Chapter 420 Money Concept

Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 420 Money Concept

Either for the sake of a better life for themselves, or because of the prestige of the Demon King, the creatures loyal to Pei Renli are very enthusiastic about work. Not only do they do whatever they are told, but they do not complain at all no matter how tired they are.

Sometimes even Pei Renli, who gave the order, was surprised. I am very pleased that all my beloved ministers are so willing to serve the country.

But in fact, many of the things Pei Renli asked them to do seemed to them to be dispensable, or even completely meaningless.

Take the Blue Ring Fishman who was the first to join Pei Renli.

They understood that Pei Renli was developing fishery and agriculture. After all, the problem of food was the best in the world. They also understood that building houses was in full swing. Although it was enough for the fishmen to have a shack to shade the sun, no one would mind if they could live in a better place.

But other developments are not necessary for the fish people, especially the foreign trade, manufacturing and even public security and education that Pei Renli is planning.

They don't understand the use of developing this.

Regardless of whether they are lizard people or blue-ringed fish people, their social structure is still very primitive. They are always in the tribal stage, and even in the tribal stage, they are still at a very early stage.

The most basic thing is that they have no concept of personal property.

I have something on hand that you want to use? Then just take it. It's not a big deal.

Based on this concept, they work together and harvest together in life, and all resources are allocated according to needs, without any distinction from the leader to the most ordinary members.

It sounds like a harmonious society, but in fact this is an illusion.

Murlocs only need food and shelter, and nothing else. Essentially, this is because they do not live a better life except to meet their minimum needs.

They don't know what luxury goods are, nor do they know that adding spices can make food taste better. They also don't know that fine silk is far more comfortable to wear than coarse linen.

It is precisely because they don't know that they appear to have no desires and desires. It is also because they don't know that they cannot understand the purpose of many of Pei Renli's orders.

In addition to having little concept of personal property, they have almost no concept of currency.

Trade with outsiders mainly relies on barter. Internally, whoever needs it takes it away. As for gold coins? Those things can't be eaten.

Not only the murlocs and lizardmen who live in the tribe are like this, but also the gray dwarves are very resistant to currency, and even reject it.

Generally speaking, gray dwarves are greedy and evil, with a never-ending desire for wealth, and it is for this reason that they are driven out of the dwarf kingdom.

The gray dwarves who are loyal to Pei Renli are a different kind of weirdo.

They are tired of surviving in the difficult environment underground, want to live freely on the surface, and want to return to the dwarf family.

For this reason, they extremely restrain their desire for wealth. When wandering around, they only keep the minimum amount of money to satisfy their hunger. Other than that, any wealth is unnecessary, and they are almost as good as ascetics.

After all, the gray dwarves were exiled because of greed. They believe that if they want to return to Moradin's arms, they must restrain their evil greed.

Therefore, it is clear that the level of civilization of gray dwarves is comparable to that of most mortals, but their concept of life is similar to that of lizards and murlocs.

Perrenli was very suspicious that they would not get any profit from the development of manufacturing and business, because according to their thinking, since His Majesty the Devil needs it, they should take it all.

Let's be honest, the capitalists' efforts to rip people off are nothing more than that. At most, they are no better than paying to go to work.

This made Pei Renli, who was originally a laborer, very uncomfortable. He always felt that he would be hung from the street lights in the future.

Oh, there are no street lights in the Demon Kingdom...

But having said that, Perrenli wanted to build a real country that could function normally, have a future and develop, not a colony, and Perrenli was not a European colonist who made a fortune by bullying the local indigenous people.

Putting aside the fact that gray dwarves don’t want to touch wealth due to religious issues, the concepts of murlocs and lizardmen must change.

Even in the 21st century, the positive feedback that money can bring to people is irreplaceable. Money not only facilitates transactions, but also has the effect of stimulating work enthusiasm.

Now the biological groups loyal to Pei Renli all have very high job requirements, but what about two or three generations later?

Once you get used to the status quo, you will start to become lazy, which is a common characteristic of all intelligent creatures. You will not have enough motivation to maintain your enthusiasm for work, which will consume the prestige left by the tyrannical demon king Perenli.

You can’t just rely on brainwashing education, right?

By doing this, Pei Renli felt that he was indeed not far from the street light.

Moreover, the economy, whether it is internal or external, can develop only when it is active, and simple accumulation is meaningless.

Perrenley wanted to change their mindset so that his country could still function as normal without him.

Of course, this matter cannot be rushed.

After all, making people who have no concept of money understand the importance of money cannot be accomplished in a day or two.

Pei Renli plans to continue to maintain the state of "eating from a big pot and working together". After he sends out the caravans to trade with the outside world, he will start to pay them wages and open state-owned stores and other places to let them understand.

The gold coins on hand can buy many things that improve the quality of life.

When they get used to it, they will gradually change from public ownership to limited private ownership, letting them understand that if they want to live well, they have to rely on their own efforts and sweat, rather than waiting for the mercy of His Majesty the Devil.

After all, if it were all dependent on the Demon King, once Perenli was kidnapped in the Demon King Arena one day and suddenly disappeared like the violent Demon King, the Demon Kingdom he established would collapse, and all his efforts would be in vain.

The establishment of a country can rely on the devil, but even without the devil, the country can still function normally. This is a complete country.

In order to achieve this goal, there are still many things that need to be resolved, such as laws, public security, health care, education and talent selection systems, and so on.

——After thinking about it for a moment, Pei Renli's head started to hurt again.

We will talk about the future later. In short, what we need to do now is development.

According to the current progress, most of the construction work can be completed within a month, and the fishing grounds and farmland will usher in the harvest period within two to three months.

When the food is put into storage, it is expected that the Demon Kingdom will usher in a new wave of expansion by the end of the year. It is expected that when Pei Renli's two years at the Adventurer School expires, his Demon Kingdom will be able to grow to the size of a small city.

Within five years, it will develop into a large city and expand to other parts of the sea of ​​trees, becoming a truly national power.

I hope Pei Renli can survive until that day. If not, I can only hope that the next devil will do better than him.

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Although it is an imperial meeting, there is still a huge gap between Pei Renli and the day-to-day management of everything. After all, the current size of the Demon Kingdom is there.

Pei Renli had already thought of a plan for the issue of representatives of various ethnic groups, so it was solved quickly and smoothly. The imperial meeting ended in just over ten minutes, and everyone went back to prepare to carry out the orders of His Majesty the Demon King.

But Pei Renli did not go back to school immediately, because in addition to the matters in the Demon Kingdom that needed to be dealt with by the Demon King, there were also new changes in the Demon King's City.

After the meeting, Ravna led Perrenli to the stairs and climbed to the new floor that was created because of the reputation of more than 4000.

When I looked at it before, it was just an entrance, nothing else at all, not even a corridor.

But looking at it now, it has turned into a passage that looks like a deep cave. Torches burning with eternal bright flames are scattered sporadically in the passage, and the light is very dim.

The passage itself has hardly been processed. It looks like a simple and smooth natural cave, with very low corners.

"Your Majesty, after Pu Ne's investigation, we found that the third floor is a large maze, and it is getting bigger every day."

"Maze? The defense of the Demon King's castle left by the former Demon King?"

"My subordinates think so too."

It felt like it was of little use, and Pei Renli said a little unwillingly:

"Just a maze?"

"Your Majesty, please step back a little."

After reminding Ravna, she picked up a stone and threw it towards a place about ten meters away.

As the stone fell to the ground, Pei Renli heard the sound of subtle mechanical activity, and then the walls on both sides of the passage collided together at lightning speed, making a loud bang.

After waiting for two or three seconds, the squeezed walls separated under the push of a large hydraulic rod, and the stone Ravna threw was only powder.

"Pfft, I also discovered that there are a lot of traps in the maze, and they are basically fatal types."

The original Demon King's Castle had nine floors, containing a large number of mazes and traps. There were not many floors that were actually used for living.

Although it looks very awesome, Pei Renli still feels that it is of little use because the path he wants to take is completely different from that of the violent demon king.

The tyrannical Demon King made his fortune by relying on the Demon King's traditional performing arts, so setting up a Demon King's Castle is actually closer to a bad taste.

I'm right here, if you have the guts, come and find me!

On the one hand, it can be used to maintain popularity and gain more reputation, and on the other hand, it can be used to relieve boredom. After all, adventurers who can pass through the maze and traps of the Demon King's City are already quite strong.

The tyrannical demon king will be surrounded and suppressed from all sides, and that is what he did deliberately.

Pei Renli's thinking is completely different.

He wanted to show his presence openly and at the same time, and express a neutral attitude. I will not offend others unless they offend me.

If you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you. If you mess with me, I will kill your whole family and kill all the nine tribes, and dig up all the ancestral graves for you.

Perrenli did not want to show too much aggressiveness and let the countries attack together, but he also could not show too much weakness. Neutrality needed to be supported by force.

Therefore, rather than passive defense, Pei Renli hopes to have a deterrent force that can proactively attack at any time, so as to make it easier to create a neutral impression.

Things like mazes and traps are not very important to him, but they feel that they seriously affect travel.

Regarding this question, Ravna pointed to the wall on one side.

"There is a secret door here that leads directly to the entrance of the Demon King's Castle."

Perrenli put his hand on the wall according to Ravna's instructions. The next moment, the rough wall cracked into a dark doorway, and he could feel the magic residue of the conjuration school. It was probably a short-range permanent type installed in the Demon King's City.

Portal.
To be continued...