Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1718 Lecture on the Art of Wealth Transfer
Of course, what Xia Duo wanted to do was not only to show the people of Savile Territory the new life in Daxia Territory, but actually to attract the villagers of Savile Territory from the north to work here.

After granting land to the people of Daxia, each person can be allocated 10 new acres of land, regardless of age. This actually triggered a wave of fertility frenzy. Coupled with the promotion of intensive farming, in the absence of advanced agricultural machinery, people who want to grow Well, these fields are actually very short of people.

Of course, the citizens of Daxia can ask for help in the territory, and even set up a cooperative, but Xia Duo has not yet approved the establishment of a cooperative in the territory, and also stipulated the minimum wage standard in the territory.

Obviously, it is more cost-effective to hire people from outside, and the only outsiders in the vicinity are from Savile.

Xia Duo paid to subsidize agriculture and other industries, and transferred the wealth to the people of Daxia. At the same time, through recruitment, it continued to transfer to the people of Savile, so that wealth would continue to be transferred to ordinary people.

Of course, this is not free. In the future, these people will be a stable consumer group for the Tower of Time to mass-produce magic items.

Everyone has a yearning for a better life. If the wealth is not transferred downwards, how much money can ordinary people save to buy expensive magic items in their lifetime?
If there is no huge market and huge user usage data, the development of magic items will be a stagnant pool, and the so-called industry will be impossible to talk about.

Of course, Xia Duo also likes the feeling of wealth accumulated little by little, but he knows better that non-circulating wealth is no different from stones, and only circulating wealth is real wealth.

……

Xia Duo felt that it was necessary to pay more attention to the details of attracting Savile citizens to come to Daxia to work, especially since the two places must be integrated into one in the future, so that the former Savile citizens could not feel that they were at a disadvantage.

But at the same time, it should not be treated too preferentially, otherwise it would be unfair to the current citizens.

The scale needs to be carefully grasped.

Now Xia Duo is more and more able to understand the feeling of the high-level people in his hometown. As a policy maker, every bit of action at the source will be magnified to be very exaggerated.

Therefore, various policies are more inclined to be prudent and conservative, which is also reasonable.

"By the way, Leighton, what do you think of art?"

"Art?"

Layton rubbed his head, even thinking that he had heard wrongly, the lord actually talked to him about art?It took a while to react:
"My lord, do you mean the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Territory?"

"Basically, I have already seen the response of the new style of drama among the local people. There are also general education textbooks, and the effect is also very good, but the cultural and educational work can be broader."

"My lord, you said—"

"Let's just mention two things for the time being. One is the Enlightenment School. You have also received the "Book of Enlightenment" jointly compiled by the Tower of Time and the Ministry of Culture and Education. Knowledge that does not involve specific spell details can be placed in the Enlightenment School. In the future, Tana's new assessment may be more inclined to select teenagers of the right age who intend to develop into the field of magic."

Of course, this is only the first step. Xia Duo's future plan is to strip all the content related to apprenticeship education and manufacturing from the Tower of Time, so that the Tower of Time can become a serious "research institute".

Schools at all levels are responsible for education, such as the Enlightenment School that is about to be prepared now, and even elementary schools, middle schools, and universities in the future.

Of course, the manufacturing is done by a dedicated factory, which saves everyone from being crowded together like it is now.

In Xia Duo's plan, only those who become arcanists have the opportunity to apply to join the research institute, and the research institute is undoubtedly the highest hall of magic research in the territory.

Of course, arcanists can also choose to start their own businesses, as long as they still belong to the Great Xia order.

"The second is to hold a lecture on elf art. It doesn't need to be very advanced, at least let the people know what elf art looks like, and have a concept in mind."

The artistic achievements of the elves are extremely high. Even if Xia Duo has long regarded the elves as future competitors, he does not deny that. Now that the living standards of the people in the territory are improving, the spiritual civilization must keep up in time.

Compared with the new life that is different from the past, Xia Duo is not worried about the people becoming elves, and he also hopes that the people can learn from the art of elves!
If there is imitation, it doesn't matter, as long as it is not blindly chasing, Xia Duo will even encourage the public to imitate elf art.

After all, humans and elves are not the same species, social development is also different, and aesthetic development must also be different.

In the process of imitation, in the process of social aesthetics, the public will eventually find aesthetic concepts that are more suitable for the current era and the current social development.

In this process, Xia Duo will also participate in the guidance. After all, he will not let the people become a group of elves, but guide them to "take the essence and discard the dross", and develop an aesthetic and art that surpasses elves.

Of course, this is a long and arduous task, but from now on, preparations can already be started.

……

After listening to Xia Duo's instructions, Layton couldn't help hesitating, "The Enlightenment School is easy to manage, as long as the night school is slightly remodeled, and then find some teachers from the Tower of Time, but as far as I know, the lectures on elf art There are not many people in the territory who have actually seen elves, let alone explain the art of elves."

"That's really a problem."

Xia Duo felt that it was really difficult to ask this question now, but he was not ready to give up. After thinking about it, he said:

"You can hold a few elf daily necessities exhibitions first, and you will send someone to the Tower of Time supplies later, and I will inform them."

Real elf artwork is not easy to get for the time being, and Xia Duo doesn’t want to waste that money, but the Tower of Time has a lot of elves’ daily necessities, some are collected by the Savile family, and some are bought for daily use. of.

For example, the reclining chair in the study room on the top floor of the Tower of Time, although it is a very common daily necessities for the elves, but for the vast majority of Nethers who have never even seen a reclining chair, it can already be regarded as a work of art.

Hold a few elf daily necessities exhibitions first, maybe it can also promote the replacement of daily necessities in the territory!
There are many things that are not impossible for Nai color craftsmen, but they can't use it (so exquisite) or didn't expect it (can do that).

Under normal circumstances, they would not have access to the things of the elves at all. Now that they are given a chance, do they just look at it as a rarity?
……

The art lecture turned into an exhibition of daily necessities, and the difficulty dropped by more than one level. Layton had no reason to refuse, "My lord, I will start preparations tomorrow, and I promise to complete the task."

"Very good, let's accumulate more experience. In the future, we may not have the opportunity to hold our exhibition in the kingdom of elves!"

Xia Duo gave a little encouragement, and then said: "By the way, you have time to ask Lawrence, see if he would like to go to the Kingdom of Akola for further training?"

"Further study in Akola Kingdom?"

Layton is also someone who has read the "Book of Enlightenment", so he naturally knows that the Kingdom of Akola is a small elf kingdom in the east of Netheril, at the angle between Netheril and Comanthor.

And Lawrence is the actual person in charge of the Ministry of Culture and Education. Of course, regardless of this identity, the other party is a famous bard, known as the "Wild Poem", and has a collection of books including "The Epic of Kieran". Representative works.

(End of this chapter)