Chapter 2942: Distribution According to Labor, the Arrival of Comprehensive Magic Inspection

What Xia Duo advocates is distribution according to labor, whether it be mental or physical labor; one receives payment (income) based on how much work is done, rather than distribution according to capital, where one directly plunders the labor value of others by relying on the possession of the means of production.

Of course, at the current stage, even his own Territory cannot achieve universal distribution according to labor, let alone in Netheril or other parts of the Northland, but this can serve as a long-term goal.

Only by allowing laborers to fully share in the value created by their own labor can the laborers' enthusiasm for work be truly stimulated; specifically, this means—

If Xia Duo were to exploit the members of the Tower of Time too severely, or even come up with various schemes to make them work overtime every day, the actual effect would be far inferior to giving them a raise.

And if all income and expenditures were made transparent, with sufficient funds reserved for development and risk management, and the remainder distributed according to the amount of labor, then this Tower of Time would no longer belong to Xia Duo and Niya alone, but would be shared by all members.

Working for oneself, and getting more for doing more—who wouldn't work their hardest?

In such a situation, if the Tower of Time lacked funds for development, the members of the Tower of Time would likely be willing to give their all to support it, because once they left this place, they would never find anything better.

If this is true for the Tower of Time, then what would the scene be like if it were expanded to an entire magical civilization? Xia Duo finds it hard to imagine for now, but he is firmly walking toward that step.

Compared to Earth, where excluding money can achieve rough equality between people, in the magical world, one also needs to exclude the factor of individual power; otherwise, if one side can destroy the other physically or even mentally with a single thought, how can there be equality between the two?

Therefore, as for how to seek an equality model for the magical world, Xia Shao does not have much hometown experience to refer to; these all require him to grope for them bit by bit in practice, and as far as the present is concerned, he is doing quite well.

Furthermore, in the early days of the founding of Wuweilun, bad things were done to the remnants of Airuifan who had lost their country. After all, the multi-party joint construction of Wuweilun included the already-fallen Airuifan, but how should such a large piece of ownerless land and the massive wealth upon it be disposed of?

Clearly, the current Yilisier Mianwang has no intention of rebuilding Airuifan, but regardless, the remnants of Airuifan at least no longer have to be second-class citizens, and they might even become Yilisier Mianwang's most steadfast supporters.

And what about Wuweilun?

In the magical world, knowledge is the greatest wealth, and this massive wealth, whose original owners are gone, clearly cannot be handed over to the few remnants who escaped from the catastrophe of Airuifan's fall.

Regarding the Diya Merchant Group, Ruier does not know much, but the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce has been very active recently, and Ruier has also been paying attention.

Perhaps in the future, more sources will appear in the high-ranking families of Wuweilun!

It is just that Xia Shao had never heard before that any high-level Wuweilun official was a remnant of Airuifan. After all, Wuweilun claims to have inherited the final glory of Maiyelita, and Maiyelita was hostile to Comanthar in ancient times (having been conquered and destroyed), and was most hostile to Gold Elves.

Among them, regarding the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce and Yilai, the representative of the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce who just visited Yunfeng Manor to see Xia Shao, Laruian emphasized that behind Yilai is the Xinnong Family, which is also the founding family of the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce.

Not to mention Mithril smelting and purification, and the manufacture of Magic Artifacts; without a certain level of strength, even if it were opened up to some merchant groups, those merchant groups would not be able to do it.

Compared to Ruier, Laruian—a high-level Elf, as high-level Elves of Evereska are also high-level—knows much more. In addition to what Ruier already knows, there is more detailed background information.

A mature society will eventually form something similar; the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce is just such a merchant group that has mastered a large number of secret magic patents, and every year it can obtain huge income from other merchant groups just through patent licensing.

The merchant group's main business items include Mithril smelting and purification, Magic Artifact manufacturing, and secret magic patents.

On this point, even Yilisier Mianwang, who is also a remnant of Airuifan, cannot change it, because the reason he became the Crown King of the new country was largely based on the fact that Airuifan had already been destroyed.

The true homeland of Comanthar is actually in Siluwende; if most of the Comanthar Commoners did not die in the war, they also most likely became the current Siluwende Elves.

Inside the Reception Room of Yunfeng Manor, Xia Shao finished his tea and turned his consciousness back to his main body for a moment; a reply finally came from Ruier and Laruian—

It lasted until the final Guardian of Airuifan and heir to the legal system challenged the Wuweilun Crown King at the Northern Alliance Founding Ceremony, won the battle, but could kill yet did not, instead voluntarily conceding and handing the Airuifan legal system over to the Crown King, asking only for the kind treatment of the Airuifan remnants.

But the reality is that Airuifan had long since fallen, and the few surviving remnants had their inheritance rights to the legacy of their homeland legally usurped by Wuweilun, making them second-class citizens of Wuweilun rather than beneficiaries.

This is a classic case of turning a great favor into a deep hatred!

At that time, those riches were almost all carved up by the various forces that had jointly built Wuweilun.

It could be said that all aspects were fully realized!

Including the high-ranking families behind all the merchant groups of the Diya Merchant Group, perhaps there is some legacy, but at the very least, what has been exposed is already a very massive force.

However, Xia Shao does not know the specific background of the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce very well. In the reply given to Xia Shao this time, it was only mentioned that behind this merchant group might be multiple high-ranking families of Wuweilun and Yierlan.

This is a multinational merchant group headquartered in Wuweilun. Strictly speaking, it did not just start being active recently, but it is because of the recent establishment of the Grey Peak Mountains Resource Management Committee that large merchant groups like the Xinnong Chamber of Commerce have appeared in Xia Shao's field of vision.

One must know that Airuifan was known as the Country of Erudition, claiming to have inherited the final glory of Maiyelita, and libraries were almost everywhere in the country. Xia Shao once experienced an Inheritance Ritual in an underground Airuifan library on the Projection Plane.

From this perspective, Wuweilun and the Airuifan remnants are actually incompatible like fire and water, it is just that Yilisier, a remnant of Airuifan, eventually became the Crown King of Wuweilun, while also being a Gold Elf himself.

Only later did Yilisier change course and walk the path of equality for the five races again, and the situation of the Airuifan remnants in Wuweilun was greatly improved.

When the Airuifan legal system was transferred to Yilisier, Yilisier naturally became the common king of Wuweilun and Airuifan.

It is a very low-key high-ranking family in Wuweilun; it is rumored that this family is a remnant of Airuifan.

Otherwise, if Airuifan had not been destroyed, as one of the strongest countries in the Listar Forest at the time, it most likely would not have agreed to merge with other countries.

In the past, being a remnant of Airuifan was not a good identity background in Wuweilun. Although Yilisier Mianwang was also a remnant of Airuifan, Yilisier had long since accepted his identity as a Wuweilun and even an Elf King.

Claiming to have inherited the final glory of Comanthar, in reality, those who have studied Elf history know that Wuweilun, or rather the Listar Forest, was merely a place where the Comanthar Nobles fled to during the disaster.

Elf secret magic patents and the patents of Netheril are similar in concept, but unlike the past where Netheril only protected spells, secret magic patents include both spells and derivative Applications.