Chang Geng suddenly said: "I don't think this is a good thing. If the iron puppets can completely replace people, what else do people need to be used for? The land rented by the tenants also belonged to the local officials. In the first few years, these people may still agree to feed the idling farmers for old time's sake, but how many years can it last?"

Ge Pang Xiao was obsessed with all kinds of machines, seeing them even in dreams, he immediately said: "They can stay and become Mechanics!"

Cao Niangzi: "This one I know, even if you gather the steel armors of all Yanhui Town's defensive forces together, only two Mechanics were enough to maintain them, they only came to find Teach—General Shen occasionally when they were simply too busy, they didn't require that many Mechanics."

Ge Pang Xiao: "They can find something else to do, like..."

Like what, he wasn't able to come up with anything for a moment. Before, the living condition of his butcher family was not at all bad. In Ge Pang Xiao's eyes, there were countless other jobs to do aside from farming.

Cao Niangzi struggled to pull his gaze from Liao Ran's face and asked: "So if people can't find jobs, or a large number of people can't find jobs, will they rebel?"

Liao Ran looked down at him; Cao Niangzi's face flushed a deep red.

Liao Ran made a gesture: "They won't in these few recent years."

The three boys were silent for a while; Chang Geng asked: "Is it because of my yifu?"

Liao Ran smiled and looked at him.

"I remember on New Year's Eve that year, the tiger brought by the foreigners ran astray, the people on the street were in a state of chaos. Only when they saw my yifu did they finally settle down."

Chang Geng paused and said, "I later heard people say, there was a sea of countless people near Qi Yuan Tower. If it weren't for yifu who had stabilized them, more people would have lost their lives just from pushing and shoving alone."

Liao Ran: "For taking Your Royal Highness out to travel like this, I have offended a great crime to the Marquis of Order. If this matter ever comes to light in the future, I pray that under the Marquis' blade, Your Highness would preserve this monk's puny life."

Ge Pang Xiao and Cao Niangzi both laughed, for they thought that he was only joking. After all, in their impression, Gu Yun was always cheerful and pleasant.