Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1170 Transforming Thought Natural Semantic Changes
The Savile Land is only a temporary rest point and material transfer station. Even if the Savile Land rejects all passing caravans, the huge benefits may not be unable to give birth to a new rest point and transfer station.

In this regard, Xia Duo can only promise that the Saville leader welcomes the arrival of any law-abiding businessmen, and is willing to provide appropriate convenience for the northern caravan, and his attitude is quite official.

If the status quo cannot be changed in a short period of time, then at least let yourself get a share of it and accumulate foundation for your own development. It would be foolish not to participate at all.

But in the long run, it is still necessary to fundamentally change the asymmetric trade relationship between Netheril and Comanthor, and even other countries!

In addition to the improvement of overall national strength, this also requires changing the Nether people's views on elves and other alien races.

In contrast, the former is not a big problem. Netheril is fully capable of launching more,

But the latter is very difficult.

It may not be that difficult to change a person's mind, and even a spell can be done if necessary, but it is too difficult to change the minds of thousands of people, to change such an entire social trend of thought.

Even Xia Duo, after experiencing many times of projecting world incarnations as elves, inevitably has a certain degree of identification with elf culture.

This is not under his subjective control, but determined by the three views he formed in the past.

Of course, Xia Duo does not reject this point. Absorbing foreign advanced culture, taking its essence and discarding its dross has always been the only rule for the growth of civilization in his hometown.

But at least one of the most basic cultural trump cards must be used as the ideological root of civilization, otherwise it will not be called absorption, but assimilation.

The civilization of Netheril was enlightened by elves, and the development process was almost full of traces of elves. It was only in modern times that some people began to realize this.

The simple and rustic design of the headquarters of the Arcane Federation is just an attempt, but apart from the headquarters of the Arcane Federation, Xia Duo rarely sees buildings other than the elf style.

This is true of architecture, so is food and clothing.

That is to say, Netheril's current objective material conditions are not satisfied, otherwise it would really be an alternative "land of elves".

……

The night before the snowmelt competition.

Xia Duo and Niya finished talking about the meeting with the leaders of the chambers of commerce during the day, and then said: "The backgrounds of these chambers of commerce are unusual, and the news is very well-informed. I also inquired from Mr. Iolum yesterday that the Northland Alliance is very important. It may be established before the end of this year, and Savile Land may really prosper by then."

"It's not so optimistic, it's just that there are more caravans, which might cause a lot of trouble!" Niya looked rather troubled.

She lived in the Savile Territory since she was a child, and she has seen many troubles brought by caravans. Now that the number of caravans has increased, the first thing she thinks of is troubles.

After all, the Tower of Time is no longer in Savile Town, and it is difficult to effectively suppress the spellcasters in the town, and the income of the Tower of Time has far exceeded that of the past.

In Niya's mind, the little profit brought by the caravan's passage was no longer worth the troubles that might arise.

Xia Duo hadn't thought of this yet. He continued to talk about his plan, "I think we can expand the port and open a special material distribution center near the port. This can also regulate the commercial order of the territory and reduce the sudden increase in foreign businessmen. The adverse impact of the team on the territory."

"fair enough."

Niya's eyes lit up, and she felt that this was not bad, then she recalled all the troubles in the territory in the past, and added something:
"The commercial and tax regulations in the Daxia Code can be implemented in the port area. You have to send people here. This is also the beginning of the introduction of the Daxia Code into the territory!"

Xia Duo thought about it and agreed.

Compared with the lord's laws and regulations that are full of loopholes in the Savile Territory, the Great Xia Law Code is not one or two points more perfect, and it will be tried out from the port area first, and the target is not the Saviles, so it is just to see the effect.

After all, most of the laws related to business and taxation are derived from the laws of his hometown in Xia Duo's memory, and there may be adjustments, but he himself cannot guarantee whether they can be applied to Netheril in the current era.

In case of any unacceptable situation, it can also be corrected in time.

……

After discussing business matters, Xia Duo and Niya went to bed to rest. Since they were in the Austrian Law Federation, it was inconvenient for the two of them to do interesting things between husband and wife, so they had another bedtime conversation in the dark.

"Do you know Atwood?"

"Atwood? I seem to have some impression. It's the agricultural consultant in your territory? I seem to have heard you mention it before."

"Yes, he is not only the agricultural consultant of the Great Xia Territory, but also a follower of the new natural concept!"

"New natural concept? Is it related to elves?" Niya asked curiously.

"Related and irrelevant."

Xia Duo sighed slightly in his heart. Even Niya would associate it with elves when it comes to nature. His theory is a kind of heresy for elves, and even for many human beings who respect elf culture and elf thinking.

It was the first time to officially introduce the new nature concept to Niya, Xia Duo was still a little apprehensive, for fear that Niya would develop serious resistance.

He first spoke the "natural" elf language vocabulary, and then explained to Niya who had already mastered the elf language:
"In the Elvish language, 'nature' has complex meanings, not only the forest, the earth, the sky, the sea, but also the ruler, favor, and even the creator, but in fact, when translated into Netherian, 'nature' is often used Translates to 'forest'.

"It's not that the original translator mistranslated, but that 'nature' has undergone a semantic change in modern elf language, and now it generally refers to 'forest', especially in the druid community!"

In fact, in the era of [Projection Plane Maierita Sukanwisa], the meaning of "nature" also included forest, earth, sky, and ocean.

Then it can be speculated that in the period of the main plane, that is, about 1 years ago, the meaning of "nature" in Elvish language was not as narrow as it is today.

Xia Duo speculated that it might be the appearance of druids that led to the development and change of the semantics of "natural".

In the projected plane, there are no druids in Maierita Sukanvisa City. Although there are also elves who specialize in planting, they are not called druids, nor do they use holy power, but full-time mages. The status is relatively respected.

On the main plane, although Xia Duo knew very little about that era, judging from the possibility of the projection plane, it is very likely that it is the same.

Elven Druids are derived from the main god of the elves, and in [Projection Plane Maierita Sukanwisa], there is no main god of the elves, and some are only more similar to the belief of the "Mother God of Creation" worshiped by ancestors .

Then it can also be speculated that it is the main god of the elves that caused the change in the meaning of "natural".

Whether it was a natural semantic change after the appearance of Druids, or an active change caused by the intervention of the lord elves, it is unknown, and there is no place to even guess.

But Xia Duo didn't need to delve into these things. After explaining to Niya the development and evolution of "nature" in Elvish language, and giving her a rough understanding of the concept of "nature", the formal introduction began——

(End of this chapter)