Chapter 1163: Difficulty Differences, Improving Credibility

The terrain there is flat; in terms of land alone, it is much easier to develop than a forest.

The difficulty of developing there is concentrated more on the grassland creatures; there are large numbers of Gnolls, Trolls, Orcs, and Goblins there, and these creatures with a certain level of Wisdom often move in packs and are very difficult to deal with.

Especially the Gnolls and Orcs, many of which have already formed tribes; they are simply like regional ringworm, and wanting to develop there is no small difficulty.

But this is for the Pioneers of today.

For a Senior Arcanist like Xia Duo, or Pioneers who were at least Archmage level in the past, those grassland creatures—the vast majority of whom do not master Magic power—are almost vulnerable!

One Spell can clear out an area, and afterwards, the residents only need to level the land slightly, and the development is considered complete.

The Protection issue in the later stages is also not a big problem; as long as the Pioneer is willing to lower their status and kill diligently and frequently, the Territory will eventually become a forbidden zone for grassland creatures.

Unlike in a forest, where tree roots are hidden underground one by one, and sometimes there are many rocks; does he have to do nothing all day long and just specialize in doing this work?

Then what is the use of the residents?

When Pioneers choose development targets, if there are better choices, the vast majority of people will not choose a forest; besides the inherent difficulty of development, Elves are also a very important factor.

Green Pearl Forest is already considered good; the creatures in the forest are much fewer than in an average primeval forest due to the long-term, continuous clearing in Savile Territory, and there are no obvious disputes with the Elves (this was resolved during the Savile period).

If it were any other forest, perhaps every few days a few Trolls would jump out to grab a few residents for a snack; that kind of situation would truly be a nightmare!

Almost every inch of land developed requires an inch of blood to be shed; except for existences like Archmages who can sustain this, an average High Mage might have gone bankrupt long ago.

Below High Mage, perhaps they wouldn't even wait for bankruptcy before dying from various accidents during the development process.

At present, Daxia Territory can open up 1500 New Mu of arable land every month; if this were to spread, even those Pioneers on the plains would be very envious!

This level of disparity can no longer be explained solely by the enthusiasm of the residents; it lies more in the superiority of the organizational system.

Although it is just a simple grouping, it gives everyone their own position, with clear hierarchy and division of labor, ensuring that every person and every bit of effort can be fully utilized.

Not to mention the linkage between groups and the overall planning from a higher perspective, all of which have brought unprecedented development speed to the Development Department.

If the tools were not still so backward, and if they were replaced with various modern engineering machines, so many people might be able to develop the entire Green Pearl Forest within a few days.

Withdrawing those wandering thoughts, Xia Duo tapped the armrest of his chair and then gave the latest Indication:

"With 1500 New Mu added monthly, the number of people granted land each month should be controlled at around 100. Half of them will be granted land officially according to the new village plan, while the other half will be granted land to be developed next month, no later than two months at the latest!"

If all land were granted officially, that would of course be possible, but Xia Duo still chose to grant undeveloped land in advance.

The reason for doing this, besides taking care of the face of Laidun and others, is more importantly that he needs such a relatively short-term 【Promise-Fulfillment】 process.

Similar to "nurturing" a credit card on Earth, in the process of 【Borrowing Money-Repaying Money】, the cardholder's credit at the bank automatically improves.

But Xia Duo doing this is not for "cashing out" after "nurturing the card," but truly to improve credibility and stabilize the hearts of the people under the Order!

In a situation where land is officially granted every month, it is not intolerable for the other half of the people to wait an extra month; for this delayed month, Xia Duo will also pay an additional amount of Gold Coins.

This not only transfers wealth downward, providing assistance for the construction of the Territory's commercial environment, but also highlights the rigorous side of Daxia Order, which combines leniency with strictness.

Through these small matters, he continuously "cultivates" the residents' trust in the Territory, the Lord, and the Code; only then can he gain the residents' trust in major events in the future.

To use words from Earth, this is called—"effectively improving the government's credibility"!

Violent rule will inevitably be overthrown by those who are more violent; but once Order (the hearts of the people) is formed, it will last for eternity.

Since he aspires to create a true Magic civilization, Xia Duo will naturally pay more attention to the process of carving the Order Force bit by bit, so that it does not deviate from the right path.

……

After the routine meeting of the various departments of the Territory ended, Xia Duo returned to the Study, unfolded his Arcane Fire, and began to cast a Spell to perceive the Order Force.

In the few days since the "Daxia Territory Citizen Moral Code" was promulgated, he has checked the state of the Order Force almost every day and pushed the Order Force to build an Order Cycle.

Although his research on the various influencing factors of the Order Force is still very Primary, and he cannot accurately correlate the changes in the Territory's order with the changes in the Order Force, collecting more data is never wrong.

After today's routine meeting, the relevant work had not yet fully unfolded, but Xia Duo still felt that the Order Force had changed.

In fact, he had never seen the results of the Order Force be the same after two consecutive checks, and he even suspected whether it was his own observation and Perception that caused the changes in the Order Force.

After all, he still cannot directly "see" the Order Force and can only perceive it indirectly through Spells; if something happens in between, he cannot be sure.

……

Soon, Xia Duo stopped the Spell; research on the Order Force is a long-term process. A letter has already arrived from Seventon; the Council of Great Arcanists will be held in ten days.

Unless he does nothing every day from now on and only casts that Spell to build the Order Cycle, there is only a sliver of possibility of completing the automated cycle of 【Code of Conduct Order Force】 before heading to Seventon.

Although Xia Duo is very interested in Faith Power, he is unwilling to do nothing else for ten days and only do this.

Research on Faith Power is only classified as 【Important/Not Urgent】 in his plan, with a very low priority; usually, he just does it when convenient, and doing it exclusively would be more trouble than it's worth.

What's more, using the control of 【Code of Conduct Order Force】 to indirectly understand Faith Power is merely his own guess, and whether it is feasible remains to be seen!

How could he leave his proper work undone just to gamble on this!

……

After writing down the observation records of the Order Force, Xia Duo cast a Spell to check the working status of the residents again, and only then did he return to the Tower of Time with satisfaction.

The transformation experiment of the Yellow Sand Semi-Plane is proceeding in an orderly manner, but today's transformation limit has been reached; Xia Duo does not intend to continue entering the Semi-plane to waste time, but is prepared to check the state changes of the transformed Semi-plane in the Ether Interlayer.

Simply put, previously Xia Duo was studying the Semi-plane from inside the Semi-plane, but now he wants to study it from outside the Semi-plane.

Or rather, it was more inclined towards the microscopic before, while now it is macroscopic.