Arcane Lord

Return to the Tower of Time.

Niya's true form had arrived first, and as soon as Xia Duo arrived, she couldn't help but complain: "Do your subjects usually look at these things?"

"Otherwise?" Xia Duo asked.

In fact, if the citizens of the Saville Territory want to see this, they don’t have to! Furthermore, although these new plays are somewhat vulgar in performance form, their core is definitely positive.

Some show the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature, some show the new life in the territory, and some expose the sins of the old era.

It is generally true that people's hearts are kind. Even bad people don't want the people around them to be bad people. The reason why these new plays are popular in the territory is not entirely due to the force of the Ministry of Culture and Education.

Rather, it is more about being close to the real life of the people, so that it can resonate with the audience to the greatest extent.

Take the "Wendy Johnson Buying Melons" just now as an example. If the reality of the territory is that the security guard is protecting the illegal security guard, this does not affect the existence of this drama.

But how will people react when they watch this play?

He would definitely think that the lord was very hypocritical, and it would have been better if he had not cursed on the spot, at least he would not have been cheering like he just did.

In that case, "Wendy Johnson Buys Melons" is an irony.

Other dramas are similar. There will be no situation that is very different from the reality of the territory. If there is, it will be elsewhere, which further highlights the advancement of the Daxia Territory.

The people need art, but art needs the people even more.

In Xia Duo's understanding, only when literary and art workers continue to penetrate deeply into life, take root in the people, and feel the ups and downs, joys and sorrows of the common people, can they create masterpieces that are down-to-earth, spread widely, and can be retained.

The reason why Niya couldn't accept the new plays in the square was that not only the performances themselves were a bit rough, but there were also some problems with Niya's own position.

She did not completely put herself in the position of ordinary people.

Sha Duo knew that this was not Niya's fault, but that this special world and this backward era had created a mage class that was almost as good as a natural noble.

In order for Niya to completely separate from the old class, in addition to his constant influence, it also requires ordinary people to show higher potential.

Specifically, it must at least be proven that most ordinary people have the potential to become mages or even replace mages, so that the particularity of the mage class will be broken.

It’s difficult, but Tower of Time has already begun this attempt, and Education for All is just the beginning.

…

"Did the Austrian and French Federation say when envoy Evereska would arrive?"

"The specific time is not stated, but the access key has been requested and will be notified again before they come."

Speaking of this, Niya couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She just used the excuse of Everesca's envoy to leave, and now that no one has come, it's a bit embarrassing.

However, Xia Duo didn't pay attention, and then said: "Okay, I'll go check on Naxin's situation first, and you'll notify me when they arrive."

The elf messenger is not a big shot, so there is no need for him to wait in the teleportation room in advance. There is no harm in teleporting him after the other party arrives.

…

Public floor, human resources office.

As soon as Xia Duo came in, he alerted the busy staff in the office. One of them quickly put down his work and came forward:

"President, why are you here?"

"Let's take a look at the recruitment situation. Thank you for your hard work. We have to work overtime during Midsummer Festival."

"It's not hard work. We are all happy to do whatever we can for the new apprentices." Raul said excitedly.

As a new mage from a purely ordinary family, he knew very well what the Tanaxin of Time meant to those young people. His own hard work was nothing, but he was afraid of delaying the future and destiny of those people.

"Is there any summary information?" Xia Duo asked.

"have."

"Where is it, show me."

"It's on Hardy's table. I'll get it for you right now."

Raul turned around and walked toward a desk filled with test papers. He flipped through it and picked out a thin booklet from a pile of papers, and then handed it to Chateau:

"President, this is a summary of the information. However, the information here is only for apprentices who are assessed on the Tower of Time. The information on Spire No. 1 has not yet been synchronized."

"It's okay, let me take a look first."

Xia Duo opened the booklet, and the first page inside was a table. The first column was the names of the apprentices who participated in the assessment, followed by various scores, and the last column was the mark of whether they had met the standards or not.

Unlike the previous apprenticeship assessment at the Tower of Time, which only asked a few questions to prove that he was not a fool, the current new-incoming assessment is a set of test papers written by Sha Duo himself.

The content involves logic, common sense, and even morality.

Of course, considering that not everyone can write, the assessment is conducted in the form of questions from the examiner. In the future, when the territory's basic education catches up, the new admissions assessment here will also change accordingly.

Meeting the standards does not mean passing, it only means that the examiner has reached the Tower of Time apprenticeship standards. After all, educational resources are limited, and merit-based admissions are a last resort.

…

Flipping, flipping, Xia Duo suddenly found everything empty. The previous form only recorded more than 20 people. He flipped through four pages in total. Even if the ones on the top of Spire No. 1 were not synchronized, the number of people was wrong!

In the list of potential citizens of the territory that Leiden compiled for him before, there were more than a hundred young people around the age of 16, all of whom were members of the original Gray Eagle tribe.

The territory's formal citizens (those before the arrival of the Greyhawk Tribe, the Gray Eagle Tribe is counted as a reserve citizen) will have dozens of new young people of school age every year, plus those who slipped through the net several times in the past.

Xia Duo predicts that with this recruitment, the Great Xia Territory alone will have more than 300 people. When more preparatory collar members from the Gray Eagle Tribe become regular members next year, the number of young people of school age will usher in a major increase.

In contrast, the growth rate of school-age teenagers in Savile Territory has been very stable. After all, the area has long passed the development period, and has not promulgated the policy of "give birth to children and give land".

There are about a thousand young people of school age every year, but unfortunately, even if a new mage tower is built, it is impossible for Xia Duo to recruit all these thousand people.

The target he gave was only 300, and the remaining more than 700 people would have to wait until universal education is available if they miss this recruitment.

It has to be said that fate is sometimes so helpless.

However, without being able to equip enough magic laboratories, Xia Duo would rather accept fewer people and let some people waste their time for a while, rather than risk those young lives.

In addition, the number of teachers also limits the Tower of Time’s enrollment expansion plan.

"I just hope everything goes well with the answering machine test!"

With this in mind, Xia Duo has already taken over the follow-up part of the summary information from Raoul - there is only one page for now.

"The recruitment will last until dusk. There are still people who have not taken the assessment. In addition, some test papers are being compiled. These are just part of them."