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"Create new magic to improve people's living standards?" In the meeting hall of the Kingdom of God's "Sanctuary", Ariel, the goddess of the sea with the highest magical attainments among the gods, pondered for a moment, smiled and nodded, "This is a good idea. Improving the living standards of believers will not only help consolidate their faith, but also help strengthen their power - when their power is strong, it will be able to promote the expansion of faith and embark on a virtuous cycle."

Sui Xiong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that He would think of this direction, but he was relieved after thinking about it - there is motivation only when there is a goal, and there is enthusiasm only when there is profit. If his ideas can benefit the people and friends at the same time, wouldn't that be the best result?

"Yes." He said with a smile, "So I think we can unite and summarize the troubles in people's lives that can be easily solved with magic, and then invent targeted magic."

"I don't think this is a good idea." The God of Justice, Yorgadman, who always wears shabby clothes, shook his head and poured cold water on him, "Casting spells is a difficult thing in itself, and it takes a lot of time and resources to train spellcasters. If you spend so much resources just to solve some non-urgent problems, it's a waste."

"It's better than not being able to solve it." Goddess of Wealth Mannis said, "It's better to have a solution than not to have one."

"This idea is too naive." Yorgadman sighed, "You think, the current human resources of spellcasters are roughly concentrated in the hands of three forces. The first one is naturally religion, but the gods are hostile to each other. In addition to preaching, the rest of the priests' spellcasting ability is mostly consumed in meaningless confrontations, and they can't spare much resources."

Seeing everyone nod slightly, He continued: "The second group is the nobles, because spellcasters themselves need to consume money, Therefore, only nobles and merchant families can afford it. After merchants gain the ability to cast spells, they will most likely seek noble status. Similarly, many spellcasters who are scholars or adventurers will also seek noble status. For example, there are a large number of settled spellcasters in the Secret Tower Federation, but as long as they reach the middle level, there are almost no nobles... So in the final analysis, the second force is the nobles. "

"The nobles don't care about the lives of civilians. Although there are upright and outstanding people like the late Baron Keen, most of the nobles are hostile to the common people. There was magic to improve living standards in the past, and they also mastered a lot, but did they use these spells to seek benefits for the common people? They never thought about it!"

The gods were a little sad and sighed.

"The last force is the adventurers. They are very strong, but they are scattered and lack even the most basic organization. They may be a powerful force when it comes to destruction, but they are not good at construction. Apart from other things, how can we make those adventurers who pursue freedom settle down for a long time and work for ordinary civilians? Do you have any ideas?"

The gods thought for a while, looked at each other, and shook their heads.

Yorgadman spoke a lot in a long speech, and finally took a big sip from the wine glass and summarized his point of view: "In general, I think that after the "magic to improve living standards" is developed, it will probably not have the effect of improving people's living standards, but will become a tool for the nobles to enjoy themselves."

He said it very clearly, and everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

When it comes to understanding mortal society, no one among the gods can compare with Yorgadman. Not only did he come from the lower class of mortal society, he also always walked around the earth in the form of a mortal. He has seen too much of the joys and sorrows of mortals, and the good and evil in the world. The rest of the gods present probably don't know as much about the world as he does.

Since he believes that magic that improves living standards will only become a tool for the nobles to enjoy themselves, things will probably develop in this way.

However, Sui Xiong was not reconciled.

He felt that magic, like technology on Earth, would never be vibrant if it only served a few people. If we want magic to develop greatly and then promote the progress of the entire society, we should let the power of magic serve the public and popularize magic to ordinary people.

But Jorgaardman was right. Learning magic requires talent and resources, which are like two high thresholds that ruthlessly exclude most ordinary people and make it impossible for them to enjoy the benefits of magic. Correspondingly, why should people who have crossed these two thresholds condescend to serve ordinary people?

(How is this problem solved on Earth?)

He pondered and tried to find a solution.

On Earth, let’s not talk about those backward areas, but in all advanced and developed areas, basically everyone has to learn scientific knowledge. But in fact, most people, what they learn is still far from the real “frontier of science” - take Sui Xiong himself as an example, he is a serious college student, from elementary school to college, and studied for 16 years. But the scientific knowledge he learned can only be said to be at the mainstream level of society. If he wants to do scientific research... just look at the fact that he tried to make a blast furnace that exploded so many times and finally failed, and you will know that it is far from it.

So, on Earth, how do people solve the problem of “not keeping up with the pace of science”?

The vast majority of people on the earth do not have the ability to transform science into productivity, but they can still enjoy the convenience brought by science without any obstacles. What is the key to this?

Sui Xiong frowned and thought hard.

(On earth, when technology first appeared, it seemed that it was used by a few rich people and nobles as a tool for enjoyment, right? I remember that we also have an idiom in China called "Qi Sha Qiao" to describe this...)

(I don’t know about things in Europe, but everyone has two eyes, one mouth, one pair of arms and two legs, so there shouldn’t be much difference in how they do it.)

(So, when exactly did technology begin to be transferred to civilian use in large quantities?)

At this time, he extremely regretted that he had not studied history well back then.

If I were a top student majoring in history, wouldn’t this kind of thing come easily? Maybe it’s technology or managing the country, nothing can trouble me!

well! How come I am an artist? What use is art at this time? Even on earth, the Renaissance relied on the support of the merchant class!

(Wait! Renaissance?! Businessman?!)

A flash of inspiration flashed in Sui Xiong's mind, and the sudden inspiration made him couldn't help but be grateful that he didn't skip classes to play games when he was studying art history.

(I remembered! The key to the popularization of science and technology is also the promotion of businessmen, or capital! When I was in class, I said that the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution were manifestations of the development of capitalist society to a certain extent and the destruction of the old feudal system. ! )

(Oh my God! I really want to thank Professor Cheng who looks a bit like Leslie Cheung. He always likes to talk about other things when he talks about art history. At that time, I just thought his words were interesting. Now looking back, they are all scholars of all ages. The crystallization of hard work!)

(It's a pity that this professor didn't teach how to build a blast furnace...)

He couldn't help but smile secretly, already having a plan in mind.

"I really need your help in this matter, Mannis." He said, "You have the most businessmen among your believers, and businessmen pursue profits. As long as they discover new profit points, and with the promotion of your church , I think there is hope for this.”

Mannis was stunned and looked at him doubtfully: "I know that businessmen pursue profits, but why do you think businessmen can bear such a heavy responsibility? They can only exist depending on the nobles, even if they are developed. , and will only choose to become a new noble."

As he spoke, he sighed: "In the Gold Coin Federation, wealth symbolizes status. But the rich will still spend a lot of money and time to seek noble status for themselves. Wealth alone is not enough."

"That's because nobility can bring privileges, but no matter how rich a businessman is, wealth cannot bring enough power." Sui Xiong said with a smile, "This problem can be solved slowly. What we have to do now is to create Some magic that not only improves people’s lives, but also brings full profits to businessmen.”

He turned to look at everyone: "The threshold for learning this type of magic should not be too high, otherwise it will lose its meaning. The cost should not be too high, otherwise it will be difficult to get profits from civilians. As for the rest, It’s up to us to steer the ship.”

"Yes, there is no limit to businessmen's pursuit of profits, so they need to be restricted by law." Law God, the God of Law, nodded first. "Supervision also needs to be strengthened to prevent the law from becoming ineffective."

"I think it's best to control this set of spells in the direction of good magic." Jorgadman said, "Good priests are the most reliable force. Controlling the spells in this direction can directly eliminate many dangers. molecule, avoiding a lot of potential trouble.”

"Last and most important." Sui Xiong smiled and said confidently, "We must strictly control the scope of use of these spells. We cannot blindly promote them on a large scale, but must popularize them bit by bit."

"It's better to start with the Northwest Republic. There are no aristocratic forces here, so interference can be avoided to the greatest extent."

At this time, he thought of many sages on Earth and recalled some famous arguments: "In the future, if we have any new ideas, we might as well set aside a small area to practice them, and call it... a special zone. "

The gods looked at each other and nodded.

So, the matter was settled.