LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

Looking at the "A Brief Introduction to Janna's Thoughts" in the middle-aged man's hand, Taliyah and Sivir both had subtle expressions.

None of them expected that they would be able to see the organization's "propaganda" in Weikaola, deep in the desert.

"Are you the leader of the wind?" Taliyah couldn't help but ask.

"You also know the leader?" The middle-aged man suddenly became interested.

Then he took the initiative to open his palms, secretly using his divine power, and proudly showed his thread of faith:

"Yes, I am a leader -"

"You can call me Kassadin."

"Mr. Kassadin..." Seeing the thread of faith on the other side, Taliyah confirmed that this was a comrade.

She looked at the other person's dry skin unique to Shurima people and the unique Monan patterns on his robe, and then asked curiously: "Are you from Monan?"

"Yes." Kassadin said, "I live further south, in a small village in the southern valley."

"Southern Valley?" Taliyah instinctively felt close.

Her tribe is also nomadic in the southern hills and mountains all year round.

Although the scope of this "Southern Mountains" is very large and can be divided into several provinces according to the division method of the ancient Shurima Empire, the two sides live in the same geographical unit and can still be regarded as fellow townspeople.

"But...how can you, a southerner, become the leader?" Taliyah became increasingly curious.

Zaun is at the northernmost point of the Shurima continent, and the Monan Mountains are almost at the southernmost point of the continent, thousands of kilometers apart.

Taliyah also became the leader by chance, when she was captured by the Noxians on a ship passing the Twin Cities.

She was very curious about what kind of legendary experience this Mr. Kassadin, who was born in the same hometown as her, would have.

"It seems that you know the Wind Leader." Kassadin noticed something from the expressions of Taliyah and others.

So, he answered more enthusiastically: "Actually, it's not that complicated..."

Kassadin began as a lowly foundling, employed by caravans in the deserts of Dashai, protecting their valuable cargo and acting as bait to lure away predators.

He had been lucky enough to cross the desert alive many times, so he was no longer a mere bait, but gradually became a guide for the caravan.

Whenever someone who spoke a foreign language asked for his help, they would say "Kas-se-a-deen?" which means "Who does the desert know?" But their Shurima language was always unclear, so he He was affectionately called Kassadin.

Later, during an expedition to Monan, he fell in love with a woman from a desert tribe.

Kassadin took his wife and infant daughter and settled down in a small village in a rocky valley in the south.

In order to make ends meet, he often travels around and often needs to escort very valuable ancient relics to distant sponsors.

Most of these generous "funders", the big money owners he serves, are plutocratic businessmen from Piltover.

After all, today's Shuriman people even have trouble eating.

Only the wealthy elders of Piltover and the nobles of Noxus have the heart to plunder, no, "protect" the cultural relics of ancient Shurima.

Therefore, Kassadin needs to follow the caravan and go north to Piltover almost every year.

"Piltover is a good place. Food and water, which are as precious as life in Shurima, grow on the shelves there, inexhaustible and inexhaustible." Kassadin Recalling and sighing.

Every time he went to Pi City, he couldn't help but yearn for the rich and elegant life of the people in Pi City.

He also hopes that his daughter can study and study in a spacious and bright classroom like the children of Piltover since she was a child, instead of raising cattle and sheep in the Gobi Valley of Shurima.

But this is too difficult to do.

Piltover only opened its doors to wealthy people. Even the people of Zaun across the river couldn't afford this Piltover dream, let alone him, a Shuriman from thousands of miles away?

Even though Kassadin was already the most experienced guide in the Shurima desert, he still couldn't afford this dream.

Every time he risked his life and traveled thousands of miles in the desert for several months, he led a caravan to deliver Shurima cultural relics worth thousands of gold to Pi City and to the hands of wealthy Pi City masters.

And although the reward he gets each time is quite a lot for the Shurima people, Piltover, where land is at a premium, can't even afford a toilet.

So Kassadin could only go to Piltover again and again, and leave with his Piltover dream again and again. His daughter was destined to be a Shuriman, destined to herd sheep her whole life - the best, that is, like him, when she grew up, she would be a caravan guide working for foreigners.

"But this time I went to Piltover, everything was different." Kassadin sighed again.

Only after he went to Piltover this time did he realize that the Twin Cities had changed.

After Swain led the Piltover garrison to "return to the capital to serve the king", the Zaun Leaders officially took over the regime of Piltover, and launched a campaign against Piltover based on their experience in Zaun. A series of social transformation.

Of course, none of this matters to Kassadin personally.

For him, the most important changes are:

"Now the Twin Cities have completely opened their doors to immigrants. Whether they are Zaun, Piltover, or Shuriman, they can all enjoy equal work treatment."

"In the past, if foreigners wanted to settle in Piltover, they had to spend a lot of money to invest in businesses and buy real estate to prove their financial strength."

"And now, you just have to get a job there."

Kassadin is lucky. He not only ran into good policies, but also ran into good times.

Leader's newly established Alchemy Fuel Group is planning to launch a full range of resource exploration in the Shurima region in the future——

As the most experienced guide in Shurima, he easily passed the interview and was hired as a regular employee of Zaun Alchemy Fuel Group.

In fact, the people of Piltover were doing similar resource exploration work in the past.

But Piltover merchants are more willing to hire cheap "temporary workers" as guides in Shurima, rather than spending a lot of money to formally establish these Shuriman people and give them the opportunity to settle in Piltover.

“So, I naturally became the leader.”

Zuan Alchemy Fuel Group is a state-owned enterprise. In state-owned enterprises managed by leaders, faith is an important factor affecting job promotion.

In fact, even in private companies in the Twin Cities, devout leaders are often the confidants who are more favored by their bosses.

Because private company bosses are also worried about personnel problems, internal corruption, and office politics that will drag down corporate efficiency.

Leaders are a group of people who can make the environment clean and efficient no matter where they appear.

Kassadin has now found a job in Zaun. Even if it is not for lofty ideals but only for his personal career future, he still has to study Janna theory and strive to become a more progressive person mentally.

"At the beginning, I just wanted to integrate into the environment of Zaun. My purpose of learning Janna's theory was also utilitarian."

"But after I really learned it, I became a true leader with faith."

Kassadin recalled with emotion. He is now a leader. And he has a job in Zaun.

"And when I come back this time, I want to take my wife and daughter to leave Shurima and move to Zaun."

"These "Brief Introduction to Janna's Thoughts" were specially brought back by me to show to my daughter."

Zu'an's school likes to evaluate three good students, which focus on good study, good health, and good ideological and moral character. This also depends on personal beliefs to a certain extent.

He also wanted his daughter to learn to adapt first and not lose at the starting line.

"I see..." Taliyah nodded secretly.

Mr. Cassadine's story is not complicated. After a brief understanding, she had no intention of continuing the conversation with the other party.

But at this time, Nasus stood up with interest.

"Mr. Kassadin." He politely addressed this junior as sir.

Nasus had mostly talked with Taliyah about the theories of the Wind Leader.

As for the specific practical operations and governance policies, since he has never been to the Shuangcheng City, he has no way of understanding them.

So, after hearing Kassadin's experience, he questioned very curiously: "You just said that the Twin Cities have completely relaxed immigration restrictions and treat everyone equally in terms of employment and treatment, right?"

"That's...yes." Kassadin nodded seriously.

He was planning to explain the superiority of Leader's policies to these unfamiliar Shurima compatriots.

But Nasus shook his head and sighed in a deep tone: "This is really idealistic."

"Is it really going to work perfectly?"

"Yeah..." Perhaps because he had been taught a lesson by Nasus, a strict teacher, Sivir unconsciously followed suit.

Although she is not as educated as Nasus, she understands one thing:

"Everyone longs for an oasis, but the oasis is only so big and can only be shared by so many people."

"If you open the door and let outsiders come in to drink water, won't everyone die of thirst?"

"This..." Kassadin was slightly startled.

He obviously did not expect that Nasus and others could ask such profound questions.

When he was promoting Janna's thoughts to his compatriots along the way back home, most people would ask him if the goddess Janna was really that spiritual, if the twin cities were really that good, and if there was really a big house with a copper dollar of bread and a silver wheel.

In short, Shuriman people generally do not understand the true leader, but have an instinctive yearning for the material life of the Twin Cities.

But this time... the other party actually discussed Leader's immigration policy with him as soon as he came up, and even raised specific questions.

Kassadin suddenly became confused.

He thought about it seriously before replying: "I also discussed it with people when I was in Zaun."

"Actually...there's nothing we can do about it."

Just like Sivir said, everyone longs for an oasis.

Opening the border without any restrictions like the leader's approach will only result in a large influx of foreign immigrants into the Twin Cities in a short period of time, creating vicious competition with local residents.

In the past, Piltover strictly restricted immigration and adopted extreme discriminatory policies against migrant workers, thus helping the local residents of Piltover, who were the ruling base, to "solve" this problem.

But now, the leader certainly cannot do this.

As a Janna-dominated regime with the goal of liberating all of Rune Land, the ruling base of the Wind Leader Association is by no means a single nation or a single city.

If immigrants were treated strictly differently like Piltover, then Zaun would really be no different from the original Piltover.

When the time comes, foreign comrades will come to see:

Let them discover that Zaun still has a discriminatory policy against foreigners. After discovering that the Zaun people themselves were not apprentices, they hired foreigners to work as apprentices in Zaun...

So how can this contrast between beautiful ideals and cruel reality make foreign comrades continue to adhere to the principles of Janna and insist on obeying the leadership of the Zaun Leader Association?

Therefore, out of political considerations, Zaun could only relax immigration restrictions and treat everyone equally.

"Then how to solve the problems caused by the influx of immigrants?" Nasus asked curiously.

He didn’t want to know why the leader wanted to let immigrants go.

He just wants to know how leaders will solve the problems caused by liberalizing immigration.

"So many immigrants entering the city will definitely cause the city to expand viciously."

"After the rapid population expansion, cities cannot provide so many suitable jobs, and a large number of people will inevitably fall into unemployment and poverty, and fall into slums."

In the past, Piltover had the large slum of Zaun. The slums of the Immortal Fortress have become a scene of the empire, and are the best reflection of the Noxian philosophy of law of the jungle.

It is actually normal for slums to appear in big cities.

But...since you, the leader, claim to be the liberator of mankind, there are still such large areas of slums in the city. Isn't this inappropriate?

Keeping immigrants out is not politically correct.

Is it possible for people to live in slums just to save face?

"This..." Kassadin really stopped Nasus from asking.

As a new leader, he only understands the theory. He also knew very little about these practical issues.

"Let me tell you." Taliyah sighed.

Since Kassadin is one of her own with a thread of faith, she doesn't worry about letting others know her identity.

So she stood up and answered: "As for the issue of rapid population expansion and vicious urban expansion caused by foreign immigrants, we have already had discussions within the Leaders Association."

"Huh?" Kassadin shouted.

He looked at Taliyah in confusion, and then reacted in surprise: "You, are you too?"

Taliyah did not answer directly, but responded with actions.

Just listen to her continue to explain to Nasus:

"One group believes that Zaun's limited resources cannot support an unlimited population. This is an objective fact. Overly idealistic policies cannot resolve this objective contradiction."

"so--"

"Leaders should learn from Piltover in the past and fully restore market-oriented management of the land industry."

Don’t let companies and units allocate houses to their employees anymore. Reopen the real estate market and drive up land and floor prices.

If you do this, the cost of living for outsiders in Zaun will rise sharply.

Although there is no explicit discriminatory policy against new immigrants, the invisible hand of the market will naturally dissuade a large number of foreigners who want to settle here.

"This ensures that the urban population will not grow without limit."

"At this time, if we cooperate with some targeted rectification policies on the 'city appearance', there won't be such large-scale slums in Zaun... Well, at least that's the case on the surface."

"And in this way, the leader can also extract a large amount of labor surplus from Zaun's home buyers through land finance, and use it for the rapid industrialization of the entire Runeland."

How to extract labor surplus from people is a sophisticated science.

Simply imposing more taxes and asking for more money, or cutting benefits and giving out less money will arouse strong resentment among the people.

But if we take a detour and use land finance to extract labor surplus, the resistance will be much smaller.

Indirect taxes have always been more acceptable than direct taxes. Although this is the difference between "working day and night" and "working day and night", the direct feeling is that it is different.

It can not only solve the problem of vicious urban expansion, but also quickly accumulate primitive seed benzene for the industrialization of Runeland. This...

"This is obviously the best choice for the Wind Leader Association." Nasus nodded secretly.

Although this is not ideal, it is more in line with his understanding of the real world.

So he felt there was nothing wrong with the way the leader handled it.

This would allow Nasus to appreciate the political maturity of the Leader Association.

"No." Taliyah shook her head: "In fact, President Levi ultimately rejected this plan."

"He believes that the industrialization of Runeland does require the accumulation of large amounts of primitive seed benzene, but we do not need to use such a radical approach to speed it up."

Because in Runeterra, the leader occupies an absolutely powerful position in technology, economy and military.

In the future, the whole world will be united under Janna's banner. Leaders have no competitors, so they naturally do not need to ensure their own safety and development through rapid industrialization.

"Once the real estate market is completely liberalized, it will be difficult to brake again in the future."

It's easy to defeat local tycoons, that's what leaders do.

As long as the team of leaders is always pure, they will never be afraid of change.

But if countless small citizens and small property owners are kidnapped and put on chariots because of the commercial houses they worked so hard to buy...

If the leaders want to take reform measures in the future, they will offend not just the small group of powerful landlords, but a large group of small property owners.

And these small urban property owners are the main force in controlling public opinion.

If the leader is now struggling to earn quick money from selling land, and only thinks of taking action to remedy the problem when the problem becomes serious in the future, the scolding will definitely be inevitable.

It's hard for Li Wei to say it when the time comes. Let's first suffer the hardships of the common people and call them names, so he will bear the burden, right?

"Then what are you going to do?" Nasus asked: "How are you going to solve the population expansion problem caused by open immigration?"

Just listen to Taliyah's reply: "Based on President Levi's ideas, we adopted a more compromise plan."

The nationwide housing allocation that Leader started in Zaun was definitely not going to last long.

After all, if anyone comes, they will give Zu An an apartment as a gift. Then Zu'an must be overwhelmed by the immigrants queuing up to get a house?

This city is so big, there is not enough for everyone.

"The policy we are implementing now is to provide housing security for migrant workers, low-income people, and families with housing difficulties by building a large number of public rental housing and low-rent housing."

“At the same time, we will build a large number of affordable housing and put them on the market at low prices.”

"As long as you have a job in Zaun, then with the current per capita income in Zaun, it is not difficult to own a house of your own."

This is a basic guarantee for ordinary people.

"At the same time, we, the leaders, have also opened up parts of the real estate market for those high-income groups."

Land finance does bring in money quickly. Levi is doing it too. But he was looking at the wallets of the rich.

Ordinary people with limited financial capacity can buy the affordable housing provided by Zaun at low prices according to the quota.

Those rich people have money and like to compare.

The leader specially launches a batch of high-end commercial housing, and then drives up the price of the property, making it a luxury product——

To prevent ordinary people from falling into the consumption trap;

It also allows wealthy people to show off their financial resources and support the construction of Janna's main dynasty in Runeterra.

“In this way, Zaun’s high-end properties and mid- to low-end properties are supplied separately, and are divided into two independent markets that hardly interfere with each other.”

“Ordinary people live in affordable housing priced at 100 silver dollars per square meter, while wealthy people live in high-end commercial housing priced at 1,000 silver dollars per square meter…”

Although it cannot be said to be absolutely fair, it can be regarded as a realization of home ownership.

"This..." Nasus frowned secretly.

The method Taliyah said sounded good, but when he thought about it carefully, he still felt that something was wrong.

"Affordable housing also needs to be purchased - as you said, 'As long as you have a job in Zaun, it is not difficult to own a home of your own.'"

"What if many people can't even find a job?"

Completely liberalizing immigration will lead to a large increase in the population of the Twin Cities in a short period of time.

The Twin Cities can't provide that many jobs, so wouldn't these unemployed people not even be able to live in affordable housing?

"Employment, the key to the problem is employment." Nasus said sharply.

"Yes." Taliya nodded secretly: "But this has to talk about another policy of the leader - that is the second-line construction and the second-line construction talent training plan."

The second line of construction is to gradually help backward areas such as Ionia, Noxus, and Demacia to achieve industrialization.

So, unlike what Nasus was worried about...

At this time, Zuan would not actually dislike the large population.

Because the second-line construction will build a large number of factories all over the world - this requires a large number of industrial workers as the technical backbone to support various brother countries.

“So, the ‘Second-line Construction Talent Cultivation Program’ came into being.”

Zaun can't provide that many jobs now. It doesn't matter if immigrants can't find jobs.

I really couldn't find a job and was desperate, so I came to the Leader to receive vocational skills training.

Leaders take care of food and housing, and are responsible for training them into qualified industrial workers.

When the second-line construction is fully rolled out in the future, these people will naturally come in handy.

"President Levi said that the Twin Cities will be the heart of the future Janna Dominion Alliance."

"The heart pumps blood from all over the body, and it also pumps blood from the heart to the limbs."

"So whether immigrants or local residents of the Twin Cities, everyone should actively participate in the second-tier construction, go to Ionia, Noxus, and Shurima, and make those places as developed as the Twin Cities. .”

In this way, Zaun's employment problem will be solved and the population expansion problem will be curbed.

Because Zaun's population will continue to be exported with the mighty second-line construction wave, and they will find a way outside Zaun.

As the industrialization of backward areas such as Noxus, Ionia, and Shurima also progressed, cities such as the Immortal Fortress, Presidence, and Bergune gradually became wealthy, eventually forming many cities around the world. A central city with an economic status close to that of Zaun...

Then people don't have to go to the twin cities and squeeze into the small Zu'an to make a living.

Although Zaun will still be an economically developed "city of desire for the world," at least it will no longer be the only industrial center of Runeterra. Apart from Zaun, it’s not like people have no other big cities to choose from.

In this way, when Zaun's population expands to a certain level and local industries can no longer provide sufficient employment, people will naturally be driven by life to look for opportunities in other more livable cities.

"Mr. Giant." Taliyah said a lot in one breath: "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"Hmm..." Nasus said thoughtfully.

The leader's method is actually not very clever.

To put it bluntly, it means "suffering the rich first", trying every means to get more money from the rich, and then providing subsidies to the poor in disguise.

This was not feasible in any society in the past. Because the past rulers themselves were big property owners, how could they cut off their own flesh and use it to subsidize the poor people they looked down upon?

Aren't you afraid of "popular resentment boiling over" if you do this?

Leaders are really not afraid.

Those who lead the wind are blessed by the goddess Janna. For the sake of stability, they are still developing a market economy and allowing the existence of "people's rich", which is already giving these wealthy people a lot of face.

If they refuse to cut even this bit of flesh, then they are not ordinary reactionaries. It must be a heavy blow.

The most important thing is that the leaders are not afraid that these rich people will transfer their assets and run away with their money after being hurt, so that the local economy will lose its vitality.

Because all of Runeterra will be under the jurisdiction of the Wind Leaders in the future, no matter where they go, their policy of "cutting off the flesh" of the rich will be the same.

Under this globally unified policy environment, the countries and regions in Runeterra no longer need to fall into a spiral of vicious competition, competing with each other on how to treat entrepreneurs preferentially and reduce labor costs to enhance local competitiveness, attract industrial transfer, and Ziben invested.

"This is indeed a policy that only leaders can implement." Nasus sighed.

He still misses his great empire.

But at this moment, Nasus couldn't help but think:

Even if you have the most unrealistic fantasy to resurrect the Shurima Empire - then between the Wind Leader and the Shurima Empire, who will the Shurima people choose?

The answer seems self-evident.

Somehow, he remembered Taliyah's words again: "Only the leader of the wind can save Shurima..."