"Lord Rost, are you really going to teach these commoners, even slaves, to read and do arithmetic?" In the castle not far away, Viscount Rost watched everything with a smile at the corner of his lips, while the old man beside him wore a face full of worry.
Since ancient times, knowledge had belonged exclusively to the nobility. Many great nobles even used their family libraries to display their family's status, history, and wealth.
But now, Viscount Rost actually wanted to teach knowledge to these freemen for free. What was more... if they learned quickly enough and performed well enough, Viscount Rost would even grant them some coins.
This... was simply far too... It was, to some extent, a complete reversal of the proper order.
If another noble had done such a thing, the old man would have eagerly cursed him out before flicking his sleeves and leaving. But before Viscount Rost, he absolutely could not do that. Two-thirds of his assets were currently invested in Viscount Rost's hands, and his family's main source of income came from Viscount Rost's dividends.
Besides, Viscount Rost was also the kingdom's Minister of Finance.
"The factory machines need workers who can read and do arithmetic. Do you think it would be easier to make minor nobles into workers, or to teach these workers some simple words and numbers?" Viscount Rost glanced at him. "And I don't think giving these people a certain amount of knowledge will have any negative effect on me."
This old man was the Dawn Kingdom's recognized Grand Scholar, the spiritual leader of all scholars. If Rost wanted more lords to accept this and begin teaching commoners—or at least workers who had already become part of the Magitech Industry population—then he was an ideal breakthrough point.
As long as he