Lord of Industrialization

In the Helvetia Federation, many people are envious of Wesson State's wealth. It is rumored that Duke Wesson's toilet is made of gold.

Recently, a group has been spreading the word that Wesson will end sooner or later. Many people think what they say makes sense, but it always looks weird to those who have been to Wesson.

Baron Turgot is not a member of this group, but he has had close contact with them and strongly agrees with their views.

Turgot said to Richard Nar: "The God of Light has arranged a natural order for nature and human happiness. The natural order is supreme, sacred, and eternal. Human activities can be achieved as long as they comply with and conform to the natural order." Only when happiness and a country develops in accordance with the natural order can it be stable, prosperous and strong.”

"Nowadays, Wesson's series of actions have violated the natural order, and collapse is only a matter of time."

Richard Nall raised his glass and said: "I partially agree with your point of view. I also believe that everything in the world, from the touchable plants and trees to the invisible social operation, everything has its own laws."

Turgo became wary. The other party only agreed partially. At this time, he needed to be careful about the other party digging holes to make him agree to the other part.

However, Richard Nall did not dig the hole he thought. Instead, he said to him sincerely: "Please tell me specifically where in Wesson State you violated any laws."

"A sage once said in the distant Peach Blossom Stone that if three people walk together, one of them must be their teacher."

"Weisin State welcomes everyone's criticisms and suggestions, and will adopt them if they are reasonable."

"I heard that the Wesson Scientific Society will add sociology members, who will mainly study economics and policy policies, and can become Frederick's political advisor."

"If you have any insights, I can recommend you to the Wesson Science Society."

Turgo's heart skipped a beat, he didn't expect him to do something like this.

If it were a debate, he would be confident that he could use his eloquence to refute Richard Nall completely and hide his face.

But he didn't expect that Richard Nall would actually show an attitude of humbly asking for advice. If he won, the other person would be able to show an attitude of humbly accepting advice. He would even be interviewed to become a member of the Wesson Science Society, without losing any face and having a person. A reputation for humility and tolerance.

And if he loses, it will be even worse. During this period, he has been relying on the theory of "Wesson State is going to be over" to counter Duke Wesson's theory that the Helvetia Federation remains neutral. If he loses, no one will support him. .

After Richard Nall finished speaking, he looked at Turgo with a sincere smile.

He is not an idiot. An idiot cannot become a swordsman. He just didn't read much before and didn't know how to talk. Years of combat experience have proven that you should not fight in the enemy's advantageous areas. You must use your own advantages to attack the weak with the strong, so when you know that you can't After defeating Turgot on the debate track, immediately change tracks.

Turgot knew that he could not retreat now and said seriously: "Agriculture is the only production activity. Crops grown in the land according to the natural order are gifts of nature. Only agriculture can produce new wealth."

“The value of agricultural products has no surplus after deducting land rent and farmers’ living expenses. Handicraft industry only processes the raw materials provided by agriculture, but it changes the form of material existence. Commerce only transports raw materials and processed raw materials to another place. Places, handicrafts and commerce do not generate new value; their value is merely transferred by the landlord from the rent."

"Today, Wesson has invested a lot of money in unproductive handicrafts and commerce, consuming a lot of ground rent, and has very little financial savings, so it had to issue bonds several times this year."

"If this situation continues, Wesson's finances will continue to deteriorate. In the near future, we can maintain expenditures and bond credit by seizing the property of the Franconian Principality and the Regans Alliance. When this part of the money is consumed, it will be unsustainable. Eventually, It can only go bankrupt.”

Count Stefani and several allies who were allied with him on the side nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Count Stefani himself has fertile farmland in the river valley and a transport fleet.

In his territory, farmers pay him land rent after harvesting crops, and then whether he transports the grain away or grinds it into powder, the cost is paid out of the land rent.

When others buy his things, they pay the money with their own land rent.

Therefore, the traditional and habitual thinking brought about by thousands of years of agricultural-based production and life made Count Stefani and others agree with Turgot's point of view, believing that agricultural production and land rent on the land are the source of all wealth.

In their view, building railways is just a waste of money and has no use at all. Before there was no railway, things could still be transported out. If it is too expensive, just lower the price. If those businessmen don't agree, they will cut it.

In recent years, Richard Nall often read newspapers and news, and also attended debate competitions at Weisenberg University. Influenced by Frederick's "less empty talk, more practical things", he began to imitate everything.

He did not directly refute Turgot's point of view, but listed a set of data: "Since Frederick took office..."

Richard Nall has a very good memory and recited some main data from the Wesson State 1028-32 First Five-Year Plan Results Report released last year.

He also played some tricks. For example, the output of iron and steel, ready-made clothing and cloth in the report are calculated separately, and here they are totaled; the average wheat output is 1,500 kilograms per hectare, and here only the new variety cultivated intensively in the test field is 2,100 kilograms; Elizabeth potatoes and pumpkins were also selected for 7,000 kilograms and 5,000 kilograms in the experimental field.

This report was published in Wesson as a supplement to the "Wesson Daily News" and was rarely seen outside the country. Most of the audience present heard about it for the first time, and many people were frightened.

Not to mention anything else, as far as wheat yield is concerned, one hectare in the river valley area of ​​the Helvetia Federation is about 1,000 kilograms. In good years, it can reach 1,200 kilograms. In many places in the mountainous areas, it is only a few hundred kilograms. In Wesson State, 2,100 kilograms is enough to scare people, including the Gauls, who are known for their fertile land.

Richard Nall continued: "Now Wesson's fiscal revenue is growing at a rate of at least 5% per year, and the revenue-expenditure ratio is very healthy."

“This year’s large number of bond issuances is the result of the Wesen State’s successive experiences last year, including the Battle to Recapture Constantbule, the Battle of Merchant Land, and the sudden fire in the city of Amstel, which required insurance compensation. It is of no reference significance. "

He played another little trick here. He only said that the fiscal revenue increase of Wesson State was at least 5%. In fact, it was even more exaggerated than the increase in tulip prices not long ago. Ten years ago, Wesson's income was only 500 florins a year. , and now Frederick spends more than this amount every year to support painters.

Richard Nall finally asked: "Baron Turgot, how does your theory explain what actually happened in Wesson?"

Turgo opened his mouth but was speechless.

Debates in the past were all about theory, logic and even grammar. He had never encountered this kind of situation where a lot of numbers were thrown out for you to explain. He didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Richard Nall picked up the wine glass and drank slowly, without urging him to answer quickly, and acted very calmly.

People's behavior is easily affected by their profession. In short, Richard Nall's profession is to kill people. He emphasizes that he can kill people with one stick instead of using two sticks, so he did not talk nonsense with Turgo about those things that he was not familiar with. The thing with the word "jue" came directly to a material analysis question.

These days few people connect data with government affairs, only simple examples are given.

It's just that Turgot searched hard and couldn't think of any place that was the same as Weisen State, or even similar, that could be used as an example.

There was a slight layer of cold sweat on his forehead. If he couldn't use his own theory to explain the phenomenon in Wesson, it meant that he had lost.

Richard Nall looked confident and calm, but after all, it was not a field he was familiar with, so he was still a little nervous inside.

So after he finished his drink and saw that Turgot didn't respond for a while, he ended the conversation: "If there is anything Baron Turgot doesn't understand about his theoretical research, you can go to Weisen and take a look. Look, I can be your tour guide.”

Richard Nall characterized the matter as an academic discussion, saving Turgot some face.

The happiest people at the scene were Count Sforza and his group. They thought they were on Frederick's side. When they saw Frederick not coming, they thought he had been abandoned. Now that they saw Richard Nare, they immediately gave in. Baron Turgot was speechless before he suddenly realized that he was an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs, so Duke Wesson felt free to let him do it by himself.

You have to strike while the iron is hot. Before Turgot could speak, Count Sforza stood up and said to Richard Naer with a smile: "You go to be a tour guide. I'm afraid you will take Baron Turgot to the water to fish." .”

His accomplices also joined in the banter, one after another, leaving no room for Turgot to speak.

A nobleman who always regarded himself as a little transparent went over and asked Richard Nall: "Is the wheat yield there really so high?"

This nobleman's territory is also in the river valley. If there is wheat with almost double the yield, he will definitely buy it.

"False." Count Stefani suddenly came over with a dark face to protest, "I have bought wheat seeds from Weissensee before. When I bought them, they said the yield in the first year would be around 1,500 kilograms per hectare, but I only grew 1,300 kilograms per hectare. .”

"I used those wheat as seeds again. Unexpectedly, the second year when the weather was good, there was only less than 1,100 kilograms. Last year, it was less than 900 kilograms. This year, there are only 800 kilograms."

In the past few years, he made money in the first year, kept the same in the second year, and lost money in the third and fourth years. So he felt that he had been cheated by Frederick, so he began to boycott everything related to Frederick.

Richard Nall had seen similar news in the newspaper and asked him calmly: "Did you buy fertilizer?"

Count Stefani was stunned for a moment.

Richard Nall sneered and continued: "In Wesson, primary school students all know that in order to have a high yield of wheat, additional fertilizer must be applied and blood meal must be used to move the seeds."

"You can look at the seed packaging bag. It clearly says that seeds will degrade and the yield will decrease year by year. It is also written in the book about wheat cultivation in the bookstore."

"Don't you know this common sense?"

Count Stefani's mouth twitched. He really didn't know these things. The noble only needed to know how to leave the matter to his subordinates. It can be said that he was tricked by his subordinates.

At this time, Princess Penelope came out as the host of the banquet to smooth things over. She said some polite words and asked everyone to disperse and continue eating and drinking.