LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 332 Jie's Past, Ionia's Future
"Reform." Yi muttered four words.

Although these two words sound plain, but for some reason, when read carefully, there is a kind of murderous meaning.

Because if you think about it a little bit, you will know:
Reform, how to change?
There is only so much land in Ionia, and all of them already have owners.

You leader said that the untouchables and poor peasants should be rehabilitated, and they should also have land to plant, so what should the original owners of these land do?
Master Yi just thought about it for a while, and then he shuddered.

Coincidentally, Li Wei also said this at this time:
"According to Comrade Riven's interviews these days, we can know:"

"80% of the rural land in the Yipu River Port Basin is firmly controlled by landlords and rich peasants who only account for 10% of the total population. The situation in other places in Ionia will not be much better than here."

"There are too many landless poor peasants and untouchables."

"If we want to make the tiller get the land, we have to distribute the land from the landlord. Do you think they will be happy?"

Of course not.

The landlord also has something to say: Why should we distribute the land accumulated by our ancestors for ten generations to you?
"Then what should we do if they are not happy?" Levi asked.

"This..." Master Yi could already hear the murderous intent in his words.

Sure enough, I just heard Li Wei say: "In Zaan, we can use the gentle method of redemption and joint venture to reform those entrepreneurs who have no serious crimes in the past and actively cooperate with the reform."

"But in Ionia, it is impossible for us to spend money to redeem the land in the hands of the landlord."

"The reason is simple. Ionia is too big, and there are too many landowners. We can't afford so much money."

"If the landlords are to receive the money comfortably, thousands of poor peasants have to pay for the landlords and pay countless blood and sweat for this huge sum of money."

This method of redemption is only suitable for small countries with a certain economic foundation.

If the colossus of Ionia wants to forcibly buy land, the result can only be:
The landlord can't get enough ransom and hates you;
The poor peasants could not get enough land, and they had to bear the huge ransom to the landlord, and they also resented you;
Urban elites are robbed of business by landlords who brought money into the city, and because they need to raise taxes because of raising ransom, they still resent you;
Religious people will never end with you because of their belief disputes.

Offending all classes of society in one breath is no different from seeking death.

"Therefore, we must recognize the objective conditions, recognize who our fundamentals are, who can unite and who cannot."

"Don't think that you can bring about change without bloodshed without offending anyone. Struggle is not a dinner party. There is no such good thing in the world."

"So, in Ionia."

In Ionia, it is impossible for the leader to take the moderate route.

You can only reason with people with your fists.

Other than that, there are no other options.

"." Master Yi was shocked when he heard it.

How many great landowners are there in Ionia?This, how many people have to be enemies with?
If this land reform is to be carried out thoroughly, how many bloody storms will have to be set off.

Master Yi instinctively refused to think about it.He has also become more and more hesitant about whether to deepen cooperation with leaders.

At this time, Li Wei continued to say as if he had guessed the worries in his heart:

"I know some people will feel that this is too heartless and cruel."

"There are also good people among the landlords, and there are also people who have accumulated wealth through hard work. It is unreasonable to deprive them of their land."

"But even if we don't think about it, what proportion of such kind people without any crimes can account for among the landlords."

"When we were doing transformation work in Zaun, we had already made one point clear: the good and evil of a person does not affect the progress or backwardness of their class."

"And from a purely economic point of view:"

"The original sin of the landlord class is not even causing social injustice, but that they affect the average output of the land."

Why is the output of land so low in the hands of landlords?
Because traditional landowners are such a group of people:

They will save all their wealth, and the only consumption is to improve their personal life; the only investment is to merge land and lend usury.

why?
Because of land mergers and loan sharks, these two investment methods are too stable, too profitable, and it is too easy to get money.

Investing in building factories and doing business is easy to lose money.The landlords only need to firmly hold the land and the tenants, and lend out while collecting rent, so that they can have stable rent and loan interest income.

Poor farmers are like their cows.They only need to occupy this pasture and not let go, and the cows can continuously provide them with milk.

With such a stable and reliable source of income, the landlords naturally do not want to change or make progress.

To increase the average output of land, large-scale investment in agriculture is required.

For example, build dams, canals, and improve irrigation systems; buy fertilizers to improve land fertility; buy equipment to improve production efficiency.

Of course the poor peasants cannot afford this money.

Although the big landlord can afford it.

But chemical fertilizers and machinery are extremely expensive in backward agricultural countries, and imports cost a fortune.They don't do business at a loss.

And building an irrigation system is a big project, and few of them are willing to make such a huge long-term investment.

After all, you can get stable money by collecting rent and lending, so why do you do such a laborious thing?
"So expecting these landlords to promote industrialization is absolutely unworkable."

"They are the biggest obstacle to the modernization of Ionia. If they are not allowed to withdraw from the stage of history, then the Ionians will continue to suffer, suffer from poverty, be oppressed, and even become pariahs."

Li Wei spoke impassionedly at the meeting, and his voice spread out of the village undisguised.

Listening to his explanation, Master Yi gradually became moved.

"This class should be eliminated." He believed this.

Ke Yi was still confused.

Born in the Wuji Sword Sect, he was naturally tired of killing.

Now the leader said that he would use violent means to deal with an entire class, so many people, and they were still Ionians. He instinctively hesitated.

"Jie." Master Yi was entangled, and couldn't help turning his head to look at his new friend: "What do you think?"

"Me?" Jie thought for a while.

He thought for a long time, but only answered Yi: "I am a pariah."

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

"Do you know what the life of the untouchables is like?" Jie asked him again.

"Amount" is a little embarrassing.

In fact, he grew up in the paradise of Wuji Village, and it was only recently that he knew that there were such things as untouchables outside the mountains.

He only knew that the untouchables outside the mountain were very miserable, but he hadn't talked with them carefully, so he didn't know how miserable they could be.

"I know, I still remember." Jie said.

Jie was born in a poor peasant family.

He still remembered that in his father's generation, his family lost all their land and became pariahs who could only farm for the landlord.

And Ionia's children are born with extraordinary physiques, so the children from poor families here are able to start their families earlier.

"Since I was 3 years old, I have been sharing the farm work for my family. But no matter how hard my father and I work, how hard we work until we are exhausted, it is difficult for us to have a full meal."

"No, no, right?" Master Yi couldn't understand.

The land in Ionia is so fertile that it can produce magic crystals, what can't be eaten?
The villagers in their Wuji Village not only harvest enough food for themselves every year, but also have a large part left over to raise chickens and pigs, so that the villagers can eat meat every day.

Jie: "."

He glanced at the inexperienced Master Yi speechlessly, and said, "Because you still have to pay rent to the landlord and repay the loan to the landlord."

"The rent is so high?" Yi couldn't believe it: "Also, why did you borrow money from the landlord?"

Jie: "."

He stopped talking and just looked at Yi with a mentally handicapped look.

Yi gradually seemed to realize his ignorance, so he remained silent in embarrassment.

And Jie continued: "The deepest memory left to me at that time was the never-ending exhaustion and hunger."

"Fortunately, my father loves me very much." Jie still vaguely remembers his father's thin, shriveled and tenacious body like Haloxylon: "In order to make me feel full at least when I was young, he even If you’re hungry, give me a portion of the ration.”

"Huh" Yi breathed a sigh of relief.He finally saw some light that could make people breathe from this dark and suffocating suffering.

"Fortunately, you have a good father." He sighed.

Then I only heard Jie say: "When I was 4 years old, my father left me in the mountains. Because I was sick."

"." Master Yi was at a loss for words.

And Jie's story isn't over yet.

After he was abandoned by his father, he was lucky enough to be adopted by the Kinkou Sect.

But this is not the beginning of a happy life.

In fact, in the Kinkou Sect, Jie has always carried the humble name of "Gou Buddha" and is engaged in the most arduous and humble work.

He is just a handyman who doesn't even have a salary. When people pass by him, they will only cast disgusting glances at him, treating him as a mass of foul-smelling air—Jie even has a feeling that what he gained after the "Master Killer" defected The abuse and rejection were not as severe as the contempt and ignorance he received when he was a dalit handyman.

It wasn't until the young man named "Shen" appeared that he began to change his luck, rising from a handyman to a direct disciple of Master Kushuo.

This seems like an inspirational story.

But if you think about it for a while, you will know:

Not everyone has a martial arts talent like Jie, which can be appreciated by Master Kushuo;,

Not everyone has the help of a noble person like Shen, who can have a step up;
Not everyone is as lucky as him to be adopted by the Kinkou sect;
Not everyone has his physique and can survive in the wilderness under serious illness;
If other people came to play Jie's script, most of them would have died of illness in the wilderness when they were 4 years old and were abandoned by their father.

"This is the pariah of Ionia," Zed said.

"." Master Yi was completely speechless.

He didn't expect that the beautiful Ionia in his eyes had always been like this.

At this moment, Li Wei's voice just came again:

"The clan elders and landlords of Ionia told everyone that in order to maintain the balance, the untouchables must sacrifice."

"Then let's use their logic to think about this question—since someone needs to be sacrificed to maintain a balance, why are poor peasants and untouchables always sacrificed instead of local tyrants and landlords?"

The voice became louder and louder, like the charge of battle:
"The untouchables have sacrificed for Ionia for nearly ten thousand years—"

"Now, it's the landlords' turn!"

(End of this chapter)