Lord of Arcane

Chapter 912
Exploitation-Lord-Subject, these concepts are connected together. Without subjects, it is impossible to open up. Exploitation is also to increase the living space of the subjects.

And the one who can lead all this is the lord.

Xia Duo quite agrees with this, it is a basic social contract, and there are similar sayings in his hometown, for example, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes if you are an official and don’t make decisions for the people.

There must be a difference between a lord and an ordinary official. To be more realistic, the power of a lord does not come entirely from the support of his subjects, but from himself.

Even the source of everything may be because he is very strong.

But "strong" is not necessarily a reason for asylum, nor is it necessarily a reason for treating people well after asylum.

In other words, not everyone has the awareness of "greater power comes with greater responsibility". Perhaps "greater power comes with more freedom" is what more people think.

Even Xia Duo often feels constrained by his lack of ability, and never wants to gain more freedom by pursuing stronger abilities.

However, unlike many Nether mages, Xia Duo also has a sense of responsibility, which may be derived from the old motto in his hometown that "there is a way to benefit the world".

Or perhaps it stems from the recognition of "greater responsibility comes greater power".

This time, Master Greta's clear statement made Xia Duo feel good about the princess.

In this magical world where individual strength is outstanding, spellcasters, especially powerful spellcasters, are almost impossible for ordinary people to resist (success).

Whether the superior is good or bad, they can only bear it silently.

Under such circumstances, Princess Shia still follows the ancient and simple pioneering tradition, which is undoubtedly worthy of respect.

In particular, Xia Duo also has a similar idea, and he can almost be called a "comrade"!

……

On the issue of how to treat the people, Greta didn't talk too deeply, and Xia Duo didn't want to say too much in front of other investigation envoys, the mage was still relatively reserved after all.

After drinking tea, Greta proposed to leave, but Xia Duo and Niya didn't want to stay. Netheril was not in fashion, but it was still necessary to send.

This delivery was sent outside the teleportation room. Greta first sent the council envoys who came with her to Kangqi City to inspect other developed territories on the Kangqi Plain southeast of Kangqi City.

And she herself restarted the teleportation circle later, and returned to Severton. It seemed that she really came here alone to understand the Great Xia Territory!
……

Leaving from the teleportation room, Niya suddenly grabbed Xia Duo, lowered her head and said softly like a gnat: "The parliamentary investigation is over, you should not return to the territory anytime soon, stay in the Tower of Time!"

Although the voice was soft, it was very clear in Xia Duo's ears. It was rare for Niya to show such a weak side. He remembered that the last time they sent Lord Epps into the stasis room together.

This made Xia Duo suddenly feel sorry for him. During the time he came back from the green plane, he only lived in the Tower of Time for two days, and he still lived in the previous room. The other party was left out in the cold.

So, he took Niya's hand, gently pulled Nya into his arms, and leaned into her ear and said softly, "Don't worry, I'll always be by your side!"

……

Although the relationship between children is not the whole of life, it is also a very important part. In Xia Duo's hometown, there has always been a saying "cultivate one's morality, regulate the family, govern the country and the world".

Xia Duo is no exception, he always has some family and country feelings.

However, the family is reflected in all aspects, not limited to staying together day and night. After comforting Niya, Xia Duo left the Tower of Time again.

Of course, he didn't return to the territory for a long-term stay this time, but just returned to the territory to get some wood. The problem of the Tower of Time's lack of paper has become more and more serious.

Unless you take the teleportation circle to Severton or other commercially developed territories to buy it now, you will soon face paper panic.

But now in the territory of Xiaduo, there are not many other things, except that there is a lot of wood, and only a small amount is used for cooking, heating, building wooden houses, or burning the ground.

There are still a large number of logs piled up there, and I don't know how to deal with them, let alone the wider Green Pearl Forest and even the eastern forest beyond the pioneering land.

How to deal with these logs has always been a headache for Xia Duo, which is not an exaggeration.

Just making furniture, wooden houses, or other things, it is difficult to have any sales when meeting the needs of the territory. After all, it is not a problem for the Daxia leader's family to have too much wood.

Unless it is the core area of ​​​​Nese, you can chop as much wood as you want, of course, the premise is not to be troubled by the elves.

And even in the core area, there are closer territories that provide large logs. As for daily firewood, there are large patches of fast-growing thorns almost everywhere as a source of firewood for ordinary people.

Unless the wooden products are made by elves, it is difficult to sell them across long distances to other places. The shipping fee alone is very troublesome. It is better to burn them on the spot!

But for Xia Duo who has mastered papermaking, incineration is undoubtedly a waste.

It's just that in the past, he didn't make up his mind to make paper, so the wood in the territory piled up more and more, and even affected the development of the territory to a certain extent!

This must be resolved as soon as possible, and for now, the only solution is paper making.

……

Not long ago, Cecily told the Tower of Summer that there was a shortage of paper. At that time, he made up his mind to make paper, but he has been staying in the territory recently, ignoring that matter for the time being.

Now that Niya asked him to return to the Tower of Time, Xia Duo immediately raised the papermaking agenda.

Returning from the territory, Xia Duo brought back about 1000 cubic meters of logs, which filled the entire portable space.

Of course, it is impossible for Xia Duo to turn all these logs into paper by himself. It is too wasteful for him to do this as an arcanist.

So, he called Cecily, and together with several low-level mages from the Magic Technician Department, they came to a pre-renovated workshop.

"Cecily, Ganal, I will demonstrate an important technology next, so don't spread it around!"

In fact, there is nothing wrong with rumors, but it is more troublesome. Therefore, it is better to keep it secret before a large number of wood pulp papers appear!

In fact, for a skilled spellcaster, one can know its origin and even the manufacturing process through paper.

This point was already realized when Xia Duo decided to use the papermaking technique.

"Alright!"

Xia Duo first took out a section of tree trunk that was not completely dry, and threw it into the important reaction pool in the workshop, and then cast blood spells at will, summoning water to fill up the reaction pool.

Afterwards, he cast [Crushing Force Field] from the paper-making series of spells brought back from [Projection Plane Arcane Empire]. While casting the spell, he also introduced:
"Look carefully, the first step in making paper is to turn the finished wood into wood pulp!"

(End of this chapter)