Chapter 058 The higher the status, the more afraid of death
Baldwin was taken to the parking lot by Xu Yun and Lin Ge and thrown into their escort vehicle. Natasha and Courtney were completely unable to stop him. Although there were hundreds of people outside now, they were all hindered by Baldwin's
It's safe, don't dare to act rashly.
Baldwin also gave them orders to calmly deal with the current situation, which was out of their control.
"Now I have done what you said, are you satisfied?" Baldwin said: "The list you asked for is indeed in my computer in my New York villa. I just put it back before I came to see you. If I knew you were so
If you want it, I should bring it over."
"If you knew what we wanted, you would probably hide it even more closely." Lin Ge said, "If you weren't afraid of death, would you be so cooperative?"
"If I were afraid of death, I wouldn't be where I am today." Baldwin said to Lin Ge with some pride.
Xu Yun signaled Lin Ge to drive well and not be distracted. Baldwin's people would definitely show up to hijack the car at any time, so it was better to be careful.
"Mr. Baldwin, I admit that you are a person who is not afraid of death. It is impossible for a person who is afraid of death to build his own 'empire'." Xu Yun nodded: "But once your own 'empire' is established, how can you still
Aren’t you afraid of death?”
Baldwin was stunned for a moment.
"We in China have experienced many dynasties, and the founding emperors of each dynasty were not afraid of death. If they were afraid of death, it would be impossible to play this kind of power game." Xu Yundao said: "But once you create your own empire,
No one wants to die."
In fact, Baldwin has never thought about this issue in detail. Perhaps it is because now that he has become "successful and famous", no one can threaten him, so he has not thought about whether he will still be afraid, and then he thinks that he is the same as before.
There is no such thing as fear of death.
Now when he heard what Xu Yun said, Baldwin really had a feeling. He realized that he didn't want to die. It was something deep in his bones. If he died, he would lose everything. This was a very painful realization.
When people are alive, people who have no money will always envy the rich, because they have money, so they enjoy it.
But when it's time for people to leave this world, all rich people will envy the poor. The wishes of the poor before they die are usually easily fulfilled. They don't have many things, and they have nothing to regret when they pass away.
But it's different for rich people. Think about it, once you die, the courtyard in the Second Ring Road will be gone, the big villa in Diaoyutai will be gone, and you won't have the chance to spend hundreds of billions of savings on the beauties around you.
, luxury cars, everything is gone.
Can you not be depressed?
Therefore, the richer people are, the more painful they will be when they die. This is also the reason why the richer and more prestigious people are, the more they are afraid of losing it, and the more they are afraid of death!
Baldwin had never thought about this issue before, so he didn't think too much about it. Xu Yun challenged him today, and he realized that he had become very afraid of death.
"Immortality, immortality, and eternal youth." Xu Yun smiled slightly: "If such a myth were true, Mr. Baldwin would definitely be crazy about it."
Immortality is such a desirable thing, even for ordinary people, let alone those emperors who are above ten thousand people.
Baldwin now has a criminal empire of his own.
You know, the emperors who founded their own empires in China all dreamed of an impossible thing. They all wanted to live forever, and they have been pursuing it endlessly. However, no one has ever realized this thing. If it could be realized, the world would be long gone.
It's a mess.
Let’s just say that the First Emperor was a man who fanatically pursued the art of immortality. He was not only the first emperor in China, but also the first in China to fanatically pursue the elixir of immortality.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the art of Qihuang had gradually matured, and the practice of alchemy was prevalent. Among them, Xu Fu was the most important. Emperor Qin Shihuang asked him to refine the elixir of immortality. However, to refine the elixir of life, there must be a drug primer, and the drug primer must be phoenix blood.
So Qin Shihuang sent more people to search for the whereabouts of the Phoenix across the country.
Xu Fu has some skills, but he knows better than anyone whether there is an elixir of immortality. However, in order to save his life, he has no choice but to talk nonsense, but there is a point. Xu Fu knows better than anyone else that if the elixir cannot be obtained, it will be a loss of his head.
But he also had a way, he could deceive the magicians and at least he was very eloquent. He suggested to Qin Shihuang that he choose five hundred boys and girls to go east to the fairy island to obtain the elixir for the first emperor.
Of course, this was just a cover. It was a way to escape, and it turned out to be a good method. Although Li Si said at the time that the whole world was not the kingdom's territory, the overseas mainland dynasties at that time had no control over it and did not bother with officials at all.
As a result, the First Emperor of Qin is still well in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin in Shaanxi. However, the pursuit of the elixir of life did not stop there, but intensified. The development of the elixir of life began with the First Emperor.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also a pursuer of the elixir of life. He had a palace for alchemy and often took the so-called elixir. However, no one who ate the elixir lived long. Originally, they thought that taking the elixir would lead to a longer life. In the end, they could have lived normally until their natural end.
Few people who have taken so-called elixirs for a long time have survived for more than a few years.
The mortality rate of trying the elixir was extremely high, but it did not affect the emperor's pursuit of immortality at all. Even the Mingjun Li Shimin, who was called Tian Khan by the people, also took the so-called elixir, especially during the reign of Li Zhi, who admired Qihuang the most
He took elixirs almost every day, and within a few years he left Hexi.
There were also some in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and there were even more bizarre ones, such as Zhu Yijun, who was obsessed with the way of cultivating immortals. This guy was even more unbelievable. If there were people who wrote novels about cultivating immortals at that time, he would definitely give a reward of tens of thousands of taels of gold.
Bar?
Anyway, this guy is practicing in seclusion all day instead of going to court. He even built a Taoist temple in the palace and practices in seclusion every day!
He only has a dream, that is to become an immortal, and he is also a master who often takes elixirs, and his body is even eaten by the poison and is covered with sores. However, he does not think it is because of the elixirs, so he continues to take them. As a result, within a few years
I also went to see Emperor Taizu Gao.
To put it bluntly, those so-called elixirs back then were just poisons after chemical reactions.
The elixir contains heavy metals, poisonous metals, and some contain mercury. Can you avoid death if you eat it? The science is not in place and ignorance kills people. Those emperors only harmed others and themselves and deceived others, but why are they still there?
To be happy with it is not just for the sake of immortality, but also for the sake of being able to hold on to the power in hand.
Anyway, once a person has the supreme status, he will definitely not want to die. There is no way to escape!
Therefore, it is impossible for Baldwin to say that he is not afraid of death. He just has not faced this problem head-on. If the threat of death is really placed in front of him and he still says that he is not afraid of death, then he is really evil.
"If you die, everything about you will be in vain. If you bet with us whether we really dare to kill you, your chips are too big." Xu Yun smiled and knocked on Baldwin.
The expression on Baldwin's face became increasingly ugly and unnatural.
But Baldwin didn't want to show weakness in front of Xu Yun: "Have you ever seen a real New York gangster...?"
Xu Yun shook his head.
"I believe you don't want to see it," Baldwin said.
"Yes, I really don't want to see it." Xu Yundao said: "This is the only reason why you believe that I dare not kill you, right? Although I have never seen the gangs in New York, I understand the history of the world, and I also know the beauty of the world.
The most serious riot in the history of the empire, the conscription riots are inseparable from the gangs."
Baldwin nodded: "It can be said that it is related, or it can be said that it is not related. This... no one can say clearly."
The riots in New York were indeed very powerful. It is said that the conscription decree issued by the president required all prime-age men to enlist in the army, unless they paid three hundred dollars to be exempted from military service. This seriously unfair conscription system ignited the anger of the poor, tens of thousands
People were burning, killing and looting on the streets.
To put it bluntly, this policy is actually tantamount to granting immunity to military service to the wealthy and privileged classes, while the poor who cannot afford three hundred dollars have no choice but to serve as cannon fodder on the front lines of the Civil War!