In response to Olynnia's "complaint," Abner smiled and replied, "In fact, without the Southern Continent's abundant mineral reserves, Morning Star City wouldn't think much of our slight labor advantage..."
After all, Morning Star City's industrial management was actually slightly superior to that of the major Northern Continent countries. The Alchemists could each control large numbers of Mechanical Dolls, achieving automated production. Even if labor was scarce, Miss Eleanor's biological technology could make up for it...
Moreover, given the current situation, labor in the Northern Continent was equally cheap. Hedler's advantage was not particularly great.
Thus, what had always constrained Morning Star City's output was raw materials.
Morning Star City had been willing to cooperate with Hedler partly because of Abner's orders and partly because it had its eye on the mineral resources here.
"Furthermore, the Southern Continent's residents have received very little education. Only a small portion can be considered qualified workers, and even that is thanks to the colonial education systems of Loen, Intis, Feysac, Feynapotter, and other countries...
"Though the rest are numerous, they can only do purely manual labor... But why should we have people do manual labor when we can let the undead do it? Zombies and blood servants don't need wages, can work tirelessly without food or drink, and can labor continuously. Compared with the scrawny people of the Southern Continent, they are far superior."
At that point, Abner directly pulled out the second-to-last page of the document and pointed at its contents. "Our territory is currently small, and our population isn't very large either. So we might as well make a fortune from the war while we can, then invest all the gains into education, public welfare, and similar fields. We can raise the 'quality' of our residents, improve their quality of life, and