Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

Chapter 338 - 165: The Incubus Absolutely Does Not Tolerate the Humiliation Under the Knight’s Waist (10.4K, 54/76)_5

"By the way, Earl Campbell, I remember hearing that you and Count Rezhe had a dispute over this matter before."

"You believe that the reason ordinary people cannot get ahead is because they are not working hard enough and not spending more time improving themselves, which makes the poor poorer and the rich richer?"

"It’s not as simple as you think. I support the idea that commoners should gain more wealth through increasing their labor, not inciting conflict between the poor and rich as you suggested."

Kael nodded, not denying his words, and continued:

"In recent years, including the new nobility, the wealthy merchants have demanded that all practitioners conduct extra work unconditionally outside of working hours without paying for it. What is your take on this matter?"

Earl Campbell glanced at Kael, feeling rather annoyed with this kid, and even brought up his nemesis, Count Rezhe. Thus, he said without hesitation:

"Isn’t this problem caused by Count Rezhe indulging those wealthy merchants to mess around in the economic field?

My intention in promoting talented new nobles to establish chambers of commerce is to divide the shameless wealthy merchants’ interests. If this isn’t done, those people will undoubtedly become the source of chaos for the Duchy and even the Federation in the future!"

Kael raised an eyebrow, unexpectedly gaining a bit more respect for Earl Campbell. This guy was not just a simple-minded drunkard. He immediately perceived the potential future impact of the new noble class on the entire Duchy and even the whole Yibel Federation. Explore more at NovelBin.Côm

As someone limited by the times, being able to realize the danger so promptly was indeed precious.

But Kael posed a question that made Earl Campbell somewhat uneasy:

"So, Earl Campbell, if you advocate for the chambers of commerce of other new nobles, defeating those wealthy merchants’ chambers, what will it become?"

"It will become better. At least they were once born as commoners and won’t place themselves high above others in a short time."

"But they already possess power and wealth!" Kael clapped and laughed softly: "If they annex the domains initially held by those wealthy merchants, what difference do they have from those merchants?"

"The difference is that they could at least have more empathy."

"Those former wealthy merchants seemed to be commoners as well, but their development speed was faster than theirs."

"How can you compare them? They are just a bunch of opportunists."

"Is there a difference? They will eventually become new wealthy merchants. Since they will ultimately become new wealthy merchants, why not let the current ones be instead?"

… Hearing Kael’s words, Earl Campbell paused for a moment, then coldly sneered:

"They aren’t the only new nobles in this world. If they don’t do it right, replace them with another batch until people who know what they are doing take the position."

What a guy, Kael thought! When unable to solve the problem, just solve the people causing the problem. Truly worthy of being the nobility of the martial-proud Duchy of Angkilans.

But Kael knew well that this wouldn’t work. Even in the companies of his past life, the core reason for the last-place elimination system was because there was an abundance of replaceable manpower.

However, in this world, new nobles were not as numerous as they imagined. Following Earl Campbell’s method for two or three rounds, it would likely be impossible to bring new people into the new nobility.

This practice would only directly sever the talent promotion ladder of the entire Duchy and might even label them as using new nobles as fattened pigs to slaughter.

Eliminating those people won’t practically solve the problem. It will just suppress the issue, waiting to erupt more drastically later, flipping the entire table.

"Earl Campbell, as far as I know, the practices in the chambers of commerce you advocate for do not seem significantly different from those of the wealthy merchants."

"That’s to catch up with the pace of those wealthy merchant chambers. It’s… a necessary sacrifice." After saying this, Earl Campbell seemed to sense the irrationality of his statement and added another line:

"Once everything settles, those common people who fight alongside the chambers of commerce will also receive rich rewards."

Kael waved him off and said: "Those fighting together in the chambers are just trying to earn money and survive. Not everyone expects rich rewards as you think.

Moreover, who knows what kind of end they will meet? If it fails, have you considered the consequences for those who have devoted half their lives?

There is actually no difference between both sides. The people you support criticize the wealthy merchants just because they are not wealthy merchants themselves yet.

Do you know the difference between you and Count Rezhe?"

Kael had noticed earlier that Earl Campbell’s expression was not pleasant when Count Rezhe was mentioned.

But there was no friendly relationship between Kael and Earl Campbell, so he candidly and plainly said: