Conquering alien worlds starts from the game

400 years ago, the Kenyan Empire brought back cotton seeds from the Outer Continent.

The spinning machines and looms that flowed to the inland countries of Nabaron together with cotton seeds have a history of more than 300 years.

Similar to the history of the earth, the magical industrial technology in this world also started from the textile industry. The wealthy and powerful nobles discovered a wealth code that is more effective than monopolizing land. From north to south, factories stand in a radial pattern. .

Of course... There is still a difference from the history on Earth. Whether it is a new-school aristocrat who started from the magic industry or an old-school aristocrat who extended a new family property path, under the unscientific rules of magic, the Sword of Damocles Under the threat of the world, it is impossible to play sheep and cannibalism like the old Europe on the earth.

Even the most powerful Kenyan empire dare not use the British people as the cheapest replacement consumables like the British did back then, and use the flesh and blood of the British people to accumulate primitive capital—a thing like a group of workers dying in three years If it happened on the border of the Nabalon continent, it would take only a few cycles for the entire city to be wiped out.

The reason is that no one can guarantee that a large number of literate civilians will never have access to occult classics... The number of occult sects and cultists in this world is not much less than that of the Orthodox sect who can see the light.

The mysterious mysticism that frequently triggers large-scale catastrophic events and causes the death of many people.It is quite ironic that it is still the last red line that maintains the most basic right of survival of the people at the bottom.

All in all, when the lords ruling a place hope to accumulate wealth through industrial development, they must find an appropriate balance between exploiting workers reasonably and avoiding workers taking extreme measures (playing evil gods to sacrifice to everyone to die together) to fight against oppression.

The most common method is to delineate the scope of employment, gather workers as domestic servants and raise them in captivity for generations (such as the North City factory area in Inadoli City), so as to ensure that the working class is slightly higher than the general bottom but will not harm the factory owners. To maintain the standard of living for the interests of the working class, maintain the superficial sense of superiority of the working class over the general bottom (similar to the way capitalists on the earth create the middle class and divide the proletariat), and then use trade unions to appease the resistance of the workers.

Phoenix is ​​very clear that if it is necessary to expand the scale of the factory in the territory, it is necessary to provide the most basic educational resources for some civilians.

Civilians who cannot read a single word cannot guarantee the normal operation of expensive machines in the factory, just as civilian women who cannot count ten fingers cannot become qualified weavers.

However, the provision of this kind of educational resources will not be very generous... After all, no matter which lord's territory, the funds that the consul can use are limited, and these limited funds are often marked where to go-compared to There are too many things more important and more urgent than educating civilians.

Besides, which aristocrat who has operated the territory for more than a hundred years does not have a mature factory area in the territory?Even if we want to use educational resources to give to civilians, wouldn’t it be enough to give to the relatives and descendants of ready-made workers?

The family of workers who have served the factory owners for generations in the factory area is as reliable as the generational servants the nobles are used to-at least much more reliable than those who are temporarily recruited from outside.

Charlie Rex actually asked his education secretary to enroll all the school-age civilians. To the ears of Ms. Phoenix Carmen Otis, who is also a great nobleman and high-level consul, it sounds ridiculous... just Inadvertently set up this place, can you use so many workers?

It can't be that Charlie Rex doesn't trust the generations of workers left behind by the Bartlett family, so he plans to retrain them himself?

If that's the case...it's ridiculous.

This can only prove that Charlie Rex has no means, even the trade unions of the Bartleth family era cannot be subdued.

But judging from the fact that Rex has not caused any violent conflicts with the local nobles since he became the master of Inadoli, it doesn't really look like it.

The Otis family would not deal with an incompetent lord in a territory where someone jumped back twice in three days. If the local nobles teamed up to compete with Rex, Phoenix would not have come this time.

After pondering for a while without a clue, Phoenix simply asked: "Ms. Hiber, do you think it makes sense to provide educational opportunities for all civilians?"

"Of course, distinguished guest." When it comes to the field he is engaged in, Xibel is not sleepy, and he is full of enthusiasm, "If a little boy can know more than two hundred characters, then he can understand newspapers, he He will know how big the world is and how vast the world is, and he will understand many principles of life, and he will no longer think that those who walk on the streets and fight fiercely are worthy of respect."

"If a girl is given the opportunity to learn to read and count, then she will not only marry and have children, stay at home and do housework, but also participate in social work when she becomes an adult. She can become a qualified worker, a smart accountant, and a reporter who understands the world. , or become a clerk in the city hall, her life will have infinite possibilities."

"If all people could read, then when they got together, the conversation could be about which book is wonderful and worth reading, which famous person said something amazing, which newspaper article It is worthy of people's deep reflection and learning from experience."

"When I think that in ten years' time, Innatrix will become such a place where everyone understands reason, etiquette, and politeness, I am very excited!" Ms. Hiber said with excitement, holding her hands in front of her chest , happy like a little girl.

Phoenix's expression was suddenly extremely surprised and ridiculous.

If it wasn't very clear that the woman in front of him had been a prostitute, Phoenix would have suspected that she was a daughter well protected by the family, just like her close friends who married early and became noble ladies were so naive and ignorant.

Is it important whether those civilians will change their lives because of literacy? Isn’t it important what kind of returns can be brought about by the education investment allocated to these civilians?

Ms. Hibel thought that Phoenix was bothered by her gaffe, so she straightened her sitting posture and said with an embarrassed smile: "I'm sorry, I'm a little excited. A noble lady like you may not be very clear. For ordinary people, It is a heavy burden for children to study. For example, in the city, the tuition fee for the cheapest private classroom is [-] copper coins per week. If you want to study in a better place, even middle-class families cannot afford it. rise."

Phoenix nodded reluctantly.

"We don't have so many teachers, so we can only let children receive one teacher's teaching in a larger classroom as much as possible. The teaching content is not as deep as that of private classrooms, just teach them to recognize common words as much as possible. and can do simple calculations.” Ms. Hiber sighed, “We all know that there is no future for illiteracy, but there are still many people who don’t understand. Many parents would rather let their children go to the streets to find Do odd jobs, or stay home and do chores, and don’t want to send your kids to school.”

"So...how did you solve this problem?" Phoenix spoke to the clerk as politely as possible.

She has already determined that this woman may have some brain problems... But it would be nice if she could get some information about Innadri from her mouth.

The Department of Education that Ms. Hiber is in charge of is not a secret department. She herself often does some publicity work. She has no doubts about the intentions of Phoenix, a great nobleman. ——

At the beginning, Phoenix still had the mentality of listening to a joke, but after a while, the supreme consul of the Earl of Otis sat upright and became focused.

The common people at the bottom are indeed easier to appease than the middle and upper class, as long as a little benefit can satisfy the common people who have nothing.

But... the common people are also more difficult to deal with than the middle class and the upper class, because the middle class and the upper class can already obtain more social resources. Know.

This is not to say that the people of other worlds are stupid, but that human beings are inherently biologically diverse—even in China in the 21st century, there has never been a shortage of mind-destroying news.

The education department's persuasion achievements introduced by the affairs officer Xi Beier are in fact Zhao Zhenzhen, a political cadre, the essence of the work experience of grassroots people in Huaxia Country.

Zhao Zhenzhen provided work instructions. Ms. Xibel is a practical person. If there is a problem in practice, even the best instructions will turn bad; the crooked monk destroying the scriptures is definitely more ruthless than the monsters burning the scriptures. In the history of China The history of the political reform has demonstrated this point countless times.

However, anyone can sing crooked scriptures, but it is absolutely impossible for Ms. Hiber to make this kind of mistake-she used to be a prostitute in the clubhouse, and there will be no second ruler to give her a chance to use her hands and feet. .

Xibel took out her life-burning enthusiasm to understand Zhao Zhenzhen's governance philosophy, and faithfully implemented Zhao Zhenzhen's work instructions with a more devout attitude than fanatics; this kind of fanaticism would make her look like an overly idealized naive fool , but there is no doubt...she is definitely the favorite practitioner of all consuls, the best type of affairs officer.

Phoenix just listened to Hiber's introduction of her work results in the most plain words, and couldn't help but compare the woman who had been a prostitute in front of him with the secretary under him.

The result of the comparison is...incomparable.

If Ms. Siebel is the pass line for the affairs officer, then the affairs officers under Phoenix will all have to pack up their things and go home to eat themselves.

This made Phoenix quite regretful... If this woman's background could be better, even if she was just an ordinary woman from a good family, she might try to get this woman over from Charlie Rex.

Just when Phoenix was lamenting that Xibel's background was too low, the lady of the dead she had been waiting for for a long time finally came.

When he saw the body of the legendary "Ms. Zhao", Phoenix was a little dazed.

This undead is very tall. It is said to be a woman, but more like a man's skeleton. Wearing a loose uniform (the undead wears everything loose), it walks into the reception room and walks towards Xibel, who is helping to entertain the guests. The lady said "KABAKABA" twice, and extended her hand towards Phoenix in a friendly manner.

Phoenix, less mindful of dealing with the undead than her younger brother, smiled and held out her gloved right hand.

"Ms. Zhao" took out a rhododendron badge and motioned for Phoenix to wear it on his chest.

As soon as Phoenix put the badge on, he heard an older female voice sounding in his ears: "Hello, ma'am, my name is Zhao."

Phoenix, who heard the voice of the undead for the first time, couldn't hide his surprise.

This voice...it's very neutral, with a calm atmosphere, and it sounds like the kind of person who has been in a high position all year round.

But she didn't deliberately put on a majestic air like the old lady Phoenix had seen, but she was very easy-going and friendly.

Zhao Zhenzhen pulled down her trouser legs and sat down in front of Phoenix, her two rows of big white teeth were grinning, her face was clearly a skeleton but it could make people feel the sense of relaxation when getting along with the elders next door, she laughed and said: "Please sit down, let's sit down Let’s go on. Now that Inadoli has nothing to do, has he disappointed the guests who came from afar? Blame our lack of hospitality.”

Phoenix sat down slowly, with an increasingly unnatural expression on his face.

How should I put it... This undead lady gave her a feeling that was obviously very strange to her, but seemed vaguely familiar.

When she entered the capital with her father, His Majesty the King who received their father and daughter in the flower hall vaguely overlapped with the undead lady in front of her.

But it is only vaguely overlapped, and there is still a big difference in essence-the kindness of His Majesty the King has a deliberate taste that Phoenix, who is still a little girl, can smell, while the kindness of the undead lady in front of him is impeccable, and there is no trace of it. acting elements.

If Zhao Zhenzhen knew that Phoenix compared her to the king, she would probably have no fluctuations in her heart.

A feudal landowner with a backward feudal system of enfeoffment ruled over 2000 million people and directly ruled a population of 300 million, with doubtful business capabilities, put aside the Huaxia Kingdom, and a horizontal comparison with the mayor of a prefecture-level city is considered an insult to the mayor...