Chapter 393: Liberate productivity

Then, Xia Duo gave out his speculation about the transformation of other wizards. Judging from the price of magic items in the past, given a certain productivity, the more mature the production relationship, the more mature the price will become.
Of course, maturity does not mean low prices.
In fact, since last year and even longer ago, the prices of magic items have been rising all the way, but Chateau only regarded it as a small torrent in long history.
The main reason, naturally, was the pioneering wave led by the princess. From this, Xia Duo could even see that the pioneering movement had been planned very early, and it certainly did not start with the award of the "pioneer".
But looking at the overall trend, the price of magic items is declining gradually, which is almost inevitable. This can also be compared with the industrial age on earth. Magic is always developing, and the so-called cheap magic items are not far away.
Therefore, for the time being, Xia Duo feels that those mage towers that are undergoing transformation are occupying more market share with low-level ones, thereby gaining more profits.
At the same time, it is also attracting more mages to join, so as to form a positive cycle.
And the transformation ideas that Xia Duo said can actually be summed up in one sentence-
"Division of labor and cooperation, even bringing in ordinary people to participate in it, liberated the mages from all types of work!"
Although this was only an improvement in the production relations and did not substantially improve the abilities of the mages, this improvement freed the mages from tedious labor.
This is actually liberating productivity.
The next step in liberating the productive forces is to develop the productive forces, which is a gradual progress.
On the earth, science and technology are the primary productive forces. But in Netheril, magic spells are the primary productive force.
In Chateau’s understanding, science and magic are conceptually consistent. They are an orderly knowledge system based on verifiable explanations and predictions of the form and organization of objective things. They have been systematized and formulated. Know how.
The concept is the same, and it doesn’t really matter whether the names and specific manifestations are the same.
Today Netheril has not developed a complete scientific methodology, or a complete magic methodology. However, Xia Duo has seen the basic prototype.
That is "Arcane Geometry". He actually doesn't care what the specific content is. What he really fancy is the consensus formed by the masters of Nishite
A more standardized description of the nature of magic.
Of course, there are other interpretation methods, such as "Arcane Talisman Literature", but in the end it was "Arcane Geometry" that prevailed, and it was almost recognized by all wizards.
Xia Duo had no way of knowing the specific situation. After all, the relevant books only briefly mentioned-it was recognized by all the wizards.
It is difficult for Xia Duo to believe that the process will be smooth sailing, referring to various technical standards on the earth to compete, Netheril's magic technical standards directly affect the improvement of his own strength.
It is related to power, status, and even life.
Once there is "Arcane Geometry", many theories can be connected here, similar to the role of mathematics in natural sciences, and a series of books on the nature of the magic net such as "Deep Magic Net" can actually be seen as The physics book of the magic world.
As for the specific spells, of course, it is based on the essence of the magic web, even the essence of the plane, the essence of the universe, and a certain specific technology created through arcane geometry.
This is why Chateau believes that magic and science are conceptually consistent.
The so-called development of productive forces, in layman's terms, is technological progress.
Of course, theoretical progress is also included.
Specific to Netheril's current situation, it is actually the birth of a certain specific spell. At present, Shaduo can determine that it is the eternal magic that the tower of time mage Tirak is studying.
Once the threshold for making magic items is lowered, and the adjustment of the corresponding production relations, its impact is almost no less than the popularization of industrial products.
For technological advancement, in addition to the cutting-edge development of high-level mages, it also requires the continuous application of a large number of grassroots mages. The former determines the depth of the technology, and the latter determines the breadth of the technology.
After thinking about it carefully, Xia Duo felt that the phrase "many people are powerful" is really useful everywhere. If Netheril were all mages now, then the technology explosion might be a matter of minutes.
Specific to the present, he only did two things. One was to ask Derrick to negotiate with those complicated chambers of commerce, hoping to re-sign a fixed share contract.
The second is to encourage childbirth. The outside world can't control how Xia Duo temporarily, but he must do so in the Savile collar and Daxia collar that he can affect now.
As for the transformation of the Tower of Time, Xia Duo still felt that it was necessary to have an in-depth exchange with Niya in person. It is not a good idea to make changes rashly.
However, he has revealed relevant ideas to Abbock and Cecily, and even renegotiated the supply contract to pave the way for it, and they did not strongly object.
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After leaving the Abbock reception room, Chateau came to Tilak's research room.
The moment the door opened, he almost felt that he had gone in the wrong place. It was not Tilak’s research room that came here, but the venue of his small organization
He is very familiar with the pictures behind the door. Dean, Sammy, Edridge, Devine, and Donald are all members of the organization, and they all gather here at the moment.
"Chateau!"
"Master Xia Duo!"
"Master Xia Duo!"
...
A few hellos brought Chateau's thoughts back to reality. This is indeed Tillak's research room~EbookFREE.me~ But how did Dean and others come here?
They didn't have any intersection with Tilak before. Thinking of this, Xia Duo said hello and asked directly:
"Dean, Sammy, why are you here?"
The two looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. At this moment, Tilak took the initiative to stand up and replied: "Master Xia Duo, since my current spellcasting level is low, the number of experiments I can perform every day is extremely limited, so I ask the time The Tower has applied for two assistants, Sammy and Edridge, Dean and Donald are recommended by them."
Only then did Xia Duo understand, and he quickly searched Taring's records, and he saw the earlier records of Sammy and Edridge's elevation of authority, and the recent record of their relationship being transferred to the Tillak Lab.
Of course there were also a few apprentices who were transferred in, but the only apprentices present today were Dean and Donald.
From Tilak's words, Chateau heard that Tilak was using Dean and Donald as assistants, not just a "spell battery".
It seems that the results of the organization are still good. Dean will not say anything. Xia Duo has long known that he has stood on the threshold of a formal mage. If he was not thinking of creating a new spell by himself, he would have been able to increase his authority long ago.
It was Donald that surprised Xia Duo. At first, he was just a living sign that Xia Duo used to show the strength of the organization and training. He was regarded as a model for the apprenticeship of the mage, but he did not expect that he could already be recognized by Tilak.
Grow fast!
Xia Duo looked at the flowers that he watered with one hand with satisfaction, and was very satisfied, but he did not forget his purpose this time.
"Tillak, how is the research progress recently? Are the relevant materials in place? Do you need other support?"