The Problem with Land Enclosure

This answer made the Crimson Dragon Army's foremost expert look at Meng Chao in a new light once more.

"So, what you were considering was the future five hundred years from now, not merely thirty or fifty years later?"

Shao Zhengyang gazed deeply at Meng Chao and sighed. "Meng Chao, you truly are the most unusual young man I have ever seen in my life.

"No, I'm not talking about strength.

"Things like strength, realm, and combat power can always be attained—or even surpassed—through extraordinary talent, lucky opportunities, and mountains of astronomical resources.

"I believe that as Dragon City Civilization gains control of more and more resources, as our technology advances with each passing day and our cultivation system grows ever more refined, future Dragon City Citizens will surely become stronger and stronger, and countless existences surpassing you and me will emerge.

"But your mentality and vision are simply astonishing. Even calling you a 'rare oddity' would not be an exaggeration.

"To be honest, if I had possessed such a realm, career, and influence at your age, my mentality would definitely have been far less stable than yours.

"I would surely have developed overwhelming desires and ambitions, yearning to use every possible means to raise my realm and expand my influence, striving to turn the enterprise under my command into Dragon City's tenth Super Enterprise, then climb from 'tenth' to the throne of 'first.'

"Even if my eyes had not been blinded by personal selfishness, faced with all kinds of restraints and responsibilities, I would surely have felt ten thousand kinds of unwillingness in my heart.

"I would have felt that everything I possessed had been built from nothing with my own two hands, through bitter struggle and hard work.

"My realm came from extraordinary talent and frenzied cultivation; my