All Heavens Strategy Game

"So, Village Chief, do I have the qualifications?"

"You do have the talent for martial arts; your natural gifts are remarkable."

"Could you help me convince the whole village to work together to support my martial arts training?"

"How will you support us?" Su Dashun asked in return.

Su Ming replied, "First, I want to be able to take a break from my job and not work in the fields anymore. Then I can eat my fill every day, preferably with high-quality grains."

"Second, eat meat every day, and it's best to occasionally have some medicinal herbs to nourish your body."

"Third, martial arts training is not something that can be done in a short time, but rather in years. You need to maintain the above two conditions for at least a few years."

"This...this..." Su Dashun was speechless.

"It's one thing to have enough to eat, but they also need meat every day, plus precious medicinal herbs? And they have to sustain this for years???"

Su Dashun, as the village chief of Sishui Village, was among the wealthiest people in the village.

Even he couldn't dream of such a good life.

Now, Su Ming can just spout off like that?

"Even some noble lords can't enjoy your conditions. Our Sishui Village is full of poor people, how could we possibly achieve that?"

Su Dashun's face scrunched up, looking like a bitter gourd: "The grain tax has increased again recently, everyone's struggling to make ends meet, not even having enough to eat, everyone's starving, I can't help you!"

"It is precisely because I am poor that you should help me even more."

"Huh? Why?"

"Would you choose temporary poverty or poverty for generations to come? If you don't lend me a helping hand, the village's poverty may continue indefinitely."

Su Ming's eyes shone brightly as he stared directly at Su Dashun beside him. His voice was firm and powerful: "But if you can lend me a hand, with my natural talent for martial arts, I will surely become a renowned wandering knight in the future, and become extremely wealthy. In the future, I can lead the way for the poor to get rich and make the whole village and clan rich. The current difficulties are only temporary, and the future prosperity will be long-term."

"Poverty is a problem, and if it's not solved, the village will remain poor."

"And by helping me, I can lead you to solve this problem!"

"The poorer the village, the more they should help me!"

These words were passionate, reasonable, and well-founded, leaving Su Dashun speechless for a moment.

Faced with these words, Su Dashun felt dizzy and unsure whether to sit or stand. He could only pace back and forth in the yard, hesitant and indecisive.

Su Ming remained unmoved and continued his verbal offensive, appealing to both emotion and reason: "Grandpa Dashun, do you know why our village's grain tax is embezzled and bullied by the village chief and other officials?"

"Isn't it just that our village doesn't have any connections? If our Sishui Village had connections, who would dare to kick the grain measure three extra times when collecting grain tax?"

"Our village must rise up!"

"For a village or a generation to rise up, there must be someone who makes an extreme sacrifice, endures unimaginable hardships, and bravely sacrifices themselves to break through and lead the way for future generations."

"I'm from a mountain village. I work from dawn till dusk, carrying my wares to the city to sell them. I earn enough to buy a house in the city, so my son can be a city dweller from birth. He can sell his wares in his own house in the city, earn more money to accumulate capital, and then his grandson can open more shops, hire more employees, and make even more money..."

"From not having enough to eat to becoming extremely wealthy, it is a step-by-step process, with each generation making its own contributions, that has enabled us to rise step by step."

"Our village has never had any connections or anyone who could overcome obstacles and make a name for themselves, so we have been oppressed generation after generation, farming for generations without enough to eat or meat."

"Now, I have enough natural talent, and I believe I have the potential. I don't want our descendants to toil in the fields, starving and forced to eat dirt..."

"As long as you can persuade the villagers to help me, I will definitely be able to stand up for the clan in the future, carve out a future for everyone, protect everyone from the wind and rain, and become the backbone of our village."

"With my leadership, I can provide shelter and protection for future generations. By standing on my shoulders, they can start higher, accumulate more experience, and lead our entire village and clan to gradually transcend social classes!"

"With me, who among those corrupt officials would dare to bully the villagers? With me, our Sishui Village will surely become rich and prosperous in the future! Our Su family will be able to flourish and bring honor to our clan!"

"Su boy..." Su Dashun clenched his fists as he listened to these words. Even though he wanted to refute them, he couldn't find the words to do so. He couldn't help but sigh that the boy was right.

Why are all the villagers so poor?

It's just that our ancestors were all just getting by, and none of them were particularly capable or outstanding!

If there was a powerful ancestor, how could the Su family of Sishui Village be so poor now that they can't even afford to eat? How could there be villagers who couldn't even pay their grain tax, leading to starvation?

past…

just now…

future…

This is a cause-and-effect relationship.

In the past, there were no capable people, and now the entire clan can only be oppressed and starved!

If no capable person emerges now, the entire clan will continue to be oppressed and starving in the future!

What if no such talent emerges in the future? The very future might see the bloodline die out!

For a moment, Su Dashun felt a sense of disappointment and frustration, resenting that his ancestors had no capable people and that his own generation had no capable people to shoulder the burden.

wrong!

This generation has people!

Su Ming!

So... is it only possible to rely on this kid Su Ming?

Su Ming is a talented young man with a knack for martial arts!

Moreover, at only eight years old, he speaks with reason and evidence, clearly and logically, and has a longer-term vision than I, the village chief. He is truly a talent among talents!

Su Dashun looked at Su Ming, and his originally firm heart wavered at this moment.

At first, he only thought about refusing.

Now, he's wavering!

Su Ming could see Su Dashun's hesitation and also sensed that the other party was tempted.

So Su Ming intensified his verbal offensive, speaking in a hurried yet deliberate manner: "Village chief, there are mediocre people everywhere, and talented people are hard to find, and outstanding individuals are even rarer."

"Think about it, how long does it take for a talented person to emerge in a poor, remote mountain village? How long does it take for a dragon among men to appear? Our ancestors have been villagers for generations, never having enough to eat, isn't that why we haven't had such a person?"

"Now that I have appeared, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, this is the chance for our people to rise."

"If we miss out on me, haha, how many years will our descendants have to wait before they see another exceptional talent? Hundreds of years? Thousands of years? How long will it take for our race to rise again?"

"In the future, when your descendants ask you, 'Grandpa, why can noble lords eat meat while we can't? Why do noble grandfathers live in mansions while we can only live in drafty thatched huts,' ask yourself if you will regret not choosing me."

"Village chief, I heard that you have a few years of schooling and have also spent some time in the world. You are sensible and know right from wrong. Think carefully about what I'm saying."

"Enough!" Su Dashun blushed with embarrassment at these words, feeling immense pressure, and became somewhat anxious.

"What's the point of saying all that now?"

"If I get the whole village to help you, what if you rise to power and then don't help us back?"

"Then haven't we all ended up with nothing?"

Faced with the village chief's angry and anxious expression, Su Ming was not unhappy at all; on the contrary, he was secretly pleased.

The other party has shifted from "rejection" to "can it work?" This means that Village Chief Su Dashun is no longer thinking about rejection, but is seriously considering whether this method will work, which is why the other party is anxious!

Su Ming had anticipated this problem.

He answered without hesitation:

"First, there's strength in numbers. If I really succeed in my career, I'll naturally need help from everyone. I'll lend a hand to the villagers so we can all prosper together. In other words, if I really want to succeed, I'll need everyone's help. How could I possibly forget about everyone?"

"Secondly, most people in Sishui Village share the surname Su. We all come from the same source and are blood relatives. A hundred years ago, we all had the same ancestor. We are closer and more familiar with each other than outsiders. If I have something to gain, why would I think of strangers or distant relatives instead of my own family?"

Su Dashun did not doubt these words, but he still could not make up his mind.

After all, getting the whole village to support one person practicing martial arts is not just his business, but the business of the whole village. He needs to make decisions for the whole village and he needs to be responsible for the whole village.

When did he make such a big decision?

If things go wrong, all our efforts will be in vain!

Su Dashun scratched his head and said, "Young man Su, I can't make this decision. Our village is too poor, and I can't bear the responsibility of failure. You go back first, let me stay home and think it over..."

When doing something, don't look at the advantages first, but look at the disadvantages first. This is the logic of life for people at the bottom.

Su Dashun was not blinded by the benefits and bright future promised by Su Ming.

On the contrary, he values ​​the other side more: failure.

What if the whole village goes hungry and wholeheartedly supports Su Ming, but Su Ming doesn't rise to prominence in the future, or even fails to help everyone after he does?

In fact, if we really want to help Su Ming, given the current famine and the fact that everyone is starving, we would have to give our own food to others, which could really cause people to starve to death!

Making Su Ming take time off to practice martial arts, feeding him well, feeding him fine grains, and even giving him meat every day, might cause some people in the village to starve to death because of these harsh conditions!

Seeing Su Dashun's hesitant expression, Su Ming sighed and was forced to leave the village chief's house.

Success depends on human effort, but planning is up to fate.

"I've said everything I needed to say, and I've done everything I needed to do."

"If the village chief still doesn't help, it's not my fault, but rather that the village chief is blind to my abilities, or that Sishui Village simply isn't destined for this."

"At worst, I'll plan to learn martial arts when I'm older. I'll work hard on it myself!"