Fang Yun said slowly: "Let me put it in the most common language. What can ordinary people do to create more value and wealth, or power?"
The great scholars present 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 tell you. Let's discuss the second question, new technology. This new technology actually includes two directions. All war poems, military tactics, new painting methods, etc. are new technologies, but the process of creating this new technology often requires inspiration, which is difficult for anyone to control. So, let's ignore this new technology for now. Let's only mention the new technology that has the greatest impact on war at present. Well, I believe everyone understands that it is the craftsmanship technology."
Many great scholars nodded slightly, and the craftsmanship technology has become one of the powerful forces that the human race can use to influence battles, just like war poetry and military tactics.
"If we recall carefully, we will find that every leap forward in engineering technology was made by a brilliant genius. But in fact, before each breakthrough, the relevant technology was slowly accumulated at an almost undetectable speed. Without a long period of technological accumulation, even the most talented person could not achieve a technological breakthrough or leap. At this point, my goal is clear. We cannot control the breakthrough of geniuses, but we can speed up the accumulation of technology!"
Many great scholars began to breathe heavily.
Fang Yun smiled and continued to explain his point of view.
"Let's look back to the source of history and trace our ancestors. In the beginning, our ancestors only knew how to gather food and hunt. However, due to backward 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, the tribe cannot expand. Even the early stages of all tribes in the Ten Thousand Worlds have gone through such a stage, using various methods to control the population, such as killing weak children or the elderly."
"Later, humans learned to grow crops and raise livestock, which allowed them to feed more people. Not everyone had to go out to get food. As a result, people had new needs and derived behaviors beyond planting and herding. For example, the need to preserve food led to pottery making; the need to protect the tribe and better harvest food led to metal smelting; record keeping, management, sacrifice, and so on."
"From the behavior of our ancestors, we can see that technology actually increases the population, and the surplus population in turn promotes technological progress. New technology once again increases the population quantity and quality. This cycle complements each other. Over time, the human race has developed into what we are today."
"How can we speed up the accumulation of technology? Abandoning primitive means and abandoning the natural process, we must artificially promote this process. We must take the initiative to increase investment in technology. We must mobilize more manpower and material resources to promote the rapid accumulation of new technologies, thereby accelerating technological leaps and breakthroughs! In fact, as long as the Holy Academy and the Ten Countries make arrangements, we are not short of material resources, what we lack is people."
"Back to the previous question, should we use more manpower to grow food, or send them to workshops to increase the human race's technological accumulation? Farmers or workers, who can accelerate technological accumulation?"
No great scholar answered because the answer was obvious.
It was not until this time that the elders from the Palace of Agriculture, the Palace of Industry and the Palace of Punishment fully understood Fang Yun’s true intentions.
Fang Yun looked at the great scholars who were constantly thinking and deducing, and was very calm.
History is the best teacher and the past is the best mentor.
The famous sheep-eating-people-enclosure-movement is the best example. In order to obtain huge profits, some people used despicable means to seize farmers' land and property and forced farmers into cities.
This example is ignominious and full of blood, greed and sin, but we can learn a lot from it.
The essence of sheep eating people is that the upper class sacrifices the lower class and plunders the lower class.
In fact, since the birth of human beings, the situation of sheep eating people has been repeating. Those who possess advanced or powerful forces will sacrifice those who possess backward and weak forces every once in a while.
Every time an innovation occurs, as long as it produces the so-called pain, the people who suffer will definitely be deliberately sacrificed, which is essentially no different from a movement of sheep eating people.
In other words, human history is the history of the continuous sacrifice of the lower classes.
It is the blood and tears of the lower-class humans that consolidate the foundation of the human race, allowing the geniuses of the human race to build monuments representing humanity on this solid foundation.
Gao Mo, the elder of the Criminal Hall, slowly asked, "How can we obtain extra food?"
Fang Yun glanced at the great scholar in the Agricultural Palace and said, "The Agricultural Palace has achieved fruitful results in the Blood Mang Realm. It has successfully cultivated high-yield grains and vegetables on a large scale, such as potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, cabbage, pumpkins, etc., and combined with the divine objects I obtained from the Burial Valley, through hybrid breeding, in a few years, the human race's grain and vegetable production will be three times or even more than it is now."
Xu Shi added: "The discovery of many foods is largely due to the contribution of Fang Xusheng. Without Fang Xusheng, we might not have been able to discover these high-yield crops even after spending more than ten years."
Gao Mo nodded and said, "It seems that Fang Xusheng wants to use the Blood Mang Realm to nurture the human race and supply minerals from the Burial Sacred Valley, the Jiao Sacred Palace, and the Ten Cold Ancient Land, so that more people can leave the fields and go to the workshops to work and complete the original accumulation of technology?"
"That's right." Fang Yun said.
"But what if those people are unwilling? If we force them, will it cause unrest?" Gao Mo stared into Fang Yun's eyes.
All the great scholars fell silent. In fact, after Fang Yun explained his purpose, everyone thought of this biggest problem.
Fang Yun did not answer immediately, but after a long time, he let out a long sigh.
"When I was in the Shihan Ancient Land, I once asked the others a question. A demon saint captured 101 people, put one of them to sleep, and then made the other 100 people awake. He said that if we killed the sleeping person, the 100 people would be saved. If we were among the 100 people, should we kill the sleeping person or not?"
"Is this your famous avalanche problem?"
Fang Yun nodded and said, "My answer now is the same as it was back then. I cannot guarantee that what I did was kind and right, nor can I guarantee that I followed the laws of benevolence, righteousness, morality and propriety. I sacrificed them, but I can guarantee that I sacrificed more than anyone else, and I paid more than anyone else. I personally will not gain any personal gain from this matter, I will not brag about my achievements by stepping on their backs, I will not let them starve to death, and I will not 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 our human leaders. My final bottom line is that I can sacrifice them, but I will not first promote them as a lazy, greedy and ignorant group, and then force them out of the farmland, out of the villages and towns, and into the city workshops in the name of justice. Just like, if one day I need them to sacrifice again and need them to leave the workshop, I will not let them bear the stigma that should be borne by us incompetent and shameless leaders."
"I am... ashamed." Gao Mo sighed deeply.
All the great scholars looked at Fang Yun with eyes full of respect.