"Another way to control the entire subcontinent?"

Tim Kennan raised his eyebrows, his head was shining and his majestic appearance. Such an expression inadvertently made people feel afraid, but this was actually just a change when he became curious about certain things or knowledge.

The removal plan he proposed was an idea that had emerged temporarily in the past few days and was not thought through.

Now, I think I have been thinking about it for a long time.

Tim Kennan touched the pointed beard on his chin, obviously interested, and said, "Let me tell me."

Everyone's eyes were concentrated.

Renn first looked at the Duke of Grey Eagle and the Holy Soul Wizards, and asked everyone: "Everyone, what do you think is the most valuable thing on the subcontinent?"

"territory."

“Territory, resources, gold.”

"Of course it's territory."

The powerful people of the empire answered one after another, and the answer was almost the same, which was obvious.

"You guys' answer is right, but it's not exactly right." Renn smiled. "In my opinion, territory is not the only thing that is most valuable. There are some things that are no less valuable than territory, but have been ignored by people all the time."

"What is it?" Duke Silver Star blurted out.

The territory can grow crops, produce food, mine minerals, gold and gems, build cities, gather people, and almost all tangible wealth is produced from the land. She couldn't imagine that there is anything in this world that can have the value as high as that of the territory?

Not only the Duke of Silver Star who loves money, everyone is full of curiosity.

"It's a man."

Renn replied, “To be precise, all intelligent races, including humans, and their labor, which I call ‘human power’, are the most valuable things.”

"Human power?" Everyone chewed the word.

Some people who were quick-witted understood vaguely, while some were still confused. Some people wondered: "What value can those low-ranking races have? Ten of them combined can't beat an extraordinary man of an Imperial Legion."

The person who spoke was a provincial governor.

He also signed up for the consul of the Empire, born in a noble family, and had a small-scale knight order of five hundred people, but he did not make much contribution in this battle.

Renn looked at him and sentenced him to death in his heart.

Some people are smarter and can't figure it out, so they respectfully said: "Can Speaker Rennes explain it more clearly?"

Renn nodded and said seriously: "Human power is a resource that is more precious than gold."

"In this world, people need to produce labor, food, clothes, houses, etc., for all things that ordinary people need to survive."

"Everyone, if you get a new territory, if you want to plant crops, you have to have people, if you want to mine, if you want to build cities and houses, you have to build roads and bridges, serve your daily life, and cultivate an extraordinary legion, and no matter what you do, someone needs to do."

"The labor force of the intelligent race creates all the wealth in the world."

"If there is only a territory and no people contribute their own labor, then the territory itself has no value."

Rennes talked and everyone listened very seriously.

Some people have understood what he means, but some people don’t agree. As long as they have a territory, they can easily attract their people. People are everywhere. What’s scarce?

Even if there is no one, your extraordinary power can be done better, it is just a matter of time and efficiency.

Renn saw the thoughts of these people, ignored them, and continued: "Everyone's labor force is different, with high and low, depending on the person's knowledge, experience and ability."

“The labor force can be improved.”

"Since the establishment of the Mechanical Union more than 400 years ago, the widespread use of various machinery has greatly increased the labor force of ordinary people in the empire. On average, the wealth that an empire can produce is three to five times, or even more than ten times, as in the past."

"In the past, a farmer had to farm day and night, and after deducting taxes, he could barely support himself and one or two children."

"Now a manor couple can grow large crops, easily feed five or six children, and there is still some surplus for children to enter the church to learn knowledge."

"A worker, the things he made in a factory, such as a textile factory, produces fabrics he uses machine textiles every day, which can match the fabrics he has knitted by his hands in the past one hundred people."

"This is the growth of labor that drives the increase in wealth."

Renn tried to use words that everyone could understand to briefly describe the concept of productivity, but most of the people present could understand it.

Villion scratched his head and asked, "Ren, what does this have to do with the Kingdom of Gupta?"

Ren replied with a smile: "The Gupta Kingdom has about 50 million people, and the population of the entire subcontinent and all intelligent races combined are at least 2 billion, which may even be more than the imperial people." He paused, "I just said that human resources are wealth."

When Duke Silver Star's eyes lit up when he heard words such as 2 billion and wealth.

But she still didn't understand how to convert human resources into wealth, and urged her: "Ren, stop showing off your knowledge. Tell me quickly. How can I plunder wealth and control the entire subcontinent?"

"Trade." Renn replied.

Hearing this, Tim Kennan probably guessed Renne's idea.

Renn glanced at him and explained: "The labor force of the Imperials is far higher than that of the Subcontinent. We produce more and better things, and at lower costs. This means that as long as we trade without restrictions, the Imperial goods will soon monopolize the entire market and crush the local small workshops in the Subcontinent."

"No matter which intelligent race is, you must obtain the necessities of life through trade."

"Food, salt, clothes, agricultural fertilizers, production tools, weapons and equipment, as well as spices, luxury goods, steel, etc. Everything that the Imperial Factory can make can be sold to the subcontinent. There are two billion people here. If we can monopolize the entire market, how much profit can we make?"

"We can also set up factories on the subcontinent, recruit cheap workers, produce on-site to reduce costs, and transfer some more troublesome industries, such as industries that will cause pollution or have low added value, to the subcontinent to produce, and feed back the empire, reduce the pressure on the empire's manufacturing industry, and get more profits."

"At the same time, it can also purchase raw materials, such as various minerals, in the subcontinent at a very low price, transport them back to the empire for processing, and then sell them back to the subcontinent at a high price."

"In short, we must constantly squeeze out the rich resources and manpower of the subcontinent through trade, transfer them to the empire, and become our wealth."

It's easy to understand by saying this.

Some people's breathing became heavy, and they seemed to see a huge mountain of gold in front of them.

Renn continued: "When the local labor force is crushed, almost everyone's food, clothing, housing and transportation will rely on the import of the empire, and the empire will control the lifeline of the subcontinent."

"Once there is a need, no one has to send out an extraordinary person. Just cut off the food supply, and any country on the subcontinent can bow down and obey orders."

"Economic control is more stable than military occupation, with low costs and low risks, and can also make a steady stream of profits."

"When the food and clothing of people on the subcontinent are controlled by the empire, it will not be difficult even if the empire asks them to change their faith. The soil for the evil gods to spread their faith will be compressed, and their divine power will be weakened, thus achieving the goal of attacking the evil gods."

"We can also use our trade status to spread the teachings of the goddess and replace Bandcourt and Roshi's position on the subcontinent."

"What do you think of this method?" Ren asked with a smile.

Everyone in the tower hall was stunned.

The Duke of Silver Star looked at Renn, as if he was looking at a monster. She finally understood why Renn was so rich. She earned more wealth than her in a few years. The gods of trade and wealth were not as good as him.

The others also suddenly realized.

Everyone knows the importance of trade. In the environment where the imperial productivity is rapidly developing, they have made more or less money, but they have not considered the deep role behind trade. What kind of power can they achieve.

This set of operating methods and theories is like opening up a new world for them.

Slap sex...

Tim Kennan applauded and exclaimed: "Excellent! It's amazing! Rennes, your method is so good. The theory about human resources has benefited a lot."

"The Duke is over." Renn smiled modestly, "It's just a few of me who have a brief opinion."

"This is not a simple opinion. If Wokin hears you, he may have appointed you as His elect on the spot." Tim Kennan joked very rarely.

Wokin is the God of Trade and Wealth. He has many believers and is widely distributed. His church has a considerable influence in the human kingdom.

However, as a neutral god, His presence among the gods is not high.

Renne smiled without saying a word.

Tim Kennan's eyes were very meaningful, "Ren, tell me all your thoughts. I know you must have been thinking about it for a long time."

"Yes, Lord Duke."

In the hopes of everyone, Rennes said: "I propose to establish a trading company, and the empire will grant franchise rights. All trade between the empire and the subcontinent must be carried out through this company, so that it can be easily dispatched and the empire can be unified in obeying orders when it needs it."

"At the same time, the Empire sent an extraordinary legion to join the trading company, stationed in the subcontinent, and protected the safety and interests of merchants."

"Half of the shares of the trading company belong to the empire."

"The other half of the shares are distributed in the empire, and each commodity is only distributed to one shareholder. The higher the price will be, and the monopoly management rights of such commodity for a certain period of time."

"The Empire appointed a 'Subcontinent Governor' to take control of the trading company and lead the extraordinary legion under its command, but did not interfere in the specific business conditions."

"The first choice for trading companies is Bambay City."

Bambey City is the largest city on the subcontinent and an economic center. It is more suitable as a trading company's residence.

Tim Kennan and everyone listened and thought.

"This proposal is feasible." He quickly agreed, and asked, "Ren, what should the Kingdom of Gupta be dealt with?"

"We don't care about other parts of the kingdom. We just need to control Bambe City." Renn replied confidently: "We can support a puppet king, push him to the front and rule the Kingdom of Gupta, but we cannot completely gain a foothold. It is best to choose a king with incorrect laws, mediocre abilities and excessive greed."

"At the same time, it is secretly pushing other people who are coveting the throne to make them fight each other and attract the attention of most people."

"In this way, the presence of the Imperial Legion will be greatly reduced. Even if the Gupta people have any hatred and anger, there will be a puppet king in front of them. If it really doesn't work, let the king be a scapegoat and another king will take the throne at any time."

To put it bluntly, it is the operation of supporting the puppet regime and dividing and governing it.

The usual means of the British Empire ruling the colonies in previous lives.

But in the world of Alan Ershi, this routine of manipulating a country's politics behind the scenes is rare. The existence of extraordinary power determines that almost all countries and strong people are accustomed to "starting from the status of strength" and using their fists to solve the problems encountered.
To be continued...