Seeing Jay's research and development schedule, Shado immediately came up with the idea of mass-producing and selling household magic tools. This idea was also in line with the development trend of the New Order of Netheril.
For quite some time to come, Netheril will focus on development, so the mass production of traditional magic items, such as scrolls, wands, amulets, etc., is actually not that popular.
Those things are actually more like arms, suitable for troubled times. If it is a period of peaceful development, it may be more profitable to develop civilian products.
Xia Duo compared the output value of the civilian and military industries in his hometown. The former was almost ten times the latter, which was already an order of magnitude difference.
Fortunately, after the Tower of Time entered the era of mass production, its main output was focused on communication instruments, and it also produced several generations of products to continuously absorb resources from the outside.
In the future, it can be expected that household magic equipment will be an extremely huge market. Of course, this market is still in the process of being nurtured. Currently, only the southern region has this potential.
However, as the influence of Daxia Territory continues to penetrate into the mainland, sooner or later various territories in the mainland will follow up to develop this market. In this case, preparations must be made in advance.
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Xia Duo didn't stay at the lord's villa in Linshui Village for long. After roughly understanding the latest development of the territory, he quickly left the villa. However, he did not return to the Tower of Time immediately, but came to the elemental fountain at the end of Linshui River. at.
Of course he came here not to see the scenery or to check whether the gems in the spring had grown, but to see Lawrence. Since the last time Lawrence returned from the Kingdom of Akora and passed through Severnton, he had seen him more once, and he had not seen him again since then. Never seen it before.
He really wanted to know how Lawrence was preparing for the art festival in a month. Although he had just seen the progress report submitted by the Ministry of Culture and Education in the study room of the villa, it was not as intuitive as hearing it from the first person in charge.
Moreover, the Elemental Fountain is also home to the territory's first theater, first cultural center, and first art gallery. Currently, more than half of the people in the territory's Department of Culture and Education have their daily working places here.
The remaining half are mostly responsible for the construction of territorial schools and compilation of teaching materials. These people still stay in the Government Affairs Office on the south side of the Altar Square.
The Ministry of Culture and Education is actually the collective name for culture and education, and of course it also means civilization. It may be split into two departments in the future, but for now they are still mixed together, with Lawrence being mainly responsible.
Xia Duo walked from the Altar Square and slowed down his pace to observe for a while at the Elemental Fountain. At this moment, some of the people relaxing here had noticed his presence. Xia Duo waved to those people cordially and then walked around. Pass the nearby Codex Square and come to the north side of the Elemental Fountain, which is almost the farthest point affected by the misty elemental mist of the fountain.
A large building stands alone in the open space. To the south is the Elemental Fountain, to the east is the [Daxia-Saville Passage], and to the north and west are virgin forests that have not yet been cleared.
There are several barracks near the edge of the forest. When Sha Duo arrived at this time, he could still see soldiers entering the forest with tracking instruments to perform tasks.
The building complex where the theater is located seems to be standing alone here, but on the east side of the [Daxia-Saville Passage] is the new village where the land was granted, and it has extended far north from south to north.
It can be seen that Leiden’s plan to build a central town in the middle section of the [Bacterium-Saville Passage] is not just a thought, but has a basis in reality.
Residents of the new village come to the theater and cultural center for leisure and entertainment. They only need to pass through the [Daxia-Saville Passage] (500 new meters in total width, only the middle 100 new meters are paved with floor tiles), which is not too far.
Xia Duo estimated that the tourists he just saw at the Elemental Fountain were residents of the new village opposite the theater, and there were even more people on the theater side.
After all, there are currently not many entertainment venues in the territory for entertainment. Although the theater here is not the only theater in the territory, it is the first and largest theater in the territory.
Other theaters don't have performances every day, but here there are performances every day, and generally speaking, new plays can only be seen here. Only after they have been performed here for a period of time, they will tour to other theaters.
Of course, there are currently only three theaters in the territory, which is relatively abundant compared to the past, but the number of entertainers is relatively insufficient. Basically, only one theater can perform around the clock.
Now in this year, the territory has suddenly gained 300,000 people, and there are only three theaters, even less. Even if the cultural center and art gallery are included, even if they are divided by hundreds of thousands of people, it still seems extremely scarce.
Of course, there are more entertainment venues than these. These can only be regarded as the entertainment part of the entertainment venues, as well as purely entertainment places such as pubs, bathhouses, and chess and card rooms.
Fortunately, most of the people in Xia Duo used to live at the lowest level. Although their lives have improved a lot now, their demand for entertainment is not that strong.
In other territories, it is impossible to receive such treatment.
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theater.
Xia Duo not only met Lawrence, but also met several bards who had joined the Great Xia Kingdom at the same time as Lawrence. When Xia Duo arrived, these people were rehearsing a new play.
Chateau was sure that he had never seen it before. He stopped Lawrence from pausing and watched quietly for a while. He found that this new play seemed to be adapted by Lawrence based on his own experience.
It tells the story of a human who came to the elven kingdom due to an accident and was attracted by the scenery and culture of the elven world. He was addicted to it and felt sad for being a human.
Later, in the study and research of elf art, he found the unique meaning of himself and the existence of the human race, and finally returned to the human world and became a great artist of a generation.
In Shado's view, this is a relatively old-fashioned story based on the main theme, but in Netheril, which has not been baptized by the information explosion, it may be different.
Chateau could see that at least Lawrence and others were very emotional during the rehearsal, and the faces of the residents of the new village who were also watching also had flushed faces, as if they were moved by the experience of the protagonist of the drama.
"Lawrence, stop for a moment, I have something to ask you."
Xia Duo called Lawrence to the office outside. He first commented on the new drama he had just watched, and then put forward some suggestions for improvement. The main one was to change the protagonist's identity to a literary and artistic young man from Daxia.
Just using a human being is too inconspicuous. Since it is the main theme, it should be carried out to the end. Not only should the protagonist of the new drama be set as a literary and artistic youth from Daxia, but also the characteristics of Daxia should be interspersed to point out the reason why the protagonist is enlightened. Daxia collar, not anything else.
Of course Lawrence fully agreed to this. In fact, when Xia Duo commented, he had already discovered the problem. He had been communicating in the Akora Kingdom for so long, and he was still more or less influenced by it, and he became Somewhat reserved.
In fact, his past creation and performance styles were more generous and enthusiastic. It is precisely because of this that he was attracted by the more generous and enthusiastic Daxia Ling.
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(End of chapter)
