Lord of Arcane

Chapter 216 Faithful Leiden

Turning the page again, it is the first batch of supplies prepared by the Liaton Chamber of Commerce for the development of the Great Xia Territory-food, herbs, clothes, tools, etc.

Seeing the final price, Xia Duo was slightly relieved, it was only a few hundred gold coins, but the food was only semolina, no meat, oil or salt.

It seems to be for ordinary people to eat.

Looking again, the following is the development plan. Xia Duo roughly read it. In the general direction, it is not too different from his plan. There are only some details. It is difficult for Xia Duo to consider because he is not an indigenous person.

Seeing that Xia Duo had read all the documents, Mrs. Patty asked, "My lord, is the plan feasible?"

"Okay, just make preparations like this for the time being, and you can make adjustments when there are any changes in the territory." Xia Duo returned the documents to Arman, and said, "If possible, prepare some crossbows."

"this--"

Mrs. Patty was a little embarrassed, "My lord, if it's just an ordinary weapon, the Liadon Chamber of Commerce can still get it, but the crossbow is a territory-specific specialty, and no one else can intervene."

In fact, it’s more than that. The Liaton Chamber of Commerce is not an ordinary chamber of commerce. What it sells is not physical items, but the relationship with Conifera City. It’s just because of some recent changes that Mrs. Patty has the intention to transform.

All the materials that Xia Duo showed before were purchased temporarily. In just two or three days, it is not easy to raise these.

Mrs. Patty's explanation made Xia Duo speechless, and at the same time, fortunately, it was the Savile Territory, and most of the supplies and even the population could be raised here.

It would be too difficult to develop near the Kangqi City designated by the princess, not only would it be dangerous in the wild, and there would be no support nearby.

"By the way." Xia Duo suddenly remembered, "Where are the 20 new citizens? Where are they now?"

If nothing else, these people are his first team.

"My lord, the Chamber of Commerce has arranged for people to teach them how to survive in the forest, fight, and how to plant. If you want to see them, I will let them come here immediately." Yarman said quickly.

"No, don't be in a hurry, train them well, the most important thing is obedience!"

"My lord, most of those people are porters on the pier, the most hardworking and obedient to orders."

"I hope." Xia Duo didn't say much.

If those people were really so hard-working and obedient to orders, they wouldn't think about exploring new territories with him. It's just a change of status that made Xia Duo need their obedience.

Next, while waiting for the priest of Leiden, Xia Duo and Yarman started a discussion on the problems that would be encountered in the expansion of the territory.

He found that Alman was really a person who could do things. If Mrs. Patty hadn't been there, he would have wanted to solicit him directly.

But the future is long, there will always be opportunities.

……

Xia Duo and Steward Arman had a very speculative conversation, and after a while, Mrs. Patty's steward ran in panting, "Master, madam, Priest Layton is here."

As soon as he spoke, Xia Duo saw a sturdy young man trotting in from the gate of the manor. He was not dressed like a priest, but like an adventurer.

Wearing an old leather armor, with a one-handed sword hanging from his waist.

However, on the front of the leather armor, Xia Duo saw the holy emblem of the Lord of Radiance, and in his magical vision, the person trotting towards him was covered with a layer of holy light.

It was very similar to Bishop Ambriel whom Xia Duo had met before, but the intensity of the holy light was different.

Truly a clergyman!
Xia Duo got up quickly, walked out of the villa, and greeted him, and Mrs. Patty and Yarman followed closely behind. No matter how you say it, people in the temple should not neglect.

"You are Master Xia Duo? My future lord?" Priest Leiden, who trot over, breathed calmly, but what he said surprised Xia Duo.

Is this joining the Da Xia collar?But I haven't agreed yet!Xia Duo saluted first, showing respect to the servant of the Lord of Radiance, and then said:
"Priest Leiden, I heard that you want to participate in the development of the Great Xia Territory?"

"Yes, my lord!" Priest Layton said seriously.

"No, wait first." Xia Duo quickly interrupted him, "The Great Xia Territory doesn't exist yet! You don't need to call me the Lord, and why do you want to participate in the development of the Great Xia Territory? The Savile Territory Don’t you want to open up too? Why did you choose me?”

Priest Layton's expression was solemn, and his face glowed with holy light, "My lord is the lord of brilliance, the lord of order, and what could please my lord more than establishing laws from scratch!"

Hearing the latter sentence, Xia Duo's hairs were about to stand on end. He seemed to have heard this sentence somewhere before. If he added a sentence of breaking the old order before establishing order, it would be more familiar.

This is simply a must-have slogan for rebellion!
But fortunately, Xia Duo has read the "Sacred Proverbs of the Lord of Radiance" many times, and he still understands the teachings of the Lord of Radiance.

It does not break the old order, but only establishes and maintains order. In a narrow sense, it is to maintain the rule of the lord.

As for whether the lord is competent or not, it doesn't care.

"Proverbs" clearly mentioned, "obey the law", "do not doubt the decision of the superior", "serve the superior sincerely" and so on.

All in all, if it weren't for this teaching, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so popular in Netheril.

Even though the caster is already the absolute ruler of the empire, the belief in the goddess of magic is far less widespread than that of the lord of light.

Almost from top to bottom, even a small village in a remote area may have an altar of the Lord of Radiance.

After figuring out that this Layton priest is a believer in the Lord of Radiance, Xia Duo has much less worries in his heart. The more believers, the more they can be deceived.

Of course, you can't play it off. You must grasp the other party's belief status and understanding of the teachings. Otherwise, if the other party thinks that you are an obstacle to order, it will be a tragedy to give him a just trial.

Fortunately, this possibility is extremely small, at least Xia Duo has never seen any lord killed by the clergy of the Lord of Radiance in the books of the Mage Tower.

On the contrary, in order to maintain order and maintain the notice of the lord, countless people died.

To put it bluntly, Xia Duo was worried that the other party's faith was not deep. If he was a believer, then there would be no problem.

If it was just an ordinary priest who got into the team and didn't even have the power of divine magic, then Xia Duo definitely didn't want it. Having an ordinary person like him would be of no benefit to the overall situation, and losing him as a member of the temple would save a lot of trouble.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the temple is very authoritative, and the temple is indeed a good helper for the lord to rule the people, but if it is against the lord, it will not be beautiful.

After confirming that Priest Layton possesses magical powers, it is unlikely that he would lie in front of the Holy Light, Xia Duo finally showed a smile on his face.

He looked at Layton's firm eyes, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. With Layton, he could not only popularize the authority of the lord to the people, but also apply healing methods to the wounded, and participate in battles.

This is simply an all-round model worker delivered to your door!

Xia Duo took Leiden's wrist and invited him into the living room, "With the participation of the priest of Leiden, the development of the Great Xia Territory will definitely be smoother!"

(End of this chapter)