The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 342 Cultural Development
In April of the new year, Pastor Luo mainly resolved some red tape that he hated.

For example, the relationship between the monarch and Baron Enom.

For example, he formally accepted the earldom from Grand Duke Malos.

The specific division of fiefs was presided over by the new heir of the Grand Duke. This was also a deliberate arrangement. The new monarch still needed the support of an influential figure like Pastor Luo.

The enfeoffment was a sacred ceremony for both parties to establish a bond of ties, and it had the obvious effect of increasing the closeness between them, at least on the surface.

Therefore, the contract between the new king and Priest Luo is equivalent to maximizing the value of Priest Luo.

Correspondingly, the ceremony was naturally very elaborate. The dignitaries of the Grand Duchy also wanted to make friends with this legendary boss, so they all gave him face and the scene was extremely grand.

Interestingly, Grand Duke Malos was willing to spend a lot of gold coins on this matter, but turned around and told the king that the principality was having a difficult time now and the tax payment before the new king took the throne could only be delayed for the time being.

Generally speaking, the duchy and the king have a partnership relationship and do not have to pay inheritance tax like vassals and feudal lords.

But the Principality of Malos is unusual. It was established bit by bit by the expansion of the kingdom to the north.

The original Lord of the Glory Castle in Juxing City had a feudal lord-vassal relationship with the king. Although his power expanded later and he had equal status, an agreement was an agreement and could not be broken except under special circumstances.

To this day, the king and the grand duke are at odds, and one of the main reasons is that the king still wants the grand duke to fulfill his duties as a subject, but the grand duke thinks that he should be treated differently. Neither side is willing to give in, and the result is that the situation becomes increasingly tense, with each other causing trouble, and there is almost no possibility of recovery.

In the opinion of Pastor Luo, the king is also a bad person. Perhaps it is because he has the capital and confidence, as well as his different background and circumstances, so he is rather arrogant.

There were rumors in the market that Grand Duke Malos used the money that should have been paid for inheritance tax to hold a lavish enfeoffment ceremony for himself, and the king actually sent people to make a bunch of nonsense at the enfeoffment ceremony to embarrass him.

He didn't get angry on the spot, but he kept it in mind.

Time flies and it is May. Everything is growing, the trees are green and the grass is green.

There is nothing much to say about Free Territory, the technical equipment is ready-made, the staff knowledge is instilled, even if there are some problems, they are not big, the main point is 'try your best to adapt'.

But outsiders don't understand why.

The old duke and Ioanni had asked if they needed mines or food support. After all, the Free Territory had no minerals, and theoretically it was impossible to directly feed more than 60,000 people and a large number of livestock.

But in fact, the mine can be obtained through the void warehouse. With the production capacity of the Free Territory, even if there is some gap between the teeth of Legion Robo, it is enough for him to use.

If it weren't for the purpose of developing self-productivity, it would be more cost-effective to directly provide various finished products like circulating special-shaped canned meat.

In terms of planting, all the developable land on the high ground was developed at one time.

The supporting facilities for planting, such as three connections and one leveling, mechanical equipment, fertilizers and high-quality seeds, are also in place.

Considering the climatic guarantees of light, temperature, humidity, etc. provided by the ecological dome system, a good harvest is still expected even though this is the first year.

Of course, Pastor Luo also admitted that his approach was suspected of losing money to gain publicity. Whether it was energy, equipment, or technology, it could be said that the backers behind him supported him to spend money here.

Even the economic purpose of spending so much money is not clear.

To put it in a most basic sense, the barbarians in the artificial free highlands can be described as extremely highly paid cattle and horses in comparison.

However, if slavery can be operated from the perspective of capital's utmost exploitation, then citizenship will never be granted, let alone super-national treatment.

The initiative of Father Luo to give benefits is a sulliment to the concept of "exploitation". The lords of this world can all say with a clear conscience: "We treat people as animals, and you treat animals as pets. Are you qualified to talk to us about labor costs?"

Some people may say: "This is the short-sightedness of you natives. You are too narrow-minded. You treat me like a great man, and I will repay you like a great man... How can the efficiency of slacking off and working actively be the same?"

But here comes the problem. If one wants to receive a reward from a great man, he must first have the ability of a great man. If it exceeds his ability limit, how can he provide a reward of the level of a great man?

Even if he wants to repay the country with his contributions, it is more important for him to have a grateful heart than to have the ability. But gratitude and return involve concepts such as morality and the habit of persistence, which are contrary to the selfish and lazy nature of human beings. They need to be overcome and can only be achieved through constant self-persuasion, restraint, and spurring.

Do barbarians have this moral foundation? Or do they have this acquired trait that shines like gold?
If we let the clerks who are at the forefront of management in this world express their opinions, they will say: "The peasants are all lowly people, they need to be whipped from time to time to teach them a lesson..."

Their approach is to use criminal law and death to force exploitation, and their management attitude is full of rough, arrogant and lazy management, which is indeed very problematic.

But the ignorance and barbarity of the lower classes of people cannot be ignored.

The lack of a good humanistic environment and social atmosphere is more terrible than not reading itself.

Because school is only a place for imparting knowledge in a more concentrated manner, family and society are the more important classrooms.

In this magical medieval world, a closed and backward environment, and a society where class differences are as huge and insurmountable as a chasm, it is normal not to know what gratitude is, right?

To take an extreme example, in modern human society, there are wolf children who are born by accident. So in this magical Middle Ages, what the lower class people lack is more than just the concept of gratitude.

Although they were intelligent, they had a high proportion of bestiality in their personalities and little human brilliance. Coupled with the rulers' rough management and harsh exploitation, the Middle Ages were cruel and dark.

The lack of light in the heart is the core of darkness, not the poverty and hardship in material life.

In this context, what Father Luo did in the Earldom could not even be considered a shining figure going against the tide, but more like a willful squandering of money.

Just like the legendary Atlantis, or even Utopia, the empty words created by wasting money and the low level of spiritual civilization have actually begun to show their shortcomings.

As the saying goes, when you have enough food and clothing, you will think about sex. When the pressure of survival is gone, people will instinctively think about more things, including philosophical concepts, and then start to act weird or even commit suicide.

The barbarians in the earldom are currently showing a clear trend of development in this direction.

Their schedules are actually quite full. Knowledge is imparted, but knowing is not the same as doing. Integrating knowledge with action still requires a lot of practice. Therefore, these chip workers who are labeled as interns have intensive training tasks.

But whether you are idle or not depends on how you compare and with whom you compare.

Compared with the past, the intensity of their work, the degree of fear, and the difficulty of making a living are all very different now.

In the past, I was responsible for my own profits and losses, and I was very rich. But now? The lord takes care of many things, and the mental pressure is at least reduced by half.

After going through the initial period of panic caused by uncertainty about the future, I now feel clearly relaxed and even comfortable. This means I have more free time and have the energy to daydream.

Correspondingly, the discipline that Pastor Luo can provide is difficult to increase.

To put it bluntly, it would be better to extract all the souls, replace them with a super operation that absorbs the dark power, and accumulate soul materials at the same time. Then they will all be transformed into zombies. If you are not satisfied, you can also use the virtual soul.

The reason why we keep people alive is because we value their natural souls and free nature.

After all, everything has its pros and cons. If the circle is artificially puppeted, it is called a tool empire, not a civilized country. Pastor Luo was too lazy to argue about this topic. At least he knew very well that this involved detailed concepts such as diversity, inclusiveness, and resilience.

Compared with real civilization, let alone him, even the tool empire created by Hei Luobo is like an artificial forest compared with a primeval forest. It is fragile and rigid. Perhaps an insect pest or a forest fire will kill it all. However, the primeval forest has tenacious vitality and the ability to be reborn from the ashes.

This is not simply because the relevant research is not thorough enough and the technology has not yet reached the top, but also because of trade-offs, the balance between gains and losses, and the price paid.

The gift of fate has already been secretly marked with a price. This statement actually mainly emphasizes the costs that have not yet been seen or noticed for the time being.

The higher the level, the more you can feel that it is not a 'gift' but an 'exchange'. You can say that you don't care about the cost of 'exchange', just like some people are sadder when a cat dies than when their mother dies, but you cannot say that gains and losses are not equal.

In this regard, people who exchanged their lives for money when they were young, used money to buy life when they were old, or even those who have no money to buy life may feel deeply touched.

Recognizing this equivalent exchange means that whether it is Black Robo, the Cult Robo, or Priest Robo, they all know that under the same conditions, a tool man cannot compare to a free man.

To be more specific, the lower limit of a tool man is higher, while the upper limit of a free man is higher.

Of course, there are more details, such as the strengths and weaknesses of centralization. Centralization is the culmination of node management, and it is very easy to be defeated by decapitation. Once a node is destroyed, everything collapses, and once the master dies, everything is over. If free people can give full play to their subjective initiative, they will come up with golden ideas frequently, miracles + miracles, and continue to perform beyond expectations, which is really beyond expectations and unstoppable. This is not something that relatively dogmatic and rigid tool people can compare to.

In short, Pastor Luo is not interested in turning soldiers into puppets, which is a bit like playing house. The free man society is the subject he wants to test.

But at the same time, he also knew that freedom should not be excessive, especially for these barbarians whose bestiality and humanity were 50% or even 60% of each other. That's why he stamped his mind and inserted a chip into his brain, instilled professional skills, but did not impose spiritual civilization, and then the deformed and weird little society of the Earldom was born. He just wanted to practice and see what it was like to run a society of free people.

Spiritual civilization involves cultural inheritance and covers a very broad range. There is actually no absolute standard answer in this regard.

Take the very famous Viking pirates on Earth as an example. The place where they lived could not support more people with the level of technology at that time, so they started to go out to sea to plunder, and it gradually became a part of their culture.

It is naturally difficult for human groups living in the fertile subtropical land and being able to fill their stomachs by picking the gifts of nature to understand the cultural core that requires them to fight against nature, earth and others if they want to survive.

After long-term accumulation, cultural differences have brought about differences in cognition and habits. Forcing nomads to engage in farming is as unreliable as forcing carnivores to survive by eating grass.
Of course, you can be stubborn and willful, terrifying and dictatorial. Either change or die, make your choice.

But this goes against the original intention of creating a society of free people. It is not that the freedom is too excessive, but that the restrictions are too excessive.

In short, Pastor Luo also realized that this was not a project that could produce results overnight.

Therefore, he also adopted the attitude of walking and watching.

What we are mainly doing now is to let the barbarians open their eyes and see the world while ensuring that they have qualified professional abilities and are competent for the jobs assigned to them.

He is also waiting to see what kind of social atmosphere these people will form on this basis.

At least he was not stupid. He did not take on too much responsibility in this matter. He just acted as a half-baked chief designer, built the framework, set the tone, and then left it to his own devices.

If you're not too deeply involved, you won't have so much to worry about and you'll still have the energy to focus on your business.

Gathering intelligence, acquiring resources, strengthening combat power, and continuing to be a conspicuous person, this is his job. The cult Robo needs him to attract attention, so he can't stop doing things.

Of course, he used to be a lone wolf, but now he is the leader of a group; no one paid attention to him before, but now there are a lot of people watching him openly or secretly. The cycle of causing trouble is naturally longer, but the noise will be louder.

The new round of trouble was paved with the PY transaction with Grand Duke Malos.

He took on one-third of the northern border defense line on his own, and promised to provide timely military assistance when the neighboring star fortress encountered the enemy. He also thoughtfully shared the magic feather crow with the entire northern border defense line... This series of responsibilities that greatly benefited Duke Malos were not within the scope of only the earldom and the purchase of additional territory in Gaotai Town.

One of the prices that Grand Duke Malos paid to gain this support was to allow Priest Luo to build a magic enclosure on the land directly under the Grand Duke.

In the North, all lands outside the territories owned by the nobles granted fiefs by Grand Duke Malos belong directly to Grand Duke Malos. At least that was the legal principle.

If you take a map of the Grand Duchy and cut out the territories of all the nobles, the remaining northern land looks like a piece of paper cut out with window decorations. It's hard to tell what the pattern is trying to express. It looks jumbled and messy, yet full of a strange beauty.

Pastor Luo was not interested in carving out several baronies and knighthoods of different grades on the land directly under the Grand Duke. What he cared about was the construction of a rapid logistics delivery network with magic fences as nodes.

The one who wants this network the most should be the Grand Duke. After all, it means a great strengthening of the king's control. It is no longer a matter of sending troops overnight, but rather giving an order to march upon the city of any vassal within an hour.

This is also one of the main reasons why Grand Duke Malos agreed to let Priest Luo build a logistics delivery network.

The ownership and operation rights are in the hands of Pastor Luo.

The Grand Duke has priority right of use, and the two parties signed an agreement, which specifically states that Pastor Luo cannot provide logistics network services to anyone defined as a criminal suspect by the Grand Duke.

So, for almost the entire month of May, Priest Luo was running around the Grand Duchy building magic fences.

The number finally came to 70. Of course, he did not have so many extraordinary resources. % of them were obtained by applying for loans from above.

And when this wave of construction was completed, Pastor Luo's true intentions were revealed.

The Extraordinary Internet of Things is actually only part of the goal. More importantly, after tasting the sweetness of Freedom Heights, Pastor Luo relied on the path and copied the success. He tried to use the entire North as the stage to create a super-super magic circle. The magic fence is the node of this super-super magic circle.

The operation of this magic circle restrains and absorbs the extraordinary power and even the soul power of the entire North.

To put it more exaggeratedly, the huge Principality of Malos now has a blue sky and a hell. Supernatural powers and dead souls are no longer under the control of Mu Ren.

It's just that he can fleece the entire principality, so he just said it and Priest Luo didn't make it public, he just started it secretly.

The elephant is invisible. Even Yoanni, the best wizard among the Spire of Order, failed to realize that the extraordinary power of this world was being restrained and regulated, let alone ordinary people.

Due to the hidden purpose of the magic fence, it naturally requires professional maintenance personnel insurance.

In particular, Priest Luo also signed a lease contract with the Spire of Order, agreeing to use some relatively well-located magic enclosures as inn camping sites for merchants and travelers.

The Spire of Order has directly affiliated business groups and closely connected partners. After all, such a large organization cannot be supported by simple production and employment transactions. It must have a professional organization, which specifically involves production planning, pricing and sales, logistics and transportation, etc.

Air-riding storage boxes are just one of its logistics methods, which are costly and risky.

Just as ordinary people can see the convenience and cheapness of water and sea transportation, the Spire of Order also knows the value of caravans.

Moreover, this project is really suitable for the Order Spire, which has enough deterrence and credibility. Those lords will basically give face to the Order Spire, instead of me being the boss on my own territory and taking bribes based on my mood.

But even so, the area is vast and sparsely populated, bandits are rampant, monsters are lurking, and there are dark and supernatural forces such as cults, so caravan travel is still risky.

This is also the main reason why most caravans follow the principle of traveling during the day and sleeping at night.

The existence of the magic fence further eases the travel pressure of the caravans and reduces the risks. The commercial organizations under the Spire of Order are also interested in developing the commercial logistics of the Grand Duchy of Malos. This is also the wish of the Grand Duke.

When more people walk on it, a road will be formed. Frequent use itself is a kind of maintenance. If you lay a brick today and kill an animal every day, the road will gradually become smooth and safe.

Commercial circulation injects vitality into the territory's economy, strengthens mutual connections, promotes the circulation of wealth, and is also beneficial to royal rule. The Grand Duke is of course willing.

The rental business of the magic fence involves the right to use magic, so it is safer to have professionals watching over it.

So there were stationed corpse wizards. Not only was it a tough job, but they could also practice with the help of magic circles. The corpse wizards' own wishes didn't matter much. What was most important was what Pastor Luo thought was appropriate.

Time slowly enters midsummer. The summer in the north is shorter and it is not hot even in June.

Inside the Ice Fortress, it was no different from winter, and there was an indescribable chill and chill.

Priest Luo, who controls the body of a legendary shaman, is sitting in the private study of the Central Magic Tower, sitting by the fireplace, drinking hot drinks, and reading the reports that have been sent back.

The body of the Old Branch has been developed to its peak stage, and it will be difficult to improve it unless there is a major change.

This major change mainly refers to his spiritual state.

The completion process never stops, but it is divided into stages. The later the stage, the less obvious the effect, but the greater the difficulty, including the time investment.

Priest Luo is now increasingly using the bodies of legendary shamans. Using the soul wizard of darkness will bring a strong sense of heaviness, while the Old Branch brings a sense of alienation. Using that body is often accompanied by a fall like falling into an abyss while wearing heavy armor, which makes people feel helpless and panic.

The body of the legendary shaman is much more comfortable, and the profession of life mage always makes him feel full of vitality. As long as the shaman steps on the ground, he will have an indescribable sense of security and confidence.

No one likes to seek punishment on purpose, so the body of the Legendary Shaman is like his daily casual wear, or even pajamas, while the body of the Old One is more like a dress armor.

A bell rang softly, and a pink and blue glowing arcane servant walked in. This thing was made by Priest Luo while he was researching the power of order. It's not very smart, but it's good enough to be a mouthpiece.

The arcane servant brought a letter from Ioanni, whom he had not seen for several months. The main content of the letter was to invite him to go to the Great Swamp and help as an expert to check out the fierce undead there.

(End of this chapter)