Chapter 417 Theory and Practice
In the Helvetia Federation, many people are envious of the wealth of Wesson State. It is rumored that Duke Wesson's toilet is made of gold.
Recently, a group has been spreading the word that Weissen State will be over sooner or later. Many people think what they say makes sense, but it always looks strange to those who have been to Weissen State. Weird.
Baron Turgot is not a member of this group, but he has had close contact with them and strongly agrees with their views.
Turgot said to Richard Nar: "The God of Light has arranged a natural order for nature and human happiness. The natural order is supreme, sacred, and eternal. As long as human activities comply with and Only by complying with the natural order can we achieve happiness, and only by developing in accordance with the natural order can a country be stable and prosperous.”
"Nowadays, Wesen State's series of actions have violated the natural order, and collapse is only a matter of time."
Richard Nall raised his glass and said: "I partially agree with your point of view, and I also think that the world Everything, from the touchable plants and trees to the invisible social operation, everything has its own laws."
Turgo became wary. The other party only partially agreed. At this time, he needed to be careful about what the other party was digging into. Pit, let yourself agree with the other part.
However, Richard Nall did not dig the hole he thought. Instead, he said to him sincerely: "Please tell me specifically where in Wesson State you violated any laws."
< br>“A sage once said in the distant Peach Blossom Stone that if three people walk together, one of them must be their teacher.”
"The Wesson State welcomes everyone's criticisms and suggestions, and reasonable ones will be adopted."
"I heard that the Wesson Science Society will add sociology members, who will mainly study economics and policy policies. They can become Frederick Lie's political advisor."
"If you have any insight, I can recommend you to the Wesson Science Society."
Turgot's heart skipped a beat, he didn't expect him to do something like this.
If it were a debate, he would have the confidence to rely on his eloquence to refute Richard Nall completely and hide his face.
But he didn't expect that Richard Nall would actually show an attitude of humbly asking for advice. If he won, the other person would be able to show an attitude of humbly accepting advice. He would even be interviewed to become a member of the Wesson Science Society, without losing any face and having a person. A reputation for humility and tolerance.
And if I lose, it will be even worse. During this period, I have been relying on the theory of "Wesson State is going to be finished" to counter Duke Wesson's theory that the Helvetia Federation remains neutral. If he loses If you don't, no one will support you.
After Richard Nall finished speaking, he looked at Turgo with a sincere smile.
He is not an idiot, an idiot cannot become a swordsman, but he did not read much before and did not know how to talk. Years of combat experience have proven that you should not fight in the enemy's advantageous areas, but should use your own advantages to attack the weak with the strong. , so after knowing that he could not beat Turgot on the debate track, he immediately changed tracks.
Turgot knew that he could not back down now and said seriously: "Agriculture is the only production activity. Crops grown in the land according to the natural order are gifts of nature. Only agriculture can produce new wealth. .”
“The value of agricultural products has no surplus after deducting land rent and farmers’ living expenses. Handicraft industry only processes the raw materials provided by agriculture, but it changes the form of material existence. Commerce only transports raw materials and processed raw materials to another place. Places, handicrafts and commerce do not produce new value, their value is only transferred from land rent by landowners."
"Wesson now invests a lot of money in unproductive handicrafts and commerce and consumes it. There is a lot of ground rent and very little financial savings, so we have to issue bonds several times this year."
"If this situation continues, Wesson's finances will continue to deteriorate, and the Franconian Principality can be seized in the near future. The property maintenance expenditure and bond credit of the alliance with Regens will be unsustainable when this part of the money is used up, and they will eventually have to go bankrupt."
Count Stefani and several others who were allied with him on the side. The allies nodded repeatedly.
Count Stefani himself has fertile farmland in the river valley and a transport fleet.
In his territory, farmers pay him land rent after harvesting crops, and then whether he transports the grain away or grinds it into powder, the cost is paid out of the land rent.
When others buy his things, the money is paid by others with their own land rent.
So the traditional and habitual thinking brought about by thousands of years of agricultural-based production and life made Count Stefani and others agree with Turgot's point of view, believing that agricultural production and land rent on the land can only It is the source of all wealth.
In their opinion, building railways is just a waste of money and has no use at all. It was different before there were railways, and things could still be transported out. If it is too expensive, just lower the price. Those businessmen will not agree. Just cut it off.
In recent years, Richard Nall has often read newspapers and the news, and also attended debate competitions at Weisenberg University. He was influenced by Frederick's "less empty talk, more practical things", so he imitated Look like that.
He did not directly refute Turgot's point of view, but listed a set of data: "Since Frederick took office..."
Richard Nall's memory is very good, and he compiled the Weibo published last year. Some main data from the results report of the First Five-Year Plan 1028-32 of Sembilan State were recited.
He also played some tricks. For example, the output of iron and steel, ready-made clothing and cloth in the report are calculated separately, and they are totaled here. The average wheat yield is 1,500 kilograms per hectare. Here, he only talks about intensive farming in the experimental fields. 2,100 kilograms of new varieties; Elizabeth potatoes and pumpkins are also selected from the test fields, with 7,000 kilograms and 5,000 kilograms.
This report was published in Wesson in the form of a supplement to the "Wesson Daily". It is rarely seen outside the country. Most of the audience present heard about it for the first time, and many people were Scared. Not to mention anything else, as far as wheat yield is concerned, one hectare in the river valley area of the Helvetic Federation is about 1,000 kilograms. In good years, it can reach 1,200 kilograms. In many places in the mountainous areas, it is only a few hundred kilograms. In Wesson State, 2,100 kilograms is enough to scare people, including the Gauls, who are known for their rich land.
Richard Nall continued: “Now Wesson’s fiscal revenue is growing at a rate of at least 5% per year, and the balance of revenue and expenditure is very healthy.”
“This year’s large number of bond issuances is the result of Wesson’s successive After experiencing the battle to recover Constantinople, the Battle of Merchant Land and the sudden fire in the city of Amstel, which required insurance compensation, it has no reference significance.”
He is playing again here. As a little trick, Wesson’s fiscal revenue growth was only said to be at least 5%. In fact, it was even more exaggerated than the increase in tulip prices not long ago. Ten years ago, Wesson’s income was only 500 florins a year. Now Frederick The money spent on supporting painters every year exceeds this amount.
Richard Nall finally asked: "Baron Turgot, how does your theory explain what actually happened in Wesson?"
Turgot opened his mouth. , speechless.
Debates in the past were all about theory, logic and even grammar. He had never encountered this kind of situation where a lot of numbers were thrown out for you to explain. He didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
Richard Nall picked up the wine glass and drank slowly, without urging him to answer quickly, and acted very calmly.
People's behavior is easily affected by their profession. In short, Richard Nall's profession is to kill people. He emphasizes that if he can kill with one stick, he does not need two sticks, so he did not talk nonsense with Turgot. I was not familiar with the word "Wenjue", so I came up with a material analysis question.
These days few people connect data with government affairs, only simple examples are given.
It's just that Turgot searched his guts and couldn't think of any place that was the same as Weisen, even if it was similar, he could use it as an example.
There was a slight layer of cold sweat on his forehead. If he could not use his own theory to explain the phenomenon in Wesson, it meant that he had lost.
Richard Nall seemed confident and calm, but after all, it was not a field he was familiar with, so he was still a little nervous inside.
So after he finished his drink and saw that Turgot didn't respond for a while, he ended the conversation: "If Baron Turgot doesn't understand something in theoretical research, you can come to Wesson Take a walk around the state and take a look, I can be your tour guide."
Richard Nall characterized the matter as an academic discussion, saving Turgot some face.
The happiest people at the scene were Count Sforza and his group. They thought they were on Frederick's side. Just now they saw Frederick not coming and thought he was abandoned. Now they see Richard. Nal immediately made Baron Turgot speechless and suddenly realized that he was an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs, so Duke Wesson felt free to let him do it by himself.
You have to strike while the iron is hot. Before Turgot could speak, Count Sforza stood up and said to Richard Naer with a smile: "You go to be a tour guide. I'm afraid you will take Baron Turgot to the water to fish." "
His accomplices also joined in the teasing, one after another, leaving no room for Turgot to speak.
A nobleman who always regarded himself as a little transparent went over and asked Richard Nall: "Is the wheat yield there really so high?"
This nobleman's territory is also In the river valley area, if there is wheat with almost double the yield, I will definitely buy it.
“False.” Count Stefani suddenly came over with a dark face to sing the opposite, “I have bought wheat seeds from Wesson before. When I bought them, they said the yield in the first year would be around 1,500 kilograms per hectare. I It only weighs 1,300 kilograms after planting. ”
"I used those wheat as seeds again. Unexpectedly, the second year when the weather was good, there were only less than 1,100 kilograms. Last year, it was less than 900 kilograms. This year, there are only 800 kilograms."
He made the first profit in the past few years. The results were the same in the second year, but the losses were dead in the third and fourth years, so I felt that I had been cheated by Frederick, so I began to boycott everything related to Frederick.
Richard Nall had seen similar news in the newspaper and asked him calmly: "Did you buy fertilizer?"
Count Stefani was stunned for a moment.
Richard Nall sneered and continued: "In Wesson, primary school students all know that in order to have a high yield of wheat, additional fertilizer must be applied, and blood meal must be used to move the seeds."
"You can look at the seed packaging bag. It clearly says that seeds will degrade and the yield will decrease year by year. It is also written in the book about wheat growing in the bookstore."
"Don't you know this common sense? ?”
Count Stefani’s mouth twitched. He really doesn’t know these things. The noble only needs to know how to leave the matter to his subordinates. It can be said that he was tricked by his subordinates.
At this time, Princess Penelope came out as the host of the banquet to smooth things over. She said some polite words and asked everyone to disperse and continue eating and drinking.
(End of this chapter)