At this moment [Wang Weiguo] suddenly stood up and then saluted respectfully.

Then he asked a question.

He said: "Ancestor Rongzhen, in this case, population is the foundation of everything."

"In other words, the more people there are, the more luck we will have, right?"

"Yes, that's right, that's it." The Holy Land Ancestor looked at him kindly.

It's like looking at your own good grandson.

Especially the good grandson who has castrated himself and does not have to take care of his ignorant son in the future, which makes him even happier...

"If that's the case, then why don't both civil servants and practitioners like us focus on developing technologies that can greatly increase food production and increase population."

"Why not vigorously build water conservancy projects?"

"Why don't we vigorously improve improved seeds and land cultivation, but instead regard it as a lowly industry? At most, it is regarded as very important for the construction of water conservancy projects."

"But they don't think that's that good. On the contrary, high-ranking officials in the Imperial Academy are what they pursue?"

The Holy Land Ancestor smiled and said: "Haha, good disciple, how do you know they didn't do this?"

"They are also building various dam projects every year, and they are also arranging edicts to ensure smooth weather."

"But," [Wang Weiguo] shook his head, "They can obviously do better."

"Now they can have ten points of strength, but they only exert one point."

"That is to say, they will only build some water conservancy projects and engage in water control."

"They develop some agricultural tools and guide agricultural production, but they are not really eager to take the people's affairs as their own."

"This can be seen from the fact that they treat those craftsmen as untouchables."

"They divided the people of the world into scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, and craftsmen were never valued and were only shouted around."

"Every time there is a major construction project, many craftsmen are killed or injured without any care."

"Just like what the apprentice saw in the royal inner court, there are more than a hundred excellent agricultural tools and more than ten excellent varieties, but no one promotes them, or even if they are promoted temporarily, they are only used in small quantities."

"And those craftsmen are being cruelly exploited. They are often asked to repair their own mansions, and they are not given any money, only some food, or even worse, no food is given, and they are just used as labor servants..."

"So much so that the craftsmen fled one after another, even to the barbarian tribes. Instead, the barbarians valued the craftsmen, making them their masters, marrying them, and granting them official positions..."

He was actually talking about the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The failure of the Ming Dynasty was largely due to a complete fester.

Treating craftsmen low and withholding food is the same as making cannons. If you were in the Ming Dynasty, you would have to withhold funds and let you pay for it yourself. But if you escape to the Qing Dynasty, you can become a master and give land and official positions to your slaves.

In the Ming Dynasty, you, a craftsman with no fame, want to be an official?

You have to be cunning enough and have enough money.

It is impossible to become an official relying on technology.

This is why the Ming Dynasty’s firearms should obviously be stronger than those of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, but in actual combat, it was the Manchu and Qing Dynasties that used cannons to destroy the Ming Dynasty’s lineup...

There were few times when the Ming Dynasty's muskets and artillery played a key role.

Hear what [Wang Weiguo] said.

The Holy Land Ancestor was silent.

Then he said: "Actually, I understand what you mean."

"What you mean is that everything must be people-centered, and everything must be aimed at increasing the number of ordinary people. Is that what you mean?"

At this time [Wang Weiguo] said, "Well, that's what I mean, ancestor, ancestor is wise."

"Okay, you don't need to flatter me. In fact, they discussed your issue earlier, and some people also conducted deductions later."

"Then why is it like this and what's going on?" [Wang Weiguo] asked again in confusion.

"Do you know that if we do things according to your method, we will put the people as the center and try to increase the output of the people as much as possible." The ancestor of the Holy Land said slowly,

"What you call using techniques to increase the number of people."

"For example, the skills of farming, and the skills of water control, such as vigorously improving the status of craftsmen, such as increasing the creative enthusiasm of craftsmen..."

"What will happen in the end?"

The Holy Land Patriarch looked at the disciples.

Some of the disciples are confused.

Someone was stunned.

[Wang Weiguo] falls into the category of being half-awakened.

The Holy Land Ancestor smiled slightly and was very pleased.

"There will be a situation where the people don't need and don't rely on us cultivators."

"do you know?"

"When the common people have their own skills and the ability to survive, they no longer need to rely on us cultivators." The ancestor of the Holy Land repeated it again.

At first [Wang Weiguo] actually didn't fully understand what it meant. After listening carefully, he suddenly understood what this ancestor meant.

It suddenly dawned on me.

The ancestor smiled slightly: "You understand what I mean, right?"

"I understand." [Wang Weiguo] felt very sad.

Just like in modern society, all ordinary people are fat and fat.

Who needs some god to help him eat enough?

Who needs some fairy to help them live their lives?

Do you need any more emperor?

They are not needed.

You only need science, you only need normal business rules, as long as you don’t mess around, you don’t mess around with yourself, and you just need to follow normal education and normal technological development.

For the first time, the people were safe and well fed and clothed without any worries.

When people pray to gods and Buddhas, they mostly pray for peace of mind and for illnesses that they cannot cure.

Then it is to seek eternal life.

But here comes the problem.

Will immortals grant immortality to ordinary people?

It's impossible, they themselves still need luck to cultivate and live forever.

Who would use their luck to seek immortality for ordinary people?

In this case, that is to say, once the agricultural society, the feudal society rapidly advances, the industrial society enters the scientific and technological era, the population can of course increase rapidly.

The increase from a mere 5.6 billion people to over a billion people is actually only a threefold increase.

For example, in the original agricultural society, there were 450 million people, but in the industrial society, there were 1.4 billion people.

That's more than tripled the number.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And it began to decline in industrial society.

No one can stop it.

This is what [Wang Weiguo] saw with his own eyes.

No matter how good the measures are, they are useless.

Because the cost of labor training in the industrial era is too high, mainly time cost.

And no matter how much preferential treatment the forces give ordinary people, they cannot give you the precious resource of time.

For industrial people, time is the most precious.

The population has tripled, and luck has tripled.

But the people's dependence on the gods has dropped to one percent of its original value.

In the old feudal society, it was clearly stated that divine power belonged to one of the three mountains.

But in an industrial society, who else can the divine power suppress?

No one can suppress it.

In fact, everyone just wants to worship God, and more for psychological comfort.

This is different from now.

Nowadays, no ordinary people are allowed to go to temples to burn incense and pray to gods and immortals.

Otherwise, the gods will not remember those who pray every day, but they will remember those who do not pray every day...

There are less of the latter, so it is easier to remember.

It is also easy to punish.

The gods only give occasional rewards to the most pious.

But for those who never worship, there is punishment.
To be continued...