"What does the teacher think the Seven Towers can achieve?"
"It's hard to say. If I were the one to bring it up, maybe the Seven Towers would agree to prohibit others from intercepting the peak in the future. In this case, it would not be a sign of authority for them to retain the only natural peak."
Iolum said a result that was not easy for Shado to accept. If the Seven Towers were allowed to retain the mountain peak, it would actually be difficult to achieve the restrictions on other people.
After all, according to the Seventon Covenant, the lords of various places and the Seven Towers are equal, but the division of labor between the two sides within this system is different.
Privilege is not an easy thing to open. Since we want to restrict others from intercepting the mountain peak, we must trace the past, that is, let the Seven Pagodas hand over the mountain peak they intercepted.
As for Iolum's suggestion that it be up to him, Shado doesn't really care about this. Although doing this can gain an increase in reputation, it will also make it easier to gain the hostility of the Seven Towers.
His original intention was actually to let Iolum do it if he was willing to do it, whatever was convenient for him. If the other party didn't have this intention, then he would do it himself. He was not afraid of facing off against the Seven Towers.
In other words, if he didn't have the consciousness to confront the Seven Towers, why would he have the idea of seizing Netheril?
"Teacher, you said that you should let the Seven Pagodas keep that mountain peak, but impose restrictions on other people. I'm afraid others won't agree, and it's not good to let the Seven Pagodas retain their privileges. I still think that since it is necessary to ban the Seven Pagodas, It’s banned altogether.”
Sha Duo's tone was pretending to be relaxed, but his attitude was quite firm. Iolum couldn't help but frown slightly after hearing this. In fact, he didn't care much about whether Master Nese was prohibited from intercepting the mountain. The reasons Sha Duo said were far from enough to convince him. Go out of your way to help.
The reason why he is willing to help Xia Duo is mainly because Xia Duo is his student and the future scenes that Xia Duo once described to him, but for now, those are still unknown.
Only then did Iolum begin to seriously consider the impact of this incident on the future. However, even though he had extraordinary magical talent in the classical era, his social and humanistic views were not much different from those of a layman.
With his current experience, he can foresee a future scenario where the mountains are not enough, but what does this have to do with the future of Netheril?
The Nese people don't live in the mountains. It's just missing a kind of natural scenery. Do humans have to imitate the elves if they want to develop?
Iolum shook his head. He couldn't understand this question, but there was someone in front of him who could explain it to him. Thinking of this, he looked at Sha Duo solemnly:
"Do you really think this question is important?"
"Of course, I'm serious."
Shado understood that if even Iolum couldn't persuade him on this issue, trying to persuade the Seven Towers might not be much better than dreaming.
Iolum's question did not shock him, but made him feel happy, because if Iolum didn't ask, it meant that the other party didn't actually take the matter to heart. Even if it could help, it would Very limited.
But now, asking him so carefully means that the other party intends to mobilize some forces beyond the ordinary teacher-student relationship to support him. Of course, the premise is that he can convince the other party.
After thinking about it, Shado did not start directly from the question of whether to intercept the mountain peak, but went around in a circle and asked Iolum:
"Does the teacher consider himself to be one of the ordinary people?"
"Are you one of the ordinary people?"
As soon as Iolum heard this question, he knew that Sha Duo wanted to convince him of his territory. Although he did think that he was not an ordinary person, he still followed Sha Duo's words.
"According to you, I should be one of the ordinary people."
"Yes, but I still have to explain here. The ordinary people I am talking about are not distinguished by their strength or spellcasting, but from the perspective of 'humanity' and 'self'. We are all ordinary human beings with self-awareness. Does the teacher agree?"
Xia Duo put it another way, and Iolum fully understood that although there are still special bloodlines in this world, as far as the human race is concerned, there is indeed no superhuman existence, and everything can be placed in the framework of human beings. Let’s discuss within.
Not to mention that he has heard about the bloodline sequencing plan of Jilan Tower for a long time. Bloodline cannot be regarded as a basis for superiority. For example, he himself, without any special bloodline, has not reached the current level?
It's just that this statement is quite shameless, but it is indeed correct. In Iolum's own opinion, it may be more appropriate to replace Shado's statement with "human beings are an ordinary race" and easier to be accepted by others.
"Teacher, since we are all ordinary people, do you agree that ordinary people born in our future generations have the same rights as us?"
"This -" Iolum hesitated and objected, "You can't compare people who don't exist now with people who exist now, can you?"
"Of course it's not necessary to make a simple comparison, but if a civilization wants to develop, it can't just rely on our generation, right? There must be some room for future generations, right?"
"That's right. I know what you want to say. You want to say that if our current people use up the mountains in Nese, future generations will have no use for them, right?"
"Yes, not only the mountains, but also various resources in nature that are difficult to regenerate quickly, such as mithril mines, the mithril agreement signed by Netheril, Erlan, and Danzo in the past. People in the past thought that they made It was a correct decision, but people now feel that they have suffered a big loss. Why do you think it’s the teacher’s decision?”
“People’s instinct is to want more.”
After saying that, Iolum couldn't help but sigh, "Actually, I don't think signing the Mithril Agreement was a bad thing, but so much time has passed, and the current situation is already different from the past."
"Yes, the Netherese people in the past had no choice. If they wanted to develop, they could only sign such an agreement with Erlan and Danzo. Now that Netheril has developed, they can naturally seek to change or even abolish the agreement."
Speaking of this matter, Xia Duo also felt quite emotional. We cannot say which side of the Three Kingdoms made a mistake regarding the Mithril Agreement. We can only say that everything is the fault of the time. The world is developing and changing, and of course the agreement can also change.
Publicly speaking, this is the Seven Towers fighting for the interests of Netheril. Privately speaking, it is the Seven Towers and other lords with mithril mines who are dissatisfied with their current income and want more.
But one thing, if there is no moral support, even if the Seven Towers and the few lords who own mithril mines think about it, it may be difficult to accomplish it.
Danzo aside, Yeerlan is definitely not willing to give up the meat in his mouth. As long as there is no consensus within Netheril, it can pay part of the benefits in exchange for those lords who do not have mithril mines to oppose the agreement in the Severnton Parliament. renew.
As long as the benefit paid is less than the gain from Netheril mithril mines.
But in fact, it was not as simple as imagined. Almost none of the Nese lords objected, including those who did not have mithril mines.
No matter how good Ye Erlan's wooing is, it's just a one-time deal. If the family discovers a mithril mine in the future, I'm afraid they will regret their current decision.
It can be said that every lord, including the Seven Towers, has selfish motives, but countless selfish motives merge into morality. As long as Ellan does not want to start a war with Netheril immediately, he will definitely agree to renew the agreement.
(End of chapter)
