How should I deal with it? How do I know how to deal with it if I’m not given any information?
Xia Duo couldn't help complaining in his heart, but after he complained, he discovered that with a little awareness, he could sense relevant background information from the surrounding environment.
The golden elf who just spoke is actually the crowned king of this virtual kingdom - that is, Xia Duo's own agricultural consultant. However, the reduction in production in Seer and other plantations seems to be an agricultural problem, but in fact it also involves structural social contradictions.
In this virtual kingdom, the plantations, which are the sources of food, are almost entirely controlled by the Crown Prince and the upper-ranking families.
The lower-ranking families may be self-sufficient in food, but ordinary people have almost no land of their own and rely entirely on the state to support themselves, so they will never die of hunger.
The reduction in production in the plantations this time was not caused by a natural disaster, but was caused by the Druid strike.
Most elves live in the forest. Although they can build houses and cultivate farmland, their damage to the forest is extremely limited.
If you want to use limited farmland to supply an increasing population, you must use more and more advanced agricultural technologies.
Mages are naturally skilled, but most mages disdain to engage in matters related to planting, so there are druids who specialize in agriculture.
Most of these druids came from the lowest level and made great contributions to the country, but they did not get the rewards they deserved. Whether it was social status or living standards, they were almost at the bottom of society.
This time should be the event where the long-oppressed druids rose up to resist.
Chateau recalled the relevant situation of Cormanthor in the main plane, and found that the situation of the druids had not improved much. Of course, the living standard should have improved a bit, but the teachings stipulated a poverty-stricken and primitive style.
As for social status, it should actually have risen a bit, but even if the heir of a small family becomes a druid, it will be generally considered by society to have ruined the family tradition.
Cormanthor in the main plane should have been nearly a thousand years since the Excalibur Trial. This problem has not yet been solved. If the contents of the trials are the same, it will not be able to provide any good answers compared to Kefumu.
Of course, it may be that Kefumu's words and deeds are inconsistent. The trial is one thing, but becoming the crowned king is another.
Or, is continuing to oppress the bottom class the "correct answer" to the trial?
After thinking for a moment, Xia Duo decided to follow his inner choice. At the same time, he also wanted to verify his assumptions about magical civilization.
When he sensed the background information, he understood that any order he gave would be executed, and this illusion would continue to play out until the trial was passed or failed.
He would not miss such a good opportunity, and he would not hesitate even if it led to the failure of the trial.
After all, magical knowledge can be obtained normally through various normal means, but related social experiments rarely have the opportunity for trial and error.
Even if there were, it would not be like in this trial illusion where you could quickly adjust and then experiment again.
However, Xia Duo did not issue an order immediately. Instead, he asked other consultants to express their own problems. It would not be too late to make a decision after he had a more comprehensive understanding of the virtual kingdom in this illusion.
The illusion accepted his way of dealing with it, and then the advisors of the Mian King under the throne began to speak one after another——
"King, your treasury was patronized by High Mage Taras, and several secret scrolls, books, gems, swords, and armor were lost!"
"Wang, the Muhi family has merged many plantations and unilaterally increased the price of grain purchased from the kingdom."
"King, the border towns cannot bear the harassment of the orcs and request to be moved to the vicinity of the Mystic City."
"King, there have been many civilian girls missing in the capital recently. It has been found that they were caused by malicious abductions by children of multiple high-ranking families."
"King, traces of the drow sacrifice ceremony were found in Yisi City!"
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Many problems involved all aspects, and through the perception of the surrounding environment, Xia Duo received more information, and for a while he felt overwhelmed.
Xia Duo breathed a sigh of relief when no consultant spoke again, but before he could think about it for long, a new message suddenly appeared in the surrounding environment. It was nothing else but a countdown.
If no order is issued within a day, it will directly enter the settlement stage. Of course, if the order issued is too outrageous, it may also be directly judged to have failed.
However, after knowing that there was at least one day left, Xia Duo completely relaxed. However, relaxation did not mean slacking off, but Kefumu failed in a short period of time, which gave him a very strong sense of urgency.
But now it seems that there are obviously different concepts of time inside and outside the trial, so it can be considered carefully.
From this point of view, Kefumu in this projection plane may really not be suitable to be the master of the Sword of Dominion.
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As time passed little by little, Xia Duo's thoughts gradually improved. Without really waiting for the deadline, he began to issue orders——
First of all, they announced that High Mage Talas was wanted, but they also left a loophole. As long as the other party could find out the whole story behind the sacrifice of the drow in Yisi City, they would be exempted from the wanted order.
Secondly, Chateau proposed the formulation of relevant laws, stipulating that druids could be exempted from compulsory military service as long as they met certain standards.
This step can be regarded as improving the status of druids, but it is not excessive. It does not restrict the forced recruitment of superiors, and has little impact on those with real power.
Afterwards, Chateau announced the establishment of the Higher Magic Academy, opened up higher magic, tried to win over spellcasters, and developed magic.
Since the Crown War, whether it is the main plane or the projection plane, the elven kingdoms are generally in a decline, and this virtual kingdom in the illusion is no exception.
If you want to grow and develop, you naturally need to develop magic.
Xia Duo is confident that he can accomplish this. After all, elf society advocates art, and the subversion of art is magic. Of course, there is resistance, but experiments always have to be tried.
Nowadays, the countries in the Listal Forest in this projection plane are actually not living well. Not to mention the destruction of Uweilun by a meteorite a thousand years ago. Such a major event. The Drow War four hundred years ago alone caused countless bloodshed.
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Four hundred years is only more than half of the life of the elves. The elves who experienced the war and survived the war should now be regarded as the top leaders in various countries, and they should still have a sense of crisis.
In the face of life and death, Chateau believes that conservative forces will never gain the upper hand.
"Um--"
Halfway through issuing the order, Shado suddenly thought of the Drow War in the main plane Cormanthor. Could it be that someone deliberately released it to "persuade" the conservatives?
It is not impossible. After all, Cormanthor in the main plane has been established for nearly a thousand years. It is inevitable that conservative forces will rise after a long period of peace.
The Cormanthor Crown King has lived from thousands of years ago to the present. He may not have a transcendent perspective to see through everything, and then guide the drow out of the underground and let them wreak havoc in their own country to achieve strategic goals.
It's not impossible!
Xia Duo kept these speculations in his mind, and when he returned to the main plane, he might be able to find out some clues by asking around.
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After that, Xia Duo continued to issue orders. In addition to allowing border towns to move inward and punishing dandies in the capital, he also gave specific instructions on some general government affairs.
Just like a turn-based game, although this illusion is given one day to issue orders, it can actually end early.
After this "round" ended, the scene around Sha Duo suddenly changed.