Fangzheng left the temple with Mei Yin and came to the inn. Then, he gathered the Priestess and company and told them about the orphanage in the temple. After hearing Fangzheng's description, the Priestess was rather astonished.
"Is the environment there that bad?"
"I remember you came from an orphanage, right? How's the environment there? "
"Well...."
Faced with Fangzheng's question, the priestesses were somewhat embarrassed.
"Although life is poor, everyone can accept it.... But no matter what, it's impossible for something like this to happen...."
"Then what are we waiting for!?"
Hui Hui could not sit still any longer. She jumped up and ran to the door.
"Let's go and save those children, and then blow up that temple that has no regard for human life! It just so happens that I haven't released my explosive magic today. Just give me one … "
"Calm down for a while."
Fangzheng quickly grabbed Hui Hui's collar and pressed her back into the chair. He was not surprised by this situation. As mentioned before, the temples of the priestesses and the other priestesses were all under the protection of the leader. In other words, these temples had donations from believers, so they could naturally be maintained.
But the temple that Mei Yin belonged to was only a political organization. There were no real gods in it, so naturally, there would not be any donations from believers. In fact, Fangzheng had just investigated using the "Banner of War" on the way back. The funds of the temple were entirely funded by the lords and donations from the nobles. To put it bluntly, there was no free income and it was completely dependent on financial allocations.
And a large amount of funds was misappropriated by the leader of the temple.... Under such circumstances, it was a miracle that the children in the orphanage were still alive.
With this thought in mind, Fangzheng looked at Mei Yin. Mei Yin's little face was still extremely pale at the moment, which was normal. To be honest, even a gentle person like the priestesses and a chuunibyou like Hui Hui might be surprised and indignant at such a scene, but they could understand and accept it. After all, they lived in such a world. Even if they had not seen similar things before, they had probably heard a lot of them.
However, Mei Yin was different. After she was reborn into this world, although her life was a little poor and inconvenient, she was still able to live a good life. But no matter what, they could still survive. Although the medieval civilization was not very developed, at least they had the necessities of life. No matter what, it was much better than surviving on a deserted island.
Habits could be changed, but it was not so easy to change one's worldview.
For Mei Yin, who lives in a stable and peaceful modern society, the previous scene in the orphanage has left a psychological shadow on her.
It would be an exaggeration to say that his worldview was completely shattered, but it wasn't far from it.
"I can save them. Of course, that's not a problem."
Fangzheng spoke.
"But Mei Yin, what's next?"
"Eh?"
"I saved them, yes. I can also arrange for them to stay in the manor.... the castle, no problem. And then? We still don't know how many people there are in the orphanage. Let's calculate it as 30 people. How much resources do 30 children need to eat and drink every day? Where would the money come from? How are you going to raise them? How would the manor turn over? Don't tell me you think that this is the Red Cross Charity Headquarters, where we only ask for contributions and no returns. "
"I..."
Upon hearing Fangzheng's question, Mei Yin seemed to react and could not help but bite her lips.
That's why students are so naive. This kind of person needs to be beaten by society to understand that kindness is not justice, and that kindness is not free of cost. It's good to be kind to others, but you also have to consider your own ability. Otherwise, you're just asking for trouble.
Fangzheng raised so many cursed children, and they also need to rely on the resources of other worlds to live their current lives. But even so, Fangzheng did not say that he would support them for a lifetime, but encouraged them to start being self-reliant.
"Also, these aren't the only orphans. Now that we've accepted them, what about in the future? There's an endless stream of orphans. It's impossible to have one this year and then there won't be one next year. What should we do then? Also, if you do this, it's tantamount to stealing business from the Temple of Light. Have you thought about how the Temple of Light will react? How are you going to solve these problems? "
"I..."
Hearing Fangzheng's series of questions, not only was Mei Yin speechless, even Hui Hui quietly shut up.
Saving a kitten is indeed a matter of love, but love requires action. A kitten that hasn't been weaned needs to be fed every few hours at night, and it needs to be paid attention to its excretion. It can be said that it's no easier than taking care of a baby. But this is just the beginning. If you want to adopt it, you have to take care of it. This requires time, energy, and money.
After all, cats need food, and they need to go to the doctor when they're sick, and all these require money.
The person who stopped the car to save the dogs felt that he was righteous and kind, but after seeing the list of medical expenses for hundreds of dogs, he ran away without a trace.
After all, kindness and justice are only temporary gratification, but the money they spend is long-term.
Not to mention, humans are much more troublesome than cats and dogs.
"This is the homework I left for you. Today, I'm going to the castle to supervise the maintenance. When I come back, you can tell me the answer."
Speaking of this, Fangzheng stood up and glanced at Mei Yin.
"You'd better hurry. You know those children can't hold on for long."
Fangzheng wasn't really ruthless, but he knew very well that many things can't be solved with passion alone. As for the orphanage, he asked the priestess, Aiz, and Hui Hui to send some food over first as a donation. But for now, that was all Fangzheng could do.
After arranging things here, Fangzheng returned to the castle and became … a supervisor.
"If only all the workers in the world were so obedient."
Looking at the magic servants who were busy inside and outside the castle, Fangzheng whistled. The castle was good, but it needed a large area of maintenance and renovation. It even needed to increase the energy supply, including the water supply. Even if an engineering team were to come, it would take several months to complete all of these things.
But as a mage, Fangzheng had his own way of doing things.
He just needed to summon the magic servants!
They didn't need to eat, drink, or sleep, they wouldn't get tired, and they weren't afraid of danger. They were simply the best guarantee of labor for capitalists!
For the sake of caution, all the materials used here did not come from the Tendo Temple. They were things Fangzheng had picked up while he was traveling around other worlds. He didn't even plan to connect this place to the Tendo Temple to prevent the spread of Chaos in various forms. In fact, only the personal terminal in Fangzheng's hand could contact the Tendo Temple. Mei Yin's personal terminal could only contact him and couldn't access the network information of the Tendo Temple.
With the help of this kind of magic servant who was not afraid of hardship and fatigue, the maintenance of the castle naturally finished in a few days. Not only was the work done faster than the renovation team, but the quality was also better … Well, if Fangzheng went back to his own world and became a contractor, he would probably crush the construction market.
After all, magic servants didn't need money!
After making sure everything was in place, Fangzheng returned to the city. At the same time, he received the "homework" that Mei Yin gave him.
"This is what you're thinking?"
After flipping through the "homework" in front of him, Fangzheng raised his head and looked at Mei Yin.
Judging from the homework itself, Mei Yin had indeed considered these issues. For example, there was no child labor protection law in this world. Children had to go to work after being baptized at the age of seven. Mei Yin's idea was to use the manor as a papermaking workshop to improve the papermaking industry in this world. But …
"Why papermaking?"
Fangzheng pointed at the "homework" in his hand and looked at Mei Yin. This made Mei Yin a little nervous. For some reason, it reminded her of the fear she had during her graduation thesis defense ….
"Because paper is more expensive in this world, and the quality isn't very good. Ordinary people can't afford it, so naturally, they can't afford to buy books. So I want to promote the papermaking industry so that everyone can afford to read!"
"That's a good reason."
Fangzheng carefully recalled. He didn't really care about the papermaking industry in this world, but when he thought about it, he realized that the quality of the paper commissioned by the Adventurer's Association was indeed not very good.
"But you should understand that papermaking is not an easy thing to do. It will also conflict with the existing industries. Have you thought about solving this problem? Also, do you have the technology to make papermaking? "
"I have a partnership with a Chamber of Commerce. They are willing to help me deal with this problem. As for the technology to make papermaking … I've read about it in a book before. As long as I can find some information, it shouldn't be a problem! "
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Fangzheng looked at Mei Yin.
"You have a relationship with the Chamber of Commerce?"
"Yes, I once sold shampoo recipes and headwear to them by chance … and made some money from it."
"I see."
Hearing Mei Yin's answer, Fangzheng nodded. A girl was a girl, even a transmigrator. Fangzheng thought about it and found that in the web novels he had read, there were very few protagonists who started their business in shampoo … This was really a blind spot.
After all, most transmigrators were male. Who would pay attention to things like shampoo and hair accessories!
Even when Fangzheng was in the Origin World, he didn't care about it.
"So what you mean is to form a partnership with that Chamber of Commerce, and then let the children of the right age to make papermaking money … Hmm, that's one way. What else?"
"If possible, I hope to get Miss Aisi and the others to help train some of the children to become adventurers … No matter what, they can more or less protect themselves. Also, I can ask my sister and friends to take these children to the forest to learn how to pick fruits and hunt. At least that way, even if they can't buy food, they won't starve to death. "
"As far as you're concerned, you've already considered everything."
Fangzheng closed his homework and nodded. Seeing Fangzheng's expression, Mei Yin also relaxed a little.
However, Fangzheng's next sentence left Mei Yin dumbfounded.
"But your consideration is still too simple."
"Huh?"
Looking at the dumbfounded Mei Yin, Fangzheng shook his head. A student was a student. She had no idea what this meant. Reducing the cost of papermaking meant that the circulation of knowledge would be greatly enhanced. The increased circulation of knowledge conflicted with the idea of the nobles mastering their own knowledge and not letting the commoners have access to it.
Take a look at the United States. Although many people could go to university in the United States, those who could really go to good universities were the rich and political elites. Most people could only go to community colleges. Some people could not even understand the four mathematical operations after graduation. With this kind of education level, it was naturally impossible for them to do high-level work.
As for the so-called happy study, it was simply to deceive the commoners. Any elite child of a high-level received a force-feeding education from an early age. They were essentially no different from the majority of college entrance examination candidates in China. In other words, the majority of college entrance examination candidates in China enjoyed the aristocratic elite education model of the United States.
The so-called quality education and happy study were used to fool the commoners.
After all, as long as you fell behind at the starting line, you could only be a slave for the rest of your life. It was your business if you were willing to study happily. It was also your business if you couldn't find a job that met your requirements when you grew up. It was also your business if you had no choice but to sweep the streets.
This was the same reason that in this world, only the nobles had the conditions to learn to read. Ordinary people couldn't write at all.
Even if all beings were equal, if you were illiterate, you couldn't be made to do the work of literate people.
Therefore, you could only be a slave.
This was the invisible ravine, much crueler than the so-called carrot recruitment. For the nobles, most people being illiterate was obviously more beneficial to their rule. Mei Yin hoped that more people would read and understand the charm of books. To put it bluntly, it was to eliminate illiteracy … This was obviously in conflict with the nobles' ideas.
But this was also good. The circulation of knowledge was conducive to the development of order. For Fangzheng, it was even more beneficial without any harm. As for whether it would shake the ruling class of this world, he didn't care at all. Besides, he was a transmigrator. If he didn't turn the world upside down after coming to this world, wouldn't he be letting down his identity? Since Mei Yin had this kind of idea, he would let her do it. Anyway, if anything happened, he would be there to watch.
"Keep thinking about it. This is your next homework."
Fangzheng shrugged as he looked at the dumbfounded and puzzled Mei Yin.
"Next, inform everyone that the castle has been renovated and is ready to move in."
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