Chapter 214

Gao Tianlong couldn't sit still either.

A capitalist was born in his Gao family?

Gao Yang continued, "These speculations of mine, whether it is the great war that is about to start, the abolition of slavery, the fall of wizards from the altar, or the large number of captives, can all be understood from the perspective of capital."

"I will explain them to Your Majesty one by one."

Wu Zhao looked at Shangguan Wan'er, "Within twenty meters, no one is allowed to approach."

These capitalist means and theories could only be used by her; if this were spread out, it would be bad.

Gao Yang did not sell out, but went straight to the point, "In fact, the first problem, in my heart, is the problem of land and food."

Just one sentence, and Wu Zhao's heart suddenly tightened.

Gao Yang really understood the art of emperors!

"In ancient times, the method of planting land by common people was relatively primitive. Basically, they used knives to cut down trees and then burned them on the spot, using plant ash as fertilizer for sowing. This primitive method was bound to lead to low efficiency and extremely low yields!"

"Since there is not enough food to eat, they go to rob. This will lead to war, and war will definitely have captives!"

"But a new problem comes. Although food and land were robbed, the food yield is still fixed, and the royal family and powerful clans occupy a large part. A large number of captives simply cannot be fed."

"So from the perspective of capital, that is, these royal families and powerful clans, why was slavery born? It was because they robbed others' food and land, but killing captives was too cruel, and not killing them meant they couldn't be fed, so they 'kindly' made these captives slaves behind cattle and sheep!"

"Slaves have no human rights, their lives are cheap, and they can be used to farm, but the food yield is too low, and there is no need for so many people, so the royal families and noble clans didn't take their lives as lives."

"Part of the reason for wizards is the ignorance of the common people, and furthermore, under this slavery system, this part of the population must be consumed."

"Later on, the efficiency of farming improved, food yields increased, and the royal families and noble clans could afford to feed a large population, which was profitable, so slavery was abolished, and the status of wizards plummeted."