I live at the head of the Yangtze River, and you live at the tail of the Yangtze River. I miss you every day and drink the water of the Yangtze River together without seeing you. This is a beautiful vision, but in fact, I usually live at the head of the Yangtze River, and you live at the tail of the Yangtze River. I want to limit the water supply.
Don't be so stubborn with me.
Romance at the geographical level always has a shadow of swords hidden behind it. In fact, there are countless wars caused by fighting for water sources.
Without water, what kind of agriculture and industry can be developed? And those who occupy the water source are naturally unwilling to sit back and watch the downstream develop and threaten themselves. Therefore, it is completely appropriate to build a dam to maintain one's status. For those who control the water source
, it is better not to develop than to develop.
This is just as Han Feizi said, one's position is determined by one's status, not by good or evil.
The geographical location of Daughters Island is very remote, and there are basically no development opportunities, unless minerals can be found. But obviously Daughters Island does not have mines, so you can only send out workers to earn money, and then buy the goods you need. But there is a problem.
Now that the empress is alive, she can still make money. If the empress dies, who will make money?
As a Shichibukai, the Empress earns a lot of money, but that doesn’t mean that there will be a second Empress in the next era. Once there is no Empress, the income of Numer Island will decrease. What should we do?
These are very real issues. If you don’t consider them now, it will be useless to consider them later.
If you think about it now, there are solutions. If you think about it later, you can only stare blankly. Solving problems also requires strength. The empress has strength, so she must think about it first. If she can solve the problem, then future generations can consider other problems.
But as Dulan said, without geographical advantages, it is difficult to develop. The population of Daughter Island is not large, the territory is not large, and the resources are not many, so it does not have an advantage at all. The only advantage is that the empress is the Shichibukai
, is not weak in strength and can declare war and seize territory.
But although the empress is a pirate, she is also a good person. She was forced to become a pirate by the times, and she did not really like the profession of being a pirate. So she hopes not to hurt others and develop at the same time, but it is obviously unrealistic.
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The empress said: "Perhaps we can discuss it with Ghost Eye Island, and Daughter Island can negotiate with them."
"Negotiation? If you are asking for help from others, they will definitely ask for equality, and maybe they will ask Daughter Island to be a slave forever." Dulan smiled and said: "Are you willing to be a slave?"
The empress recalled bad memories. Thirteen years ago, she was a slave, a slave of the Celestial Dragons. If Tiger, the leader of the Sun Pirates, had not rushed into the Holy Land, she would not be where she is today.
"I will not be anyone's slave." the empress said.
Du Lan smiled and said: "Being a slave of the Celestial Dragons is actually a choice. After all, slaves are the direct influence of the Celestial Dragons. The Celestial Dragons will even give the slaves fruits of the fantasy beast type to eat."
"You don't have to clear your name for the Celestial Dragons," the empress said with disgust.
"That's not right. The Tianlong people are not gods. They also need to exchange materials with the world. Even if they wear isolation suits, they still need to eat and sleep. Then they need someone to cook and work for them, and they need manpower. Then these slaves will do it for them.
The Celestial Dragons complete these tasks. So how can the Celestial Dragons ensure that slaves will not assassinate the Celestial Dragons?"
"Of course, use a whip to make the slaves fearful and stimulate the servility in the slaves," the empress said.
"Slavery? Tell me what exactly is this thing?"
"Not resisting is servility." The empress said firmly.
"Many ordinary people have never experienced as much as a slave in a lifetime. Being a slave of the Celestial Dragons can lead to success. Some slaves of the Celestial Dragons are more majestic than the kings of small countries. It can be said that they are pretending to be powerful. These slaves are at the top.
Slaves are already the spokesperson of the Celestial Dragons outside, why should they resist?" Dulan said: "Don't make the problem simple. Slaves do not exist because of servility, but because of the rules of the game. Being a slave of the Celestial Dragons, you may become a slave.
The direct force of the Tianlong people has become a direct force, and a slave can control huge power."
"You are just washing the ground for the Celestial Dragons. You are talking nonsense. A slave is a slave." The Empress said angrily.
"But in fact, even if the slaves eat the scraps left by the Celestial Dragons, it is still better than what many ordinary people eat. You are also a pirate on the sea. You should know that many people on the sea are poor. They
Their materials are not as good as those of slaves. And do you think ordinary people have more chances to eat the fruits, or do slaves have more chances to eat the fruits?"
"People live not just for material things, but also for freedom!" The empress didn't listen to a word.
The fact is that if you become a slave of the Celestial Dragons, you are more likely to reap the fruits. Because the Celestial Dragons have resources and will cultivate their own direct influence.
The empress ate the fruit while she was a slave, but she would not thank the Celestial Dragons. What Dulan said actually makes sense. The Celestial Dragons are also human beings, and they also need people to help them do things. It is impossible to let the navy do everything.
Therefore, the Tianlong people need their own direct forces.
But the Tianlong people also know that outsiders cannot be trusted, so they cultivate their own direct influence, so slaves who are not tolerated by the outside world are naturally the best choice.
Slaves have lost their social nature and can only rely on the Celestial Dragons. As long as the slaves pay dignity to please the Celestial Dragons, the Celestial Dragons will give slaves fruits. At the same time, by promoting some slaves, the purpose of ruling slaves with slaves can also be achieved, which can be very good.
Take control of the power.
The Celestial Dragons also need manpower to maintain their families and maintain their lives. They also need people to help them do dirty work, and even do some work that is related to their own life and death. Then those slaves who are willing to trade freedom and dignity for material things are the best choice.
The empress doesn't want to be a slave, but some people are willing to be slaves. Because following the Celestial Dragons, you can go to noble places and see things that ordinary people can't see in their lives. Although they are slaves, their vision and ability are higher than ordinary people. Of course.
The price is to servilely please the Celestial Dragons, even to the point of licking their hemorrhoids.
But some people think dignity is worth a thousand pieces of gold, while others think dignity is worth nothing.
Survival, security, social interaction, dignity, self-realization. Dignity ranks fourth, obviously not the most important. Both survival and security require material as the basis. Selling dignity for material is a good deal for many people.
Only those who have enough material things will carry out dignity education and demand that they obtain dignity. This kind of education is usually aristocratic education, after all, only nobles have enough material things.
As for ordinary people, ordinary people in ancient times were illiterate and had no opportunity to receive education. That’s why the idea of opening up people’s wisdom came later. In fact, there are prerequisites for opening up people’s wisdom. It is not just empty talk. The prerequisite is that material must be sufficient and must be provided.
Opportunities for the common people to upgrade. If the common people only seek survival and safety, then social interaction and dignity are not necessary, and naturally they will not pursue any revival with the nobles.
For the people, it is actually the same who is the ruler. Anyway, the emperor and the officials rule the world together, not with the people. If you want the people to be wise, you must rule the world with the people, otherwise the people will never pursue the goal.
Dignity and self-worth are what is called servility.
To govern the world together with the people, we need to give the people the opportunity to upgrade, allowing them to break away from the environment where they only seek survival and safety, and pursue social interaction, dignity, and self-realization.
On the sea, there are a large number of people who are struggling to make ends meet. Compared with them, slaves are also a good job.
"You are also a beneficiary of the Celestial Dragon slavery system. If you had not become a slave, I'm afraid your life would be even more miserable." Duran said, "Let me destroy the prejudice against slaves in your mind."
Duran is not cleaning up the ground for slavery, because slavery is too inefficient. But if you want to destroy slavery, you can't just denounce the slaves' servility, but you must provide slaves with another way out.
There is no dignity in being slaves of the Tianlong people, but the problem is that they have access to the top material life. This is why the Qing Dynasty fell, and many eunuchs will miss the Qing Dynasty. Because their lives in the palace are indeed much better than many ordinary people.
Although the price is loss of dignity, they don't think there is a problem.
So these slaves will protect the Celestial Dragons and protect slavery.