Arcane Lord

"besides--"

Niya licked a piece of broken hair around her ears, and once again said a name that made Xia Duo feel quite stressed, "Is it okay if I want to see Taivi Mansa? The book said it was a city built on trees. Although I have seen some magical images about Tevi Mansa, I have never seen it with my own eyes.”

"Good guy, you are going to visit all the countries in the North!"

However, Chateau did not refuse. Comanso could go, but couldn't Ye Erlan go? His trip to the floating city was originally meant to show off his power. He didn't want to go anywhere, as long as Niya was happy.

And Sha Duo also thought of one thing, that is, with his rapid rise, Niya also lost a lot of experiences that a normal arcanist should have, such as traveling around the world.

"Then let's set a small goal first and visit all the countries in the North!"

"Um."

Niya nodded heavily, with excitement in her eyes, and then continued to add: "If possible, I would also like to see what the Crest of the World Mountains looks like to the north!"

"Okay, not only the north, we can take a look in several other directions."

This is actually one of Xia Duo's goals - to look at the edge of the plane and understand the general situation within the plane.

If before the birth of the floating city, his vision was limited to this small area in the North, then after the birth of the floating city, his vision will extend to the entire main plane and even wider foreign lands.

The journey is like a sea of ​​stars, and it will no longer be a slogan, but a feasible and inevitable development plan!

…

Of course, a more specific travel plan cannot be discussed in just a few words. Xia Duo asked Niya to think about it carefully, while he himself came to Linshui Village and saw Lai Dun with a sad face at the Government Affairs Office.

"Laitun, my consul, what is it about the territory that worries you so much?"

"Ah! Lord Lord!"

Lai Dun obviously didn't expect that Xia Duo would suddenly appear in his office. He quickly got up, tidied up his appearance and went forward to salute. Xia Duo didn't care about these vulgar etiquettes, but Lai Dun did. He had to accept it, and then asked Lai Dun to sit down and talk. .

"Sir, the temperature has been getting colder and colder recently, but there is still a big gap in warm clothing in the territory, and the food reserves are also somewhat insufficient."

After saying that, Laitun glanced at Xia Duo nervously. Although he was not to blame for the current situation, as the territorial consul, it was indeed difficult to distance himself from his responsibilities.

After hearing such an answer, Shado couldn't help but fell into deep thought. However, what he was thinking about was not the current difficulties that the territory was encountering, but the fact that there seemed to be no such thing as cotton in Netheril or even the entire Northland.

Apart from magic, ordinary people can only rely on clothing made of animal fur to keep out the cold in winter, or linen clothing filled with straw or feathers.

But both of them have little to do with "refugees". Most of the 100,000 newly arrived residents in the Xia Duo Territory have little private property, and some may not even be able to protect themselves from clothing.

As for the food problem, that is an old problem.

As long as Xia Duo doesn't give up on introducing new people to the territory, there will always be no upper limit to the territory's demand for food. Fortunately, he has the arcane garden technology, otherwise he wouldn't know what he would be in trouble for!

"How long can the territory's current food reserves last?" Xia Duo asked.

"It can barely last until next year. If you include the assistance from the Tower of Time and Spire No. 1 during this period, it can barely last until the spring sowing. However, most of the food in the territory is now supplied by the Mage Tower, and the food provided by the summer harvest only accounts for a small amount. part."

Xia Duo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the territory's food could last until spring sowing. In fact, if it could last until spring sowing, it could continue, but it would only cost two mage towers.

The floating city planting area will continue, which will not only relieve the pressure on the mage tower, but also support the introduction of more people into the territory in the future.

As for warm clothing, it may be a huge problem for Laiton, but for Xia Duo, it is nothing more than spending some money, but this also reflects the weakness of related industries in the territory.

In other words, the territory has no related industries at all.

In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the four major areas of people's livelihood, the territory currently only barely meets "housing" and "transportation", and "clothing" and "food" are not provided, which is really not a joke.

The complete solution to the food problem has been put on the agenda. As for "clothes", Xia Duo thought about it and gave instructions to Laiton: "Let the Territory Logistics Department draw up a plan. The initial goal is to enable all territorial residents to buy two new sets of clothes every year." clothing."

"Do you want to build a clothing workshop similar to a canteen?"

"Absolutely, but it's not just a clothing workshop. Clothes need to use linen, so at least one textile workshop is needed. Weaving requires raw materials, and a flax plantation also needs one. In addition, winter clothes need to keep warm, so they need at least one. A specialized down raw material workshop, which is a special poultry farm, produces feathers that can be used to make winter clothes, and the meat can be supplied to the territorial canteen. "

After listening to this, Laidun thought for a moment and did not express any objection, but he also raised his own question, "We have arranged everything for the people in this way. Isn't it too generous?"

"this problem--"

Xia Duo glanced at Laidun and saw that the doubts in his eyes were real. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. After following him for so long, haven't he understood his attitude on people's livelihood issues?

The concept of people's livelihood can be as small as a household's food and clothing expenses, or as big as everything about civilization starts from this.

As a person who had read the "standard answer" before crossing, how could Xia Duo not always put this question in the forefront!

In the past, he had clearly expressed his attitude towards people's livelihood issues on many occasions, either publicly or privately. Although he had not yet reached the level of "serving the people wholeheartedly", compared with the current attitudes of the lords of various places in Netheril towards their subjects, it can be said to be a world of difference.

Xia Duo originally thought that Laiton had been with him the longest and should know him best, but he did not expect that he would still find it difficult to get rid of the shackles of the current era.

Now it seems that Laiton may be a good conservative ruler, but he cannot be a close partner who is really anxious about Xia Duo's worries and thinks about what Xia Duo thinks.

However, Xia Duo is not ready to give up Laiton. He plans to invite Laiton to join after the establishment of the territory branch of the Institute of Progress, so that Laiton can first accept the baptism of the concepts related to the establishment of magic civilization within the Institute of Progress.

Then let him gradually understand the relationship between "people" and "civilization development" in practice. In the end, Xia Duo will get a brand new Laiton who can understand his ideas and adapt to the new era.

Let more people understand and accept your ideas, which is also a process of self-realization. Xia Duo does not feel irritated, but enjoys it.

…

After talking about some long-term plans for winter warmth, Xia Duo began to solve the current clothing shortage problem-"I will contact Ava to purchase from Seventon, and you can arrange people to wait for the receipt in the near future."

"Yes, sir."