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Fuli seemed very unhappy: "They didn't think about who is the biggest talking in this camp? Lord Supervisor is the biggest! These people rely on the large number of people and the support of those nobles will stop working. When Lord Supervisor comes back, all of them will not end up well! Maybe they will implicate us!" Fuli cursed with a beard and glaring.

Adu smiled awkwardly and didn't speak. Mr. Fury was the kind of person who was afraid of being blamed by him.

He was not afraid. He just felt that if such a good person could not get friendly returns from others, it would be too pitiful. It was not that good people must be rewarded, because Adu himself often did not have good rewards, and many people who repay kindness with grudges.

But... when you meet such a person, Adu wants to try his best to prevent him from being like himself.

Mr. Fury looked at Adu again with a puzzled look, because he stopped again.

"Ahhh! Sorry, I'm dazed again!" Adu immediately came to his senses, apologized in a hurry, threw away the none of them from his mind, and devoted himself to work again.

There are not just one or two such things. In such an environment, there are still some people who maintain their enthusiasm for work, accounting for about 5% of the total number of people.

This made Lu En, who was observing everything around him from beginning to end, feel very relieved.

This is what he pursues, because it is unrealistic to rely on thoughts for everything. What makes the real masses act is not thoughts, but ‘the interests of correct understanding’.

It is precisely in order to strive for their own "correctly understood interests", the people rely on the power of morality and tireless enthusiasm to oppose the special and rough interests of some individuals, so they can take action.

But how should this 'correct understanding of the benefits' be judged?

The interests of weak, oppressed and poor people cannot develop into the common interests of a class, so they are often exploited by the bourgeoisie and cannot unite.

The "incorrect interests" in their eyes lead to competition. Because of this "narrow interests", there will be a stupid thing like one person blocking the other, and everyone trying to squeeze out the rest and take their place.

So when they can live a good life to a certain extent without competition, they immediately fall into the trap of pleasure.

Because they are driven by the 'narrow interests' and do not understand what the 'correct understanding of interests' is, this 'narrow interests' prompts them to make the happiest choice in the short term, but in the long run, it is extremely stupid.

But they can't be blamed for this, Lu En also knows that they should not be blamed.

Because they are the most helpless, if they rely solely on themselves, they will not survive for even a day. The bourgeoisie monopolizes all means of production.

Everything these people need can only be obtained from this bourgeoisie, just like now, you see, these proletarians cannot get the food and supplies they need every day, and they have to rely on Lu En and the technicians to have food and drink.

What about those technicians? They actually have the ability to support themselves, but can they do it on their own?

No, nor can they be, because all Lu En's monopoly on this camp is protected by the state regime. Without Lu En's permission, they would not even be able to activate the magic circle to purify sewage.

Therefore, the proletariat are legally and in fact all bourgeois slaves like Lu En, who hold the power of life and death.

He gave them living materials, but retrieved the "equivalents", the labor of these labors.

Lu En even gave these workers an illusion that they acted according to their will, and that they seemed to be free as an autonomous person and were not subject to any forced signing a contract with Lu En, who is a proprietor.

What a freedom!

In fact, these workers have no choice but to accept the conditions proposed by Lu En. Unless they choose to starve to death, die of thirst, or go alone to find a hiding place in other places in hell, there is no room for any choice.

It is precisely because of this situation that 95% of people choose to be lazy.

This is profitable for them, and since they can't get anything hard, why not be lazy?

Property is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people, while most people are becoming increasingly poor. In this way, sharp hostility occurs between a small group of rich people and countless poor people. If workers can be lazy, they will definitely be lazy. If they are not whipped, they will never work.

This hostility is a true portrayal of the current camp.

This is what Lu En wants to change.

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This situation lasted about a week.

After this week, even the technicians began to shake. They all have educated people, have been trained for many years, are knowledgeable and educated, are in the middle and upper class of society, and in some small towns, they are even top professionals in the city, enjoying their reputation and respect from others.

This respect comes from their skills. They are neither born to be superior by their bloodlines, nor do they buy and sell speculate like some merchants to obtain money. These technicians use their superb skills to win themselves all kinds of materials and actual respect in life.

But even these people have begun to slack off.

"Oh, Tuc, are you here again? I heard you have won a lot recently? You are superb in a card skills!" A man in a craftsman's work clothes put his legs on the table and greeted the passerby.

This is a hand-built lanai around the barracks, with a card table and several chessboards inside. It was only recently made. Of course, the man in work clothes is the one in front of him.

His name is Jenkins Lang, a craftsman, his skills are stonemason 4, alchemy 2, and magic 1. He is considered to be middle-aged and upper-class among technicians, not top-notch, but absolutely first-class.

Jenkins's mind was very lively. He was the first person to realize that the workers started to entertain, so he first built a few brands, opened a small casino, and then took other technicians to invest in it, building a court, and then secretly discussed with other technicians who invested in it to increase the prices of various types of meat.

Yes, the meat and water that were originally provided for free now have to be charged, and the reasons he gave are also very legitimate. Now the technicians are meeting the needs of workers. The maintenance of the magic circle and the farm are all done by the technicians! It is natural to collect money!

The workers had no objection to this, because the cost was not too much, their current salary was calculated on a daily basis, and the units were all gold coins, so the copper coins didn't sound too much, so they were given.

In this way, Jenkins made a lot of money. It seemed that there were not many copper coins, but they were all deals without any cost. The cost was the Imperial expenses. They were only responsible for maintenance, and the maintenance itself was also rich. The technicians' salaries were much higher than those laborers!

Now, in this way, they were motivated. In the absence of Lord Supervisor, Jenkins won over a group of technicians and first offered sacrifices to the military and nobles who were guards as usual. The military did not accept the money, but did not stop them from doing such a thing.

The nobles collected the money and were happy to see it. Anyway, the more chaotic the situation in the camp, the happier they were.

After finishing both aspects, Jenkins began his own plan. First, he won over the technicians and added money to some laborers, asking them to help him build simple casinos, produce brand tools, chess boards, or something else, to make profits, and sales are excellent.

Then a new court was built and entered for a fee.

Finally, he opened a casino, just like now, betting on football, gambling money, and taking advantage of the lack of culture of the workers, and only using this basic thing to enjoy themselves, making a lot of money. Now Jenkins is thinking about how to use local materials from hell to make wine. If the wine can be made, then the profit will definitely be flying!

Jenkins was proud of this, thinking that he had found a way to make money, and he also summarized a truth.

If anyone does not do things for his or her own needs and desires at the same time, then this person can do nothing. The desire brought by various organs must be the first driving force that drives people!

With this proverb, his money has grown rapidly in the past month. The consumption of 10,000 people and daily food and drink are not a small amount!

Foreman Tuk spat: "Bah, I didn't gamble money in your casino, it's all your business? Let me tell you, all the bad money you earn now has to be spit out. Damn, you have to collect money. When Lord Supervisor comes back, you will be beautiful!"

Tuc cursed, and he knew very well that it was fine if the casinos and stadiums were not enough, but even food and water had to be charged. Is this what people did?

"Hey, what you said, are the food we made? Did we purify water? We made everything, you can just eat it. What's wrong with charging you some money? Is there any problem? Is this money unwilling to pay, you just want to eat it for nothing? Do you have a conscience?" Jenkins turned over, rolled his eyes and said.

"It was originally arranged by the superiors! Didn't you just get the second money in the middle?! The conscience was eaten by dogs, and the face was to show my conscience to me?!" Tuk cursed loudly.

"Then you have the ability to do it yourself! What the above arranged? Go and ask the above, you know where the barracks of the top people are. Ask the man, my affairs are approved by the man! The master has no objection, and even the commander of the guard has acquiesced. You need to talk too much here, so you, an old bastard, if you have so much to say, don't buy it! Go to the swamp to grab food, but I still don't want to be with you guys. Fuck, listen to the people over there, and the price will double when buying water in the future! I want to see if you buy it, or the wastewater puddle is there, grandpa urinates there every day to keep your drinks good!" Jenkins also became angry and started to curse.

Tuke was so angry that his veins burst out, but he had no other good way to curse back, because the other party could really do that.

All the clear water needs to be raised from the water purification magic array. If those technicians really block the place, then everyone will have no water to drink.

Seeing Tuke's appearance, Jenkins jumped even harder. While cursing and mocking him, Tuke was so angry that he was about to bite his teeth and clenched his fists, but he couldn't really do it.

When the movement here surrounded many people, the matter finally attracted the attention of the guards. The army immediately came to evacuate the crowd and ordered everyone to leave. The matter was finally over.

But this matter is just the beginning. Tooke really needs to double the purchase of water and meat in the future.

The price of water is not expensive, and double is not unaffordable, but this matter greatly hit Tuke's prestige. As a foreman, prestige is very important, which makes him miserable and needs to do a lot to make up for it.

But for those workers who always think that Took is the leader, this is an insult to them. They were all indignant, and nearly a thousand people surrounded Jenkins and wanted to ask for an explanation.

Jenkins finally apologized under pressure and was released, but when he left, he gritted his teeth and stared at the workers who had recovered the place.

Damn it! A bunch of mud legs! How dare you treat him like this?! These people are not just Took's people. He saw other workers he didn't know. These people probably thought Took's words made sense, so they came to take revenge.

Jenkins ran away quickly, but his eyes flashed. He was a cultured person and would not use violent means to repay him, but he had other ways.

Soon all the workers discovered that water and food prices had risen.

Jenkins stood up and said that if Tuc didn't come out and kowtow to him and admit his mistake, he would never lower the price.

Things were very big. First, nearly 2,000 workers rose to protest, but they found that the more they protested, the more they increased the prices.

Jenkins said to everyone arrogantly: "You have to rely on me for what you eat and drink? Why do you have the courage to treat me like this?! Today I want to see who can avoid eating or drinking!"

At the beginning, they all supported Took. Everyone knew Jenkins' face and stopped going to the casino he opened.

But... the situation was going on for four or five days, and different voices were made from the workers.

What if...it really knocks down the price of food and water?

The workers quarreled, and some people were reluctant to continue spending more money, and they asked Tuc to sacrifice his pretext for everyone.

The sound gradually became louder. After several in-fights among workers, the guards came forward to stop several group fights, various struggles of all sizes, and even developed to the level of conspiracy. About two weeks have passed.

Finally, Tuc surrendered.

Because, he found that the labor brothers who were loyal to him could not buy water and their lips were chapped.

So he surrendered and kowtowed in public to admit his mistake.

Jenkins was very proud because he suddenly discovered the power he was holding.

Lu En was also very happy, this was the result he wanted to see.
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