Chapter 285 No Buying, No Harm

The Radiant Festival will begin on the fifteenth day of the month of celebration.

This festival is Alyncs, no, it should be said that it is the grandest festival in Prandal, and it is also the grandest festival since the beginning of autumn. Not only Alynx, almost all countries and cities in Prandal will hold celebrations , and among them, Yalinx, where the Holy See of Light is located, is the most grand and grand.

Even though the Illus Empire has declined, even though Alynx is no longer the center of the world, in the eyes of the believers of the Holy See of Light, it is always a holy city, held to commemorate the coming of the God of Light, Yeberni The Glory Ceremony is naturally the most important festival in the hearts of the residents of Yalinx.

Therefore, many chambers of commerce have started to make preparations early, and the headquarters in Yalinx is extremely busy. During the seven-day festival, the streets and alleys of Yalinx will be full of festive atmosphere. If the activities are well done That's right, the income in these seven days alone can exceed the usual one month.

Therefore, those merchants both love and hate the Glory Festival.

Of course, Dunn couldn't be exempt. Ever since he learned about this National Day festival, he has already paid attention to it and started planning promotional activities.

Prior to this, the popularity of the Datang Chamber of Commerce was limited to the aristocratic groups in Alinx, and ordinary people knew very little about it. That was because the main products produced by the Datang Chamber of Commerce were basically aimed at the nobles—daily necessities such as soap and hydrosol Although the popularity of the brand has been promoted very well, it does not have much brand power, and the products that symbolize the brand are too expensive for ordinary people to use, which creates a fault line.

But now, things are different.

The emergence of bicycles can perfectly make up for this gap, thereby creating a complete customer ecological network of the upper, middle and lower layers, and maximizing the value of the brand.

Due to the simple craftsmanship, low cost, and high profits, the price of the bicycle is only ten gold coins, so it is very suitable for promotion to middle and low-level civilians, and the practicality of the bicycle will make them very happy to buy one and keep it at home.

Not only that, due to the addition of the elf designer, he has played a lot of tricks on bicycles alone, baby carriages, toddler walkers, children's entertainment models, juvenile models, girl models, youth fashion sports models, calm Large style, housewife shopping style, etc., etc., Tang En has simply learned all the unique skills of the cold rice king - of course, in Prandal, this is not called fried cold rice, it is called bold innovation.

Tang En was sure that after the Glorious Festival, bicycles would become popular all over the country in an instant.

After a while, after people get used to the bicycle, he can launch an upgraded version of the magic bicycle. As long as enough people are attracted to buy the magic bicycle, the market for the magic crystal will further expand, and the price will continue to rise.

Of course, the most important step is the magic car, which consumes most of the magic crystals. However, the impact of the magic car is quite huge. Tang En decided to put it after the magic bike, and wait for Ellington to promote it first. launched elsewhere.

Different from other things, the influence brought by magic cars may be unprecedentedly huge. It will completely change the way of travel and transportation. It is foreseeable that horse-drawn carriage companies will be the first to be impacted, and many chambers of commerce that make a living from this There will be a wave of closures.

But that's not what Tang En should care about. If he is smart enough, he will definitely smell business opportunities from it - Tang En is not interested in running taxis and logistics business, it's too wasteful of energy, and when the time comes, this oil and water will be left to others Bar.

Having dealt with Tang En for so long, Fiona also roughly understood his thoughts, so after returning to the lord's mansion, when he heard him talk about some promotional activities, Fiona seemed to immediately see a wave of golden gold coins coming to her...

Her eyes were shining with golden light: "How much can I earn this time?"

"...Little money fan."

Tang En laughed dumbly, tapped her nose lightly, and said: "How much we can earn depends on how well we operate this time. After all, the protagonist of the Radiance Festival is the Holy See of Light. We have nothing to do with the Holy See of Light." We have dealt with each other before, so it is impossible to have any preferential treatment."

"Being so close to the Guangming Cathedral is an advantage in itself."

Fiona rubbed her nose and said coquettishly: "I believe that with your ability, my lord, you will definitely make a lot of money."

"I hope so too."

Dunn shrugged. Thanks to the elemental creatures led by Dikarios, Ellington's development speed has been further accelerated. In addition, now that there are bicycles, people's information transmission speed and range of activities have increased a lot, so The construction scope of the town has expanded several times, and it is still being built according to the blueprint of the established plan.

The most important thing is that the roads have been leveled, and most of the main arterial roads have been paved with asphalt, which is very convenient no matter where you go.

In fact, due to the invention and sales of magic energy drilling rigs, the efficiency of asphalt mining in the Dwarf Kingdom has been increased by dozens of times. If it is not limited by manpower and economic conditions, Tang En plans to start the asphalt road to Ellington. Other villages and towns have gone.

If a lot of money can be made at the Glorious Festival this time, and Ellington's work benefits can be increased again, it will definitely attract a large number of available talents to flow to Ellington, and the situation will be even better by then.

"Speaking of which, my lord."

Fiona pondered for a moment and asked, "You think our development speed has always been constrained by population, so why didn't you agree to my previous request to buy slaves?"

Tang En frowned: "Didn't I tell you not to bring up this question before?"

"But you must know that buying 1,000 slaves is only 100,000 gold coins, but these slaves do not need to be paid at all and can be used as they like."

Tang En said seriously: "Fiona, you must know one thing."

Fiona froze for a moment: "What?"

"Without buying and selling, there is no harm."

Tang En asked: "There is no major war in Prandal now, so where do the slaves of all countries come from?"

"The main ones are the ones who inherited the identity of their parents and were born as slaves, and then there are the losers in factional struggles, the refugees who couldn't survive and sold their freedom, and some half-breed races that were captured by **** and so on. "

"Well said."

Tang En smiled and pointed to the stool next to him. After Fiona sat down, he continued: "But, haven't you noticed that this society is changing?"

"Variety?"

"Yes, slaves are a special product of the relatively primitive period of productivity. Human productivity in that period was insufficient, so they needed to plunder other people to meet their own productivity needs. In that period, slaves were equal to wealth, so the slave trade was very important. developed."

"However, with the improvement of productivity, human rights are gradually being valued. Therefore, in Prandal, slave traders are very despised by people—because no one likes to be a slave, and no one wants to become a slave once they fail."

After thinking about it carefully, Fiona realized that this was true. None of the big slave traders in Alyns had a more glorious status, and they were not taken seriously no matter whether they were in the circle of aristocrats or in the circle of merchants. , It's like surviving in the cracks.

In fact, Dunn discovered this when he was in Yalinx, and his feelings were very subtle.

Yes, this world with a true god, Purandar, is in a wonderful state where slave society, feudal society and capitalist society are superimposed. There are still slaves here, and the feudal monarchy occupies the sovereignty of the country, but at the same time, merchants have begun to unite against Kingship, intending to seek more interests and the right to speak, is clearly the germ of capitalist society.

"Slaves are also human beings, especially those who were born into slavery. Their yearning for freedom and power is extremely strong, like a long-standing volcano that may erupt at any time."

Tang En took a sip of his tea: "What I can tell you is that in this period, using slaves is actually a very dangerous act."

That's right, the reason Tang En didn't use slaves was because of this.

The social form of Prandal is changing, and what he is doing now is to speed up the process of this change. If he himself uses a large number of slaves at this time, on the one hand, it will stimulate the declining slave trading market and lead to more Innocent people are enslaved, and on the other hand, his propaganda will have a negative effect.

The most important thing is that slaves long for freedom, and they are easy to be bought and used because they are uneducated.

Of course, Tang En could buy a large number of slaves, and give them the freedom and respect they longed for, but after obtaining freedom, once they have been oppressed for a long time, they will definitely turn against Tang En without hesitation. , there is no doubt about it - don't forget that Dunn now represents the privileged class of the aristocracy, which itself is opposed to slaves.

To put it another way, slaves need to fight for freedom. If Tang En was a slave owner at that time and he himself was at a disadvantage in the tide of the times, what excuse should he use to save the world?

Fiona didn't understand these principles at first, but after Tang En briefly reminded her, she quickly figured it out.

"That is to say, now Ellington neither opposes nor supports such things as slaves?"

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up: "Although we didn't express our position, hasn't our attitude been stated in our external propaganda policy?"

Fiona was taken aback, and suddenly remembered the promotional slogan that Tang En had written before.

"Ellington welcomes any law-abiding citizen to settle here. As long as you are willing to work and obey our laws, come to Ellington!"

"Here, you will get all the rights you deserve!"

All rights naturally include the right to personal liberty!