industrial lord

Chapter 306 Push For Development

Frederick has deeply realized one thing during his many years as a leader, that is, if something goes wrong, it must be the problem of the subordinates, and the leader will never make mistakes.

The same is true for the city of La today. The priests of the Church of Light rushed here one after another to hold a special meeting to discuss the misinterpretation of the Cyclops in the "Holy Code".

Frederick felt that he couldn't stay here anymore, and he was afraid that any priest who thought that solving the problem was not as good as solving the person who raised the problem would be finished.

He came to Sir Clare's house to say goodbye, and found that the place was filled with the smell of fish, and the fish was cooked in a row of pots in the yard, and then the fish was carefully removed by people, leaving only the intact bones.

Sir Claire was busy in the study and asked Frederick after seeing him coming in, "Are you leaving?"

"Yes." Frederick replied with a nod, "I'm leaving tomorrow, and I will live on Palm Island for a while, and answer some questions from Miss Valli's government affairs."

"Thank you for your help during this time."

Claire smiled and said, "You're welcome, you helped me more."

Frederick saw a tray with a whole fish bone on her desk, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Claire replied seriously: "You have inspired me. Now I plan to draw the shapes and bones of fish, shrimps, crabs, shells and other animals in the sea, and then compare them to see the differences between them."

Frederick frowned, and said happily: "This is an amazing study!"

"I have a suggestion, and record their internal organs as well."

Claire immediately recorded it in her notebook.

Frederick is very optimistic about Claire's work. The most important thing is that she is the niece of the lord of La City. She has money and leisure, and has enough energy to carry out this work. As long as she does not give up halfway, she will definitely be recorded in the history books.

"But I need some help." A sly smile suddenly appeared on Claire's face, "Can you help me?"

Frederick asked, "What can I do for you?"

Claire stood up and walked to Frederick, whispering in his ear: "I want a fishing boat without sails."

Frederick frowned, and Claire began to act coquettishly: "Can you do it?"

"No problem." Frederick nodded, "It's just that the boats we're building aren't very mature yet. I can try out new boats with you, and I'll give you one when they're mature."

He could see that Claire already knew his identity, so he didn't refuse.

The ship market in the inland sea must be occupied. New ships need to be tested after they are built, and it is good to try them here.

Frederick continued: "I can also provide funding for your research every year, and you can hire some people to help."

Claire was delighted and thanked him well.

Many years later, scholars agreed that the germination of biological taxonomy was born in this small fishing port.

Three days later, Frederick was strolling on the beach of Palm Island, next to Ellie, the eldest daughter of the Valli family.

Palm Island covers an area of ​​about three square kilometers. There are mainly palm trees growing on the island, and there are many beautiful seabirds inhabiting it. The beach is white and clean. It is the private domain of the city owner of La City.

In this beautiful place, young men and women usually talk about love, but the topic discussed by Frederick and Alley has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women.

Generally speaking, it was Frederick who was in charge of moving his mouth, and Alley was in charge of nodding.

"The economic base determines the social structure and political structure." Frederick explained to her in words that Alley could understand.

"Economic base is a very broad concept. It is not narrow taxation and property, but divided into several parts."

"The first is how many farmlands, workshops, shops, and various livestock and tools there are in the area, and who owns them."

"Secondly, how is the relationship between people in the labor process. For example, how does silk change from mulberry leaves in the farmland and worms in silkworm houses to goods leaving the port, and how does the rice, bread, and wine we eat and drink change from The fields come to the dining table, how they are transformed from raw materials to commodities step by step, who are involved in this process, and what is the relationship between these people."

"The third part is how the people who participate in the labor distribute the wealth earned from the reward."

"You can understand these, right?"

Allie repeated what Frederick said just now in a low voice, and finally said: "I can understand the first and second points, but is the third point very important?"

Frederick nodded and said, "Yes, it is the part that is most prone to conflict."

The first problem is unsolvable for this era, but the third point is the one with the most cases and the most capacity to study. Every year, it is unknown how many businessmen have conflicts because of the distribution of benefits.

With the current level of economic and political theory, the third point is the best entry point, so Frederick asked Ai Lei to start from here.

Ai Lei thought about it seriously for about ten minutes. At this time, the two walked a long way on the beach and sat down on a rock to rest.

After Frederick threw a shell into the sea, Alley said: "I understand a little bit. In the past ten years or so, many laws have been introduced and changed in the territory due to business disputes, but this cannot explain the burning of books."

Frederick nodded and said, "Next, let me talk about the human part. Human needs can be divided into five levels: survival needs, safety needs, social needs, needs to be respected, and needs for self-actualization..."

Next, he explained Marlowe's hierarchy of needs theory to Ellie in detail.

Alley said after listening, "I can understand the needs of these five levels."

"It's good to understand." Frederick nodded, "I found out that your territory only started to develop the silk textile industry 30 years ago."

Alley said: "Yes, when my mother married my father 30 years ago, she brought skilled silk weavers. Because the climate in the territory is very suitable and the silk is of high quality, it has developed rapidly."

Frederick asked her: "Is it because there are more rich businessmen?"

Ai Lei thought about it carefully, nodded and said: "That's true. In the past, the territory only sold some grain and raw silk, and the income was not high. After the textile technology improved, our income increased a lot. People who run workshops and do business It also started to increase, those mill owners and merchants were mill stewards when I was young."

Frederick asked her again: "After the income of these people increased, their needs began to change, right?"

Allie continued to think, her expression gradually becoming serious.

Frederick said on the side: "When they have money, they must improve their social status and have their own political power. I don't care about your internal affairs. I only tell you that such things will happen. It's up to you how to deal with them." wisdom."

"There are also some people who have no worries about food and clothing, and have no interest in politics, so they eat, drink and have fun all day long."

"It's easy to get bored with mouth and mouth. What they need is to see the wider world. After seeing the wider world, they will think and reflect on everything around them. You think, once they think, Who is most nervous?"

"The Church!" Alley said immediately, "If people don't think, the Church will be what they say."

"However, as long as people think about it, they will find loopholes in the church's rhetoric just like this Cyclops incident!"

Her cold sweat broke out all of a sudden. If she challenged the Church of Flame like Frederick challenged the Church of Light this time, it would not be books but people that would be burned.

Frederick did not further elaborate on the political struggle behind the burning of the books led by Valli, because he did not know the extent of the conflict between the two parties.

But Ai Lei knew this clearly for many years after helping her father manage the territory, and said anxiously: "Over the years, a large part of those who supported my father were businessmen, and most of the landowners who cultivated the land were on the side of the church."

"After listening to what you just said, I can understand the reason."

Frederick asked her: "How much land do those landowners own in the entire territory?"

Ai Lei hesitated for a while, and finally answered the confidential question truthfully: "About forty percent."

Frederick thought for a while and said, "That's not a big problem. They have limited resources and can solve it."

Ai Lei thought the same, but it is inevitable that the territory will be hurt, otherwise the family would not let herself and her sisters go out to seek refuge.

Frederick saw her worry, but he could do nothing about it. This was not a conflict between countries, but a struggle between the secular world and the church. Interfering with him, a pagan in the north, would only be counterproductive.

The two sat on the beach in silence for more than two hours with their own concerns. Alley suddenly said: "Duke Wesson, I have something to ask. If there is anything wrong with the Valli family, I hope you will take Yvette and Lu together." dew."

After Ai Lei finished speaking, she grabbed her skirt, bit her lips tightly, and said in a low voice: "I can't give you anything in return, if you don't dislike..."

Frederick said calmly: "No need, everyone is welcome, and everyone will be treated fairly and justly."

In the palm grove more than 100 meters away, a loudspeaker was set up in front of someone, and the conversation between the two on the beach could be heard verbatim.

"Tch!" Lulu was very dissatisfied, "It's rare that the elder sister fell in love with a man when she was almost 30 years old, and he actually rejected the elder sister!"

Beside her, Yvette said slightly: "Maybe he likes you, didn't he say he wants to go on a date with you?"

Lulu's face turned red all of a sudden, she pouted and said, "That's fake, maybe someone with a lot of fat like you is the type he likes."

"I have no fat and I don't know magic. He must hate it."

At this time, Frederick's voice came from the loudspeaker: "I plan to leave tomorrow and go to the Citrus Island in the Kingdom of Sardinia, where I will spend the New Year."

Allie said nervously: "Don't go there, it's too dangerous, the Black Claws control the whole island, they are very unfriendly to outsiders!"

Frederick shrugged and said, "I'm not an outsider."

It's my wife's hometown there, so I'm not an outsider after all.

He finally said to Ai Lei: "Please tell Lulu for me that the girl I like has nothing to do with her figure, it only depends on whether she is smart or not."

Frederick left Palm Island the next day, hired a boat to go to Citrus Island, and was tied up in a black factory as soon as he got off the boat.

(End of this chapter)