Gold is Justice

But thinking about it now, it will be destroyed by this flood...I'm afraid not only the old system, but also those civilians who depended on the old system to survive...

"This...these issues can be considered slowly...everything will develop slowly...everything...you need to pay some price..." After a long time, Ariel's voice finally showed a little unconfidence, and she This lack of self-confidence was quickly caught by the magician, and he said viciously: "Hmph, develop slowly? You can tell these words to those who lost their jobs because of your whims. Look Are those unemployed people who have no money to buy bread, no clothes to wear, and even no shelter willing to be the 'price' you mentioned!"

When Majik was getting more and more excited, Priest on the side smiled again, stretched out his hand to stop the elder of the Magic Association, and said slowly: "Ariel... I am older than you!" How old is it, calling your name shouldn't be too much?"

"I know, you may want our empire to enter a new era. But now things have proved that there are many traditional things that cannot be easily changed. Once changed, it will cause earth-shattering things. Since the battle with the demons After the war, the people on the Golden Continent have lived in this way for thousands of years. Although there are occasional conflicts between everyone, they are generally in a very good environment."

"Change, you can, but it can't be too drastic. Everything has to be done slowly, little by little. It's best not to mention things like you that will cause a lot of unemployment and bankruptcy of a lot of industries in the future. Yes. And your elemental machine, is that the name? Now it seems that the elemental machine can really be called the creation of the devil. It may not kill us directly, but it may indeed borrow some kind of The power of demons will make His Highness's country riddled with holes, and may even lead to some of the scariest things!"

"So, don't use that elemental machine anymore."

Ariel understands that these two people are one of the red faces and the other of the bad faces. After all, they just want to let her give up the elemental machine and the strange car!

But...but...!

Why...Ariel thinks that what they said is so reasonable now?

They are right. If the strange car is really taken out directly, the impact on the horse-drawn carriage industry will be devastating.If the pocket fire develops, it will also be subversive for the industry of making ordinary torches and oil lamps.

Yes, there will indeed be pains in the process of reform.

But now, who can guarantee that the pain caused by this reform will definitely bring about a better new world?

What if, by then, the people employed during the entire process of production and sale of strange cars really cannot fill the unemployed population due to the replacement of horse-drawn carriages?

What if there is really a lot of material shipments, but there isn't actually that much commercial activity?

Those families whose ancestors have relied on whaling for a living, suddenly told them that they will no longer need whale oil in the future, and their income will be completely cut off, what should they do?

and so……

Is reform really necessary?

Maintaining the current situation...is it really not possible?

Now in the entire Golden Continent, probably only the Blue Bay Empire has the product of the elemental machine, and if no other empire has it, is there no need to so urgently want to destroy everything in the past?

And more importantly...

Now, he has been promoted from a servant to a nobleman.

Starting today, I will also be a vested interest in this traditional system.

In this case, can I really promote the element machine?

……Needed.

So far, what are you still hesitating about?Is it possible that at this point, will there be any illusions for these people who symbolize traditional conservative forces?No matter how reasonable what they say, it is from the perspective of protecting their interests.

Didn't the teacher say that?In order to protect their own interests, the nobles would not mind that everyone lived in caves.As long as the nobleman's own cave is the best of all caves.

"Jin Guo, what do you think?"

While Ariel was thinking, Meng Lang finally opened his mouth and looked at Duke Jin Guo.

The duke also showed embarrassment now. After thinking for a while, he said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the power of the strange car is indeed very novel, but it is not so novel that our country can bear such a heavy loss. At best, It's just to be able to carry more goods. We already have a lot of coachmen and wagons, and we can also transport that much goods. In my opinion, there is really no need. Then there is the matter of pocket fire... I I also think that as a novel gadget, it should be good to stay with His Highness to play with."

Seeing that the Duke of Jin Guo was now on the side of the Association and the Holy See, Meng Lang finally nodded and sighed.Immediately, he opened his mouth——

"Your Highness, can I say a few words?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly broke in.

Meng Lang's mouth hadn't been fully opened yet, and Jin Guo, Magik and Priest on the side hadn't even thought about where the voice came from.

However, Ariel saw it clearly.

That voice came from the man who had been sitting on that small sofa since just now... It came from the mouth of her teacher, Connor Conservative.

Meng Lang looked a little bored at the school teacher.But out of respect for Old Teng Shu, he nodded and said, "What do you think? Tell me."

Connor nodded and stood up from the sofa with a smile.He turned his head slightly, glanced at Ariel over there from the corner of his eye, and said slowly—"I completely agree with the remarks made by the two great elders and the high priest just now. There is no doubt that if the strange car and the pocket There would be a massive wave of unemployment and a massive hit to existing industries if the fire flowed among ordinary citizens. It would be a terrible thing."

Ariel frowned, looking at her teacher, not knowing what he wanted to say.

"As a teacher of economics, although I don't have any specific data, I can also judge from the common sense of economics that the inferences just now are not alarmist. Therefore, Baroness Garcia requested that the strange car and Putting Pocket Fire into production is really unnecessary. But!"

Chapter 36 The Significance of Economy

"But on the other hand, the monster car and the pocket fire are really exquisite. It would be a pity if these technologies are really blocked."

Having said that, Connor gave a heavy salute to the violent waves, and said with a smile——

"So, with the villain's insignificant knowledge, do you think it is possible to confine these things to a small place and conduct some experiments first? For example... just set it at the place where Baroness Garcia stayed for three years before—Pull Lian Town?"

"Let Baroness Garcia promote strange cars and pocket fires in Pelican Town first, and then let him make elemental machines there. Because Pelican Town is a small town with a population of less than a thousand, and the surrounding towns and cities are not How prosperous the city is, coupled with the fact that it is far away from the center of the empire and belongs to a marginal town in a marginal province. Experiments in such a place, even if a large number of unemployed people and safety hazards are really produced in the end, the crisis is completely controllable, even It's not a big deal."

"And if the final experiment is successful and does not cause much trouble, then it means that these experiences can be shared with other provinces and cities one by one, and with the experience of Pelican Town, we can also avoid a lot of trouble. Detour."

"The above are just some trivial suggestions made by such a small economics teacher like me. I hope His Highness can consider it."

Connor's proposal made Ariel's eyes shine!

Yup!

There is absolutely no need to promote it across the country in one go!First find a place to carry out experiments in a local area. If the experiment is successful, then gradually promote it.If the reform is too radical at once, it will naturally cause various problems, but as long as the scope of the impact is small, then the problem will not be solved? !

Thinking of this, Ariel's eyes looked at the teacher again, and the admiration for the teacher was once again raised in her eyes.

However, after meeting Ariel's eyes, Connor was slightly taken aback, then immediately withdrew his eyes, turned his head full of avoidance, and stopped looking at her.

Meng Lang sitting behind the desk pondered for a moment, couldn't help but nodded, and said, "I see, why don't we test it locally first? This is a very interesting proposal."

Seeing that the crown prince has been shaken, Majik on the side tightened his heart a little, and quickly said: "Your Highness, since the founding of the Blue Bay Empire, all government orders have been sent directly from the imperial city to all parts of the country, and all territories must obey His Majesty the Emperor." According to the will, there has never been such a practice of finding an area to test first. Wouldn't this be a division between places?"

But Priest on the other side rolled his eyes, and after seeing the hesitation on Meng Lang's face, he immediately turned away from Connor over there, and said loudly: "You are just an old Teng Shunei teacher, What right do you have to discuss political affairs here?"

Connor didn't show much embarrassment on his face, but said with a smile: "Dear High Priest, I just believe that every method should have a corresponding method. The unemployment problem is actually an economic problem in theory. Question, as the head of the economics department, it is my duty to express some opinions on this matter."

"Department of Economics? Hehe, what is the Department of Economics?"

Majik’s tone is still so blunt——

"Connor Conservative School, don't think that you are really qualified to be compared with the magic department and combat department because you are also a department head in Lao Teng Shunei!"

"To put it bluntly, the most you can do in your economics department is to teach people how to calculate accounts. A little more can help people know how to collect taxes! Some things are not easy to say on the surface, but I know the situation in your economics department clearly. This year, how many students are there with you just for a name, but haven't even attended a class?"

Hit people without hitting them in the face!

Ariel is already filled with righteous indignation!

What is being discussed now is obviously an economic issue, but this great elder has changed the topic to the issue of students not coming to class?Is there a relationship between these two questions? !

Majik seemed not to let go of such a breakthrough, and continued: "Your economics department cultivates a civil service system! Can you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? Can you use powerful magic power to create wealth like us magicians? You Can you cultivate the faith of the common people like the Holy See and swear more allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor?"

"No, your economics department can't do anything! The reason why old Teng Shu hasn't removed your economics department is so that someone can settle accounts and maintain those bloated, procrastinated, and inefficient civil service systems. Now I understand Have you revealed your identity? If you understand, please shut up now!"

Hearing such sarcasm, Ariel couldn't help but clenched her fist silently.But now, due to her status, it is really inconvenient for her to rush out and refute!However, this also means that the pressure to refute is completely on the teacher's body!

Now, what should the teacher do?Is that how we lost?

Do not!It's not that his elemental machine plan failed, but that the entire economics department of Old Teng Shu was ridiculed!They are all looked down upon!

Although Ariel has always known that Lao Tengshu's other two departments basically look down on the Department of Economics, but this kind of thing can be said secretly, and now it is obvious to humiliate the Department of Economics, this tone cannot be swallowed like this down!

But now, Connor over there exhaled lightly.

After pondering for a moment, he looked at the fierce waves with frowning brows, the relaxed tide, and the hesitant Duke of Jinguo.

After looking around, the corner of Connor's mouth slowly curled up into a smile, and he continued to use that extremely pious attitude, and said unhurriedly——

"Excuse me, how many gold coins can the current income of the horse farm operated by the Magic Association reach this year? I mean... pure profit."

Majik was slightly taken aback, and was about to speak just now, but Priest, who was next to him, suddenly reached out and grabbed the archmage, frowning and asked: "Why are you asking this? This kind of news is confidential information! No! Disclose casually."

Only then did Majik wake up, nodded quickly, and kept saying "yes".

Connor was not annoyed, but continued: "Then, if I say that through some methods, the horse farm under the Magic Association can immediately increase its net profit by 20% in the new year, you will think that economics is a science Is it just a subject that can only be used to calculate accounts and collect taxes?"

The great elder's heart moved, but he also immediately understood that this was the economics teacher's plan to delay the attack, and then he sneered: "Increase by 20%? Haha, what you think is really simple. Unless a large-scale battle breaks out immediately, Otherwise, the number of horses sold is the same every year, how could it be possible to increase by 20% immediately?"

Connor shook his head, and continued to say calmly: "It's very simple, it's the first day of the first lunar month, and next, you can declare to the outside world that due to the increase in the production of foals this year, in order to sell as many horses as possible , so sell the horses at a price slightly lower than the market price in advance. However, when you sell the horses, you don’t really need to sell the horses.”

"But you don't need to hand over the horses immediately after you receive the money paid by the other party for the horses. Instead, you have to say that these foals haven't grown up yet, so you have to wait until the foals grow up in two years before you pick them up .As a voucher, you can present a seal with the coat of arms of the horse farm under the name of the Magic Association. At the same time, you promise that no matter who this ticket is given to at that time, after the time expires, anyone who holds this ticket If you come to ask for horses, you will deliver these horses to the other party."

Now, even Priest next to him couldn't understand, and he asked, "Is... what's the point?"

Although the high priest and the great elder couldn't hear it, Ariel immediately understood the meaning.Immediately, he looked at the two old fellows with eyes full of pride.

Connor smiled, clapped his hands, and said, "Of course it makes sense. Because in this case, what you sell is not a horse, but a bill, just a piece of paper. Then, because your The horses are not actually sold, so the same horse can be sold over and over again. That is, you can collect money for the same horse several times.”

"At this point, you may be confused. You feel that although it is sold, there will be no horses to deliver the goods at that time, wouldn't it be even more of a loss?"

"But I would say that it will take at least a year or two until there is a collective order. Because it takes about a year for the foals to grow up to be marketable."

"In one or two years, you will have a lot of money in your hands. You can use this extra money to buy other horse farms in one go. In this way, the number of horses is not enough ?As you said just now, horse farms are a very mature industry in our country now, and there are several big cities raising horses, so there will naturally be many small horse farms."

"After you acquire these racecourses and exchange all the bills sold, your overall profit may not reach this year's increase of 20% in the second year, but at that time the association will have a lot more The horse farm. The assets of the association will also greatly increase in value because of this.”

Speaking of which, Connor no longer looked at Majik, but slowly saluted the fierce waves over there, and said——

"Then I would like to ask Your Highness, if Your Highness thinks that what I, the head of the Department of Economics, is still a little bit useful, may I ask if you can also take a little bit of the villain's suggestion and allow Baroness Garcia to establish in Pelican Town? How about a small experiment?"

Chapter 37 Pardon

Majik was obviously a little stunned by what Conrad said just now, his mouth was half open, and his head hadn't turned around all of a sudden.But he shouted almost instinctively: "That... That's not right! Although... Although the suggestion of the racecourse may be good... But the trial... is absolutely wrong!" Priest on the other side also said: "Your Highness, I I also agree with the opinion of the Great Elder. If you must adopt this small-scale experiment method, please follow His Majesty's opinion and get His Majesty's approval..."

Regarding the objections of these two people, Meng Lang looked at them silently. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "Majik, Priest, I want to ask you, except for the so-called traditions, except for those strange things. Do you have any other opinions that can be used against this method? Now according to your request, I have not asked the entire empire to start using strange vehicles, just a small You are still opposed to the marginal province, what are the objections? You even think that the head of the economics department is not knowledgeable, but I also listened to what he said just now, do you think there is any problem?"

The two archmages and high priests frowned now, and seemed speechless for a while.

Seeing this, Meng Lang waved his hand and said: "Since you can't tell what the consequences of just a small marginal province will be, then you don't need to say more. The matter is settled like this. The tide."

Meng Lang turned his head and looked at his brother beside him.

And the second prince didn't seem to expect that the emperor's brother would call him, he looked a little confused, and asked, "Ah, I'm here?"

Meng Lang nodded, looked at the second prince with trusting eyes, and said, "From the point of view of law and reason, Song of the Mermaid and the strange car they created belong to your subordinates. I think What do you think if you are asked to go to the Marginal Province to find a way to settle this matter?"

"I?"

Hearing that Brother Huang was going to send him to a place like Bianbian Province, Chao Chao was stunned.But soon, he rolled his eyes, shook his head immediately and said, "Brother Huang, you are just joking. Let me preside over the study of what... Strange car? Pocket fire? You let me study music, I'm fine with art, painting, dance, stuff like that. But let me study these things? I don't think it's right for me."