Chapter 1187 Returning to the South, the governance of murlocs
But on the other hand, Badigal's previous attitude was clearly saying that the relationship between Netheril and the elves, especially Cormanthor, was about to improve. Why are there still these unrealistic demands?
Unless Netheril also made excessive demands on Cormanthor, Shado really couldn't understand why the Sevington Conference agreed to liberate the dwarves and allow them to establish an independent country!
Xia Duo couldn't guess what the request was. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to put it aside for the time being. Some things would eventually come to light.
As for asking Iolum, there is no need to do so. Iolum may not know the details of the negotiations between the Sevington Parliament and the Northland countries to establish the Northland Alliance.
Even if you know it, you may not tell yourself.
Furthermore, Badigal suddenly announced such news on behalf of the Sevington Council during the day, which would definitely give an explanation to all the lords of Netheril.
Otherwise, if one of them fails, Netheril will be divided.
In fact, it might be more convenient for Shado to ask Badigal directly, but now Badigal probably doesn't have much time to explain to him.
Anyway, as long as we wait a few more days, everything will become clear.
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After staying in Severton for the last night, Shado and Niya returned to the south early the next morning. Of course, De Parker, Gibson, and Harun also returned with them.
In Xia Duo's original plan, the itinerary was not arranged like this. He originally planned to stay in Severton with Niya for a few more days, and even go out to sea if there was a chance.
But now that such big news has broken out in the Sevington Council, neither of them has any intention to play, and there is also some bad news coming from the territory.
So, the day after the snow melting competition ended, the two went home directly.
As for Lord Leisen, as expected by Shado, he did not appear in Severington, but Shado had conveyed his intention to visit him through Director Brundes of the Austrian Law Federation.
Arcanist Stern, son of Lord Leisen and student of Grand Arcanist Cliff, personally contacted Shado and expressed his welcome to Shado's visit on behalf of his father, Lord Leisen.
The two parties agreed to meet in Leisen five days later.
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After returning to the southern border, Xia Duo felt much more relaxed.
Whether it's a demon or a dwarf, these problems won't bother him for quite some time, and he can freely express himself to his heart's content.
However, there are a lot of worries. Mayor Thain entrusted the wizards from the Tower of Time to deliver a message to Niya, saying that villagers from the villages west of the Wolfburg River discovered fishmen by the river.
Last year's fish crowd incident was not even a year away.
And now, fishmen have been discovered by the river. This kind of thing is extremely sensitive to any Saville citizen, especially those who live by the river.
The discoverer immediately notified the town office without any delay. When Mayor Thain arrived at the scene, the territorial guards who arrived in advance had already killed the two murlocs that were discovered.
Yes, there are only two fishmen.
At first, when Xia Duo was in Sevington, he heard Niya say that there were fishmen appearing in the territory again. He thought it was another fishman wave, but when he learned that there were actually only two fishmen, he really couldn't laugh or cry.
But this also reminded him that after the murloc tide last year, although most of the murlocs were wiped out by the wave of negative energy created by the Death Priest, there were indeed not a few fish that slipped through the net.
Only about half a year had passed before some murlocs came to Savile's territory. If these murlocs were allowed to breed for a few more years, it would be really difficult to deal with it.
Tower of Time, Niya's Study Room.
Xia Duo made tea and adjusted the window projection to overlook the Wolfburg River. Then he said to Niya: "It is spring now, the season when everything recovers, but it is also the best time to control the number of fishmen.
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"What do you want to do?" Nia asked.
"Send the Territory Guard to take a boat north along the Wolfburg River, focusing on clearing out the fish who have slipped through the net between Savile Territory and Lake Macht!"
The reproductive capacity of fish-men is indeed very strong, but that is only when there is a large base. If the base is small, can the fish-men still reach adulthood in one year, and then have adults give birth every year?
Without the influence of special magic, this situation would be impossible to happen.
Generally, it takes at least ten years for fishmen to reach the fertile stage. During this period, as long as they are constantly cleaned up and the total number drops to a certain level, it will be much easier to control them later.
This is also different from goblins. Goblins are now overpopulated, but murlocs are not. The number is relatively limited, and the living environment of murlocs is also different from that of goblins.
Although they are amphibious creatures and can go ashore, they cannot stay away from water sources. Unlike goblins, they can run around by stretching their legs.
In other words, as long as the river is cleaned up and sifted over and over again, sooner or later the fishmen can be completely eliminated. Of course, the prerequisite is that it does not cause flooding.
The sea is the true destination of fish people. No matter how big the rivers in the interior are, they are very limited.
Of course, with the current strength of the Saville Territory, it is almost impossible to eliminate all the nearby murlocs. What Sha Duo wants is to delay the surge in the number of murlocs as much as possible.
If we don't clean up this year, the number of murlocs will increase several times next year, and again the year after that. After ten years, a new generation of murlocs will begin to give birth, and it will be almost uncontrollable, unless we go to the death priest several times.
Negative energy baptism.
But that is obviously unrealistic. Let’s not talk about whether we can find a death priest who has the ability to control the torrent of negative energy. Even if we find one, we still have to consider the risk of the negative energy getting out of control.
It is better to start from the source and limit the number of murlocs from the beginning.
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After listening to Xia Duo's suggestion, Niya did not agree immediately. Instead, she thought about it seriously and said after a long time: "This method is very good, but now the Saville Territory does not have the ability to do such a thing."
"Why?"
"As you said, sending the Territory Guard to clean up the fishmen along the river from Saville to Lake Macht would require at least 50 soldiers, two boats, and at least two months. Have you considered this?
What are the expenses during the period?”
"Of course I have considered it, it's only about 10,000 gold coins a month!" Xia Duo replied calmly.
"Isn't ten thousand gold coins a lot?"
Niya opened her eyes wide and looked at Xia Duo in shock, "In the past, Savile's annual net income was only about 100,000 gold coins! How can he save much savings with such a way of spending money!"
In response, Xia Duo shook his head, "You also said that that was last year. Now the Tower of Time earns at least one million a year, so why bother with this mere tens of thousands of gold coins!"