LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

The Wuji Master and the Wind Leader are indeed somewhat similar, but they are also very different.

Compared with leaders who value action, Wuji Masters are more like a group of supervisors with aloof status who value rule by inaction.

They do not participate in the daily governance of Wuji Village, but they play an important role in supervising power and improving the atmosphere invisibly.

In other places, rural families without children may be bullied by village bullies, evil neighbors, or even their own relatives who come to eat them, so childlessness is not an option.

But the Wuji villagers have no such concerns at all. They live in a good social environment under the supervision of Master Wuji, and enjoy the protection of law and order in an agricultural society that is equivalent to, or even exceeds, that of a developed industrial society.

In other words, Wuji villagers can ignore the negative impact of having fewer children.

What about positive incentives?

Don’t the Wuji villagers want to be like farmers in other parts of Ionia and give birth to a few more free “hired workers” so that their children can help the family earn more Spirit Coins?

Master Yi’s answer to this is:

"Blooming Spirit Coin?" He was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What is the Blooming Spirit Coin?"

Rui Wen:"......"

Only then did she realize... In Wuji Village, there is no such thing as "money".

Wuji Village has no contact with the outside world. Master Yi has never been down the mountain in his life, and so have most of the people in Wuji Village.

So they don't even know the Spirit Coin, the common currency of Ionia.

In this small village that is isolated from the world, self-sufficient, and still stuck in the primitive barter stage, everyone lacks the means and awareness to accumulate wealth.

They have never seen money and have no interest in money.

"But even if there is no currency, we should be able to divide the amount of property, right?" Riven asked thoughtfully: "Don't you want to have more children to make your life better... um..."

Halfway through the question, she responded on her own.

In Wuji Village, having more children will not make life better. It will most likely only make life worse.

Because Wuji Village is too small.

The population here has long reached the environmental limit, and there are no more arable land resources in the mountains for continued cultivation.

There are only so many fields in the family. Having more children will neither increase the yield of the fields nor open up wasteland to increase the area of ​​the fields. It will only give the family a few more mouths that need to eat.

In the outside world, when faced with a situation where there are too many children and no land to farm, children can go out to work to earn money and support the family.

In short, as long as the children have work to do, it will never be a loss to have more children.

But Wuji Village... almost everyone here is a self-sufficient small farmer, and no one needs hired workers at all.

There are few secondary and tertiary industry workers in the village, such as blacksmiths, tailors, and doctors, and their professions are basically passed down from generation to generation in their own families. Their numbers can always meet the needs of Wuji Village, and they rarely recruit outsiders.

In other words, there are almost no redundant jobs here - so the redundant population has completely become a burden on families in Wuji Village.

Having more children will only add stress to the family.

There are no negative consequences to having fewer children.

In addition, the people of Wuji Village have a cultural tradition of maintaining balance, so they naturally take the initiative to control the population, so that the total population of Wuji Village always maintains an appropriate dynamic balance with natural resources.

Without fierce conflicts between man and land, there would naturally be no untouchable class.

So there are no untouchables in Wuji Village.

So...

"Can the experience of Wuji Village be used as a reference for the whole of Ionia?"

After learning the details, Riven immediately realized that the situation in Wuji Village was very special and could not be copied to the outside world.

Of course, Ionia, which has a vast territory and a large population, cannot completely imitate Wuji Village, which is a small country with few people.

But just because it cannot be copied does not mean that some places cannot be learned from.

At least, the leader can play the role of a perfect supervisor for the entire Ionia, just like the infinite master.

They can create a good social environment for people to live and work in peace and contentment even if they have fewer children.

Coupled with Ionia's well-established approach to balance, it is easy for everyone to accept the progressive concept of controlling population and maintaining balance...

Perhaps Ionia's untouchability problem, or population problem, can be solved.

"The key lies with the leader..." Riven sighed deeply.

It turned out that the answer she had been thinking about was always by her side.

"Ionia cannot have thousands of infinite masters, but it can have thousands of wind leaders."

"So only the leader can change Ionia!"

She completely forgot that she was just the self-proclaimed leader of the leader branch, and she couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in her heart.

But after the excitement...

"President Orianna?" Master Yi reminded tentatively: "Should we continue talking about how to get down the mountain?"

"Uh..." Riven came to her senses.

Once she came to her senses, she had to face the miserable reality:

Not to mention saving the entire Ionia, the Wind Leader is still blocked in the mountains by the enemy, and even dare not leave Wuji Village.

As for the "Three Strategies for Going Down the Mountain" that Riven gave before:

Waiting for Noxus to withdraw its troops and praying to the goddess for help - these two options are obviously unreliable.

The last option left is to hope that Feiya can go to sea smoothly after coming down from the mountain and go to Zaun to seek support from the Wind Leader headquarters.

And this one...

"President Orianna, I'm back!"

Riven was praying in her heart that Feiya could leave Baru'o smoothly and go to Zaun to ask for reinforcements...

A familiar voice came from the sky.

"Fiya? W-how did you..." Looking at the cat-eared girl who controlled the airflow and slowly descended from the air to her, and the sailors following her, Riven couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in her heart.

It takes nearly a month to sail from Baru'e to Zauan.

Feiya and the others have only been away for a few days, and they are back?

this means...

"Orianna, something bad is going to happen!" Sure enough, Feiya brought back extremely bad news: "All the ports in the Balua Province have been occupied by the Noxians."

"Not only did they capture all the towns along the coast, they also set fire to the people's boats."

"We searched around Balua Island... let alone a large ocean-going ship that can go to Zaun, we couldn't even find a small sampan!"

After landing, Feiya didn't even have time to stand still, so she hurriedly reported what she saw and heard.

"This..." Riwen felt increasingly uncomfortable.

It was enough for the Noxians to capture the town, so why did they burn the civilian ships?

"Oops!" She quickly reacted: "The Noxians want to trap us on Barua Island - they are coming for us and the Wind Leader this time!"

"That's right!" Feiya added hurriedly: "When we were scouting at the foot of the mountain, we saw Noxian troop transports coming from the sea in a steady stream."

"Now, almost every coastal port and plain town in Balua Province has a Noxian garrison."

"They have even begun to conduct raids and searches from the coast to the interior, from towns to the countryside - they are searching for our leader!"

"..." Riwen was silent after hearing this.

But the increasingly solemn expression still betrayed her mood.

It's over, it's completely over now.

She never expected that the Noxus Empire would go to such great lengths to completely blockade an area of ​​no strategic value just for her, a self-proclaimed leader and tens of thousands of insignificant Ionian refugees. Balua Island.

Why?

How much manpower and material resources will be spent to blockade Baru'e?

Their heads are worth so much?

Riven couldn't understand the reason behind this, but she knew the desperate situation she faced now.

Balua Island is neither small nor big. If Noxus spreads its troops regardless of the cost, sooner or later they can search every corner of Balua Province, and finally search into the mountains. Come to Wuji Village.

And when Balua Island is completely blocked, there is absolutely no way Riven can successfully break out with tens of thousands of people - even though they are now Janna's light believers and can fly.

Because Barua is an island, you have to cross the sea to reach the province of Navoli on the other side.

And using borrowed divine power also requires consuming mental energy. Their flying skills also have consumption and CD.

These tens of thousands of people can indeed fly.

But they are mortals with weak mental power after all. As long as these tens of thousands of people fly a little further, they have to fall back to the ground to rest.

When Riwen led them to escape from Yipu River to Wuji Village, there were still mountains for them to stay on the way.

And to escape from Balua Island... there is no place on the sea for tens of thousands of people to land and rest.

Not to mention, there are still Noxian warships on the sea.

And Noxus also has flying magic bird knights and flying battle mages. As long as the enemy is prepared this time, tens of thousands of ordinary people with weak divine power will become tens of thousands of living targets at their mercy when they fly into the sky.

Even if they could break through the siege and reach the province of Navoli on the other side... Once there, they would still be occupied by the Noxus Empire.

"What should I do?" Riwen was also a little worried.

Now there is no way up to heaven and no way down the mountain. The Noxians could still find their way into the mountains at any time.

Fortunately, just when Riven was feeling desperate, Feiya told her the only good news:

"There may be our comrades in the mountains near Yipu River Port."

"What?" Riwen was stunned for a moment: "Yipu River Port? Didn't all our people evacuate from there? How could there be a leader nearby?"

"I don't know either." Feiya said, "I also secretly heard what those Noxian soldiers said:"

"It is said that there have been Leader's guerrilla activities near Yipu River Port, and they have also attacked many Noxian soldiers who went to the countryside to clean up..."

"So the Noxians all believe that the Leader is hiding near the Yipu River Port. Their search focus has always been on the rural areas and mountainous areas in the upper reaches of the Yipu River."

The eyes of the Noxians are all drawn to the Yipu River, and no one cares about Wuji Village, which is hundreds of kilometers away from the Yipu River.

"It seems that our side is relatively safe for the time being."

This is indeed a blessing in misfortune.

"But..." Riven became more and more confused: "guerrillas?"

She didn't send any guerrillas to Yipu River.

So who are these leaders who have been operating near the Yipu River?

Could it be...

Hope burst into Riven's eyes: "Is he the real leader?!"