Chapter 0006: The Man Who Changed the World
As for the aristocracy and the untouchables, or the freedmen and the serfs, this is the class structure of this world, and everyone has his own duties, and he does not dare to trample on the class structure of this society unless it is absolutely necessary. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Serfs had to bow their heads before the freedmen, who did not dare to rebel against the nobility, and the nobles did not surrender themselves to sit and eat with the untouchables.
So when Van Pei came to eat with these original pariahs by the fire after a busy afternoon and evening, Gale, who had the title of knight, hesitated and stopped Van Pei.
"Young Master, the status of these people is untouchable, and you, as a nobleman, should not eat with them."
For Van Pei to personally work to repair the house today, Gail didn't agree at first, and now Young Master Van Pei actually wants to eat with the untouchables, even Gale thinks it's too ...... It's too inappropriate to take aristocratic status.
"In my territory, natural rights, untouchables are also people, if I don't get their people's hearts, in Sunset Town, where war is at any time, they will abandon me sooner or later."
The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light, this is a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.
Fan Pei silently threw out a famous sentence from the old man Mozi in his heart, and walked straight to the group of refugees.
The ancestor said well that it is necessary to go deep into the hearts of the people, mingle with the people, greet the cold and warmth, and grasp the needs of the masses, so that there can be long-term peace and stability. As for the original nobles of this world, they must not surrender their status and eat with untouchables, Van Pei doesn't care, he doesn't have this habit.
It's just that......
When Van Pei, with a gentle smile on his face, was about to cordially cover his hands with the people, intending to shush the cold and ask for warmth, these refugees all knelt on the ground, trembling, and did not dare to look up at Van Pei.
"Young Master, even if you don't mind, these untouchables don't dare to trample on this rule unless they want to rebel. If you insist on eating with them, they will have to kneel and wait for you to finish. ”
Gale had by this time put on his armor again, and with a great sword in his hand, he wanted to prevent a possible riot by the refugees. However, it is clear that the former mayor of Sunset Town is a powerful knight lord, and it is estimated that these untouchables who have been taught by various means will not dare to transgress the nobles when they see a mighty knight like Gael.
Returning to the town hall from the refugee camp of the knight's mansion, Van Pei always felt that it was not a good taste.
Mingling with the masses of the people is the foundation of Fanpei's foothold in Sunset Town, and only by breaking this barrier can we liberate and develop the productive forces and develop Sunset Town into a unique and vibrant city.
However, Gail, who was standing at the door, did not understand Van Pei's behavior today.
The aristocracy should be inherently above the untouchables, and if the nobles live with the untouchables, will the untouchables still fear the nobles? Aristocrats, or aristocrats?
Gail glanced at the sky, the night in the far north came very late, if he was in the royal capital, he would have fallen asleep with his wife in his arms at this time. However, when he looked back and saw that Van Pei had been sitting in a chair in a daze all night, Gale finally couldn't help but come over.
"Young Master Van Pei, you have lived in the Duke's Palace since you were a child, and you don't know much about the outside world. I know you want to give them an image of being close to the people, but for these untouchables who have been oppressed by the aristocracy, it is more practical than anything else if you are willing to give them a job and keep them well fed and clothed. Even if you have to be abused with a whip every day, they will be grateful, at least compared to other nobles, it is already rare for them to have food and drink. ”
"On the other hand, if you get too close to them, and take the initiative to eat with them, as you do today, they will be afraid that you are going to make fun of them again, or even to take away what little food they have left in the house. In their minds, the aristocracy should be like this. ”
"Shouldn't all knights be well-limbed and simple-minded? How do you understand so much? Van Pei, who was contemplating, raised his head and looked at Gail in a daze, and said coldly.
Gale felt his throat choke, and smiled bitterly: "Young master, I inherited the knighthood at the age of fifteen, and I also have a knight's fief in my hometown, although it is not big, but I have raised more than fifty serfs and untouchables, I know what they need." ”
Practice is greater than theory.
Only then did Van Pei sort out his confused mind that his set of theories was too advanced, and the vast number of toiling masters could not accept it at all now.
The Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the imperial system in 2132, was also led by a group of intellectuals, and it took decades to have the Xinhai Revolution under the oppression of foreign powers. The Westernization Movement, in which the master of Yi was long in his skills to control the country, was also a foreign study of intellectuals, which made great contributions to modernization.
"The popularization of education is particularly important, otherwise how can a liberal arts student like me promote the arrival of the first industrial revolution."
Van Pei finally sorted out his current thoughts.
It is better to rely on a group of illiterate people who cannot read a single word to understand natural human rights, develop science and technology, and promote the process of social reform, rather than set up their own education and cultivate the next generation of young people, as well as some knowledgeable intellectuals, who are the hope of promoting the future industrial revolution in Sunset Town.
Maybe after the popularization of education, there was a Copernicus, a Darwin, a Watt, and a Newton in his territory......
By the way, the first industrial revolution.
The first industrial revolution was marked by the Jenny spinning machine.
"I can build Jenny spinning machines and monopolize the spinning market, isn't this just providing stable jobs for those refugees? And it can also provide a steady stream of income for the territory. ”
Van Pei is a liberal arts student, so he is naturally familiar with the Industrial Revolution.
And Jenny's spinning machine is really simple, it is said that it was kicked out by a man. One day, a man with cheap hands came home and accidentally kicked over the spinning machine, and he wanted to straighten it, but it turned out that the spinning machine that had fallen to the ground was still spinning, and the spindle that was lying horizontally became upright.
The man named Lighting Up the First Industrial Revolution then placed the spindle vertically, and then one spindle turned into N spindles, which were driven by a transmission belt to spin 6 wool, flax, hemp or cotton threads at a time.
It's just that Van Pei said that he didn't remember the name of the man who changed the world, unlike Watt and Newton, who named the spinning machine after his daughter Jenny.
"Gail, can you get me some spinning machines?"
Van Pei stared at Gale with burning eyes.
"Young master, we are poor now, and Sunset Town is even more dilapidated, and eating is a problem. Sunset is full of places that need money these days, and unless you actually sell the mines, you might have the money to buy something as boring as a spinning machine. Gale felt that he had completely lost track of Master Van Pei's strange thinking.