Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1950 Temporary Nurturing of Shruvande Mutation
Some mainland tourists revealed that many lords have even started to connect with each other, and they are going to ask for subsidies and support from the Sevington Council!

When Xia Duo learned about this situation from Gibb, he couldn't help wondering whether those territories were really going to fail, or those lords were too shrewd (greedy).

This incident is not good news for Xia Duo, but it is not bad news either. No matter what the real purpose of those lords is, they have to consider a very realistic problem——

In the past two years, production has been reduced due to the climate, so next year, the year after, and every year after that, will it be necessary to reduce production and continue to subsidize the people?
If not, then the climate anomaly in the past two years can only be regarded as a long-lasting emergency at best.

But if this is the case in the future, unless the Severton Council completely covers the situation, I am afraid that many lords will consider reducing the number of subjects.

According to Xia Duo's speculation, the climate anomalies in the past two years are likely to be related to Longkuang Misuo, which means that there is a high probability that it will not get better in the future, but may even get worse.

As for the Severton Council, it is only a relatively loose power center. It usually doesn't have much real power over the various territories below, and it doesn't have to bear much responsibility when something happens.

The so-called "clearly defined powers and responsibilities" is just like this. If you have power, you will have responsibilities. Without power, you will naturally have no responsibilities. The lords of various places can't both want the benefits of independence and don't want to bear the risks of independence!

Xia Duo reckoned that Severnton might offer some assistance in the end of this matter, but the scope of the anomalous climate was extremely wide, and it was impossible for the Seven Towers to unilaterally cover the whole situation. In the end, it would either be a deal or ignore it.

But after all, the Seven Towers occupy the title of ruler, and this alone determines that they must do something about it. However, from last year to now, Xia Duo knows that the Seven Towers have indeed made a lot of efforts, but now they Even the source of the climate anomaly has not been touched yet!

Perhaps the little aid given at the end may also be out of compensation for his own incompetence, of course, he will not say it clearly.

As for the impact of this incident on Xia Duo, it is mainly in two aspects——

One is that the continuous climate anomaly has made the "Agricultural Book" more widely spread, and the cooperative society has become more popular among the people, and can promote agricultural development and industrial progress such as primary agricultural product processing.

But this also brought about more serious land mergers. The cooperatives initiated by the Nether Lords of the current era cannot transfer a large amount of wealth to the grassroots like Xia Duo did in Daxia. (Daxia collar has not promoted cooperatives yet)

The efficient production of cooperatives will eventually lead to the emergence of a large number of landless farmers, which may lengthen the timeline. From a longer-term perspective, this is beneficial to Netheril.

But right now, this process will not be as plain as described in future history books, and will always be accompanied by a large number of real tragedies.

For this reason, Xia Duo plans to use Azure Manor as a long-term transfer point for recruiting new citizens, and arranges for the fleet to absorb the population extensively in the Nether River Basin.

The main purpose of his doing this is not how many people he wants to recruit. After all, there are still many inland lords who are still developing new lands in the Abby Hills and Cologne Plains. The abnormal climate has not affected the development itself.

In fact, since the development of these two areas involves the delineation of the borders of Nether at the Northland Alliance meeting in the future, the Seven Towers have given a lot of support.

It also includes the population, but the size of those two areas is almost no less than the core area of ​​Nether, that is to say, how many people can eat it.

If it weren't for the difficulty of self-sufficiency in an abnormal climate, those two areas would become Netheril's largest population inflow black hole.

The last two times Xia Duo recruited new citizens from Severnton, they both took special channels. One was to request people from the Severnton Council in the name of Broad to open up the territory. This is the practice of the Grand Arcanist. Seven The tower didn't want to break it yet, but just sent someone to remind Xia Duo, and the matter was over.

The other is the reward for assisting in cooperation with Hilda Lanna at the request of the Seven Towers, which is the same as that of Broad, with a population of 5.

In addition, there are only some slaves bought back by the Four Chambers of Commerce of Savile. If it was in the past, Xia Duo would have attached great importance to this channel, because it was almost the only channel for him to obtain new people at that time. .

However, after several tens of thousands of people have been absorbed, the sporadic gains from this channel have become commonplace.

But one of the biggest impacts of this climate anomaly on Xia Duo is that, except for those lords who have hard development indicators, for ordinary lords, population is no longer wealth, but negative assets.

As long as you continue to search, even a trickle can eventually converge into a large number.

Xia Duo set the Azure Manor in Severton as a transfer point, and spread rumors to recruit new citizens. In addition to receiving people, he also wanted to influence those lords who established cooperatives and let them treat the people well.

This seems to be a bit contradictory to Xia Duo's purpose, but it is not contradictory, because he has already seen the subjects of other lords as his, and now he is only temporarily raised by those lords.

Xia Duo's demand for population is insatiable. In the future, the southern border will continue to absorb population. Where the population comes from, a considerable part must come from the interior and those newly expanded areas.

Since they are their future citizens, Xia Duo can plan for them now, which may increase the cost of introducing population to the territory in the future, but Xia Duo's vision has already escaped from the scope of general money interests, but focuses more on the overall situation , and the future.

……

As time passed, Xia Duo led Niya and Eberke to finally complete the last bit of construction of the floating city. At the same time, the number of tourists from the north to the south began to drop sharply.

Although still not completely cut off, but also temporarily lost growth potential.

Xia Duo knew that this was because there were really not many things in the southern border that were worth a special trip. He thought that the more mature Savile Territory might become an important gold-absorbing point.

However, according to statistics after the fact, mainland tourists generally have no idea of ​​staying in Savile Territory. At most, they just go to have a look, and then choose to come back by big airship, or continue to take the free portal.

The real big money-absorbing family is actually in Daxia!

The profits are mainly concentrated in catering and accommodation. Of course, the current Daxia Ling has no other industries that can be operated externally.

It can also provide tourists with food and accommodation.

As for the Great Xia order, according to some information collected by Gibb's security officers, it has indeed become a beautiful landscape in the eyes of mainland tourists.

But whether this is out of curiosity, or if he really understands the charm of order, Xia Duo has a big question mark in his heart.

……

That is, on the second day after Xia Duo came out of the Azurite Plane, there was a sudden news from Severton that Sluvand, who had been in a strange state of silence recently, suddenly sent an invitation to the countries of the Northern Alliance.

All countries are invited to jointly develop the newly discovered ancient fortress!
Xia Duo was shocked when he heard the news. He didn't know what was hidden in it, but when he went to Severton last time, he heard Iolum mention that Yeerlan was preparing for war.

Why is Sluvand suddenly inviting countries to jointly develop it?
Is this a sign from Ye'erlan, or is it decided on his own for some reason?
"Devil?"

The image of the demon-born elves could not help appearing in Xia Duo's mind. Since the assassination of the great elder Ankalita of Evereska, the demon-born has been quiet. Even if a secret base was taken away, there was no movement.

If he hadn't seen the demons with his own eyes in that secret base, Xia Duo would have doubted their real existence!

Therefore, he immediately decided to go to Severton again, in addition to inquiring about the latest situation on Sluvand's side, he also wanted to urge the progress of Iolum's side.

Now Xia Duo has completed the construction of the main functions of the floating city (the internal facilities are still empty for the time being, but it does not affect its own offensive and defensive capabilities), the only thing missing is the strategic weapon at the bottom of the box, war spells.

If this dragged on until the end of the Sruvande incident, then he might as well stop driving the floating city to Sruvende. Without strategic weapons, the deterrent power of the floating city itself is not enough.

Especially when Ye Erlan is ready for war, Xia Duo will be heartbroken if he is defeated, and more realistically——

The Tower of Time has no extra resources for him to build another floating city in a short time, let alone the construction itself will take time.

……

At the same time when Xia Duo was going to Sevington, far away in Shruvande, the top management of the [Eclex Contract] organization rarely got together to discuss the next course of action.

"Has there still been no response from Ye'erlan?" One of the leaders asked in a deep voice.

Another leader who may have mastered the secret information gave his own answer: "Yes, as of now, they still have no response."

But his answer made the rest of the leaders feel heavy. In their original expectation, Ye Erlan would jump because they invited all countries to jointly develop the ancient fortress, and then immediately start the war.

In that way, the rhythm of the war will largely be in their hands, but the silence on Yeerlan's side may indicate that the coming blow will exceed the tolerance limit of the [Eclex Contract] and even the entire Sluvande .

Perhaps it was because the atmosphere of silence in this situation was too oppressive, and a commander couldn't help but say:
"Whether they react or not, in the end it's just a matter of strength. We have the weapons of war brought out by General Cruise from the fortress. The balance of victory is towards us!"

His words may be the consensus of many members of the organization, but on this occasion, several leaders acted so cautiously, and other leaders did not dare to speak lightly.

"Tell me about the demons!"

A leader tried to break the deadlock, but made the atmosphere even more freezing point. If it is said that Ye Erlan, who has a big family, may choose to give up "supervising" Sluvand because he cannot bear the losses of the war.

Those demons hiding in the dark are the biggest variable!
In the previous "Unified Opinion" operation, the [Eclex] organization discovered many demon descendants, and some of them even got mixed up in the seats of political elders!

If the matter of the demons is not handled properly, then even if Sluwende successfully escapes Ye Erlan's "supervision", he may eventually face an abyss that is difficult to escape from.

　That's all for today, I haven't had a good rest for a week, I feel like my eyes and head are going to explode. . .

　
(End of this chapter)