Chapter 3292: Chang'an Voyage, The First Signs Appear

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Xia Duo certainly knows that the various countries in the Northland are not truly indifferent to the potential harm the Darkness Society might cause; rather, the positions held by both sides determine that the countries of the Northland will not prioritize the vast majority of ordinary people.

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, can they only wait for death?

Or 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 have mastered advanced Magic.

Only by Popularizing Magic to everyone can ordinary people have a chance to harm those in power. When "gods" can also bleed, then "gods" are no longer gods.

When those in power can potentially be overthrown by the lower classes, then those in power will at least—at least restrain themselves and no longer be as unscrupulous as in the past. Only at this stage is a better Illusion possible; otherwise, everything is a castle in the air.

Take the current Daxia Territory, for example. The Daxia Order is unprecedentedly beautiful, but isn't all of this forcibly pushed by Xia Duo, the lord who holds absolute violence?

The only day that might come is for these original Magic Technicians; competition will decrease, and new technicians will be trained quickly from special people, and their wage demands will be higher than ours.

Such an environment and the order that shapes such an environment, the only ones who might be against it are those pure elitists who think they are the superior people who will never fall.

Thinking this way, Xia Shao has already planned several 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.

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

In Xia Shao's view, the current major countries of the Northland are still in the classical era, and even if they are powerful, they are very limited, not to mention that the Elf small countries and large countries have all inherited the foundations of their ancestors, and there is no absolute generational gap in the level of Magic.

Under such circumstances, large countries with foresight will either choose to Suppress the progress of Magic Popularization in small countries, or choose to follow up. Using the scale of a large country to do this, once successful, the achievements will far exceed those of small countries. (If it cannot be done, it may lead to internal disunity.)

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

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

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

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

But once Magic is popularized, preferably Netheril Magic that can be learned quickly, small countries might suddenly pull out a Spellcaster army no less than that of a large country, and at that time, what they can compete with will probably be resources.

Returning from Dumu's side, Xia Shao deeply feels the current situation in the Northland and feels that the progress of Magic Popularization can be faster. Currently, there are arrangements in Netheril and abroad in Ailan and Evereska.

The only thing lacking is the scale of Spellcasters. Large countries have large populations. In the classical era, when the proportion of Spellcasters is relatively consistent, the number of Spellcasters is naturally greater, and thus they possess stronger war potential.

The current major families control a large number of workshops and control the fate of a large number of new Mage classes, and they are growing stronger every moment. How could they not decline in the future!

It is even possible that this is the inevitable choice for small countries after Popularizing Magic. To further protect themselves and further develop, where will the resources come from and where will the population come from? Isn't it only by plundering from large countries?

If one day I am suddenly unwilling to do so, suddenly want to engage in dictatorship, and suddenly want to treat everyone as slaves, do my subjects have the ability to resist?

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

This must be a rumor from the remnants of the Darkness Society!

Directly teaching Magic Knowledge is easy to provoke public anger, and even those who might have supported me might stand up against me, but if I take the technician route, a considerable number of people will benefit from it.

I myself do not like being ruled by power, so I will not rule others by power. At the same time, I will resist rule by power and resist tyranny, so I will not oppose my subjects doing the same, and I even support everyone doing so.

Because this is not someone's 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.

At least now and for a considerable period in the future, it is impossible to resist. Only when my subjects have the ability to resist will the true civilized era arrive.

"It seems I can only take the technician route!" Xia Shao sighed in his heart.

As for the high-level prophets predicting the decline of these people in power in the new era, that must be fake, and it is a rumor from the remnants of the Darkness Society to destroy the internal Alliance.

It is just that the right to speak of Magic Technicians is too low. Even if they go on strike and really succeed, it is of no use; new technicians will quickly take their places.

But these 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 must be the small countries; the progress of Magic Popularization in small countries must be accelerated.

Therefore, at present, Evereska has not completely lifted the restrictions on the Magic Society recruiting Apprentices, and it may also have received pressure from large countries, not just the obstruction of vested interests within, or the fear of becoming a vassal of Netheril.

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

Xia Shao never believes that a group of people who only know how to 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.

This includes workshop owners who get technical updates and cheap Magic Technicians, national officials who can obtain higher taxes from it, and the Mage groups of various countries who can buy more cheap products.

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