The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2476 Waterway Network

"You liberated farmers from the fields, let them work in workshops, and accelerated the accumulation of technology of the human race. We understand this, but no matter how mild the methods you use, it will inevitably cause turmoil. Except for Jingguo, no country has I will cooperate with you in doing so. I want to hear your specific plan," Gongjia Pavilion Senior Minister Liyuan said.

Fang Yun nodded lightly and said: "I already have a draft. The first step is to upgrade farm tools. Dear elders of the Gongdian Hall, have the previous agreements been implemented?"

Fang Yun looked at Mr. Gongdiange.

Xiang Liyuan smiled and said: "Based on the drawings and technology you provided, we have produced various new agricultural tools. In order to prove the sincerity of our Gongdian, all agricultural tools are produced in batches by our Gongjia Daru himself, and the quantity is enough to panoramic the country. use."

Fang Yun looked at the great scholar of the Nongdian Palace and asked, "Has the Nongdian Palace prepared the armored ox I need?"

"It has been bred using the farm's sacred treasure. Many of the armored cattle are still a little young, but they can work normally and are enough to supply the Panorama Country. Of course, this is all thanks to your previous support and technology accumulation, which allowed us to use the Blood Mang Realm to obtain One farm achievement after another.”

Fang Yun nodded, looked at everyone, and said: "I entrusted the Gongdian to build a large number of new farm tools, and also asked the Agricultural Palace to use the Farmers' Sacred Treasures to speed up the breeding of a large number of armored cattle. Next, I hope that the Agricultural Palace will come forward to make the entire Jingguo used it as a pilot project to popularize these new agricultural tools and armored cattle. In this way, only This year, it will be enough to save half of the manpower. In the next three years, the number of farmers needed by Jingguo will continue to decrease. According to normal estimates, it will be one-third of the previous number. Due to the accelerated breeding, only five cattle can be used. Years, but these five years are enough for the Xuemang Realm to breed the armored cows it will need in five years.”

"Now that we have a large amount of farm tools and cattle, what's the next step?" Xiang Liyuan asked.

Fang Yun said: "After that, there is land acquisition. Land acquisition has to be carried out in two steps. For this first step, we need to rely on the Legalists. My specific measures are..."

After Fang Yun finished speaking, the eyes of the great scholars present flashed with strange light, and then someone objected.

Fang Yun explained patiently and made it clear that this had been approved by all the elders of the Xing Palace, and there were even people within the Xing Palace who had wanted to do this for a long time.

After a long period of debate and justification, Mr. Sandiange finally reached an agreement.

"The second step is that we will not slander and attack farmers, but we will positively promote the goodness of the workshop. Of course, the premise is that the factory will come forward to do a good job in the basic construction of the workshop and ensure that other countries will not boycott Jingguo's products. As long as the workers If the farm can really make money, farmers will naturally want to become workers. After that, they will need to expropriate land and force some people to move from villages and towns. When they go to towns, of course, we will provide them with housing and money compensation, and at the same time provide them with skills training so that they can work in workshops. This is a process that seems simple but is actually very complicated. In this process, those farmers will inevitably be sacrificed. But many years later, they will feel lucky compared to those farmers who did not leave.”

"The social problems caused by land expropriation are huge, so the Xingdian and Jingguo's judicial offices must take action, and at the same time improve the welfare system for workshop workers. Soon, farmers will appear in various places in Jingguo, and there will inevitably be suicides and shocks. I know that I can't avoid it, so I will bear all the responsibilities, and I will bear all the infamy for future generations!"

Gongdian fell into a brief silence, and Xiang Liyuan added: "Everyone who joins as farmers becomes a worker, the workshop starts production, and each country allows you to sell goods. With the current transportation capacity, the cost will be very high."

Fang Yun said helplessly: "In the early stage, I will let Niushan, who has become the Great Demon King, bring the Tiandi Shell borrowed from the Dragon Palace to transport goods."

All the great scholars were dumbfounded.

Xiang Liyuan joked: "This new technology is so powerful. Even hundreds or thousands of years from now, the human race will not be able to transport such a huge amount of goods so quickly."

Fang Yun said: "Technological progress has its limits. With the current technological capabilities of the human race, even a hundred years from now, land transportation costs and transportation capabilities will be very limited. Therefore, the transportation of Jingguo's goods can only rely on water transportation. I will use As Wenxing Longjue, he recruited all the water monsters in the Shengyuan Continent and seconded some sea tribes from the Four Seas Dragon Palace to help the Shengyuan Continent establish a complete waterway network. From then on, it can not only solve the problem of Jingguo's cargo transportation, but also solve the entire problem. The problem of cargo transportation in Shengyuan Continent.”

"This...can you really do it?"

Fang Yun smiled and said: "I couldn't do it before, but I got some things in the Holy Burial Valley, and I can definitely do it. Of course, no one can monopolize this waterway network. The Holy Court, the royal families of various countries, the aristocratic families, and the Four Seas Tribes all There is a certain share. Moreover, I ask that the income generated by the Holy Academy from the waterway network be used to subsidize those who are forced to leave the land."

Mo Shangtong said: "This is what it should be. We, the Three Palaces, can ensure that the income from the waterway network will not be abused. However, this waterway network was initiated by you. If you don't want it..."

Fang Yun interrupted him directly and said: "I will not get any personal gain from this innovation. What's more, I don't take these petty profits seriously."

Some people originally wanted to persuade Fang Yun to accept it, but after thinking about it carefully, they all gave up, because Fang Yun owned the entire Shihan Ancient Land and the Blood Mang Realm, as well as a large amount of treasures obtained from the Holy Burial Valley, waterway network and other financial income , insignificant compared to Fang Yun’s worth.

Xiang Liyuan said slowly: "Then let me ask the last question. If a large number of... well, in your words, a large number of advanced workshops appear in Jingguo, producing cheap items, then what about the workers from other countries? How to protect the finances of other countries?”

The palace became extremely quiet.

Fang Yun was silent for a while and said: "Even without the help of the Holy Court, I can build a workshop system independently to produce a large number of cheap items. Even if all countries join forces to oppose it, the benefits can attract agents from each country, and they will Help me sell items in various countries. Therefore, the price is inevitable. To a certain extent, those ethnic groups who are eliminated because they fail to master advanced technology are their own choices."

Fang Yun then said: "You can say this, but the truth cannot be said like this. In fact, my purpose is not only to make Jingguo rich and powerful, not only to accumulate technology in Jingguo, but also to let the entire human race do it. Therefore, I This is our plan. As long as our plan succeeds in Jingguo, then This will be promoted throughout the Holy Yuan Continent. At that time, the Holy Academy can arrange for Jingguo Workshop to cooperate with various countries. Jingguo Workshop will provide technology, and each country will provide people and land. Soon, driven by interests, in the future. After the quantitative changes in workshops and craftsmanship, there will inevitably be qualitative changes.”

Mo Shangtong asked: "Fang Xusheng, you may be very wise, but you have forgotten one thing. When a large number of workshops are established and a large number of items are manufactured, they will inevitably reach a certain degree of saturation, and the items will inevitably be unable to be sold. The phenomenon of going out. By then, the crisis you mentioned will probably spread to the entire human race."