Arcane Lord

Two days later.

Shado came to Severton again with three portals with uncorrected coordinates. Different from the cold talk with the people who came to the Seven Towers last time, this time he just showed up at the Austrian Law Federation, and Brundes had already brought him He came up with a smile on his face.

"Lord Shado, Lord Horn would like to invite you to a private banquet tonight to discuss the cooperation between Kiran Tower and Tower of Time on the bloodline sequencing project. I wonder what you mean -"

Shado did not respond directly, but asked instead, "Is Director Brundes coming to see me now as Kiran Tower?"

The last time at Kiran Tower, Shado and Horn almost broke up on bad terms. If Brenders said that he came here as Kiran Tower, Shado would definitely give him a try.

Regarding such a question, Brundes smiled slightly, as if he completely ignored the differences between Shado and Qita, and even said in a low voice:

"I come to greet Lord Shado as a director of the Austrian Law Federation, but I also bring greetings from the controller of Kiran High Tower Horn to your Excellency."

"Well, I accept it!"

Chateau's attitude softened slightly, and then the two of them entered the headquarters of the Austrian Law Federation together. On the way to the exclusive lounge, Chateau asked Brundes:

"Is my teacher in the office?"

"Master Yin Orem went to Gustav Tower this morning and hasn't come back yet."

"Is it."

Chateau said noncommittally, and soon the lounge was in front of him. Brundes finally couldn't help it and asked Chateau again, "About Lord Horn's invitation——"

"I have an appointment with the teacher tonight."

"What about tomorrow?"

"Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow!"

After saying that, Chateau locked Brundes out of the lounge. Although he did not agree to Horn's invitation, he was still a little interested in the matter. As soon as he came to Horn, he invited him to a private banquet. It was obvious that the drunkard was not interested in drinking.

There are probably no more than two purposes that Shado can think of - one is to win over him, since it is a foregone conclusion that the Grand Arcanist will enter the Severnton Council, no matter whose plan it is.

But if the Seven Towers cannot retain their ruling position, then they are self-contained. In fact, they don’t need to care too much about what others think. But now there is a high probability that the ruling position can be retained. For the sake of the overall situation, it is necessary to maintain good relations with all parties. .

Those who plan for the overall situation will be burdened by the overall situation. This is what Xia Duo has known for a long time, but now he seems to be regarded by the Seven Towers as an unstable factor affecting the overall situation.

Therefore, another purpose of Horn's invitation to him was revealed - to demonstrate, or to beat, to show him the power of the Seven Towers, from all aspects, such as righteousness, alliance of interests, actual combat strength, etc.

To sum up, in one sentence, the Seven Towers seem to regard themselves as the actual master of Netheril.

If we follow the historical palace script, in a few years, the Seven Towers may really be able to complete the plan of "cutting down the vassal" step by step, return most of the power to the center, and completely integrate the entire Netheril.

But the reality is not a historical palace drama. If nothing else, it is impossible for Xia Duo to give up the independent status of the territory. Unless he is allowed to control the center and preside over the plan to reduce the vassal, who will oppose him?

…

In the lounge, just a few minutes after Sha Duo sat down, Jenna came to the door in person to test Sha Duo's attitude towards the seven tower plan.

After several conversations, Xia Duo already understood Jenna's choice. The other party agreed with the plan proposed by Qita and tried to persuade him to accept it.

"I have been thinking about the Seven Towers plan for the first time from my teacher two days ago. I still have many unanswered questions about the plan proposed by the Seven Towers."

"Lord Xia Duo, do you have any questions?"

"The teacher spoke in general terms in the communication. I would like to know the specific plans for the Seven Towers, including the details of the amendments to the Seventon Covenant and the measures to deal with the Sweetwater and other planes."

"So this is it!"

Jenna smiled slightly, took out a finger-thick booklet from her large robe, handed it to Sha Duo, and then explained:

"This is the preliminary plan drawn up by the Seven Towers after recent consultations with Master Yin Olum. Lord Shado may wish to take a look at it first. The Seven Towers will also consult with other great arcanists in the near future, but most of them have more or less already Knowing part of the plan, they were very interested in the seven-tower plan.”

Xia Duo took the book in his hand. The cover was wordless and not too thick, but the content involved still made Xia Duo feel a little heavy. He knew in his heart that it would probably be the next decades or even centuries of Netheril. of order.

Judging from the fact that Jenna was able to obtain this booklet, she definitely received the mission of the Seven Towers in advance. Xia Duo suddenly realized that just now Jenna said that other great arcanists also knew the contents of the plan.

Maybe those people also have lobbyists like Jenna there.

"It really took a lot of effort!" Xia Duo sighed inwardly.

Then he opened the book, which contained the current original text of the Seventon Covenant that had lasted for hundreds of years. However, he remembered that the original text of the Seventon Covenant did not have many words and did not require much paper.

Realizing this, Xia Duo immediately turned to the back. Sure enough, except for the original covenant oath on the first page, which remained unchanged, there were annotations and corrections starting from the first article.

And it was almost annotated and revised one by one. Shado did not start from the front and read it in detail, but quickly flipped through it. The second part was still the same, just annotated and revised the old Sevington Covenant one by one, and a lot of new content was also added.

For example, in the page that Xia Duo then opened, the original text of the current covenant was a description of the independent status of the territory, and there was only a dry sentence: "The independent status of the territory is not infringed, and the internal affairs of the territory are all determined by the lord."

But there are too many amendments and additions, almost extending this principle of independence into specific legal provisions, which include independent premises, independent content, independent restrictions, as well as rights and obligations arising from independence, etc. ,

In these extremely familiar words, Shado saw the shadow of the Bactrian Code, or in other words, this was the draft constitution of Netheril based on the Bactrian Code!

Compared with the current old covenant, the most new content in the new covenant is the description of the New Sevington Parliament, which is indeed similar to what Yin Orem revealed before.

The only manifestation of the Seven Towers' retained ruling status is the position of Speaker, whose responsibilities are to convene or respond to requests to convene meetings, preside over meetings, and be responsible for the permanent institutions under the Severnton Parliament, etc.

The Speaker is elected within the Seven Towers, and there is no difference in power settings between the other unsuccessful controllers and the Grand Arcanists outside the Seven Towers.

The principles of proceedings of the Sevington Assembly are also very simple. There are only a few basic processes - motion, seconding, stating the issue, debate, voting, and announcing the result.

When voting, the minority obeys the majority. Due to the independence of the Netheril territory, most of the issues discussed by the Severnton Parliament are public affairs, and a small number of them are conflicts that need to be resolved.

According to the provisions of the new covenant, if two-thirds of the Grand Arcanists agree and the remaining one-third does not object, the quick decision process can be initiated, and a resolution can be passed without the need for a vote from the lords.

If it is not the above situation, the lord's vote is required, and the result of the lord's projection has a higher priority than the Grand Arcanist's vote.

Xia Duo could see that the Seven Towers had put a lot of effort into dealing with the emergence of a large number of great arcanists after the planes were connected and diluted the Seven Towers' right to speak. However, in Xia Duo's view, this kind of system design also had merit.

After all, to a large extent, lords can be regarded as representatives of ordinary people. Both the new covenant and the old covenant mention the responsibilities of lords. However, the old covenant has responsibilities, but there is not much content to restrict lords.

It can be said that at the time when the Old Covenant was signed, the lords were still advanced representatives. It can also be said that the Old Covenant itself is a covenant between lords, which naturally does not impose too many restrictions on the power of the lords themselves.

But the new covenant - in Shado's view, can already be called the existence of Netheril's constitution - clearly proposes punishment for defaulting lords.

Of course, since the new covenant is still a principled document, there is no mention of how to punish breached lords' covenant, but it is possible to initiate relevant motions in the Severnton Parliament based on these contents of the new covenant.

For example, if Shado saw a lord in the mainland killing his subjects wantonly, he could file a motion in the Sevington Assembly to deprive that lord of his status as a lord.

Motions proposed by the Grand Arcanist can directly enter the discussion process without going through the seconding process. Motions proposed by other lords need to be seconded by at least ten lords or one Grand Arcanist before they can enter the discussion process.

…

After reading all the contents of the new covenant, Shado had already foreseen the order of Netheril in the future. He continued to flip through the book in his hand. The following mainly contained the Seven Towers' plan for the settlement of the descendants of the pioneers of the planes such as Sweetwater. and solutions to some of the other problems raised by Yin Orem.