Chapter 835

"Another way to control the entire subcontinent?"

Tim Kenan raised his eyebrows, the crown of his head was shiny, and his appearance was majestic. Such an expression can inadvertently make people feel intimidated, but it is actually just a habit of him when he is curious about certain things or knowledge. changes.

The cleanup plan he had proposed was an impromptu idea of ​​the past few days and hadn't been carefully thought out.

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, obviously interested, and said, "Let's hear it."

Everyone's eyes are focused.

Ren first looked at the Duke Gray Eagle and the holy soul wizards, and asked everyone, "Everyone, what do you think is the most valuable thing on the subcontinent?"

"territory."

"Territory, resources, gold."

"Of course it's territory."

The strong men of the empire answered one after another, and the answers were similar, which was obvious.

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

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

Territories can grow crops, produce food, mine minerals, gold and gemstones, build cities and gather people. Almost all tangible wealth is produced from the land. She can't imagine that there is anything of value in this world. Can it be as high as the territory?

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

"It's people."

Ryan replied, "To be precise, for all intelligent races including humans, their labor force, which I call 'human power', is the most valuable thing."

"Manpower?" Everyone chewed on the word.

Some people with quick brains vaguely understood, while some people were still confused. Some people wondered: "What value are those lowly races? Ten of them together can't beat an extraordinary person from the Imperial Legion."

It was a governor who spoke.

He also signed up to run for the consul of the empire. He came from a noble family and had a small knight order of 500 people under his command, but he didn't make much contribution in this battle.

Ren took a look at him and sentenced him to death for his political future.

Some people are smarter, and they can't figure it out, so they respectfully said: "Chairman Lane, please clarify."

Ren nodded, and said seriously: "Human power is a resource more precious than gold."

"In this world, all the things that mortals need for survival, such as food, clothes, houses, etc., must be produced by someone."

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

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

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

Ren talked eloquently, and everyone listened carefully.

Some people already understood what he meant, but others didn't take it seriously. As long as there is a territory, it is easy to attract people. There are people everywhere, so what is scarce?

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

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 improved."

"Since the establishment of the Mechanics 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 a mortal in an empire can produce is three to five times that of the past, or even More than ten times."

"In the past, a farmer had to farm day and night, all year round. After deducting taxes, he could barely support himself and one or two children."

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

"A worker, the things he makes in a factory, such as a textile factory, the daily output of fabrics he spun with machines can match the fabrics woven by a hundred people in the past."

"It's the increase in the labor force that drives the increase in wealth."

Ren tried his best to briefly describe the concept of productivity in terms that everyone could understand, but most of the people present could only half understand.

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

Ren smiled and replied: "The Gupta Kingdom has about 50 million people. The population of the entire subcontinent, and all intelligent races add up to at least two billion, and may even be more than the empire." He paused, "I just said that human resources are wealth."

Hearing words such as two billion and wealth, the eyes of the Duke of Silver Star lit up.

But she still didn't understand how to turn manpower into wealth, and urged her aloud: "Ren, stop showing off your knowledge, and tell me straight up, how can you search for wealth and control the entire subcontinent?"

"Trade." Ren replied.

Hearing this, Tim Kennan probably guessed what Ryan was thinking.

Ryan 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 is no restriction on transactions, the empire's The goods can quickly monopolize the entire market and overwhelm small local workshops in the subcontinent."

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

"Food, salt, clothes, agricultural fertilizers, production tools, weapons and equipment, as well as spices, luxury goods, steel, etc., all things that can be manufactured in imperial factories can be sold to the subcontinent. There are two billion people here. If you 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 troublesome industries, such as industries that cause pollution or low value-added industries, to the subcontinent for production, and the goods will feed back to the empire. , reduce the pressure on the empire's manufacturing industry, and get more profits."

"At the same time, it is also possible to purchase raw materials in the subcontinent at a very low price, such as various minerals, transport them back to the empire for processing, and then sell them back to the subcontinent at a high price."

"In short, the rich resources and manpower of the subcontinent must be continuously squeezed out through trade, transferred to the empire, and turned into our wealth."

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, almost everyone depends on imports from the empire for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the empire will control the lifeline of the subcontinent."

"Once there is a need, there is no need to dispatch a Transcendent, just cut off the food supply, and any country on the subcontinent will be able to obey orders."

"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 for the evil gods to spread their beliefs will also be compressed, and their divine power will be weakened, so as to achieve the purpose of defeating the evil gods .”

"We can also use our trading status to spread the teachings of the goddess and replace Banlkor and Roxi on the subcontinent."

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

Everyone in the tower hall was stunned.

The Duke of Silver Star looked at Ren, as if looking at a monster. She finally understood why Ren was so rich. He had earned more wealth in a few years than she had in hundreds of years. The god of trade and wealth was not as good as him.

Others are suddenly enlightened.

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

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

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Tim Kenan applauded and praised again and again: "Wonderful! It's really wonderful! Ryan, your method is very good. I have benefited a lot from the theory of human resources."

"Your Excellency, the Duke has praised you." Ren smiled modestly, "It's just my humble opinion."

"This is not a superficial opinion. If Woking heard what you said, he might have appointed you as his voter on the spot." Tim Kenan made a rare joke.

Woking is the god of trade and wealth. He has many believers and is widely distributed. His church has considerable influence in the human kingdom.

However, as a neutral god, his sense of existence among the gods is not high.

Ren smiled without saying a word.

Tim Kenan's gaze was very meaningful, "Ren, tell me what you think, and how to do it, I know you must have been thinking about it for a long time."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke."

In the anticipation of everyone, Ren said: "I propose to set up a trading company. The empire grants franchise rights. All trade between the empire and the subcontinent must be carried out through this company, so that it can be easily dispatched. When the empire needs It is time to listen to orders in unison.”

"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 merchants."

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

"The other half of the shares are distributed in the empire. Each commodity is distributed to only one shareholder, and the one with the highest price gets the right to monopolize the commodity for a certain number of years."

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

"The first choice for a trading company to reside is Bambe City."

Bambe City is the largest city on the subcontinent, and it is also the economic center. It is more suitable as the residence of 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 only 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 We can’t let him gain a firm foothold, it’s better to choose a king who has a bad legal system, or who is mediocre and greedy.”

"At the same time secretly promote other pretenders to the throne, let them fight each other, and attract most people's attention."

"In this way, the sense of existence of the imperial legion will be greatly reduced. Even if the people of Gupta have any hatred and anger, there will be a puppet king in front of them. If it doesn't work, then let the king be a scapegoat, and another king will take over at any time .”

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

The usual method used by the former British Empire to rule the colonies.

But in the world of Allenus, this kind of routine of manipulating a country's politics behind the scenes is rare. The existence of extraordinary power determines almost all countries and powerful people. They are used to "starting from the status of strength" and using their fists to solve problems encountered.

In people's stereotypes, only the weak and believers of evil gods are good at playing this kind of trick.

However, Ren is neither a weak person nor a believer of evil gods, and he has a set of methods of manipulating politics, which makes everyone a little puzzled.

For a while, everyone looked at Ren with trepidation.

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

However, this also shows that Rennes is very suitable to serve as the consul.

These means and methods were also proposed by Ren from the perspective of the consul, and all of them are in the interests of the empire, and this position belongs to him.

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

The tower hall was silent for a while.

Tim Kennan finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "I will report your proposal to the Supreme Council later, there should be no problems and it can be passed."

Ren nodded.

"Since it is your proposal, you will also serve as the new consul, so it is up to you to implement the policy of controlling the subcontinent." Tim Kennan felt that he did not need to worry about it, and said his decision, "Flanes floated The empty city will guard the city of Bambe until the end of the year, and when you become the consul and take over this matter, the Flanaess will withdraw with the imperial army."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke." Ren had no objection.

This matter is so settled.

The Duke of Silver Star asked: "Then shall we still grab Bambe City?"

Ren's method can get countless benefits, but this does not affect her idea of ​​looting Bambe City, and she will make a fortune first.

Tim Kennan didn't respond, looking at Ryan.

He wanted Ryan to make the decision.

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

While speaking, he took out a list.

This is the list collected by Thundercast Heavenly Soldiers over the past month. It lists the richest nobles and merchants in Bambe City, detailed treasure house locations, the most valuable properties, and so on. As long as you follow the list to rob, at least you can search for a huge wealth of 50 million gold shields, which is safe and efficient, and will not cause too many casualties to the residents of Bambe City.

Ren handed over the list to a group of powerful empires. They took a look and scattered immediately, fearing that they would be a step behind others.