When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 970 From Agriculture to Industry

In fact, Taiomier's view is the view of many people at this time.

Not only outside the Holy Union, but even within the Holy Union, many people think so.

As for the reason, it's simple.

People cannot imagine things they have not seen, they can only deduce based on things they have seen.

Just like the Imperials had never seen a clockwork gun before, so they first treated it as a lightning rod, and then as a magic crossbow.

It was not until eight years after the establishment of the Holy Alliance that the imperial talents gradually understood the true working mechanism of the orichalcum spring and the clockwork gun.

For most people in the Empire, common sense is that a country should not have too many or too few literate people.

Too little is not enough to govern a country, and too much can easily breed rebellion.

Take the Bloody Winter Rebellion that besieged Flower Hill City as an example.

The Kingdom of France later recalled that such an incident was caused by the participation of a large number of literate craftsmen and low-level monks.

Otherwise, with the level of those farmers, they wouldn’t even know where the capital was, let alone the subsequent negotiations.

Horn created so many literate people but could not provide enough jobs, which was bound to lead to dissatisfaction.

The farmer's stupidity is useful.

The monopoly of knowledge by a small group of people is inevitable.

Horn's move is equivalent to going against the rules.

"You all think so, right?"

Facing Carrie and Jeanne, Horn asked with a smile as he stabbed a piece of roast meat in brown sauce with a fork.

Jeanna shook her head: "Who said that? Although studying is painful, being stupid is also painful. At least the former will let you know why it hurts."

Carrie nodded without disguising, "It is normal for a small number of people to master the most advanced knowledge. Opening elementary schools is just to grab the elite from the stupid people."

Horn swallowed the brown sauce roasted pork that tasted a bit like red roasted pork and said: "You think too much, and you think too much about me. I am not that noble, nor that cold-blooded.

All this is due to one thing: there are not enough literate people to meet future needs.”

"How could this much not be enough?" Jeanna couldn't help but wonder.

Horn shook his head and chewed the black pork in his mouth carefully.

Taking Britain, the first country to spontaneously complete the industrial revolution, as an example, during the hundred years of industrialization, the urbanization rate soared from 20% to 50%.

Currently, the Holy Alliance consists of four parts: the New Five Counties Military Region, the Gravel Plain Military Region, the Thousand River Valley Papal Territory and the Black Snake Bay Federation.

The current population has not yet been fully counted, but it is definitely over 10 million.

With the current population size of Shenglian, taking into account the extremely high birth rate and population growth rate, an average of 20,000 to 30,000 agricultural population must be transformed into industrial population every year.

The 12000 people with low literacy levels each year can only be said to barely meet the requirements, because many of them have no intention of becoming industrial population.

Horn couldn't follow the example of England and Germany, with enclosure laws and workhouses, forcing farmers to move into the city.

Then we can only rely on this simple method to lure more people into becoming industrial population.

“Aren’t 12000 people enough?”

"Of course not. When more complex machines are produced and require more complex operations, we will know how valuable they are."

Picking up a sausage, Horn snorted at the two saints.

This was not the first time he had encountered doubts from his subordinates, and he had long been accustomed to it.

The reason why Germany was able to quickly complete industrialization and even lead the electrical revolution was because of the large number of highly literate people brought about by compulsory education.

Although the clockwork machines of the future have not yet been invented, there are already signs of them.

Especially from the angel, Horn obtained a lot of incredible things, and he needed to discuss it in detail with a red dragon lady underground.

At present, neither Jeanne nor Carrie knows about the problems related to the angels.

Currently, only the wolf girl Shilov knows about this top-secret project.

Carrie and Jeanne tacitly did not ask, but instead brought up another topic: "Didn't you say that we have a long enough life span to take things slow?"

In fact, these primary schools were built when the war was at its most difficult, and Horn scraped out 30,000 gold pounds from his own pocket to provide support.

After the situation stabilized, another 20,000 pounds were added for repairs and to pay teachers' salaries. Many retired veterans were sent to teach in primary schools.

Horn just smiled bitterly and said nothing.

At the current population growth rate, if industrialization is not completed quickly, the Holy Alliance will fall into the Malthusian trap before they die.

Avoiding this topic, Horn took up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth: "Let's not talk about this. How do you feel about today's Central Assembly? I plan to gradually cancel the Alcohol Prohibition Order."

"I also think it needs to be phased out." Carrie sighed, "Fortunately, the trend of alcoholism has improved a lot in recent times."

Horn smiled and pinched her cheek: "Thanks to the Holy Trinity Education Teams that your Purification Court has set up in various places, a large number of gamblers and alcoholics have been helped to turn over a new leaf."

Carrie tilted her head and took Horn's finger into her mouth, rubbing her soft tongue on the tip of Horn's finger.

Jeanne quickly took action, pinched Carrie's chin, and pulled out Horn's finger: "Shameless!"

Carrie pulled herself out of the situation easily: "What are you shameless about? Papa and I have done things that are more extreme than this. Don't cross the line."

"Did I cross the line?" Jeana blushed instantly.

Horn quickly stopped them: "We are having dinner in the Pope's dining room. Do you want everyone to see us?"

The two saints glared at each other for a while, and Jeanne withdrew her hand in disappointment. However, Carrie made faces at Jeanne and even made the number nine with her fingers.

They knew what this meant, which was to meet in the octagonal cage at 9 o'clock and talk about it after two moves.

Jeanne stroked her throat with her thumb.

Horn pretended not to notice the two men's little actions. He didn't want to bring trouble upon himself.

"Just listen to me first. If you keep making so much noise, you won't be able to convey the key point."

Seeing the two men stop, Horn continued his "sermon".

After eight years, Shenglian has basically completed the early sprouts of the agricultural revolution.

To be precise, because Horn had knowledge and experience from another world, the agricultural revolution of the Holy Alliance hardly went astray.

In just eight years, by chance, Shenglian, especially the Qianhe Valley area, has initially completed the technological germination period and entered a period of accelerated transformation.

According to current statistics from the Holy Union, the food produced by each farming family can supply seven to eight families.

If intensive large-scale farm production with mules and horses is completed, the population of one agricultural family will be enough to feed a dozen urban families.

So it is visible to the naked eye that the birth rate of newborns in the Holy League has reached an astonishing 5% in four years. In 1452 alone, nearly 20 newborns were born.

Since Horn set up clinics in every priestly town, the one-year mortality rate has dropped from an outrageous 1% to around 40%.

In four years, the total number of children born in the Thousand Valley increased to more than 300,000.

As for the grain commercialization rate, it has reached about 70%, that is, after deducting food rations and planting grains, % of the grain is sold for money.

In other words, the agricultural production model has changed from self-sufficiency to commodity production.

In other words, we were lucky in the past few years and encountered the bonus period of grain exports.

Now, as the battle for Windmill Land gradually stabilizes, the grain market has begun to stabilize and the dividends are gradually fading.

Then there must be a large amount of surplus food that cannot be sold, causing food prices to plummet.

In fact, Shenglian is still purchasing grain at the past price. Not to mention losing money, it is already close to the real market price.

That's why Horn said he was considering gradually relaxing the "Alcohol Prohibition Order" to consume excess food and complete the transformation.

From low value-added agricultural planting, to medium value-added agricultural product processing, and finally to industrialized commodity production.

By then, the wild horse of industrialization will gallop forward, causing large numbers of people to gather in cities.

A large number of new luxury goods will be born, and the old luxury goods in the past will become ordinary consumer goods or even daily necessities.

Only the concentration of resources brought about by industrialization can break through the old production relations and productivity and climb out of the Malthusian trap.

"So the first step is not to build a factory, but to build a handicraft workshop that matches the current situation." Horn took out a list, "I have listed several workshops that the Holy Union urgently needs. This is the future development direction of the Holy Union."

Carrie took the list and found that the first three items on the list were "steel", "glass" and "medicine".

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Carrie nodded: "Don't worry, the bait has been thrown out, just waiting for the big fish to take the bait."

(End of this chapter)