Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 204 Imperial Turmoil
Returning to the reassuring secret room of the underground city, it was expanded by Owen again, and now it covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, divided into multiple areas. In addition to the small garden, there is also a display area for displaying his works.

However, Owen was not in the mood to appreciate his own work this time. Instead, he stood in front of the multi-functional advanced workbench and kept making gestures on the stereoscopic projection. Nuan Baobao always responded in time and modified it according to his wishes.

Because there are too many inspirations, Owen, who is afraid of forgetting, can only record the ideas that keep coming out first, and then slowly improve them later.

But this retreat was unexpectedly short, because large-scale turmoil broke out in the empire, and tens of thousands of farm laborers and slaves destroyed everything they went like raging locusts, and the scale was getting bigger and bigger, and some even went northward. The tendency of the ground to spread, so Maya had to get him out of the ground to sit in charge.

When he came to the center of the town, he took the materials and information compiled by Maya, frowned while drinking coffee, and after a moment of contemplation, Owen had a clear idea.

Similar turmoil is nothing new for an empire that has existed for a very long time. It will happen every few decades. As for whether it is 30 or 60, it depends on how many people died in the last turmoil.

As for the reason for the turmoil, it is also very simple. The land was annexed, the exploitation was serious, and there was no way out, so it was difficult to keep the chaos.

The problem is that people care about eating but not fighting. No matter the lords, nobles, manor owners or businessmen, they are desperately trying to extract the last bit of value from the people at the bottom. As long as they don’t resist, they will be squeezed to death.

With such an oppression method, unless it is a dead person, resistance is inevitable, and as more and more people choose to resist, it will be connected from point to point, and finally large-scale turmoil will appear.

Turbulence is to fight against the injustice of fate, to overthrow the exploiters on the head, but at the same time, turmoil also hinders production, interrupts business, and damages the interests of the beneficiaries. Therefore, in order to make up for the loss, the oppression is even more serious, so the rebellion The more there are, the greater the scope of the turmoil, it is simply an endless loop.

So the question is, after so many turmoil, does the upper echelon of the empire know the harm of doing so?

Of course they knew, they even did it on purpose.

It can be said that there is no experience once or twice, but after more times, the summary also sums up the experience.

The problem is that we know that turmoil will occur if this continues, but it cannot be avoided.

One is that the upper class cannot abandon exploitation, because this is the basis of their existence. Whether it is used to develop territories, arm soldiers, or simply enjoy it, exploitation is the basis for maintaining their status as superiors. It cannot be changed. Once changed, They too will cease to exist.

The second is that there are only so many land resources. With the increase of population and economic development, various means of exploitation emerge in endlessly. Although the output is not fixed, the increase is very limited. Where does so much come from? We can only squeeze it hard.

Squeeze to the end, squeeze hard, resistance and turmoil become inevitable, after all, you can't live, and you don't care about the consequences of resistance.

Know the reason but can't change it, because there are only so many land resources, even if the degree of exploitation is reduced, it will only delay the time of turmoil. It can be seen that the upper echelon of the empire is not without smart people, but too smart, smart enough to find the root of the problem, then Just too many people.

So the large-scale turmoil once every few decades is just a conscious metabolism of the empire to get rid of the excess.

People died almost, and those who were restless also died, and everything naturally returned to the original track. The work that should be done, the squeeze that should be squeezed, everything will continue as usual, just waiting for the next round to start.

At first, Owen found it a little inconceivable that the empire had not been overthrown after so many rounds of massive turmoil?

This is unscientific, but it is reasonable, because this world has extraordinary power, and no matter the origin of the extraordinary power, when they master the power, they already belong to the exploiting class, and the occasional Madonna of the rebellious class cannot stop the general trend.

In this world, one rider is worth a thousand, one enemy is ten thousand, destroying cities and lands is not an exaggerated description, but a fact.

In this case, lack of spirit, lack of organization, lack of weapons, lack of resources, lack of everything, just relying on the number of people to riot without purpose is meaningless.

If it wasn't for reducing the population, the task of quelling chaos could be completed in a very short period of time by beheading tactics alone.

As for whether there will be reckless heroes among the people, of course there are, but compared to the turmoil where there are ten deaths and no lives, wouldn't it be nice to take refuge in the upper class and become rich and prosperous?
In fact, there are also cases of murder, arson, and enlistment here, and there are quite a few of them.

Isn't it very interesting, the turmoil caused by survival, in the eyes of some people, is just a stage to show their own value.

The education he received in his previous life allowed Owen to understand everything in a short period of time.

But just like Keyboard Man, except for a few words of venting, it is meaningless to change the status quo.

Although Owen is not without the ability to change, in fact, high-yielding seeds, a systematic steam industry, and a portal that can travel through the world, any one of them can change everything.

The price is that Owen is completely exposed, and what is waiting for him can be known with his toes.

In this world, good intentions are not rewarded, not to mention that even if he took out these things, the real beneficiaries would be those at the bottom?
Originally, it was just a sigh of relief, and then Owen would resume a peaceful life, but this time is different, the empire has a new vent, and that is the Northland.

A long time ago, there was the idea of ​​bringing the turbulent population to the north to fend for itself.

The reason why it has not been implemented until now is very simple, because there will be development if there is a population. What should we do when the Northland develops and the tail is too big? Isn't this cultivating enemies for yourself?

As for occupying it and developing it, it is also a good idea. The question is who owns it?
Even the emperor couldn't ignore the power that a northern land could bring, let alone those nobles, who might use this as a trigger to trigger real turmoil in the empire.

Therefore, the upper echelons of the empire would rather have the excess population die due to internal friction than let go of the northern border.

It's different now. After two Northland pioneering missions, the Northland has been initially developed, and a large number of Northland nobles have been canonized. Even if there is a large influx of people, there will be chaos, but it will always return to the original framework. When the time comes Take the northern land as a chessboard, and each player will make a move.

As for whether the northern nobles who are pawns are willing, hehe, it's like they have a choice.

Therefore, in a short period of time, a large number of disorderly people were deliberately led to pour into the Northland through the open opening of the imperial frontier army, making the situation in the Northland that had just improved become chaotic again.

The Second Northland Pioneering Group seized the land and titles through various means, but they never thought that the retribution would come so quickly. The tens of thousands of rioters were not something a single lord could resist. I don’t know how many Northland nobles lost Life or territory, with only three exceptions.

(End of this chapter)