In the imperial palace of the capital of Qin, the old king of Qin sat on the throne, and the princess of Qin personally presided over the banquet and warmly entertained these guests from afar.

There were not many Knight people who attended the banquet, mainly a few nobles with titles and commanders of the knights, and officers below the rank of knight chief did not participate, which was also due to the fact that it would cause displeasure among the ministers of the Qin State. Rochabal did not attend the banquet this time, because he had a heavy duty and was stationed in the camp to guard the knights and the people.

The imperial palace of the Qin State is small in scale, but it is also decorated with gold and splendor, and its luxury is comparable to that of the royal palace. Although Qin was a small country, the number of ministers who came to the banquet was as high as more than 100, and the redundant bureaucracy instantly exposed the main problems of Qin.

At the banquet, a clerical minister sang and danced, a performance that resembled a kingdom drama, a stage play by Nila, and a steppe dance that resembled Tubis. The kings and ministers of Qin were laughing happily, but the Knight looked at each other, not knowing what he was stirring up. Although they are all races of the same color, in different countries, there are different civilizations and customs, and it is obvious that the people of Knight do not know how to appreciate the literary and artistic trends of the Qin State.

Soon the show ended, and it was very short, but the king and his ministers slapped it so vigorously that it seemed as if the performance was very exciting.

At this time, the king toasted everyone with a cup, which welcomed the arrival of the knights on behalf of the ministers.

After taking a sip of wine, the old king asked slowly: "The knight kingdom is a big country, and your literary attainments must be unfathomable, I don't know if you can let us see it, so that we can open our eyes." ”

Literary attainments, when it comes to this Knight, it's a headache. The kingdom has been in war for several years, and who still has the heart to engage in these recreational activities. But since the king has opened his mouth, it is difficult to step down without performing a show.

At this time, the wise Robit got up and smiled: "In this way, we are all knights, and we are not people who specialize in cultural activities." I know a little magic, and if you don't dislike it, then I'll be ugly. ”

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, how can it be set off, Lord Knight, please." The king seemed very interested, and he was eager to see Robit perform magic.

Robit smiled, and he stood up and drew his sword from his waist and motioned for the king and his ministers to show it. He explained as he walked: "Let's take a look at the props first, I only played temporarily, and I didn't make any special preparations. This is my weapon on the battlefield, just an ordinary long sword, let's take a look at it first. In a moment, I will show how to do magic with an ordinary long sword, so that it can be cut like clay, and whatever it cuts, it will be slashed. ”

When the king heard this, he exclaimed, "Oh, there is such a thing, this magic is really powerful. ”

Because of the contrast between the two countries, the warrior of the Qin Kingdom was not happy after hearing it, and he suspected that Robid would not be able to do magic at all, so he began to deliberately make things difficult.

The warrior swaggered over with an axe, stretched out his hand and held it in the air, and said to Robit, "Since you say what you cut, what will be cut off." Well, this axe has followed me for years, and it's my weapon. Chop my axe and see if your magic works. ”

The king smiled happily: "Alas, this is good and this is good, so that the performance can show the real kung fu." ”

Looking at the thick axe, Robit was a little uncertain and worried about whether the sword would withstand. However, when things come to this point, if you don't try it, you won't be able to get off this stage.

Robit put away his smile and squeezed the hilt of his sword tightly with his right hand, pretending to blow and chant a spell on the sword.

Suddenly, Robit raised his sword high and slashed at the handle of the samurai's axe, slicing off the thick round handle. Then the axe slammed to the ground, and thunderous applause rang out from the hall.

The king saw that he could not help but take out the sword he had with him, hand it to the guard beside him, and said, "Take it, let the captain perform it again, and try to cut my sword!" ”

Seeing the guards pick up the king's thin long sword, Robit looked much more confident compared to the big axe just now. With a flick of his hand, he slashed the king's sword in two, and the audience rose to the ground, cheering Robit with thunderous applause.

A minister walked out suspiciously, he frowned and asked, "Commander, could you have been a sword that sharpened like clay?" ”

Robit smiled awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, reached out and handed the knight's sword to the minister, and then said to him, "Well, why don't you try it?" ”

The minister smiled and nodded, and ordered one of the guards to raise his sword, and the minister used all his strength to slash three times, but the long sword in the guard's hand was not severed.

The minister was still not convinced, saying that the guard's sword was relatively hard, and it was constantly sharpened.

Robit smiled slightly, took the knight's sword from the minister's hand, and with a lightning-fast movement, he slashed the sword in the guard's hand with a bang.

Seeing this situation, everyone had to be convinced, thinking that Robit's magic was wonderful, and there was absolutely no element of fraud.

After Robit returned to his seat after the performance, Cook asked in a puzzled low voice: "Brother Robit, why does the minister keep chopping it, are you really good at magic, and the sword is not sharp when it comes to other people's hands?" ”

Robit replied in a low voice: "Hehe, he's just a civil servant, you don't look at his arms, he doesn't have a few muscles, how much strength he can have." Without a certain foundation in swordsmanship, the sharpness of this knight's sword cannot be brought into play. ”

After a performance, the king sincerely surrendered, feeling that the skills of a big country were powerful, and it was not comparable to a small kingdom like Qin.

But when it comes to the face of the Qin State, the king's words made the ministers a little unconvinced, and they thought of a way to win back some face for the Qin State.

At this time, another Wenchen stood up and said, "The Knight Kingdom has prospered for hundreds of years, and it has made many brilliant achievements in territorial governance and people's livelihood. You are all elites from the Knight Kingdom, and you must have a lot of experience in this area. I have the audacity to ask the knights to appoint a wise man to discuss with me how to govern the country. ”

Robit and Cook were shocked when they heard it, everyone and they were all people who led the Knights to battle, and they were not civil officials in the territory, and when it came to territorial governance, it was really not their strong point. In the end, everyone had to turn their attention to Miller, because Miller was the only one who had a very good performance in Alto's territory.

Miller unceremoniously accepted everyone's recommendation, got up and replied, "Okay, then let me Miller accompany you to discuss the discussion." ”

Na Wenchen said in a low voice: "If you ask about the fertile land in the world, there are those who cultivate themselves, there are those who hire farmers to cultivate on their behalf, and there are those who enslave as cultivators. Self-cultivation and hired farmers for farming, your knight kingdom has them, similar to our Qin country. But there are slaves for the plough, and there are them in Nira, and there are them in Tubis, and there are them in Beijon. I would like to ask Lord Miller which of these three ways of working is more in the interests of the Kingdom, and why? ”

Miller was shrewd, and he modestly asked, "Oh, this one. I'd like to hear your insights first. ”

The purpose of Wenchen's discussion was nothing more than to show his wisdom. As soon as he heard that Miller wanted to let him speak first, he did not hesitate to speak: "Looking at our entire Knight Continent, whether it is the Knight Kingdom or the Tubith Empire, as well as Nila and Beirong, as well as our Qin Kingdom and Chongqing Kingdom, there are generally fewer people and more people. There is a lot of uncultivated wasteland in every area, which is full of weeds every year, but there is no proper cultivation and cultivation, and what a waste. If the enslaved slaves are ploughing, this is not appropriate, because the serfs are forced to work, and the efficiency of work is certainly low. Self-cultivation can easily cause people to have a surplus of reserves and be lazy. I thought that it was proper to hire peasants to cultivate the land, and that the land could not be distributed to the peasants, but only to be at the disposal of the nobles, so that all the peasants had to compete for the nobles to hire them in order to survive. So in order to live, they have to work hard, so that they can get more money, and this efficiency is the highest. ”

After Na Wenchen finished speaking, the hall remembered the thunderous applause, and seemed to think that his story was very wonderful.

However, Miller disagreed, and he retorted: "Forget it about enslavement as farming, this is the farming mode of serf times, it has long been outdated, and it is not worth mentioning." Hire farmers for farming, everyone knows that the farmers get very little, and most of the money is earned by the nobles, and then used by the nobles to spend it in corruption and luxury. If we only look at the income of the farmer, it is obvious that there are many more self-cultivation, but the premise is that the farmer must have land in his hands. ”

Miller smiled, and then continued: "I admit that hired farmers are more industrious, after all, the income is small, and to get the same income, you have to work more. But have you ever thought that the people at the bottom who were oppressed when they hired farmers could only survive on their income? In other words, the hired peasants had to work day and night in order to survive. Does he still have time to think about being loyal to the country and giving advice? Does he still have time to study and learn calligraphy, and become a pillar of the country in the future? No, he has been working hard all his life, in fact, he is not fundamentally different from a serf, he just changed his name. ”

Speaking of this, Miller slowly walked into the banquet of the ministers, and continued to explain as he walked: "The development of society is inseparable from the improvement of the quality of life of the people. If only the nobles are rich, but the people are poor, then the country cannot become rich, only poor. Why? Because the vast majority of the people are the people, and all of your people are poor, what kind of money is your country worth? ”

At this time, Na Wenchen heard that something was wrong, and immediately got up and retorted: "But once the people are rich, they will be restless, they will be lazy, and they will make trouble. ”

Miller smiled and replied, "Yes, that's one of those things you're talking about, but it's by no means the majority. When most people have money, they will spend money to support their children to study and learn calligraphy, and they will make their children smarter and more knowledgeable. When money was available, the people would buy more goods, so that the merchants would prosper in their trading and markets, and the kingdom's taxes would be multiplied. Because it is self-cultivation, and the amount of work is considerable, more and more people will cultivate more wasteland, and the taxes of the kingdom will continue to increase. In the end, when the people are rich and the kingdom's treasury is abundant, the kingdom will become truly rich. The kind of restlessness, laziness, and trouble when you have money, you said, this can be ignored and harmless. ”

After listening to Miller's explanation, Na Wenchen looked at Miller speechlessly, feeling that Miller's thinking was unimaginable.

The king listened very carefully, because it was directly related to the state affairs and governance of the Qin state. The king frowned and asked, "According to what Lord Miller said, then my Qin Kingdom should also change to the way of self-cultivation?" ”

After hearing this, Miller shook his head again and again and said, "No, no, no, we are just reasoning, which does not mean that we can actually use it." After all, whether it is in our knight kingdom or your Qinyu kingdom, our kingdom is governed by nobles to control the people, and the people have not yet reached this kind of self-cultivation consciousness, at least not yet. ”

The king nodded, and he slightly turned his head to look at the princess of Qin who was sitting on the side, and when he saw her staring at Miller, he understood her thoughts.

Then the crowd paused the subject, and no one was right or wrong, and the feast continued.

After the feast, Miller was invited into the backyard by the princess for a private consultation.

The princess of Qin Guo said very sincerely: "Listening to Lord Miller's words in the main hall earlier, I suddenly understood a lot of truths. But Master Miller said that it was not yet time for the people to cultivate their own fields, why on earth? ”

Miller explained: "Because we are now the nobles ruling over the people on behalf of the king, and if you want to give all the land to the people, you will be completely angry with the nobles of the whole kingdom, do you know what the consequences of this are? ”

The princess of Qin nodded silently, she sighed and said: "I understand, our royal family originally relied on the support of the nobles to rule all parts of the Qin country, if the nobles don't support our father, then we may be replaced by others at any time." ”

Miller smiled and said, "Yes, that's it. Therefore, in the future, you must not mention the division of land for the people, but you must not divide the land indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause a big trouble. ”

The princess looked at Miller sweetly, stared at it for a few seconds, and then said, "In a few days, it will be the day when my father will compete with me, and I hope that the knights of Knight will also participate together, and then I will feel extremely honored." ”

Recruiting relatives in martial arts? Miller was stunned after hearing this, but he didn't expect that the princess of a country would choose a husband for herself in this way.