Arcane Lord

The concepts of pioneering, lordship and people are connected together. Without the subjects, it is impossible to develop. The purpose of pioneering is to increase the living space of the people.

And the one who can lead all this is the lord.

Xia Duo quite agrees with this. It is a basic social contract. There are similar sayings in his hometown. For example, if you are an official and do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.

There are definitely differences between lords and ordinary officials. To be realistic, a lord's power does not come entirely from the support of his people, but from himself.

Maybe even the source of everything is because he is very strong.

But "strong" is not necessarily a reason for asylum, nor is it necessarily a reason for good treatment after asylum.

In other words, not everyone has the awareness that "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility". Perhaps "the greater the ability, the greater the freedom" is what more people think.

Even Xia Duo often feels constrained by his lack of ability, and wants to gain more freedom by pursuing stronger abilities.

But unlike many Nese masters, Xia Duo also has a sense of responsibility, which may be derived from the ancient motto in his hometown that "a wise man can benefit the world."

Or perhaps it stems from the recognition that "with great responsibility comes great power."

This time Archmage Greta's clear statement made Xia Duo feel more favorable towards the princess.

In this magical world where individual strength is very prominent, spell casters, especially powerful spell casters, are almost impossible for ordinary people to resist (successfully).

No matter whether the superiors are good or bad, they can only bear it silently.

Under such circumstances, Princess Shia still follows the ancient and simple pioneering tradition, which is undoubtedly worthy of respect.

In particular, Xia Duo also has similar ideas and can almost be called "comrade"!

…

Greta didn't go into too much detail on how to treat her people, and Shado didn't want to say too much in front of other inspection envoys. The mage was still relatively reserved.

After drinking tea, Greta asked to leave, but neither Shado nor Niya wanted to stay. Netheril was not in favor of this, but it was still a gift.

This delivery was sent outside the teleportation room. Greta first sent the several parliamentary envoys who came with her to Konchi City to inspect other developed territories on the Konchi Plain southeast of Konchi City.

And she herself later restarted the teleportation circle and returned to Severton. It seemed that she really came alone to understand the Great Xia Territory!

…

Leaving the teleportation room, Niya suddenly grabbed Xia Duo, lowered her head and whispered like a gnat: "The parliamentary inspection is over. Don't go back to the territory recently. Stay in the Tower of Time!"

Although the voice was soft, it was very clear in Shado's ears. It was rare for Niya to show such a weak side. He remembered that the most recent time was when the two of them sent Lord Epps into the stasis chamber together.

This made Xia Duo feel pity. During the time he came back from the Green Field Plane, he only lived in the Tower of Time for two days, and he still lived in the previous room. Even if there was a spell connection, it still counted. Ignore the other party.

So, he held Niya's hand, gently brought Niya into his arms, and whispered softly into her ear: "Don't worry, I will always be by your side!"

…

Although personal relationships between children are not everything in life, they are still a very important part. In Xia Duo's hometown, there has always been a saying of "cultivate one's moral character, harmonize one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world."

Of course, Xia Duo is no exception. He always has some feelings for his family and country.

However, family is reflected in all aspects and is not limited to staying together day and night. After comforting Niya, Sha Duo left the Tower of Time again.

Of course, he did not return to the territory to stay permanently this time, but just returned to the territory to get some wood. The problem of paper shortage in the Tower of Time has become more and more serious.

Unless you take the teleportation circle to Sevington or other commercially developed territories to buy it now, you will soon face a panic.

Nowadays, there are not many other things in Xia Duo's territory, but there is a lot of wood. Only a small amount is used for cooking, heating, building wooden houses, or burning the ground.

There are still a large number of logs piled there, and I don't know how to deal with them, not to mention the wider Green Pearl Forest outside the pioneering land, and even the eastern forest.

How to deal with these pieces of wood has always been a headache for Xia Duo. This is no exaggeration.

Just manufacturing furniture, wooden houses, or other things, while meeting the needs of the territory, it is difficult to have any sales. After all, having too much wood is not a problem for Daxia Ling's family.

Unless it's the core area of ​​Nese, you can cut as much wood as you want, provided of course that you don't get in trouble from the elves.

Even in the core area, there are nearby territories that provide large logs. As for daily firewood, there are large areas of fast-growing thorns almost everywhere as a source of firewood for ordinary people.

Unless the wood products are made by elves, it is difficult to sell them across long distances. The shipping fee alone is very troublesome. It is better to burn them on the spot!

But for Chateau, who has mastered the art of papermaking, burning is undoubtedly a waste.

It's just that in the past, he didn't make up his mind to make paper, so more and more wood piled up in the territory, which even affected the development of the territory to a certain extent!

This must be solved as soon as possible, and for now, the only solution is papermaking.

…

Not long ago, Cecily told Chateau that the Tower of Time was short of paper. At that time, he made up his mind to make paper. However, he has been staying in the territory recently and ignored that matter for the time being.

Now that Niya asked him to return to the Tower of Time, Shado immediately upgraded his papermaking schedule.

After returning from the territory, Xia Duo brought back about 1,000 cubic meters of logs, which filled the entire carry-on space.

Of course, it was impossible for Xia Duo to turn all these logs into paper by himself. It would be too wasteful for him as an arcanist to do this.

So, he called Cecily, together with several low-level mages from the Magic Engineering Department, and came to a workshop that had been modified in advance.

"Cecilia, Ganal, I will demonstrate an important technique next, please don't spread it around!"

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the rumor, but it is more troublesome, so it is better to keep it secret until wood pulp paper appears in large quantities!

In fact, for a skilled spellcaster, the origin and even the manufacturing process can be known through the paper.

Xia Duo had already realized this when he decided to use papermaking technology.

"Watch it!"

Xia Duo first took out a tree trunk that was not completely dry and threw it into the important reaction pool in the workshop. Then he cast blood spells at will to summon water flow and filled the reaction pool.

After that, he cast the [Crushing Force Field] from the papermaking series brought back from [Projection Plane Arcane Empire]. While casting the spell, he also introduced:

"Look carefully, the first step in making paper is to turn the finished wood into wood pulp!"