- The future is rolling in, and people are not asked for their opinions.

Hearing this, Adalbert felt a shudder from the heart. He finally understood Ian's thoughts.

Unlike Inaga II, unlike Grand Duke Thorin ....

Unlike all the self-confident, arrogant, and conceited kings on Terra... Ian never wanted to be right, nor did he want to create eternity.

He does not pursue the eternal lineage, nor does he pursue the long-term continuation and strength of the bloodline.

He didn't want a name to last forever, or a system that could function stably for hundreds of millennia.

He believes that the path he is on is the right one for the present, but not for the right future. He thinks he's going to succeed now' and 'will be eliminated' in the future.

Whether it's AI, the arcane path, agricultural reform, or the cult of spirituality..... All of this is just Ian's tool, the carving knife he uses to transform the world.

But that's not Ian's dream. Ian's goal.....

"Only above the heavens."

He shuddered a little and said, "That's all you want, right? Other than that, we'll talk about that later."

"Yes."

Ian's gaze was gentle but firm, and he didn't hesitate in the slightest: "When humans can really travel safely to distant places, my system will be obsolete—but until then, I will create a world where everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, without worrying about food and clothing."

"So, Adbert, will you join me in my defeat?" He sent out an invitation.

"How can I refuse?"

Closing his eyes, the researcher smiled wryly.

But soon, he opened his eyes, and his wry smile turned into a real smile: "So far, my research has not made even a single mistake, even if it is a dead king, although the result is not satisfactory, it can be regarded as a success."

Adbert's eyes lit up, a light as scarlet as a flame, and the always soft Dead Monarch researcher showed a determined expression, "It's not just you, Ian."

He said earnestly, "I'm also longing for a defeat."

Ian smiled.

The Heart of Terra hung silently from the top of the blood-red firmament. The silver sun shines on all of this.

The exchange and creation that takes place in the chip space is destined to be unknown to outsiders. And the leadership team of Xia Huiling was exposed to the taste of change at the first time. In the first month after Ian's return.

A group of dwarven skilled workers led by Roland have been promoted and rewarded one after another.

Because they have already explored the perfect construction site for the alchemy park in the gorge between Xiahuiling and Midra Autonomous Region, and have already begun construction.

Inside the Xiahui Collar, many staff members of the city hall were required to attend classes held by the Cadre Academy three times a week.

The learning content involves some fairly specialized knowledge of inscriptions, terminal operating systems, and psionic networks.

These courses may sound difficult, but in fact, you can learn some safety regulations and operating methods even if you really don't know anything.

Well-informed people, who know that this is the territory is about to lay the crystal terminal system from Canaan Moore, especially those who are well-informed in the Imperial Capital, are quite aware that the Esengard of the Eren family has been quite active in recent times.

As the prophet's friend and spokesperson in the imperial capital, he spared no effort to apply for many preferential policies for Ian and build the chamber of commerce channel of Xia Hui Ling.

But the more intelligent people found a point: it seems that the lord of the white people did not intend to install his relatives in the local government team, and the management positions within the Xia Hui clan and the mountain people could only be filled by those who had received a cadre school education.

Moreover, any cadre, including the pure armed faction of the Qingchao, must also go to school, read through many books, and receive higher education.

Although it has not yet been explicitly stated, it seems that if Xia Hui Ling wants to be on the throne, he does not rely on blood, nor does he rely solely on force, but needs.... Knowledge.

Education is needed.

The wind of education is blowing to the entire Xiahui Collar.

Although it is only the simplest basic math and writing, the Xiahui Territory is indeed committed to eradicating illiteracy in the territory.

Whoever is a hunter, even a herb picker who spends all day in the mountains, is taught, and the city hall will issue a 'study subsidy' to every student who meets the full attendance rate.

Although only half of these subsidies are money, the other half is also quite practical supplies such as food, milk, fruit and oil.

For the people of Nanling, who have just suffered a food disaster for more than a year, this thing is much more affordable than directly sending money.

Time passes.

Soon came the year 774 of Terra, December.

Four quiet months passed, and nothing major happened.

The second batch of large-scale planting of Xiahui grass was harvested, and the yield was significantly higher than that of the first batch of experimental nature, and the total output value even reached an exaggerated 670,000 thalers.

This is not counting the fact that after being processed into a spiritual energy nourishment extract by the alchemy workshop, the price will usher in another increase.

You must know that in the past era of the Ryan Territory, the net profit of the entire territory was about 200,000 thalers per year after deducting taxes and the share of the cost price provided to Nauman City and the imperial capital.

In addition, the territory itself was removed to maintain public facilities, roads were renovated and the cityscape was repaired, farmers were given planting subsidies, and alchemy workshops and research funds were maintained.

At the time of the Ryan Lord, the wealth at the lord's disposal was about 70,000 to 90,000 thalers per year.

That's why Baron Ryan was able to carry out his resurrection experiment.

Otherwise, a professional laboratory-level cultivation chamber would cost two or three thousand tales, and there were more than forty of them in his laboratory, and all kinds of alchemy and psionic equipment were even more expensive, making people gasp.

However, after Ian reformed the agricultural production method, the output rate of the agricultural building, which can make more efficient use of the natural field of the Xiahui Territory, has directly tripled the original output.

According to the current research results, the original more than a year, or even two years of more than once a year, Xia Hui grass has also reached a stable harvest rate of once every eight months under professional cultivation.

What does this mean?

That's another two-to-three-fold boost! To put it all together, it's at least a six-fold improvement!

The net annual profit of the Xia Hui Territory came to one million thalers, a terrible figure for a single territory.

Of course, Xiahui grass is the main pillar industry of Xiahui Ling, and it can be said that the current Xiahui Ling, in addition to Xiahui grass, only makes money from the contract of coating chemicals..... And most of this million will be used for territorial construction.

Libraries, schools, baths, theaters, terminal laying, mountain development, mining exploration..... There are too many places that cost money, not to mention anything else, the "asphalt road" that Ian himself saw on the way to the Extinguishing Star Road from Xiahui to Nauman City and Indigo Mountain costs a lot.

Even if Ian copied his own city plan, he could save a lot of time for actual construction, but construction also requires money and people.

Not to mention the cost of manufacturing and maintaining armor and the production line of element crystallization..... These are bottomless pits, and even Ian frowns at a glance.

- It is true to say that it is a windfall profit in the military industry, but the amount of money spent on military research and development is also sky-high!

But this is not unnecessary, as Ian has a lot of weapons that he does not want to share with the Empire, which will increase his hindrance to conquering all of Terra in the future.

He had to independently set up the military-industrial department of Southridge.

Fortunately, Ian's weapons contract with the Flint Group was signed again, and the plating potion could not only be used on armor, but also on engines, which could be used to reinforce and overclock for a short time, and this new use method gave alchemists on the side of the empire a lot of inspiration, which earned another amount of money.

The clustering of the magnetic storm system also gives the Empire's infantry units the means to deal with some armored units - and the electromagnetic barrier derived from it can indeed create an information black hole in some areas, facilitating the actions of the Empire's squads.

In addition, the Canaan Moore side also designated Xiahui Territory and Port Harrison as the "trade window" of Southridge, which is also an extremely lucrative source of funds in the long run.

It's a pity that the water can't solve the near fire, and the profits of the second batch of Xiahui grass are basically spent on military construction, and Ian didn't leave a little for himself.

Of course, he didn't lose at all.

Today's Ian, the materials he needs are all fourth-level materials that are extremely difficult to buy with money, and the development of the territory and the popularization of artificial soul technology have made the basic quality of the personnel in Xiahui's territory continue to improve.

But what is really important is that the mountain people have also begun to build agricultural buildings and start to pursue the task of 100% food self-sufficiency.

It's a five-year plan, and the mountain people are developing north towards the Black Marsh, a fertile plain with a slope down the hill that is best suited for growing crops, and rivers and lakes along the way that are suitable for agricultural buildings, which will be excellent grain storehouses.

When everyone knows that they will not starve to death, people's pursuits will be greatly improved in an instant.

Most people who don't have enough to eat are only thinking about how to eat enough every day.

Solving the problem of the mountain people's long-standing difficulty in eating, with the power of this matter, Ian held a meeting of the mountain chiefs and priests in the Midra Autonomous Region.

After the meeting, the mountain people determined the belief system with Ian as the main core, especially Ian showed his heart light body, and after the guiding star that shone on the entire venue, it was easy to impress all the mountain chiefs present.

- Master, I call you Master, if you had said that you were the third level, how would we dare to be careful.

In this regard, Ian's impression is that 'the weapon of criticism is indeed not as good as the weapon of criticism.'

The Terrans are really cheap in this regard, and if they don't give them a little heart light body deterrence, they will be careful no matter what.

If it weren't for the fact that Immovable Jiancheng Ian has been repairing the body of the dark gold dragon with the dragon king on Dragon Island recently, and by the way, he is still reading the information library of Dragon Island, he will definitely find a way to get a projection of the dark gold dragon and use the identity of the dragon god to announce who is orthodox!

In addition, Ian also reflected on himself - he had fed the mountain people, so this group of people had nothing to do except find something to eat in the past, and now that they were full, didn't they just think nonsense there?

In the final analysis, the quality of the mountain people is really not good, they have always been competitive and brave, and in the case of an enemy, this character is courage, and if there is no enemy and it is particularly idle.... There will be infighting.

Therefore, Ian wants to build a school in the major autonomous regions of the mountain people, and now the 'jurisdiction of the Earl of Silverpeak'.

The teachers of the school were the original tribal priests.

This caused shock and resentment among the mountain people - who would teach their knowledge to ordinary tribe people? Compared to the Terra countries, the system of the mountain people is more backward.

But Ian didn't care.

If you are unwilling to open, if you are resistant, if you are unwilling to teach others knowledge, then you will die.

"To me, it's just another group of priests."

In this regard, Ian expressed his opinion bluntly: "Listen to my orders, or go to the dragon god, you choose."

Although everyone seems to be very religious, no one wants to meet the dragon god. The mountain people are good dragons, and they belong to yes.