Fang Yun said slowly, "Let me put it in the simplest terms. What can ordinary people do that can make them create more value, wealth, or power?"
All the scholars vaguely understood Fang Yun's intention, and their eyes lit up.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "I know the answer to this question, but I won't say it. Let's talk about the second question, the new technology. This new technology actually includes two directions. All the war poems, the art of war, the new drawing methods, and so on are all new technologies. However, the process of creating these new technologies often requires inspiration, and it is difficult for anyone to control. Therefore, we will ignore these new technologies for now. We will only talk about the new technology that is most useful for war. Hmm, I think everyone knows that it is the Gongzi technology. "
Many scholars nodded slightly. The Gongzi technology, like the war poems and the art of war, had become one of the most powerful forces of the human race in war.
"If we think back carefully, we will find that every time the Gongzi technology leaps forward, it is because of the breakthroughs of the geniuses, but in fact, before each breakthrough, the relevant technology is slowly accumulating at an almost undetectable speed. Without a long period of accumulation of technology, no matter how talented a person is, he or she will not be able to make a breakthrough in technology. Speaking of which, my goal is obvious. We cannot control the breakthroughs of geniuses, but we can speed up the accumulation of technology! "
Many scholars' breaths became heavy.
Fang Yun smiled and continued to explain his point of view.
"Let's look at the origin of history and trace back to our ancestors. In the beginning, our ancestors only knew how to gather food and hunt. However, due to the outdated tools and the fact that not every gathering point and hunting point had inexhaustible resources, our ancestors' actual harvest was very limited. With limited food, it was impossible to expand the population. Even in the early days of all the races in the universe, there was a period where they used all kinds of methods to control the population, such as killing the weak children or the elderly. "
"Later, the human race learned how to grow food, learn how to raise livestock, and be able to feed more people. Everyone no longer needed to gather food. As a result, people had new needs, which gave rise to activities other than farming and herding. For example, they needed to preserve food, which led to pottery. For example, they needed to protect their tribe and better harvest food, which led to metal smelting. For example, they needed to record, manage, offer sacrifices, and so on.
"From the behavior of our ancestors, it can be seen that in fact, technology increases the population, and the surplus population in turn promotes the advancement of technology. New technology increases the number and quality of the population again. This cycle complements each other. After a long time, the human race developed into what we are now."
"What do we use to speed up the accumulation of technology? Throw away the primitive means and abandon the natural process. We need to push this process forward. We need to take the initiative to increase the investment in technology. We need to mobilize more manpower and material resources to promote the rapid accumulation of new technology, thus speeding up the technological leap and breakthrough! In fact, as long as the Notre-Dame and the Ten Nations make arrangements, we don't lack material resources. What we lack is manpower. "
"Let's go back to the previous question. Should we use more manpower to grow food or send them to the workshops to increase the accumulation of human technology? Between farmers and workers, who can speed up the accumulation of technology? "
No Confucian answered because the answer was obvious.
At this moment, the elders of the Agriculture Hall, Works Hall, and Punishment Hall finally understood Fang Yun's true intentions.
Fang Yun looked at the great Confucian scholars who were continuously thinking and deducing calmly.
History was the best teacher, and the past was the best teacher.
The famous movement of sheep eating humans was the best example. Some people used despicable means to seize the land and products of the farmers in order to obtain rich benefits and forced the farmers to move to the cities.
That example was disgraceful and full of bloodshed, greed, and evil. However, there was a lot to learn from it.
The essence of sheep eating humans was that the higher class sacrificed the lower class in order to plunder the lower class.
In fact, since the birth of the human race, sheep eating humans had been repeated repeatedly. Those who had advanced or powerful power would sacrifice those who had backward and weak power every once in a while.
As long as there was a so-called pain in every revolution, it would definitely be because the people in pain were deliberately sacrificed. In essence, it was no different from the sheep eating humans.
In other words, the history of humans was the history of constant sacrifices at the bottom.
It was the blood and tears of the people at the bottom that strengthened the foundation of the human race, allowing the geniuses of the human race to build monuments that represented the human race.
Elder Gao Mo of the Punishment Hall slowly asked, "How do we obtain extra food?"
Fang Yun glanced at the great scholar of the Agriculture Hall and said, "The Agriculture Hall has already achieved great results in the Blood Awn World. They have successfully cultivated high-yielding crops and vegetables on a large scale, such as potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, cabbages, pumpkins, and so on. In addition to the divine items I obtained from Sacred Burial Valley, we can cross-breed them. In just a few years, the crops and vegetables produced by the Human Race will be three times what they are now."
Xu Shi added, "Many of the discoveries of food were mostly due to Fang Xusheng's efforts. If not for Fang Xusheng, we might not have been able to discover these high-yield crops even if we spent more than ten years."
Gao Mo nodded and said, "It seems that Fang Xusheng wants to use the Bloodlight World to nurture the human race. He wants to use the minerals of Sacred Burial Valley, Flood Dragon Palace, and Ten Frigid Ancient Land to make more people leave the fields and work in the workshops to complete the accumulation of primitive technology?"
"Exactly," Fang Yundao said.
"But what if those people aren't willing? If we force them, won't it cause unrest? "Gao Mo stared into Fang Yun's eyes.
All the great Confucians sank into silence. In fact, after Fang Yun revealed his goal, everyone thought of the biggest problem.
Fang Yun didn't answer immediately. After a long time, he let out a long sigh.
"When I was in Ten Frigid Ancient Land, I once asked someone a question. A Demon Saint captured a hundred and one people and made one of them fall into a coma. Then, he woke up the other one hundred people and said that if we killed the one who fell into a coma, the hundred people would be saved. If we were among the hundred people, should we kill the one who fell into a coma? "
"This is your famous avalanche problem, right?"
Fang Yun nodded and said, "My answer now is the same as back then. I can't guarantee that what I do is good and right, and I can't guarantee that I follow benevolence, righteousness, morality, and etiquette. I sacrificed them, but I can guarantee that I sacrificed more than anyone else, and I paid more than anyone else. I won't gain any personal benefits from this matter, and I won't step on their backs to brag about my achievements. I won't let them starve to death, and I won't let them sell their bodies for a living … "
Fang Yun suddenly paused for a few breaths and continued, "The reason for sacrificing them is the incompetence and shamelessness of the upper echelons of the human race. My bottom line is that I can sacrifice them, but I won't first promote them as a group of lazy, greedy, and ignorant people, and then force them out of the fields, out of the villages, and into the workshops of the cities in the name of justice. Just like, if there comes a day when I need them to be sacrificed again and leave the workshops, I won't let them bear the infamy that should be borne by us, the incompetent and shameless upper echelons. "
"This old man … is ashamed." Gao Mo sighed deeply.
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