Arcane Lord

"Tower Spirit, report the energy reserve status of the Tower of Time!"

"Agent Xia Duo, the current energy reserves are insufficient. The wind element pool is 7%, the water element pool is 10%, the earth element pool is 9%, the fire element pool is 5%, the positive energy pool is 3%, and the negative energy pool is 3%."

After capturing Aquilaine, the Tower of Time has begun to restore normal operation. Although the energy reserve is still insufficient, it is indeed growing steadily, but the growth rate is a bit slow.

As the Tower of Time's past consumption recovers, it is foreseeable that this growth rate will slow down.

The biggest consumption among them is fighting against the magic network riots from the outside world. As long as this part is reduced, the growth rate of energy reserves will be greatly increased.

The sum total of all the members of the Saville Territory, the Great Xia Territory, and even the Tower of Time, plus various backgrounds, backers, etc., are not necessarily more intimidating than the Tower of Time itself.

With this thought, Shado knew what needed to be done most at the moment. He immediately left the Tower of Time and came to Savile Town.

At this time, the ordinary people in Savile Town do not know the dilemma that the Tower of Time is facing at this time. For them, perhaps the only discomfort is that the Tower of Time leaves and they cannot see the timing runes.

…

Town office.

Xia Duo found Mayor Thain and proposed to recruit a group of people to go to the Great Xia Territory to dig a river. That river would become an elemental passage, related to the riot state of the magic network.

Once connected, the rioting state of the magic network in the Mysterious Ruins will be weakened, indirectly increasing the energy reserves of the Tower of Time.

Niya had previously recruited 50 river workers. Although the river was not long, just over a mile, because it was in a forest, trees and rocks needed to be cleared before digging the river, so there were obviously not enough people. .

Perhaps Niya needed to consider the actual situation of the territory before, but a few days ago, Shado had stopped the development of Savile Territory. It is only August now, and there is still some time before the autumn harvest and autumn planting.

The manpower happens to be quite sufficient.

"How many manpower do you need?" Thain asked.

Xia Duo had considered this issue when he came, so he said without hesitation: "At least 500 people are needed, the more the better."

Taking into account the rotation and rest, as well as the possible losses, Xia Duo can still say that it is less. According to his idea, there will be a thousand people first.

Just hearing Sha Duo's number, Thain frowned deeply. Compared to the nearly 100,000 people under Savile's leadership, the number five hundred didn't seem that big.

But it is still not easy to find so many prime men who can carry out river digging work at once. Especially due to the losses in the orc war, the Territory Guard replenished a group of young men and allocated 200 households to Daxia.

There are even fewer available now.

Thain hesitated for a moment and did not dare to refuse directly. Instead, he asked: "Sir, is it okay for a woman?"

"A woman?" Xia Duo thought for a while, but did not completely refuse, "If you are with your husband, yes; if not, forget it. In addition, you must be able to work!"

"Sir, please don't worry, I will make arrangements, and everyone is capable of doing the work!"

"Very good, hurry up and do it. We'll set off in the next two days!"

"yes!"

Afterwards, Xia Duo asked about the new financial resources of the territory and the opening of roads in the Green Pearl Forest. It had only been a few days since he had arranged this matter, and Thain had already made preliminary plans.

However, there is no news from Derrick.

Xia Duo first listened to Thain's plan to open a road in the Green Pearl Forest. It was quite satisfactory. Xia Duo encouraged him and asked him to continue to improve it before leaving.

…

The next day, news came from Warren, the foreign affairs director of the Tower of Time, that the envoy from Lord Hawke arrived in Savile Territory and wanted to discuss Aquilaine's affairs. Shado received him at the Tower of Time.

Hawkland wants to take Aquilaine away, and he can pay a certain price for this, but Shado has decided not to let him go, and this fundamental issue has never been reached.

In the end, the Hawk leader left angrily, and Shado did not embarrass the other party. Whether it was a hostage or a bargaining chip, having an arcanist Aquilaine was enough.

After that, Hawkland never sent anyone again, and Xia Duo was happy and busy every day according to the advanced schedule.

Three days later, the mayor of Sain sent someone news that the first batch of river workers recruited had boarded the ship. Only then did Xia Duo realize that it was time for him to set off!

The environment of the Tower of Time is really too comfortable, making people reluctant to leave.

…

At the port, Chateau said goodbye to Albock, who came to see him off, and Savile led a group of officials and boarded the "Lucky Owen" cargo ship. Captain Owen saw this and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"sail--"

Some crew members put away the gangplank, and some put away the mooring ropes, but more crew members were rowing in the bottom cabin. With the chants of "Hu Ha" and "Hu Ha", the "Lucky Owen" slowly Sailed out of the port.

Follow the current, all the way south.

On the bow of the ship, Xia Duo temporarily turned off the weak element balance ability of [Crimson Protection Robe], and a wave of warm air hit his face. He turned his head and looked at the rising sun that had just risen in the east and was less than a finger high. .

"It's midsummer!"

Xia Duo was a little worried about the state of the river workers when they were digging the river, but now was the most suitable time to employ workers, and he couldn't give up just yet. The most he could do was do a good job in logistics to avoid unexpected attrition.

The ship kept sailing, and even though there was a slight breeze, the heat was still getting heavier and heavier. Xia Duo restored the elemental balance ability of the robe, and then went to the cabin to create a few large ice cubes to relieve the heat.

Then he returned to the captain's cabin, took out his notes and started reading them.

…

In the afternoon, the "Lucky Owen" docked at Linshui Village, Daxialing.

Xia Duo noticed that this section of the river had been repaired. Although it had not been widened, ships could already dock at the shore. It seemed that the river workers who came before had repaired it here first.

There was a warning on the riverside, and after Chateau came ashore, Priest Leiden was already waiting on the bank with his brow covered in sweat.

"Lord, welcome back to the territory!"

"Thank you."

Leiden was a little moved, and then said: "Don't suffer, this is what I should do. Every time I see the establishment of order, I am full of energy!"

"Are the new residents getting used to it?"

"They are very adaptable. They have meat to eat and work to do every day. This life is even better than what they had before!"

"Yes." Xia Duo nodded with satisfaction and asked again, "By the way, how is the condition of the house? When I was on the boat, I saw only one new house was built?"

"Sir, that is a model house. According to your instructions, I asked them to prepare standard parts first and then build the house together. And with that model house as a reference, ordinary people can try to build it by themselves without the help of a carpentry team."

"How much material have you prepared so far?"

"Not counting the model house, there are still materials for about three houses."

Xia Duo calculated the time and found that it was less than half a month before Midsummer Festival. Compared with the previous seven or eight days of building a wooden house, the efficiency has been improved a lot.

And with the improvement of proficiency and the increase of manpower, the speed will be even faster. Soon, all his subjects will be able to settle down.

"very good!"

With that said, Xia Duo pointed to the "Lucky Owen" behind him and said: "I brought fifty river workers this time, and there will be more in the future. You make arrangements first, and I will go to the north to have a look."

"Yes, sir!"

Layton responded, and then called two newly recruited clerks to register first and then make arrangements as usual.