Take Taobao with you to another world

"From the facts you saw on the other side?" Scar asked.Le-Wen-

"From theory, experience and models." Yun Shen said, seeing Ska's reaction to unfamiliar words, he smiled, "or thinking. Some things happened in the past as far as I know, and they are very different from our present. They are the same, but they have something in common, and based on them, I envisage several possibilities in the future, under the premise of those same laws.”

Scar waited for him to speak.

"One, our construction continues, the production of three acids and two alkalis will finally be balanced, and the world's largest steel plant will be built. The output of products we can currently produce will be greatly improved, and a steady stream of goods will be produced. , porcelain, iron and cloth, a small part of machinery, and then they are transported and sold by our own and merchants from all over the world to any region. As much product as we pour out, we have as much money, material and food Come back here, and only in and out. Strong trade will continue for a while, however, because of productivity gaps, even on a world scale, the population that can consume them is limited. The market will be filled after a while, and profits will decrease , the transactions are reduced, and the products produced are backlogged. This situation may continue for a period of time until we reduce our production capacity, or even shut down some factories, leaving only workshops. During this period, if no new energy sources are found , our technology will develop in another direction, but in general, our expansion will stagnate, and the scale of the factories that have been built will not expand any more. Choose to be closed, and then more clearly cut off from the outside world. You may end up as an isolated, conservative entity that is difficult to progress.”

Yunshen put the report on the table, "The other one is still inferred based on the current situation. The development of the previous stage is similar. However, when the process of obtaining wealth is frustrated and more markets cannot be opened through normal transactions , we can choose another way - open the door directly through threats, aggression and subversion, without going through middlemen and agents, and directly force dumping to those countries and regions that cannot resist us. And these methods are the best The result, is to occupy these countries and regions, make them colonies, and make our political, educational and manufacturing centers absorb wealth more and more quickly through plunder, slavery, and strict hierarchy. The armies all maintain destructive war capabilities... In this way, a huge empire that spans the land from sunset to sunrise may eventually be formed, which is glorious in history." He paused and laughed, "Then, its development also will stop, and should be split from within."

His voice is still gentle and calm, "There is another possibility. We still have the conditions to try a possibility. On the basis of summarizing the experience of our predecessors, we will take a longer-term view, cross the barriers of the times, and look at the earth. And look at the stars at the same time."

It took Scar a considerable period of time to understand the meaning of these discourses composed of many new words. During this time, he had made significant progress in language, but he still had a hard time accepting it. After a long time, Yun Shen finished again. This report, he said: "You think so far."

Yun Shen smiled slightly, "If there are no special exceptions, speculating on the development of a single, linear thing is one of the daily activities of the mind."

Scar's keen instinct completely ignored this sentence that hurt him a bit, and after thinking hard for a while, he said: "Is it 'scrooge' or 'slave master'?" He used these two words in common use. Human Empire.

"It can also be understood in this way." Yun Shen said.

"There is another one, the last one, the only one you choose, and the one you are doing now." Scar said, "A 'Kingdom of God'."

"Since I have never believed in the existence of gods, all choices must ultimately come back to people." Yun Shen said, "No one can surpass the 'human' itself. All our thinking and fantasies are based on reality. There is no tree without roots, and there is no flowing water without a source. "Material determines consciousness", even if there is magic. But in this principle, countless facts that have happened in this world and beyond have proved that people can understand nature and To make an amazing change in oneself. Fantasyland is a collection of people's desire to escape from pain, some people use it for self-consolation, some people want to find their way in, whether their attempts are successful or not, a sense of future possibility Exploration is the most powerful driving force for the development of human society."

Sometimes talking to this person is really painful, but it is very necessary and inescapable.Scar said, "I sense your boldness and cautiousness at the same time, but also because of past experience?"

Yun Shen thought for a while, "That's not exactly the case. As long as people do things, they will inevitably make mistakes, especially when carrying out a systematic project. What I can pursue is to reduce the cost to the point where I can bear it myself. "

Scar looked at him, and it was rare to hear him mention only "I" instead of "we."But this is not surprising, since he started it all, it should be up to him to decide where to go next, but he always seems to be shackled by certain old customs, and there must be many people who can He died happily for him without asking the so-called meaning, but he just refused to pay a higher price to achieve his goal faster.But if he was really that kind of demagogue, they wouldn't be where they are today.

"Aren't you worried that your young people will be impatient if you procrastinate like this?" Scar asked.When those fools from the imperial capital were still here, they repeatedly showed surprise at the scene of him and this human being, his people, and those human beings living in peace, negotiating and working together, and even speculated wildly behind the scenes. Scar didn't think they were making a fuss. , if he was before, he would be surprised by himself now.But some changes are so extraordinary and so reasonable, so painful, yet so irresistible.

Yun Shen said: "After meeting the needs of food, accommodation and safety, people will naturally start to pursue higher values, and there are basically only two things they pursue, one is power, and the other is the unknown. The essence of power It is the distribution of wealth. The unknown includes all the specific things that have happened but have not been recognized, and the things that have not happened but can be imagined. The process and result of these two pursuits form the practice of people transforming the real world. Of course, people themselves are very complicated. Regardless of the mysteries of the human body or the human will, no one has been able to explore to the end. At any stage of the process, especially when people are required to overcome their own shortcomings, it is normal to have ideas that are different from my expectations."

Scar listened with the utmost patience.

Anyway, the most important thing is always the conclusion.

"So," Yun Shen said with a smile, "I will either give them the space to pursue, or the method to pursue."

When Scar left the study, he felt that what he saw was the sunshine of the next day—ah, when did he wake up in the morning and feel that he could chop off 180 heads at any time?What a fiasco...

So he was unconsciously clearing away things that burdened him along the way, and when he saw the pharmacist, it seemed that only a vague impression was left—they talked about some very distant and scary things, in the Behind the jerky and complicated language, what does that human seem to be planning to do?

He told the pharmacist about his experience, and the pharmacist gently handed him a bottle of spicy medicinal oil, asked him countless questions, and after emptying his hot head, the elf who was taking notes said: "These There are indeed horrors in the prophecy, but fortunately that lord does not intend to choose those paths."

"The result may not be what he hoped." Scar said, "As a bystander, which one do you think is the most likely to happen?"

"The second kind," said the elf.

"The least likely thing to happen is what he expected," Scar said.

"If we haven't done it yet, who can say it's impossible?" said the pharmacist, "when everything is in our favor?"

The elf and Scar looked at him together.

"If he would found a religion..." said the elf, a little hesitantly.

"He can conquer his desires, I can't," Scar said frankly, "and I don't think we can either. Not the humans who are crazy about him, it's 'us.'"

This is all the actions of that human being, and among all the future plans expressed to him, he is the most incomprehensible, and he finds it ridiculously naive.The race is different, the language is different, and even the intelligence can be distinguished. How can that person achieve justice to these people?How can those who assist him, obey him, and believe in him be willing to share everything they have worked so hard with their former enemies, even with his supreme authority?After all, they have to distinguish between superior and inferior and determine their ranks. In the past they used force, but in the future they will use wisdom to rank them. All kinds of species can live better than in the past by relying on residues and crumbs.

Is this the result of that person's pursuit?But on the one hand, Scar couldn't believe that the future he revealed would come true, but on the other hand, he thought that unless what he imagined became the present, what the human really wanted must not be this.

The pharmacist looked at them, and said a little cautiously, "I don't think the magician didn't understand this. So did this conversation mention something about it?"

Scar: "..."

This time it was the turn of the medicine man and the elf to look at him.

"...He asked me to watch the 'military training' over there?" Scar said uncertainly, what kind of connection is this?

"Many affairs here have already been chartered, but there are just beginning. Some people have been transferred there. I heard that it is very lively." The pharmacist said, "Almost everything is new over there, including people. They come from Different tribes have different appearances and customs, and have different purposes, and now, these people have to receive the same training in the same place. Since the magician has long decided to introduce new populations, he must have already consider."

It's hard to refute this statement, that human being can even think about a baby's toes.

The elf thought for a while and asked, "Your Excellency, I would like to ask, did that lord start talking to you like this recently?"

Scar thought about it for a moment, and his expression began to change.

"'Or give them the space to pursue, or the method to pursue'?" The pharmacist looked at him tentatively, "Including you?"

The elf chose to leave at this time.The reaction of the werewolf patriarch... Well, he can probably guess some.That's normal and understandable.That adult is indeed a very patient and unselfish teacher, and at the same time possesses a boldness that most rulers do not have, so in his capacity, he can move freely in this land, and even know some Important things, and express your opinion on them.

It's not trust in him, or it's not about trust.

This is... the elf holding his notebook, thinking about the exact description, fearless?Because the power is strong, the conspiracy is invalid?No... neither.That lord didn't want a "conservative and hard-to-change" island, nor did he want to see a "brilliant" but cruel and greedy new empire. The way to get there is more powerful and open, not afraid of being known, because those who know it can not only believe it, but also instinctively feel...

……fear.

After a few days of hard study, and of course most of the time was spent on irrelevant things, the orcs who came to trade in the "Crystal Palace" where Sachel lived finally got rid of the terrible "procedures" and "instructions" of humans. Excited to leave with their satisfied merchandise.Before leaving, they cast sympathetic eyes on the young orcs still training on the dirt flats.

In fact, in their view, these tosses of human beings are useless, but human beings obviously don't like their suspicions. During the time they were here, some children once came to their clansmen and secretly said that they wanted to leave, but the result was The tribe represented by that child was nearly expelled entirely from Sasheer's native land.The attitudes of werewolves and those humans were so fierce and ruthless that even the orcs who had had some kind of illusion were panicked. Although the tribe was finally left behind, they were threatened——if similar or other "disobedient" incidents happened again thing, there will be no second time.So they all shut up.After all, apart from tossing around in the scorching sun, those children's lives are not bad. Humans also require each tribe to keep one or two adult orcs until those apprentices are allowed to return to the tribe. It's time for the tribe to send someone to replace it.

Another afternoon of training was over, and everyone was sweating profusely. The light salt water they drank during the two short breaks in the middle of the training could not survive in their bodies. Being pushed aside, my mind was filled with the sparkle of cool water.But the drinking water is locked in the big wooden cabinet in the dormitory, and only the head of the dormitory has the key. If they dare to use their own bone knife or force to open it, they will break the lock or break the beautiful cabinet. Water tanks, or lost what humans gave them, everyone only has one copy, then the consequences may be the same as that tribe, although they don’t have human orders now, and they dare not even take one more step, but sympathize with and understand their There are not many orcs.

Most of the orc teenagers understood why they came here. The humans and werewolves they faced were very powerful. They could not fight against them, and the tribe did not want them to fight against them at all.

But in this common understanding, there are also some unusual ideas.

After carefully putting the exquisite white jug into the cabinet and locking it again, the head of the dormitory was relieved. Not only would the new orcs be punished for destroying these utensils, but he himself would also be held responsible.He turned around, a strong force hit him, the wooden basin in his hand was snatched away at the same time, his back hit the door heavily, a thick arm pressed against his throat, his eyes went black for a while, instinct Lifting his knees, the opponent let out a muffled grunt, and loosened his arms. He was still dazzled, and he lowered his head and slammed forward. The opponent couldn't avoid it. They fell to the ground together and wrestled together. Just as he was about to bite the whistle rope that was slanted to one side, the orc on top of him said harshly: "Is it an orc! I beg humans to help!"

"Bah!" The head of the house spat out the whistle rope, "Aren't we waiting for you to kill me?"

"It's just a lesson! It won't hurt you!" His opponent, a young werewolf, said angrily, "But you betrayed your bones!"

"Who?"

"Kadal tribe!" the werewolf boy said, "my friend was almost driven back!"

"Huh?! Blame me?" The head of the house pushed the guy away violently, and stood up on the ground, "That bastard slipped into the Crystal Palace like that, did you think those people in black were blind? Stay here I want to leave in five days, I have never seen such a useless orc!"

"Not that bug! Humans came to ask about the Kadar tribe, what did you say?"

The head of the house is still panting, but his eyes have changed.

"What did I say?" He even laughed, "What would I say? Some people look down on Sachel and the humans here, and even think that their victory is false? I'm going to die laughing. The ashes of their burnt corpses I once fell all over me, do you want to take a look at those ash pits?"

The others showed surprised expressions, and the expression of the werewolf boy also changed, but soon, he changed his expression again, as if looking at him from a high place.

"You frightened fool, you can only wag your tail." The werewolf boy said, "Just wait."

"Wait for what?"

"After I become an apprentice, as Sacher's in-laws and the son of Kanlar's elder, I will meet the legendary human being." The werewolf boy said softly, "A dog like you, I will—"

"You can't see him." The head of the house suddenly said.

He looked around at the other people in the dormitory, the corners of his mouth raised, showing sharp canine teeth, "You won't see him. And I—" he nodded his chest, "I'm already an apprentice."

"What?" The other teenagers were taken aback, but the werewolf boy said, "No, you are just a slave. One who was once their enemy became a captive, and finally a slave."

"I am an apprentice." The head of the house said, this time, it was his turn to look at the other party contemptuously, "You don't understand anything, they have already accepted me. As long as I offer my only loyalty, they will truly accept me."