Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 96



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Episode 96. The End of the Unification Period

The endless disasters that poured down upon the world due to the distortion of the flow of weather have ended. Now the sky has returned to its normal flow.

The disasters that had occurred the day before were: thousands of lightning strikes on a single point for thousands of days, creating countless spirits; a great earthquake that split the earth’s crust; a storm that never stopped for 100 days; and a drought that never stopped for twenty years. And so on, but they had endured all of that.

It was a disaster, but we managed to stop it after mobilizing all of Datang’s capabilities. The loss of life was enormous and the environment was also greatly damaged.

But in the end, I endured it, and even overcame it, and beat up those ‘things’ in the sky.

All Chaun suggests.

“Let’s limit the population.”

“yes?”

“If we open up the land to its fullest extent, our Datang’s population support capacity could support about 1 billion people.”

“If there is more land development, it could be even more.”

“Right? But in reality, even if we do that, there’s no way out when disasters and the Hanjutamal epidemic spread… … . If the population density is too high, more people will die. So let’s be clear. It’s 429,981,696 people. (*The number is 12^8.) If the population increases by a little more than this, it will be difficult to prevent the Hanjutamal epidemic, and if it decreases by a little more, the military will be difficult and it will be difficult to create surplus resources.

So, with this population as the target, if it increases by 35 million (*1/12), then let’s start restricting the number of children, and if it decreases, then let’s start increasing the number of people. This only applies to Daton, Patchar, etc., and we’ll have to put different restrictions on Borin, Rulmo, Quako, and Gigagard.”

“Hmm. I agree.”

A civilization that relies on spirit water inevitably has no choice but to protect the environment. If it goes too far, it goes beyond protecting the environment and even resorts to forced terraforming to maintain the environment.

Datang actually had a population potential of over 1 billion, and in fact this is the level of this era, so even if it reached 2 to 3 billion in modern times, it wouldn’t be a big problem… … It turns in the direction of having a low population density, high quality of life, and more powerful mystic holders.

This is also because the land of Dator and Shujor, which was close to being an inviolable territory, has become an extremely dangerous place due to the aggressive monsters, dragons, and Hanjutamal that could explode at any time within Datang as disasters continue to pile up.

And Datang maintains this internal threat, or in simple terms, this environment of tigers appearing next to houses, into the modern era.

To be exact, we had no choice but to maintain it. The mainstays of maintaining the environment had become monsters and dragons, so if they disappeared, the ecosystem would be in danger.

This makes capturing Datang a truly daunting challenge.

Even in the distant future, no nation could exercise dominion over the Dator region.

It’s a land filled with monsters that explode when they’re bored, hordes of giant drakes that attack transports, and other creatures that look like they came straight out of hell.

What’s really mind-blowing is that despite this, the average quality of life in Datang is better than in most countries that are much safer… … .

Compared to Datang, which maintained a stable political system with good social infrastructure despite a poor national environment, other countries often saw their national power decline due to excessive political chaos, unsuccessful policies, or simply the tyranny of incompetent leaders.

This is exactly what they mean when they say bad politics is worse than a tiger.

On the other hand, there are some people who are not happy with this return to a stable state.

“Ugh… … There haven’t been any major disasters this year.”

Mana Yupa says disappointingly. I wonder if this is disappointing, but… … The past few hundred years have been quite busy.

After all, she was the only astronomer and calendar expert, so just predicting disasters that would occur for hundreds of years was of great help to Datang.

But now it seems that nothing will help. Of course, it is just as important to predict that nothing major will happen this year as it is to predict that the worst will happen or that a natural disaster will occur.

The problem is that, as a main runner, unless something big happens, we can’t use the budget.

This was fatal, as the Mana school had already proven itself incompetent in governance, and as a mathematician who did not need a budget for research at all (stationery costs money).

“There is no budget to run an observatory… … .”

And if you don’t get a budget, you have less power, and if you have less power, you have less budget, and in the end, it’s just like a nominal maintenance team, but in reality, it’s no different from being a surplus of manpower.

“It would be nice if there was an area in my area of ​​responsibility where I could make a lot of money.”

And the Mana School was wasting its time in a state of silence, until one day, when it stopped by a village on a pilgrimage, it saw people doing something strange.

It was a game of dice. You engraved numbers on a six-sided dice cut into even squares and threw it to play.

The processing was pretty clean, almost 1/6. There didn’t seem to be any irregularities. The problem was the odds of the gamble they were making.

“Okay. If you roll six six-sided dice and get exactly one six, I’ll pay you back twelve times your bet.”

“Huh? 12 times?”

“Okay. Don’t give me two or three. Just one.”

Mana Yup’s calculations are fast. In academic reasoning and creativity, Castloran is ahead, and when you add intuition and psychological warfare, Liwaduwan is better. However, in the area of ​​calculation and calculation, logic, no one is faster than Mana Yup’s.

‘If you roll 6 dice, there are 46656 possible outcomes. And the probability of getting exactly one 6 is 3125 out of those. That’s only 6.6%… Even if you pay 12 times, the expected value is only 80%. Who would do something like that?’

“Okay. Let’s try it.”

“hmm……?”

And those who gathered squandered everything on that simple gamble. Mana Yupa watched them blankly and then went over and said.

“Hey. Why don’t you stop gambling?”

“A, a fraud?”

“Statistically speaking, it’s ridiculous.”

When Mana School pushes mathematics and teaches as a mind run, all the gamblers are shocked.

“Really? So you’re saying that the odds for a gamble with a 93.4% chance of losing were only 12 to 1?”

“Isn’t this so unfair? This con artist. Do you scam your own family like that?”

“Oh, no, I didn’t really know. I just thought I was lucky. But everyone had fun, so that’s okay… … .”

The Datons can’t even do this simple calculation? Mana Yupa thought for a moment.

“Just a moment… … . Hmm… … .”

Wangangiri is a perfect skill game created by Castle Laurent and completed by Liwaduwan.

But perhaps because of that, even though the game was popular, it was not a hit with the general public.

Of course, Mana School was also a master of Wangangiri, but in that game where the odds were so different that it was impossible to calculate the odds in a water fight, intelligence alone was not enough.

But what if the odds were in play? People would just think they were unlucky when they lost, even though the rules were actually unfair.

“If I do this well… … ?”

Mana Yupa is a simple game played with six dice. It creates a dice game with a pedigree that is similar to a combination of Chinchiro and Yacht on Earth. Its name is Mufa. And the odds of gambling are subtly in favor of the host. Specifically, it is about 47 to 53.

“Why does the host have an advantage?”

“Operating costs, labor costs, and the price for the fun you have had. Is this business worth it?”

“… … Everyone will realize that they will lose anyway, so who would do something like this? Whatever. I hope everyone enjoys it and makes a profit.”

Mana Yupa is a playground for lazy people. They create a place called Yupoppo where they play various games of chance, including Mupa, meaning that the more stupid and lazy a person is, the more they can play.

As the karma grows, Mana Yupa makes a suggestion.

“Now we will sell drinks and food at U-Pop-Po.”

Three years later, the Yupopo, which had been established only once near Mainilun, had spread to 50 nearby villages.

“There are too many people trying to get in, so we’re going to charge an admission fee. Oh, and we’re also going to make a place where you can rent out donuts.”

Ten years later, there is no village where a Yupoppo has not been built.

“There’s been a lot of commotion lately. Instead of increasing the taxes paid by Yoopoppo, would it be okay to use the military as security personnel?”

25 years later, the number of people washing their hands at Yupoppo has increased to 10% of the total number of people washing their hands at Datang.

“You all want to go to the U-Pop-Po, but you don’t have money, right? If you help build the observatory, I’ll give you the same amount of money you should have received here as Donum, a currency that can only be used at the U-Pop-Po. It’s U-Pum! 1 U-Pum is equal to 10 Donums, but it can only be used at the U-Pop-Po! And when you win at the U-Pop-Po, you get Donums, so even if you only convert half, it’s a five-fold profit! And if you study math and become an astronomer, you can also receive U-Pum regularly every month… … .”

38 years later. Those who squandered all their wealth and daily wages at Yoopoppo and only visited Yoopoppo every day, the so-called Yoopoppies, accounted for over 12% of the entire population.

“Hello, Yoopoppy! I’ve brought you a new game! It’s a game with paddles of various shapes, and there’s a pedigree. When you complete the pedigree, you get points. It’s a game that depends on skill, but there’s also some luck!”

44 years later, the number of people washing their hands at Yupoppo has increased to 31% of the total number of people washing their hands, Yupoppi has increased to over 22% of the total population, and the crimes committed at Yupoppo have increased to 38% of the total… … .

All of this makes Chanwoon lose the will to read any further reports and lets out a fiery roar.

“Hey!!! Are you going to ruin the country! Ban it immediately!!!”

Medakbo grabbed the leg of the pants.

“Excuse me, over there. As a regent, I would like to suggest that you do this for three more years… …? With the amount of taxes collected here, we can double the military and still have some left over.”

Mana School also tries to dissuade him for now.

“Ugh… … . Could you please just wait until I build one more observatory? I’ll build one in the west just a little bit more… … .”

All Chaun looked back at Castle Laurent, astonished at the remarks of the finance officer and the people who created this.

“Laurent! Is this right? Is it right to take money from our families by gambling with a higher probability of winning?”

Castlor Laurent answers with a serious face.

“All right. I also calculated that I have a high chance of losing, but there are mysteries in the world, and if there is mystery, there is a flow, so if I can read the flow, I can win, so I think I should just allow myself to read this flow… … .”

“You did it too?! The flow is going to go out. If you don’t create regulations right away, you’ll die in the flow of fire!”

Mana School. Discover unexpected business and demonic talents.

Well, it was a strange direction, but the Mana School ended up taking charge of this very small, narrow, but suspiciously tax-heavy field.

Unfortunately, all the Yoopoppos in every village have closed down, and only the observatories on the official mountains, the first floors of the observatories, are open. However, thanks to the suspicious number of people willing to climb the mountains and throw away money, the business is incredibly successful.

And sometimes, some people enter the magic tower to learn about the flow and mystery of the universe and mathematical theories. They think that if they master mathematical theories, they won’t lose money.

Even Girolamo Cardano (author of Probability Theory on Earth. He proved that not gambling has the highest chance of winning, but he ruined his life by gambling) and Ada Lovelace (first programmer on Earth. She thought that her mathematical talent was enough to make it impossible for her to lose at gambling, and lost her fortune on horse racing) thought the same way. So there must be some kind of magic in mathematics itself. Whether on this world or on Earth, everyone who comes into contact with mathematics goes crazy.

Anyway, the biggest change that happened in the beginning was that Mana School found its own source of income, and the second change that happened was this.

The first people Mana Yupa saw on the gambling table were Patchar, Nono, Daton, and Lulmo. These four people were there.

The races were all different. There was Borin too, but Borin intuitively knew it was a losing gamble and did not participate.

So to speak, the fusion of races was almost a success. After 1,500 years of disaster, and in the process of coping with that disaster, the various ethnic groups of the country united.

The reason I say almost is because there are still some areas where we haven’t succeeded.

At its simplest, it all started with education.

“Our Datang suppressed the rebellion of the Shujor Alliance thousands of years ago and willingly accepted Liwaduwan, the leader of the Alliance, as the Datang’s main leader… … .”

“Our Shuzor region was on the verge of falling to the Datang attack thousands of years ago, but when the god of Daton, Ol Chaun, descended, we had no choice but to retreat. However, the great leader Liwaduwan saved us all from the brink of Shuzor extinction… … .”

History is not erased, and there have been problems in integrating its interpretation.

In the end, the conclusion is the same that Liwaduwan raised an army and fought, and Ol Chaun won. However, the expression is different.

Even though the number of mixed-bloods has increased considerably, there is still a lot of conflict between Datons and Patchars. There is still a tendency to create and maintain pure-blood Datons and pure-blood Patchars.

The last mine run of the mythical era just seals this and moves on to the next era.

I had no intention of doing so, but history has shown that those who had no intention of doing so tend to accomplish surprising great things.