"Online shopping? That seemed doable too."
As Roger looked over Master Karl's creation, he muttered to himself, unable to resist the urge to buy the private chat information from him.
There was a close relationship between consumption and industrial development. The two influenced and promoted each other. Or rather, consumption stimulated industrial development; consumer demand determined the driving force behind industrial production. As consumer demands improved, diversified, and increased in volume, industrial output could continuously adjust its industrial structure and improve both efficiency and quantity.
Although Roger did not know whether the signal received by the War God was real or false, he felt it was necessary to speed up industrialization, accelerate industrial output, accelerate the conversion of agricultural workers, refugees, and slaves into industrial workers, and speed up the spread of literacy. Industry would also need to support agriculture in return, increasing food production and expanding the population.
That way, he could work on both fronts at once: excavating Faith Power from the existing population while expanding the number of people who could provide Faith Power in the future.
Although the Golden Merchants' Guild was doing well, it was destined to be unable to cover every aspect. That model was only suitable for products with extremely broad appeal, things that nearly everyone would use. But online shopping combined with videos seemed capable of filling in all the remaining pieces. More importantly, as videos developed, people would gradually see a bigger world. At that point, online shopping would become rather important.
"Someone actually needs an invention like this?" The Magic Goddess frowned slightly as she looked at the Crystal Parrot. Alchemy was also a kind of magic, created by the Magic Goddess and within her domain. Betty, the books, and the Magnemite were all products of this field. Yet even