Chapter 1569 The three elements of suppressing backward progress and development
If there are other choices, Xia Duo does not necessarily have to choose the blue crystal plane.
The green field plane like the Seven Towers is naturally a livable plane, which allows ordinary people to survive without any additional modifications, and long-term residence has the effect of extending life.
But the blue crystal plane is not without its advantages. On the one hand, it is a plane with poor innate attributes, so it won't be too distressing if it goes wrong.
On the other hand, it is because of the pure water area in the other half of the blue crystal plane, which is Shado's default floating city manufacturing factory. In the future, the floating city will transform the water in this area of water.
If placed outside, whether it is cutting a mountain peak or converting it from the sea, the movement will not be too small. Before this kind of strategic level facility is completely formed, it is best to keep a low profile.
There are two things that Shado is most concerned about right now. One is Iolum's request for the goddess of magic to "certify" [Mythra], and the other is the Northern Alliance's magic restriction treaty.
The former depends entirely on luck. Even if it cannot be certified or endorsed, it is still impossible to give up the [Mythra] device; as for the latter, there is too much room for maneuver.
For the time being, the Seven Towers have not officially recognized the magic restriction treaty, but the rumors have been released. With the snow melting competition taking place recently, Severnton may hold a round of consultations first.
Netheril's internal affairs are not a problem for the time being. They will definitely stand on the same front in dealing with the Northern Alliance's magic restriction treaty. The key is how to distribute the "excess share" belonging to Netheril in the treaty later.
First of all, one thing is certain, no matter what Cormanthor thinks or how hard he works to promote, the so-called magic restriction treaty cannot completely ban all large-scale magic activities.
Then we can only draw an "over-limit share", which is similar to the "carbon emission standards" negotiated by various countries on the earth. However, within a specific country, each company also has its own share, and these shares can even be traded with each other.
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In Netheril, various mage tower organizations, and even powerful individual spellcasters, are undoubtedly competing for a share of large-scale magic activities.
Xia Duo is still not sure how to divide it specifically. After all, the Northland Alliance has not yet confirmed it. He doesn't even know what form this share will take.
But one thing he was sure of was that the competition for this share within Netheril would not be peaceful, and it might be the beginning of civil strife.
After all, everyone was fine before, and now there is suddenly a magic restriction treaty. Although most wizard towers may not meet the standard of "large-scale magic activities", who would like to have a restriction suddenly on their head?
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It may not be enough to qualify as a "large-scale magic event" now, but what about the future?
Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but frowned. Having a private plane like him, although more troublesome, can also divert some large-scale magic activities, but not all mage tower organizations have private planes.
Or to put it more bluntly, most mage towers don’t even have plane exploration arrays, so how can they discover sub-planes?
As for the demiplane, it may be possible to buy it, but who can guarantee that it will not be "recovered"? More importantly, the demiplane is too small and its disaster-bearing capacity is too weak. An accident may cause the demiplane to be destroyed.
How many people are rich enough to be ruined?
"How difficult times are!"
Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh. Elf magic had been developed and matured tens of millions of years ago. Although many of them have been lost nowadays, the system is still complete and does not require too much exploration. Most of the technologies can be used as long as they are found.
As for Nese magic, it took shape relatively late. Even catching up with the now-declined elven magic would require a huge amount of manpower and material resources to study hard, let alone surpass it.
The restriction of large-scale magic activities is almost as good as cutting off the vigorous development of Nese magic.
This is just like on Earth, where advanced industrial countries work together to restrict non-industrial countries or backward industrial countries from developing their industries for various reasons.
The first mover is full of profit, but refuses to let the latecomers get a share of the pie.
In fact, the current development of Netheril, including the Seven Towers, except for Shado, is actually somewhat weak.
Conservatism is prevalent, and it is difficult to unify internal thoughts and actions. We can only rely on individual "strong men from the sky" to achieve explosive development at a certain stage, but cannot form an internal driving force for long-term stable development.
When the Demon Restriction Treaty comes again, if it weren't for the variable Xia Duo, it might be in ruins.
Even if there is a "strong man from heaven" like Iolum who can promote rapid development for a while, it will inevitably end up with internal friction and collapse.
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in a vacuum.
While maintaining the existence of more than ten wind element plane channels at the same time to replenish the air in the blue crystal plane, Xia Duo was thinking about the future path.
Now that [Mythra] can be put into practical use, the industrial age is just around the corner. The most important thing in the new era is people. There is no doubt that efforts will be made to develop the population next.
Whether it is to encourage births or introduce foreign populations, in short, we must do everything possible to increase the population, and at the same time integrate and assimilate the work, or the New Life Movement must also continue to be carried out simultaneously.
Along with population are resources.
To maintain the operation of a complex society with a large population requires a large amount of resources, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, entertainment, and development.
In this regard, Xia Duo is not too worried for the time being. The main reason is that the Great Xia Territory is still in the transformation stage at this stage, and the vast majority of the territory's citizens do not have many material needs.
Perhaps, yes, but what he, as a lord, has provided has exceeded the imagination of the people.
Territory citizens outside the Daxia Territory may not be able to imagine what it would be like to have a fixed rest day every week, a fixed working time every day, and as long as you work, you will definitely be paid.
Not to mention ordinary citizens, even most spellcasters cannot imagine what a universal education scene would be like.
There is even a dedicated Ministry of Culture and Education to create poems and dramas for the residents to meet their spiritual needs.
Compared to the almost serf-like life of the people in other territories, the people in Daxia Territory simply live in paradise.
For a considerable period of time, Xia Duo did not need to invest too much in the territory's regular resources, and the territory's residents could create everything they needed.
The resources he cares about lie more in the raw materials of magic items, which is related to the sustainable development of a high-consumption "government, industry, academia and research" system like [Tower of Time - Territory].
At present, the size of [Tower of Time - Territory] is still too small and cannot be fully internally circulated, so it needs to rely on external resources for development.
But even if internal circulation can be achieved, if you want to develop and expand faster, you still cannot do without the support of external resources.