"We understand that you want to liberate farmers from the fields and let them work in workshops to speed up the accumulation of human technology, but even if the means you use are gentle, it will inevitably cause unrest. Except for Jingguo, no country will cooperate with you to do so. I would like to hear your specific plan." said Xiang Liyuan, the elder of the Gongjia Pavilion.
Fang Yun nodded gently and said, "I already have a plan in mind. The first step is naturally to upgrade the farm tools. Elders of the Work Hall, has the previous agreement been implemented?"
Fang Yun looked towards the elder of Gongdian.
Xiang Liyuan smiled and said, "Based on the drawings and technology you provided, we have already produced various new types of agricultural tools. In order to prove the sincerity of our Gongdian, all agricultural tools are mass-produced by our Gongjia masters, and the quantity is enough for Panorama Country to use."
Fang Yun looked at the great scholar of the Agricultural Palace and asked, "Has the Agricultural Palace prepared the A-grade cattle I need?"
"We have used the sacred treasure of the Farmers to breed them. Many of the armored cattle are still young, but they can work normally and are enough to supply the Panorama Kingdom. Of course, this is all thanks to your previous support and technical accumulation, which allowed us to use the Blood Mang Realm to achieve one Farmer achievement after another."
Fang Yun nodded, looked at everyone, and said, "I have commissioned the Gongdian to create a large number of new farm tools, and also asked the Nongdian to use the sacred treasures of the farmers to speed up the breeding of a large number of armored cattle. Next, I hope that the Nongdian will take the entire Jing Kingdom as a pilot to popularize these new farm tools and armored cattle. In this way, it will be enough to save half of the manpower this year alone. In the next three years, the number of farmers needed in Jing Kingdom will continue to decrease. According to normal estimates, it will be one-third of the previous number. The armored cattle of the Gongdian can only be used for five years due to the accelerated breeding, but these five years are enough for the Xuemang Realm to breed the armored cattle needed five years later."
"Now that we have a large number of farm tools and Grade A cattle, what should we do next?" Xiang Liyuan asked.
Fang Yun said: "After that, it is time to requisition land. Land requisition is a two-step process. For the first step, I need to rely on the legalists. My specific measures are..."
After Fang Yun finished speaking, strange lights flashed in the eyes of the great scholars present, and then someone objected.
Fang Yun explained patiently and made it clear that this had been agreed upon by all the elders in the Criminal Hall, and that there were even people inside the Criminal Hall who had wanted to do this a long time ago.
After a long period of debate and explanation, the three hall elders finally reached a consensus.
"In the second step, we will not slander or attack the farmers, but we will positively publicize the benefits of the workshop. Of course, the premise is that the Gongdian will come forward to do a good job in the basic construction of the workshop and ensure that other countries will not boycott Jingguo's products. As long as the workshop can really make money, farmers will naturally want to be workers. After that, we need to forcibly requisition land and force some people to move from villages to towns. Of course, we will provide housing and silver compensation, and at the same time provide skills training so that they can work in the workshop. This is a seemingly simple but actually very complicated process. In this process, the interests of those farmers will inevitably be sacrificed, but many years later, they will feel fortunate compared to those farmers who did not leave."
"The social problems caused by land acquisition are very huge, so the Criminal Court and the judicial office of Jingguo must step in and improve the welfare system for workshop workers. Soon, farmers will protest in various parts of Jingguo, and there will inevitably be suicides and attacks on government offices. I know that I can't avoid it, so I will take all the responsibilities and bear the infamy of future generations!"
Gongdian fell into a brief silence, and Xiang Liyuan said again: "All farmers will become workers, the workshops will start production, and the countries will allow you to sell goods. With the current transportation capacity, the cost will be very high."
Fang Yun said helplessly: "In the early stage, I will let Niu Shan, who has become the Great Demon King, transport the goods with the Tiandi Bei borrowed from the Dragon Palace."
The great scholars were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Xiang Liyuan joked: "This new technology is too powerful. Even hundreds or thousands of years later, humans will not be able to transport such a huge amount of goods so quickly."
Fang Yun said: "The progress of technology is limited. With the current technological capabilities of the human race, even a hundred years later, the cost and capacity of land transportation will be very limited. Therefore, the transportation of goods in Jingguo can only rely on water transportation. In my capacity as Wenxing Longjue, I will recruit all the water monsters in Shengyuan Continent and borrow some sea creatures from the Four Seas Dragon Palace to help Shengyuan Continent build a complete waterway network. From now on, not only can the problem of Jingguo's cargo transportation be solved, but also the problem of cargo transportation in the entire Shengyuan Continent can be solved."
“This… can you really do this?”
Fang Yun smiled and said, "It was impossible to do it before, but I got some things in the Burial Valley, so I can do it. Of course, no one can monopolize this waterway network. The Holy Academy, the royal families of various countries, various families, and the sea creatures of the four seas all have certain shares. Moreover, I require that the income obtained by the Holy Academy from the waterway network be used to subsidize those who are forced to leave the land."
Mo Shang said: "This is as it should be. We, the Third Palace, can ensure that the income from the waterway network will not be abused. However, this waterway network was initiated by you. If you don't want it..."
Fang Yun interrupted him and said, "I will not gain any personal benefit from this reform. Besides, I don't care about these petty gains."
Some people originally wanted to persuade Fang Yun to accept it, but after thinking carefully, they all gave up, because Fang Yun owned the entire Shihan Ancient Land and the Xuemang Realm, and he also had a large number of treasures obtained from the Burial Saint Valley. The income from the waterway network and the like was insignificant compared to Fang Yun's worth.
Xiang Liyuan said slowly: "Then let me ask one last question. If Jingguo has a large number of... well, in your words, a large number of advanced workshops that produce cheap goods, then how will the workers of other countries be protected? How will the finances of other countries be protected?"
The workshop became exceptionally quiet.
Fang Yun was silent for a while, and then said, "Even without the help of the Holy Academy, I can build a workshop system independently to produce a large number of cheap items. Even if all countries unite to oppose it, the benefits can attract agents from all countries to help me sell items in various countries. Therefore, the price is inevitable. To a certain extent, those ethnic groups that were eliminated because they failed to master advanced technology were their own choice."
Fang Yun then said, "That's right, but the truth is not. In fact, my goal is not only to make Jingguo rich and strong, and not only to accumulate technology in Jingguo, but also to let the entire human race do it. So, my plan is this. As long as our plan succeeds in Jingguo, it will be promoted throughout the Shengyuan Continent. At that time, the Holy Academy can arrange for Jingguo workshops to cooperate with various countries. Jingguo workshops provide technology, and various countries provide people, land and funds. Soon, driven by interests, after the workshops and workers' technology form quantitative changes, qualitative changes will inevitably occur."
Mo Shangtong asked: "Fang Xusheng, you may be very wise, but you forgot one thing. When a large number of workshops are established and a large number of items are manufactured, they will inevitably reach a certain level of saturation, and the items will inevitably become unsaleable. By then, the crisis you mentioned will probably spread to the entire human race."