Chapter 415 Weaving Field 2

Seeing Sevia's puzzled expression, Ladi continued: "Take farmers as an example. Thousands of years ago, they worked hard in the fields day after day and did not have much free time in a year. Most of the hard-earned harvest has to be handed over To their own lords, thousands of years later, they are still working hard in the fields day after day, leaving little harvest for themselves. From our perspective, their lives are monotonous and boring, but after thousands of years, they are still working hard in the fields. Come on, that’s how they spend it.”

“Do you know what proportion farmers account for in our human civilization?”

Sylvia was asked by Ladi. She didn't know what proportion of the human population farmers accounted for, and she had never thought about it.

"You know?"

Ladi shook her head and said: "If we take the whole human race as the base, I don't know the specific data. However, the Northwest Bay has established a statistical committee headed by Earl Garner, and they recently gave the Northwest Bay's statistics in this regard. A rough estimate is that farmers or agricultural people account for more than 90% of the total population, and I think it is similar in other places in the world.”

"And among the remaining so-called urban population, excluding the lower-class residents who are in a similar situation to the farmers, the so-called extraordinary people or the elites among human beings, I guess they account for not even 1% of the human population. None.”

At this point, Ladi laughed, "And it is this less than one percent of people who have consumed most of the ink in the history of mankind."

After saying this, she looked at Sylvia with sharp eyes, "Then do you think, the one percent of human elites can represent the human world, or the 99 percent of ordinary people can represent the human world? And if you support the second view, as I just said, the lives of ordinary people have basically remained unchanged for thousands of years, so the power of us extraordinary people has never really changed history and the world.”

Sylvia was speechless, "This...how do I know this?"

In fact, she subconsciously wanted to answer that of course the one percent elite could represent the human world, but she felt something was wrong. Without the ninety-nine percent of ordinary people, could humans still be a race? Think about it again, if there are no farmers in the countryside and coolies in the city, who will provide food and who will do the manual labor?

Ladi continued: "For thousands of years, kingdoms have been established and destroyed one after another, leaving behind countless grand and tragic epics. Each evil has been eliminated by heroes, and countless fascinating legends have been written. But this is different from ordinary What does it matter about people’s lives? Who will be the king or who will be the hero will not make any difference in their lives.”

Sylvia thought thoughtfully for a while, and considering that the Blue Witch would not bring her here for no reason, she guessed: "Then the great power you recognize is related to the machines in front of you?"

"Yes, my sister."

Ladi answered without hesitation.

"Not just these machines, but also what they represent is a more abstract and deeper thing. It allows ordinary people to burst out with great power and use it to subversively change their lives."

Sylvia shook her head, "I don't understand. Can't the machine here just produce a few more pieces of cloth? How can it change the lives of ordinary people?"

"Haha, maybe for people of your class, clothing is just something you can buy, but for those who are only willing to wear decent clothes during festivals, it is not. And this is just one of them. an aspect of.”

With that said, Ladi raised her hand toward the factory.

"Sisters, look at the characteristics of the people who work here?"

Sylvia observed as she was prompted.

"More than half of the workers here...are actually female workers?"

She quickly discovered the characteristics La Di mentioned.

"Exactly!"

Ladi nodded in confirmation.

"Since the beginning of history, women's family status has not changed much. There are very few women like you and me who can choose their destiny within a relatively free range. The reason is simply that in this era where labor is mainly based on manual labor, Due to physical limitations, individual women create far less wealth than men.”

"In the past, although the main force in weaving was women, due to the inefficiency of traditional looms and the family-based production model, the remuneration they received for a whole day's hard work was still far less than what their husbands did when they went out to farm or do work. But now it's different, because of this new loom. appeared, the value of the wealth they can create is ten times that of before, and the remuneration they receive has also been greatly increased. Following this is the improvement of their voice and status in the family, allowing men to wave their fists at their wives. One has to consider that their wives can support themselves without relying on them."

"This...this is truly the first time in history that I know of."

After thinking about it carefully, Sylvia had to admit this.

"Exactly, if a new technology like this that can double labor efficiency becomes popular, the breadth and depth of its impact on us humans will be greater than any heroic adventure legend or the casting of a few spells."

While Ladi was talking about the meaning, she looked at Paul's back. All of this was brought about by that man.

"My sister, Lady Graiman, once said to me that events that had a truly profound impact on history were often inconspicuous to people at the time. But in my opinion, the appearance of these machines in front of me is Such inconspicuous little things, and there are many more similar 'inconspicuous little things' in the Northwest Bay, or more specifically in Alda."

At this time, Ladi's mind flashed through a series of Paul's inventions such as telescopes, microscopes, papermaking, printing presses, harvesters, and muskets and artillery.

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"You will see them one by one in Arda in the future, and these are powers that ordinary people can master. They do not require any noble blood or magical talent. As long as they form a certain scale, they can burst out. Energy that we couldn’t have imagined before.”

She approached Sylvia, who was still in a state of shock because of her words, held her hand, and said sincerely: "I hope you and your companions can put away their arrogance as spellcasters and talk to me. Witness the beginning of a new history together and take part in it personally, and then you will realize that our impact on this world is not much greater than that of mortals, or... we are one of them."

Sylvia looked at La Di's sincere eyes and nodded solemnly.

"Although my heart still resists what you said, I will give it a try."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and the conversation between Paul and the owner of the workshop could be heard in their ears.

"How is the sales of your cloth?"

"It's very good. Our prices are so advantageous that none of the small family workshops in other places can compete with us."