Arcane Lord

"Instead of waiting until the Seven Towers swell to the point where everyone can't bear it, it's better to change it when it can be changed! This may avoid unnecessary wars in the future."

Although according to the provisions of the Severton Covenant, local lords have extremely high autonomy, but as Xia Duo said, the Severton Covenant is lagging behind in development, and there are too many of them that can be used.

Take the simplest example - business tax.

In the past, Netheril's business was not well developed. At least from the perspective of Xia Duo, who came from modern society, the business atmosphere of Netheril was so flat that it was terrifying.

Therefore, such things as commercial tax are actually negotiated by the Chamber of Commerce or the merchant and the territory involved in the transaction. For example, the Savile Territory will charge a fixed amount, and then reassess it every once in a while.

In addition to running the chamber of commerce in the territory, the most important task for the business director of Savile Territory is to evaluate the operation of other chambers of commerce as a reference for tax collection.

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The problem is that when commerce is underdeveloped, it may be okay for each region to handle it by itself, but with the development of the times, when commerce flourishes, it will be very troublesome for each region to collect taxes by itself, and it will seriously hinder the development of commerce itself.

The essence of commercial development is the circulation of resources. It has established a market and greatly improved the production efficiency of various places. For example, if a certain resource is lacking in a certain place, commercial activities can guide the automatic flow of resources.

The bigger the market, the easier it is to transfer resources.

Therefore, it is a bit outdated for each locality to formulate its own rules. A wider and more common rule is needed. Under the circumstances, the rule-making will be largely influenced and even controlled by the Seven Towers.

In this case, as long as the rules are even slightly biased towards the Seven Towers, a huge siphon effect will be formed in the long run, making the Seven Towers stronger and the other places weaker.

The so-called economic foundation determines the superstructure. It is unknown how the Seven Towers and the Severton Council will arrange Xia Duo at that time, but even in the magical world, the amount of resources controlled largely determines the war potential of a force.

In the most extreme example, one side can only fight with the human flesh of a mage, while the other side is covered with artifacts. The strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

The above is only analyzed from the perspective of commercial development. In addition, there are military aspects. In the past, the Severton Covenant did not stipulate that there was any standing army.

If they want to fight abroad, they can only be convened temporarily by the Severton Council, and the lords from all over the country responded temporarily. For example, during the Drow War a few years ago, Netheril initiated a convening in the country to support Danzuo in fighting the drow invasion.

But the convening at that time was more about lures and intimidation. In layman's terms, it was to give more money, threatening with drow that it might rush out of the surface.

Generally speaking, such a mobilization mechanism is sufficient in the current era.

However, the development and changes of the times are very fast. Nowadays, the countries of the Northland Alliance have started centralized reforms one after another, while Netheril still maintains a feudal state in various places.

It may not be obvious now, but in just a few years, the war mobilization capabilities of both sides will be completely different.

And Nether people are not fools, especially those in power, will definitely find a way to follow up, and it is very likely that they will form and maintain a standing army that can be used at any time, and improve the mobilization mechanism.

It is conceivable that if the ruling power continues to be controlled by the Seven Towers, this standing army will most likely be controlled by the Seven Towers. If there are changes within Netheril, who knows whether this standing army will turn its blade inward?

In addition to business and military affairs, there are other areas that the past Severnton Covenant cannot take care of. When it comes to the means of turning public affairs into private interests, although Xia Duo has not practiced much, he has a lot of experience.

In the final analysis, the current feudal system is too backward, and it is difficult to keep up with the development of the times.

Of course, in the current magical world, it also has a certain meaning of existence.

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Xia Duo and Yin Olem discussed for a long time, the main analysis was how the power controllers took advantage of the hysteresis of the Severton Covenant for their own benefit and turned the public into private, and finally came to a conclusion—

Transforming these turbulent futures is only possible if the holders of power are not monopolized by specific groups of people.

In other words, the ruling status of the Seven Towers may be justified in terms of its historical origins, but for the long-term development of Netheril, please let them give up!

"And now is the best opportunity to rebuild the Severton Covenant. The return of the descendants of the pioneers of the different planes is righteous; the lords and great arcanists from all over the world want to gain a higher right to speak, which is the heart of the people; the Seven Towers have not yet Forming an absolute monopoly in the de facto sense, others still have the opportunity to resist, this is power!"

After Xia Duo finished speaking, Yin Aureum couldn't help being moved, but he still asked cautiously: "What if the Seven Towers insist on not agreeing? Are we going to start a civil war?"

"There will be no war. It is not the worst time yet. Although the Seven Towers have gained a lot of benefits through the ruling status stipulated in the covenant, they are not so many that it is difficult to give up.

"Even to a certain extent, controlling Netheril has delayed their own development speed. It can be said that now is the best opportunity to rebuild the Sevington Covenant. If you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to have such an opportunity again."

Xia Duo actually said that the development of the Great Xia Territory will soon have a huge impact on the overall development of Netheril, and then the Seven Towers will realize the importance of their special status.

Power is sticky, especially when this kind of power can bring actual benefits, the more they will resist handing it over later.

But right now, with righteousness, people's hearts, and available power, even if the Seven Towers objected, it would be useless. The result of the civil war might be a direct loss before it even started. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Seven Towers wouldn't be so stupid.

And most importantly, once a civil war occurs, no matter whether the Seven Towers win or lose in the end, it will have a great impact on the Nether order based on the Severton Covenant.

The basic disk of Netheril belongs not only to Shadow, but also to every other Netherese lord and Netherist mage. Whenever possible, they will be more inclined to maintain rather than destroy.

Qita's only chance is to break the jar and threaten other people to make concessions by breaking the order, but Qita is not an individual who can completely determine himself.

This is also where Xia Duo's confidence in this incident lies. The general trend is overwhelming, and those who follow the trend will prosper and those who oppose it will perish.

If you miss this time, you probably won’t have such an opportunity in the future, unless the Great Xia leader is strong enough to conquer everything, but conquering is not Xia Duo’s wish. He hopes to influence others with more positive and progressive ideas.

As long as the majority of people agree, even if there are a few single husbands, it is just ringworm and scabies, which can be easily eliminated.