Arcane Lord

In Xia Duo's plan, a relatively clustered natural village must have at least a hundred households, so that after a full-time patrol and hunting team is formed, the remaining people can complete the task of cultivating the entire village's land during the sowing period.

The forest territory is not safe, or this world and this era are not safe.

With the current population of Daxia Territory, there will be nearly twenty natural villages!

With the construction of new villages and the dispersion of the population, the Territorial Guard cannot take care of all villages at all times.

Therefore, the village also needs to have a certain amount of self-defense armed force, otherwise a few wandering orcs may wipe out the entire village.

This situation will continue for a long time until the surrounding environment completely stabilizes.

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In the conference room, Xia Duo listened to the discussion with interest, but the focus of the discussion soon turned from the construction of new villages to the timetable for land granting.

"The current arable land in the territory and the subsequent development speed are not enough to support such a radical land transfer plan. I think it can be slowed down a little. We must not fool people with the land on paper!"

The person who spoke was Cade, the chief officer of the Logistics Department, and the first group of citizens who followed Sha Duolai to open up the Green Pearl Forest.

It stands to reason that he also had a share of the land grant quota not long ago. After all, the land only corresponds to the number of people. It is the same whether it is allocated early or late. It is just that if the land is allocated later, the gold coins may be more.

However, considering the lack of arable land in the territory, Xia Duo took the initiative to ask for a later allocation before the territorial officials asked for a later allocation.

Of course, it's just him, and he doesn't ask others to be like him.

Now, what he is refuting is the proposal of Jiaco, the chief officer of the Department of Resettlement of Territory Residents, to grant the land on paper to the territorial residents first, and then pay it back after the development is completed in the future.

"Why is this trying to fool people?"

Hearing Cade say this about himself, Jaco's dissatisfaction was almost written on his face, and his voice was slightly raised. If it weren't for the fact that the lord was also present, he would have even been ready to curse!

"Cade, do you think that the territory will not recognize those lands granted in advance in the future?"

These words were a bit serious. Cade immediately stood up and looked at Sha Duo, "Lord, Cade has absolutely no such idea. I have great faith in the credibility of the territory and the Lord!"

"Then why do you still object?" Jiaco asked.

"me--"

Cade was speechless for a moment.

Before coming to the Daxia Territory, he was just an ordinary farmer in the Saville Territory, while Jiaco had run a large leather shop. Although it later went bankrupt, he had seen the "world" and was comparable in all aspects. As far as Cade is concerned, he is quite experienced.

But Cade also has an advantage that Jaco can't compare with, that is, Cade always puts himself in the position of an ordinary farmer and does not change because of his current identity.

It was this point that determined that he would speak for the more ordinary people in the territory. Although he could not refute Jiaco's rebuttal, he vaguely felt in his heart that it was inappropriate to do so, and he believed that the lord would also support him. of.

"Leiden, what do you think of this situation?" Sha Duo looked at Leiden, who was standing below him on his right.

Leiden thought for a moment and replied: "Sir, the territory will not make promises that cannot be fulfilled!"

So you are supporting Giaco?

Xia Duo thought thoughtfully. After being together for so long, Leiden no longer simply and rudely followed instructions like he did at first. Instead, he had more understanding and was able to put forward different opinions and go around the corners. solving issues.

In a word, Leiden has become mature!

This also made Sha Duo trust him more, but now, Leiden's decision cannot be said to be wrong, but it is somewhat ill-considered.

At present, the trust of the people in the Daxia Territory and the order of Daxia is indeed relatively high, but this trust is mostly based on the recent land granting operation. Only when the fields are really allocated and gold coins are obtained. Someone believes it!

If the undeveloped paper land is granted to the people, although Xia Duo believes that the territory will definitely not breach the contract, and the people may also trust it, as long as it is not honored for one day, there will always be hesitation in the heart.

Trust can be worn away!

And if it takes too long to cash out, if something goes wrong in the middle, even if you double the compensation in the future, it will be a stain that will be difficult to clean up in your lifetime.

Especially this kind of breach of trust at the official policy level is much more serious than the private illegal and disciplinary behavior of an individual official!

On the other hand.

Daxia order is a social order, which is influenced and restricted by the people's hearts. If the people's hearts are unstable, the power of order will change, and the order cycle will also be affected.

Although Sha Duo's current research on the power of order is more like a hobby, in the long run, the research on the power of order may be more important to the development of magical civilization than the research on the plane field!

After all, Xia Duo's research on the plane field is mainly to make full use of the portable space. For an individual, it may be more important, but for the overall civilization he wants to develop, that may not be the case.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo did not immediately give the final result on this issue. Instead, he named Jeff, the chief officer of the Development Department:

"Jeff, how much arable land can the Development Department develop in a month without delaying the opening of the [Daxia-Saville Passage]?"

[Daxia-Saville Channel] is only 500 meters wide. Without considering the multi-section construction, the number of people who can work at the same time is limited, which is far less than the total number of people in the development department. Of course, the remaining people have to continue to develop. New land!

Hearing the lord calling him, Jeff immediately stood up. Regarding this issue, he had already prepared it before coming. Clark had already calculated it for him. Now he just needs to do as he said:

"Lord, there are currently 243 small and large development teams in the Development Department, with a total number of more than 3,300 people. Opening up the [Daxia-Saville Passage] requires the cooperation of 78 fixed working groups and 25 mobile working groups, and the remaining people are all For land development, it is expected that 1,500 new acres of land will be developed every month without major accidents!”

"1,500 new acres?"

Xia Duo was not surprised when he heard this number. Judging from the work plans and work records submitted by the Development Department in the past, this number was relatively reasonable.

It seems that thousands of people can only carve out so much land in a month, but you must know that this is in a forest. Not to mention other things, just clearing tree roots will consume a lot of labor.

Not to mention, there is also the task of expelling and cleaning up forest creatures in advance, which is a highly uncertain task.

If they just cut down trees, it would not be unusual for so many people to cut down 1,000 acres a day. The key is cultivable land!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo began to envy those who pioneered in the Kangqi Plain!