Social change was always complex.
The appearance of any little butterfly could create an enormous impact, yet during certain periods and at certain points in time, some changes still followed discernible patterns.
The emergence of industry would inevitably give rise to a new class centered around mechanized factories.
They might originally have been nobles with no land or very little land, but afterward, they would become an emerging interest group separate from the great nobles. This new interest group would inevitably exploit the old landed aristocracy.
Cotton and grain were both like this!
This was a complete chain. Even if no one pushed it forward, it would arise naturally.
Even if a nation with greater power intervened, it could not resolve this problem. Even if it could obtain raw materials from outside its borders, it still could not solve it; at most, it could delay the process...
The most a nation could do was, after industrialization had completely stabilized and residents' incomes had risen dramatically, promote concepts such as "one's body and soil are inseparable" to brainwash its citizens into believing that local agricultural products were the best and most suitable for them. Or it could unite all landed nobles into a single bloc and have them raise food prices...
But during the early stages, it absolutely could not do that! Once it did, the process of industrialization would stagnate.
It could be said that throughout this process, farmers who owned land and great nobles who owned vast amounts of land were destined to become the exploited.
On the way to the palace, Odd Coin Ayr thought about what would happen once these magical agricultural machines became widespread. He thought about trade between the two nations and about many possible "consequences."
He hesitated for a moment!
But he quickly cast