LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 307 Promise Master ≈ Leader?
The land resources of Wuji Village are limited. The villagers of Wuji have a cultural tradition of maintaining balance, and they also have technical means to limit the population. Therefore, in order to avoid destroying the balance between man and nature, the villagers of Wuji actively limited the number of people in the village——

This logically forms a closed loop.

The mystery of the population balance of Wuji Village seems to have an answer.

But Riven, who was born in a rural area and had done research on the untouchables in rural Ionia, knew that this answer was simply not true.

Because in the countryside, even if there is a cultural tradition of balance, even if they know that having too many children will cause conflicts between people and land, the villagers will still actively reproduce.

why?
There are many reasons.

One is the technical means mentioned earlier.

But that's not the main reason.What's more, all kinds of wild spiritual grasses in Ionia are very abundant, and the technical means of avoiding accumulation is unlikely to be the exclusive patent of Wuji Village.

The second is medical conditions.

In the rural areas of Noxus, where the conditions are harsh, the children in the village may suffer from a minor illness and die unfortunately.

So just to be on the safe side, the villagers will give birth to a few more.

But that's not the main reason either.

And the situation is different in Ionia and Noxus.Ionia is full of magical energy, and even the air can be regarded as a kind of tonic.

Children here rarely get sick, and the mortality rate is not high.

The third point is the most fundamental reason:
The countryside is also a private ownership society, and it is a private ownership society, which is based on the distinction between rich and poor.

There is a distinction between rich and poor, and people naturally have the desire to get rid of poverty and become rich.

In rural areas, having children is actually a low-risk investment with stable returns.

Yes.

According to what Riven knew, having more children in the countryside will not make people poor, but the poorer they are, the more they need to have children to turn around.

This is actually a matter of making money.

Because the farmers in Runeterra have extremely low cost of raising children:

It is enough to feed enough food at ordinary times, and there is no need for children to study and go to school, and there is no need to spend money to cultivate their other skills.

The minimum is not to die of hunger, and the maximum is to let the children eat more and wear new clothes.

The benefits that children can bring to their parents are relatively high:

For example, in Riven’s hometown, a Noxus yeoman child can help herd cattle at the age of 5, cut pigweed and feed livestock at the age of 6, and help with cooking and cooking at the age of 7 or 8. A lot of housework, in his early 10s he was able to help the family with the field work
And when the first two children grow up, the parents can even spend the time spent with their children.

As long as the elder brothers and sisters are allowed to help the family to take care of the younger brothers and sisters, it is possible to create and educate people at almost zero cost.
"If you think of a rural family in Runeterra as a 'small business,' the father who is the head of the household is the owner of the business and the children are the employees of the business."

"As a boss, who doesn't want more cheap and down-to-earth employees?"

At this time, Riven remembered the theory that Chairman Li Wei mentioned in related articles.

And Levi also mentioned another reason:
"For farmers in Runeterra, reproduction is not only a value investment with stable returns, but also a zero-risk lottery game."

Li Wei described having a child as buying a lottery ticket.

Because in Runeterra, if a self-cultivator farms the land honestly, there is a high probability that he will not be able to complete the class jump in his entire life.

Not to mention jumping to the top, it would be nice if you can not be ruined by natural disasters and man-made disasters, and become a serf of the landlord.

The only way they can change their destiny is to have children, more children.

If one of these children can be promising, the fate of their entire family will change accordingly.

In particular, Runeterra is a magical world-the probability of "prosperity" for poor children here is much higher than that of a non-magic world with the same social background.

Because you are not sure that you will be able to give birth to a genius warrior, a natural mage, or a scientific genius born with extraordinary spiritual power.

Like Riven.

If her poor parents hadn't died early, they probably would have ascended to heaven with her warrior daughter, from a serf to a military lord of Noxus.

That's why everyone is taking pleasure in drawing cards. Getting an SSR like Riven is a bloody profit, and getting a minion is not a loss at all.

And the above are just positive incentives to have children.

In the rural society of Runeterra, there are serious negative penalties for not having children.

Because the human civilization here is still generally backward and primitive, the ability of the kingship to come down to the towns is already regarded as the country's administrative ability.

Therefore, there has never been real law and order in the countryside. In the final analysis, they still follow the natural law of the jungle.

No one here will protect your private property, you can only rely on yourself.

If you don't have children, you will have fewer people in your family, so you can only go against the wind 1V5.

Usually, you will suffer losses if you grab land and water from your neighbors, and it is easy to lose your poor family property.

Because there is no need to wait until you are too old to move, when you are a little older, waiting for good neighbors and good relatives who have no family, they will come to your house with a smile.

If you don't want to be bullied and kicked out of the house, you can only live hard.

This trick may not work.But apart from this trick, as a farmer living at the bottom, you can't come up with a better way.

Raising children to guard against old age, this sentence has never been empty words in the vast countryside of Runeterra.

"And the vast majority of Runeterra is still in an agricultural society." Riven continued to recall Levi's article: "So the vast majority of people in most areas of Runeterra are fanatically seeking to reproduce. "

"Except for two places—"

"Piltover and Zaun."

Neither Piltover nor the people of Zaun are much fond of making humans.

The reason is also very simple.

Because unlike the agricultural society, in the industrial society, creating humans has become a loss-making business.

"In an agricultural society, the family is an independent production unit. Parents receive the labor surplus of their offspring."

"In industrial society, the surplus value of a labor force is taken away by Ziben's family, but the cost of cultivating the labor force needs to be borne by parents."

In this case, procreation is no longer a value investment with stable returns, but an irrational investment in which emotional benefits outweigh material benefits.

It's like developing a game.No one would expect to make money off of this.

But those who are willing to do business at a loss are a minority after all, so the people of Zaun and Piltover don't like making people very much.

Yes, not only Zaun, but even the well-developed and wealthy Piltover doesn't like making people very much.

Because the society is richer, the cost of nurturing future generations will also increase.

If raising children is the only standard, then the middle-class families in Piltover would not have a problem raising dozens of children.

However, if raising children well is the standard, to do a good job in learning and education, it is best to allow children to be admitted to Piltover University, and have a great future after graduation, then the cost will be high.

Not to mention, a developed industrial society is not the same as an agricultural society.

Even if the people of Piltover have no children, they will be protected by law when they get old, have welfare guarantees to take care of them, and countless social services that can be purchased with money.As long as they have money, they can still live very well alone.

It is not good to have too many children, and there is no negative impact if there are no children.Therefore, the people of Picheng are not willing to live more.

The two industrial cities of Zaun and Picheng have always relied on a steady stream of immigrants to maintain a balanced and stable population.

"The only place in the world that can maintain a balanced population is a developed industrial city-state like Shuangcheng."

"How did Wuji Village in the agricultural society achieve a balanced population?"

Riven thought for a long time, summed up several key points, and finally asked Master Yi:

"Yi, since you don't have many children in your village, aren't you afraid that you will be bullied by those prosperous families?"

"Huh?" Master Yi looked blank.

"Bullying people? How is this possible? Everyone is from the same village, how can someone bully others?"

"Really?" Riven didn't believe it.

There are more than 1000 people in Wuji Village, which is considered a small society.

How could so many people have been united and harmonious all the time, and could not afford even a little dispute?

"There will be small frictions." Master Yi thought for a while, "But such things that would kill the family are absolutely impossible."

"Our village head will not allow it."

"Village head?" Riven still didn't believe it.

There is a village head in charge, so there is no need to go out of business?

joke.Because there is no unified central government, the villages in Ionia are basically independent autonomous villages.

Theoretically, the village head is elected by the villagers spontaneously, but in reality... on what basis can the villagers choose?It's not the family status of others.

Therefore, the village head is generally a surname with family status and popularity in the village.

To put it bluntly, it is called a village bully.

It would be great if he didn't take the lead in killing the family. How could he help the villagers uphold justice without selfishness, and this has been the case for thousands of years?
"Then what if?" Then, Riven asked, "Is the village chief the one who eats up all the households? What should you do?"

"Huh?" Yi was taken aback for a moment.

He replied instinctively: "How is this possible? Our village chief is a good man."

"And even if he is a bad person and can do such a bad thing, the Wuji masters in the village will never tolerate it happening."

Rui Wen:"."

Good guy, case solved!
She subconsciously regarded the highest authority in Wuji Village as the village chief.

But in fact, above the village head, there are many masters of the Wuji Sword Sect.

These masters live on the mountain at the entrance of the village, and most of them are from Wuji Village.In fact, they are part of Wuji Village, and of course they will not allow people in the village to do anything wrong.

More importantly, these Wuji masters are all "immortal cultivators" who believe in the way of Wuji.

These immortals don't even have worldly desires anymore, and of course they don't have any selfishness, and they don't show any favoritism when dealing with village affairs.

With the supervision of these selfless Wuji masters, the Wuji village is naturally united and peaceful.

"Wait." Riven reacted abruptly.

A group of selfless rulers—

How is this a bit like.
What about the leaders?

(End of this chapter)