Arcane Lord

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Some mainland tourists revealed that many lords have even begun to connect in series, and are going to ask the Severnton Council for subsidies and support!

When Shado learned about this situation from Jibu, he couldn't help wondering whether those territories were really going to be unsustainable, or those lords were too shrewd (greedy).

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

In the past two years, production has been reduced due to the climate, so will the production be reduced next year, the year after, and even every year thereafter, and continue to subsidize the citizens?

If not, the climate anomaly in the past two years can only be regarded as a long-lasting emergency at most.

But if this is the case in the future, unless the Severndon Council is fully informed, I am afraid that many lords will consider reducing the number of citizens.

And according to Xia Duo's speculation, the climate anomaly in the past two years is likely to be related to the dragon madness, which means that there is a high probability that it will not get better in the future, but may worsen.

As for the Severnton Council, it is only a relatively loose power center. Usually, it does not have much real power over the various territories below, and it does not have to bear much responsibility when an incident occurs.

The so-called "definition of rights and responsibilities" is just like this. With power, there is responsibility. Without power, there is no responsibility. The lords of various places cannot both want the benefits of independence and do not want to take the risk of independence!

Xia Duo estimates that at the end of the matter, Severnton may give some assistance, but the impact of the abnormal climate is extremely wide, and it is impossible for the seven towers to unilaterally make a unilateral decision. In the end, it is either a deal or ignorance.

But the Seven Pagodas are the rulers after all, and that alone determines they must do something about it, but from last year to now, Xado knows that the Seven Pagodas have indeed made a lot of efforts, but now they have to do something about it. Even the source of the abnormal climate has not been touched yet!

Perhaps the last aid given may also be out of compensation for his own incompetence, of course, it will not be stated explicitly.

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 it can promote the development of agriculture and the progress of industries such as primary agricultural product processing.

But this has also brought about more serious land acquisitions, and it is impossible for the cooperatives initiated by the lords of Nether in the current era to transfer a lot of wealth to the grassroots as Xado did in Da Xia. (Daxialing has not yet promoted cooperatives)

The efficient production of cooperatives will eventually lead to the emergence of a large number of landless farmers, perhaps extending the timeline, which is beneficial to Netheril in the longer term.

But at the moment, this process will not be as smooth as described in future history books, and will always be accompanied by a large number of real tragedies.

To this end, Shado intends to use the Blue Manor as a long-term transfer station for the recruitment of new territories, and arranges a fleet to widely absorb the population in the Nether River Basin.

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

In fact, because the development of these two areas involves the demarcation of the Nether borders at the future Northland Alliance meeting, the Seven Pagodas have given a lot of support.

It also includes the population, but the size of the two areas is almost no less than the core area of ​​Nishiki, which means how many people can eat it.

If it weren't for the difficulty of self-sufficiency in an unusual climate, those two areas would have become the largest inflow black holes in Netheril.

The last two times Shado recruited new citizens from Severndon, they were all through a special channel. One was to ask for someone from the Severndon Council in the name of Broad's development of the territory. This is the practice of the Great Arcanist. Seven The tower didn't want to break it for the time being, just sent someone to remind Xia Duo, and this matter is over.

The other is the reward for cooperating with Hildarana at the request of the Seven Towers. Like Brod's, it has a population of 50,000.

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

But after several tens of thousands and tens of thousands of people absorbed, the sporadic harvest of this channel has become commonplace.

But one of the biggest impacts of this climate anomaly on Xardo is that apart from those lords who have hard pioneering indicators, for ordinary lords, population is no longer a wealth, but a negative asset.

As long as the search continues, even the trickle will eventually converge into a large number.

Xardo set Sevington's Azure Manor as a transit station, and let out rumors to recruit new lords. In addition to being able to receive people, he also wanted to influence those lords who established cooperatives and let them treat the lords kindly.

This may seem contradictory to Shado's purpose, but it is not contradictory, because he has already seen all the people on the other lord's side as his, and now he is only temporarily raising it with those lords.

Xiaduo's demand for population is insatiable. In the future, the southern border will continue to absorb population. Where does the population come from, a considerable part must come from the mainland and those newly developed areas.

Since it is his own future territorial people, Xia Duo can plan for them now, which may increase the cost of introducing people to the territory in the future, but Xia Duo's vision has long been beyond the scope of general financial interests, and is more focused on the overall situation. , and the future.

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

Although it has not been completely cut off, it has temporarily lost its growth potential.

Xia Duo knew that this was because there really wasn't much worth taking a trip to the South Territory right now. He thought that the more mature Savile Land might become an important gold attraction.

However, after statistics, it was learned that mainland tourists generally did not have the idea of ​​​​going to stay in Savile.

The real big money-sucking households are led by Daxia!

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

It also provides food and accommodation for tourists.

As for the Great Summer Order, according to some information collected by the security guards under Gibb, it has indeed become a beautiful sight in the eyes of mainland tourists.

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

…

That is, on the second day after Shado came out of the Blue Crystal Plane, news suddenly came from Severnton that Sluvender, who had been in a strangely silent state recently, suddenly sent an invitation to the countries of the Northland Alliance.

All nations are invited to jointly develop the newly discovered ancient fortress!

Xia Duo, who learned the news, was shocked. He didn't know what was hidden here, but when he went to Severnton last time, he heard Yin Orem mention that Ye Erlan was preparing for war.

Why did Sluvender suddenly invite other countries to jointly develop it?

Was this on Yeerlan's cue, or was it at his own discretion for some reason?

"Demon?"

The image of the demon elf appeared in Shado's mind. Ever since the elder Ankalita of Everisca was assassinated, the demon descendant has been quiet. Even if a secret base was taken away, there was no movement.

If he hadn't seen the demons himself at that secret base, Shado would have doubted their true existence!

So, he immediately decided to go to Sevington again, in addition to inquiring about the latest situation on Sluvender's side, he was urging the progress of Yin Orem's side.

Now that 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), it is only the strategic weapon at the bottom of the box that is war spells.

If this is delayed until the Sluvender incident comes to an end, then he should not drive the floating city to Sluvender at all. There is no strategic weapon, and the deterrent of the floating city itself is still slightly insufficient.

Especially when Yeerlan is ready for war, if he is beaten down, Xia Duo will feel distressed to death. The more realistic thing is—

The Tower of Time has no extra resources to build another floating city for him in a short period of time, not to mention that the construction itself takes time.

…

At the same moment when Shado went to Sevington, far away in Sluvender, the executives of the [Ericks Contract] organization rarely got together to discuss the next course of action.

"Is there still no response from Ye Erlan?" one of the leaders asked in a deep voice. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

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

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

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

Perhaps the atmosphere of silence in this situation was too oppressive, and a commander couldn't help but said:

"Whether they respond or not, in the end, it's just a matter of strength. We have those weapons of war brought out by General Cruise from the fortress. The scale of victory is in our direction!"

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

"Tell me about demons!"

A leader tried to break the deadlock, but it made the atmosphere even more freezing. If Yeerlan, who is a big businessman, may finally choose to give up "supervision" Sluvender because he can't bear the losses of the war.

Those demons hiding in the dark are the biggest variable!

In the previous "unification of opinion" operation, the [Elixus] organization found a lot of demons, and some of them have even entered the seat of the political elders!

If the matter of the demons is not handled well, then even if Sluvender successfully gets rid of Yeerlan's "supervision", he will eventually face an abyss that is difficult to get rid of.