"Create new magic in order to improve people's living standards?" In the meeting hall of the Kingdom of God's "Sanctuary", Ariel, the ocean goddess with the highest magical attainments among the gods, pondered for a moment, nodded with a smile, "This is a good idea The idea is to improve the living standards of believers, which is not only conducive to consolidating their beliefs, but also conducive to increasing their power - when their power becomes stronger, they can promote the expansion of beliefs and embark on a virtuous cycle."
Sui Xiong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he would think of this direction, but after thinking about it, he was relieved - only when you have goals can you have motivation, and when you have profits, you have enthusiasm. If your ideas can benefit the people while also If friends get benefits, isn't that the best result
"Yes." He said with a smile, "So I think everyone can join forces to summarize the problems in people's current lives that can be easily solved with magic, and then invent targeted magic."
"I don't think this is a good idea." Joel Gardman, the God of Justice who always dressed shabbily, shook his head and poured cold water on him. "Spellcasting itself is a difficult task, and training spellcasters also requires A lot of time and resources. It would be a waste to spend such a large amount of resources just to solve some problems that are not urgent.”
"It's better than not being able to solve it," said Mannis, the goddess of wealth. "It's better to have a solution than to have no solution at all."
"This idea is too naive." Joel Gadman sighed, "If you think about it, the human resources of spell casters are currently concentrated in the hands of three forces. The first force that accounts for the majority is naturally religion, but the various gods Being hostile to each other, apart from preaching, most of the priests' spell-casting abilities are wasted in meaningless confrontations, and in fact, not many resources can be freed up."
Seeing everyone nodding slightly, he continued: "The second group is the nobility. Because spellcasting itself requires money, only nobles and merchant families can afford it. After businessmen gain the ability to cast spells, they will most likely seek aristocratic status. .Similarly, many spell casters who are scholars and adventurers will also pursue aristocratic status. For example, in the Secret Tower Federation, there are a large number of settled spell casters, but as long as they reach the middle level, there are almost no aristocrats. … So ultimately, the second force is the aristocracy.”
"The nobles don't care about the life and death of the common people. Although there are some upright and outstanding people like the late Baron Keen among them, most of the nobles are hostile to the common people. Magic to improve living standards has not existed in the past. They have mastered a lot, but have they ever used these spells to benefit the common people? They have never even thought about it!"
All the gods felt a little sad and sighed.
"The last force is the adventurers. They are very strong, but they are scattered and lack even the most basic organization. They may be a powerful force when it comes to destruction, but when it comes to construction... they are not good at it. If nothing else, , how can we make those adventurers who pursue freedom settle down for a long time and work for ordinary civilians? Do you have any ideas?"
The gods thought for a while, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they all shook their heads.
Joel Gardman talked a lot in one breath, and finally picked up the wine glass and took a big sip, summarizing his point of view: "In general, I think that after the 'magic of improving living standards' is researched, Most of them will not have the effect of improving people's living standards, but will become a tool for the nobles to enjoy themselves."
He spoke so eloquently that everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
When it comes to understanding of mortal society, no one among the gods can compare with Yorgardman. Not only did He come from a lower-class society of mortals, he also always transformed into a mortal and walked around the earth. He has seen too much of the joys and sorrows of mortals, and all kinds of good and evil in the world of mortals. The other gods present may not know as much about the human world as he does.
Since He believes that magic that improves living standards will only become a tool for the aristocracy to enjoy themselves, then things will probably develop like this.
However, Sui Xiong was not reconciled.
He felt that magic, like technology on earth, would never have any vitality if it only served a few people. If we want magic to usher in great development and then promote the progress of the entire society, we should let the power of magic serve the public and popularize magic to ordinary people.
But Joel Gardman is right, learning magic requires talent and resources, which are like two high thresholds, ruthlessly shutting out the vast majority of ordinary people, making it impossible for them to enjoy the benefits of magic. Correspondingly, why should people who have crossed these two thresholds condescend to serve ordinary people
(How is this problem solved on earth?)
He thought hard and tried to find a solution.
On the earth, let alone those backward areas, but in more advanced and developed areas, basically everyone must learn scientific knowledge. But in fact, for the vast majority of people, what they study is actually far from the real "scientific frontier" - take Sui Xiong himself as an example. He is a serious college student, who studied from elementary school to university. I studied for sixteen years. But the scientific knowledge he has learned can only be said to be at the mainstream level of society. If he wants to engage in scientific research... Look at the blast furnace he tried to produce, which exploded so many times and failed in the end. You will know that it is far from it.
So, how do people on earth solve the problem of "not keeping up with the pace of science"
The vast majority of people on the earth do not have the ability to transform science into productivity, but they can still enjoy the convenience brought by science without any obstacles. What is the key to this
Sui Xiong frowned and thought hard.
(On earth, when technology first appeared, it seemed that it was used by a few rich people and nobles as a tool for enjoyment, right? I remember that we also have an idiom in China called "Qi Hao Qiao" to describe this...)
(I don’t know about things in Europe, but everyone has two eyes, one mouth, one pair of arms and two legs, so there shouldn’t be much difference in how they do it.)
(So, when exactly did technology begin to be transferred to civilian use in large quantities?)
At this time, he extremely regretted that he had not studied history well back then.
If I were a top student majoring in history, wouldn’t this kind of thing come easily? Maybe it’s technology or managing the country, nothing can trouble me!
well! How come I am an artist? What use is art at this time? Even on earth, the Renaissance relied on the support of the merchant class!
(Wait! Renaissance?! Businessman?!)
A flash of inspiration flashed in Sui Xiong's mind, and the sudden inspiration made him couldn't help but be grateful that he didn't skip classes to play games when he was studying art history.
(I remembered! The key to the popularization of science and technology is also the promotion of businessmen, or capital! When I was in class, I said that the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution were manifestations of the development of capitalist society to a certain extent and the destruction of the old feudal system. !)
(Oh my God! I really want to thank Professor Cheng who looks a bit like Leslie Cheung. He always likes to talk about other things when he talks about art history. At that time, I just thought his words were interesting. Now looking back, they are all scholars of all ages. The crystallization of hard work!)
(It's a pity that this professor didn't teach how to build a blast furnace...)
He couldn't help but smile secretly, already having a plan in mind.
"I really need your help in this matter, Mannis." He said, "You have the most businessmen among your believers, and businessmen are after profits. As long as they discover new profit points, and with the promotion of your church , I think there is hope in this matter.”
Mannis was stunned and looked at him doubtfully: "I know that businessmen pursue profits, but why do you think businessmen can bear such a heavy responsibility? They can only exist depending on the nobles, even if they are developed. , and will only choose to become a new noble."
As he spoke, he sighed: "In the Gold Coin Federation, wealth symbolizes status. But the rich will still spend a lot of money and time to seek noble status for themselves. Wealth alone is not enough."
"That's because nobility can bring privileges, but no matter how rich a businessman is, wealth cannot bring enough power." Sui Xiong said with a smile, "This problem can be solved slowly. What we have to do now is to create Some magic that not only improves people’s lives but also brings ample profits to merchants.”
He turned to look at everyone: "The threshold for learning this type of magic should not be too high, otherwise it will lose its meaning. The cost should not be too high, otherwise it will be difficult to get profits from civilians. As for the rest, It’s up to us to steer the ship.”
"Yes, there is no limit to businessmen's pursuit of profits, so they need to be restricted by law." Law God, the God of Law, nodded first. "Supervision also needs to be strengthened to prevent the law from becoming ineffective."
"I think it's best to control this set of spells in the direction of good magic." Jorgadman said, "Good priests are the most reliable force. Controlling the spells in this direction can directly eliminate many dangers. molecules, avoiding a lot of potential trouble."
"Last and most important." Sui Xiong smiled and said confidently, "We must strictly control the scope of use of these spells. We cannot blindly promote them on a large scale, but must popularize them bit by bit."
"It's better to start with the Northwest Republic. There are no aristocratic forces here, so interference can be avoided to the greatest extent."
At this time, he thought of many sages on the earth and some famous sayings: "In the future, if we have any new ideas, we might as well set aside a small area to practice them, and call it... a special zone."
The gods looked at each other and nodded.
So, the matter was settled.