Conquering alien worlds starts from the game

Times have changed, and there has never been such a thing as a peaceful transition.

Not to mention the change of dynasty in the history of Huaxia Kingdom, even in modern times, even if the progress of the times is only a small step forward, it will inevitably be accompanied by extremely fierce struggles; and the progress of this era will inevitably be accompanied by a certain The loneliness of loose or tight interest groups.

But the times are always progressing, just as the world is always changing; the progress of the times may be deliberately slowed down by vested interests, but it must not be stopped by them.

"I once lent Brother Lowell a book, a book from another world... the world I was born in." Yang Qiu smiled and raised his fingers, "The name of this book is "Dream of Red Mansions". It is the history of the rise and fall of a large family."

Kingsley didn't understand why he suddenly changed the subject, but Yang Qiu continued to say without waiting for him to speak: "The big family in this book has great power and prominent status, and they live a life of bell-ringing. Ding Shi...well, an extremely luxurious and decent life."

"Because the family property is too large and there are too many servants, the family handed over the management of the servants and the family business to the steward. The steward has served the big family for generations, and the head of the big family believes that the steward is reliable. Let the servants and juniors in the family serve the steward, and the master has given the steward a lot of dignity, so that everyone in the family thinks that disrespecting the steward is disrespecting the master.”

After a pause, Yang Qiu said with a smile: "It didn't take too long, but it was only a few decades... After arriving, this housekeeper saved a lot of money, which was richer than many offshoots of the big family. The children of the side branch of the big family have to rely on the small change leaked from the fingers of the big housekeeper to make a living, and they even have to respectfully call the big housekeeper 'Grandpa Lai'."

Kingsley twitched, speechless.

"Do you think the big family in the book is stupid?" Yang Qiu asked himself, "It seems so, but there are too many people who are stupid than this big family in reality. For example, the Rhine Kingdom, a If the members of the royal family are low in the line of succession, and they don’t have much ability themselves, when the titles passed down from the royal family to the third and fourth generations, they are almost the same as ordinary small and medium nobles. Let alone the big nobles Shoulder to shoulder, I'm afraid they don't even have the qualifications to be close to some big nobles."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Can a family be compared with a country?" Kingsley said angrily.

Yang Qiu spread his hands, and said sarcastically: "Indeed, there is a difference between the big family described in the book and the country in reality. A decent family raises servants, and they have to take care of the servants, and the servants have to pay for them when they do the work. Salary, right? The people of the Rhineland Kingdom don’t have such good luck, they don’t get paid for their work, and it’s common for them to have nothing to eat when they’re hungry. At this time, no one knows where the royal family members are.”

Kingsley: "..."

Yang Qiu smiled and said: "Since the royal family has no intention of controlling so many people in the whole country, the people naturally don't need to respect the royal family as the head of the family, and there is no need to pay attention to the nobles awarded by the head of the house. Do you think this is the truth? ?”

Kingsley rubbed his forehead vigorously: "That's enough - your fallacy really makes me unable to refute it, but what's the use of you just making me speechless, people outside don't recognize your logic."

"I don't intend to reason with everyone." Yang Qiu smiled confidently, "I have experienced a lot in these years, and I have personally experienced the fact that not everyone is willing to reason with me. I'm not a person who doesn't know how to learn, since others have their own reasons, let's talk about their 'reasons', you see, isn't that what I always do in Inadili?"

Kingsley: "..."

"Many nobles like to talk about the family history of their ancestors, and are proud of their wise and powerful ancestors. I have no objection to this." Yang Qiu lazily leaned back on the high-back chair and said relaxedly, "For example, Inna It has to be said that Adela I was indeed a great warrior, and he conquered this territory with a group of private soldiers made up of rogue bandits. After gaining power, he quickly washed away Bai, spent his energy on building cities, encouraging farming, and spent three generations raising a regular army with a clean enough fortune, and developed this frontier land in just a few decades."

"It's a pity that in the generation of Adela III's father, the Bartles family was no longer decent, and in the generation of the third generation, it was even worse-it is true that the Bartles family had wise and mighty ancestors, but that was not the same as the current generation. What does it matter to Adela III?"

"He is indeed not a qualified lord. Even if he continues to use the name of his ancestors, he does not spend his energy on governing the territory like his ancestors did. In this case, I support someone who is more suitable for ruling than this third king. Isn't it in line with their 'reasonable' approach for a young hero with the blood of the aristocrats of the country to be appointed by Nadeli?"

"Of course, these are all words to fool outsiders." After talking nonsense, Yang Qiu calmly brought the topic back, "Doing some performances to make my behavior appear to be in line with the nobles' whitewashed robber logic, it's not me The original intention, my real thought is still: I don’t think these noble lords have the ability to match their status, so I can replace them.”

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in the youth of Chinese civilization, in the era when people were still superstitious about the theory of blood lineage and that princes and generals really had species, the Mohists at that time put forward the idea of ​​"evaluating talents regardless of high or low", which was the earliest objection to Questions on bloodliness and talents, and further put forward the famous theory of fate: people can control their own destiny through hard work.

After the Mohists, Mencius put forward the idea that "the brilliance of a gentleman will be cut off in the fifth life; inherit.

The era of contending among a hundred schools of thought has passed, but the thoughts of the sages of the Xia Dynasty have not been abandoned by the Chinese people, but have been passed down and used; until the age of Yang Qiu's birth, these sages' thoughts, which are as bright as stars, can be exposed from textbooks in elementary school .

Kingsley is a spell caster, and has a long enough lifespan. He has witnessed the rise and fall of countless families, so he can't say that the good ancestors are just as good as the good offspring. Only the surname is inherited, not the talent.

This spellcaster from another world is actually quite progressive in thinking, even more advanced than some people on Earth - in the 21st century, there are still some countries on the Earth that are superstitious about princes and generals, and indeed have this mentally retarded logic... For example, Huaxia In the neighboring island country, even those whimsical comic creators can't escape the shackles of arranging an extraordinary background for their protagonists. (PS1)

Yang Qiu praised and agreed with the achievements of the ancestors of the Bartleys family, but believed that the contemporary lord Adela III was unworthy. Kingsley could be persuaded by this statement.

But Yang Qiu added the famous saying of the King of Chu at the end, and Kingsley, who was almost persuaded, was brought back...

"What standard do you have that can be recognized to judge whether a noble lord is qualified? What basis do you have to think that you can do better than others if you replace him?" Kingsley said angrily, "Just find To start a war and rob the population of the territory with just an excuse, what is the logic of this kind of madman's behavior worthy of praise? Is this something that a person with a normal mind can say?!"

Faced with Kingsley's question, Yang Qiu's reaction was... Standing up excitedly, he waved his hand: "This question is so simple that you don't need to answer it with your mouth - let's go!"

An hour later, the bewildered Kingsley was dragged by Yang Qiu to a small village in the countryside of Westham.

This small village with a population of more than [-] households is one of the "agricultural pilot units" selected by undead agricultural experts during the spring plowing period. The land that was originally extensively planted and poorly harvested has been repeatedly plowed to form clear and clear ridges. Neatly, as if carefully arranged by the gardener of a big family.

Not far from the wheat field, according to the local people's habit, the land that has entered the fallow period is planted with soybeans that are arranged in rows and rows.

During the spring plowing, many farmers wanted to use the wheat fields to grow beans, which was strictly prohibited by the city hall; but the city hall did not prevent people from planting beans, but soybeans can be planted on fallow land or mountain land, and there is no need to occupy the wheat fields—— The most important issue for Chinese people is always the food self-sufficiency rate. Seeing that the production of other people's staple food is insufficient or reduced, the Chinese people will be more anxious than others.

According to previous years, the countryside at this time period has ended the busy spring plowing and entered the slack period. Some young and middle-aged people will go to surrounding towns to find job opportunities, and some young and middle-aged people who have been idle will hang around the village and cause trouble.

But this year, there is obviously no such thing as a slack season for these rural youths... When Kingsley got off the undead horse, what he saw was—countless young and old, under the organization of uniformed operators, standing on top of their heads. The scorching sun overhead, sweating like rain, digging ditches in the fields.

Yang Qiu pointed at the busy crowd in the distance, and said in a calm tone: "Have you heard the term 'water conservancy project for every village' in the city hall? This project is currently only being carried out in Westham and Yongwang Towns. Because for the time being, only the legal governance of these two towns is in the hands of our people. The city hall is responsible for repairing the main river project that diverts water from the Barcelo River to the territory of these two towns, and diverts water from the artificial river to the villages. It’s up to the locals to do it themselves, the aqueduct they’re digging is it.”

There is no shortage of water in the territory of Inadli. After the town hall organized well drilling in the countryside last autumn and winter, the villages have been able to guarantee domestic water, but it is obviously not enough to irrigate the fields with well water.

"It's not that there are no natural and artificial rivers in Westham, but most of the rivers belong to the nobles who own large manors and farms in Westham. Commoners have to pay extra to get water, and they have to pay for the farmers and manors. The main work pays the 'water bill'."

"My ghosts and I have never thought that farmers who have lived in the countryside all their lives are stupid and unreasonable. In fact, whether farmers or ordinary people in town, they are more reasonable than nobles—you Look, in this project of "connecting water conservancy to every village", there is only one cadre from the town to take charge of the work in a village. There are no more people to help, and the villagers will not be paid. Canals that can be used in floods are beneficial to the village, and even the elderly, women, and children will come to help."

Kingsley was speechless for a while looking at the group of people working in full swing.

"The local lord will take away [-]% of the grain produced by the farmers' fields - although the Rhine Constitution stipulates this, in fact, most farmers must pay [-]% of the grain during the autumn harvest in order to pay the tax." Yang Qiu calmly described Based on the facts, "everyone knows that the more food farmers can produce, the more taxes the local territory can receive. It stands to reason that the local lord should try every means to increase agricultural output and use the resources at hand It’s the right thing to bet on, it’s a good thing that benefits both the peasants and the nobles themselves...but how many nobles have you seen doing this?”

The feudal rulers in the history of Huaxia Kingdom wanted face, and they often would not set the agricultural tax too high.

But the feudal rulers of China are essentially no different from the feudal nobles of this other world. They are all exploiters and will try their best to cut flesh from the common people. Therefore, although the nominal agricultural tax is not high, they will "invent" There are countless exorbitant taxes in clever names to exploit the common people.

This world is different...Because of the existence of extraordinary power, the bottom has never been thrown over the table and smashed the bowl by the most numerous people, and they don't even bother to do "benevolent government" like a face project, and the agricultural tax is 2% (royal family, church , big lords, and small lords enfeoffed by big lords) are just the foundation, and the work of "inventing" tax items is omitted. (PS[-])

Kingsley was left speechless by Yang Qiu's question.

If it's just one or two villages engaged in water conservancy, then Kingsley has never seen it... some knight lords who were awarded honors as commoners knew the hardships of commoners, and would indeed be willing to use part of their property to build their own houses. Water conservancy on the fief.

But two towns and dozens of villages engaged in water conservancy, this is not what a knight lord with naive feelings can do-when these knight lords climb to the position of having such resources, they may not be able to return to the water conservancy. Willing to keep doing it.

When Kingsley was struggling, he heard Yang continue to say amazing things in a calm tone: "Innadel has 26 small towns, and among the most populous big towns, only Newing Town has no shortage of water; The artificial rivers and artificial water storage lakes managed by the city hall must cover 25 towns as the planned scale.”

"The amount of this project is no less than that of Bartley's family's rebuilding of Innatrix. However, the city hall has sufficient confidence in this project. According to the current development plan, it only needs to start from the fiscal revenue within ten years every year. A part of the expenditure will keep the project going."

"In addition to helping agricultural development, the development of water conservancy projects can also solve part of the employment problem... You may have heard it from the clerk of the Civil Affairs Department? The artificial river project that started this year alone solved the employment of more than 600 contract workers. There are [-] families who can get a stable income in the early stage of the river project.”

"The water conservancy project in the territory is launched, and many undeveloped lands that were originally difficult to irrigate can also be developed. In Westham alone, there are several places close to the scheduled artificial water conservancy, and about 20 mu of land can be developed. Consider organizing land reclamation next year..."

The population of Inadoli is far from being saturated.

Dozens of nobles and churches monopolize nearly [-]% of the arable land, which refers to arable land with sufficient water resources and flat terrain; there are much more undeveloped wasteland than developed land.

And opening up wasteland is also rooted in the traditional enthusiasm of the Chinese people... The proverb "Su Changshu, the world is enough" that people talked about in the Song Dynasty became "Huguangshu, the world is enough" in the Qing Dynasty; In the era of the feudal dynasty, the Chinese people's enthusiasm for reclamation was already very sufficient.

The national team exchanged the helmets for the length of service, and invested many retired experts in agriculture.

Some of these old people who have worked in agriculture all their lives are living in wheelchairs, and some have even suffered from senile dementia.

Old people whose brains cannot function normally due to pathological reasons are much more active than those in a vegetative state, so they can naturally be projected here by the matrix imprint; after arriving here, they can not only restore normal thinking and mobility, but also fight against stroke. The paralyzed old Liu can also communicate with family members, relatives and friends by recording videos.

The elderly who can regain their vitality in the "game" are as obsessed with the "game" as the serious player. If the "login time" of each Earth Day is not limited to 12 hours, these old experts can spend all day. In the "game" do not go offline.

Inadoli, a remote and barren land in the eyes of the locals, is really a child of a land of fish and rice for agricultural experts who have been struggling with the world all their lives; they have just entered the "game" for less than two earth months This group of old experts has already traveled all over the territory of Innatrix, and they have made out the development plan for the next ten years - if Zhao Zhenzhen, who is in power, does not follow their wishes, he will not be happy.

Yang Qiu has no opinion on the development plan of the agricultural experts. He will not be so complacent that he thinks that he knows more about farming than the experts who have contributed to the development of China's agriculture all his life. He is very pious and follows the plans contributed by the old experts. No changes will be tolerated, and no one will be allowed to block progress.

Yang Qiu's attitude is very clear. Whether the territory ruled by the lord can develop in a long-term and sustainable manner is the only criterion for judging whether the lord is qualified.

If not, if the lord is sleeping on the ready-made achievements, then the lord is not qualified and can be replaced.

As for how it is considered to be developing, Yang Qiu reserves the right to explain for the time being... Anyway, Kingsley probably won't remember to ask this question.

Listening to Yang Qiu's introduction, Kingsley couldn't help being fascinated...

If a little-known small country in the east like the Kingdom of the Rhine, or a border place near Sorensen like Innadriel, can really become the prosperous place described by the disciples, that is indeed a very desirable thing .

"...Is this possible?" Kingsley still had doubts in his heart, although he was moved.

"If you don't do it, how will you know if you can do it? You have to try to find out whether a person has the ability to do something." Yang Qiu smiled calmly, "Anyway, from the current point of view, I think I will replace A There is no problem with nobles like Della III."

Kingsley moved his lips, wanting to say something in denial, but before the words came out, he felt it was inappropriate again, so he swallowed the words.

Standing on the edge of the field and looking at the crowd, the master and apprentice suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, Kingsley turned his head and looked at Yang.

After careful calculation, he and his disciple Yang have been separated for almost 50 and [-] years. After this guy was able to leave the teacher, he deliberately left the tower early. See what the real world looks like.

There are many kinds of master-student relationships among spellcasters. There are people like Upton who bring a group of disciples by his side, and there are people like Kingsley who don’t want to care about them after they have taught them.

Anyway, Yang himself can't stay outside anymore, and he won't drive him away when he returns to Kingsley in Tarim. , Kingsley thought so.

Kingsley's expectations for this disciple have never been very high...Although Yang does have a strong spiritual talent, he also has a kind of mental pollution resistance that even his teacher has studied for decades and has not found the reason. However, Yang was really too stubborn. It took Kingsley many years to convert the outrageous fighting spirit that he had shown since he was a teenager.

Now, the disciple Yang standing beside him, Kingsley could tell with a glance that his stable and indifferent smiling face was just a disguise made by him... He has not changed at all. A combative, ignorant aggressive apprentice.

Kingsley didn't know how many times he sighed, and said, "Comparing the royal family to a stupid patriarch, just replacing the nobles, is not the ultimate goal for you at all."

Yang Qiu thought about it seriously before answering Kingsley: "I still have self-knowledge. I don't think I can do such a thing as unifying Barron."

Kingsley, who was standing firmly on the ridge of the field, managed to slip into the wheat field.

"Be serious!!" Kingsley growled.

"The unification of the east, I think it can be used as a goal to try." Yang Qiu replied seriously, "The Kingdom of the Rhine and the Commonwealth of Norsk, the living habits of the people in these two regions are similar, and the accents are similar The difference is not too big, the farmers in the two places can communicate without barriers, and the upper and lower reaches of the Barcelo River are separated by a strip of water, so it is very suitable to be a family."

Kingsley gasped.

"The people in the Gold Coin Parish are only interested in profit, and if they have enough interests, they can make the priest shut up. In the case of the Stormwind Parish, they rebel every year anyway, so it doesn't matter if I have one more competitor." Yang Qiu is still extremely serious, "The influence of the Stormwind Church It’s not as big as the Church of the Sun, I try to do a good job of superficial glamor and powder, and do it like a normal power struggle to comply with the rules of the power game that the locals can accept. As long as there are no major internal problems on my side, outsiders The resistance will not be too great."

Kingsley originally wanted to scold him, but his words were blocked in his throat.

"I understand the rules of the game that are acceptable to the Baron Continent." Yang Qiu smiled slightly and said, "Isn't it the unity of politics and religion? There is no problem at all—I am not opposing the Orthodox sect or fighting against the Orthodox sect." I just think that the more flexible Gold Coin Church is more suitable than the Storm Church to become the largest Orthodox sect in the east, and I still support the Orthodox God, there is nothing wrong with that, right?"

Kingsley: "..."

"Things have to be done step by step. The first small goal is to take down the Rhine Kingdom first, and elect a younger and more promising king who can be recognized by the Gold Coin Church." Yang Qiu is mature, steady, and rational, full of authenticity, " From the current point of view, both Rex and Phoenix from the Otis family are good candidates, of course, it’s not appropriate to say this now, let’s observe for a few more years before making a decision, what do you think?”