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"this is?"
"There's a refreshing drink called Sprite that I really like. It may be quite stimulating, and it has a lemon aroma. Although you may not be used to it, I strongly recommend you try it."
Moyin said as he opened the pull ring of his Sprite and started drinking the iced Sprite.
Emilia grabbed the can, looked at it, then took a sip. Her body shuddered, and the refreshing feeling of the carbonic acid exploding on her tongue made a hair on her head stand up.
Chapter 1057 Ahahahaha, chicken soup is here!
Although the taste was very strange, it was not unpalatable at all. Rather, drinking this sour, sweet and stimulating drink made her tired body feel a lot more relaxed.
"I have finished dealing with Ram and Rem's affairs. I can go to your hometown as agreed to help you thaw your frozen tribe members."
Mo Yin spoke up.
"Thank you, but...ah..."
Emilia sighed.
"what happened?"
Moyin sat opposite Emilia.
"If I leave, will there be people starving to death in the slums? Those children who have done nothing wrong... I... can't leave them alone."
Emilia replied with a sigh.
"It doesn't matter to Mi Zhou and I. There's no rush anyway. It's okay even if you don't want to return to your hometown to thaw your people now."
Mo Yin spoke up.
"I'm really sorry to have made you wait, but I want to help those poor people a little and help them return to society as much as possible."
Emilia said seriously.
"This is not an easy task. Some of them have already fallen into depravity."
Moyin took a sip of Sprite and said.
"But there are also people who are powerless to change the current situation and just lack an opportunity, right? I don't intend to ignore all those who can still be saved just because some people have fallen."
Emilia spoke up.
"So what are you going to do? Are you going to rely on the taxes paid by ordinary people in Roswaal's territory to support the people in the slums? This behavior is a form of exploitation for the civilians in Roswaal's territory."
Moyin spoke up to remind.
After all, he has Angelica at home who is protecting humans in the Girl's Frontline world. It's not the first time he has met someone as kind as Emilia who wants to save everyone.
Although he himself does not interfere too much, it does not prevent him from admiring such kind people who are willing to give a lot to others.
However, in addition to admiration, he will also put the current situation in front of the other party. If it is a saintly bitch who takes advantage of others' well-being, he will definitely teach her a lesson. However, if it is a saintly bitch who is willing to sacrifice herself, he will still have a certain respect for her.
The difference between a virgin and a virgin bitch is that the virgin bitches are so pitiful and you need to save them.
But the Virgin Mary said, they are so pitiful, I will save them, even at the cost of everything I have.
Now, it’s time to determine what kind of existence Emilia is.
If she intends to use the taxes paid by the civilians of Roswaal to alleviate the slums for a long time, then she is naturally a saintly bitch. If she intends to save the slums by her own abilities, then she is a saintly bitch.
"Of course I know that the current actions are unfair to the civilians in Roswaal's territory, but in fact, due to the previous outbreak of the plague, Roswaal's territory and even the entire capital actually have a lot of idle land that can be used for farming, and the civilians can create additional value by living there for a year."
"Otherwise, if the income is not enough to cover the expenses, a territory will not be able to maintain itself normally. Now the civilians in Roswaal's territory can live well, which proves the point of additional value."
"These additional values include food, livestock, cloth, and various crafts. With idle basic land resources, the more laborers in the entire territory, the more valuable items can be created. With more of these items, prices in the entire region can also drop, and people will have more choices."
"When famine comes, the extra food that was previously created and stored can be put to good use, reducing the risk of civilians starving to death to a greater extent. So the taxes paid by civilians at this stage can be seen as resources invested in advance to reduce future risks."
Emilia explained clearly.
Although she is a good person, she is not stupid. She knows that simply giving food will not really save those poor people from the slums. What she is doing at this stage is just emergency relief.
Once the initial difficulties are over, she will find a way to give those people a job so that they can be self-reliant. At this stage, these people will be able to give back to the entire region through their lives.
"That's all right, but how can you ensure that they will be willing to honestly farm and engage in production? You know, some of them are already used to stealing and other ways of making money without working."
Moyin asked.
Emilia was silenced by Moyin's question. She had thought about this question, but at the moment, she had no good way to solve it.
"Your plan may be more or less reasonable, but not everyone will do things the way you expect. There will always be all kinds of unexpected things in a plan."
"If you really want to pull them out of the slums, you have to be prepared for all kinds of emergencies and have backup plans."
Moyin began to teach.
"Then how can I make them earn a living with their own hands? Do you have any good ideas?"
Emilia asked for advice.
"Well, let a king-chosen person like you or Roswaal build a factory and take on large-scale business to provide jobs for them. Let them realize that they can make a living if they work, but they won't make a living if they don't. This will probably make them work honestly, but they will have to bear the profits and losses themselves, and a certain amount of money will be required for the initial investment."
Moyin suggested that the factory system still supported a lot of people, but whether it could be established in the other world would depend on Emilia's business skills. After all, there were cases of bankruptcy due to poor management.
Moreover, transportation in the other world is not as developed as it is in modern times, and it is difficult for local products to be sent in large quantities across oceans or long distances to other regions for trade.
However, the consumption power of a region is limited. Once supply seriously exceeds demand, it may lead to price collapse, making it impossible to support the workers in the factory.
"Is it like a large chamber of commerce? But can such an organization really support so many people?"
Emilia pulled her chin and thought about the feasibility.
"I don't know if they can be fed, but letting them know that a day's work can earn them a full meal can at least improve their habit of stealing that they have developed in the slums."
"If they stay in the factory for a long time, as long as they get used to this kind of life, they will not take the risk of stealing things on the street. But it will be very difficult in the early stage. You are responsible for hiring them. If they steal things, the guards will definitely come to find you."
Moyin began to explain.
"It sounds like a big risk, and if it doesn't work, it will cost a lot of money and resources."
Emilia said with a frown.
"You need to take certain risks when doing anything, not to mention that you are not doing it for profit, but to give jobs to people who have been eliminated by society. You will naturally take great risks yourself."
"If you don't even have this kind of awareness, I advise you to stop doing it as soon as possible."
Moyin answered mercilessly.
"I do have some awareness, but the money to build the factory you mentioned is not mine. I don't mind it myself, but what about the owner of the money... I can't let them take the same risk as me."
Emilia said helplessly.
"But by the way, where's Roswaal? What did he do today after he invited you to the slums?"
Moyin asked curiously.
"Roswaal said that the foreign tribes in the north might attack the Kingdom of Luknica, so he went there to take charge. Before he left, he told me that I could use all the resources in Roswaal's mansion..."
Emilia answered.
"Interesting, is this a runaway?"
Moyin put the empty can of Sprite on the table and began to analyze.
"Run away? Why would he run away?"
Emilia didn't react for a moment and asked in a silly way.
"If he already knew that we knew that the Gut Hunter was the assassin he hired, then according to common sense, we should take revenge on him, right? So in order to avoid being killed by us, he found an excuse to escape in advance. This kind of thing is not difficult to investigate. We can just send someone to the north to inquire about the movements of the aliens and whether Roswaal has been there."
"But why didn't he just run away instead of taking me to the slums first?"
Emilia asked doubtfully.
"Everything a person does has a cause and effect. If there is a cause, there will be an effect. Let's infer your next result, and maybe we can guess his intention."
"Just judge according to your normal development."
Mo Yin spoke up.
"Hmm... Is it normal? I think I will try every possible way to save the people in the slums, but this may consume the wealth accumulated by the Roswaal family over the years... It is totally not worth the loss. If he didn't invite me to the slums, then I wouldn't have to spend so much money."
Emilia was becoming more and more confused.
"Then think about it another way. If you don't go to the slums, it is likely that I will go back to your hometown with you to thaw your people. Will you live with your people afterwards?"
Moyin asked.
"Probably living with my people. I want to do something for them. After all, it's because of me that they were frozen in the ice."
Emilia answered.
"Then it seems that this is where the problem lies. Roswaal wants to kill you and at the same time he wants you to stay in the capital, so as to trigger some phenomenon. The wealth he has accumulated over the years can be completely discarded as the price for this phenomenon. It is basically certain that what he wants to do has nothing to do with money."
"If you think about it in a big way, you want to save all the slums in the Kingdom of Lukenica. Then only you, as the king of the Kingdom of Lukenica, can coordinate and mobilize all human and material resources to improve the current situation of the slums. Considering that Parker once said during our previous chat that you were invited to participate in the royal election by him on the grounds that he could unfreeze your people, is there a possibility that he took you to the slums to see the miserable conditions of those people in order to let you stand on the road to the royal election?"
Moyin guessed.
Now he felt like he was playing a puzzle game, trying to figure out Roswaal's psychology through various signs. As a toy, this was quite interesting.
"That... that makes sense, but why is his goal to get me to participate in the royal election? To be honest, I'm not a popular candidate..."
"There was once a witch named Shatira in this world. She was known as the Witch of Jealousy. It was rumored that she destroyed half of the world and killed all other witches. She was called an ominous existence by people."
"And it is said that the appearance of this Witch of Envy is... also a silver-haired half-elf, similar to me."
"Because of the legend that she almost destroyed the world, in fact, many people dislike me because of my appearance. The probability of me becoming the king of Luknica Kingdom is very small."
Emilia spoke with a puzzled look on her face. She was becoming increasingly confused about what Roswaal was trying to do.
"Then, maybe something special will happen when you participate in the royal election. Normal forces support candidates to participate in the royal election. Generally speaking, they only want two reasons: one is money, and the other is power."
"As for the money, Roswaal allowed you to use his family's resources at will even though he knew we knew he hired someone to kill you. This proves that he was not after money."
"As for power, he already has a lot of power as a border earl. The next level up is probably the king. In that case, there's no need for him to come to you. So he's probably not after power."
"In summary, perhaps your participation in the royal election itself will trigger some process, and this process is crucial to Roswaal. Whether you become the king of the Kingdom of Luknica is not important."
Moyin began to analyze.
“Is… is that so…?”
Emilia was stunned by what Moyin said, but she couldn't analyze anything more. In any case, it would be better to write down Moyin's analysis first.
"The chicken soup is here. I put onions, potatoes and some mushrooms in it. The staple food is rice. Would you like some rice?"