Chapter 587 Xiaolan is a qualified "farmer"
Notting City.
Although the Continental Elite Championship has ended, the excitement in this small town has not subsided. On the contrary, it will become very lively in the next few months or even years.
Spies from various forces, big and small, showed up in Notting City, either to set up businesses or gather information, and some even directly joined Notting College.
The number of high-level soul masters is also increasing.
Dean Notting followed Zhou Qing's advice and accepted all comers. Under the planning of teachers such as Bu Yi and Mo Hen, he learned from these high-level soul masters, and learned about the operation model of the advanced college indirectly. He also made changes according to their existing system.
However, the city lord Romanyak was somewhat frightened by the large number of soul masters that appeared in the city, including those at the level of Soul Resurrection Sect and Soul King.
"Dad, don't worry. It's better to have them here. Maybe Notting City can develop rapidly into a city comparable to the main city in a way that ordinary people can hardly imagine."
Romantina went home and advised her old father to have a long-term vision and not to lose his courage when meeting those high-level soul masters.
"It's easy for you to say..."
Romanyak was speechless. After all, his daughter had grown to a level that he could not understand. She even won the championship of this Continental Elite Championship under the leadership of Zhou Qing.
But he is still just a little Soul Master now!
How could he not be nervous when facing those Soul Masters, Soul Kings, and even the occasional Soul Emperors and Soul Saints?
"What are you afraid of?"
Romantina gave a suggestion, "Dad, just act like you normally do at work. Those soul masters from outside are here to seek our powerful secrets, but they represent different forces behind them, so naturally they don't want other forces to get it. Maybe they'll start a fight with each other."
"I now seriously doubt that you are not thinking of making trouble!" Romanyak was speechless.
"Then I will invite Senior Poison Douluo to visit my home more often."
Romantina had an idea.
Poison Douluo escorted Xiaolan and other students back to the Holy Soul Village. Out of curiosity, he stayed in this area for two or three months and has not returned to Tiandou City yet.
During this period, if you spend more time with him, you will be able to deter the villains.
"That's all it can do."
Romanyak nodded seemingly helplessly, but a hint of joy appeared in his eyes - with the support of a Titled Douluo, his face would definitely be doubled...
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at the same time.
In the Hope Primary School in Shenghun Village.
Zhou Qing examined the learning outcomes of the thirty-six students during this outing and asked them to talk about their thoughts on how to govern a city well.
Regardless of whether they have any constructive insights, we must see what they have gained from this trip.
Finally, after discussion, the thirty-six students, represented by Xiaolan, stood up and spoke.
"Teacher, based on our 36 students' comprehensive consideration of the environment, economy, politics, and culture of the cities and villages along the way, we found that in order to govern a city well, we need to follow the following principles—"
“The first point: adapt to local conditions.”
"This is also what you often say, teacher. Every city and village has a different geographical location and natural environment. We need to develop according to the corresponding local resources and find suitable development points so that local residents can benefit. Only in this way can we mobilize their enthusiasm. That is: have hope for life."
"With hope, we can formulate a series of systems and rules that can protect the personal and property safety of residents, and implement effective management. After enjoying the benefits of the system, they will also spontaneously maintain the system and cooperate with the managers."
“It’s just that the two great empires today both adopt the pastoral approach, not considering whether the civilians can have enough to eat, but only caring whether they are still alive… In this way, they don’t understand, or won’t think about how to truly develop local resources so that the civilians can live a better life.
Few resources?
In fact, it is not the case, but a large part of the resources have not been developed at all, otherwise the population of the entire continent would be more than enough even if it increased dozens of times. "
Zhou Qing nodded and asked, "What about the second point?"
“The second point is that it must be sustainable and get better and better.”
Xiaolan said, “It’s like growing rice, season after season, it can be sustainable.
The same is true for the taxes that the nobles of the two empires levy on the people, but most of those nobles are unwilling to spend too much time on this.
When we ordinary people grow rice, we have to go to the fields every day to take care of it, weeding, removing insects, and applying fertilizers in the hope that the rice will grow better. Even Teacher Tang San is still researching grain varieties in order to increase grain production and achieve a more comprehensive variety.
However, those nobles don't understand. They won't take care of us commoners as carefully as we take care of the rice in the fields. They just take food from us regularly. In fact, we are not against them collecting taxes. What we object to is that they take away most of the harvest we have worked hard for a year without giving us much care. "
In the past, Xiao Lan would have believed that the Tiandou Empire collected taxes in order to support the army to fight against the Xingluo Empire and protect their safety.
But now, after understanding the concept of class, Xiaolan and the other thirty-five people all understood one thing, that is, the war between the two empires was not for the better life of them, the common people, but only for the glory of their nobles and the desire for conquest.
And are all the taxes collected from civilians used for the military?
No!
A large part of it must have been used for the enjoyment of the nobles!
In the past, Xiaolan thought this was how it should be.
now--
She felt that this was what Teacher Zhou Qing called "exploitation."
Even if a war broke out between the two empires, it was nothing more than a conflict between the nobles, and the common people were the ones who were being coerced and morally kidnapped.
"What about the third point?"
Zhou Qing continued to ask.
“The third point is that we need to establish a suitable and complete system to ensure the implementation of the above two points.”
Without rules, there will be no order.
Xiaolan thinks this is necessary.
"Once the rules are set, should they be changed?" Zhou Qing asked again.
“It needs to be changed.”
Xiao Lan's eyes were serious. "After all, once the rules are inappropriate, they must be changed. Blindly following them will only lead to losses. Just like the aura, water flows, wind blows, and even the earth shakes and changes due to earthquakes. The aura will naturally change accordingly. Then the rules set by people must also be constantly changed to check for loopholes and fill in the gaps. Only in this way can they last for a long time, or even forever."
Zhou Qing's eyes were serious: "So, what if it was me, or your teacher, Tang San, who set the rules?"
Xiaolan's eyes flickered.
If the rules set by Zhou Qing and Tang San are outdated, should they be changed?
If I change it, wouldn’t that be disobeying the teacher?
But if it doesn't change and everyone follows it, won't we fall behind the world when these rules become outdated?
Close your eyes!
It’s been a while!
Xiaolan said firmly, "It must be changed!"
Zhou Qing smiled and clapped his hands, saying, "Xiao San has accepted a good disciple... I hope I can really see that day."
【So that's it! 】
Uncle Wang's son, who was sitting in the last row, had a look of sudden enlightenment on his face.
When Zhou Qing was about to start to fill in the gaps in Xiaolan's way of managing the city, he suddenly stood up and shouted: "Qing brother, I want to refute!"
"What?" Zhou Qing raised his eyebrows, wanting to see what reason this Uncle Wang's son could come up with.
"I don't want to go to class, I want to go out and play!"
"..."
Zhou Qing frowned, "Copy what I said a hundred times later."
"Hahahaha!"
The students in the class burst into laughter.
Uncle Wang’s son: “…”
(End of this chapter)
