Warhammer Wizard

"Another way to control the entire subcontinent?"

Tim Kennan raised his eyebrows, the top of his head was shiny, and his appearance was majestic. This kind of expression could inadvertently make people feel intimidated, but it was only a habit of him when he was curious about certain things or knowledge. changes.

The removal plan he came up with was an impromptu idea of ​​the past few days and not thought through.

Listening to Ren's meaning now, it seems that he has been thinking about it for a long time.

Tim Kennan stroked the pointed beard on his chin, clearly interested, and said, "Tell me."

Everyone's eyes were focused.

Ren first looked at the Duke of Gray Eagle and the Holy Soul Wizards, and asked everyone, "Everyone, what do you think is the most valuable thing in the subcontinent?"

"territory."

"Territory, resources, gold."

"Certainly, of course."

The powerhouses of the empire replied one after another, and the answers were similar, which was obvious.

"Your answers are correct, but not completely correct." Ren smiled, "In my opinion, territory is not the only thing with the most value. There are other things whose value is no less than territory, but It's been ignored for a long time."

"What is it?" Duke Silver Star blurted out.

The territory can grow crops, produce food, mine minerals, gold and gems, build cities, and gather people. Almost all tangible wealth is produced from the land. She can't think of anything worthwhile in this world. Can it be as high as the territory?

Not only the wealth-loving Duke of Silver Star, everyone is full of curiosity.

"It's human."

Ren replied, "Accurately speaking, all intelligent races, including humans, their labor, which I call 'manpower', is the most valuable thing."

"Manpower?" Everyone chewed the word.

Some people with fast brains vaguely understood, while some people were still confused, and some people wondered: "What value can those lowly races have? Ten of them together can't beat a superhuman of the Imperial Legion."

The speaker was a provincial governor.

He also signed up to run for the consulship of the empire. He was born into a nobleman, and has a small-scale knight order of 500 people under his command, but he did not make much credit in this battle.

Ren glanced at him, and in his heart sentenced the opponent to death for his political future.

Some people are smarter. If they don't understand it, they respectfully say: "Can Speaker Renen explain it a bit more clearly."

Ren nodded and said sternly: "Manpower is a resource even more precious than gold."

"In this world, everything that mortals need to survive, food, clothes, houses, etc., must be produced and labored."

"Everyone, if you get a new territory, if you want to grow crops, you need people, you need people to mine, you need people to build cities and houses, build roads and bridges, serve your daily life, and cultivate an extraordinary army. , no matter what, someone needs to do it.”

"The labor force of the intelligent race creates all the wealth in the world."

"If there is only a territory, and no people contribute their own labor, then the territory itself has no value."

Ren talked eloquently, and everyone listened carefully.

Some people already understand what he means, but some people don't take it seriously. As long as there is territory, it is easy to attract people. People are everywhere. What's so scarce?

Even if no one is there, it is only a matter of time and efficiency that one's own extraordinary power can do better.

Ren saw the thoughts of these people, ignored them, and continued: "Everyone's labor force is different, high or low, depending on the person's knowledge, experience and ability."

"The workforce can be upgraded."

"Since the establishment of the Mechanical Union more than 400 years ago, the wide application of various machinery has greatly increased the labor force of ordinary people in the empire. On average, the wealth that an mortal in an empire can produce is three to five times that of the past, or even ten times more."

"In the past, a farmer had to work day and night, all year round, and after deducting taxes, he was barely able to support himself and one or two children."

"Now a manor couple can grow a large area of ​​crops, easily support five or six children, and have some leftovers for the children to enter the church to learn knowledge."

"A worker, for those things he makes in factories, such as textile mills, the output of fabrics he spins with machines every day can match the fabrics that used to be woven by hand by a hundred people."

"It's the growth of the labor force that drives the growth of wealth."

Ren tried his best to briefly describe the concept of productivity in words that everyone could understand, but most of the people present could not understand it.

Willian scratched his head and asked, "Ren, what does this have to do with the Gupta Kingdom?"

Ren smiled and replied: "There are about 50 million people in the Gupta Kingdom. The population of the entire subcontinent and all intelligent races add up to at least 2 billion, maybe even more than the imperial people." He paused, "As I said, human resources are wealth."

Hearing words such as two billion, wealth, etc., Duke Silver Star's eyes lit up.

But she still didn't understand how to convert manpower into wealth, so she urged: "Ren, don't show off your knowledge, hurry up and say it directly, how can you search for wealth and control the entire subcontinent?"

"Trade." Ren replied.

Hearing this, Tim Kennan probably guessed Ryan's thoughts.

Ren glanced at him and explained: "The labor force of the imperial people is much higher than that of the subcontinent. We produce more and better things, and the cost is lower. This means that as long as there are no restrictions on transactions, the empire's Goods can soon dominate the market and overwhelm the local workshops of the subcontinent.”

"No matter which intelligent race it is, it must obtain the necessities of life through trade."

"Food, salt, clothing, agricultural fertilizers, production tools, weapons and equipment, as well as spices, luxury goods, steel, etc., everything that the imperial factory can make can be sold to the subcontinent. There are two billion people here, if they can How much profit can we make by monopolizing the entire market?”

"We can also build factories on the subcontinent, recruit cheap workers, produce locally to reduce costs, and transfer some more troublesome industries, such as industries that cause pollution or low added value, to the subcontinent for production, and the goods feed back to the empire. , reduce the pressure on the imperial manufacturing industry, and get more profits."

"At the same time, raw materials, such as various minerals, can be purchased in the subcontinent at very low prices, shipped back to the empire for processing, and then sold back to the subcontinent at high prices."

"In short, we need to squeeze the rich resources and manpower of the subcontinent through trade, transfer them to the empire, and turn them into wealth that belongs to us."

That's easy to understand.

Some people's breathing became heavy, and they seemed to see a huge golden mountain in front of them.

Ren went on to say: "When the local labor force is overwhelmed, and almost everyone has to rely on imports from the empire, the empire will control the lifeline of the subcontinent."

"Once there is a need, you don't need to send out an extraordinary person, just cut off the food supply, and you can make any country on the subcontinent bow to the command."

"Economic control is more secure than military occupation, with lower costs, less risk, and a steady stream of profits."

"When the food and clothing of the people on the subcontinent are controlled by the empire, then even if the empire asks them to change their beliefs, it will not be difficult. The soil where the evil gods spread their beliefs will also be compressed, and their divine power will be weakened, so as to achieve the purpose of attacking the evil gods. ."

"We can also use our trade position to spread the goddess's teachings and replace Banerko and Roche's position on the subcontinent."

"What do you guys think of this method?" Ren asked with a smile.

Everyone in the hall of the tower was stunned.

The Duke of Silver Star looked at Ren, as if he was looking at a monster. She finally understood why Ren was so rich, earning more wealth in a few years than she had in hundreds of years, and the **** of trade and wealth was inferior to him.

Others were also enlightened.

Everyone knows the importance of trade. In the environment of the rapid development of imperial productivity, more or less money is made, but they have not considered the deep role behind trade and what kind of power it can achieve.

This set of operation methods and theories seems to have opened up a new world for them.

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Tim Kennan applauded and praised again and again: "Wonderful! It's wonderful! Renn, your approach is great. The theory about human resources has benefited me a lot."

"Lord Duke has won the prize." Ren smiled modestly, "It's just some of my opinions."

"This is not a superficial opinion. If Woking heard what you said, he might have appointed you as his chosen person on the spot." Tim Kennan joked very rarely.

Woojin is the **** of trade and wealth. His followers are numerous and widely distributed, and his church has no small influence in the human kingdom.

However, as a neutral god, his presence among the gods is not high.

Ren smiled without saying a word.

Tim Kennan's eyes were very meaningful, "Ren, tell me what you think, how to do it, I know you must have thought about it for a long time."

"Yes, Lord Duke."

In the expectation of everyone, Ren said: "I propose to set up a trading company, the empire will grant franchise rights, and all trade between the empire and the subcontinent must go through this company, so that it can be easily dispatched, when the empire needs it. It's time to listen to orders."

"At the same time, the empire sent an extraordinary legion to join the trading company, stationed in the subcontinent, to protect the safety and interests of businessmen."

"Half the shares of the trading company belong to the empire."

"The other half of the shares are distributed in the empire, and each commodity is only allocated to one shareholder, and the one with the highest price gets it, and has the monopoly right to operate this commodity for a certain period of time."

"The empire appointed a 'governor of the subcontinent' to control the trading company and lead the extraordinary legion under his command, but he did not intervene in the specific business conditions."

"Bambe City is the first choice for trading companies."

Bambe is the largest city on the subcontinent and an economic center, making it a more suitable location for a trading company.

Tim Kennan and the others listened and thought.

"This proposal is feasible." He quickly agreed, and then asked: "Ren, what should the Gupta Kingdom do?"

"We don't care about the rest of the kingdom, we just need to control Bambe City." Ren replied confidently: "We can support a puppet king, push him to the front, and rule the Gupta Kingdom, but He can't be completely established, and it is better to choose a king who is not legal, or mediocre and greedy."

"At the same time, it secretly pushes other people aspiring to the throne, making them fight each other and attracting the attention of most people."

"In this way, the presence of the Imperial Legion will be greatly reduced. Even if the Gupta people have any hatred and anger, there will be a puppet king in front of them. If it really doesn't work, then let the king be the scapegoat and change to another king at any time. ."

To put it bluntly, it is a set of operations that support the puppet regime and divide and conquer.

The customary means of colonial rule by the British Empire in previous lifetimes.

But in the world of Ellenus, this kind of routine of manipulating a country's politics behind the back is rare. The existence of extraordinary power determines almost all countries and powerhouses. They are used to "starting from the position of strength" and use their fists to solve the problem. encountered problems.

In people's stereotype, only the weak and the followers of evil gods are good at playing this trick.

However, Ren was neither weak nor a believer of the Heretic God, but the means of manipulating politics was a set of methods, which made everyone puzzled.

For a while, everyone looked at Ren and felt a little nervous.

He is obviously a peak powerhouse with super strength, but he is so good at manipulating people's tricks, so he must not be an enemy of such a person.

However, this also shows that Ren is very suitable for serving as the consul.

These means and methods, Ren also proposed from the point of view of the consul, are all in line with the interests of the empire, and this position belongs to him.

Everyone kept looking at Ren, each with his own thoughts.

The tower hall was silent for a while.

Tim Kennan finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "I will inform the Supreme Council of your proposal later. There should be no problem and it will be passed."

Ren nodded.

"Since it is your proposal, and you will also be the new consul, it is up to you to implement the policy of controlling the subcontinent." Tim Kennan felt that there was no need to worry about it, and made his decision, "Frannes floats. The empty city will guard the city of Bambe until the end of the year, and when you take over as the consul and take over this matter, Flanners will evacuate with the Imperial Legion."

"Yes, Lord Duke." Ren had no objection.

This matter is settled.

The Duke of Silver Star asked, "Then can we still grab Bambe City?"

Ren's method can get countless benefits~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But it doesn't affect her idea of ​​looting Bambe City, let's talk about making a windfall first.

Tim Kennan didn't respond and looked at Ryan.

He wanted Ryan to make the decision.

"Of course you have to loot." Ren replied without hesitation, "but you can't burn, kill and loot at will, you must have a targeted looting."

As he spoke, he took out a list.

This is the list that Lei Zhu Tianbing has collected over the past month. It lists the richest nobles and businessmen in Bambe City, the detailed treasure house location, the most valuable property, and so on. As long as you follow the list to grab it, you can at least retrieve a huge wealth of 50 million gold shields. It is safe and efficient, and it will not cause too many casualties to the residents of Banbei City.

Ren handed the list to a group of imperial powerhouses. They glanced at them and immediately dispersed, for fear that they would be a step slower than others.