Chapter 116: Class (Part II)
The Cormiers, who told their story, were stunned and didn't quite understand what Link said, and a few mountain infantry on the side began to prepare food for the captives under the leadership of Tyka, the heat rising from the iron pot blew away the thin mist in the forest, smelling the fragrance in the air, and the screams of the women in the distant towns seemed to dissipate a lot.
The campfire crackled, the captured iron pot gurgled and bubbled, some jerky, potatoes, ferns, and a few plucked chickadees rose and fell in the pot, and a few other foot soldiers began to cut long strips of black bread that had been mixed with stones and wood scraps by the black-hearted bakers, and if they were not careful, they would have clucked their teeth.
On the periphery of the clearing, the orcs, gnolls, and goblins from various tribes in the rocks looked at this place drooling, a few mountain infantry strung some mushrooms and some plant tubers with branches, and some unhulled rye were boiled in the pot, these wounded soldiers were all seriously injured and abandoned by the tribe, and a few priests were unwilling to treat the wounded soldiers of other tribes, Link gathered them together, ready to use the ancestral spirit's magic to heal them, and form a separate alien team.
The forest in the winter was filled with a little mist, still a little clammy and cold, and after the captured Cormiers vented their emotions, their physical needs took over, and they couldn't help but wrap their thin clothes tightly, drooling and looking at the food in the iron pot, some couldn't believe that the human leader of the orcs actually wanted to give him food.
Listening to the stories of the captives, Link was very emotional.
Cormier's situation is actually very similar to that of ancient China, Cormier faces the sea in the south, mountains in the west and north, and Sambia in the east, ancient China is limited by the plateau and mountains in the west, and the grasslands in the north limit the space for expansion, and the current Cormier is also limited by the mountains to expand the space, and only the areas adjacent to Sambia in the east can be expanded.
Although conflicts and even major wars with Sambia occur from time to time, the two sides have the same case and similar national strength, but in fact, they cannot completely defeat their opponents, so Cormier is like the ancient Chinese Central Plains Dynasty, has been trapped in a limited space, difficult to expand, there has always been a problem in ancient China, the periodic problem of the dynasty.
In the early days of the establishment of the dynasty, there were fewer people and more land, and the politics were peaceful, and in the later period, the population increased, the land annexation was serious, and the peasants lost their land and became tenants or displaced people, or fled to the city to survive, but the underdeveloped handicraft industry and industry and commerce could not feed too much of the non-agricultural population, coupled with the rule of officials, peasant uprisings and local forces rebellion will occur, and foreign tribes will also take the opportunity to invade, this cycle is about three hundred years, after a large number of population loss, the establishment of a new dynasty, and the beginning of a reincarnation.
Cormier is also facing the same problem, lack of room for expansion, as a traditional agricultural country, due to the large number of elves settled in the country, and because of the existence of the reputation of the forest kingdom, Cormier can not even cut down forests on a large scale to open up arable land, and Cormier's population is growing, the land annexation problem of Cormier, which has been established for thousands of years, must be very serious, and Cormier's industry and commerce have been suppressed by Sambia, and there is no way to transfer pressure by expanding industry and commerce.
In fact, the ordinary people of Cormier have been living in a very depressed and poor state, with a high concentration of wealth and material resources in the hands of a few people, and according to the history of the earth, this period should actually have taken place in the change of dynasties.
However, due to the existence of extraordinary power, the advantage of the professional over the common people is greater than the advantage of the medieval heavy knights over the peasants with dung forks, so as long as there is no support from the ambitious nobles, evil gods and priests and other external forces, the resistance of the ordinary people is meaningless.
Although the nobles have been advocating the theory of blood, claiming that the nobles are smarter than the commoners, and are more likely to become warriors, mages, priests and other professionals, Link also feels that from the perspective of genetics, both parents are professionals, with extraordinary powers, and the children born are more likely to be transcendent, but the population base of commoners is much larger than that of nobles, and from the perspective of probability, the probability of a professional among commoners is not small.
But the professions that appear among the civilians, they will spontaneously pursue a better life, more power, and finally they will break away from their original class and become new oppressors, and a few more thoughtful professionals want to change the status and status of the civilians, but they are not systematic, have no clear trajectory of action, and will soon be suppressed.
Link is actually very curious about why the country of Cormier can stand for thousands of years, Link does not think that it is the reason for the existence of professionals, from the history of ancient China, except for the peasant leaders in the late Ming Dynasty, who were completely born from the grassroots, no complete peasant can succeed.
Zhang Jiao, Sun En and later Hong Xiu all used religion to gather people to invite people to buy people's hearts, although Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a beggar, but his father-in-law Guo Zixing was a local clan, Liu Bang, Liu Xiu also relied on fame to rely on local clans to succeed, Zhang Shicheng, Huang Chao was born in a big salt merchant, Li Yuan, Yang Jian was born in a wealthy family, among these people who can leave a strong mark in history, very few are completely mud-legged people, even if it is the Taizu before Link crossed, he also has some relationships with various characters in the Republic of China, not a complete grassroots background.
In Link's view, those professionals in Faeron are actually no different from those wealthy families, warlords, salt merchants, religious leaders, etc., and even more powerful than them, overthrowing the dynasty and establishing a new ruling order.
Those who have the power of the profession, the nobles who hold the power are the existence that can really overthrow the Cormier dynasty, as for the ordinary people, no one cares, without power there is no power to make a voice, and even if it does, it is only the sorrow of the weak.
Link is now studying the history of Cormier, judging from the current turbulent situation in Cormier, the Obis Qir family has neither too strong strength, nor any outstanding political skills, it is really very puzzling to be able to rule Cormier for thousands of years, in Link's view, although this world has extraordinary power, but this power is not unique to one party, and the advantages that both sides have are not considered advantages, except for the difference in the form of battle, it is actually not much different from the medieval earth.
"The nobles treat the common people like lambs, and never ask you what you are thinking, are you going to go on like this?" Link asked casually.
"My lord, are you a member of the Brotherhood?" said a silent man's eyes suddenly twinkled.