"Mr. Weinstein, we live in a cruel world, nature is not always so kind and generous to us, the ability of individuals to improve their living environment is very limited, sometimes it is necessary for the state to come forward and gather the strength of everyone to transform nature, when the government makes the 'cake' bigger and bigger, everyone will share a bigger and bigger piece, during which very few people' Take the construction of water conservancy projects as an example, water conservancy projects have benefited the residents along the river basin, their lives have become more stable, agricultural production has not been affected by natural disasters, farmland has produced higher yields, and more tax revenue has been provided to the state; the Veres River channel has been dredged, providing convenience for the shipping industry, reducing the logistics and transaction costs in the upper and lower reaches of the Viles River, and the prosperity of the shipping industry has led to commercial prosperity, providing more tax revenue for the state, and ultimately increasing the total national wealth, as long as the government adheres to the principle of taking from the people for the peopleThe provision of infrastructure and public services is actually a reinvestment of national tax revenues based on the principle of efficiency and a redistribution based on the principle of equity, and it is entirely possible that macroeconomic intervention will bring good results that outweigh the disadvantages. Roland said carefully.

Little Alberton listened to Roland's reply, pondered for a long time before speaking: "There are too many compromises in your theory to convince me completely by rigorous logical reasoning, but your practical work in the Far East is more convincing than dry theoretical discussions, and what I have seen and heard along the way makes me unable to admit it...... At least in the short term, your point of view is more realistic than mine. ”

"Sorry to interrupt your chat, gentlemen, but if you don't plan to continue the academic debate, may you allow me to ask a shallow question?" Palatina walked over with a smile.

Little Alberton understood what she meant, shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, and turned to Anthony, leaving room for Roland and Palatine to be alone.

Palatine didn't quite understand the debate between Roland and Alberton Jr. about macroeconomic theory, but she cared more about the spirit of the people on the construction site.

"The Imperial Government also often requisitioned peasants for servitude and engaged in public works such as the construction of water conservancy, but as far as I can see, people generally resist servitude, either waiting for an opportunity to escape, or passively slacking off, but the situation in the Far East is very different, these laborers you have requisitioned, who are obviously engaged in very hard work, why can they often see smiles on their faces, and spontaneously shout a uniform trumpet when they work, and appear to be full of energy?"

The same laborers who repaired the river embankment, the contrast between the empire and the Far East made Palatina can't help but think about it, suspecting that the construction site in front of her was actually a stage set, and the thousands of laborers were "extras" hired by Roland to deceive the imperial visiting delegation.

Roland guessed what Her Royal Highness the princess was thinking about, but he didn't say anything, and calmly replied positively.

"Palatina, first of all, you got one thing wrong, the empire recruits people to serve labor without pay, and we hire workers to work for wages, one side is forced to work for nothing, and if you don't do well, you will be whipped by the overseer, and the other side is how much money you get for how much work you do, and you can resign at any time if you don't want to do it, can the two incentives be the same? If you are a laborer, how do you choose? ”

"In fact, salary is not the main incentive, the ideas of the imperial people are fundamentally different from those of the Far East, the imperial people are forced to work, starve but do not see the actual benefits, water conservancy projects may be able to increase grain production, but the increased grain is also taken away by the landlords, and does not fall into their own pockets, so why contribute to the country? The workers in the Far East, on the other hand, know very well that the construction of water conservancy will make their homes more prosperous, protect them from floods and droughts, increase the yield of their farmland, sell more grain, and obtain more income. ”

Roland stopped by the river, his eyes on the sweaty army of laborers on the construction site in the distance, and his eyes showed deep emotion.

"Palatina, if you are like me, and come here almost every week to observe, you will find that the minds of each of the workers are changing day by day, and most of them who first came to the construction site of the river control have too little land at home and have no skills, and are forced to come out to work in the slack season, to do this heavy manual labor, first earn some wages to support themselves, and send the rest of the income home to support their parents, wives and children. At least they will think that the labor they are doing now is to fight the floods on their land, to protect the houses and farmland on which they depend. ”

"They used to live the life of small farmers who were farmers and weavers, and who were in charge of their own households, and if someone planned to improve the water conservancy by themselves, dig their own ditches and repair the reservoir, they would find that they would not be able to complete such a huge project in their lifetime, and they could only dispel this idea, but now they have found that collective work is more efficient than working alone, and what cannot be done by one person can be easily done by thousands of people working together."

"It is through their personal experience on the river control site that they have met thousands of partners, the world is so big, but so small, they live in the Far East, they have similar backgrounds, they face similar life difficulties, they gather on the same construction site under the guidance of fate, sweat and work for a common cause, which makes it easy for them to unite and think of the vast fields on both sides of the river and not just their own land, and from the partners who work side by side to think of those who live in the lower reaches of the river and have never met. Further, when I thought of the hot land where tens of millions of compatriots lived together, not just the riverside fishing village where they were born and raised, they eventually formed the concept of 'country' and 'nation'. ”

Roland paused for a long time before finally turning to face Palatina, looking at the princess's sapphire-clear eyes before making a final statement.

"So you will see that our fellow citizens are not only changing nature, but also changing their own minds. It was in the sweaty common labor and sacrifice that they discovered history, discovered themselves, discovered the 'motherland', discovered the 'compatriots', discovered the 'patriotism' and the 'national spirit', and the blood and sweat they paid in their labor condensed into a social consensus and jointly wrote the glorious history of the people of the Far East! ”

Roland's solemn demeanor and sonorous statement made Palatina awe-inspired, and at the same time, she felt the meaning of warning in his words.

As a friend, she agreed with every word Roland said; But as an Imperial soldier, what can she say?

Palatina could not make a more appropriate statement than to remain silent.