Chapter 25: Source of power

"Can't?" Celinda put her hand on her waist and narrowed her eyes to look at Xiao Chen, waiting for him to give an explanation.
"I ca n’t lose faith with the slaves. I told them that if I followed them, I would get a better life and I would be able to get the identity of a freeman after a few years. If I resell them now, then I ’m against my own statement. Words. I have to be responsible for them! "Xiao Chen said.
"Are you kidding? When was a lord, a magician, responsible for some slaves?" Celinda's voice rose immediately. She was not a lady, otherwise she would not run away from the house and get into the enemy. camp. So Xiao Chen's words made her angry. She felt that she was being fooled. Her anger was not because the other party did not sell her slaves, but that the other party had used such nonsense to scorn her. This is simply a fool.
"It's no joke. If I don't have credit, why should they listen to me. If I don't have credit, why should others believe me in the future?"
"Credit? Who rules with credit? Strength is the foundation of rule! Are these slaves not succumbing to your sword and magic? If you are not willing to give me a slave, why would you say such nonsense?" Celinda argued At that time, the birdie who was not dressed as a village girl at all was clearly a powerful knight.
"Misunderstanding, Misunderstanding. Celinda, Xiao Chen must not be trying to obscure you. He must have his own ideas, you listen to him to explain." Li Jia pulled her, put her hand on her shoulder, a pair of good talkers Looked like, Celinda gave him a glance, stopped the conversation, and listened to Xiao Chen's explanation.
When Xiao Chen saw Li Jia's appearance, he knew that he was determined by Celinda, and sighed: "Of course, force is very important, and a founding leader in my hometown once said," The gun is out. regime.'"
"regime?"
"You understand it as the ruling group."
"This is a good statement, and it clearly summarizes what I want to say. But I prefer to use a sword." Celinda nodded in agreement.
"Why can there be power in the barrel of the gun. Not only because you can destroy your enemies, but more importantly, you can protect your lords. Why do your lords pay you taxes, because they believe you can Protect them from harassment by thieves, beasts, and other lords. And if you want them to believe that you can do this, you must keep your faith, otherwise a lord who does n’t speak normally can really count on him to protect everyone in a critical moment. ?"
Celinda was silent for a while, and asked, "Do you think the farmers in Montenegro resisted taxes and did not trust the relationship of the Arias family?"
"At least you are raising taxes indiscriminately, and you have not kept your original agreement, pushing everyone to the limit of tolerance."
"But if you don't show up, these farmers will be easily suppressed. They will eventually hand over food and be taught. What does this have to do with whether they believe us or not?"
"This time without success, there will be another riot." Xiao Chen affirmed.
Celinda smiled disdainfully, "On their own, how many times the riots are also suppressed fate. With the sword added, how many people will choose to resist? How many people will succumb to their fate? Don't use me Say more? "
"This ... this seems too rough." Li Jia whispered.
"Rough? From south to north, from west to east, which lord is not like this? If someone really looks at the lord's face and does things, his lord doesn't have to do it anymore. Such weak things will not be overthrown by those foolish people. Will also be sent to the gallows by the lord next door. "
"Isn't it kind of not good?" Li Jia's voice was quieter.
"Benevolence is a bit of honey smeared on the barbecue. There is no knife to kill the cows. Where can the honey come from? Master Xiao Chen, you are not really going to treat those slaves like this? If so, I really have to consider working with you. The value of Celine. "Celinda looked grim, not joking at all.
Xiao Chen suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. All his ideas and all viewpoints, whether socialism or capitalism, came from the post-industrial revolution. At that time, the system of feudal aristocracy had already collapsed, people and people. The relationship has changed dramatically. The daughter of the earl was a serious feudal nobleman. If such a nobleman could easily accept his ideas, then there would be no French Revolution.
Celinda's kingdom and territory are not modern nations. The nobles and subjects of Celinda are not politicians and citizens. Therefore, the previous remarks were almost all spoken by chickens and ducks. Xiao Chen thought about it and said, "Now it's unhelpful to say more. We have already talked about the territory. We can solve it in other ways. We have all the money, technology, and commodities. As for the slaves, can I give a step, you You can prescribe your terms, go to the camp and ask, if you are willing to go with you, you will take it away. "
auzw.com Celinda knows that she will give the slaves a condition that is certainly far less than Xiao Chen's promise. Those pariahs are not fools, who will follow her? She sneered. "Just stop it, when I haven't mentioned anything."
After saying this, she left by herself, and Li Jia hurriedly followed.
"Li Jia, this guy will suffer at a loss in the future!" Xiao Chen watched the two walking back and forth and said to themselves. However, he immediately became anxious again, as a lord, such a concept, what about these slaves? Will their ideas be even more unbearable, or will they not fit into the framework designed by these people on earth?
He touched his chin and stood thinking hard. But suddenly I saw a figure wearing a robe in front of me.
It turned out to be Luo Ling.
"Have you heard?"
Luo Ling nodded, she smiled and said, "You talked to the feudal landlord about the social contract. She didn't chase you down and you are quite right."
"Ah, I just found out how difficult our path is. How we are out of step with this world. I now have some doubts about whether these slaves can really be settled. What if these people can't adapt to our arrangements at all? ? Are we really going to treat them like those lords? "
"In fact, it is a very simple matter. Productivity determines the production relationship. There are people like school, what are you afraid of?"
"Productivity? I have heard this every year since middle school. I have to hear the calluses."
"The novelty may be a fallacy, and the clichés may be the truth! What do you mean by saying this on today's occasion?"
Xiao Chen pondered it carefully, and it seemed to taste something. He analyzed it: "You mean that the productivity here is insufficient, so we can only use slaves and serfs to handle the production relationship. Our school has technology and ideas , The same people are used by me, the productivity will be much higher than these feudal lords? So, our production relationship does not have to be like that at all? "
"Isn't it? We have agricultural technology and better farming tools for farming. We have factory management systems and better equipment for workmanship. We have systematic codes and better weapons for the military. Our goods are very popular and can be Sell ​​high prices and afford more and more professional administrative staff. Let them manage and train these people more effectively. As long as they are people, no matter what age they come from, as long as their own interests are involved, they will not be fools. For Why do n’t they yearn for a better place? Why do n’t they support a better government? "
"Yes, that's it! They will stand on our side, just like those in Floro Town!"
"Xiao Chen, don't underestimate the power of production relations. The small society of school is just a microcosm of a modern society. Even so, the power it bursts out is not something that ancient society can contend with. So, why should you explain to her today? So much? Things are done, not justified. When she sees, you make these slaves farmers, workers, warriors, students, even engineers, doctors, teachers, and judges. She is also qualified and Are you debating? "
Somehow, hearing Luo Ling say this, Xiao Chen was suddenly moved. There is something called an ideal that swells in my heart. He nodded: "Yes, I can't fail them. We should be able to bring some changes here. If we don't change this, then we will be changed by them."
"That would be a tragedy! We, as modern people, come to this place, we must always have our own perseverance. Although our world has not yet found a perfect system. But many things are undoubtedly better than the social civilization and tolerance here. It ’s much more, most people ’s lives are much happier. Our moral bottom line is different from Selida. Although, sometimes, in order to survive, we have to break through our bottom line, but if we even have our own values Give up, then what do we have left? We only have a few broken houses and rotten clothes in our connection with that world? "Luo Ling said here, his voice was a little low.
Old world, old world.
The memory of the old world is both a concern and a burden.
Perhaps it was the relationship between the men ’s nerves that was more rough, and Xiao Chen did n’t have much resonance in this respect, but he remembered all the things that happened in the slave camp, and now he thinks about it, the taste is also a bit different:
This time the incident of handling slaves, let I have the opportunity to face some choices, I think I did not shame us. I now want to understand that there are many things, if only because the surrounding feudal lords do this, and those mercenary warlords do that, we will be in the same position. Compromise with them, then we are really lost. I do not want to be a slave, so I am not willing to be a slave owner! "
"What if people around you don't want you to do this?"
"Then try to change them, if not, then fight."
"If you want to understand, then I have to remind you one thing. When dealing with these nobles in the future, you do n’t have to hold on to their long-term plans. Everything is for us to have a temporary stable environment, let us The world grows up slowly. When it is ripe ... "Luo Ling looked up and sneered.