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What Sarlayan said about entering the next era was not just an empty mouth.

During the period when he had just walked out of the Eversong Forest, Azeroth still retained the very typical characteristics of the medieval feudal era. The enfeoffment of territories by noble lords was still the mainstream in various countries at that time.

Even though the Republic of Darkness is a democratic system in name, it still uses the system of enfeoffment by lords, except that Malfurion and others changed the name of the lord to the euphemistically Governor-General.

In fact, the Dark Night Republic at that time was a mutant feudal kingdom centered on the Cenarion Council and the Church of the Moon. It was even more extreme than other countries in sharing the power of theocracy and political power.

The most typical feature of the Middle Ages that Danmaku is familiar with, apart from the aristocratic enfeoffment system, is the supremacy of theocratic power.

Under the powerful control of monotheistic religions, in many countries, even kings who ascend the throne need to be canonized by the pope before they can be recognized as orthodox.

In some literature, the Middle Ages are also called the Dark Ages, symbolizing the bleak lives of ordinary people under theocratic rule.

After years of being influenced by Danmu's modern thoughts, Sarlayan will not blindly believe that capitalism is more in line with Azeroth's development trajectory than feudalism.

In fact, there are still very serious class distinctions in the capital era, but capitalists at all levels who have the right to speak in the media are better at packaging themselves than the aristocrats in the feudal era.

Dissecting the phenomenon and looking at its essence, Saryan believes that the biggest difference between the feudal era and the capital era is the gap in productivity.

From another perspective, the two can also be called the agricultural age and the industrial age.

Regarding this point, Sarlayan began to promote the development of magic technology and the advancement of productivity when he was still in Quel'Thalas.

It is a very realistic truth that not all races can perfectly combine magic and technology like Quel'Thalas and the Eredar civilization to form a unique magical technology system.

Take the Kingdom of Lordaeron, which Sharlayan is familiar with, as an example.

As the leader among the seven human kingdoms, Lordaeron's overall national strength is undisputedly the first, but their attainments in magic research are even less than that of Quel'Thalas.

Although it has been gradually surpassed in some aspects in recent years due to the rapid technological advancement of Quel'Thalas, a lean camel is still larger than a horse, and the Kingdom of Lordaeron still has a decisive influence in the fields of politics, commerce, and diplomacy. .

According to the classification of countries by Sharlayan's own barrage netizens, Lordaeron is an all-round development country, but is limited by the background of the times and tends to be dominated by agriculture.

In recent years, Calia has noticed the rapid progress in productivity in Quel'Thalas, and she has also begun to consciously introduce various advanced equipment produced in Quel'Thalas.

For example, advanced automated agricultural machines such as combine harvesters and planters are powered by a mixture of oil and magic.

With the help of these machines, fields that once required hundreds of people to work can now be easily managed by just a few people who are skilled in operating the machines, saving a lot of human resources.

Not only that, as Quel'Thalas exports more and more "new toys" in various fields, and the types are becoming more and more abundant, the charm of the industrial era is gradually changing the daily life of everyone in Azeroth.

In the words of a netizen who summarized Sarlayan's comments, what ordinary people in Azeroth strives for throughout their lives can be summed up and classified as nothing more than basic necessities, food, housing and transportation.

Only after meeting these four most basic survival needs will they have room to consider other spiritual pursuits.

For example, the improvement of status, the control of power, etc.

The advanced industrial products such as automobiles, textile machines, and mobile phones exported by Quel'Thalas are subtly changing everyone's understanding of the world.

Unfortunately, Quel'Thalas is just a country after all, and spreading the influence of the industrial age around the world cannot be accomplished overnight.

As the leader of the Alliance, although the Kingdom of Lordaeron is not as rich in history as Quel'Thalas, which has been a country for more than 7,000 years, their development potential is far greater than that of Quel'Thalas, which has a low fertility rate.

With Lordaeron leading by example, more and more Alliance countries have begun to introduce automated agricultural machines that can liberate a large number of labor forces.

The wheel of the times is rolling forward. If you cannot correct your position in time, sooner or later you will be left far behind by the rapid development of the era.

Fortunately, today's leaders in the alliance are basically a relatively open-minded younger generation, and their ability to accept new things is much stronger than their stubborn parents.

How should the labor force liberated from the land support themselves?

The Kingdom of Lordaeron gave the standard answer. The government officials will reasonably arrange these farmers who are at a loss to other positions that require physical labor.

At the same time, referring to the mature education system of Quel'Thalas after years of reform, Lordaeron also began to increase the knowledge teaching to young people, and established one-stop education in primary school, middle school and university one after another. system.

Relying on Sharlayan's connections, Sun King Kael'thas readily agreed to Calia's request and arranged for a group of senior teachers to teach in Lordaeron, helping Lordaeron establish its own A complete education system.

As a meritorious king who grew up step by step in the war-torn years, Calia has already accumulated enough prestige in the country.

Everyone knows that this policy of opening up the people's wisdom and promoting meritocracy will inevitably harm the interests of those vested interest groups - that is, the noble lords and the current high-ranking officials of Lordaeron.

However, with Sharlayan, the uncrowned king of Azeroth, supporting Calia behind her back, few of the tough-headed Lordaeron dignitaries dared to commit suicide.

Since they are unable to compete, these vested interests can only hold their noses and adapt to the development of the times to transform the family.

This top-to-bottom change has further accelerated the structural transformation of Lordaeron, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.

Sooner or later, Azeroth will get rid of the gravity restrictions of its home star and officially set foot in the starry sky. In order to build a complete and complete industrial spacecraft construction system, sufficient human resources are indispensable.

This is why Sarlayan will vigorously promote industrial transformation. He hopes that through the efforts of one generation, the descendants of farmers who have turned their backs to the sky will be liberated from the land and more will be sent into the production factories of spaceships. middle.

[If Xiao Sa’s approach were used in our time, it would be easy for someone to put it on the street. 】

[But in the current era when Azeroth is actively seeking changes, it is indeed more respectable to go into a factory to drive screws than to dig in the soil. 】

[When the people of Azeroth gradually adapt to the new era, they will definitely begin to dislike labor-intensive factory work. 】

[It is normal. People always yearn for a better life, and what is not available is often the best. 】

[But that is a question that needs to be considered at least a generation later. 】

[Correction, it is a generation based on short-lived species. For an immortal like Sarlayan, it is just the blink of an eye. 】

The era of Barrage was indeed more advanced than Azeroth, which was at the junction of the agricultural era and the industrial era, but the experience that Sharlayan could learn from them was ultimately limited.

Sooner or later, he will no longer be able to gain the mature experience of those who have experienced it, and he will start to worry about how to continue to lead the people of Azeroth efficiently, but that will not be a problem that he needs to worry about until at least a hundred years later.

At present, Sarlayan plans to first bring together the various elven races that have many conflicts with each other, abandon those long-outdated grievances in the coming new era, and work together to create a better future.

[… Such familiar words. 】(End of this chapter)