Chapter 1660: The Price of Kindness (Getting Ready to Fly)
Fang Zheng took Mei Yin away from the temple, came to the hotel, then summoned the goddess and the others, and told them about the temple orphanage. After listening to Fang Zheng's description, the goddess was also quite surprised.
“Is the environment so bad there?”
"I remember you also came from an orphanage? What's the environment there?"
"this………"
Facing Fang Zheng's inquiry, the goddess was somewhat embarrassed.
"Although life is very poor, everyone can accept it... But no matter what, this kind of thing will not happen..."
"What are you waiting for!"
Huihui had long been unable to sit still, and now she jumped up and ran towards the door.
"Let's go and rescue those children, and then blow up the temple that is careless! It just so happens that my explosion magic has not been released today, just give me one..."
"Don't rest for me for a while."
Fang Zheng was quick-eyed and quickly pulled Huihui's collar and pressed her back on the chair. In fact, he was not surprised by this situation. As mentioned before, the goddess and the other temples were covered by the boss. In other words, these temples were donated by believers, so they could naturally maintain them.
However, the temple where Mayin is located is just a political institution, and there are no gods who can really believe in, so naturally there will be no believers donating money. In fact, Fang Zheng used the "Bao of the Past" to investigate on the way back just now. The funds of this temple were entirely funded by the lords and the nobles. To put it bluntly, there is no free income, and it depends entirely on financial appropriations.
And the temple chief embezzled a large amount of funds... In this case, it is a miracle that the children in the orphanage can live.
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng looked at Mei Yin. Mei Yin's face was still extremely pale at this moment, which is normal. To be honest, even a gentle person like the goddess, and a second-tier patient like Huihui, may be surprised and indignant about this scene, but they can understand and accept it. After all, they live in such a world, and even if they have never seen many similar things, they may have heard of them.
But Mei Yin is different. After she was reborn in this world, although she lived a little poor and extremely inconvenient. However, she could live a life of gritting her teeth. Although the civilization of the medieval period was indeed not very developed, at least she had necessities of life, which was much better than surviving on the deserted islands.
But living habits can be changed, but their values are not so easy to change.
For Mei Yin, who lives in a modern society with sufficient food and clothing, a stable and peaceful life, the scene in the orphanage before would leave a psychological shadow on her.
It’s a bit like saying that the three views are completely broken, but they are almost the same.
"I can save them, of course it's OK."
Fang Zheng spoke.
"But Mein, what's next?"
"Why?"
"I saved them, yes. I can also arrange them to the manor... to live in the castle, no problem. Then? We don't know how many people there are in the orphanage at the moment, even if we calculate it based on thirty people, how much resources do thirty children need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate every day? Where do you come from? How do you plan to raise them? How do the manor turn around? You wouldn't think that I am the Red Cross Charity Association, just asking for the effort and not reward."
"I……………"
Hearing Fang Zheng's inquiry, Mei Yin seemed to react and couldn't help but bit her lips.
So, students are naive. This requires society to beat them to understand that kindness is not justice, nor does it costless. Being kind to others is a good thing, but you also have to consider your own abilities. Otherwise, it will be just asking for trouble.
Fang Zheng raised so many damned sons, but he also needed to rely on resources from other worlds to live his current life. However, even so, Fang Zheng did not say that he would raise them for the rest of his life, but encouraged them to start self-reliance.
"Also, there are not only orphans. Now we have accepted them. What about the future? Orphans are endless. It is impossible for you to say that they have them this year and will disappear next year. What should you do at that time? Also, if you do this, it is equivalent to robbing the temple business. Have you ever thought about the reaction of the temple? How do you solve these problems?"
"I……………"
Hearing Fang Zheng's series of questions, not only Mei Yin couldn't speak, but even Huihui quietly shut up.
Rescuing a kitten is indeed a loving thing, but love requires action. A kitten that has not been weaned will be fed once a few hours a night, and you also need to pay attention to its excretion. It can be said that it is not as easy as taking care of a baby. But this is the beginning. If you want to adopt it, you have to take care of it. It takes time, energy, and money.
After all, cats need food and they also need to go to see a doctor when they are sick, and all of these require money.
The person who stopped the car to save the dog felt that he was righteous and kind, but after seeing the medical expense list of hundreds of dogs, he ran away so much that he couldn't even see the shadow.
After all, kindness and justice are just a temporary pleasure, but the money you have to spend lasts for a long time.
Not to mention, people are much more troublesome than cats and dogs.
"This is my homework. Today I will go to the castle to supervise the maintenance. When I come back, you can tell me the answer."
Speaking of here, Fang Zheng stood up and looked at Mei Yin.
"It's better to be quicker, you know those kids won't last long."
Fang Zheng was not really cruel, but he knew very well that many things could not be handled by just a passion. As for the orphanage, he asked the goddess, Ais and Huihui to send some food first - just to donate it. But for now, Fang Zheng can only do so much.
After arranging the matter here, Fang Zheng changed back to the castle and became a supervisor.
"I wish the workers all over the world were so obedient."
Looking at the magic servants busy inside and outside the castle, Fang Zheng also whistled. The castle is good, but it requires large-scale repairs and renovations, and even increased energy supply. Things like water and other things need to be done well. Even if there is an engineering team, it will take several months to complete it.
But as a mage, Fang Zheng has his own method.
Just summon the magic servants directly!
No need to eat, drink, no need to sleep, no need to be exhausted or afraid of danger. It is simply the best labor guarantee for capitalists!
For the sake of caution, all the materials used here do not come from the Heavenly Dao Palace, but something that Fang Zheng had brought in through other worlds before. He did not even intend to connect to the Heavenly Dao Palace to avoid chaos spreading through various forms. In fact, only the personal terminal in Fang Zheng’s hand can contact the Heavenly Dao Palace. Mei Yin’s personal terminal can only contact him and cannot retrieve the network information of the Heavenly Dao Palace.
With the help of such magic servants who are not afraid of hardship or fatigue, the repair work of the castle will naturally end in a few days. Not only will it be faster than the decoration team, but the quality is also better than the decoration team... Well, if Fang Zheng returned to his own world now and became a contractor, he would have directly squeezed and collapsed the construction market.
After all, magic servants don’t need money!
After confirming that everything was in place, Fang Zheng returned to the city. At the same time, he also got the "homework" assigned to him by Mei Yin.
"Is that what you think?"
After looking through the "homework" in front of him, Fang Zheng raised his head and looked at Mei Yin.
From the perspective of the homework itself, Mei Yin has indeed considered these issues. For example, in terms of funds, there is no child labor protection law in this world, and the child will have to work after being baptized by seven years old. Mei Yin’s idea is to use the manor to build a papermaking workshop to improve the papermaking industry in this world, but...
“Why papermaking?”
Fang Zheng clicked the "homework" in her hand and looked at Mei Yin, which made Mei Yin feel a little nervous. For some reason, she instinctively remembered the fear she was instinctively during her graduation defense…………
"Because, because paper is expensive in this world and the quality is not very good, most people can't afford it, so naturally they can't afford books. So I want to promote the paper industry so that everyone can read books!"
“Good reason.”
Fang Zheng recalled carefully that he didn't care about the papermaking situation in this world, but when he thought about it, he found that the papers commissioned by the Adventurers Association were indeed of poor quality.
"However, you should understand that making paper is not an easy task, and it will also conflict with existing industries. Have you considered solving this problem? Also, do you have the technology to make paper?"
"I have a cooperative relationship with a chamber of trade, and they are willing to help me deal with this problem. As for papermaking technology... I have seen it in books before, as long as I can find some information, it should be fine!"
"oh?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng looked at Mei Yin.
"You have a relationship with the Chamber of Commerce?"
"Yes, I once sold them shampoo recipes and headdresses by chance... and made some money because of this."
"I see."
Hearing Mei Yin's answer, Fang Zheng nodded. Girls are girls, even time travelers. Fang Zheng recalled it and found that in the online articles he had read, there were few protagonists who started out with shampoo... I have to say that this is really a blind spot.
After all, ordinary time travelers are men, who would pay attention to shampoo and hair accessories and other things!
Even Fang Zheng didn't care about it when he was in the main world.
"So what you mean is to reach a partnership with that chamber of commerce and then let age-appropriate children make money by making paper... Well, that's also the same way, what about?"
"If possible, I hope to ask Miss Eis and the others to help train and make some of the children adventurers... no matter what, they can protect themselves. Also, I can also ask my sister and friends to take these children to the forest to learn to pick fruits and hunt. At least in this way, even if they can't buy food, they won't starve to death."
"For you, I've considered it pretty thoroughly."
Fang Zheng put together his homework and nodded. Seeing Fang Zheng's expression, Mei Yin also relaxed a little.
But Fang Zheng's next sentence directly puzzled Mei Yin.
"But you're still thinking too easily."
"Why?"
Looking at Mei Yin, who was confused, Fang Zheng shook his head. The student was a student. She had no idea what she meant by doing so. Reducing the cost of papermaking means that the liquidity of knowledge was greatly enhanced, and the liquidity of knowledge was enhanced, and the idea of the nobles mastering knowledge themselves and not letting civilians contact each other.
Just look at the United States. Although many people can go to college in the United States, those who can go to good college are rich people and political elites. Most people can only go to community colleges even if they go to college. Some people still can’t figure out the four calculations after graduation. With this level of culture, it is naturally impossible to do high-level jobs.
As for happy learning, it is just to deceive the common people. Any high-level elite child has received cramming education since childhood, which is no essential difference from the vast number of college entrance examination candidates in China. In other words, the vast number of college entrance examination candidates in China enjoys the aristocratic elite education model in the United States.
What is quality education and happy learning is used to fool ordinary people.
After all, as long as you fall behind at the starting line, you will only be worthy of being a slave for the rest of your life. It is your business to be willing to study happily, and it is also your business to be unable to find a job that meets the requirements when you grow up, and it is your business to be able to sweep the streets.
This is the same as the fact that only nobles can have the conditions to learn to read in this world, and ordinary people can't write at all.
Even if all beings are equal, if you are illiterate, you can't let you do the work done by literate people.
So you can only be a slave.
This is the invisible gully, which is much crueler than the so-called radish recruitment. For the nobles, most people are illiterate and are obviously more conducive to rule. And Mei Yin hopes that more people will read books and understand the charm of books. To put it bluntly, it is literacy... This is obviously contrary to the nobles' ideas.
But this is good. The circulation of knowledge helps the development of order, and for Fang Zheng, it is even more beneficial and harmless. As for whether it will shake the ruling class in this world, he doesn't care at all. Besides, as a time traveler, if he does not upset the world in a world, he will be sorry for his identity, right? Since Mei Yin has this idea, let her do it well. Anyway, if something happens, he will still be watching him.
"Continue to think about it, this is the next homework."
Looking at Mei Yin, who was confused and puzzled, Fang Zheng shrugged.
Chapter completed!