Arcane Lord

After talking about the clothing issues of the territorial consul and the territorial ministries and administrative staff, Xia Duocai finally talked about the real purpose of coming to Leiden:

"After the spring sowing, I plan to grant land to the people in the territory to reward them for their hard work in the Great Xia Territory. What do you think?"

"Granting fields?"

Upon hearing this familiar word, Leiden immediately looked solemn, and then expressed his opinion: "Sir, is this too early?

"The arable land currently developed in the territory cannot even be self-sufficient. It is better to wait for another year or two. When the land is enough, it will not be too late to grant farmland."

Regarding what Leiden said, Xia Duo just nodded without comment. He had mentioned the issue of land transfer to Leiden before, and it was actually not a problem at all.

In Netheril, under normal circumstances, after a successful expansion, the pioneer lords would allocate land to the first group of followers.

It's just that Xia Duo is not willing to privatize the land, at least it cannot be the kind of independent fiefdom that "the wind can enter and the rain can enter but the king cannot enter".

Therefore, he thought of conferring fields.

The right to use the land is only granted to the residents, but there is no time limit. It can be passed down from generation to generation, and it can also be bought and sold. You only need to pay a certain handling fee when the ownership changes.

However, for long-term considerations, these lands will be restricted to agricultural use only.

This method of conferring land has never appeared in Netheril. Shado was not sure whether doing so would touch any restricted areas. For this reason, in addition to discussing with Leiden, he also specifically consulted Bishop Ambril on this issue.

The result is of course good, and this doesn't touch any forbidden areas.

While discussing with Leiden, the two of them worked out a rough timetable for land granting, at least after the territory became self-sufficient in food before starting to implement it.

But now the time has obviously advanced.

However, Shado also had his own considerations. He went to Severton some time ago and too many things happened. Among them, the one that had the greatest impact on his next plan was not becoming a registered student of Iolum, but——

The God Ascension Ceremony Book obtained from President Jenna of the Meishui Chamber of Commerce!

Whether he becomes Iolum's registered student, or whether he reads the Nese Scroll, may have an impact on his next plan, but at most it can only play a certain role in fine-tuning some existing plans.

The only thing that can really make Xia Duo change his plan, or even add a new one, is the God Ascension Ceremony Book!

The book records all the steps to become the "God of Nobles" in detail, which has greatly inspired Xia Duo. Although he has no intention of becoming a god yet, some attempts, or even preparations, can still be done first. .

The two most important parts of the ascension ceremony are one is to gain faith and guide and gather the Force, and the other is to guide the power of order and build a cycle of order.

The former only needs to become famous, which is relatively simple, but Xia Duo also has a bloodline ability to absorb faith, so he will not consider this aspect for the time being.

His main consideration was the power of order. He found that [power of order] was essentially suitable for lords to use. The territory was a large order system that accommodated various small orders. Lords naturally used [power of order] like this. controller.

A god with such achievements may be called the "god of xx territory".

Of course, gods are not easy to achieve. For specific parameters such as faith, the Force, and the power of order, the only reference is the "Noble God" ritual in the Ascension to God book.

Other gods can only be known through repeated experiments.

Xia Duo has no intention of ascending to the gods for the time being, so he doesn't need to think about these things for the time being. What he thinks is that since the [Power of Order] is real, why can't it interfere with reality?

He has a feeling that if he can develop technology that allows the power of order to directly interfere with reality, it may not be worse than becoming a god.

At the same time, since the power of order is deeply affected by reality, any changes in the real order will be reflected in the nature of the power of order. If an order cycle can be constructed, changes in the real order can be monitored at all times.

This is simply more useful than the citizen loyalty display. After all, there are too many cases of bad intentions and stupid things done with good intentions.

In reality, there is no loyalty display, which makes the order cycle even more significant!

Even if he didn't consider the God Ascension Ceremony, Xia Duo would give it a try. This would allow him to grasp the status of the territory's development in real time. If something went wrong, he could discover and correct it in time.

Of course, all of this is just a theoretically possible function speculated by Xia Duo. Whether it exists and how effective it is, you will never know if you don't try it!

The field granting, or field granting ceremony, is the beginning of Xia Duo channeling the power of order and building a cycle of order!

Of course, the significance of granting land goes beyond that, such as adjusting the structure of the people in the territory and stimulating the will of the people to develop, etc. Needless to say.

In short, land transfer is imperative and will be carried out in the near future.

As for the conservative view put forward by Leiden, Shado did not refute it. After all, Leiden also started from the actual situation of the territory, but that was when Shado did not obtain the Ascension Ceremony Book.

So Xia Duo replied:

"I understand what you mean, but this time the land granting will not be carried out on a large scale. This time I am only planning to grant land to the first batch of territorial residents who followed me here to open up. In the future, the land granting will also be done in accordance with the rules of joining the territory. chronological order."

The first batch of new citizens in Daxia Territory only numbered less than 100. If each person was divided into ten new acres of land, they would only need 1,000 new acres. This was completely within the scope of the land that could be cultivated in the territory! (New acres refers to 1,000 square meters)

Of course, this is almost more than 80% of the existing cultivated land area.

However, the land transfer does not start now. It is already the end of winter, and the land may begin to thaw in a few days. At that time, manpower can be organized to continue clearing and leveling the land.

Moreover, Xia Duo announced his plan for this year last year. He would not look outside at the forest for the time being, but would focus on clearing and leveling the existing land.

After that, they did not continue to develop to the southeast, but to the north, connecting to Savile Territory.

Xia Duo estimates that by the time the fields are granted for the first time, the area of ​​land that can be cultivated in the territory will probably double what it is now!

If the weather warms up later, there may be less harvest, but this will not have any impact on the land allocation. Anyway, the existing land is already enough.

"When will your Excellency plan to grant the land to others?" Leiden asked.

"Tentatively scheduled for next month, the specific date will depend on preparations."

Then, Xia Duo issued a new instruction:

"In addition, build a new square to the east of the Elemental Fountain, starting from the Elemental Fountain in the west and ending at the foot of the Tower of Time in the east. I need to use it to place the code stone pillars. The field granting ceremony will also be held there. From now on, the center of the Great Xia Territory will gradually Move over there.”

"East of the Elemental Fountain?"

Leiden was suddenly shocked. Isn't that the ruins where the Tower of Time is located?