In fact, Teomir's views at this time were shared by many.
Not just outside the Holy Alliance, even within it, many people thought the same.
The reason is quite simple.
People cannot imagine things they haven't seen; they can only infer from what they know.
Just like how the Imperial People had never seen spring guns before, so they first thought spring guns were thunder rods, then magic crossbows.
It wasn't until eight years after the Holy Alliance was established that the Imperial People gradually understood the true mechanism of mountain copper springs and spring guns.
For most Imperial People, common sense dictates that a country's literate population should not be too large nor too small.
Too few can't govern a country, too many can easily lead to rebellion.
Take, for example, the Blood Winter Rebellion that besieged Huaqiu City in the past.
