Arcane Lord

Linshui Village.

As time goes by, winter is gradually leaving. Although the snow has not yet thawed, the cold wind is no longer biting.

Since Xia Duo returned from Sevington, he has not left. In addition to daily meditation training and research on new communication spells, he just watches the residents work.

Because the ground is frozen tightly, it is very difficult to clear the land and build farmland. However, in addition to clearing the land, March is a good time for logging when the weather is getting warmer.

Of course, in terms of the most suitable time, it must be autumn.

However, Xia Duo actually doesn't need to consider the timing of logging at all. He only needs to consider the human factor, because there are so many trees here that if you want to cut them down, there will be them.

In more than a month, the residents from the mainland will arrive in Linshui Village, and the second phase of the planning, which was originally relatively late, can now be carried out.

The reception room of the lord's villa.

Nowadays, a lot of new furniture has been added here, all made by local carpenters. Although the workmanship is still very rough, in terms of beauty and artistry, even the basic horizontal and vertical directions are still lacking, but this is the seed of development.

Xia Duo was willing to let them practice more and summarize the general rules so that they could continue to improve in the future. For this reason, he even named the style of these new furniture "simple style" to encourage the residents to continue exploring and researching.

On this day, Leiden came to Shado to report the situation, "Sir, the new Langas people started fighting with the original residents again. This is the fourth fight this month."

Leiden looked tired, which made Xia Duo feel a little sorry, but the original strategy could not be changed. "Tell me what is the reason for this time?"

"A small incident was that a Langas kid roasted a rabbit caught by a Nese kid. After that, the two adults had a quarrel while they were working, and then took action. If the patrol hadn't been nearby, maybe It’s going to turn into a large-scale armed fight.”

"They can even quarrel, which shows that they have learned the language well!"

"Sir!" Layton had an anxious expression on his face, and his tone became more urgent. "It's better to separate the Langas and Nese people, otherwise there will be more of this kind of thing in the future."

This is indeed the case. It is only early March and there have already been four conflicts. However, Xia Duo still insists on his opinion. The pain of integration will definitely appear. If it is forcibly covered up now, it may be a hidden danger in the future.

But Xia Duo was still a little dissatisfied with just fighting over a rabbit. What he wanted to see more was a conflict of faith and culture, rather than a simple grudge over trivial matters.

Still too busy!

"From now on, all the work for fighting will be doubled. If you can't finish the work, don't eat. All the children, as well as the children, will be sent to Ava to receive basic military training. From now on, they will learn languages ​​in the morning and train in the afternoon. Let's arrange it like this first. Let’s see in the spring.”

After thinking about it, Shado said earnestly to Leiden: "Incorporating the Langas and Nese people, or people from the Saville Territory, into the same working group requires long-term implementation. In addition, in more than a month, There are also people from the mainland. The composition of the people is complicated, so it is even more necessary to integrate them so that they can all become Daxia people!

"In addition, I allow Langas people to worship ancestors at home, but the target must be clear. It can be father, grandfather, great-grandfather, or even older ones, but it cannot be ancestral spirits! And it cannot be blood sacrifice. I will Provide relevant sacrifice making methods.”

Sacrifice to ancestors was originally what Shado planned to promote, but the Langas came and just used them as an excuse. Although the current common belief in Netheril is the Lord of Glory.

But it does not restrict other beliefs, let alone simple sacrifices, and the Nese people already have the tradition of sacrificing relatives (Moon Festival), but Xia Duo has made this point more clear and allows daily sacrifices at home.

As for the ban on ancestral spirits, it is actually just a guess by Xia Duo. The ancestral spirits of the Langas people do not have specific names. If there is one, it is related to the tribe, such as the ancestral spirits of the Kabu tribe. In fact, it is called "the ancestral spirit of the Kawan tribe".

The princess leads the pioneering movement in Netheril, but Shado has personally seen the mysterious wood carvings of the two princesses, which is really hard not to arouse people's imagination.

Worshiping ancestors can easily turn into belief in a single ancestor, so Xia Duo had to take precautions in advance to avoid offending the princess in some way.

As for the sacrifices, they are nothing more than incense, candles, paper money, etc. Of course, cheap writing paper is not widely available now, so paper money can only be included in the plan first.

Xia Duo's words made Leiden fall into deep thought. Turn the Kabu tribe, Savile people, and mainlanders all into Daxia people? Aren't they the citizens of Daxia?

So what is the difference between Daxia people and Nese people?

At this time, Netheril, although there are people from Nese, its connotation is very thin. It is nothing more than humans living in the territory of Nese. Very few people have studied this issue specifically. At least Leiden at this time does have some Puzzled.

But his greatest advantage is that he obeys orders and follows the direction of his actions according to the words of the lord. So far, he has not found anything that violates his beliefs and doctrines. To him, it is not a matter of being a Daxia or a Nese person. There is no difference.

In the final analysis, Leiden is more concerned about "rule" itself than "the object of rule" or "the form of rule". He is now serving "rule" and not for anything else.

"Sir, I understand, and I will continue to strengthen publicity in this regard."

"Anything else?"

"There is also the issue of food. Because most of the residents have started to work, food consumption has also increased. The food that could have lasted until May is now estimated to not last even this month."

"Well, I have already arranged this, you go ahead and do your work!"

"Yes. Sir!"

After Leiden left, Shado contacted the Tower of Time and arranged for the Arcane Garden to increase production. He had indeed ignored the issue of food before. However, the pressure on the Mysterious Ruins decreased, and the Tower of Time's energy reserves steadily increased, temporarily increasing production. , actually it’s nothing.

What is more worthy of consideration than this is actually the depreciation of the magic circles related to the Arcane Garden.

However, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it will be transferred to the overall annual expenditure of the Tower of Time. If it is divided equally, as Xia Duo, it doesn't actually cost much.

As he gets closer to the arcanist day by day, Sha Duo's heart becomes more and more relaxed. He already owes the Tower of Time a large amount of money anyway, so he doesn't care about it.

This is like a company boss who owes money to the company. The more he owes, the happier he is!