After the two left, William called Tus and Ariel, who asked him to report on the current situation of the territory, and then asked Ariel to receive Astolfo and ask her to arrange Astolford's mission.

Of course, there was a lot of backlog in the Dark Dagger, and Tus kept the documents for William to review on his own.

After sending them away, William asked Jia Yu and Shancun to call over, and he wanted to hear Jia Yu's views and handling opinions on the rise of capital.

There was a knock on the door, and Jia Yu was wearing a Lorde-style shirt, which was not too flashy, but it was also a decent one.

The Cloud Dynasty Confucian robe he wore before was really not suitable for wearing here.

"Lord!"

The two said to William in unison.

William couldn't help but smile when he heard this extremely obscure word, and said, "You two sit down first!" ”

"Madame has already arranged a room for you, right?" William casually asked, there were many rooms in the main castle of Dellenburg, and his courtiers and noble families, as well as those who were qualified to live here, would live in the rooms.

So, as William's new two retinues, or courtiers, they were also entitled to the room.

"Yes, my lord, this is much better than where we lived before, thanks to your grace!"

"Hehe, it's nothing!"

William said, "What do you think of my territory since you came here?" Or is it something that needs to be improved? He also seems to know what his territory is like from the perspective of the people of the Yun Dynasty.

Jia Yu listened to William's inquiry, and couldn't help but show a hesitant and dangerous expression on his face, it seemed that he was afraid that what he said would make William unhappy.

William laughed and said, "Don't worry, you can say your opinions as you like, I will never blame anyone for some remarks!" ”

Looking at William's sincere appearance, Jia Yu said: "The lord's territory is prosperous, the people live in peace, the armor is sharp, and the merchants are really prosperous!" ”

As he spoke, Jia Yu showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and then said: "But when he came, the minister found that the merchants who came and went and the local merchants seemed to be exploiting the people!" ”

Maybe the lord guild felt that the ministers were making a fuss, but this kind of behavior also happened in the Great Cloud Dynasty, when the merchants in the court and China were huge, and even caused a matter of coercing the Son of Heaven and causing chaos in the dynasty! ”

And their behavior is the same as that of the merchants in the lord's territory now, and the merchants who have mastered a large number of servants have even rebelled, so the minister implores the lord to prevent this matter! ”

As he spoke, Jia Yu gave William a bow.

William nodded after hearing this, this Jia Yu is really a bit of a real material, through these things, he can realize the dangers that capital may bring, and when the time comes, as long as he tests it a little, he can be entrusted with important tasks.

Nodding, he said, "What does Mr. Najia think?" These businessmen are indeed a bit excessive, but I don't have a clue how to check and balance them now! ”

Jia Yu said: "Actually, it's not difficult, these businessmen at this time are not strong in capital, and there is still a big gap between them and the rich businessmen who held the Son of Heaven hostage!" ”

"I think that as long as the lord issues an order, and then authoritatively regulates the status of the merchants, prohibits them from participating in politics, and strictly orders the farmers to work for the merchants, they can be heavily taxed and their development suppressed, and they can be effectively controlled!"

Saying that, Jia Yu was still a little complacent, speaking of which, he still looked down on these lords of the Holy Sect World, in his opinion, such a strategy was already very advanced.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with him doing this, speaking of which, the population of the Holy Sect World is indeed withered, and the productivity is not as good as that of the Great Cloud Dynasty, even if it is the number one power in the Holy Sect World, Rodlan, it is less than one-third of the Great Cloud Dynasty.

Even in William's previous life, didn't the Celestial Dynasty look down on the surrounding countries and call them barbarians in contempt?

However, William listened to Jia Yu's suggestion, in fact, he was still a little disappointed, this set is basically a copy of the Celestial Empire.

To tell the truth, if it is a nation like the Celestial Empire, which has developed to the extreme, it is not so urgent for commerce, but for a half-baked farming people like the Lords, if there is no commercial development, it is extremely difficult to promote productivity.

Later, the strength of those Western countries was the industrial revolution caused by the rise of capital, what kind of Renaissance is it, and the aesthetics of returning to the ancient Greeks are all nonsense, if there are no capitalists to promote the development of the country, so that those Western countries have the ability to colonize, and they can't even eat enough, how can they be in the mood to engage in the Renaissance, and what poetry can hungry people write? What art is made?

Therefore, for William, commerce had to be developed, and the prosperity of his territory could not be achieved by agriculture alone.

Commerce is a necessity, but if commerce evolves into capital, it is really not suitable, and without such a perverted machine as the steam engine, the capitalist can only achieve the goal of obtaining raw capital by exploiting the workers.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance, and if there is any revolution at that time, William will not be able to stand it, let alone him, even in his grandson's generation, the rise of capitalism will be too early.

Therefore, it is best to suppress capital and encourage the development of small and medium-sized merchants, and the policy of encouraging large enterprises after the seventeenth century was not at all suitable for William.

But no matter what, Jia Yu still offered his strategy, and William couldn't discourage him, so he had to say: "You are right, you have given me a lot of help, I will refer to your ideas!" ”

William continued: "You said you know how to fry steel? ”

Looking at William's adopted son, Jia Yu also said curiously: "Lord, have you also heard of the steel frying method?" ”

Originally, Jia Yu thought that the steel frying method was unique to the Yun Dynasty, but this is indeed the case.

"Hehe, don't be surprised, I've been wandering since I was a child, and after I was a teenager, I once met an old man who claimed to be from the Yun Dynasty, he taught me a lot of things, and you should have seen it when you came, aren't those ploughing cattle wearing nose rings very similar to the Yun Dynasty?"

William smiled: "That's why I said, I can understand what you said about the Son of Heaven and the Sect, in fact, I can still say a few words of Yun Chao!" ”

Then, William threw out a few sentences of Chinese, directly suppressed Jia Yu, and he said in amazement: "The lord is talented, Yu admires it!" ”

"However, I have only heard of this steel frying method, I don't know much about how to operate it, it is said that the iron that came out of the steel frying method is extremely good, I hope you can guide those blacksmiths!"

"Eat the king's Lu, worry about the king, this is a matter of metaphor, please rest assured, the lord will definitely let the lord see the finished steel product within a month!"

"Oh yes, and the waterwheel! There are also a few waterwheels on my territory, but the results are not satisfactory, you can also help guide me when the time comes! ”