Chapter 1724: Wealth Transfer, Art Lecture

Feisu Chinese.

What Xia Duo wanted to do was, of course, not just to show the residents of Savile Territory the new life in Daxia Territory; in reality, it was to attract the villagers from the Savile Territory to the north to come here to work.

After the residents of Daxia Territory were granted land, each person could receive 10 New Mu of land, regardless of age. This effectively triggered a baby boom, and coupled with the promotion of intensive cultivation, there was actually a severe shortage of labor to farm these lands well without advanced agricultural machinery.

The residents of Daxia Territory could, of course, hire people to help within the territory or even form a Cooperative, but Xia Duo had not yet approved the establishment of Cooperatives within the territory, and at the same time, he had set a minimum wage standard for the territory.

It was obviously more cost-effective to hire people from outside, and the only outsiders nearby were those from the Savile Territory.

Xia Duo used money to subsidize agriculture and other industries, transferring wealth to the residents of Daxia Territory, and at the same time, through recruitment, continued to transfer it to the residents of the Savile Territory; in this way, wealth would continuously transfer to ordinary people.

This was, of course, not a handout; in the future, these people would be the stable consumer group for the mass-produced Magic Items of the Tower of Time.

People all have a yearning for a better life; if wealth is not transferred downward, how much money can ordinary people save in a lifetime to purchase expensive Magic Items?

Without a massive market and massive user data, the development of Magic Items would be a stagnant pool, and so-called industry would be out of the question.

Xia Duo certainly liked the feeling of wealth accumulating bit by bit, but he knew even better that wealth that does not circulate is no different from stones; only circulating wealth is true wealth.

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Regarding some details of attracting residents of the Savile Territory to work in Daxia Territory, Xia Duo felt it was necessary to pay more attention, especially since the two places would inevitably merge into one in the future; one could not let the people from the original Savile Territory feel that they had been shortchanged.

But at the same time, they could not be given excessive preferential treatment, otherwise, it would be unfair to the current residents.

The scale of this needed to be carefully grasped.

Now, Xia Duo could increasingly empathize with the feelings of the higher-ups in his hometown; as a policy maker, every little action at the source would be amplified to an exaggerated degree by the time it reached the bottom.

Therefore, it was only reasonable that various policies tended to be steady and conservative.

"By the way, Laidun, what is your take on art?"

"Art?"

Laidun scratched his head, even thinking he had misheard; the Lord was actually talking to him about art? It took a good while before he reacted:

"My Lord, are you referring to the Territory Culture and Education Department?"

"Something like that. I have already seen the response to the new-style plays among the residents, and the Universal Knowledge textbooks have also been very effective, but cultural and educational work can be even broader."

"Please speak, my Lord—"

"Let's bring up two points for now. One is the Qimeng Shutang. You have received the 'Enlightenment Book' jointly compiled by the Tower of Time and the Culture and Education Department, right? Knowledge that does not involve specific Spell details can be placed in the Qimeng Shutang. In the future, the Tower of Time's recruitment assessments may lean more toward selecting age-appropriate youths who are interested in developing in the field of Magic."

Of course, this was only the first step. Xia Duo's future plan was to strip all content related to Apprentice education and production and manufacturing out of the Tower of Time, making the Tower of Time a proper "Research Institute."

Education would be specifically handled by schools at all levels, such as the Qimeng Shutang currently being prepared, and even the subsequent Primary School, Middle School, and University.

Production and manufacturing would, of course, be handled by specialized factories, saving everyone from being crowded together like they were now.

In Xia Duo's plan, only those who became Arcanists would have the opportunity to apply to join the Research Institute, and the Research Institute was undoubtedly the highest hall of magical research in the territory.

Of course, Arcanists could also choose to start their own businesses, as long as they remained under the Daxia Order.

"The second point is to hold a lecture on Elf art. It doesn't need to be very profound; at least it should let the residents know what Elf art looks like and have a concept of it in their minds."

Elf art achievements are extremely high; even if Xia Duo had long regarded the Elves as future competitors, he would not deny this. Now that the living standards of the territory's residents were rising day by day, spiritual civilization must also keep up in a timely manner.

With the new life, which was different from the past, as a comparison, Xia Duo was not worried about the residents becoming Pro-Elf Faction members; at the same time, he even hoped that the residents could gain some insights from Elf art!

If imitation occurred, it would be of no consequence; as long as it was not blind chasing, Xia Duo would even encourage the public to imitate Elf art.

After all, humans and Elves are not the same species, social development is different, and the development of aesthetics must also be different.

In the process of imitation and in the process of social aesthetics, the public would eventually discover aesthetic concepts more suitable for the current era and more suitable for the current social development.

And in this process, Xia Duo would also participate in the Guidance; after all, he would not let the residents become a group of Pro-Elf Faction members, but would guide them to "take the essence and discard the dross," developing aesthetics and art that surpass the Elves.

Of course, this is a long and arduous task, but starting from now, preparations can already be made.

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After listening to Xia Duo's Indication, Laidun couldn't help but hesitate, "The Qimeng Shutang is easy to handle; we just need to slightly renovate the Night School and find some teachers from the Tower of Time. But as for the lecture on Elf art, as far as I know, not many people in the territory have actually seen an Elf, let alone explain Elf art."

"That is indeed a problem."

Xia Duo felt that raising this question now was indeed a bit difficult for him, but he was not prepared to give up. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"You can start by holding a few exhibitions of daily Elf items. Later, you send someone to the Material Department of the Tower of Time; I will notify them."

True Elf art pieces were not easy to get for the time being, and Xia Duo did not want to spend that wasted money, but the Tower of Time had quite a few daily Elf items; some were collections of the Saville Family, and some were bought for daily use.

Like the lounge chair in the Study on the top floor of the Tower of Time, although it was a very ordinary daily item for an Elf, for the vast majority of Netherese who had never even seen a lounge chair, it could already be considered an art piece.

Holding a few exhibitions of daily Elf items first might even promote the upgrading of daily necessities in the territory!

There were many things that Netherese craftsmen could not make, it was just that they did not use (such exquisite ones) or did not think (they could be done that way).

Under normal circumstances, they would not come into contact with Elf things at all. Now that they were given the opportunity, could it be that they would only look at them as curiosities?

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The art lecture turned into an exhibition of daily necessities, and the difficulty dropped by more than one level. Laidun had even less reason to refuse, "My Lord, I will start preparing tomorrow and guarantee the completion of the task."

"Very good. Accumulate more experience; in the future, there may not be no opportunity to hold our exhibitions in the Elf Kingdom!"

Xia Duo gave a small encouragement and then said: "By the way, when you have time, ask Lawrence if he is willing to go to the Akaola Kingdom for advanced studies?"

"Advanced studies in the Akaola Kingdom?"

Laidun was also someone who had read the "Enlightenment Book" and naturally knew that the Akaola Kingdom was a small Elf country in the east of Netheril, located in the corner between Netheril and Cormanthor.

And Lawrence was the actual person in charge of the current Culture and Education Department. Of course, setting aside this identity, the other party was also a famous Bard, known as "Wild Poetry," and possessed a host of representative works including the "Gier Epic."