There was another round of applause, and Neo stepped onto the stage and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty said just now, let's not talk about the results today, but only about the changes in the Frost Moon Leader." ”

"Everyone knows that my father, as well as the lords of the four towns of Frost Moon, are all subordinates who have followed Lord Fabilas for many years, they are all my fathers, and they have worked hard for the Frost Moon Leader all their lives, just for a small wish."

"What wish? They just want to keep the people of the Frost Moon Collar fed and clothed. ”

"But such a small wish has been unfulfilled for decades by Uncle Fabilas and my father."

"There are many reasons for this, such as cold weather, remote location, traffic congestion, etc., and there is a more important reason, which still restricts the development of the territory until now, and that is the population."

"If the population is small, it will be difficult for the goods to circulate, because there are too few users, you say that I can produce 10,000 iron pots, but no one buys them, what is the use of you producing them?"

"This is the case with many other things, for example, the brocade satin in Lianhua City is very famous, of course, brocade satin can only be used by all the adults here, and ordinary people can't afford to use it if they want to."

"But the fine linen and cheesecloth of Zhuanhua City are equally good, but the fine linen and cheesecloth produced in Lianhua City in a year together can barely reach the output of brocade satin."

"Why? Or is it because there are fewer people who buy these two goods, and fewer people buy them, so naturally they can't develop, and how can cotton and linen be compared with brocade satin, and cotton and linen can make a few dollars? ”

"Even if fine linen and cheesecloth can't make a lot of money, then I simply don't produce fine linen and cheesecloth, so that the cotton and linen cultivation in Lianhua City will not develop,"

"Originally, with the geographical location and climate of Lianhua City, it was the most suitable place to grow cotton and linen."

"Ladies and gentlemen, you must know that brocade satin is a commodity that only a very few people can afford, not only because the raw materials are expensive, but also because the process of making them is troublesome."

"And linen and cheesecloth are easy to grow and easy to produce, and they are commodities supplied to all races on the entire continent, not only used by our human race, but also bought by many foreign races."

"Then why not develop cotton and linen? I grow cotton and linen and produce brocade satin, and I earn money for both, how good it is. ”

"I consulted Uncle Mario specifically about this issue, and Uncle told me, Neo, your idea is good, but it can't be realized. I asked why? ”

"Uncle Mario said, according to my idea, cotton and linen are grown in large quantities to produce fine linen and cheesecloth, and then sold to the whole continent, but you can't take the first step."

"Zhuanhua City has made every effort to develop brocade satin, and it has taken many generations of efforts to get to where it is today, and the profit of cotton and linen is low, and the investment in the early stage is too large, if the products sold cannot reach a certain scale, it will definitely be a blood loss, and no lord will do this,"

"That's because there are still fewer people buying cheesecloth. As you know, there are about 5.5 million people in Zhuan Hua City, of which less than 3 million are free people, and the rest are all slaves. ”

"Slaves have no spending power, and I asked Uncle Mario again, I said that if the slaves of Lianhua City can also afford cotton and linen, then can the first step of Lianhua City be taken?"

"Uncle thought about it and told me that if these slaves can afford cotton and linen, then at least they can be equal, and if they can be equal, they will have a foundation for development, and they can develop this industry."

Neo paused, looked at Mario and smiled, and said: "In some territories, the ratio of freemen to slaves is as high as 1:31:4, and many things produced by freedmen cannot be sold at all, and many things in many territories are produced and sold by themselves, so there is no profit at all, how can it be possible to develop without profits." ”

"And a bigger problem, which may often plague your adults, is, how can we make them obedient and obedient, and work honestly without rioting?"

"If, then, these slaves were given the power of a part of the freedmen, for example, so that they could also have an income and be able to buy things, would there be a solution to these problems?"

"Why do people do their jobs willingly, because you pay them? After you pay him, he will work harder in order to earn a little more money, and who doesn't want to live a little better? ”

"However, the current slavery system has stifled all this, and even if you whip those slaves, they won't really work for you, and they are always thinking about rebelling against you, which makes the productivity of the territory not increase."

"But the freedmen are different, if you ask a man with a stable family, and you ask him if he would like to work, then he will definitely do. If you ask him if he wants to rebel, he'll immediately go to the lord and denounce you. ”

"Therefore, such a slave can neither bring benefits to the lord, nor can he enter the circulation link and bring jingling gold coins to the adults."

"Hahaha... There was a burst of laughter below, and Neo continued:

"The adults seem to spend only a small amount of gold on these slaves, but in reality they consume and waste far more than they see,"

Neo looked around, then took out a piece of steel armor and a knight's spear from the spatial ring,

Neo flicked on the steel armor, the steel armor made a crisp "clanging" sound, Neo picked up the knight's spear and waved it again, the knight's spear made a "buzzing" sound that broke through the air, and the long barrel of the spear produced a slight arc, showing good elasticity.

Neo stepped down from the stage and handed the two pieces of equipment to the person sitting in the first place, motioning for him to look down.

Neo walked back to the stage and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, these two pieces of equipment are ordinary standard equipment, in various territories, this kind of equipment is generally made by slaves in factories, and these two pieces are no exception, from the military factory of the Frost Moon Territory, and they are also made by slaves in my factory. ”

"I would like to ask you to guess the production cost and production time of these two pieces of equipment." , The nobles in the audience looked at these two pieces of equipment and talked about it.

A nobleman stood up and said, "Both pieces of equipment are very well made. ”

"The steel quality of this steel armor is uniform, and there are no weak spots all over the body, obviously it has been forged many times to achieve such an effect,"

"The head of this knight's spear has also been forged many times, and the quenching process is very clever,"

"The body of the gun made of white pine wood heart has also been soaked in tung oil many times, and the elasticity and weight are just right, which is a very high-quality product."

"Personally, I thought it would take at least four workers, two and a half gold coins, and twenty days to produce this piece of steel armor."

"This knight's spear should take two months to produce, because it takes more than a month and a half for the white pine heart to be soaked in tung oil. If you remove this period, I think it will take fifteen days and a gold coin and a half. Neo-sama, I don't know if I'm right? ”，