Arcane Lord

Xia Duo also has some regrets. At present, it takes 10 small merits to get rid of the slave status in the territory, and improving the brick-making technology is only worth 1 small merit, which is equivalent to the merit of one year of normal work.

However, Leiden's status made it difficult for him to propose the so-called "exceptional appointment", but it didn't matter to Shado. The superior naturally had the privileges of the superior, and pardoning a slave was not a big deal.

It's just that he doesn't want to do this. The existence of the stipulation on meritorious deeds is naturally necessary. He is just the director of the [Development Department] and is not important enough to require an exceptional appointment.

But if there are talents, it is also a waste to not use them. I don’t want to take more, so I said:

"Let Jeff be in charge of the [Development Department], and let Clark serve as Jeff's secretary and consultant. If the results of the [Development Department] are good, he can be credited with one more point of merit, so that he can get rid of his slave status as soon as possible. As for the The candidates for the leadership of the [Resettlement Department] and [Logistics Department] should be the ones you mentioned, Jia Ke and Cade!”

"Yes, sir." Leiden had no objection to this.

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Xia Duo then took out the pre-written appointment document and filled in the names of the three department heads, and then used magic to leave a glowing territorial emblem - the Chinese character "Xia".

Chateau handed the three documents to Leiden, and at the same time warned: "These three departments are considered your subordinates, and all you have to do is ensure that they operate normally."

In fact, this is the real territorial administrative officer, and Leiden is undoubtedly the chief officer. In a larger sense, Leiden at this time is equivalent to Sha Duo's prime minister. Sha Duo helps him clarify the system, rights and responsibilities , no matter what you do in the future, it will be much more convenient if you put it within this system.

After getting Leiden's reply, Shado asked again: "By the way, how is the literacy situation of the people in the territory?"

"Children learn very quickly, but adults are a bit slow, and new residents have just arrived, so arrangements may have to be made again." Leighton did not avoid the question.

"There's no rush, take your time."

To be honest, Xia Duo was actually very anxious, wishing that all the people in his territory would become spell casters at once, but he also knew that this was unrealistic, and reality still needed to come step by step:

"You can't stop studying at night! In addition, I plan to send all the citizens around the age of 16 to the Tower of Time to learn magic. This should be regarded as the first task after the establishment of the [Resettlement Department]! Complete it as soon as possible! "

"Yes, sir!"

It was actually Xia Duo who only thought of sending the people in the territory to learn magic yesterday. On the one hand, there are more and more people in the territory [Biquge www.bequge.xyz], and there is no shortage of these young people with weak physical strength. On the other hand, it is to deal with the possible drow crisis.

And of course there is the scarlet flashing star in the northwest sky.

Although it may not be able to quench the thirst of the near, but in any case, engaging in education can be regarded as a positive method that will never be outdated. It coincides with the transformation of the Tower of Time, and it doesn't matter if a few apprentices are inserted into it.

Just as he was about to let Leiden leave, Sha Duo suddenly gave up the idea. He always felt that he had forgotten to say something. He took out a notebook dedicated to recording daily arrangements from his personal space. When he saw a line written more than a month ago, While writing, he finally remembered:

"Leiden, there's something you need to pay more attention to recently."

"What is it? Sir, please tell me."

"I should have mentioned to you when I just came back from Severington. In August, that is, at the beginning of this month, a fleet will arrive to transport new citizens. We will complete the formation of the new department as soon as possible. There will be more new collars later. People are coming one after another, so prepare in tens of thousands of people!”

What Shado recorded in his notes was actually the approximate arrival date of Belera's fleet. In addition to Belera's own fleet, there were also other fleets contacted through Belera.

The [Silver Ring Badge] is only valid for this year. Xia Duo only reached a deal with Belera in May, but it also took time for the Sevington Council to summon new citizens from all over the country, so Belera's fleet was Just set off, as for other fleets, it will be even later.

Since it takes too long to go back and forth from Severington to the south, there will probably only be two more trips this year. Of course, the number of people is not 10,000, but there must be several thousand people. At a larger scale, It is also preparing for the future.

When Xia Duo mentioned "ten thousand people", Leiden couldn't help showing a surprised expression. A year ago, the territory only had a few dozen people recruited from the Savile Territory. Unexpectedly, in just one year, the territory's population would exceed Ten thousand people.

Layton felt a lot of pressure, but at the same time, he would also feel extremely happy and excited if order could be implemented among more people.

"Sir, Leiden will fight to the death to complete the mission!"

"You don't need to die. Live well. There will be many things you need to do in the future!"

"yes!"

Seeing Leiden's excited expression when he left the study, Xia Duo shook his head slightly and didn't know what to say, but with Leiden here, he was quite relieved.

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After Leiden left, Xia Duo thought for a moment and then went out to the military camp. His previous order to expand the territorial guards to 200 people was well implemented, but now it seems that it may be time to expand again.

It's not as if they were trying to prevent the new people from causing trouble. After all, in Netheril, almost all lords were spellcasters. Shado had never heard of any people directly resisting the lord. The most they could do was run away.

The main purpose of expanding the Territory Guard is to protect the working Territorians and to continuously clear out all kinds of creatures in the forest, so as to obtain meat and at the same time weaken the backlash of destroying the forest as much as possible.

The so-called "backlash that destroys the forest" is actually a Druid term. They believe that the forest is conscious, but Shado also has his own opinion. Natural backlash on the earth is no longer rare.

But that is a balancing mechanism. After humans destroy nature, the original balance is broken, and the series of events triggered are the so-called "nature's backlash."

Now that Xia Duo has opened up territory here, a large area of ​​​​the forest has been cleared. The creatures that originally lived here will naturally respond. Even if they do not respond in a short period of time, with the further expansion of Xia Duo's territory, the living space of the original creatures in the forest will increase. further reduction.

Apart from fighting each other, attacking human territory is also a normal choice and of course a normal phenomenon.

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Xia Duo did not see Gibb in the military camp. Gibb had already taken people out to patrol, but Ava rarely left the military camp. He is now mainly responsible for training soldiers to use magic items and some experience of rogue scouts. ,Skill.

Seeing Sha Duo arriving, Ava immediately saluted respectfully, even more seriously than Leiden.

In this regard, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a little disappointed (hypocritical). Originally, the two of them had been on the battlefield together and sold stolen goods together, and they were considered friends. However, after Ava assassinated the branch president of the Eagle Chamber of Commerce for revenge, he was cursed. He was rescued by Xia Duo and volunteered to become his follower.

This time, although the relationship between the two became closer, it basically had nothing to do with friendship.