Chapter 410: Correctness, Advancement, and Inevitability

Arriving at the edge of the "Demonstration Field," three territory residents were carefully digging out the newly sprouted wheat seeds from the nursery area, then transplanting them to other empty plots in the "Demonstration Field." (The wheat seedlings are very small and need to be buried in the soil to continue growing in the coming year.)

This was a nursery area Xia Duo had specifically set aside, left untouched, waiting for the Princess to arrive before arranging for people to perform the transplanting. Up to now, nearly 6 mu of the "Demonstration Field" had been cleared, though nearly one mu remained unplanted.

Once these wheat seedlings are fully planted, it will be almost full.

And before winter sets in, as long as more empty land can be cleared, Xia Duo can convert them all into "Demonstration Fields"; after all, there is no time limit for using spells to accelerate growth.

Xia Duo reached out and drew a large circle in front of him, introducing, "Your Highness, this is the first batch of farmland expected to be cleared in Linshui Village of Daxia Territory, totaling 100 mu. Currently, nearly 6 mu have been cleared of debris, leveled, and planted with barley."

To make the explanation more convenient and vivid, Xia Duo also displayed the farmland planning map in the form of a Magic Image. In his plan, besides this first batch, there were a second and a third batch.

Eventually, it will expand further east to the Elf Ruins Mythallar Ruins, and furthermore, continuously clearing the forest will become an important policy for Daxia Territory, to be carried out persistently.

Of course, this requires a massive investment of manpower and material resources to achieve.

However, looking at this vast expanse of land occupied by forest, unable to be used by people to develop population, livelihood, and Magic, Xia Duo always felt a sense of reluctance in his heart.

Although Xia Duo only displayed a portion of the farmland planning map, Princess Xiya developed a keen interest in it. As far as she knew, no other territory would conduct such long-term planning before development, and she felt Xia Duo must have even more plans.

Thus, she proposed going to see other places, asking as they walked, "I just noticed that the wheat seeds in Daxia Territory are accelerated using Magic in advance and then transplanted?"

This unique method also made her very curious. Although she was a Great Arcanist, that was more of an achievement in the field of Magic; when it came to farming, she might not even be as good as an ordinary farm woman.

Being a Great Arcanist herself, there was no need for her to be reserved about anything she didn't understand; she could just ask directly.

"Your Highness, in the past, sowing was just scattering seeds randomly, resulting in a very low germination rate. Later, multiple replantings were needed, which was a great waste of seeds. The method of pre-nursery used in Daxia Territory, even without using Magic to accelerate growth, allows for artificially modifying the environment suitable for germination, thereby greatly increasing the overall germination rate. As for what environment is most suitable for germination, this can be summarized through repeated exploration and attempts."

Xia Duo spoke in great detail. In fact, even without his intervention, ordinary farmers in Netheril might eventually develop suitable, or even more suitable, agricultural techniques.

It was just that this required an environment that elevated agriculture and farmers to a higher status.

This was obvious on Earth; after all, no matter how much farmers are looked down upon, everyone's food is grown by farmers.

But in Netheril, Mages can also farm. An Arcane Garden can fully satisfy a Mage's own needs without any problem, and can even supply others. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the status of farmers to rise.

This is determined by the reality of the environment. Xia Duo intervened at an early stage, before the upper and lower classes of Netheril had formed a clear divide. Integrating Magic into every aspect of ordinary people's production and life in advance, and lowering the concept of the Mage, is beneficial for gaining the broadest population support.

Mages and High Mages are, after all, a small Elite group. If there is no broader population support to provide a steady stream of new blood, who knows if one day, after a certain High Mage leaves, it will cause a very profound impact, leaving the entire civilization unable to recover.

This is actually where the correctness, advancement, and inevitability of universal practice of Magic lie.

Facing the Princess, Xia Duo did not need to bluntly instill his philosophy in her; that was unnecessary. But he could let her understand the principles within through related actions.

This included the completed "Standard Development Manual of Daxia Territory." Xia Duo did not talk at length about his philosophy in it, but hid everything behind individual actions.

Accepting his actions means inevitably accepting his philosophy.

Advanced productive forces replacing backward productive forces, and advanced production relations replacing backward production relations—this is the historical inevitability of historical materialism.

Of course, in a world of Magic, the details might be different. For example, in Netheril, belief can generate power, which blurs the boundary between advanced and backward.

But from a broader perspective and a longer time scale, it is unquestionable that the advanced replaces the backward.

And analyzing specific problems specifically, Xia Duo cannot yet understand what "advanced" truly is from a broader perspective and a longer time scale, but for now, he has fully grasped what is advanced.

This might have some reversals in the future, but Xia Duo will also constantly learn, constantly analyze, analyze in real-time, learn in real-time, and keep pace with the times and embrace the future as much as possible.

The next stop after the "Demonstration Field" was the Altar Square. There was actually nothing much to see; it was just a small square, and other places had similar infrastructure.

Regarding the God's Domain, Xia Duo had always been cautious and did not have any sudden whims to innovate. Judging by the Princess's attitude, she didn't seem to have much interest in this place either.

The group quickly passed by here and headed north.

To the north was the residential area. Now they were villagers, but in the future, they might be townspeople or citizens. Row upon row of small wooden houses, manufactured and assembled in a modular fashion, were almost identical except for the different textures of the wood.

Xia Duo took the opportunity to introduce the manufacturing process of these wooden houses to Princess Xiya, and the next stop was the wooden house production workshop.

Over a hundred territory residents were busy working, and the most eye-catching things were the various straight rulers and square rulers they would pick up from time to time.

Since these craftsmen were mostly ordinary territory residents trained on the spot and lacked experience as carpenters, Xia Duo had prepared many straight rulers for them when designing the modular manufacturing plan.

For example, when it was time to produce front wall planks, there was a specialized front wall ruler, with marks already made—how long, how wide, how thick—all labeled to facilitate their use.

Without these, so-called modular manufacturing and mass production would be difficult to achieve, because without them, one would have to rely on the experience of carpenters.

And experience is something very difficult to quantify and popularize. This is not what Xia Duo wanted; he hoped to quantify so-called experience, and to take it to the extreme would be—

The most basic woodworker only needs to be able to read blueprints and skillfully use various tools to produce qualified products. And going a step further, perhaps that would be creating new blueprints, studying wood properties, and inventing new tools.

Turning carpenters into woodworkers is the industrialization mindset from Earth.

Applied to the field of Magic, it is actually breaking down the research and casting of Magic into subdivisions.