Munitions Empire

Chapter 1075: Marks time at 997

After finishing his speech, he casually asked, “Do you think there will ever come a day when civilians can easily purchase a plane ticket, flying from Linshui to Chang’an just for a visit? Can you imagine it? Twenty years ago, it took nearly half a year for a trip from the Western Continent to the Eastern Continent, waiting for the monsoons. But now, we can set off at any time, and it doesn’t even take half a month to travel back and forth.”

“I believe, if the speed of planes could be increased even further, then traveling to Linshui might become even more convenient.” The secretary nodded, he truly admired the technological progress of the Great Tang Empire, so he didn’t doubt Harry’s words at all.

He himself was even a microcosm of the development of the Tang Empire: As a person from Qi Country, if it wasn’t for the Tang Empire and its schools, he guessed he would probably be no more than a minor official at most by now.

“We are compelling merchants to increase income for employees, at the same time we are also creating more consumption opportunities and higher quality of life that workers hope to have… The workers will demand more personal time…” Harry looked towards the application report submitted by the Merchants Group.

He did not support the report’s request to legally increase the working hours for employees, but he also did not support endlessly increasing benefits for workers: “Then on the contrary… who will ensure the interests of the merchants? To satisfy the demands of the workers, to let them rest more, earn more money, their demands will inevitably rise over time, two days off a week won’t be enough, then they will demand three days off…”

“Now we have the technological advantage to satisfy such demands. But when our technological advantage is narrowed, is surpassed… if we then try to make these workers go back to taking just four days off a month, would they agree?” Following that, Harry raised another question.