Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1321 Jealous Patrol
"Then how did you reply to her?" Niya immediately asked with concern.

Thinking that the elf might come to win over Xia Duo, she felt uncomfortable, especially when she heard that the elf was actually a woman.

Xia Duo didn't think too much about it, and only thought that Niya was concerned about herself, so she said, "How else can I reply? Of course, if there is cooperation, I will respond first, and if I talk about wooing, I will go around the corner."

"Did you not refuse her?"

"Why refuse? Others didn't say so clearly. All of this is just my own guess. If I say it rashly and others don't mean it, it would be really embarrassing!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Xia Duo suddenly realized that Niya might be jealous, and she was still jealous of an elf!

He has never seriously thought about what to do with the elves, but it is not without reason that Niya thinks so. There are indeed many humans in Netheril who yearn for a cross-race love with the elves.

But Xia Duo didn't like this. Even the moon elves, who were a little acceptable to him, were actually very different from humans, both psychologically and physically.

What's more important is that he is now married, even if there is no sacred marriage contract witnessed by the Lord of Radiance, he will not stir up any crooked thoughts.

Of course, in such a sober and rational state, Xia Duo can guarantee that he will never cheat, but in an unconscious or irrational state, he cannot guarantee it.

Xia Duo never overestimates his own humanity, let alone test how solid his bottom line is. He will proactively and consciously avoid such situations in advance.

like now-

He took a step forward to embrace Niya, and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry about any female elves, you and I are enough!"

Niya shyly wanted to break free from Xia Duo's arms, but under such circumstances, how could Xia Duo let her go away so easily?
He slightly increased the strength on his arms, but his palms stroked Nya's back very gently, as if to comfort and express affection.

Niya seemed to feel Xia Duo's heart, and most of her shame dissipated immediately, and she also stretched out her hand to feel the temperature of Xia Duo's body.

The two stood in front of the projection window for a long time, until the outside scenery projected by the projection window gradually darkened.

……

the next day.

Xia Duo opened his eyes, feeling Niya's soft and warm body in his arms, remembering the madness of the two last night, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.

It's just that Xia Duo's heart suddenly became heavy when he thought of the words Niya said after reaching the extreme state last night.

Niya said why there is no child yet!

yes!Why don't you have kids yet?

This is what Xia Duo wants to know. It has been two years since the two got married, and they have been in the same bed for nearly a year. Why don't they have children?
Could it be because of the reproductive isolation of different universes?

But even time travel has happened, and his body is perfectly adapted to the current world, so why is there reproductive isolation?
But apart from this, he really couldn't think of any other possibility, it wouldn't be infertility!

Maybe you can try assisted reproductive magic another day. Whether it is the Arcane Empire or Comanthor, there are spells in this area, but Xia Duo is more inclined to let his offspring be born naturally, so he has never considered it.

But now, it's time to think about it.

Thinking in this way, Xia Duo also finished today's meditation training. He carefully pulled his arm out of Niya's smooth nape. In the process, Niya was inevitably woken up.

But at this moment, the two are honest with each other. Even though they have been married for nearly two years, Niya is still very thin-skinned in this regard. As long as Xia Duo doesn't make trouble deliberately, Niya will always pretend not to wake up.

This can be regarded as a little tacit understanding between the husband and wife. Seeing Niya's trembling eyelashes, Xia Duo smiled and kissed her forehead lightly, then got up and began to dress.

……

It has been the third day since Xia Duo returned to the southern border. He had been busy with the Tower of Time before, and was delayed by the elf investigators. Even if he returned to the territory during the period, he only came and left in a hurry.

Today he can finally inspect the territory properly.

Daxialing, Linshui Village.

With the continuous advancement of the land granting work, the residents of Linshui Village began to gradually transfer to the new village. Xia Duo came here this time, and under conscious observation, he clearly felt a trace of desertion that was obviously different from the usual ones.

"Leighton, what stage is the granting of land now?"

"My lord, after the first land granting ceremony, the territory held two more land granting ceremonies in succession. Each time, 100 people were granted land, but their families were actually included. The specific number should be 534."

The number of people granted the land for the first time was more than 50 people, including their family members, there were more than 100 people. Xia Duo made a simple estimate, and it would take at least two years for everyone in the territory to be allocated the land. (Once a month)
This is not counting the possible increase in the population during the two-year period.

However, there is really no rush for this kind of thing. The process of granting land and building a new village must be combined with the specific progress of development and construction, and it cannot be completed in an instant.

"Did you encounter any difficulties in the construction of the new village?" Xia Duo continued to ask.

"Yes, mainly in terms of supplies. The people assigned to the land are no longer satisfied with the most basic food and clothing. They have higher requirements for basic necessities of life. The territory is still somewhat insufficient in this regard."

"Ah."

Xia Duo nodded. In fact, what Layton said was not the difficulty of building a new village, but the trouble of a group of emerging classes who had money and could not spend it.

Territorial land granting is not just about granting land, but also settling the salaries and salaries of the citizens for participating in the development at one time. Xia Duo didn't know much about the last two granting of land, but he personally presided over the first land granting ceremony.

He remembered very clearly that at that time the most gold coins were more than 3000, and the least were more than 1000.

Even if the first batch of land grantees were the veterans of the territory development, the subsequent grantees would get less, but no matter how few, they would start with a hundred gold coins.

With so much savings in Savile Town, they can be considered as middle class. At least those who can open a shop in Savile Town may not be able to save a thousand gold coins a year.

The money received in Daxia is even more, but no matter how much money there is, it is useless if there is no way to spend it, and gold cannot be eaten.

"What about the newly opened taverns and grocery stores in the territory? Take me to see them!"

It was only then that Xia Duo remembered that when he was in Sevington, Aiwa mentioned that three pubs and two grocery stores had opened in the territory.

How can you improve the "happiness index" of the citizens!

When the lord spoke, Layton naturally would not refuse. He immediately adjusted the next itinerary, and brought Xia Duo to the junction of Linshui Village and the first new village—Kaikai Village.

The first tavern in the territory opened here!
(End of this chapter)