Chapter 2355 The truth about traditional elf society
Xia Duo had already expected the questions from Siwatt or all the elders, but he didn't expect that several elders could bear to ask them until now.
This shows that several elders trust him, but do not trust him blindly. Xia Duo is quite satisfied with this.
"Elder Sivart, I think the question you asked is actually easy to answer."
As he said that, Xia Duo cast a spell to create a projection of a wasteland. Facing the projection, he continued to explain: "Elder, please look, this is a wasteland now.
"Suppose there is an elf couple now, and they have just acquired this land. How do you think they will manage it?"
"Opening up wasteland and planting?" Shivat replied subconsciously.
"Can."
Xia Duo nodded, "Of course, land reclamation and planting is a way of business. Let me take land reclamation and planting as an example. Assuming they are penniless now, do they need to find a way to borrow a sum of money to start this business project?"
“Although it’s not very understandable to have land and still be penniless, it’s okay to say so.”
"Okay, let's continue. The elf couple found a way to borrow a sum of money. They used part of it to purchase various living materials including food for the next year, and the rest was invested in this land.
From clearing and leveling the land to planting moon wheat, all the money was spent."
"If it's all spent, it means they didn't borrow much money, and the entire harvest from their land is probably just enough to repay the debt."
"The elder is right. The reason why I only set up such a piece of land is precisely because it corresponds to the original planting state. Planting moon wheat is only enough for the couple to survive."
"What should we do?" Shivat asked curiously.
"In fact, Elder, you have already answered part of this question just now - the money they borrowed is too small, and it is only enough to develop this batch of land."
Xia Duo expanded the land in the projection ten times as he spoke, "Elders, please see, now they have borrowed more money and bought more land, but because their own consumption is fixed, the remaining monthly wheat income
It will be nine times that of before.
“Although there is more money to repay, the repayment cycle is not much longer than before, even including the cost of land.”
"I probably understand that as long as the overdraft money is used for production, there is no need to worry about paying it back in the future, is that right?"
"Almost, but far more than that."
Shado continued to change the projection and created a small village next to the elf couple's farm. Then he pointed at the projection and asked Shivat: "What if the food produced by this couple cannot be sold?"
When Shivat heard this, he was stunned. "Yes, what if the food cannot be sold? Then wouldn't it be self-destructive to overdraw like this?"
"For individuals, this may be a difficult investment to make, but for tribes and countries, it is not difficult to choose."
Later, Xia Duo projected more villages, towns, and more elf couples around this small village. "As long as we plan ahead and fully coordinate the output of each production unit, there will be no situation where we can't sell to each other."
Already."
"Let me think!"
Sivart seemed to have discovered a new world, mumbling something in his mouth, and began to make gestures with his fingers, but it was different from ordinary gestures, but with a trace of incomprehensible magic aura.
Sha Duo just watched him think slowly. I don't know how much time passed, but Shivat suddenly shouted, "I understand, I understand everything!"
"What did the elder understand?"
"According to the model shown by the leader, the final result is that the wealth of all individuals in society continues to increase!"
Siwatt, who said this, seemed to have discovered some blind spot, "The wealth of all individuals is increasing continuously? How is this possible?"
Because in his simple understanding, there will be rich and poor in any society. Can it be said that the wealth of the poor can continue to increase? If so, will there still be poor people?
Shivat couldn't understand the question, and couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, so he turned the question over to Shado, "Chief, can you answer this question?"
"Can!"
Chateau gave an affirmative answer without hesitation, and then further explained, "In the model I just demonstrated, there are no poor people, or there are no poor people in the usual sense, because there was no money at that time, even if they were poor,
, it will only lead to poverty on the spiritual level.”
"How is it possible?" Shivat screamed, his eyes full of disbelief, "How is it possible that there is no world without poor people!"
Just as Xia Duo was about to explain, the other elders couldn't help but jump out. It seemed that although they were not around just now, they were paying attention to the situation here in their own ways.
"Chief, unless the higher-ups keep giving out money, how can there be no poor people? As long as there are differences between social individuals, they will eventually be reflected in the amount of wealth. For example, smart people can get more through business, and strong people can directly gain more through war.
When it comes to plundering, even the weak can obtain wealth far beyond that of ordinary people through various means as long as they find the right method."
Seeing that several elders were very interested in the world without poor people he mentioned, Xia Duo felt inexplicably moved for some reason.
"Elders, this question is actually not that easy to answer. I can only briefly introduce my own thoughts."
"Don't have any worries, chief. We will try our best to understand."
"Um."
Xia Duo thought for a while and gave the first explanation, "The reason why there are poor people is because the value created by their labor has been robbed by others."
"Has it been robbed by others? How?"
"Let alone slaves, everything they own belongs to their masters, not to mention the value they create, which is meaningless and has been plundered by their masters."
There is no doubt that Chateau is against slavery, but his ability and consciousness are limited, and he cannot liberate all slaves outside his territory.
"As for the poor in the general sense, such as the druids of Evereska and the apprentices in the workshops, they will also receive wages for their labor, but do they really get more than what they create?
"
"Druids, we can understand that the elves owe them a lot, but why are the apprentices in the workshop also robbed? If there is no workshop, where will they work, and where will they get the money to support their families?" Several elders
Very puzzled by this.
"This is the cunningness of predators. This is not just a workshop, but a structural plunder of workers by an entire society.
"Let's assume a scenario like this. If the owner of a workshop suddenly disappears, will the workshop still exist?"
"Of course, it can't exist."
Several elders answered almost in unison, "The owner of the workshop has disappeared, how can the workshop still exist?"
But after answering, an elder gave a counter-example with uncertainty, "I remember there was a situation in Evereska where the owner of the workshop disappeared for several years, but the workshop continued to operate."