Chapter 2251: Journey to Yimaska 7

————Made up for the previous two chapters, will make up for more tomorrow, and clear the deficit as soon as possible~~

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Of course, an activator alone cannot possibly give ordinary people the power to resist a spellcaster, but after the activator appears, magic weapons powered by it will inevitably emerge; even if spellcasters deliberately suppress them, Xia Duo will create them himself.

They don't necessarily have to be sold, but those who need them will always have a chance to get them.

Of course, what Xia Duo hopes for more is that the spellcaster community of Netheril can realize the role and significance of ordinary people, thereby spontaneously raising the status of ordinary people.

Xia Duo has actually laid the groundwork for this long ago; the mass production of magic items will trigger follow-ups from other spellcaster organizations, thereby starting the process of industrialization, and the appearance of the activator allows ordinary people the chance to participate, rather than just existing as property used by those in power to display benevolence.

In the current Netheril, the relationship between the spellcaster class and ordinary people is very fractured; it can be said that apart from replenishing new blood, spellcasters have almost no need for ordinary people!

Take the Tower of Time in the past, for example; it was completely self-sufficient internally and could even export a large amount of grain to the outside. In such a situation, how could the Mages possibly treat ordinary people as real people?

Xia Duo knew back in Middle School that if you want to improve the political status of a group, you cannot just shout slogans or make mandatory regulations; you must incorporate this group into the social production system and grant them the qualification for equal pay for equal work as other groups.

The same applies to the magic world; the reason ordinary people have no status is largely because they cannot influence magic social production. Mages are all self-sufficient, and the production of magic items does not require the help of ordinary people.

Even if it is needed, it is not essential.

But once magic industry begins, the number of spellcasters will be far from enough to support large-scale social production, and a large number of ordinary people can just fill this gap.

And ordinary people who earn income by participating in magic social production will also have the opportunity to consume a large amount of produced magic products, though ordinary people are, after all, not as efficient as spellcasters.

Then, targeted training for ordinary people to participate in magic social production will also emerge as the times require; they don't necessarily have to be trained as spellcasters, but they will certainly be trained along the lines of Magic Technicians.

This process itself will also increase the probability of ordinary people becoming Mages, or in other words, this is another form of popularizing Magic Education.

Xia Duo also learned in Middle School, "Capitalists training workers is not really for the good of the workers, but to improve production efficiency and to deprive them of more surplus value."

Although Xia Duo does not stand on the side of the capitalists, in the process of era development and social development, ordinary people can indeed share more development dividends than in the old era because of this.

Of course, compared to forcing the capitalists of the magic world to popularize education, what Xia Duo is doing in Nan Jing is more proactive; after all, the level of consciousness is different.

【To be honest, I have been using a source-switching app to read books and follow updates recently. It has many voices for reading aloud, and it works on both Android and Apple.】

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At this moment, Yinaole, hearing Xia Duo's concern for the status of ordinary people again, could not help but be stunned for a few seconds, before saying: "Perhaps you are right, it is still me who is too conservative.

"I will help you handle the patent registration, but I still suggest you wait a while before making it public, at least wait until the recent Mythallar turmoil dies down."

"Turmoil? For Teacher to use the word 'turmoil' to describe recent events, has Seven Towers come up with some new tricks again?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

"It's not all Seven Towers; you have a share in it too. If you hadn't sold that Mythallar to Kelifu, it probably wouldn't be as noisy as it is now."

"Uh——"

Xia Duo couldn't quite respond to this, because he was planning to sell another one at the end of this month, so he hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, Teacher, this time I came here, I also wanted to ask you about the situation in the eastern Puppet Kingdom."

"Why are you asking about this?"

"It's because my previous trip was unexpectedly interrupted in the south. This time I plan to continue it, go to the east to walk around and broaden my horizons. Because I'm worried about further accidents, I came to ask Teacher about the situation first."

"You want to go to Yimaska? Are you not worried about the Mental Image World attacks from the Zhamu Dasi people anymore?"

"What is there to worry about? They are already trapped in a vortex of war and cannot extricate themselves. In such times, would they dare to come and provoke me?"

What Xia Duo was referring to was the situation he heard from the Calimshan Envoy in Evereska a while ago—Zhamu Dasi and Kaitemier are fighting fiercely, and they even started a war of conquest to the south. In such a situation, how could they have the leisure to come and cause him trouble?

"You should still be careful." Although Yinaole also believed that the possibility of Zhamu Dasi attacking Xia Duo again was very low, he still habitually reminded him.

"Don't worry, Teacher, I have a sense of it. About the situation in that Puppet Kingdom——"

"Wait for me to organize it, and then I will have Haichenisi send it to Nan Jing. Because of this delay of yours, I have missed the time I agreed upon with Seven Towers. I won't talk to you anymore, I'm leaving."

After saying this, Yinaole did not wait for Xia Duo to speak and teleported away directly, leaving Xia Duo alone in the empty Study, smiling bitterly to himself.

He waited for a while, but didn't see Yinaole return. He reckoned it might take a long time, and since there were many things to do in Nan Jing, he simply didn't wait and returned directly to Nan Jing.

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Two days later, Haichenisi arrived at the Floating City.

With him were the auction representatives sent by the Great Arcanists of the Inner Land who were not from Seven Towers—in fact, they were the people sent by these six: Zhenna, Braun, Weide, Magna, Huo Ke, and Keluosi.

Kelifu already had one, so he didn't send anyone.

Among them, Weide not only sent an auction representative, but he himself also arrived in person. Xia Duo met him at Hengchun Square in the Public Zone of the Floating City.

As for the others, Haichenisi left after delivering the information on Yimaska, while those auction representatives were led to an auction house on a commercial street near Hengchun Square, preparing to participate in the auction.

"Long time no see, Lord Weide is still as elegant as ever!"

"I am not as young and vigorous as Lord Xia Duo; this old fellow doesn't have many days left to live!"

The expression on Weide's face was somewhat lonely, and his words didn't sound like humble remarks. However, Xia Duo didn't take it to heart and continued to exchange pleasantries with him; soon, the two began to talk about this auction.

"Lord Xia Duo, is there really only this one Mythallar device available for sale in the short term?"

"Of course, if Lord Weide wins the auction, you will know from the included technical manual just how long it takes to build a Mythallar!"

"Is that so? I have another question: why wasn't the first Mythallar put up for auction, but given directly to Kelifu? Wouldn't the benefits be greater if it were auctioned?"

"Lord Weide is joking. How can a strategic facility like a Mythallar be simply measured by benefits?"

The reason Xia Duo sold the first Mythallar to Kelifu was mainly out of consideration that Kelifu had relatively good relationships with all parties and had no enemies; otherwise, if he had sold it to Weide first, Braun would probably have been unable to sleep or eat in peace.