Codex Pirates

Chapter 145 Dampier

The words on the blackboard were naturally written by William, a traveler.

Earlier, when discussing with Dampier how to solve the population problem in the slums in the future, William wrote these six words on the blackboard, but before he could explain it in detail, he was distracted by other things. Until now Getting rid of Roy, this issue has gradually become urgent, and William found time to discuss it with Dampier again.

"I don't know how Kalmar City gathered so many people."

William walked to the map of Kalmar City. The map was marked by Danpier with red, yellow, and blue colors as slums, civilians, and nobles. Surrounded by the aristocratic district.

Recently, the number of bankrupts has increased, and the slums have shown signs of expanding. The wharf was guarded by William, so that the crime problem did not spread here, and the already fragile trade line was protected.

Hundreds of thousands of impoverished groups, not to mention the feudal rulers like Norton I and Arcadio, even William could not support them with such a city. The wall tax further widened the gap between the rich and the poor. The civilians who are the main consumers have no surplus money, dare not spend money to consume, the goods cannot be sold, the economy is in depression, and the market environment is too bad. The merchant ships willing to go to Kalmar City are gradually decreasing, and the price rises further. A new wound, bankruptcy led to the expansion of slums, and public security problems spread to the docks, which further affected commercial circulation. Step by step, the whole situation has fallen into an endless loop.

"In the past, the economy of Kalmar City was still very good, and there were many countries that were also well developed in the surrounding area. The Kingdom of Falaise, the Kingdom of Goa, and Glass Bead Island are representatives. Sea trade must pass through Kalmar City," Dampier came to William Beside him, he said softly, "It didn't take long for people to feel like this, and it became like this."

William raised his chin with his right hand, and his frown was not relieved by Dampier's words. Even if the location of Kalmar City is unique, it will take time to revive the economy. William is not God, and he cannot create materials out of thin air to meet people's needs.

He can only rack his brains to find a policy that can solve the excess population as soon as possible from the history and knowledge he has learned in his previous life.

That is, the six words he wrote on the blackboard, according to the time required and the degree of difficulty, they are: going to the countryside, immigration, and industry.

In the short term, sending the excess population that cannot be supported by the city to a place where it can produce itself can barely relieve the pressure. The further step is to develop other islands suitable for living and living in the territory. However, immigrants need continuous support from the government, not just throwing people away. It's over on a deserted island to fend for itself. It's better to just throw people into the sea and drown, and save a lot of transportation costs.

It goes without saying that industrial development requires population the most, but it takes a lot of time to develop to a large scale, and sometimes it is not enough to just pile up time.

Even after scale, product dumping is an issue that must be considered.

Dampier communicated with William and suggested that the villages and towns in the Kingdom of Navia, which were originally semi-autonomous, could be reintegrated through the campaign to the countryside, so that the connection between the royal city and the local area would be closer, and products could also be distributed to the countryside in the future. The villages and towns under its jurisdiction are dumped.

"It's still too early to say these things. Sherlock just sent people to visit Glass Bead Island." William glanced at the sea train clippings hanging next to him, and said.

Influenced by the education he received in his previous life, when William thinks of industrial development, he immediately thinks of the Jenny machine, and then the textile industry. Although it may seem a bit rigid, the textile industry is also one of the labor-intensive industries, so William put it Tentatively scheduled for the next promotion project.

Glass Bead Island is the city where the headquarters of the popular clothing brand "DOSKOI PANDA" is located. The industrial chain of textile and clothing is relatively complete. William has already asked Sherlock to send someone from the Four Seas Trading Company to learn from it and prepare for the future.

On the other hand, Dampier said disapprovingly: "It's never too early. What you said before is right. Promoting industry is also good for other businesses. The discipline and obedience of workers make them the most suitable soldiers. Groups, and intensive industries are also suitable for the promotion of education. The sooner the plan is formulated, the sooner the project can be started. Sherlock’s actions are a bit slow, you should urge him more, he has too much businessman habits, in his eyes Only profits, no future in sight.”

If Dampier was placed on the earth where William was in his previous life, he would probably be a member of the so-called Industrial Party. Although William only laid out the textile industry because of population issues and not purely because he wanted to promote industrialization, this has already made Dampier disliked. Absolutely.

He is really disappointed with the ruling class of this world, full of complaints, and finally met William, a person who values ​​technology and promotes technological ideas, and he has a sense of identity. He chose to join William, and he may not have such a sense of identity. promote.

There is a huge gap in the level of science and technology in this world. There are already perfect transportation tools powered by steam, and electricity is gradually appearing. The way of thinking of a feudal monarch has almost no effect on the popularization and development of technology.

The aristocratic areas of the Kingdom of Navia have already used electric lights, but for the ruling class of this country, this technology is more of a luxury embellishment to set off their identity. Emerging technologies are for monarchs like Norton I , maybe just a bigger, more luxurious toy, after the novelty wears off, forget about it.

In the same poor area of ​​the city, let alone electric lights, even kerosene lamps are somewhat difficult to use at this time.

As a time traveler, William is not too surprised by this environment, because he has been to Africa for business in his previous life, and he has seen government officials of a certain country sitting in an office, surfing the Internet, and downloading various American TV series. The environment we live in, not to mention watching American TV shows online, even electricity is not popular.

The promotion and development of technology in this world are somewhat similar, and because it is an island environment, each country is surrounded by the ocean, and there are strange areas such as the windless belt, which hinder the exchange of civilizations to a certain extent.

"If only we had the technology for sea trains."

William couldn't help looking at the newspaper clipping of the sea train again, and couldn't help sighing.

The biggest influence on the sea navigation in this world is the climate, as well as the endless sea beasts emerging from the bottom of the sea. Among them, the windless zone is the most important. There is no wind in the entire sea area, and sea kings are everywhere.

The sea train is powered by steam, which can overcome the climate problem itself. At the same time, the designer has experimentally designed a special technology. When the train is running, the wheels collide with the rails, making a sound that is annoying to fish and sea kings, which can avoid this problem. A formidable monster of the sea.

"The world government and the Tianlong people are pig-headed. They would rather build a bridge for a hundred years than promote this technology," Dampier said with a sneer, "I want to wait for this technology to spread to the East China Sea. Hundreds of years."