A strange world

Chapter 1177 Section 99. Why

Work has never been a derogatory term for people.

It is the basis of your survival in this world. People without jobs will not only be despised, but also be shunned.

The good news is that almost half of the 80,000 unemployed residents are children and the elderly. Even if they don't look for work, they will have families and Liberty City to support them.

At the same time, the pioneering fever continues to spread. Hundreds of people go to the Ministry of Agriculture to sign up every day. The black smoke from the chimney of the blacksmith shop continues day and night, and thousands of sets of farm tools flow into the hands of farmers.

This large-scale forging quickly exhausted the ore in Liberty City.

"We are short of ore!" Bronzebeard and Annan complained loudly.

"Why do you come to me if you are short of ore? Can I still charm out ore?"

"What if?"

"I can't do it!"

"If we can't do it again, we can only dismantle the golem and return it to the furnace!" Bronzebeard threatened, and snatched a glass of distilled liquor.

Ore...

Annan was thoughtful.

Excluding the limestone mining area, there are currently three ores in Free City: an iron mine, a coal mine, and a gem mine. The gold mine in the kingdom has been returned before, so Ilimoyas stood outside Annan's window all day and stared at him coldly.

In addition to the coal mine, which still has a large reserve, the iron ore and gem mines have been almost mined, and the quality is not good.

If Annan wants to climb the technology, mineral resources headed by iron ore are indispensable.

He went to find Idyliya and asked the eldest sister to send people to survey the Gem Bay, and then asked the elves to help explore the forest mountains.

As for the iron ore gap in the city... temporarily import ore from other cities.

...

"Who knows why we have to buy ore and smelt it ourselves instead of buying the finished product directly?"

Ingrid asked the students of the kingdom.

This is the suggestion provided by Annan. Questions and answers can make them feel more involved and remember it vividly-if they are beaten up after the question and answer, they will remember it for a lifetime.

"Because it is more convenient?" someone answered.

"Anything else?"

"Let more people have jobs?" someone else said.

"That's right." Ingrid agreed: "It takes workers to transport the raw ore to the blacksmith shop, someone to watch over it in the warehouse, a blacksmith to handle the forging, and someone to sell and distribute it after it is made.

"This chain can provide a large number of jobs, and the tax after the sale also belongs to the local area. But if you buy the finished product outside, there will be no jobs and no taxes."

When the students understood something, Sigma suddenly said: "Why are some countries rich and some poor? Is it related to this chain?"

Ingrid stared at him deeply: "You have touched the truth of civilization."

The students looked at him in surprise, but Sigma was puzzled: "What truth?"

"It depends on your own understanding. "

Ingrid did not explain and continued to lead them.

Later, the class ended and the students returned to the mansion in groups of two or three.

So... why?

At lunch time, Sigma sat alone in a corner, still thinking about that question.

He did not notice that his companions were surrounding a dusty archmage.

It has been two months since they came to Free City. King Vitalig was eager to recall a group of outstanding students to review their learning results.

There were footsteps approaching, he looked up and saw Emma coming over with envy: "Sigma, you are also on the list!"

"I want to stay here." Sigma shook his head.

Emma's smile froze on her face: "Why?"

"I'm thinking of a question..."

"What question can make you...Lord Gru!"

The dusty archmage came over and nodded to Emma: "What happened?"

"Sigma didn't want to leave, he said he was thinking of a question." Emma said dissatisfiedly: "What question can be more important than going back to build the kingdom."

"It's very important. "

"You..."

"It seems that this young man is knocking on the door of truth." Lord Gru stopped Emma and said tolerantly: "Then stay and think about it carefully."

"Thank you..."

Finally, Lord Gru sent twenty people and took ten away, while Sigma stayed here.

Emma replaced Sigma and went back, very excited. This group of first batch of students who went back will definitely hold important positions in the kingdom.

"Just think slowly! Maybe by the time you have thought it through, we have already built the kingdom!" Emma deliberately ran to Sigma and said loudly.

"Then congratulations first."

"You... idiot! "

After they left, Sigma and the others continued to study with the new students.

Ingrid would take two hours a day to show them around Liberty City, and the rest of the time was free.

At this time, Sigma would run around. Not only in Liberty City, but also in the walls, farmlands, and trade routes of Gem Bay, where he would stand for several hours.

The farmers were plowing and turning the soil, turning the wasteland into fertile soil. Caravans were traveling on the road one after another.

Everyone was busy and fulfilled, with longing and expectations for the future on their faces.

Although what they did and the wealth they created were different, they were all building Liberty City...

Wealth?

Sigma suddenly realized something and ran to ask a farmer carrying a fork: "How much money can you make if you farm here for a whole year?"

"I don't know." The sturdy farmer said, or the short farmer next to him said: "You can earn dozens of silver coins."

He asked the caravan driver how much he could earn, and the driver said: "You can earn dozens of silver coins for one trip."

Sigma returned to the city and ran into a tool shop to ask the boss how much he could earn. He said: "You can earn dozens of silver coins every day."

Next, Sigma ran all over Liberty City, and everyone asked how much money he could earn. When he finally stepped onto the dock, he met Ingrid.

"The guards said that a student from the kingdom is running around." Ingrid was holding a list of the goods at the dock, and seemed to have just met him by chance: "It seems that you thought of it."

"Well... Why is it that for the same job, some people are idle and some are hard-working, but the remuneration they earn is completely different? Why are some countries with similar policies rich and some poor?"

Sigmar's body was tired, but his spirit was full of vigor: "It depends on their production methods... Two small countries with a population of one million, one of which has nine-tenths of the population as farmers, and the other one-tenth of the population as merchants, but the latter has much more wealth than the former."

"What else?"

"What else?" Sigma was stunned and murmured: "And... merchants are not producers, they just rely on the resources produced by others to exist..."

"Mercenaries earn more than farmers, and alchemists earn more than mercenaries... So we have to produce more valuable resources!"

Ingrid's cheeks, which were always expressionless, rarely showed a trace of appreciation: "Very good, you already know the problem."

"Now try to solve it."

Sigma was stunned again, but he soon woke up.

The solution lies in Liberty City.