Arcane Lord

After chatting with Cecily for a while about how to open source the Tower of Time, the two left Niya's study together. Cecily still had work in the supplies department, and Shado also needed to go to Savile. town.

As for how to open the source, no result was discussed. Xia Duo asked Ta Ling to leave a message for Ai Burke and left the Mage Tower.

Niya sent a message to tell them that there were three trustworthy and reliable people in the Tower of Time, but due to communication interference, Sha Duo actually only heard two people clearly, and there was another one who he didn't know who it was.

Perhaps it was Depak, the personnel director, perhaps one of Lord Epps's students, or even a core member pretending to be a peripheral member.

Just like suspicion, trustworthiness is also a very delicate relationship. Xia Duo can't think wildly, otherwise it will be possible for him to look at anyone.

When he arrived at Savile Town, in the mayor's office of the town hall, Shado looked at Mayor Thain in front of him - one of the four people who had left Niya's message trustworthy and reliable.

After Eberk ventilated him in advance, and with Shado coming over holding Niya's scepter, Mayor Thain immediately summoned the Savile Territory's military director Keyan and business director Derrick.

Among the two, Shado was more familiar with Derrick. He was the father of Edrich and Adrian, and he had previously served as a bridge between the three chambers of commerce, Hans, Flash Gold, and Slavin, and Shado.

The two dozen slaves currently in Xia Duo's territory were collected from the mainland by the Slavin Chamber of Commerce, and these three chambers of commerce are currently serving Xia Duo.

Now that he saw Derrick again, Sha Duo felt quite kind to him.

The other Ke Yaen was tall and strong, wearing a set of armor that was obviously a magic item. The one-handed sword hanging on his waist also shone with a faint magical aura.

The overall feeling is very strong and not easy to mess with.

Shado knew that his son, Master Bert, was also a student of Lord Epps, but his achievements were not high and he was only a junior mage.

Shado had just met Bert before in the conference room on the public floor of the Tower of Time.

"Lord Xia Duo!" Unlike in the past when Xia Duo had to take the initiative to greet them and even salute them, this time they took the initiative to salute Xia Duo as soon as they came over.

There is a saying on earth that "one emperor and one courtier", their authority is completely dependent on Lord Epps, and they are not even Savile Lord. In essence, they are just ordinary people with weak power.

Today's Shado not only surpasses them in terms of individual strength, but even has a higher status than them within the Savile system that they rely on to survive.

As such, it is not surprising that they took the initiative to salute.

Xia Duo sat in the upper seat, opening the summary of recent government affairs in the territory brought by Mayor Thain, while listening to Derrick and Keyan's report on recent commercial activities and military trends in the territory.

When Xia Duo turned over the entire summary document, they had just finished talking, and Xia Duo pushed the document on the table away from him.

By this time, Xia Duo also had an understanding of the basic situation of the Saville Territory. Of course, the real situation of a territory must be more than this, but for the time being, he only needed to focus on the money bag and the barrel of the gun.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo said slowly: "Everything in the territory's affairs is as usual, and I will not interfere too much. However, due to the special situation of the Tower of Time, I think some policies of the territory need to be adjusted."

As he spoke, he looked at Mayor Thain, "It is no longer realistic to mobilize a large amount of manpower and force to open up the Green Bead Forest. I think we can change the direction and open a road to the Tower of Time."

Connecting the Tower of Time is actually connecting the Saville Territory and the Daxia Territory. Although there are already water connections, wouldn't it be better to have multiple land routes?

The more roads there are, the more connections there are. This can be regarded as some of Xia Duo's selfish motives. However, connecting to the Tower of Time can also bring some psychological comfort to the locals in Savile Territory.

After all, a mage tower that is completely invisible and does not know where it is, and a mage tower that is known to be at the end of the road are obviously not the same concept.

However, there are also many problems with land roads. Opening roads in forests is a difficult problem in terms of danger and road opening and maintenance.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo added, "This matter doesn't need to be done immediately, let's make a plan first! I'll come over to see it next time!"

“As for the business side, there’s a lot that needs to be adjusted.”

Having said this, Xia Duo looked at Derrick again. Although he had seen the world in terms of business (experience on Earth), he didn't know much about the actual operations and even unspoken rules of the current world.

"Derrick, I know that you are usually responsible for collecting the magic materials for the Tower of Time. This time due to special circumstances, a large amount of materials are needed, so you still need to collect them."

As he spoke, Shado handed over a stack of parchment. This was a list of materials he had just discussed with Cecily and based on the progress of the Tower of Time's restoration.

Arrange it according to time, how much material needs to be collected by when, very detailed.

Derrick took the list and only flipped through the first few pages. A sense of humor arose in his mind. Could this be true?

As he turned to the end, the expression on Derrick's face became more and more solemn. The timetable above was so detailed that it was almost taken according to the day.

Looking at the handwriting on it, it seemed that it had just been written not long ago. Although Derrick couldn't believe it, his reason told him that it was true.

"Lord Xia Da, this-"

"The above plus the original reserves of the Tower of Time are the total consumption required for this repair project. If you want to restore it to its previous reserve state, you will need to work harder!"

"How can this be!"

As the commercial director and de facto financial director of Savile Territory, Derrick knows very well the income situation in the territory.

First of all, the output of the Tower of Time accounts for at least half of it. In addition, there are various taxes and fees, the bulk of which are transit fees, commercial taxes, etc. from foreign chambers of commerce via Savile Port.

In addition, the territory also has a silver mine and an iron mine, but these are not direct gold coins and need to go through a certain period of time before they can be converted into gold coins.

As for the territory's specialty products - grain and olive oil, the former is counted as the output of the Tower of Time, while the latter is more used to maintain relations with Conifera City.

Derrick roughly estimated that many of the materials on this list were worth at least millions of gold coins, and some of the materials could not be purchased as long as there were enough gold coins.

"Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!"

Derrick's expression was full of embarrassment. How could he accomplish this kind of task alone? "Lord Shada, last year Savile's net income for a year was only a little over 100,000 gold coins. Now it's suddenly more than 100,000 gold coins." The shortfall of millions of gold coins is really, really—”

Derrick did not say the next words, but the expression on his face was already very obvious.

Of course, Shado knew that it was unrealistic to let Derrick be responsible for all the materials, but the pressure must be enough. He believed that people all have potential, they just need a little pressure.

Of course, no matter how much pressure you put, you can't crush someone all at once. "You don't need to come up with millions of gold coins immediately. Regardless of the difficulty of implementation, come up with a few feasible plans. I will come back in two days!"

After saying that, Sha Duo stood up and said to Mayor Thain: "There are still things that need to be dealt with at the Tower of Time. I will go back first and come back in two days. Regarding opening roads and collecting materials, Please ask Mayor Thain to keep an eye on it."

"yes!"