Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.

During this period, Lu En had been busy with the trade route. He traveled around in the name of the Governor of Ontario and encountered many obstacles, but he also completed a lot of things. He barely managed to stumble and walked the trade route as a whole.

If you make a start and try it again, the newcomers will at least have a smooth journey.

The first bumpy ride was mainly because he was an official, but not a noble. The governor-general was an official position, not a title. He was regarded as an inferior person in the eyes of the imperial nobles, although most governors in other provinces were big nobles.

During this period, everything went according to plan. Sid no longer mentioned the matter of revenge and did not know what he was doing. Lu En had no news about her, and his intelligence could not detect the whereabouts of a duke's daughter.

Workshops in various places are developing very well. With trade routes connecting each other, many supplies from Livia can be sent to Larante and Oran, and things like Oran's copper mines can be transported to Mocasa for sale.

The seaside pearls from Mocasa are a rare luxury product when shipped to Xingfeng. The repeated visits have improved the economic level of the local workshops and improved their living standards a lot.

Gu Long Ayukeng has not come yet. Lu En thought that he might be of the same blood as Elaine. He is worthy of being his biological father. He only takes a nap for half a year.

Anluo's development has also been steady. Cement has developed. It is not as popular as expected, but the business is not bad. As an emerging material, it has been adopted by some nobles who are chasing novelty, and they have made a lot of money.

After that, Urathil never appeared again, but it seemed that things were still going well. The cooperation in the Hall of Radiance was very good, and there were occasional letters, but for some reason, this light spirit said

Nothing came to Anluo anymore, and he even refused to see Lu En. He must have been stimulated by something, but Lu En always felt that something was wrong.

Bai has been promoted to level 4. The upgrade speed is very fast. She is still in charge of the overall situation in Anluo and allocates resources in all aspects. Now, she secretly arranges all the resources of more than a dozen workshops. She has the power and is already the coordinator of level 4. There are more

With a new ability, she can now coordinate some extraordinary beings, such as twin spells, or certain elements, to help them adjust the energy in their bodies and eliminate disorders. It seems that she can make twin spells the kind of strange thing that makes Lu En afraid when they leave.

The effect disappeared, so now the three twin spells prefer to stay around her.

Lu En looked at the principle and found that it was still in the scope of coordination, but what was coordinated was no longer the specific affairs, but the deconstruction of runes or energy. The specific implementation of eliminating disorder was to remove some 'impurities', that is, messy runes, and scatter them around.

The energy, remaining structures and other things after the casting will all be thrown away. In the end, the twin spells will become clean and the runes on their bodies will be more orderly. For them, the effect is that they will be very comfortable and can enhance their own strength.

power.

Nana didn't stay in Anluo during this period because she couldn't stay any longer, so she simply followed the caravan around every day. She was still at Composite Skill Level 3, and her progress was much slower than that of Bai. It can be seen that people are different from each other.

The difference is indeed huge.

But on the other hand, it is completely the opposite. Nana has an elf personality. She has been a thief since she was a child. Now she travels around with the caravan to do business every day. On the contrary, she seems to be like a duck in water.

I became very familiar with all the bandits and thieves, and with the talent skill Night Familiar 3, I was able to sneak into the shadows, so I helped the caravan solve a lot of troubles, and I am very happy now.

He hadn't seen much of the students Lu En had brought out since then, but he heard from Bai that except for the dean, all the others had gone to various workshops. These students were basically level 1 professionals.

They have all kinds of skills and can be used anywhere. Moreover, their original life in the imperial capital is not very satisfactory. After graduating from school, there is a high probability that they will become a follower or retinue of a certain noble, and find an official position, like

Like Han Locke, he works faithfully for mankind and waits for a reward.

But it's different now. They can feel that it's a little different from before. Although they don't know exactly what the difference is, they just feel that... some of the things the King of Monsters said to them make sense.

, and they also feel a sense of accomplishment when working in the workshop, especially when they see other people, whether they are humans or monsters, gradually getting better and respecting themselves very much.

severe.

As Lu En has said many times, the vast majority of lower class people are mixed with monsters, and they will only be treated as cattle and horses throughout their lives. If they encounter such a team, such an organization, they will risk their lives to follow them.

Because of this, this life has meaning, like an individual.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

At this moment, Lu En was wandering around a radiance hall in the Principality of Orang.

Hall of Radiance has branches all over the world. Except for the heaven, which is really impossible to go to, they can be found in other places, even the depths of hell.

Although Lu En said that he had interacted with the Hall of Radiance a lot, this was his first time to visit it seriously.

There is a dazzling array of products here, and most of them are rare items. Lu En came here specifically to see monsters and summoned beasts.

In addition to being used as materials, monsters can also be used as summoned beasts, and it is not just summoned beasts. Many strange monsters have magical effects.

For example, there is a monster called a pupil, which is as thin as hair and has a transparent body. It can lodge in the owner's eyes, allowing the owner to see invisible existences. It can also cure myopia and enhance vision.

There is also a flower fairy-like monster called a rouge butterfly. It is about the size of a thumb, has butterfly wings, has a small body, carries the fragrance of flowers, and can transform into powder. The most common use is to turn it into powder, instead of rouge, to apply makeup to the owner.

Apply lightly, with the fragrance of flowers, and she can choose the makeup method herself. This kind of rouge butterfly is a makeup girl who is proficient in makeup. The powder will not fade when wet, and the fragrance is much better than ordinary perfume. It is very

Convenient, but also very expensive.

Monsters are not only used for fighting. In fact, there are more monsters with this kind of life in life. There are very few monsters that are specially used for killing and fighting.

For example, Lu En also saw something that looked like a radish with legs. It looked like it had no intelligence and could only scream. It could not be considered a monster, because no matter how strange it looked, monsters generally had minds.

It can only be called a savage beast, but most of the savage beasts are muscular. This is the first time Lu En has seen something so strange.

"What is this?" Lu En asked the boss curiously.

"Sir, this is a very rare savage beast, called the radish demon. It has no intelligence, but can run. It is specially used as food rations on the road. If you don't believe it, look at it." The boss explained with a smile, and then took a bite of the radish.

Lu En was stunned. This thing... was really just a living radish that could jump, run, and shout loudly... and it looked like it would be finished after taking a few more bites.

It's really a completely useless thing...

After having an eye-opening experience in the Hall of Radiance, Lu En walked straight out. Half a year later, it was already winter. Mokasa was close to the sea, but it was extremely cold. There were already big snowflakes.

The ground fell on the road, on the trees, and in the river.

When the wind blew away, a dense layer of coldness hit people's faces, making it so hazy that pedestrians couldn't see what was happening more than ten meters away.

He came here not only to take a look at the place where monsters are bought and sold, but in fact, it was just to set up a place to liberate monsters and buy and sell them later.

However, it is too early for this kind of thing. The trading of monsters is a big business. Interfering hastily will only make him die faster. He just wants to understand it for the time being. The real purpose of coming here is to explore the food trade.

end.

Grain trade is an important means of taxation for the empire. Of course, it is mainly for the nobles. The empire has tens of billions of people, but it is not difficult to feed these people, and there is even a surplus. There are a lot of useless things piled up in the warehouses of the nobles.

Even rotten food, but there are still people who are always hungry and would rather let it rot than take it out.

The farmland in the southern part of the empire is extremely fertile and the production efficiency is very high. There are also a large number of mages and agricultural professionals. They have magic and skills to induce labor, eliminate insects, and control the weather. A large number of professionals are very helpful to all kinds of production work.

It's big, so you don't have to worry about supplies at all.

However... what a large amount of materials brings is not the prosperity of the people's livelihood, but the wealth of the nobles.

Lu En has concluded that under normal circumstances, capital relations can only truly occur when workers are impoverished and have to sell their labor power on the market. In order to maintain the state of poverty of workers, he must maintain workers.

mobility and instability, and they must obey the threat of unemployment that may occur at any time. At the same time, it is based on legal coercion to help capital exercise its control over free workers.

Therefore, the first priority for nobles to maintain their nobility is to keep others without any assets and to ensure that they work hard every day, otherwise they will starve.

Only in this way will the lower class have no time to think and resist, and will continue to be squeezed, generation after generation, generation after generation, endlessly.

To accomplish this, actual control over food is very important. Without the intervention of other forces, the most likely situation is that the most powerful aristocrats and capital groups in the market use their funds and privileges to exploit both parties.

, and at the same time complete the exploitation of middle-class citizens and lower-class farmers.

For farmers, they can squeeze the grain when the grain is harvested, which is also when farmers are in urgent need of money. Because the production cycle of grain is generally as long as half a year, during this half-year period, farmers basically have pure input and no output, so borrowing is often unavoidable.

Capital groups can easily force farmers into a situation where they must borrow money by manipulating prices.

This causes farmers to face very urgent repayment pressure when harvesting grain. In this case, as long as grain purchasers form a price alliance, they can purchase farmers' grain at the price most beneficial to them, especially for exports.

When the aristocrats are in alliance, it is a very high probability event for purchasers to form a price alliance.

To use military terminology, buyers are concentrated and dispersed; farmers must make quick decisions, and buyers always have a time advantage. As a result, farmers have to sell at extremely low prices in order to repay the loan, or even pay back the loan.

If it is not enough, they need to pay off old debts and borrow new ones. As mentioned before, they have to work hard every day. Once they want to free up time or money to do other things, they will immediately encounter serious financial pressure.

, and the fruits of their hard work will be easily taken away by the aristocratic group, and they even have to sell their children and daughters, because not only can they not make a living, but they also have to pay taxes, pay off debts, and feed the whole family.

White-haired girls are not from one family.

For middle-class citizens who need to eat, when a disaster year comes, no matter how serious the disaster is, or even whether it exists, as long as this news comes, grain merchants can drive up grain prices and form a price alliance.

, can easily drain the last penny out of the hands of citizens, because the middle class does not have the ability to produce food, they can only rely on purchasing.

And where does the money that these middle-class citizens can use to buy food come from?

Obviously, from the aristocracy and bourgeoisie.

What is the middle class? Most of them are professionals, and their level is not very high, probably between level 1 and level 4. Most of them are engaged in advanced technology and have extraordinary abilities. They work for nobles and big businessmen and rely on them to develop their fortunes.

To make a living with wages and salaries, they are generally well-educated, have professional knowledge and strong skills.

All this shows that the middle class is dependent on the bourgeoisie and cannot exist alone. They have no means of production and need to use their own skills to earn wages. It may seem that they have money, but they themselves are 'money'

This concept was created by the bourgeoisie. The right to mint money is in their hands. Money itself is meaningless! Money is meaningful only when other people think it is meaningful. Money cannot be eaten or worn. If you want to use money to buy things,

Can only be exploited.

Therefore, the middle class does not have land if they want to plant crops, so they can only accept exploitation.

Most of the land is in the hands of landlords, and farmers are also tenants. Landlords, as I have said before, have a separate title in the empire called "Landlord Baron".

This is the empire's method of controlling the middle and lower classes. If you want to liberate them, you must intervene in the grain trade.

As for how to do it...Lu En already had an idea, so he came to the Hall of Glow.

Continuing to walk forward, there is an airship station ahead. He is going to a city. He has inquired about it before. It is a warehouse for storing grain. Mocasa is a seaside city and there is not so much food. The empire has recently expanded the seaside.
Chapter completed!