Fang Yun smiled. "First, even if a crisis does emerge, that will be many years from now. The current reforms will at least carry us through the crisis before us. Second, since goods cannot be sold, workshop owners will naturally choose to manufacture things that can be sold, and they will also create things the Human Race needs. It is a very simple principle. In primitive tribes, no one thought reading and writing served any purpose, but when the Human Race needed it, writing naturally came into being."
"As for the third point, we not only have internal demand within the Human Race, but can also conduct foreign trade. Why can't we make things the Dragon Race and Sea Race need? Why can't we help them process goods from the sea? Why can't we manufacture things Ancient Demons need? Why can't we make things the Star Demon Barbarians need? And there are those other races, ferocious creatures, and countless others—all potential buyers of Human Race goods. We can even sell goods to the Demon Realm. Of course, we cannot sell them anything that enhances their strength; we will sell only daily necessities, only luxury goods that can corrode their will. So there may be many problems, but there will certainly be ways to solve them."
An elder of the Craftsmen School pavilion said grimly, "Wouldn't that mean the Human Race will be working for all the races of the Myriad Worlds? That the Human Race will be serving them?"
Fang Yun froze for a moment, then said in surprise, "Elder Chu, that way of thinking will not do. How is that any different from those Confucian School members who look down on Craftsmen School members? What we sell is not merely goods, nor merely the labor we put in. We