Victor only knew that Tang En was the messenger of God, but he did not know his mission.
He just wanted to use Tang En's identity as the Son of Destiny to let Irus return to the peak of glory.
But what about Tang En?
What he wanted to do was to save the world, and Victor gave him a very good impression — an emperor with such awareness was rare.
Why did he say that he had awareness?
Because he was an emperor, a person who had gained benefits, and for the future of the country, he even dared to change his own life. How many people could do that?
Was this awareness not high enough?
So Tang En did not mind helping him.
No matter what, for him to be able to develop so smoothly in Ellington, it was all thanks to his support.
In fact, if Victor needed it, Tang En was even willing to provide him with a large number of armor and weapons made of universal steel.
Those light but durable armor and weapons were comparable to magic weapons in the eyes of the Ellington guards, but in the eyes of Tang En, they were just some backward cold weapons.
Although Prandal could not reproduce the hot weapons on Earth on their own, they could find a way to make magic weapons.
Therefore, Tang En had never taken those armors and weapons seriously. After the production capacity increased, those things were as cheap as ordinary household utensils.
Taking this opportunity, Tang En and Victor talked about the important relationship between the liberation of agricultural productivity and the development of the country. Tang En's casual ideas and theories were an eye-opener for Victor and the others. They had never heard of the theory that productivity determined production relations and social forms.
Primitive society, slave society, feudal society, capitalist society? Or even a communist society where everyone was equal?
If these words were said by other people, Victor would definitely think that he was crazy, but since it was said by Tang En, he had to take it seriously.
A communist society where everyone was equal … Was this referring to the Kingdom of God?
"You said that our current social form has crossed three stages, the end of the slave society, the middle of the feudal society, and the early stage of the capitalist society … Is this possible?"
Aubrey frowned slightly. "How can there be three social forms at the same time?"
"Of course it's possible."
Tang En was also very helpless, but this was the truth. "Because you … Uh, I mean, the social changes in our world did not evolve through bloody class revolutions."
"You mean …"
"During the period of primitive society, our ancestors were created by the gods. They gained sentience and formed human society. With the departure of the gods, humans gradually began to develop private ownership. During this process, we naturally entered a slave society. Slaves became a symbol of wealth."
"The end of the slave society was actually the early stage of the feudal society. The slave owners transformed into feudal landlords and feudal lords, and the slaves gradually transformed into tenants and subjects under the rule of the feudal lords. There was not much of a transition between the two."
"But feudal society is different from capitalist society. This transition will be accompanied by a large number of slave uprisings to fight against the class struggle and gain complete personal freedom. At the same time, merchants will begin to fight for trade freedom and a greater voice —"
At this point, Tang En revealed a strange smile. "But at this critical point in time, the invasion of Chaos broke out. The external pressure completely disrupted the natural process of our human society. Humans have never united to fight against the external enemy before."
"When the external enemy was defeated, humans formed a united kingdom — which is our Irus Empire. This transition and unification was too sudden and too smooth. The external invaders not only forced humans to make the choice of unification, but also diverted the internal conflicts. The conflicts that had not yet erupted were extinguished just like that."
"So, the current human world is a situation where the three social forms are mixed. Of course, as I said, with the further improvement of productivity, slaves will soon disappear completely. Because by then, slaves will no longer be able to represent more productivity. Instead, they will become a burden that consumes a lot of food. No one will be willing to keep those slaves —"
After a pause, Tang En said in a low voice, "— except for female slaves. Unless the slavery system is completely abolished by legislation, I'm afraid it will take a long time for them to disappear naturally."
Slaves would not disappear so easily. As long as there was a demand, female slaves would still exist. This was an unavoidable problem.
Not only Victor and the others, but the ladies present also knew that this was a very normal thing at the moment. When the male master played with the female slaves, even the female master would not say anything. This was because they did not treat the female slaves as individuals at all. Instead, they treated them as property and possessions.
Victor sighed. "Although the slave trade is very rare now, legislating to abolish the slavery system will still touch the interests of many people —"
"Unless …"
"Unless?"
Tang En smiled. "Unless you intend to use their power."
Victor, Oberia, and Adrian were stunned. Use the power of the slaves?
"Wait!"
Princess Aurelia looked at Tang En in horror. Fiona exclaimed, "My lord, do you mean —"
"That's right."
Tang En snapped his fingers. "If we want to completely fall out with the nobles, we can release this news. Even if the slaves do nothing, the nobles who have slaves at home will not feel at ease. They will definitely send people to spy on the slaves or supervise them. This will certainly consume some of their energy. Just by releasing this news, we can gain an unimaginable advantage. Why not?"
Aubrey was shocked. Just as Twain had said, just by releasing a piece of news, they could exhaust the limited energy of the enemy and make them fearful. If this happened in a situation where the two armies were facing each other, the advantage they held would be too great!
Oberia and Adrian looked at each other and said with a serious face, "Your Majesty, it's best to write this down. Perhaps, we will really need it in the future."
Victor said solemnly, "Of course, I understand."
After taking the parchment scroll and writing down this plan, Oberia looked at Tang En up and down.
"What are you looking at?"
"Looking at you. What's wrong?"
"… Nothing."
After all, he was Elsa's grandfather …
"Hmph! I really don't understand how your brain works. "
Oberia muttered, "Being a feudal lord is a good thing, and you are also an alchemist. You can always come up with some strange things — and they are all very useful. Now, you actually have such a good eye in strategy. Are you the illegitimate son of the Goddess?"
Victor's mouth twitched. Old friend, this guy might really be …
"Envious? Unfortunately, it's useless to be envious. This is talent. "
"What are you so proud of?"
Oberia rolled his eyes. "Do you believe that my Elsa will ignore you in the future?"
"Grandfather!"
Elsa shouted with a red face. "What does your quarrel have to do with me?"
Fiona looked at Elsa quietly. "The feudal lord hasn't spoken yet …"
"…"
Elsa's face turned even redder.
Tang En laughed. "Elsa and I are in Ellington. What can you do?"
"…"
The proud Oberia froze. He really couldn't do anything. If he could, would he let Abedon stay there?
Grandia, who was sitting opposite Tang En, looked left and right and suddenly laughed.
It seemed that her situation wasn't that bad.
Although this guy likes Lady Aiguin, there were also many women who liked him.
Grandia was very smart. She didn't say that Tang En liked Aiguin. If this matter was exposed, Fiona, Elsa, and the others would unite and it would be disadvantageous for her.
The wisest thing to do was to let things develop. As long as Lady Aiguin came to Ellington one day, she only needed to use a little trick to let them see how Tang En and Lady Aiguin interacted …
Hehe …
At that time, as long as she told this matter to Lady Aiguin, this guy would have no hope at all!
Humph, Aegwynn, as long as you have me, it's fine!
There was another person who was watching calmly like Grandia. Naturally, it was Princess Aurelia, who hated Tang En to the core.
However, her identity was now a princess and not the famous thief Night Song. Of course, she couldn't fall out with Tang En.
If it wasn't for the fact that she had ruthlessly cheated him last time and made a lot of money, Aurelia felt that she might not be able to endure it.
Benefiting from the rich experience of being Night Song, Aurelia sensitively discovered the interesting things at the table.
Fiona and Elsa obviously had a good impression of Tang En. What? Elijah? Don't joke, she was still a child. Moreover, the silly Elsa didn't seem to realize this.
Apart from them, at the booth today, the maid named Tina was also interested in Tang En. Her eyes were almost always fixed on Tang En and never left him.
Obviously, Tang En's charm — Aurelia secretly curled her lips — had conquered them. However, was this his unintentional charm? Or was it the result of his deliberate actions?
Last time, Tang En casually said that his wife was an elf. Since he already had a wife, why would he still go and flirt with other girls?
At that time, Aurelia wasn't present. However, when Victor told her later, Aurelia's first thought was disbelief. Even if the elves were blind, they wouldn't choose a man like him, right?
However, now that she saw that Tang En actually invited the elves … she had no choice but to believe it.
Then, here came the interesting thing.
If they knew about this, it meant that Tang En's charm was indeed very strong. Even marriage couldn't stop them.
However, if they didn't know that Tang En actually had a wife, it meant that … Tang En was deliberately deceiving them.
He seemed to have accidentally gotten hold of something that could be used against Twain.
Aurelia revealed a charming smile at Tang En.
Tang En felt a chill in his heart.
Why was she smiling so brightly?
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