Chapter 1704 Acceptance preparation, change of land grant
As they chatted, Niya's voice became smaller and smaller, and eventually Xia Duo stopped talking, and the two fell asleep quietly.
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the next day.
Considering that he almost forgot to select people for the blood sequencing project, Xia Duo decided to sort out the important matters that needed to be dealt with in the near future.
The first step is to select people to go to Kiran Tower to participate in the bloodline sequencing project.
Xia Duo handed the matter over to the Jin Institute for handling. He only made two requests. One was that the members of the independent research room would not be considered for the time being, and the other was that four new mages should be selected as much as possible.
The former is because the members of the independent research laboratory are already considered the core personnel of the Tower of Time. Similar to the David Research Laboratory, if someone leaks secrets in the Kiran Tower, then Shado will suffer a loss.
Although he will take some protective measures, everyone is at someone else's house. No matter how prepared he is, it is still not as good as others' adaptability and unlimited attempts.
This is just like key scientists on Earth not going abroad. Even if the scientists themselves have no problems, they still need to be prepared for various unexpected factors abroad.
As for the number of people, there is no limit on the number of people in Kiran Tower, but considering that the Tower of Time itself is very short of people, we can only try to squeeze out four people. If there are too few people, there is no point in going.
After clarifying the matter through Ta Ling, Sha Duo went to the lord's villa in Linshui Village to summon Leiden.
"How are the preparations for the Midsummer Celebration?"
"It's all ready. It's the same as last year. It's a blessing ceremony. It's really going to be--" When it comes to sensitive topics, Leiden immediately stopped talking.
But Xia Duo knew what Leiden wanted to say. He had asked Leiden to "report" the achievements of the Great Xia Territory to the Lord of Glory at this year's Midsummer Festival blessing ceremony, the most important of which was the Great Xia Standard Weights and Measures.
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It's just that Netheril already has a set of radiant weights and measures, and Leiden may be worried about having a dispute with the Lord of radiance like last time.
Last time, I just took back the divine favor. It would be too dangerous if I incurred real divine punishment this time.
However, Xia Duo did not have much concern about this. Instead, he comforted Leiden, "Don't worry, the Lord of Glory is also the Lord of Order. As long as we adhere to the way of order, we will never have to worry about being punished by His God."
The biggest ideological difference between Chateau and the Lord of Glory is whether the spirit of legislation is needed. Chateau's view is of course that it is.
As for the Lord of Glory, although he didn't say whether he wanted it or not, judging from the doctrines recognized by the other party, he obviously didn't think it was necessary.
However, this conceptual difference does not involve the core essence of the Lord of Glory, and can even be understood as a positive extension of the concept of the Lord of Glory.
As long as the other party is not short-sighted, it is basically unlikely to be an enemy. At most, it will just not respond to the call of perception from people related to Xia Duo.
Not to mention that Daxia Weights and Measures completely complied with the teachings of the Lord of Glory without any violation. Xia Duo really couldn't think of any reason for the other party to give him divine punishment.
Although he was greatly influenced by Sha Duo, Leiden was still deeply influenced by the teachings of the Lord of Glory. When Sha Duo said this, he naturally had no objections. He just asked out of concern.
After briefly chatting about the arrangements for the celebration, Xia Duo soon got down to business——
"If nothing goes wrong before the cold winter comes, a group of new citizens will join the territory. We can start preparing for this after the Midsummer Festival."
Leiden has long been familiar with preparing for the arrival of new citizens. It can even be said that he is extremely familiar with it. In the past few years, there has been almost no interruption in the arrival of new citizens in the territory.
It even had the experience of admitting tens of thousands of Langas at one time.
"Sir, how many people are there this time?"
"I'm not sure. It may be more or less. Let's prepare for the goal of 50,000 people!"
Now that all the work in the territory is on track, there is no need to prepare in advance for the sporadic new citizens. The number of new citizens that Xia Duo needs to specifically explain is naturally not a small number.
What he was talking about was the Nese people recruited through the Sevington Council through Broder. The number was about 50,000, but he was not sure about the efficiency of the Sevington Council. It was safer to prepare for the target of 50,000.
Even if he is more prepared, the coming year will not be wasted. After all, the territory will not stop recruiting people. In addition to Brod, the four chambers of commerce in Savile Territory are also collecting people for him.
The last time the Gray Eagle tribe joined was their matchmaking.
When the Nese people recruited by Brod arrive, the ratio of the territory's Langas and Nese people will be out of balance again.
In other words, the Langas can be introduced again.
The Langasi people are undoubtedly easier to obtain than the Nese people for Xia Duo.
There are a lot of them on the Langas Plain. As long as you treat people with sincerity and have the precedent of the Greyhawk Tribe, it will not be difficult to introduce them in batches one tribe at a time.
Regardless of whether they are Langasi people or Nese people, as long as they come to the Bactria Territory, they are all Bactria people.
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After talking about the new territory residents, Leiden happened to be there, and Sha Duo asked about the territory granting ceremony.
"The recent rounds of land granting ceremonies are still based on families, with 100 households each time. The total number of people is relatively stable, with an average of about 300 people at a time. However, there is an upward trend, mainly due to the influence of the territory's fertility policy."
"Yes." Xia Duo nodded, expressing satisfaction.
The land granting ceremony for the territory will not always be held. As long as he announces the end of the development state, there will be no more land granting, at least there will not be the large-scale land granting like now.
However, land granting is based on people and is not calculated based on merit. Merit will be converted into gold coins and settled in one go at the land granting ceremony.
The citizens are certainly not fools. Is having a child now the same as having a child in the future? If you have one child now, you will get one more piece of land. When the land grant ends, even if you have one child every day, you will not get any more land.
In addition, the territory will also help take care of and educate the children. Today's citizens, especially those who have not yet been allocated fields, are not trying their best to have children!
"You keep talking."
"yes."
Leiden glanced at Xia Duo, as if he had thought of something, and said hurriedly: "I did not select the candidates for the recent land granting ceremony in the order of joining the territory, but added some new territory residents who have integrated well."
"A new leader who has integrated well? From the Greyhawk Tribe?"
"Yes, except for the senior leaders of the Gray Eagle Tribe whom you have told me before, everyone else has passed the territorial language and legal assessment with relatively good results. They are considered to be preparatory territorial residents to become regular members. It is still in the development stage, and they should be granted land to them."
"Does anyone else have any opinions? Especially those who have been denied the right to be granted land?"
"No, not only do I have no opinion, but I am very happy!"
"very happy?"
Xia Duo changed his mind and immediately understood that due to various policy reasons, the later the land is granted, the more benefits it will bring.
Not to mention anything else, but if you give birth to one more child during the period when your quota is removed, you will be allocated an additional 10 acres of land when the land is granted in the future.
With such a cost-effective thing, Xia Duo has no doubt that some people will find various ways to delay the granting of land, especially those who joined early and have no worries at all about not being able to receive land.
At this time, they are thinking more about how to get more.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but joke with Leiden, "No one is looking for you, right?"
"What?"
Leiden didn't react for a while, but after he did, he continued to be stunned for a few seconds, and then quickly explained:
"The territorial regulations prohibit favoritism. Even if someone comes to me, I will refuse. In fact, everyone is very familiar with and supports the Daxia Code, and they know that violations in the territory will be punished, so no one has come to me yet."
"I believe you!" Xia Duo said seriously.
He also realized that although he worked hard to guide the territory towards the atmosphere of modern society, the inertia of history was still very heavy.
Furthermore, for a believer in the Lord of Glory, such a joke is still a bit too exciting.