Chapter 2941: Various Checks and Balances, the Optimal Window for Development

After the elves of the Diya Merchant Group left, Xia Duo sent messages to Dumu and Laruian respectively, asking them to help investigate the situation of the Diya Merchant Group, especially the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce within it.

Afterward, he sat in the Reception Room and sorted out the recent situation; the construction of the Public Computing Resource Pool had become a foregone conclusion, but it also involved many interests and attracted many prying eyes, which was a problem he needed to consider carefully.

Next was the establishment of the Peacekeeping Department, where the standing Mage corps of the Alliance would be organized, though Xia Duo would not need to worry about this when the time came, as the various countries would certainly be able to provide checks and balances just as they did with the networking of the Public Computing Resource Pool.

The only point worth noting was the final choice of commander; Xia Duo also had a certain say in this, as the most effective way for coordinated operations at the current stage could not bypass the Spirit Thought Network, which meant it could not bypass him.

It was certainly impossible to choose someone hostile to him or someone he was hostile to, otherwise, if there were a real emergency in the future, wouldn't that have planted a hidden danger in advance?

Finally, of course, there was the so-called Alliance Advisory Committee, which should be considered a department with real power; currently, there were only five members in this committee—

Besides Xia Duo, there were the three Supervisors of the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab, who were Bulaide from Evereska, Dumu from Netheril, and Maigeluoer from Yierlan.

The remaining one was Pulasitinuo from Cormanthor, the person in charge of the Supermagic Event Monitoring and Investigation Department, which had been set up previously based on the Northern Magic Restriction Treaty.

It can be seen that the members of this newly established Advisory Committee are all heads of important institutions or departments under the Northland Alliance at present. It is conceivable that the person who will be selected as the head of the Peacekeeping Department and the battlefield commander will also likely be included in that committee.

And that Advisory Committee only possesses two Permission Levels; one is the permission to contact the Alliance representatives, or to put it another way, the Alliance representatives must leave contact information for the Advisory Committee members that ensures they can be reached.

Regarding that treaty itself, although Netheril might not be able to immediately retaliate, it could still conduct counterattacks in other aspects; after all, courtesy demands reciprocity.

If countries like Cormanthor cannot accept it, then they can only make concessions regarding the Magic Restriction Treaty.

Xia Duo is naturally happy to see such a situation; after all, Netheril cannot be considered weak within the Alliance.

Of course, one must try every possible method to stop it.

Of course, the current situation is actually that all countries need to make major adjustments to their Mythallars due to centralization reforms, so in fact, they have already frequently violated the treaty.

Of course, this is also an opportunity for other small countries. The Magic Restriction Treaty was indeed of no use to them when they were content with closing their doors to the world in the past, but since the establishment of the Northland Alliance, isolationism has long ceased to be the mainstream; open exchange is.

But if this Magic Restriction Treaty were placed in the current time after the establishment of the Advisory Committee, with the Alliance system becoming increasingly mature, exchanges and cooperation between countries becoming increasingly frequent, and small-country alliances gradually taking shape, no party could ever say they would withdraw from the Alliance again.

Previously, the signing of the Magic Restriction Treaty was instigated first by Cormanthor, then echoed by Yierlan, and tacitly accepted by Illefarn, so Netheril had to grit its teeth and accept it.

Of course, these are all the measurement standards of a money-oriented society.

After all, compared to signing that agreement, withdrawing from the Northland Alliance is even more disadvantageous.

This is similar to the carbon peak on Earth; only developed industrialized countries have the qualifications to talk about carbon peak and even carbon neutrality, while developing countries, or even those countries still in the early stages of industrial development, need development most, not the pursuit of any environmental indicators.

In other words, the treaty previously proposed by Cormanthor specifically to restrict Netheril is now just a scrap of paper.

Although not all rich people are bad, money as a measurement standard itself has biases; there is always a difference between getting rich through diligence and exploiting others to obtain wealth, right?

In Xia Duo's view, small countries should seize this opportunity even more; otherwise, once the five countries reach a consensus and the shackles are put back on, I am afraid small countries will have no chance to rise again.

In a sense, these environmental indicators are a conspiracy used by advanced countries to restrict the vigorous development of backward countries, because advanced countries have reached their peak to a certain extent, and what they fear most is the pursuit by latecomers.

And magic exchange, cooperation, and even further development cannot bypass the Magic Restriction Treaty at all. Now that the treaty is temporarily invalid, the shackle that hindered small countries from cooperating to overtake on a curve is thus unlocked.

Arguing with the representatives of the five countries might not mean much, at most it is a loss of face, but if they cannot win the argument, the heads of the institutions and departments might be dismissed by the consultation of the five countries' representatives.

This is also a check-and-balance method discussed by various countries. The number of representatives from the five countries is too small; perhaps two or three representatives could conspire to make decisions unfavorable to other countries, so more checks and balances are needed.

It is just that now, the heads of important subordinate institutions and departments have become Alliance Consultants. If the orders of the five countries' representatives are unreasonable, they can only choose to convene the Alliance General Assembly to argue it out.

Because after wealth reaches a certain level, the happiness brought by further increases is limited, but if you watch others become as rich as yourself, then what is the point of you being rich?

And this also involves the other permission of the consultant, which is very simple and crude, and very straightforward—convening the Alliance General Assembly!

In order to maintain the authority of the Alliance, various countries have decided to renegotiate the Magic Restriction Treaty. Although no useful results have been discussed yet, before the final result appeared, the Alliance General Assembly specially passed a resolution to make the treaty temporarily invalid.

The reverse is not necessarily true, but if the representative cannot contact the consultant, then the actual significance of the consultant does not exist.

Therefore, the first to get rich will not necessarily lead the others to get rich; instead, they are more likely to try their best to prevent others from becoming rich. If they don't do so, the wealth they already have will become meaningless.

Subordinate institutions and departments must, of course, also obey the orders of the five countries' representatives.

Only when a society does not need to use money as a standard to measure a person's value can money return to its original attributes. At that time, a person's talent, character, and other more fundamental attributes can be highlighted.

This is a way to check and balance the representatives of the five countries, because the daily affairs of the Alliance are decided by the representatives of the five countries, whether in name or in fact.

When Xia Duo was in his hometown, he once heard a saying that the biggest wish of rich people is actually not to become richer, but to prevent others from becoming rich.

The five countries cannot, and even if other small countries are willing, it is useless.

However, even if the status of the person in charge is dismissed, the status of the Advisory Committee member will not be lost. This status is permanent, as long as one does not frequently do things that are out of line.

However, Xia Duo is not optimistic about the renegotiation of the Magic Restriction Treaty. At present, Netheril is in a stage of high-speed development, and countries like Cormanthor also have signs of revival. In such a situation, how could they let something like the Magic Restriction Treaty affect their own development state!