"Alas, you are still too easy to believe a person's appearance." Howard patted his daughter, and the two of them slowly walked into the building and disappeared.

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On the way home, Loran Hill leaned against the car window and thought.

The few people I met in the past few days should be the elite nobles who are about to take power in the empire. They are indeed different from those who are having fun at the banquet.

Generally speaking, these people couldn't be called bad, and were even relatively good and excellent. However, it was precisely because of their excellence that Luo Lanxier gradually became disappointed.

Because even these nobles with rich knowledge and insights do not care about the famine and disasters of the lower classes in the empire, and those dissolute nobles who indulge in sensual pleasures can't be relied upon even more.

The power of habit is so strong that people can face these cruel scenes without any concern.

Growing up in a stable modern era, Loran Hill naturally retained many of her values ​​and worldviews from her previous life. In her opinion, witnessing famine and not providing relief, allowing people to starve to death, is a cruel and uncomfortable thing.

But to people today, these are just commonplace things, nothing to be sad about. To the nobles, they are just distant strangers, people they have never even met, so naturally they will not be sad about them.

As for the rebellion, it was nothing more than a minor incident. This was a world with extraordinary power. The poor people who had no knowledge and power were destined to find it difficult to defeat the nobles.

However, times have changed.

After Loran Hill sorted out his thoughts, he slowly sat up straight in the carriage and looked out the window at the rows of orange and yellow lights passing by.

An empire that relies on individual strength and the rule of a few elites will eventually face the huge impact of the wave of industrialization. Even the most intelligent and knowledgeable people in the empire today are still unaware of the gray rhino that is slowly approaching.

Relying on internal reform within the empire seemed to be a dead end; their understanding and values ​​did not support the concept of equality. Even if they were to imitate the industrial model of Cranzia, they would probably only organize the poor to perform menial labor and learn the basics.

True industrialization requires universal education to cultivate a large number of workers with good cooperation and autonomy, a good and fair social order to ensure the smooth flow of resources and commercial activities, and a high enough grain yield to liberate people from the fields and enter factories.

But none of these empires could do it.

First, they wanted to maintain the stability of the nobility, so they were unwilling to spread knowledge and extraordinary powers to the common people.

Second, they would conservatively seize the products and resources of their respective fiefdoms, setting up layers of checkpoints. This would turn trade into a powerful tool for them to blackmail and manipulate merchants, hindering the expansion and development of industry. Merchants would naturally be hesitant to take risks, fearing the imminent shortage of materials. Since they could neither win lawsuits against the nobles nor control them, it would be extremely difficult for them to accumulate and develop industry in such a society.

Third, there is no urgent motivation to increase food production, but instead there is a desire to profit from scarcity. As a result, a large number of civilians are still trapped in the fields, with no opportunities for wealth and no leisure time to learn and grow.

After staying in the imperial capital of Titnia for a while, Loran Hill finally slowly figured out the thoughts and opinions of the upper class nobles of the empire.

Is this the power of the times? Even the most intelligent people in the empire are limited by the past and their vision, and find it difficult to see the future.

Maybe I shouldn't have had hope for this from the beginning. I still have to follow the history and carry out a thorough overthrow and reform.

But if this happens, it will trigger unrest and war, and many people will die in the flames of war.

The girl in the carriage stared blankly out the window, thoughts swirling in her mind, and the hope in her heart slowly faded.

It's time to leave here.