Lord of Arcane

Chapter 321 Millions of Maintenance Fees

After chatting with Cecily about how to open source the Tower of Time, the two left Niya's study together. Cecily still has work in the supplies department, and Xia Duo also needs to go to Savile town.

As for how to open source, there was no result discussed. Xia Duo asked Taling to leave a message for Eberke and left the Mage Tower.

Niya sent a message to tell the Tower of Time that there are three trustworthy and reliable people, but because of communication interference, Xia Duo actually only heard two people clearly, and the other one is unknown.

Maybe it was De Parker, the personnel director, maybe a student of Lord Epps, or even a core member who pretended to be a peripheral member.

Just like jealousy, trustworthiness is also a very delicate relationship. Xia Duo can't think wildly, otherwise it may happen to anyone.

And when they arrived in Savile Town, in the mayor's office of the town hall, Xia Duo looked at the mayor of Thain in front of him—one of the four people with credible and reliable messages from Niya.

With Eberke's advance ventilation and Xia Duo coming over with Niya's scepter in hand, the mayor of Sain immediately summoned Ke Yan, the military director of Savile Land, and Derrick, the business director.

Among the two, Xia Duo is more familiar with Derrick. He is the father of Edric and Adrian, and he also served as a matchmaker for the three chambers of commerce, Hans, Flash Gold, and Slavin, and Xia Duo.

The twenty or so slaves currently in Xia Duo's territory were recruited by the Slavin Chamber of Commerce from the mainland, and these three chambers of commerce are currently serving Xia Duo.

Seeing Derrick again now, Xia Duo felt quite kind in his heart.

And the other Ke Yaen was tall and strong, wearing a suit of armor that was obviously a magic item, and the one-handed sword hanging on his waist was also shining with a faint magic aura.

Overall, it gives people a very strong and not easy to mess with feeling.

Xia Duo knew that his son, Master Burt, was also a student of Lord Epps, but his achievements were not high, he was only a junior mage.

Xia Duo had just met Bert in the conference room on the public floor of the Tower of Time.

"Lord Xia Duo!" Unlike in the past, Xia Duo had to take the initiative to greet them, or even salute them, this time they took the initiative to salute Xia Duo as soon as they came.

There is a saying on the earth that "one emperor, one courtier". Their authority is completely attached to Lord Epps, not even Savile Land. In essence, they are just ordinary people with weak strength.

Today's Xia Duo not only surpasses them in terms of individual strength, but also has a higher status than them in the Savile system they rely on for survival.

So, it is not surprising that they offered to salute.

Xia Duo sat in the upper seat, while flipping through the summary documents of recent government affairs of the territory brought by Mayor Thain, while listening to Derrick and Ke Yaen report the recent commercial activities and military trends in the territory.

When Xia Duo turned over the complete summary documents, they had just finished speaking, and Xia Duo pushed the documents on the table away from him.

By this time, Xia Duo also had an understanding of the basic situation of the Savile Territory. Of course, the real situation of a territory must be more than that, but for the time being, he only needs to focus on the money bag and the barrel of the gun.

After deliberating for a while, Xia Duo said slowly: "The affairs of the territory are as usual, and I will not intervene too much, but because of the special situation of the Tower of Time, I think some policies of the territory need to be adjusted."

As he said that, he looked at Mayor Thain, "It is no longer realistic to mobilize a large amount of manpower and force to develop the Green Pearl Forest. I think we can change the direction to open up a road to the Tower of Time."

Connecting the Tower of Time is actually connecting the Savile Territory and the Great Xia Territory. Although there is already a waterway connecting them, wouldn't it be better to have multiple land routes?

The more roads there are, the more connections you can make. This is Xia Duo's selfishness.However, connecting to the Tower of Time can also bring some psychological comfort to the locals in Savile Territory.

After all, a mage tower that you can't see at all and don't know where it is, and a mage tower that you know is at the end of this road are obviously not the same concept.

However, land roads also have many problems. Opening roads in the forest, regardless of the danger, and the opening and maintenance of roads are difficult problems.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo added, "This matter doesn't need to be done right away, let's make a plan first! I'll come and see next time!"

"As far as the business side is concerned, there is a lot to adjust."

Speaking of this, Xia Duo looked at Derrick again. Although he has seen the world in terms of business (earth experience), he is not very clear about the actual operations and even hidden rules of the current world.

"Derrick, I know that you are responsible for collecting the magic materials of the Tower of Time in the past, but this time due to special circumstances, a large amount of materials are needed, so I still need you to collect them."

As he said that, Xia Duo handed over a stack of parchment, which he discussed with Cecily just now, and made a list of materials based on the progress of the Tower of Time's restoration.

Arranged according to time, before when, how much material needs to be collected, very detailed.

Derrick took the list and only flipped through the first few pages. A sense of humor came to mind. Could it be true?
At the end, the expression on Derrick's face became more and more solemn. The timetable above was so detailed that it was almost taken according to the day.

Looking at the handwriting on it again, it seems that it was written not long ago. Although Derrick couldn't believe it, his reason told him that it was true.

"Master Xiaduo, this—"

"The above plus the original reserve of the Tower of Time is the total consumption of this restoration project. If you want to restore it to the previous reserve state, you still need to work hard!"

"how can that be!"

As the commercial director and de facto financial director of the Savile Territory, Derrick couldn't be more clear about the income situation in the territory.

First of all, the output of the Tower of Time accounts for at least half of it. In addition, there are various taxes and fees, the bulk of which are the transit fees, commercial taxes, etc. of foreign chambers of commerce via Savile Port.

In addition, there is a silver mine and an iron mine in the territory, but these are not direct gold coins, and it takes a certain period of time before they can be converted into gold coins.

As for the special products of the territory-grain and olive oil, the former is counted as the output of the Tower of Time, while the latter is more used to maintain the relationship with Conifera City.

Many materials on this list, Derrick roughly estimated, are worth at least a million gold coins, and some materials can't be bought as long as there are enough gold coins.

"Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!"

Derrick's expression was full of embarrassment, how could he be able to complete this kind of task alone, "Master Xiaduo, last year Savile's net income for a year was only a little over [-] gold coins. With a gap of millions of gold coins, this is really, really—”

Derrick didn't say the latter words, but the expression on his face was already very obvious.

Of course, Xia Duo knew that it was unrealistic for Derrick to be in charge of all the materials, but the pressure must be given enough. He believed that all people had potential, just needed a little pressure.

Of course, no matter how strong the pressure is, it won't crush people all at once, "You don't need to take out a million gold coins immediately, regardless of the difficulty of implementation, come up with some feasible solutions, and I will come back in two days!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Duo stood up and said to the mayor of Thain: "There are still things to deal with at the Tower of Time. I will go back first, and I will come back in two days. Regarding the opening of the road and the collection of materials. Please ask the mayor of Thain to keep an eye on it."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)