crush the rich

The black sage said: "Is it too pitiful?"

He was not angry, and said, "Then how do the people in your hometown live? Are they rich?"

Yin Lian actually didn't like to talk about the earth with him before, because he thought it was too dangerous.Just like Lu Dongci was able to develop a way to maintain the time-space channel away from Shimen, Yin Lian cannot guarantee that Black Sage cannot develop a similar tracking method through magic.

Yin Lian not only has limited research on the mysteries of magic, but also doesn't think it's all that the black sage has mastered.

They are all still on the journey.

But the black sage is extremely capable and talented, otherwise he cannot become the master of the capital of sages.Even if he can't do some things now, it doesn't mean that his ability is limited, or it may be because of his limited vision.

But these years of getting along still allowed them to accumulate a little friendship and trust.

Yin Lian thought about it, and chose to disclose some information to the black sage: "There are riches and there are poverty. But generally speaking, even if you are poor, as long as you are willing to work, at least there is no problem with food and clothing, and you can enjoy it." entertainment like opera."

"everyone?"

"Almost everyone. But there are some people who will be deprived of this right, such as criminals. But they can at least eat and clothe themselves."

Black Sage said, "What work do they do for food? Where does that food come from?"

Yin Lian replied: "Food is grown, and there are various jobs. The most basic is to grow food, and cotton and linen, but there are also people who specialize in making and selling food, spinning cloth and making clothes, and even people who specialize in Put on a show and please everyone who comes to make money."

The black sage said: "Sounds amazing...but the population shouldn't be large, right?"

Yin Lian said: "About one hundred million."

She scaled back the numbers a bit, but not by much.But that number almost seemed like nonsense to Black Sage.

The black sage said: "It's full of nonsense. If you can't say it, I just don't ask."

This number is a bit too incredible for the black sage.Yin Lian looked innocent - God knows she wasn't talking nonsense at all, and she even shrunk down the numbers a little.But the black sage was less experienced than she expected, and he didn't believe her "truth" at all.

What can Yin Lian say?If in China at the beginning of the nineteenth century, if you told yourself that one day human beings would be able to fly in the sky with their own power, people would think it was a joke.

The black sage probably thought that Yin Lian didn't want to reveal information about the other world, and didn't want to force her too much, so he took the initiative to change the topic and talked about other things.

Wheat has been grown in many countries, but only a few are willing to give cotton and hemp a try.The main reason is that many people can feel the benefits of wheat, but they have not yet experienced the benefits of cotton and linen.

Yin Lian is already building a garment factory, even including the weaving process.In fact, she even took care of the cultivation of cotton, linen and vegetable dyes, so the printing and dyeing work was naturally included.

She originally had a lot of plans, but in actual operation, she found that the weaving and dyeing alone took up a lot of manpower and space.

The factory was not built in the city. Anyway, the Matil continent is full of wilderness, and there is no shortage of land at all.Building the city is not a problem either. The only things that take a lot of effort are the laying of the defensive circle and the manufacture of defensive equipment, but they are generally worthwhile.

Yin Lian tried to replace various motors with magic equipment as much as possible, and even learned various mechanical structures at the expense of learning.The magic loom that Zhou Hurricane designed last time, Yin Lian made some detailed corrections based on her understanding of magic and Matil's magic craft, making it more localized and in line with the design thinking of a mage.

Yin Lian also asked Zhou Hurricane to help design some other machines.Zhou Hun failed in his attempt to sneak into the major of jewelry design, and now he has entered the most prestigious major at home and abroad before the discovery of the new world under the watchful eyes of his parents.Although the schoolwork is so heavy that it seems that consuming the fat and meat stored in his body is causing problems, he still insists on taking Yin Lian's work secretly.Looking at him like that, being able to use the knowledge he usually learned to mix some sparks with Yin Lian is probably the only motivation left to learn these boring things.

However, Zhou Hurricane is also a half-baked guy, plus he can't touch magic intuitively, and he can only understand the rules of magic through Yin Lian's text descriptions. Many designs are biased towards theory, and various problems will inevitably arise.

There is no way for Yin Lian to be lazy in this part, so he can only overcome it with the mages himself.She can't completely let go of being a shopkeeper, because the mages haven't studied physics or chemistry.

Some mages may be proficient in calculation and magic guidance, and overlap with mathematics, physics and chemistry, but most of them are not systematic and perfect, Yin Lian is not very relieved.

Therefore, she has to supervise the progress of various tasks all the time. Even if she does not do it herself, she will definitely know about the progress and problems on a regular basis to avoid too much unnecessary loss.

It takes the least time to establish cotton and linen plantations and textile factories, because although cotton and linen are new plants, wood magic is particularly inclusive of plants. All Yin Lian needs is to list the cost of plants in each time period. The nutrient composition of the fertilizer should be determined in advance, and then let the magician operate according to the rules, and the farmers can observe and learn carefully.The textile factory has already started to design and manufacture magic looms, and although the local residents do not have very sophisticated weaving and tailoring skills, they at least have the experience of simply weaving wild plant fibers into fabrics, so they got started relatively quickly. .

They were so amazed at things like the magic loom, they were dumbfounded.

If it was in the original world, such things as looms actually existed thousands of years ago, but the difference is only in structure and production capacity.However, Martial's weaving skills are still about 2000 years ago, and the things used in weaving can only be tools at most, and are far from the level of equipment.

The female workers in the factory and a few male tailors were amazed by this magical product, and sighed: "Magicians are indeed the smartest people in the world, and magic is really amazing... There should be no such thing as this." Need weavers?"

Yin Lian said: "With such things, more people can wear good clothes, and then not too many people will freeze to death in winter."

She said this, but after hearing it, many believers couldn't help clasping their hands together to pray and give thanks.

But the number of magic looms is limited, and magicians are still producing.Yin Lian is considering issuing a currency recently, because Matil's economic system is too primitive, and it doesn't feel particularly rich in precious metals.

In the original economic situation, these currencies are not necessarily particularly scarce when most civilians use the barter method for transactions—after all, most people can’t see them at all.

But if Yin Lian wants to develop the economy, currency is a problem that must be solved.

After Yin Lian thought about it, she began to issue vouchers in a small amount within the scope of the Magic Association.This kind of voucher is different from the earth's coupons. To put it bluntly, it is an alternative currency that limits the scope of trading and circulation.

At present, these coupons are divided into gold coupons, silver coupons and copper coupons, and the price is basically equal to the gold and silver coins of the same unit.Copper coins are a unit that did not exist in the first place. Yin Lian temporarily set that one silver coupon is equal to one hundred copper coupons.

Vouchers cannot be exchanged for gold and silver coins, and can only be obtained by working for the Magic Association or the Church of Life.Because the printing process is far ahead of this era, no one should be able to forge it at present.

Yin Lian also added a special magic mark on it.

Currently, magicians are rewarded for making magic looms with this kind of vouchers. Using the vouchers, they can order food or buy groceries at the store affiliated to the Church of Life. The purchasing power is comparable to that of regular currency, but the discount is about 5%.There are even some special items that Yin Lian stipulates that they can only be purchased with vouchers.

All of a sudden, vouchers were very popular within the Mage Association.

At first, Yin Lian was worried that someone would notice her sinister intentions.Later, she found out that she was worrying unfoundedly. The mages had no economic concepts at all. As long as the vouchers did not go wrong, it would be difficult for them to guess the possible political meaning behind this "currency" in ten or eight years.

However, in order to avoid accidents as much as possible, Yin Lian still tried to control the number of vouchers, ensuring that each voucher has corresponding assets and productivity as a guarantee.

She is not a student of economics, so she can only use simple conversions so that the value of the vouchers that have been issued is always less than the existing assets of the Life Church, and as much as possible equal to the output value that the church's stores can achieve with full daily production.Proposing the appointment-related mechanism in advance is also to avoid similar crises.

Fortunately, there is not much demand in the City of Sages at present, and the currency itself can be circulated repeatedly.Although there are always some mages who don't realize this and try to "hoard" vouchers like hamsters, Yin Lian always has a way to lure them to spend money—for example, dim sum shops will always sell some limited-time high-end dim sum on a regular basis. Available for purchase on the day.

A magician who has not been baptized by various promotional activities is a dish in front of "limited time" and "limited amount". Yin Lian can even cook with different taste ratios.

Therefore, the current circulation of the vouchers is not bad, and it can barely meet the needs of the city of sages.

The Church of Life has now opened restaurants in the four districts of the Capital of the Sages. The scale is very large. It is not so much a restaurant as it is a cafeteria or a food court.It can almost meet the dietary needs of everyone in the city, but currently it only temporarily bears the laborers who work for magicians, church believers and churches.

They work for the church, and then get vouchers, which they can use to enter the venues under the name of the church for consumption.Because Yin Lian controls the number of vouchers, the bottom-level workers currently use a kind of meal ticket, which is limited to a fixed set meal.

After the factory is established, it can be expanded to clothing trading.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner according to Yin Lian's plan.

It's not that there are no mages who are suspicious or uncomfortable with this - but by this time, Yin Lian has pulled the entire city of sages into his chain of interests.Wizards' suspicions are always dispelled under various circumstances, or suppressed by other benefits, such as delicious food, fresh knowledge of mathematics or physics, or more elaborate magical constructions.

The black sage is different from others, at least he understands what kind of changes are happening in this city.