"Alright, alright, stop talking. If you keep going like this he'll wake up... Go to sleep."
Theresa muttered to herself, adjusted her pajamas a little, then closed her eyes and fell asleep with Yang Hao.
After taking a look at Theresa who was gradually falling asleep, Finn just closed his eyes silently.
For an elf with a long lifespan, she actually didn't quite understand why Theresa was so concerned about Yang Hao's health.
In her eyes, if Yang Hao's health was really bad to a certain extent, then using elven magic to treat it would be enough.
If that doesn't work, the clothes and ornaments that are full of elf aura on his body can gradually transform his body into the strength of an elf...
In this case, human concepts of fatigue and stress should no longer apply to Yang Hao, right
Is Theresa too worried about Yang Hao
The little elf was thinking - but as she was thinking, she suddenly realized something.
Considering that human life span is no more than a hundred years... the health of their partner may indeed be a major issue that they must consider with all their heart and soul.
In other words, if Yang Hao had not received the blessing of the elves and still had to rely on human life span and health - then according to his current work intensity, whether he could live to 40 years old would be a big question.
No wonder Theresa sees me as a big insurance to "limit his working hours"... But in this way...
(In this case, the original plan to wait until Theresa died of old age before taking action against him should be put on hold.)
Theresa is Yang Hao's heart, the person he loves most, and the core of his efforts until now.
In order to prevent Yang Hao from losing his fighting spirit due to Theresa's aging, and to prevent him from completely giving up on himself in the future... the elves really have to give Theresa some blessings.
At least she needs to live longer. According to the 800-year term of the Elf Regent... Well... we need to find a time to discuss this.
In this way, when their life span is extended more than eight times, whether or not to have an heir is no longer a problem... right
"Well, let's talk about it after we get up."
Finn muttered quietly.
She raised her head and lightly touched Yang Hao's cheek with her lips.
She closed her eyes lazily and said nothing more.
…
10:00 a.m. sharp.
After getting up, Yang Hao and the others finally had their working hours. Today's work was not very heavy, but it was still not easy for Yang Hao and Theresa.
After all, the emergence of the floating continent still seriously affected all aspects of Bayer Zhans, and the battle with the devil on the floating continent made everyone in Bayer Zhans panic.
Not to mention the consumption of ammunition and the emergence of new resource points, as well as whether business communications will be carried out afterwards and the construction of embassies between each other. It’s okay not to deal with them for the time being, but they are troublesome and disgusting to deal with.
Just like taking it together, Teresa handles the government affairs within the palace, while Yang Hao personally handles the affairs outside the palace.
As the little nun matured, the burden on Yang Hao's shoulders finally became a little lighter... But he still couldn't let his guard down. At least not now.
Finn is the most relaxed of the three of them because he doesn't have to worry about the political affairs of Caparia and everything is going well.
As the most relaxed person, she took the initiative to take on the task of accompanying Yang Hao everywhere, which made Theresa's mouth twitch wildly while she was eating breakfast, and also made Yang Hao show a helpless expression:
"You just want to make Theresa jealous..."
"How could that be? We elves are very rational. How could we do such a thing just because of our emotions?"
"The situation with Arthur makes me doubt the "rationality" of the elves..."
"hehe… "
Knowing that he couldn't go too deep into the matter, Yang Hao reluctantly brought Fen to the streets of Constantinople for a personal inspection. He decided to take advantage of this period of stability to develop the people's livelihood in Bayerjans while also increasing the population of Bayerjans in the future.
In today's Bayer Johannesburg, polygamy has become a common thing because it is legal.
From time to time on the street you can see a poor man surrounded by several jealous women.
Yang Hao found it very interesting, but he also felt sorry for the men among his people: after all, based on his experience, if Theresa was the only one around, he could still handle it with ease. But after Finn joined in, his body seemed to be unable to bear the pressure...
As Caesar, Yang Hao can eat the best and most nourishing food in the United Nations... But as lower-middle-class residents of the empire, those poor men... Alas!
"Perhaps we need to increase the proportion of side dishes. And livestock meat must be popularized as soon as possible." Yang Hao said with emotion, "Otherwise, some of our residents will become sick due to malnutrition... This is not a good thing."
"Haha, don't you see who made this place like this?" Fen took his right hand and smiled, and did not forget to reach out and use a handkerchief to wipe the marks left by Theresa on the right side of Yang Hao's neck.
"But tell me what to do. The wild animals in the Monster Forest cannot be hunted immediately. Constantinople's previous animal husbandry was basically destroyed because of the tsunami. Except for the fields that were protected by barriers at the time, the entire pasture has undergone more or less changes due to the infiltration of seawater, right?"
"Yes. But isn't there plenty of meat in the north?"
"oh?"
When the floating continent made an emergency landing on the sea, although the people of the United Nations handled it quickly, a large amount of seawater still poured into their territory.
The areas hardest hit were the port, which has not yet recovered, and the unprotected grasslands outside Constantinople's flood control line.
Although drainage operations were carried out, a large amount of seawater still penetrated into the land, causing the land to gradually become salinized and also causing the livestock industry that Bayer Zhans had originally planned to develop to fail.
The salinized land could be treated through biological, chemical or even magic methods in the future, but the residents' desire for meat was an extremely urgent matter.
If we had fought against Hutot Khan before, perhaps it would have become a dead end now.
But now that the two sides have cooperated with Isgard to form an evil tripartite alliance, Hutot Khanate has also suffered heavy losses due to the tsunami.
They urgently need to trade with the United Nations to deal with the chaos in their country. Among them, the merchants of the Khutot Khanate said that they can offer three commodities:
First, it was the minerals of the Sorrow Mountains. Whether it was iron ore or sulfur, saltpeter or charcoal, the depths of the Sorrow Mountains contained the mineral resources that Yang Hao was now extremely eager for, as well as substitutes for explosive ore—but the problem was that they were too heavy.
Even if they were trading in standard metal ingots, the amount of metal ingots that could be loaded into a carriage was limited, and the United Nations would not be able to use them for a while after they were transported over... So the trade in metal minerals had been put on hold for the time being.
The second is the "livestock" of the northern grasslands - literally, their livestock.
In the north, nomads not only domesticated cattle, sheep and horses, but many even tamed wild wolves and made them as obedient as dogs.
These livestock are the herders' renewable trading commodities and their most important assets.
For the United Nations, it also means that the meat can be raised or even slaughtered and enjoyed immediately after it is sent over for trade.
And considering the huge demand for meat in Constantinople today, it would be a good thing for the United Nations to establish a stable livestock trading line with Khutot Khan.
The only problem is that if a large number of livestock are transported here, they will need some suitable places to be housed.
Livestock excrement should not be wasted either, after all, it is the best fertilizer. Not only will we need to spare some manpower to slaughter and breed livestock, but we will also need people to process the compost…
This, the pressure of insufficient manpower is even greater... Is there any way to deal with this
The answer is - yes.
Because the nomads in the north have a third major trading item.
That is…
"Slave..."
"uh-huh?"
"I said, the third largest commodity in the North is slaves."
Sitting beside the fountain in King's Square which had not yet been rebuilt, Yang Hao, under the protection of the guards, looked at the report in his hand with Fen, and seriously stated his ideas to Fen.
One thing that must be affirmed is that the United Nations today is not a slavery country—
Even though Bayer Zans had slaves back then, they were more like "professional technicians" than victims of "oppression".
In the past, the relationship between masters and slaves in Bayerjans was similar to that between business owners and their employees on Earth. In other words, it was like a "high-class maid" in an aristocratic society who could resign at any time.
There are many reasons for becoming a slave in Bayerjans, but to become a slave who can enter the market, they not only need to take out loans to learn professional skills, but also need to understand "human etiquette" and learn the "ethics" of their profession.
Only in this way can a slave who meets the Bayezids' understanding officially go to the market, looking for his or her ideal master or be bought by his or her ideal master.
In Bayezid, the relationship between masters and slaves is relatively equal, not only in that masters can choose slaves and slaves can choose masters, but also in the daily work of slaves and the protection they receive under the law.
In the past, slaves would receive their wages every Sunday and could legally enjoy their own holidays. The standard working day was limited to 8 hours. If they had to work overtime, even if the slaves took the initiative to reduce or exempt overtime pay, the state tax officials had to ensure that the masters would provide the slaves with reasonable overtime pay.
As for the slaves, the skills they mastered made them behave completely unlike the slaves that people know today.
They are good at accounting, they know how to teach children to read and write, and some of them even know how to care for the sick.
Some slaves specialize in household chores, some are proficient in finance, and some are even more adept at socializing to gain glory for their masters. Some slaves who have multiple work experiences and are steady will become stewards of large families and be respected by others, and even become role models worthy of learning in the eyes of the nobles.
Some female slaves are even the mistress's best friend in bed and the second mother of her children...
In this case, rather than being slaves in the traditional sense, they are workers who are proficient in a certain technology.
They are much better than today's slaves in terms of social class advancement and their own knowledge reserves...
The worst of them are protected by the laws of Bayezid, but what about slaves in other places? They are considered happy if they can have enough food to eat, right
Not to mention that in the past Byzantine society, a large number of educated slaves enjoyed an important social status and became an indispensable part of the Byzantine society.
Under the influence of this culture, the masters treated the slaves they recruited or who joined them voluntarily as their own family members, and the slaves therefore provided their masters with the knowledge and efforts they had learned throughout their lives.
Because of this, most slaves could regain their status as free men with the help of their masters without even having to wait until the day when they had to pay off their debts.
But the slaves would not leave their masters because of this. In a sense, they had already become an inseparable family.
But because of this, the "slaves" of Bayerjans are completely different from the slaves provided by the northern nomads today...
Yang Hao would rather rename Bayerjans' current "slaves" as "servants" - because that is actually the case.
In Bayezid's writings, "slave" and "servant" are actually the same word... but the classes they represent are completely different, right
I must find some time to sort out these plural words later.
Yang Hao began to have wild thoughts, and at this time, Fen said that things like "slave trade" should be avoided as much as possible if possible.
"Let's not talk about the difference in quality between the slaves of the northerners and the slaves of Bayerjans, or the class of "stewards or servants"...
If only because they might disrupt the cultural foundations of the Byzantines, it would be better for us not to engage in slave trade for the time being."
"Even if we buy the slaves, we still need to educate them before we circulate them?"
"Yes. After all, Yang Hao, you have to admit that "basic education" is not something that can be accomplished in five or six years. It took the Bayerjans five or six hundred years to create their own unique slave culture when they founded their country. How can you expect the illiterate slaves in the north to recognize the Bayerjans' culture in five or six years?"
Fen reached out and pinched Yang Hao's chin stubble. She muttered, "Isn't it time for you to shave?" Yang Hao just nodded and said "hmm".
"Um."
Fen's statement made Yang Hao think more calmly about the gains and losses of population trade.
First of all, engaging in slave trade with the northern nomads would undoubtedly alleviate the current problem of labor shortage in the United Nations in a short period of time.
After all, the production of small golems cannot be increased in a short time. Even if the production is increased, priority must be given to ensuring the supply production of the colonial army that Miss Black Dragon has exchanged her life for several times.
The value of the magic puppets in the neighboring country of Eden is ridiculously high... Even if the people of the United Kingdom, which is currently undergoing the Great Harmony of Life, give birth to children, it will take at least fifteen years before they can be used.
In this case, if Yang Hao really wants to quickly increase the labor force ceiling, leaving aside immigration, the best way is naturally population trade.
However, the increase in labor force through the slave trade was achieved at the expense of a decline in the overall quality of the United Nations' citizens.
Yang Hao recalled his experience of being harmed by the unruly people in the Roman Empire, and thought about how his five years of education only earned him a group of ignorant bastards who brutally killed their teacher...
Forget it, forget it. The quality of the people is much more valuable than the labor of slaves - of course, Bayer Janssen's "slaves" are another matter.
But they will all be called the "attendant" class in the future, so it's normal to ignore them, right
After confirming that there would be no slave trade, the subsequent transaction with the Khutot Khanate became very simple and clear.
The United Nations needs livestock and meat, and the Khutot Khanate needs the industrial products produced here in the United Nations to rebuild its rear. When the time comes, we will hand over the livestock in one hand and the products in the other. You will not lose, and neither will I.
This was the first time that Yang Hao had a normal win-win deal with someone else. Alas, I can only say that people still need to change appropriately.
Yang Hao sighed and wrote down the work on the trade goods in a small notebook. He then asked a guard to take the notebook away and told him to hand it over to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Purple Palace and let the minister handle all matters related to this transaction.
After the guards left, Fen looked at Yang Hao curiously: "Have you gradually let other people take charge of their own work?"
"After all, I am responsible for too many things. I have to take care of development, military affairs, and politics from time to time. If this continues, I will be exhausted to death...
There are people who can take over my job now, they just need experience, and I can give them experience, so that’s good.”
“But you still manage everything, don’t you?”
"At least I don't have to worry about the details, right?" Yang Hao rolled his eyes, pinched Fen's nose, then stood up and left.
Their next stop was the farmland outside Constantinople and the newly built satellite cities in the suburbs.
Although there are still many urban areas that can be used inside Constantinople, according to current planning, it would be better to build some highly polluting industrial areas outside living and agricultural areas.
This satellite city built near the port was actually planned by Theresa on a whim.
That is the area most polluted by sea water. The salt content of the entire land is more than the salt a person eats in his lifetime. It can be said that there is no need to consider properly managing this part of the land within fifty years.
Since there is no way to control it, the little nun remembered that the "industry" Yang Hao mentioned was something that was polluting and needed to be close to a logistics transfer station... She simply decided to recycle the waste: build Bayer's advanced industry directly on the wasteland that could not be re-used for agricultural value!