A group of priests argued noisily.
And scenes like this were happening everywhere.
Churches and palaces everywhere had fallen into fierce debate over two questions: "Would this truly improve workers' living conditions?" and "After their conditions improved, would the workers be willing to have children?"
As for why farmers were not involved—sorry, there were no farmers in this era.
All land, forests, pastures, fisheries, oceans, deserts... belonged to kings, nobles, and priests...
Even if you grew vegetables and grain on the land, you were an agricultural worker, not a serf, because the church did not permit slaveholding.
Allowing slavery would create a disastrous consequence: vast numbers of people would be unable to move freely, bound to the lands of kings and nobles.
The church in small places was manageable enough, but where would the churches in great cities find an abundance of believers?
Each member of the upper class was like a queen bee, laying egg after egg.
The female bees stayed behind, while only a tiny number of the strongest male bees were kept. All the other males were driven out into society.
They had no means of production and could only become workers.
The outcome of the debate was this: they would first introduce incentive measures and stipulate how much subsidy workers would receive from the church, kings, and nobles for having each child.
Unfortunately, most females were in the masters' Backyards. Even if workers wanted children, they needed someone willing to cooperate...
Fortunately, nature was fair. There were always some people who were randomly less fortunate.
They could still marry women who were either old or too ugly...
The masters had very high standards.
Young ugly women who could still bear children became highly sought after, with hundreds of men fighting over each one.
Under such circumstances,