. For the time being, he doesn't want to interfere too much with things outside his territory before he can really participate in and lead the change process.

It's no longer low-key, it's more just a necessary display out of the status of a senior arcanist, so as not to make people misjudge.At other times, it is still necessary to keep a low profile and accumulate strength.

……

Then, Xia Duo had an in-depth discussion with the two great arcanists on the issue of apprentice training. He could see that both Congeigno and Iolum were very interested in the current academy-style training of the Tower of Time. However, limited by their respective identities, they cannot be practically operated.

Therefore, they paid special attention to what Xia Duo said.

"Lord Xiaduo, I probably understand what you said, but I have a question. After the three-year apprenticeship contract expires, if all goes well, the Tower of Time will have hundreds more official mages. How do you arrange these people? ?”

A mage is not a rigid dead thing, but a living person. A living person must have various activities based on this profession, and all of these activities are based on various mage tower infrastructures.

In other words, just maintaining the existence of these mages will generate a lot of consumption, including daily practice, material consumption for experiments, and infrastructure maintenance costs.

Iolum himself doesn't have much research in the business field, so the more he looks forward to the academy-style training scene, the more worried he is about the possible disadvantages in that situation.

Xia Duo mentioned before that the Outdated Tower can barely maintain the training costs of these apprentices. Even after they become official mages, they can still participate in production, but the consumption of their existence is definitely greater than that of apprentices, and it is many times larger.

And can the excess products produced by the Tower of Time due to those official mages really be sold?
If it cannot be sold, then the tower will soon go bankrupt, and even if it is sold, if the price is too low, it will still be unable to maintain.

This kind of problem has actually involved the core of Xia Duo's reform and governance in the southern region. To be honest, he himself has been worrying about this problem. Although he has various plans, no one can be sure about the future.

At this moment, this question was brought up again by Iolum, and Congeinio also showed curiosity and wanted to hear it. Xia Duo thought about it, and then said:
"Master, Your Excellency Iolum, I have two main plans for this issue——

"One is to create a new consumption mechanism and establish an internal economic cycle, allowing those new mages to work and consume in the Tower of Time. Of course, this internal cycle also has a big loophole, that is, the Tower of Time itself Resource constraints, if the Tower of Time does not have enough resources to circulate, it will be difficult to maintain, but at least it is a relief.

"So, the second aspect is to dig deep into internal resources and introduce external resources. The undeveloped area in the southern border is so large, you can always find some useful ore veins, and then use magic to mine, the efficiency may be far higher than that of ordinary humans or even dwarves. Dwarves; and in terms of external resources, these large numbers of official mages are still needed, and they will produce more low-cost goods and sell them to the outside world to supplement the lack of internal circulation."

Having said that, Xia Duo revealed another piece of news that is not a secret to both Iolum and Congerio:

"At present, the Tower of Time has reached a preliminary strategic cooperation intention with the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce. In the future, the Tower of Time will sell more magic items and introduce more raw materials through the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce."

As for the introduction of new coins in the southern border, Xia Duo didn't say anything here.

After listening to Xia Duo's explanation, Iolum and Conjenio fell into deep thought again, and the study became extremely quiet again.

There is only a small pendulum-like mithril ornament on the desk not far away, making a "click" sound when it swings.

After a while, Iolum's eyes showed an expression of excitement and eagerness to try, but he seemed to have thought of something, and quickly calmed down again, looking at Conjenio.

The two sides confirmed certain information during the staring, and then Iolum slowly opened his mouth and said to Xia Duo:
"Lord Xiaduo, the "academic training, internal and external double cycle" development model you proposed does have very attractive development prospects, and it is indeed very suitable for Netheril, but now I have to tell you a very realistic one. problem, that is—

"Currently in Netheril, even the Morion Tower, which has the strongest academic atmosphere and the most enlightened knowledge, is difficult to take the initiative to carry out such changes."

Xia Duo listened carefully, not letting go of every single word, and even had to think over and over again, what Iolam said should be regarded as some kind of truth in Netheril.

As far as the Maureen Tower department is concerned, it is difficult to carry out academy-style training, let alone other places, but Iolum's words seem to be more than that.

At this moment, Iolum suddenly asked: "Lord Xiaduo, are you willing to be my student?"

"what?"

Xia Duo was stunned for a moment.

Isn't this discussing the future development model? Why is it suddenly abducted to accept apprentices?This turning point is really a bit big, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

Just when Xia Duo was wondering what Iolum meant by saying that, Iolum himself began to take the initiative to explain:
"Lord Xiaduo, I am very optimistic about you and the future development of the southern border, but such development is destined not to be carried out in peace. Before becoming a great arcanist, I can temporarily become your teacher and block some unnecessary things for you. malicious."

Hearing this, Xia Duo immediately understood Iolum's intentions.

The wheels of the times are rolling forward, but those who lead the times may not be treated fairly in the contemporary era, just like the "Qin" in their hometown.

Later generations all used Qin Fa, but at the same time discredited Qin Fa in every possible way.

The same is true in Netheril. If the college-style training first appeared in the southern region, and thus breaks a certain current balance, even if the college-style training can become the mainstream in the future, it will definitely encounter backlash from the conservatives now.

Of course, this backlash is not necessarily "real person PK", but it is not guaranteed.

　There is one more chapter, it will be ready soon
　
(End of this chapter)