Chapter 1145: Encouraging Childbirth, Controlling [Land Grant System-Order Force]

The fact that the gold coin bag slipped from his hand was not something Xia Duo had intentionally designed; he did not yet have such a perverse sense of humor as to pull such little tricks on an occasion like this. However, choosing Lier first was entirely his intentional arrangement.

3240 gold coins, while seemingly not a small amount, is actually a relatively conservative figure.

Small Merit in the Territory can only be obtained by contributing to the Territory. Under normal circumstances, an ordinary person has to work hard for a year to accumulate 1 Small Merit.

Yet an ordinary person working hard for a year can earn at least 100 or 200 gold coins. 18 Small Merits is equivalent to eighteen years, let alone accumulating 18 Small Merits within two or three years—what, then, is 3240 gold coins worth?

Lier's family accumulated 18 Small Merits in two or three years; if converted into slaves, it would already be enough for 1.8 slaves to shed their slave status.

The reason there is so much is that, besides Lier himself truly working excellently, his second son is the main reason. Otherwise, relying on himself alone, he would only have 6 Small Merits, and even counting other family members, it would not exceed 10 Small Merits.

His second son is a "commissioned student" sent by Daxia Territory to the Tower of Time. He has performed excellently at the Tower of Time, ranking at the top in multiple assessments, and is now a Level 3 Apprentice, only needing to complete the 【Ascension Trial】 to become an Official Mage.

The vast majority of the 12 Small Merits belonging to Lier's wife and children were saved up by his second son at the Tower of Time; this can also be considered some preferential treatment Xia Duo gives to outstanding territory residents.

After Lier, there were no more with as many as 18 Small Merits!

……

"Lude, male, 38 years old, born in Wild Wolf Village of Savile Territory, joined Daxia Territory in mid-June of Netheril Calendar year 835. He works earnestly and treats others sincerely, with a total of 6 Small Merits accumulated;

"Family consists of one wife and two sons, joined Daxia Territory in early August of Netheril Calendar year 836, accumulated 2 Small Merits;

"Specially granted 40 New Mu of land, bestowed 1440 gold coins!"

……

Like Lier, Lude was among the first batch of people to respond to Xia Duo's recruitment and join Daxia Territory. Having experienced the most difficult period at the beginning of the pioneering, basically everyone in that batch could accumulate 5 or 6 Small Merits.

But their family members joined late, so they did not have as many.

Especially Lude; although his eldest son is already an adult, his youngest son has just turned ten. He is neither at the age to join the Tower of Time nor able to go out and work with the adults, and instead, he drags his family down to look after and take care of him.

Therefore, the accumulated merits were much fewer. As for how much land is granted, this is only related to the number of family members and has nothing to do with merit; all families receive 10 New Mu per person.

If one wants more land, one must have more children.

Xia Duo also wants to encourage childbirth through this method; anyway, there is plenty of undeveloped land outside, and there is as much as one wants.

Humans themselves already cannot compare to Elves in natural lifespan; if they cannot even keep up with Elves in reproduction, then in the future, it will be even harder to compete with Elves.

Number of people is not the decisive factor, but without a sufficient population, how can a prosperous civilization be nurtured!

Xia Duo has experience from Earth; to develop any industry, one must have a corresponding number of industrial workers. If this is not met, even if one obtains the technology, it is very difficult to develop.

Technology is like this, and Magic is the same.

Even if one does not consider Magic Technicians, one must consider the number of upper-level researchers. Only with enough researchers can a civilization be led to move forward continuously.

……

"Edi, granted 30 New Mu of land, bestowed 1440 gold coins!"

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Soon, among the first batch of 56 new residents, except for those who died during the pioneering process and a few who serve as territory officials, the rest had all been granted land. The gold coins they received amounted to at least one thousand!

With this single stroke, dozens of middle-class citizens emerged in the territory, the commercial soil was completely formed, and encouraged by these people, the remaining ones who had not yet started receiving land would work even harder.

Calling the residents who had previously been granted land back to the stage, Xia Duo loudly announced to the residents below: "Cheer! Cheer for these brave warriors!"

After speaking, he took the initiative to launch a Magic firework into the sky. The Magic firework was not shaped by flames, so it was clearly visible even in the daytime.

With the Lord taking the lead, how could the new Apprentices of the Tower of Time below hold back? They also performed one after another.

At the same time, cheers resounded throughout the venue again, lasting for a long time.

Stepping back a few paces and yielding the stage to those dozens of warriors, Xia Duo quietly came to Niya's side.

The Land Grant System ceremony has reached its end on the surface, but for Xia Duo, it has just begun.

"I am going to cast a spell, guard me for a moment." Xia Duo sent a silent Sending to Niya.

Upon hearing this, Niya immediately looked around nervously, then looked at Xia Duo and nodded earnestly. Seeing this, Xia Duo could not help but send another message, "Don't be nervous, there are no enemies, just in case."

"Mm, I understand!"

Although she said that, Niya still did not appear relaxed.

Xia Duo ignored her. Taking advantage of the moment when people's hearts and emotions were most intense, he wanted to push the Order Force cycle again. If the situation was as he expected, perhaps there would be extra gains!

……

Unfolding Arcane Fire and linking the Micro Magic Net with the external Great Magic Net environment—only covering it, not completely replacing it—Xia Duo then calmly cast the spell to construct the Order Cycle as recorded in the Ascension Ritual Book.

The first step was still Perception. Having had multiple rehearsals over the past few days, Xia Duo was already quite familiar with this step. He quickly chose the Order Force corresponding to a series of laws related to the Land Grant System.

Such as Land Law, Inheritance Law, Tax Law, Commercial Law, Property Law, Private Property Declaration, and many other laws and regulations. Under detailed classification, every law, and even every paragraph of text, had a corresponding Order Force.

Taking advantage of this Land Grant System ceremony and the will of the people, what Xia Duo chose was not a single subdivided Order Force, but the fused 【Land Grant System-Order Force】!

At this moment, those dozens of residents who received land were living nodes of the Order Force cycle. Xia Duo quickly discovered that these people, who were led by the law, acted within the legal framework, and identified with the law, had a great positive effect on the Order Force cycle!

As for other residents, although they were not yet involved in the 【Land Grant System】 and were not actually affected by the 【Land Grant System】, the 【Land Grant System】 was still under the broad framework of the Daxia Code and was actually closely related to everyone else. The recognition provided by these people was still a positive driving force for the Order Force cycle!

As the spell continued, the 【Land Grant System-Order Force】 began to stabilize continuously. Specifically, in Xia Duo's perception, this meant that this power soon no longer increased or decreased with the continuation of the spell, but existed in a stable state.

"Sure enough, the ritual is of great help to building the Order Cycle!"

Xia Duo was happy in his heart. He tried to stop the spell controlling the Order Force but still maintained his Perception of the Order Force.

In his perception, the 【Land Grant System-Order Force】 without spell constraints turned back into an indeterminate state similar to an electron cloud, and even separated or merged with other Order Forces; it seemed that the stability just now was entirely an illusion.

But Xia Duo knew that it was highly likely not an illusion. Then, his will moved, and that dispersed electron-cloud-state Order Force instantly began to collapse.

A portion of it converged again into the 【Land Grant System-Order Force】 that was in a cyclic state after the spell's constraint!

And this time, Xia Duo did not use any spells; he completed the cycle and control of this Order Force by driving it with his will alone.

Perhaps, what he needs to do next is to integrate all other Order Forces derived from the "Xia Duo Order System"!

Perhaps by then, he will have truly mastered this order!