Arcane Lord

"Hey, can you obtain holy power by simply believing in a certain idea?"

In the quiet study room, Xia Duo simply put down his pen and thought about this problem seriously. But after thinking for a while, he felt that it was just a fantasy and it was meaningless. He still needed to conduct specific experiments to know.

Next, Shado met with some key figures in the territory, such as Death Priest Mott, Simon and Merry of the Territory Guard, Jiaco, the head of the brick kiln, etc., and learned about the current situation of the territory through them.

Yesterday's inspection was a bit hasty after all, and today was the official work report of the relevant personnel. Xia Duo listened carefully to their statements and summaries, conducted targeted questions and answers on many issues, and finally gave instructions one by one.

After finishing all this work, it was already afternoon, and by this time, Xia Duo already had a very detailed understanding of the current situation in the territory, as if he had been staying in the territory all the time.

However, he also realized a problem. As the territory gradually expanded, the affairs of the territory would become more complicated. The current practice of the lord taking all the affairs into his own hands was somewhat inappropriate.

Therefore, Xia Duo felt that it was time to appoint a formal territorial administrative officer!

…

With a political officer, or more accurately, a group of secretaries to assist him, Xia Duo can manage the territory more easily, focus mainly on commanding the overall situation, and at the same time use the extra time for magic research or other personal issue.

"As soon as the new batch of new residents are settled, they will be appointed immediately!" Xia Duo made a decision silently.

The next batch will be those sent by Belera's fleet. Her fleet just left Severington not long ago. This trip transported more than 700 people in total. They will arrive in about a month. Territory political affairs officers can handle it calmly when the time comes.

And that's not all. Belera also helped Shado contact other fleets, but due to schedule issues with other fleets, as well as the time for the Sevington Council to convene new citizens, etc., it has not been able to set off yet.

But their stamina is very strong.

By then, there may be thousands of people in one batch, and it will be more frequent than now. In addition to other affairs in the territory, if other political officers are not appointed, Leiden alone will not be able to handle it.

Similarly, in order to cope with the mass production of communication instruments in the near future, the Tower of Time also needs to make corresponding adjustments in advance.

Sha Duo was thinking a lot in his mind, and he was writing and drawing in his writing. After a while, a rough appointment list for the territory and the Tower of Time appeared on the paper.

…

On the morning of the next day, five cargo ships full of new residents docked at the Linshui Village Pier. Due to the narrow river and the small dock, the five ships could only dock one by one.

Although this extended the time for accepting new citizens, it also made the scene much more refreshing. In addition, the new citizens had already received part of the training and preaching when they were on the ship, so the reception was considered orderly.

On the bank of the river, Xia Duo watched calmly as one of the new residents stepped off the cargo ship, took the steamed buns and clothes from the receiving staff, and then went to the clerk to register their identity information. Then, under the leadership of the receiving staff, they went to the third place. In four residential areas, houses are allocated according to families.

"Leiden."

"grown ups?"

"In about one and a half months, a group of new residents will arrive. During this period, the land leveling can be temporarily slowed down, so that the wooden house manufacturing workshop can train a group of usable carpenters as soon as possible." Xia Duo warned.

With the territory’s current stock of standard wooden house components, it should be possible to arrange housing for new territory residents in one and a half months, but it will not be possible after that, and preparations must be made in advance.

In the case of limited time, if you want to significantly increase production, for the time being, you can only increase the number of carpenters.

…

Soon, all the new citizens disembarked. Seeing this, Sha Duo said to Leiden: "I want to go back to the Tower of Time, and I will leave it to you. If there is an emergency, please contact me. The communication scroll has been sent to you. There should be more over there, right?”

"some!"

"That's good."

Sha Duo patted Leiden's arm as encouragement, and then called the tower spirit to guide the teleportation back to the Tower of Time.

He had previously made an appointment with Dean and the others to inspect the Tilak Research Laboratory in two days, and Shado would naturally not break his promise. However, when he returned this time, he not only inspected their research progress and arranged the research and development tasks of the communication magic weapon, but also did some minor things. Radical adjustment.

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Tower of Time, Chateau's residence and private research room.

Upon his return, Shado did not go to Tilak's Research Laboratory immediately. Instead, he returned to his residence and asked, "Tangling, how many apprentices are there in the Tower of Time currently?"

"Acting Xia Duo, there are currently 392 apprentices in the Tower of Time."

Hearing this number, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh. There were so many apprentices, but in the past, the number of official mage promotions in the Tower of Time was only single digits every year. In the past two years, because of Xia Duo's existence, the number of new formal mage additions every year has increased slightly. But it didn’t exceed single digits.

Sha Duo continued to ask: "Ta Ling, how many of the 392 apprentices are formal apprentices? How many apprentices have the ability to cast spells?"

The so-called "formal apprentice" is just a term used by the Tower of Time family. It refers to an apprentice who has mastered the [Repair Technique] and can provide maintenance services for the Tower of Time. Only at this stage can the apprentice be qualified to ask questions.

Those below formal apprenticeships are basically no different from handymen and are not even qualified to ask questions in class.

"Agent Xia Duo, there are currently 67 formal apprentices in the Tower of Time, and 152 apprentices with the ability to cast spells."

Sha Duo knew that this was the latest data from the Tower of Time. As long as any apprentice was active in the Tower of Time, information would inevitably be recorded by the tower spirit. Sha Duo recognized this data.

Of course, what he recognized was only the authenticity of the data. Whether he was satisfied with the data was another matter.

Of course, Xia Duo was not satisfied with this data. In his opinion, formal mages could be trained quickly. Even if they were trained according to the standards of arcanists, less than half of them would have the ability to cast spells.

It can be seen that the Tower of Past Time is basically in a state of freeing up the training of apprentices. Even if it arranges courses for apprentices, in Sha Duo's view, it is more like finding something to do for the mages.

There is no systematic teaching plan, so the number of people who become official mages every year is only in single digits.

But now, Xia Duo wants to change this situation, not just to increase the number of mage technicians who can make magic items. This is actually an idea he has always had.

Magic is conceptually the same as science, but the name is different. They both refer to a verifiable knowledge system.

There is no doubt that the more mages there are, the faster magic can develop.

Letting civilization as a whole rise, this is what Xia Duo is happy to see.

As for the problems that may be encountered during development, Xia Duo did not mince words, such as disputes and private fights caused by too many mages, the maliciousness of surrounding people caused by too rapid development, the possible impact of super magic on the living environment, etc.

But we cannot give up development just because problems may arise. Development problems can only be solved through development!

…

After that, Xia Duo inquired in detail about the apprentice promotions and mage promotions of the Tower of Time over the years. He probably had a good idea, so he ordered the tower spirit:

"Notify all official mages of the Tower of Time that there will be a meeting in Conference Room 1 on the public floor the day after tomorrow!"

The reason why there is an empty day is mainly because some people may have already made arrangements in the past few days. This way, two days' notice in advance can also allow them to adjust their arrangements.

After receiving the reply from the tower spirit that the notification had been conveyed, Shado set off to Tilak's research room on the same floor as his residence.