Chapter 274 The world is big
! Bang!
The smoke composed of spirituality slowly dispersed. Duke blew into the muzzle of the sand eagle, turned in a handsome circle, and inserted it into the waistband of his trousers.
The large-caliber armor-piercing bullet smashed the entire head of a spiritual beast a hundred meters away.
"Not only did the power double, it also increased by at least 50%." Duke walked around the forest and tested the power of the Sand Eagle 2.2 large-diameter version.
There is quite a feeling that I have a sand eagle in my hand and the whole world.
The existence of the Sand Eagle directly saves Duke a lot of time in polishing arcane magic. In order to increase their combat effectiveness, other arcane mages have mostly built attack-type arcane wonders on the orbit, which consume a lot of time. Time and effort.
Only Duke can do everything by relying on the Sand Eagle, and there are too many slots in the orbit to be used up.
And the combat power can also be transcended.
The combat power of other people's 3rd level Arcane Mage is only 3rd level. Although Duke is also a 3rd level Arcane Mage, now the Great Arcane Mage may not be able to get too much advantage in front of him - especially the Equal Energy Armor and the Arcane Weapon Armor. Once this is done and the defense can keep up, the gap will be further narrowed.
"Xiaoyi, establish a new process and develop the Sand Eagle 2.3 bullet chain version." Duke issued a new order with satisfaction.
After the original development of the magazine, one magazine could hold thirty rounds of ordinary bullets.
But now that large-caliber bullets have been developed, a magazine can only hold 24 rounds of ordinary large-caliber bullets, which is a full six rounds less.
It's still far away from Duke's Gatling-style Sandhawk vision.
So he simply developed a bullet chain. Anyway, the Sand Eagle is a fantasy weapon. The underlying logic is the rules of spiritual arcana. It is an arcane weapon, not a thermal weapon. With the basic support of the underlying logic, just use your imagination as much as possible.
"Good master, a new process has been added for you."
Back at Duke's Sage Mage Tower, the sun had just risen. Duke had a simple breakfast and then took the shuttle to the Union Tower in Cuihai City.
As the chief executive, he does not need to come to work every day. He only needs to come when something big happens. Several ordinary governors can share the daily affairs for him. It is said that the chief ministers of some cities cannot even visit the Union Tower a few times a year.
The authority of the chief executive does not come from the position itself, but from the chief executive himself.
For example, Christian Fury, even if he stayed in his mage tower for the rest of his life, his job as chief governor was ignored by the governors. As long as he is willing, he can take back all power in an instant.
There is no other reason. He is the only 5th ring ocean arcane mage in Black Dragon River.
The strength placed here is the standard for testing truth.
So does Duke.
Although his strength is not outstanding among arcane mages, the intimidation brought by the title of Double Sage is no worse than that of a fifth-level ocean arcane mage.
Because behind him stood the stars, and it was the Seven Towers Federation that gave him the supreme status.
Who dares to disrespect a sage, then the stars will naturally teach him how to behave. No one dares to break the rules passed down from generation to generation.
certainly.
In fact, most sages are powerful arcane mages themselves. Academic achievement represents excellence in the understanding of spiritual arcana, and the knowledge of spiritual arcana is itself the path of cultivation for an arcane mage. The two complement each other.
"Good morning, Lord Chief Consul."
"Good morning, Sir."
"Good morning, Lord Chief Consul."
After entering the Union Tower in Cuihai City, the staff in the tower saluted Duke one after another and respectfully paid attention. Send Duke off.
Take the spiritual staircase directly to the top-floor office, where Duke will work in the future.
"Sir, the decoration here is good, but it's a bit too plain." Murali looked around the office and chirped, "How about we mention it to the logistics department and let them redecorate it to suit your preferences, sir? ?"
"No need to waste it again." Duke waved his hand calmly, "I only come here for occasional meetings, Duke Sage Mage Tower is my permanent residence."
He opened the window and could overlook the entire Cuihai City.
new!
This was the first feeling he got.
The entire Cuihai City is brand new, with new roads, new buildings, new communities, new green plants, new shuttles and cars.
"Huh, only the tree king of the third ring - the green banyan tree, can still vaguely see the past." Duke quickly established a breathing resonance with the green banyan forest, and then the entire inner city was basically under his surveillance, with all kinds of people. people appear in vague perceptions.
This is the ability of the 3rd level Great Elf Envoy.
"I don't know when I will be able to light up the stars corresponding to the green banyan forest... If I had known that the dream of stars uses the king of trees as the entrance and exit, I should have stopped the cutting down of the thousand-year-old pine tower." Duke thought of another thought with some regret. King of trees.
Now the main trunk of the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower has become the backbone of the Duke Sage Mage Tower.
"But it's hard to say that once the large springs in Cuihai City are mined and utilized, they may only be able to meet the needs of a tree king... Sooner or later, the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower will be cut down and become mine. Part of the mage tower has been put to its best use."
Turning around.
He ordered: "Mu Lali, invite the two acting governors to come to the office to discuss matters." "
Okay sir." "
Mu Lashan, please inform the acting directors of each department. There will be a meeting in the large conference room after ten o'clock. ."
"Yes, sir."
After a while, the two acting governors rushed to Duke's office. Before the chief governor was elected, all governors and directors could only act as agents. They needed to wait until Duke nodded and signed the relevant documents. , can officially take office.
"Chief Consul." The two of them saluted and said hello.
"Your Excellency Hamdi Snow Eagle, Your Excellency Hosué, please take a seat." Duke motioned for the two of them to sit down, and then said gently, "Both of you are old acquaintances of mine and are quite knowledgeable about the work of the Union Tower. My opinion, Sir Hamdi will be transferred to a full-time position directly here, and I will sign the documents later."
Hamdi Snow Eagle nodded with a smile and breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Chief Consul."
Speaking.
Duke and Hamdi Snow Eagle really have something to do with each other.
When Duke had just been promoted to Arcane Mage and went to Penrose Mage Tower for further studies, there was a classmate named Loroya Snow Eagle, who was Hamdi Snow Eagle's nephew.
Luoluoya Snow Eagle's father married into the Snow Eagle family, so after Luoluoya was promoted to Arcane Mage, he was given the surname of the Snow Eagle family.
After the incident of the evil being shedding his shell, Luoluoya Snow Eagle seemed to be forced to go to Runwu City, and he is still training in a certain mage tower. No one paid attention to him anymore, not even Duke. The two were not very familiar with each other in the first place.
After solving the problem of Hamdi Snow Eagle's permanent appointment, Duke looked at Josue again: "Are you really not planning to stay in power?"
"I'm sorry, Lord Duke." Josue said politely, "Originally, I was unwilling to serve as an agent. It was Lord Christian who asked me repeatedly, so I reluctantly agreed. Now that you are the chief executive, there is also Hamdi. Your Excellency has given you your full help, so there is no need for me to contribute any more."
He did not intend to do this, and preferred to stay in the mage tower to study academics.
"Well, in that case I won't force it." Duke agreed to the other party's resignation. He himself did not intend to stay in the Union Tower permanently.
If the subordinates are also absent-minded, the work in the Union Tower will definitely suffer.
Therefore, we still have to find an arcane mage who is obsessed with affairs to take up the governing position and share Duke's workload.
Originally, he preferred Penrose, but he was too embarrassed to demote Penrose, so he gave up.
After a pause, Duke asked: "I don't know many people. Is there any good candidate for power that you two would recommend to me?"
Hamdi Snow Eagle was not familiar with Duke yet and didn't know who Duke was. If you really plan to ask, it's just to find out your own depth.
So he remained silent and just shook his head.
Josue was already planning to leave, so he didn't care whether Duke asked sincerely and replied: "There is indeed a good candidate." "Please tell me." "Your
Excellency
Fruel," Josue said, "Fruel Lord Ruhl has served successively as the external supervisor and internal supervisor of Shenjiao City Union Tower. He is also a 3rd level arcane mage. He is young and powerful and should be able to handle the job of governing." "Hmm!" Duke nodded, he remembered this Flur
. He took over the class of teacher Suktara and currently serves as the internal supervisor of the Union Tower in Shenjiao City. "Previously, Mr. Flur seemed to have ran for the position of chief director of the Erudite Tower." Of course, he was not selected, and he was not even selected
. Didn't get many votes.
However, it can be seen that Fluor still has great ambitions and wants to make a career in the Five Towers of Cuihai City.
So after Duke weighed it, he immediately sent an official letter to Flur, formally inviting him to come to the Union Tower to serve as governor.
Flur didn't hesitate and agreed immediately.
At this point, the governing framework of the Union Tower in Cuihai City has been determined. In the next few days, Duke inspected the department heads one by one and made them regular, formally determining the order in this tower and beginning a smooth transfer of power. .
Previously, most of the work in Cuihai City was managed by Shenjiao City, but now, it is taken over one by one by the Union Tower where Duke is located.
Large conference room.
The Cuihai City Five Towers Meeting was held for the first time. It was different from the Heijiaohe Land Ten Towers Meeting. This was a local meeting in Cuihai City.
"Chief directors and governors, I believe that after this period of busy work, you have sorted out the work in your hands." Duke sat at the head of the conference round table and deliberately grew a beard to look more mature and steady.
There are teacups on the table, which looks like a meeting of veteran cadres.
"Today I don't want to discuss too many false and empty content, such as the development direction of Cuihai City, public education, cultivation of spiritual arcana and other topics. I will focus on one thing." Duke looked at the crowd, "Cuihai City's Population!"
It has been a year and a half since the city was founded, and the current population of Cuihai City is only less than 400,000.
Compared with the population of Shenjiao City, which is close to four million, the difference is almost ten times.
Most of them were relocated from the towns in Heijiaohe, as well as from several surrounding areas and Runwu City.
Less than 30,000 people immigrated from outside the realm.
"The newly built Cuihai City is full of opportunities, but opportunities are often accompanied by dangers, so people from other places are willing to come, but they dare not come." After Duke finished speaking, he began to ask, "Do you have any questions about this? What are your thoughts?"
Boyton Wind Snake said: "The population issue is indeed a top priority. Chief Executive, maybe we can increase investment in immigration advertising. Fantasy films have become popular all over the world recently. We can film some about Cui. The phantom film of the sea market is released to the outside world."
The phantom is indeed popular. When Duke is practicing now, he can receive a large amount of spiritual feedback every day from the Seven Towers Federation and even people outside the country.
Let him practice at a rapid pace, thousands of miles a day.
But after all, phantom is just a kind of adjustment for spiritual life, and it is a carrier. More and more film and television companies have emerged and shot various phantoms, which has made Cuihai City's first-mover advantage less obvious. .
After all, the creation of an entertainment city lacked some key attractions.
after all.
Duke cannot be allowed to be a copycat, reproducing classic movies on earth all day long to attract talents and expand the film and television industry.
Several other chief directors also put forward their own suggestions.
But Duke is not very satisfied. He always feels that everyone's thinking is too conservative when it comes to attracting immigrants.
In the end, it was Duke himself who suggested: "I think it should be done in two steps. The first step is to promote Cuihai City and attract as many people as possible to come to Cuihai City to travel, start businesses, and settle down. The second step is to build public security and civilization in the city. Keep people's hearts!"
A city is basically an independent city-state, so Duke can fully display his talents in Cuihai City.
He continued: "We need to increase the participation of ordinary people in urban construction, rather than just attracting Sanhai monks. At the same time, we must establish sound rules and regulations as much as possible to restrain various uncivilized phenomena and ensure the healthy growth of the city. "
After a pause, he continued: "Finally, we have to be more proactive and use the maximum preferential policies to attract talents... My idea is to cooperate with the mercenary group and let them go to major cities to attract people and go back and forth. We will pay all the expenses. If you want to go back, we will send you home, and if you want to stay, we will pay you the resettlement allowance."
The plan was finished.
Everyone discussed a few words with each other, and Boyton Wind Snake couldn't help but ask: "Chief Consul, is this a little too eager?" The
life span of an arcane mage can easily be one or two hundred years.
There is no need to achieve anything in a short period of time, and there is no need for political achievements to maintain one's status.
Utilitarianism, or enterprising spirit, is usually not strong.
Duke Yao said in a deep voice: "The times are developing and progressing. It is no longer the rough era where our ancestors were marching forward. The next will be an era of rapid development... We must be prepared for everything before the era comes." Then
. , he added: "Next, I will launch a policy to encourage childbirth, establish the Sanhai pharmaceutical industry in the city, and provide free medicine for all people to ensure that people take it safely, and give everyone the opportunity to practice." "Hiss.
" ..." Haut Warthog took a breath.
Others were also lost in thought, or looked at each other, and did not respond enthusiastically to Duke's move immediately.
Opening up practice to all people is something the Seven Towers Federation has been doing, but not every arcane mage supports it. The resources seem endless, but for arcane mages, every additional person means more competition and less sense of status superiority.
After a while.
Jovis Lynx said: "Sir, the opportunity has long been opened to civilians. Whether they can seize it or not is their business. Why should we promote this?"
As long as civilians are willing to spend money, they can always buy gas-increasing potions, blood-boiling potions and soul-awakening potions.
"But it's not enough!" Duke said, "Three Seas Potion is risky, which prevents a large part of the people from wanting it. Many people generally believe that it is possible to cultivate to a high level only if it is unlocked naturally. If it is unlocked by taking drugs, the potential is very limited. It aggravates the people's concerns."
Seeing that his persuasiveness is not very strong.
Duke simply raised a banner and said: "I shouldn't reveal it to you, but I still plan to tell you."
Everyone looked at Duke.
Duke said calmly: "That day in the Holy City of Aufa, I activated the will of the stars and got some revelations about the future."
Oops!
Several chief directors and governors all changed their expressions and pricked up their ears, for fear of missing any word.
"Because the stars have blocked most of the content with contracts, I can't reveal much, but I can tell you that the future will be an era of majestic development. Just like the wheels of a black beetle, rolling forward, crushing Everything."
He said, looking at everyone present in turn: "And we are in the midst of such changes in the times. Whether the big waves wash away the sand and sink with the sand, or whether the tide recedes and gold shines, it all depends on your choice." Everyone suddenly looked at you
. Look at me, I look at you.
I feel like I heard it, but I feel like I didn't.
I don’t know what Duke revealed, and what kind of revelation the will of the stars gave.
But looking at Duke's "you've earned it" look on his face, they seemed to feel that they had really learned a lot, which was worth pondering over.
"All in all, the future will be a development frenzy with the participation of all people. Our Seven Towers Federation will also follow the trend of the times and step out of the corner of the Wild Continent and embark on a larger and broader world." Duke concluded.
Karius Flamingo wiped the sweat from his head and couldn't help but said: "Sir, is the Wilderness Continent considered a corner?"
He said with some disapproval: "The north is an extremely cold place, and the east, The south and west are surrounded by the sea. The current mainstream theory is that only the west and north directions of our Seven Towers Federation and the south of the Golden Empire can continue to develop land." Duke raised his eyebrows
.
This is indeed what the academic community currently says.
Basically, all the spiritual springs that can be found have been found, and eighteen countries have covered most of the wilderness continent.
To the east, which is the direction from which humans migrate, is the boundless Great East China Sea, with only the legendary island of the origin of knights in the distance.
To the south, the southernmost Rainstorm Empire has explored the boundless Great South China Sea. Although there are still some areas in the southern part of the Golden Empire next door that have not yet been explored, it is speculated that they will soon reach the Great South China Sea, sooner or later.
To the west is the endless sea.
Except for scattered islands, there is no land. Once the exploration of these islands is completed and it is determined that there is no longer any hope of land, it will be officially named the Great Western Sea.
To the north, except for the Ice and Snow Kingdom, most areas are frozen all year round, so cold that arcane mages cannot stand or explore.
Moreover, under the solid ice, there were arcane mages who dug down into the dark deep sea. Therefore, most arcane mages recognized that there was also a Great North Sea in the north, but it was just blocked by ice.
In other words, this planet is a vast ocean star.
There is only a small piece of land called the Wilderness Continent, suspended in the endless ocean, living alone and thriving.
There is even a saying that the Wilderness Continent is located on one side of the planet, surrounded by sea water, and the other layer of the planet facing the Wilderness Continent is the island where the knights originated from, an island far smaller than the Wilderness Continent. times the island.
The origin of knights could not accommodate the reproduction of human beings, so there was a great voyage and migration in ancient times, and finally the wilderness continent was found.
Many arcane mages also firmly believe this.
But Duke didn't believe it. He looked at Karius and said seriously: "It's far more than that. The Wilderness Continent is almost endless. Of course, I can't answer the exact size, but the will of the stars tells me that it is very big. Big, so big that it’s unimaginable!”
Can it not be too big?
Every time he enters the dreamland of stars, Duke can light up dozens of stars, but so far, he has only found the King of Trees, the Snowshirt King, distributed in human territory.
With such a probability, it really cannot be said that humans have reclaimed most of the wilderness continent.
Either the Wilderness Continent is very big, or there is a new continent beyond the endless sea. In short, the land area of the Wilderness World is absolutely beyond imagination.
"Is it really that big?"
"It's really big!"
Boyton Wind Snake thought about it for a moment, nodded and replied: "I believe that the Chief Consul is also very happy that we humans have more habitats to open up. Sir, get the stars. The revelation of will will surely lead our Cuihai City to develop towards a better tomorrow."
In any case, Duke's will was implemented in the first Five Towers meeting.
I also got along well with several other members of the Five Towers Conference and communicated with each other about their ideas and opinions.
Cuihai City is on the right track, and construction not only has not stopped, but has become more vigorous.
All summer long.
Duke is busy at his job at the Union Tower in Cuihai City.
While continuing to study and practice, Sanhai fellow practitioners do not skip classes in the morning and evening every day; while adapting to the role of chief executive, they formulate various development policies and strategies for Cuihai City.
Before we knew it, it was September in early autumn.
The autumn tiger was still raging, but there was already a distinct chill in the morning. After enjoying a breakfast, Duke left his tower.
Take the shuttle and fly from halfway up the mountain to the foot of the mountain.
Instead of flying along the road towards the city, they stopped in front of a gate at the foot of the mountain. A large number of people had already gathered in front of the gate.
Wait until the shuttle opens the door.
A group of arcane mages, knights, and spiritual envoys headed by Suktara immediately applauded and greeted Duke's arrival.
Waving to the crowd, Duke was used to this kind of scene.
As the chief executive of the Union Tower in Cuihai City and the top leader of the entire city, it can be said that everything in the city revolves around him.
When he is promoted to the stars, there will be even bigger scenes waiting for him.
"Duke, congratulations. Lingyashan Sanhai University will be the first professional higher education institution in the world." Suktara smiled and hugged Duke, looking at his successor, The achievements are getting bigger and bigger, and I am filled with joy.
Duke also responded with a smile: "Teacher, as the first president of Sanhai University in Lingya Mountain, you will also go down in history." Today
is the official opening ceremony of the first university prepared by Duke.
In the past, the classification of primary school, middle school and university has been implemented in Suktala Master Tower, but it was not independent from the Master Tower.
Lingyashan Sanhai University is the first university that was truly built.
Named Sanhai University, it is actually a comprehensive institution. It not only teaches the knowledge of spiritual sea, blood sea, and qi sea, but also offers various cultural courses to cultivate professional talents from all walks of life and industries. .
There are more and more people.
All kinds of shuttles came one after another.
Most of the guests did not need to be received by Duke. His status was too distinguished, so he only needed to sit in the school auditorium and wait.
A group of arcane mages surrounded him, looking for opportunities to chat with him.
At this time, a familiar arcane mage came towards him, stood in front of Duke, bowed and saluted: "Master Duke, congratulations on establishing Sanhai University in Lingya Mountain." The person who came was none other than
.
It was Drelli Armor Rat who had a problem with Duke.
He extended his hand to avoid hitting the smiling person. Since the other person came to sincerely congratulate him, he would not ignore it, but he really had nothing to say to the other person.
Then he saw a young man brought by the other party and asked, "Is this your master? The bells rang a few days ago were for him, right." The young man immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully
. He saluted from the waist: "Delong Armored Rat, meet Lord Duke!"
"Yes, he is young and promising. There is hope for the future of Cuihai City." Duke smiled.
In fact, Delon Armored Rat is already twenty years old, only two years younger than Duke. His talent is not outstanding, and Cuihai City's future is definitely not with him.
after all.
He is probably just an ordinary arcane mage in this life. His lifespan is limited and he is destined not to survive Duke. How can he take on the future of Cuihai City.
After saying hello, Drellie Armored Rat bowed his head and left, taking Delon Armored Rat with him to find a seat.
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(End of this chapter)