Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2043 General Education of Civil Rights
For Xia Duo, all the current problems in the territory can be solved by raising his hand, but he is more concerned about the long-term development of the territory.

It's not that he doesn't prepare many things in advance, such as winter clothes. In fact, as long as he wants, he can completely arrange a Hengchun enchantment in the territory, but he knows very well where the boundary between Yourong and arrogance lies.

Generally speaking, if the territory can be resolved by itself, Xia Duo is more inclined to let the territory deal with it first. Even if it is not handled well, it will not be too late for him to come back to find out.

If everything needs him to use unconventional means to solve it, then is this creating civilization?Still keeping pets?
Xia Duo obviously has no idea of ​​keeping pets.

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Then, Xia Duo asked some detailed questions about the current situation of the territory, such as the ceremony of granting land, the construction of new villages, the resettlement of new residents, night school study, lectures on legal codes, and even the security of the territory, training of soldiers, and so on.

Layton gave detailed answers one by one——

"The land granting ceremony is still once a month, one hundred households at a time, but considering the rapid increase in the number of people in the territory, I have discussed with the heads of the various ministries of the territory, and I plan to release the quota limit for granting land every month, and temporarily set [-] households , and then make adjustments depending on the actual development speed.

"New village construction and new land development are almost bound together. At present, the Territory Development Department has sufficient manpower, complete tools, and effective organization. The speed of progress is increasing day by day. Up to now, 5% of the five-phase development plan has been completed.

"It is expected that before the land freezes in winter, it can enter the sixth phase of development.

"The resettlement of the new residents is currently under a lot of pressure, but it is still proceeding in an orderly manner. It is just that there have been two large influxes in succession, which have limited the housing materials previously prepared by the territory.

"As of now, more than half of the new citizens live in temporary wooden houses. However, the Territory Logistics Department has mobilized a large number of people to strengthen their temporary residences and store winter fuel for them. It shouldn't be a problem to support them until the land thaws."

Layton wanted to continue the introduction, but Xia Duo raised his hand, temporarily interrupting his report, and asked a detail that Layton didn't mention:
"How are the old people and children among the new citizens arranged?"

"Limited consideration of family, being with their family." Layton said without hesitation.

This kind of answer is quite satisfactory, but it is obviously not the answer Xia Duo wanted. He then asked: "In other words, there are a considerable number of elderly and children living in temporary housing? And the temperature will get lower and lower in the future. !"

"Yes."

Layton thought about it, and didn't think it was wrong. He was with his family, had enough fuel, and although there was a little shortage of food, there was no shortage of food. It was just that the living conditions were a little worse.

And this is compared with the official citizens of the Great Xia Territory today. If it is compared with the past life of those new (prepared) subjects, it may not be worse than their past.

It should be said that apart from the residence, other aspects are definitely better.

But Xia Duo is definitely not right, "Priority is given to arranging comfortable housing for the elderly and children, and arranging young and middle-aged people to temporary housing. Children are the future of the territory, and the elderly are the future of the people of the territory. They should be treated preferentially."

"But they are just preparing to lead the people!"

"The preparatory leader is also the leader!"

Xia Duo couldn't help sighing in his heart. Leiden was indeed a competent consul, but sometimes he was too rigid. It was indeed his order to classify new subjects as reserve subjects, but reserve subjects and official subjects were more is the distinction of citizenship.

Taking care of the elderly, children, and even all the preparatory citizens is the concept of human rights that Xia Duo follows.

If it is simply understood that people other than the official subjects are not considered human beings, it would be a big deal, although there are indeed similar sayings and practices in this world, or the current moral and human bottom line of Netheril is a bit low.

But Xia Duo still has his own persistence.

He doesn't expect Layton to understand him now, some things still need to be figured out in practice, even if moral cultivation is not mentioned, only from the perspective of utilitarianism, Layton will one day understand respecting the old and loving the young and the benevolent Invincible truth.

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"Tell me about night school!"

"Yes, my lord."

He was mentioned a few times today, and Layton couldn't help but wonder if he really did something wrong. He was much more cautious in the next introduction:

"The enthusiasm of the citizens for the night school has never diminished. Even the new citizens have been shocked by the kindness and generosity of the lord. Now almost every day, new citizens pass the assessment of the language and regulations of the territory and become official citizens. .”

"Those should have a certain foundation, right?"

"Yes, many of them were originally free citizens from inland cities and towns, and had a foundation of literacy. However, the laws and regulations of the territory are very different from those of other territories. They did put in a lot of effort to pass it."

"Hmm. Any more?"

"Also, some village chiefs suggested to me that they hoped to extend the night school, which started only after dinner, to daytime, and asked to add more learning content."

Hearing this, Xia Duo regained some energy and asked Laiden: "Their enthusiasm for learning is so high? What new content do you want to learn?"

"They want to have a head start with the kids."

After finishing speaking, Leiden looked at Xia Duo as if asking for instructions. This kind of thing is not within the authority of the consul. At present, the enlightenment class for the children in the territory before entering the Tower of Time is in charge of the Master of the Tower of Time, and the Master of the Tower of Time The world is ruled by the Archon, but actually only accepts orders from the Tower of Time.

Those Tower of Time mages will obey only when the order and duty, and the Tower of Time's order do not conflict. Obviously, find more students for the enlightenment class, even the Tower of Time mage in charge of teaching has no right to decide.

However, Xia Duo was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed happily, praising those official leaders who had already allocated fields and did not need to continue to develop their unique vision.

If the night school in the territory is "literacy + law", then the enlightenment class for children in the territory can be regarded as elementary "general education".

Although the word "general knowledge" does not seem to be very loud, but what if it is replaced by "generalist"?

At present, children in the territory need to receive education in geography, biology, language, mathematics, humanities, art, planes, and even magic before reaching the right age to join the Tower of Time.

Although the level of knowledge is still relatively shallow, the fields involved are extremely wide, and it is most suitable for broadening children's horizons and stimulating interest.

The purpose is of course to train new citizens and select outstanding talents. After they enter the Tower of Time, the apprenticeship stage will still be this kind of general education.

Only when they become official mages will they consider the future direction of development and enter the stage of professional education.

Of course, this is only the current plan. In fact, the professional education that Xia Duo envisioned should be after the high-level mage, or to put it further, only the arcanist is eligible to choose to study magic.

Those below Arcanist level can do whatever they want. A huge and complex real society has various occupational needs, and it can fully accommodate them.

(End of this chapter)