Chapter 339: Chapter 13: Truth

More than a month later, the first Adventure Guild in Feiyan City, and indeed the entire Jade Land, officially inaugurated its operations.

Right from the start, it was the talk of the town, with over a thousand adventurers registering on the first day!

The reason is simple: Greywell publicly announced massive financial support for the Adventure Guild; now anyone who registers as an adventurer receives a subsidy of two Magic Gold Coins every month.

What does this mean?

Lynch’s Magic Gold Coins are equivalent to the original market currency system. Calculating based on the largest demographic in the city, the farmer group, a farmer family’s monthly income ranges from 20 to 50 silver coins. Keep in mind, this is calculated for a household with several people.

A simple home-cooked three meals a day only costs a dozen or even a few copper coins, and eating big meals at the city’s restaurants costs just one or two silver coins. Even the hottest harlot at the tavern doesn’t ask for ten silver coins a night.

Therefore, two Gold Coins is an enormous wealth!

No one can resist the temptation of such vast riches. On the day the Adventure Guild opened, crowds flocked to register, nearly the entire eligible population of the city rushed to become adventurers—

Currently, the Adventure Guild requires adventurers to have completed training with the Militia Corps, be retired soldiers from the City Guard, or knight apprentices conferred titles by nobles, essentially those with professional military skills.

The latter group is negligible; those registering are mainly the former two, especially the former, accounting for over 80%.

Offering such a high price, aren’t they afraid of collapsing the monetary system?

Lynch wants precisely that collapse!

Currently, the number of people voluntarily coming for militia training is still too small, mainly consisting of ordinary people with little craftsmanship mixing in the city. And what is the largest demographic in the whole city? It’s the farmer class, over two hundred thousand out of three hundred thousand!

But these farmers have land to cultivate, selling their produce in the market could sustain them, and they have no pressing need to embrace the new adventurer profession, leading to few trainees.

After laying all this groundwork, these folks still refuse to cooperate. How can this be?

If they aren’t proactive, then I’ll act first!

By offering benefits, providing adventurers with sufficient status and high social rewards, while having Greywell utilize Magic Farm to flood the market with agricultural products, pushing down prices so farmers can’t earn much.

In a world driven by interests, when leveraging the situation, one side is exhausted year-round barely earning anything, while the other indulges in luxury effortlessly; surely a sane person would know how to make the right choice.

These are relatively mild methods; if they still don’t cooperate… Lynch has the ability to make valleys bloom, certainly he can also make fields barren…

Lynch was once just a commoner, not a statecraft elite, possessing no savvy tactics, but as a Han, he understands the basic principle of ’combining kingly and hegemonic ways’…

Brutal?

Indeed, somewhat brutal, but Lynch wasn’t here for charity. Investing so many Magic Stones and resources wasn’t a joke, he bet his entire fortune and life on this relic development.

Besides, societal changes inevitably bring benefits; formerly oppressed like beasts by nobles, now… at least they can be beasts trained in Fighting Spirit… oops, I mean advanced professional adventurers.

No matter what, the previous generation perished living no different from livestock. Now, when sick, they can receive church Healing Techniques, no matter how poor, they can get relief grain, eat well, be clothed, receive education, even learn Fighting Spirit, wielding the Cross Sword!

Times are advancing, nothing in this world is attained without effort. Having enjoyed the conveniences of Lynch’s magic, naturally they should also contribute, helping to advance progress.

…

Feiyan City, Lynch Tower, council hall.

In the council hall, Lynch was explaining his subsequent development plans to Greywell:

“Inform Alya to intensify the missionary efforts, motivating people’s positive attitudes towards life, including the minstrels in the city; encourage them to create more compelling stories about Underground City adventures…”

“The Adventure Guild should implement a grading system, assigning levels according to strength and task completion, Bronze, silver, Gold…”

“Replan the city, reclaim lands previously held by nobles, redirect development focus toward these areas, industries, housing; all open for sale to the masses, directly linked to adventurer levels.”

“Recruitment for adventurers is no longer limited to men, ambitious young women can join too.”

Greywell, who had been taking notes, paused for a moment: “Women?”

He frowned and said: “Wouldn’t this be inappropriate?”

Due to innate physical disadvantages, women have hardly made any contributions in the military, and there were never any examples of women being sent to the battlefield before.

Lynch said, “There’s nothing wrong with it. In a simple comparison of strength, women are certainly at a disadvantage, but if they learn Fighting Spirit, the gap between men and women is very small. On the contrary, women have inherent advantages in flexibility and agility, and Fighting Spirit can amplify these advantages.”

In fact, he had considered this issue before, mainly from a cost-effectiveness perspective. Training a professional in terms of resources is definitely more cost-effective when invested in men rather than women.

However, there is indeed a severe shortage of people now. Facing the vast ruins, this small number of people is like a drop in the ocean. It’s necessary to mobilize all human resources as much as possible. As for the cost-effectiveness issue, Fighting Spirit can also compensate for part of it.

More importantly, it helps balance the gender status gap in the city.

In the past agricultural era, men plowed while women wove, and women had some social status. Now, in the era of professionals, women are completely unable to participate in social production. The ultimate consequence is that women will only become complete appendages of men.

Anyone can see where this leads.

Women must rely on men to survive, living without any dignity. Those who can’t find a man to depend on will inevitably have to sell their bodies on the streets or in taverns, with prostitutes everywhere and the illicit trade growing chaotically.

Lynch did not have a moral burden or a sense of ethnic responsibility, but overly cheap sexual resources are very detrimental to the development of productivity.

Groups with great ideals and ambitions are only a minority. What is the vast majority of men striving to improve themselves for? Is it not just for the certain allure of curvy hips and white legs?

If now, on the street, you could get it for a few copper coins or even a bite of food, then why take the risk in the Underground City?

After a pause, Lynch continued, “Notify Alya over there, let the church synchronize by increasing moral propaganda. Unchaste women must go to Hell after death, endure 49 days in Hell’s lava, and after reincarnation, they can only become livestock. You also need to establish laws, impose severe penalties for crimes like rape.”

“When Minstrels write stories, pay more attention to not promoting the degradation of moral sense, and instead celebrate the beauty of love.”

“Strengthen the sanctity of marriage, and in the future, only those who obtain ceremonies conducted by a church priest will be considered legally married. Combat those with chaotic relationships, especially those with multiple lovers… forget it, let’s just combat them on a moral level.”

Setting too strict a standard is not good either, as it also strikes at motivation. Conversely, an adventurer must support a group of women, inevitably stimulating consistent effort and action. The main thing is to increase the cost of acquiring sexual resources.

Greywell asked, “As for the brothels and prostitutes in the city, what is your view…”

Lynch replied, “Let the prostitutes stay.”

Food and desire are human nature; administrative means cannot resolve this issue. There will always be some women at the bottom who indeed cannot survive, whether due to laziness or other reasons. Leave a way out for them, and some overly disadvantaged men at the bottom also have an outlet for venting, ensuring societal stability isn’t compromised.

There needs to be effort for gain, but some people are inherently either lacking in motivation or competitiveness. It cannot be said that if someone voluntarily lies flat, they should be eliminated with no way out, right?

Besides, what if they suddenly rethink and decide to make an effort in the future? You have to leave room for people to change their ways.

After another pause, Lynch continued, “But for organized groups like brothels, they must be dealt with, and no coercion of women is allowed, especially using violence to force women into selling themselves. Anyone found, consider them dead, hang the bodies from the walls to dry for the dogs.”

If someone has fallen to the point of selling themselves and is still exploited, it simply makes no sense. Besides, with these organizations causing chaos, the number of women lying flat will only increase, and once the number of industry practitioners rises, won’t prices fall again?

In short, Lynch’s goal is to build a ladder, with a carrot hanging from it, and everyone must work hard to climb up this ladder, but it shouldn’t be too easy to reach the carrot.

Greywell looked at the notebook in his hand. Although it was not his first day knowing this Master Wizard, he still felt… at a loss for words, truly…

He couldn’t help but ask, “Master Wizard, forgive my forwardness, but I can’t help my curiosity. How did you come up with these strange rules?”

Lynch chuckled softly, “Strange?”

He shook his head, “Not at all. It seems flashy and varied but it’s actually just this. To see the essence through phenomena, Greywell, these are the rule systems that have been functioning in this world for thousands of years, inevitably existing in human society——”

“Truth!”

…

In January of the year 10043 of the Wizard Calendar, the Adventurer Guild in Feiyan City was officially established.

In February of the same year, the Militia Corps announced that training would be open to women, so now even women can receive training to learn Fighting Spirit.

On the same day, Church Saintess Alya announced that the church’s sacred relic, the Light Staff, was lost in the ruins. The warrior who retrieves the Scepter will receive the blessing of the Light Goddess and become the new Blazing Angel.

On the same day, Queen Orendale Karina announced they would bestow the title of knight to adventurers who bravely explored the ruins.

Feiyan City heralded the complete unveiling of the Ruins Grand Exploration Era!

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