Chapter 3291: Development Even During Wartime

Xia Duo certainly knows that the various countries of the Northland are not truly indifferent to the potential harm the Illuminati might cause; rather, the positions held by both sides dictate that the countries of the Northland will not prioritize the ordinary people, who make up the vast majority.

Even in the face of a catastrophic disaster, the losses of those in power are always minimal, or even non-existent, and they may even profit from it; but for ordinary people, who lack the ability to cope with disasters, are they just left to wait for death?

Or perhaps wait for those in power to have a change of heart and let a little bit of concern leak through their fingers?

Xia Duo cannot decide what others think, but he himself cannot accept such a reality; why should the fate of the vast majority of ordinary people be left to that small handful of people in power to decide?

He does not oppose the existence of elites, but he firmly opposes elitism; it is just that in the current era, no matter how many ordinary people there are, they cannot resist that small handful of people in power who possess advanced Magic power.

Only by popularizing Magic to everyone can ordinary people have a chance to harm those in power; when "gods" can also bleed, then "gods" will no longer be gods.

When those in power can potentially be overthrown by those at the bottom, then those in power will at least—at least restrain themselves and no longer be as unscrupulous as in the past; only when this stage is reached is it possible to imagine something better, otherwise everything is a castle in the air.

Take the current Daxia Territory for example; the Daxia Order is unprecedentedly wonderful, but isn't all of this because Xia Duo, the lord who holds absolute violence, forcibly pushed for it?

If one day he suddenly becomes unwilling to do so, suddenly wants to engage in dictatorship, suddenly wants to treat everyone as slaves, do his subjects have the ability to resist?

At most, it is impossible to resist now and for a considerable time to come; only when his subjects have the ability to resist will the true era of civilization arrive.

The only ones who might object are those original Magic Technicians; competition has increased, and new technicians are trained quickly from ordinary people, so their wage demands will also be lower than theirs.

Because even those in power cannot guarantee that they will always remain in power; once they lose influence or step down, they will not be any more precious than ordinary people, and they will likewise be protected by such an environment.

"I guess I can only take the technician route!" Xia Duo sighed inwardly.

It is just that the Magic Technicians have too little say; even if they go on strike, and even if it is truly successful, it is of no use, as new technicians will quickly take their places.

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Small countries have fewer resources than large countries, but they still have more than enough resources to barely launch a war, not to mention that many small countries united can always scrape together the capital to go to war with a large country.

The various elite families of the present control a large number of workshops and control the fate of the large number of new Mage classes, and they are growing stronger every moment; how could they not decline in the future!

The only objectors to such an environment and the order that shapes it are likely those pure elitists who think of themselves as superior people who will never fall.

Under such circumstances, farsighted large countries will either choose to suppress the progress of Magic popularization in small countries, or they will choose to follow suit; using the scale of a large country to do this, once successful, the achievements will far exceed those of a small country. (If it cannot be done, it may lead to internal disunity.)

It is just that the large country at that time might only have its massive scale left, and no longer be powerful in terms of strength.

It may even be that this is the inevitable choice after small countries popularize Magic; to further protect themselves and further develop, where will the resources and population come from if not by plundering from large countries?

Directly teaching Magic Knowledge is easy to provoke public anger, and even those who might have originally supported him would stand up to object, but if the technician route is taken, a considerable number of people will benefit from it.

Returning from Dumu's side, Xia Duo deeply feels the current situation in the Northland and feels that the progress of Magic popularization can be faster; currently, there are arrangements within Netheril and in Ailan and Evereska outside the country.

Under such circumstances, wanting to win the support of these old technicians may require constantly opening up new markets and providing more employment opportunities, thereby allowing them to obtain higher professional quotes.

Thinking this way, Xia Duo has already planned multiple investment and factory construction projects, and this time he will not put the environment first, but will try his best to build new-style factories in more places.

This includes workshop owners who receive technical updates and cheap Magic Technicians, the official authorities of various countries who can obtain higher tax revenue from it, and the Mage groups of various countries who can buy more cheap products.

As for the high-level diviners predicting the decline of these people in power in the new era of the future, that must be fake; it must be the remnants of the Illuminati destroying the unity within the Alliance.

After all, no one will go against their own interests.

The only difference is the scale of Spellcasters; large countries have large populations, and in the classical era, with the proportion of Spellcasters being relatively consistent, the number of Spellcasters is naturally higher, thus possessing stronger war potential.

This must be a rumor from the remnants of the Illuminati!

And such people are also the enemies Xia Duo is most thorough about and least likely to compromise with.

In Xia Duo's view, the several major countries of the Northland are still in the classical era, and even if they are powerful, it is very limited, not to mention that both the Elf small countries and large countries are inheriting the foundations of their ancestors and have not opened up an absolute generational gap in Magic level.

But these alone are far from enough; the bulk of the population outside Netheril is still within the large countries. Of course, it is not realistic to start directly from the large countries, so it still has to be the small countries; the progress of Magic popularization in small countries must be accelerated.

At the same time, in order to successfully sell the produced products and make money, new Mages—including technicians—will also receive more training; once this cycle starts, no one will be able to stop it.

But once Magic is popularized, preferably the Netheril Magic that can be learned quickly, small countries might suddenly field an army of Spellcasters no less than that of a large country, and at that time, what they can compete with will likely be resources.

Because this is not someone's personal preference, but will create a better environment, allowing everyone to benefit from it, and this person might just be an ordinary person, or might be a so-called person in power.

Therefore, at present, Evereska has not fully opened up the restrictions on the Magic Society recruiting Apprentices, and it may also have received pressure from large countries, rather than just the obstruction of internal vested interests, or perhaps the fear of becoming a vassal of Netheril.

He himself does not like being ruled by power, so he will not rule others with power; at the same time, he will resist power rule and resist tyranny, so he will not object to his subjects doing the same, and he even supports everyone doing so.

As long as small countries are willing to popularize Magic, do large countries dare not follow suit?

Xia Duo never believes that a group of people who only know how to be submissive and obey orders can create a very developed Magic civilization, so he will give his subjects freedom, and this is also what he hopes to see from the bottom of his heart.