"If you're willing, we can leave the Eternal City right away. We can go to a new environment and start a new life. Although we'll inevitably face discrimination outside, just like with orcs, even though there's a class difference, they believe in the supremacy of strength. As long as you're strong enough, you'll earn respect, unlike in the Eternal City where no matter how hard you try, your birth determines your future!"
She spoke loudly, and even the Duke and Qin Yiyi heard her.
Qin Yiyi turned her head in surprise.
"I remember she was very scared just now, afraid that things would escalate, she would have to pay money, and that her life would become even more difficult..."
The Duke chimed in, "So, saying all this now, all this passionate rhetoric, is it just a case of giving up entirely?"
"How can you talk like that? This isn't about giving up; it's about bravely fighting for yourself. Didn't you hear what she said? In the Eternal City, your birth determines your future. If that's the case, it's you who should be reflecting on this, Your Grace."
The guilty party is not the children who were born, but the parents who knowingly allowed these children to be born, knowing their future.
Qin Yiyi's face showed a hint of mockery.
"It's like how poor people used to love having children. Having children was their cheapest and most cost-effective investment. As long as they didn't starve and were fed, they could become a labor force when they were a few years old. When they were a teenager, they would be sent out to work and bring money home. Poor people liked to have many children, which meant that there would be multiple children who would bring money home when they grew up. If they were lucky, one of them would be successful, which was considered a stroke of good fortune. They didn't need to raise or put in much effort. They just needed to feed them, raise them, and let them go to school if they could. If they couldn't go to school, they would go to work. If they did well in school and got into university, wouldn't the school provide subsidies? Wouldn't the social welfare department provide subsidies? They didn't need to worry about these subsidies. They just needed to enjoy everything that their successful child brought them."
"These elves who fall in love with other races are even worse off than these poor people. They know their children will be discriminated against, so why don't they just not have them? They insist on having them, and it's the children who will suffer, not them!"
How ridiculous!
This refers only to a segment of the population who give birth to children but do not raise them and exploit them, and does not represent the entire population.
The Duke looked at Dodora.
"But no matter what, it was her mother who gave her life. Dodora's talent for planting is inherited from her mother. We should be even more grateful to our parents!"
"It's not like Dodora begged her mother to give birth to her, only to be born wearing a shameful earring and expected to be grateful?"
Qin Yiyi couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Should Dodora be grateful that the racial discrimination in the Eternal City gave her the perseverance she has now?"
Forget it!
If she had a choice, she could have been born to parents who doted on her. At her current age, she would still be the apple of their eye. Even if her living conditions were not good, at least her spiritual world would be rich, and she wouldn't be craving love and seeking it like she is now.
Because she lacks something in her heart, she will seek to obtain it. In the real world, if a family has several children, the most filial child is often the one who was not valued or loved much when they were young. Because they are eager to get their parents' love, they are more sensitive to every word their parents say. They know what their parents like to eat, and they will remember and do even if their parents only mention a request occasionally.
But it is often these kinds of people who get hurt the most by the real world.
The duke went outside, and the shouts of the half-elves and elves became slightly quieter.
After all, thanks to the efforts of this Eternal Duke, at least they have jobs and can eat. Although there are still times when they don't have enough to eat in the extremely prosperous Eternal City, it's much better than before.
They were grateful to the duke.
but.....
"Your Grace, we are willing to renounce the Eternal City!" Someone mustered the courage to say this, and more and more half-elves followed suit.
Qin Yiyi, who was standing next to the Duke, looked at the half-elves and took the opportunity to express her thoughts.
"We can accept you into our territory, and we can guarantee that there will be no discrimination against any of my people within our territory. However, some things can be done equally by everyone, while others cannot, because equality is something that must be earned by oneself!"
She doesn't lie. In the martial arts world, people are ranked by their strength, but in peacetime, they are ranked by their money and power. Naturally, her territory is also divided into different ranks based on individual abilities.
Why should someone who can't do anything and just sits around waiting to die be treated as an equal by someone who has made great contributions or has a special skill?
In the wasteland world, there is no equality for all. What she can guarantee is that within her territory, there is equality for all and there is not, and that this can be explained openly and transparently.
“In my territory, those who make great contributions receive special treatment, and those with a special skill live better than ordinary people. This is inequality among all people. But if you break the rules of my territory, discriminate against your fellow countrymen, or commit crimes without cause, even if you have made tremendous contributions, you will be punished! This is equality among all people.”
"I will not allow anyone in my territory to have the misconception that everyone is equal above themselves and superior to everyone below them!"
She now manages the territory in two ways: first, she needs to change the territory's policies according to the actual situation; second, she needs to have absolute authority in the territory. Only a person with absolute authority and a clear mind can lead a territory to be invincible. If everyone in a territory or a team discusses things without absolute authority, then everyone will become more and more presumptuous. If a decision is delayed and everyone's opinions are sought, it will eventually be impossible to implement and things will only get worse.
When a team wants to do something, as long as they are sure that the general direction is correct, they should just do it and then continuously optimize and improve it. This is the right approach. If a team discusses something for three months until it is perfect before starting, then not only will they miss the best opportunity, but they will also waste three months.
This is her philosophy for leading a team, and it applies to the places she leads as well.
Upon hearing these words, the Eternal Duke acknowledged Qin Yiyi not only for her culinary skills but also for her status as a landowner.
This is a landowner with clear plans, clear goals, and a constant process of reflection and improvement.
Although he seemed a bit frail and fragile, and had some problems such as being greedy, gluttonous, lazy, and fond of pleasure, he had to admit that he was the youngest and most energetic landowner he had ever seen, and he believed that he would definitely become a great lord in the future.
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