Chapter 307: The Importance of Information

"What can you hear from that conversation?" Benny and Anduin walked west along the canal, where the road that was only a few steps away in the game was extended indefinitely, and the people living along the canal were not visible in the game. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Anduin was stunned by his mentor's question.

"Hear how ----- get to church?"

"The old man had no idea what was going on in Lordaeron. Benny pointed it out. "This is the general mentality of the people, and no one will care about anything far from their own country, even if it is their homeland. ”

"I don't quite understand. Anduin was a little confused, is this matter important?

"The situation of the elderly is prevalent among civilians. Benny said. "There are two reasons for this, firstly, the distance creates a lack of information, these civilians lack access to external information, and most of their knowledge of the outside comes from hearsay described to the merchants! ”

"Mentor. Anduin pursed his lips, a little hesitant. "I still don't quite understand. ”

"You should know what your people are thinking, Anduin. Benny lowered his head and smiled at his 'temporary student'. "Remember my words, most people only care about their own lives, they don't care who leads them, even if it's a pig, as long as it can make the people's lives worry-free, the people will support him! This is the reality, just like in the previous life, Benny also cared about national affairs, but after caring, what life is still like, he still has to think about how to eat the next meal.

Anduin scratched his head, a little as if he didn't understand.

"To put it more bluntly, give them a good life, and they will embrace you. Benny pouted at Nunu, the busy people around him. "Their support is your greatest strength, and everything you have comes from these usually inconspicuous people. ”

"I see. Anduin nodded solemnly, his eyes covered with a wide hood. "I will be kind to my people, Mentor!"

"I have no doubt that you will do that, Anduin. Benny smiled and shook his head. "So that's not what I'm telling you. ”

"What's that?"

"You're going to unify the people's minds!" Benny tried to touch Anduin's head, but the hood made him give up the idea. "What I'm telling you is the importance of information!" Benny said, gesturing to a peasant woman washing clothes in the canal. "The level of knowledge of our people is very low, which makes it impossible for them to obtain information from the channels through which we obtain information, for example, a war report, we can know at a glance what it says, but the peasant woman is illiterate, so she can only get this information from other people, and the person who informs her information is in most cases a person with knowledge, at least a literate person, and the people who lack knowledge are born with all those who have knowledge." Worship will easily believe that person's words, so ----- they are easily agitated. ”

"Like the Brotherhood of Defia?" Anduin asked.

"Some of the same, but this example is not very appropriate. Benny thought for a moment and continued. "I'll give you an example----- Cursed Sect!"

Anduin listened intently, almost knocking over a large wooden tub for washing clothes.

"This sect is the sect of the humans bewitched by the wreaking spirits of Lordaeron. Benny nodded to the owner of the large tub and continued. "A large number of them are civilians, and the sect's reason for bewitching them is very simple, and even a little 'stupid' in our opinion! The so-called power and eternal life, these two reasons seem to have little to do with 'life', but we need to look deeper, why do they need power?" Benny looked at Anduin, waiting for his answer.

"Because you can not be bullied?" Anduin could only think of this reason.

"That's right. Benny nodded appreciatively. "In times of turmoil, the strength of strength to some extent represents the size of your ability to survive, and people with strength will have an easier time surviving, so they need strength. The Cult of the Curse only needs to come up with a few examples of existence to easily bewitch them. As for eternal life----- no one will refuse a small gift that comes with it. ”

Anduin nodded in a sudden realization, and Benny continued: "But let's look at it the other way, if we were to be on guard against the Cursed Sect in advance, and spread the lies of the Cursed Sect to the people, so that they know that the so-called power and eternal life are to become brainless undead slaves, will they be more easily seduced?"

"Is that the importance of information?" Anduin was a little excited, excited to learn something 'real'.

"That's the importance of knowledge!" Benny nodded and shook his head. "But it doesn't stop there. ”

"What else?"

"Proper propaganda can make people more aware of the state of their country, such as a small local unrest, which can easily cause panic among the crowd. For example, our country has encountered some difficulties, but our propaganda has made it clear to the people that this difficulty is only temporary, that we are getting through this difficulty, that we will live a better life in the future, and that the people will support you, not those demagogues with ulterior motives!"

"This is the 'way of kings'!" Anduin looked at his mentor with bright eyes.

"Pretty much. Benny shrugged his shoulders indifferently, what he wanted to tell Anduin could actually be summed up in two words ----- 'public opinion'! He told Anduin that the reason for these things was because Stormwind would enter a short period of turmoil in the foreseeable future, and most of these turmoil would come from the bottom, and he hoped that his 'temporary students' would know how to deal with this, rather than having no choice but to hand over the power in his hands to others to help him solve these problems, to put it more selfishly, Anduin would be better off with more power! He's in Stormwind, but he has a lot to offer!

"What to do, Mentor?" Anduin looked at the back of his mentor and thought to himself, this is the true, useful knowledge! More 'direct' knowledge than the path of Light! )