Volume 7: Doing Business with the World Chapter 233: Using the people's hearts to swallow up the nobles
Adam is at the age when he is fearless and indifferent to life and death, and will do whatever he wants. Although he is extremely smart and it is no exaggeration to call him a genius, due to his age, he cannot really understand the weight of the word "reverence".
Basically, no matter what happens, this young man is not afraid...
And now, within just a few seconds, beads of sweat appeared on Adam's forehead and temples, and the sweat dripped down his chin; he stared at Xiao Yun blankly, but his eyes were unfocused, as if he had been lost in the void that was invisible to the naked eye -
In that blurry void, Adam vaguely saw... the outline of a new world that forcefully broke down his mental barriers and violently squeezed into his mind!
Xiao Yun chuckled and looked at the others.
Still, half of the people looked at a loss, obviously not able to follow Xiao Yun's train of thought and could not understand the deep meaning of Xiao Yun's words; the other half of the people were either sweating and frowning, or looking at him in horror...
This ratio is excellent!
The descendants of "J" still deserve the death of the Lich King!
Facing this group of young spellcasters who pursue rebellion in life, are free from vulgarity, and have ideals, Xiao Yun didn't waste any words and directly... threw out dry goods that would further destroy their worldview: "Why did I send Isaac Robbins to Valentine for development? Why did our grassland tribe invest so wholeheartedly to support Isaac? With your intelligence, you will be able to see it sooner or later, and perhaps you have already seen it."
"Isaac entered Valentine with a purpose and quickly became a part of Valentine in this way. The path he has taken can be used as a reference. If 'J' wants to realize his ideals, then in my opinion, he must not be separated from the masses and cannot be isolated from the lower-class people, who are the largest and most numerous in the human world."
"Of course, we all know that it is much more difficult to cooperate with the people than with a noble, because the nobles naturally monopolize the ruling resources and can calculate their own accounts very shrewdly. The people at the bottom, to put it bluntly, can only see the immediate benefits. They are short-sighted, superficial, and short-sighted, which is a headache."
When Adam, who was born in the lower class, showed a strange look on his face, Xiao Yun quickly changed the subject: "But we can't just look at one side of things. When something has extremely obvious disadvantages, there must be corresponding advantages. The lower class people are not as smart as the nobles, but aren't their pursuits and needs much easier to satisfy than those of the nobles? Aren't their accounts easier to settle?"
"If you, the members of 'J', can control an area of land that is, uh, the size of an earldom, then you can actually control such an area and create an image of abiding by the human race's game of power. You need to do a good job of disguise, be careful about your eating habits, and not expose your underwear too early. This won't be difficult for you, 'J'."
"Internally, you must develop the people in the territory into supporters of your ideals, assimilate the people on the land into your own people, and cultivate professional warriors and spellcasters who have grown up listening to your ideals from the people, use them for your benefit, and become a firm and reliable member of 'J'."
"Use this territory as a base, and develop steadily and steadily step by step. Annex the territories of nobles who are much more stupid and greedy than you. Customize a feasible 10- or 20-year plan to develop the earldom into a duchy or kingdom..."
"It is impossible to change the social structure of the entire human world and dozens of countries in one go. But if you start little by little, carefully nurture a small territory, learn and accumulate experience, and let this small territory gradually grow and become stronger with your will and ideals, you can definitely see the road ahead. Anyway, it is not a problem for you spellcasters to live for 200 years, so it is naturally not a problem to spend 50 or 100 years to complete this feasible great cause."
These words were too direct, so direct that the group of horrified young spellcasters were completely unable to control their expressions. They stared blankly with wide eyes and wide mouths, as if they were hit by petrification magic, with their eyeballs and jaws all over the floor.
Adam, Aisha and other young people who understood the previous routine: You are really a bad guy! ! You can talk about such evil things so confidently and refreshingly! !
Those who didn’t understand before: Why did the topic turn to this?! Slow down, I can’t follow! !
But... no matter whether they understood it before or not, these dozen young people had an extremely consistent attitude towards the suggestions given by Xiao Yun: It sounds great!
Well...if Xiao Yun was proposing to these young people, they would have probably already run out to find wedding dresses...ahem.
Adam panted heavily as if he had run several kilometers, making a gurgling sound in his throat, and stared at Xiao Yun with a look that showed a tendency to evolve into a fanatical dog-licker...
——If Adam hadn’t known that this small-sized snow wolf man was a villain with a very dark side, and that young people are always proud, he might have surrendered on the spot…
"Since everyone understands the importance of settling accounts, let's start the class." Xiao Yun smiled and picked up the thick account book beside him. "If you want to win the hearts of the people like Isaac, and make the people willing to come to you and rely on you, and believe that you can bring them a bright future, you must know how to settle your accounts, how to settle the accounts of the people, how to create and maintain a good internal supply and demand relationship, and ensure a healthy economic circulation."
"Before that, you 'J' need to earn the start-up capital steadily. Nothing can be done without money. If Isaac does not have the support of the grassland tribes, then no matter how capable and eloquent he is, he will not be able to attract people to follow him."
"But our grassland tribe's support for Isaac has conditions attached. There is no such thing as free money in this world."
The young spellcasters who were just full of passion and admiration were so shocked by Xiao Yun's words that they were burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, with crooked mouths and squinting eyes...
Well, it's not like I don't know this is a serious statement, but could you please embellish it a little bit and be more tactful? !
Xiao Yun: This is really not possible.
Saying ugly things up front can avoid countless subsequent troubles. Serious workplace elites are very busy and do not have the time or energy to engage in meaningless psychological warfare with others.
Before proposing, make it clear that you will do the housework, take care of the children, and be filial to the elderly, and that I am willing to just lie on the sofa and play with my phone when I get home (or kneel on the keyboard to play games), but a man who will give you all his bank and salary cards is far more reliable than a man who talks sweet words without asking for money, doesn't even hand over his salary card after marriage, and isn't even transparent with his partner about his financial situation... ahem.
After frankly stating that the grassland tribe would not support "J" and stating that as an alien race, the grassland tribe would never interfere in the internal affairs of "J", Xiao Yun began to teach the business skills to this group of young spellcasters.
The process of accumulating original capital for most ambitious people is bloody and cruel. The process of getting started is a process of killing and plundering, such as the countless Indian bones under the land of the beacon of civilization and the corpses of Chinese laborers under the railway tracks.
But Xiao Yun, the part-time "revolutionary mentor", would not advise these wild revolutionaries to do so. The reason is very simple. First, it would be against his conscience, and second, he would not be able to gain any benefits by doing so...
As a shrewd businessman, he must first calculate his own accounts clearly, understand his own advantages and profit points, and the result is very natural - let these guys plunder, wouldn't it be more convenient to be a downstream distributor and devote his life to opening up the market for the grassland tribes' products!
It’s a win-win situation!
That’s perfect!
After a brainwashing, a pep talk, and a big promise, none of these young spellcasters, whose brains were aching from listening to the business talk, showed any impatience. They all listened attentively and seriously. When Xiao Yun asked questions, they actively answered them...
Xiao Yun was very satisfied. This could be considered as... winning the hearts of the people~!
That night, Aldoni did not rush to the Caracal dormitory to pet the cats. Instead, he gathered his disciples for a deep discussion until midnight and went over in detail the courses they had taken in the afternoon.
The five young men were still in an excited state. They added some of their own understanding to the course content while retelling it. Of course, they were consistent in their views: compared with the previous practice of waiting for the emergence of wise kings and nobles and pinning hopes for change on others, the advice of the wise man Ayun was more feasible and could see a clearer path!
Well... the same thing can be said to old hands like Aldoni, Armand, and Adrian. Although they will also be excited, they will not be as eager to do so as the disciples, because when it comes to "starting a business", young people who are not afraid of tigers are always more passionate.
Aldoni knew in advance what kind of ideas Xiao Yun would convey to his disciples. Xiao Yun, who was always open and honest in his work, would not deceive other people's disciples without telling their teacher.
But knowing the general idea is not the same as hearing the details. After listening to the disciples' stories, Aldoni, a literary scholar over a hundred years old, could not help but show his longing.
"...This is indeed a road that leads directly to the truth !" Aldoni expressed his excitement with his clenched fists, speaking from the bottom of his heart.
"Teacher, we have neglected so many farmers, townspeople, and citizens in the past. This is really shameful." The eldest disciple Jin was extremely impressed and fascinated. "The sage Ayun was able to use seven years to train the orcs on the grassland into useful talents. Even if our human race is more complicated and chaotic than the orcs, if we spend more time doing this, ten years, twenty years, fifty years, or a hundred years, what can't we do?"
"Yeah, how could we have ignored so many ordinary people in our human world before? I myself was born in an ordinary family." The female disciple Julie pinched her thigh with regret.
"I used to think that other people in the village were mediocre, stupid and unable to communicate. Now I think I was too superficial," said another male disciple ashamed.
Aldoni looked at his disciples with satisfaction, a little proud, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about young people like you. I am no exception. Before the sage Ayun expressed his views to me and Adrian, I had never seriously and objectively examined this world..."
Aldoni sighed, restrained his expression, and taught his disciples earnestly: "Our predecessors wasted more than 500 years of time, wandering in the fog until now. Now, we can finally see the guiding light. We must cherish this hard-won opportunity and humbly seek advice from the wise man Ayun and the grassland tribes ahead of us. We must not make mistakes due to arrogance and prejudice."
"Yes, teacher." The disciples quickly straightened their postures and bowed respectfully.
Similar conversations also took place in other dormitories.
The next day, as soon as lunch time arrived, these young spellcasters quickly filled their stomachs and rushed to the meeting room for class...
Regarding this proactive learning attitude, Xiao Yun said: Steady.
He likes people who are eager to learn!
As for why these guys are so positive and motivated, Xiao Yun can understand it: the door to a new world is open before their eyes, and few people can resist stepping in.
And the door that Xiao Yun opened for them... to be honest, it was not common sense that was difficult to understand.
The Chinese are full of rebellious spirit. It is not only the Spring and Autumn Period that produced Liu Zhanxiong, and it is not only the Qin Dynasty peasants who shouted the slogan "Kings, princes, generals and ministers are of the same species". For thousands of years, all rebels would inevitably say this: The world has suffered from tyranny for a long time... (Sima Qian, this guy with thin eyebrows and big eyes, used Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's mouths to say this when he was writing history)
What I mean is that these feudal rebels, when they shouted slogans, knew to embellish their ambitions of becoming emperors, enjoying wealth and splendor, and having endless descendants, and glorified themselves as "heroes" who stood up to rebel for the people of the world:
We want to overthrow the throne of a certain family simply because they do not do good things and do not practice moral governance. The whole world rejects them and opposes them. We are just following the will of the people! !
Regardless of how many people have actually done it, let’s just ask whether this slogan is useful?
some.
A classic example is "The King of Rebellion has come and no grain is paid." Before this slogan was raised, Li Zicheng was as miserable as a stray dog. After this slogan was raised, Li Zicheng quickly evolved from a small group of bandits to a major threat to the Ming Dynasty that swept across several provinces...
Taking advantage of the people's hearts for your own benefit, no matter whether your starting point is good or bad, or whether you go astray or not, at least the direction is correct. Rebels throughout the ages on Earth have proved this point countless times - if you don't come up with this kind of slogan, you won't even have your name in the history books.
As for why the ambitious people in this world did not point out this skill point, Xiao Yun’s opinion is: it is not that the ambitious people in this magical world have rigid thinking and "lack of ambition", but it is purely because the supernatural power of this magical world is too awesome.
In the slave age and feudal age on Earth, the minions of the slave owners and feudal power holders, the knights and generals, to put it bluntly, were just ordinary people who were a little stronger. A peasant with a crossbow could kill them if he got within ten steps.
As for the knights in this world... Let's not talk about others. For example, Isaac, who had no training since he entered the second level, could charge into a spear formation of 200 farmers who had been trained for at least half a year, and he would definitely be able to defeat the opponent without any casualties...
I can't help but talk about the court magician. Just let him go and kill them. No matter how many people are mobilized, it's not enough to cause trouble. It's very tragic...
The mode of rebellion in which grain-hoarding mobs (militias) sweep across the world simply doesn't work in this world. The local ambitious people don't have the skills to control the people's hearts. From a reasonable and logical point of view, Xiao Yun can understand~!
But understanding is one thing, and we still have to confront it - the people really have no way to fight against feudal tyranny with force, but can the people, the largest and most numerous group, be used only as militia cannon fodder to be consumed on the battlefield?
You are too naive!
What is the most important thing when building a house? The foundation!
What is most important when launching social change? The masses!
Did those professional warriors and spellcasters jump out from the cracks in the rocks? Of course not, they walked out from the crowd.
The God of War Primo, who is currently wandering around the Orc Empire gathering intelligence for Xiao Yun, is from a small town family.
Isaac's best friend, Alex, was born in a slum in the city.
The knight brothers in Hannah's team were born as urban street children.
Carlisle's good friend Tim, a serf child.
Darren, Carlisle's loyal dog and greatsword warrior, was born in a citizen family.
If you want to rebel in this world, it's impossible to produce spearmen and conquer the whole world in a few months or half a year like in "Stealing the Ming Dynasty". However, you can start from managing a base and spend dozens or even hundreds of years to train a team, and you can do it~!
Besides, among the successful rebels and reformers on Earth, few were able to accomplish everything in a few years or even decades. Zhu Yuanzhang, who joined the rebellion at the age of 25 and took over the country in just 15 years, was an extremely rare case. Moreover, before Zhu Yuanzhang joined the army, the Yuan Dynasty had already destroyed itself.
The founder of the successful farming reform trend, the pioneer of the Qin Dynasty, also achieved his success through the efforts of several generations of Qin kings.
Generally speaking, the time required to play the flow of change in this world is not much longer than on Earth. You just need to have a longer-term vision and place the foundation of your success on cultivating the next generation!
Considering the lifespan of spellcasters and the chaotic division of power in the human world, with no empire strong enough to cover the entire world with one hand, as long as they are willing to work hard, they will definitely be able to see the new world they expect in their lifetime~!
Then it wouldn't be too much to use their passionate pursuit of ideals to open up the internal market of the Northern Federation for grassland tribal products... ahem!
Just when Xiao Yun was secretly training rebellion experts for the human kingdom, in the underground world, the dwarf kingdom and the coalition of dark elves and tigers had been deadlocked for more than a year on the front battlefield of the Nubian Ring Road.
Yale, a tiger warrior who was promoted to the chief commander and became one of only five generals among the tiger warriors, was standing on the east side of the Nubian Ring Road, near the Dark Forest, and was looking down and silently gazing at a pile of earth that had appeared at the edge of the forest.
Yale came to pay tribute to his companion, Yaheng, the young tiger warrior who had once served with him in the eastern camp and had just married his partner two years ago. He was lying in the pile of earth in front of him.
The veteran who had been promoted with him stood not far behind him. Because Yale was silent for too long, the veteran who served as Yale's deputy was a little worried: "Big tent..."
"Yaheng is still... young. He only became an adult five years ago." Yale did not look back. His voice seemed a little vague in the unknown strange wind blowing from the dark forest. "Kun has seen his partner, but I haven't. Kun said that his partner lost his life on the battlefield two months ago. This is the reason why Yaheng became self-destructive and charged into battle desperately... We were clearly on the same battlefield, but Yaheng never came to me to talk about this."
The deputy wanted to say something, but before he opened his mouth, he remembered those disappeared, young and vivid faces, so he lowered his head and tried hard to hold back the sob that almost burst out of his throat.
Yale didn't know that the old soldier behind him was trying hard to hold back his grief, and he was not as painful as the deputy old soldier imagined. His gaze at Ah Heng's grave was calm and restrained, and his face did not show any exaggerated emotions.
This tiger general, who was proud of the honor of a tiger warrior and had compassion for slaves , had become numb.
He could never get used to seeing his own people die in front of him, even now. But he knew that pain and anger would not solve the problem, and would not stop the warriors from losing their lives on this foreign battlefield.
Yale took a deep breath, and his body, which had been tense by the cold wind from the dark forest, gradually relaxed. In his golden vertical pupils, a kind of strange light bloomed... that seemed to be able to pierce through the endless darkness of the underground world and break through to the surface.
Turning around, Yale cast his gaze towards the deputy veteran who had followed him all the way, and slowly said: "Harry, will you... follow me forever?"
Veteran Harry quickly straightened up and said firmly, "Of course."
"Even if I betray the honor of Tiger Tribe?"
The old soldier Harry's expression changed drastically, his lips trembled, and he didn't know whether he was excited or indignant, but his voice was more resolute in his reply: "Of course!"
Yale smiled, raised his hand and patted the veteran's shoulder hard.
Nubian frontline stronghold, in front of the tiger king's tent.
Yale did not bring the veteran Harry with him, and when he walked towards the king's tent alone, he happened to pass by the dark elf inspector who was delivering supplies.
Yale turned around and stared at the backs of the dark elf monitors for a few seconds. After they walked away, he turned his attention to his old friend Kun who was on duty in front of the king's tent.
"They sent a kind of food that can be eaten without cooking in water." Kun explained to his old friend tiredly.
Yale smiled, a smile that was somewhat sarcastic.
The dark elves are not even allowed to take a short rest, hoping that they will seize the time to fight the dwarves on the battlefield, right?
Nodding to Chong Kun, Yale raised his foot and continued walking forward.
Kun suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped Yale.
Yale looked at him silently, but Kun looked away hesitantly.
"Yale... I know that I, a person directly under the king's tent who doesn't have to sacrifice my life on the battlefield, have no right to say anything. But - Tiger King, I have no choice."
Yale stared at Kun, who didn't dare to look him in the eye, for a few seconds and laughed at himself.
"You..." Kun swallowed hard, and finally sighed deeply, "If you still want to believe me, don't bother the king now, come back in the evening... You will get the answer."
Yale attacked suddenly, grabbed Kun under the surprised gaze of other royal tent soldiers, and pressed him against the rock wall. With red eyes, he screamed in a low voice: "What answer do I need? Kun? There are less than a thousand warriors left in a large tent. What answer do I need?!"
