Although Shado said he understood, he was actually very confused in his heart. An organization like the Austrian Federation was naturally expandable. He did not believe that Iolum had not replaced Severington with the Austrian Federation.
Parliamentary Thoughts.
Moreover, the expansion of the power of the Arcane Federation is also beneficial to Sha Duo. A person like Sha Duo who is both a great arcanist and a lord is simply eating from both ends.
But in that case, it would be very unfriendly to non-great arcanist lords, or to ordinary people who just inherited their ancestral lords.
"I was wrong!"
Xia Duo suddenly slapped his head. After traveling for so long, he was still inevitably influenced by the idea of "power is king". "Strength is king" is essentially the law of the jungle and the law.
If everything was decided by the fist, it would be a nightmare. Even the strongest at the top of the pyramid must always be on guard against being replaced by the next level of strength.
If you think about the jungle and the strong all day long, how can you have time to develop civilization?
And if civilization is not developed, technology will inevitably decline. The so-called "war promotes technology" is only because the two parties in the war are civilizations, not individuals.
Only civilization has the potential to develop, and individual wisdom is given priority. They only think about killing and being killed, replacing and being replaced, and have no thought at all about planning for the future and long-term development.
Basically, after the replacement of several generations, the technology of the entire civilization will inevitably decline.
From this, Xia Duo thought of the Elf Crown War. The further back in ancient times, the larger the scale of the war and the more cruel the methods of war.
War that has lasted for tens of thousands of years, even if the war can promote technological development to a certain extent, but it destroys the country at every turn and interrupts the era, how can we develop?
The current system in Netheril may have been intentionally designed by wise men!
On the premise of maintaining a certain order, it fully demonstrates the authority of power, but compared to Xia Duo's idea of directly smoothing out (ignoring) individual differences in power, it is still a little less interesting.
Within a civilization, identity value should not be determined simply and crudely by strength, except in certain specific areas such as sports.
The value should be determined more by the individual's responsibility and dedication to civilization. Of course, correspondingly, civilization should also return respect and satisfaction to the individual.
As for identity, there should be full equality among individuals within a civilization. Only the social division of labor is different, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior types of work.
Shado has his own views on civilization. He will criticize and absorb the advanced aspects of Netheril's civilization system design, and discard the backward aspects as much as possible.
Of course, he is also well aware of the weight of the wheel of history. He will not forcefully go against the trend, but will gradually shift the direction of the wheel, and finally make it drive into the lane of his own design.
Immortals have plenty of time to complete all of this.
…
After finishing the conversation with Iolum, Shado released the latest syllabus to the Tower of Time Academic Affairs Office through the Tower Spirit, which emphasized increasing the spell practice time for apprentices and even all members.
This was not done in the past, partly due to Shado's low requirements in the past, and partly due to the limitations of the Tower of Time.
Since it is practice, you need to use the spell practice room, but the energy system of the Tower of Time is really not enough to support the high-frequency practice of so many mages.
There is also the issue of the maintenance of the Tower of Time. After all, the Tower of Time was not originally designed to be a magic academy. With so many people using it, maintenance costs and personnel are all problems.
But now, Shado has higher requirements for the Tower of Time mages, and now that the [Mithra] device has been put into use, energy is no longer a problem at all.
As for maintenance costs, the various mass-produced magic items of the Tower of Time are relatively popular, and there is still no shortage of money to maintain the Tower of Time.
The only more difficult aspect is the personnel aspect.
But this problem will soon be alleviated as the apprentices under the new system of the Tower of Time continue to grow, especially since Shado has previously introduced three full-time senior magic technicians from Severington.
Xia Duo made a simple calculation and found that he could barely sustain it. There is a saying that is good, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. He now has considerable confidence to say this.
…
After completing the adjustment of the Tower of Time Apprentice syllabus, Xia Duo continued to check the teaching logs backed up by the Academic Affairs Office, and accidentally discovered several familiar names.
Until Niya informed him that dinner was ready, Xia Duo temporarily put down his work and teleported to the lord's villa in Linshui Village to have dinner with Niya.
…
Early the next morning.
After Xia Duo finished his daily meditation training, he felt Niya still holding his arm. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know whether it was the time traveler's curse or some other reason.
He tried various methods, spells, potions, and even the earthworks he occasionally heard before traveling through time, but there was still no movement in Niya's stomach.
Xia Duo himself was not in a hurry, but Niya's disappointed look every time she touched her belly still made him feel very distressed.
"well--"
"Are you awake?" Niya opened her eyes and hugged Xia Duo.
"Just woke up."
Xia Duo knew that it was his movement of getting up that woke up Niya, so he couldn't help but leaned over and kissed her, and said softly: "You can sleep a little longer, and I'll prepare breakfast for you."
"Um."
…
After breakfast, Niya went back to the study room on the top floor, while Xia Duo came to the Academic Affairs Office on the public floor.
He had been busy some time ago, and he hadn't been here for a long time. There was no one in the Academic Affairs Office at this time. It seemed that Xia Duo came early, but in fact he came late.
The vast majority of members of the Academic Affairs Office have teaching duties. This does not meet the normal needs of more than a thousand apprentices, and staff need to be seconded from various laboratories.
Fortunately, a considerable part of the new apprentices have already completed their studies ahead of schedule, and these formal mages have mainly flowed into the Magic Mechanics Department, the Laboratory, and the Academic Affairs Department.
However, Xia Duo had already read the class schedule yesterday, so naturally he would not go there in vain.
Not long after he sat down, a young mage holding a pile of test papers appeared at the door. When he saw Xia Duo, he was so surprised and happy that he almost dropped the test papers in his arms.
"President, why are you here?"
"I came here specifically to find you."
"Find me?"
Gibson was immediately overjoyed and ran back to his desk to put down the test paper. Then he came to Sha Duo and asked excitedly: "President, what orders do you have from me?"
"Didn't you work with Atwood and Edrich to compile the Enlightenment Book before? Why did you suddenly become a teacher?" Shado asked.
"The "Book of Enlightenment" is almost completed. I am now a special consultant assigned to the Academic Affairs Office by the Jin Society. I am responsible for passing on the concepts of the Jin Society among apprentices. Of course, this is the task of the Jin Society. The task given to me by the Academic Affairs Office is to teach "The Book of Enlightenment"