Trade is important because trade represents economic flow and is one of the factors that make the game run. Whether it is tribute trade, pilgrimage trade or other trades, since ancient times, trade has existed since human beings have communicated.
Ace also carefully established his own trade rules. His idea was equal trade. But judging from the Imperial System of Preferences and the Atlantic Charter, we also know that so-called equal trade is not necessarily equal.
The imperial preferential system is beneficial to the empire. As soon as the Atlantic Charter came out, it was the era of American imperialism. As the strongest industrial country in the world at that time, the goods of the American empire were cheap and beautiful. If there was equal trade, everyone would definitely choose cheap and beautiful goods.
Just like the sun never sets, it was originally free trade, not the imperial preferential system. At that time, the sun never set defeated all the enemies and monopolized the ocean trade. Of course, they wanted to go wherever they wanted, so they proposed free trade. But when
After he was at a disadvantage, he chose the Imperial Preferential System.
The Atlantic Charter of US imperialism later turned into a trade war, and it did not recognize that every country has equal trade rights.
"My suggestion is the trade principle of mutual respect." Although Wang Lufei is a soldier, he can also propose to Ace.
"What do you mean? Don't you respect equality?" Ace said.
"Can a person with complete hands and feet be equal to a person with disabled limbs? Healthy people must respect disabled people who are self-reliant, and disabled people should also respect healthy people who are self-reliant." Wang Lufei said: "The premise of respect is self-reliance. If
If a country does not strengthen itself, it does not deserve to be respected and can be kicked out of the trade circle. We must respect that every country has the unwillingness to be a subordinate. At the same time, we must put aside the desire to help others, respect other people's choices, and stay away from people who are not enterprising.
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Ace could imagine that in the future, various islands would develop, and each island would be staring at him, wanting to replace him. He also felt that this was the world that his father wanted. His father started the Age of Discovery, and didn't he just hope that more pirates would replace him?
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Every island wants to be the boss, which is really scary when you think about it.
"Every island wants to be the boss and not the younger brother. Will someone use despicable means? After all, if you want to be the boss, you don't have to improve yourself in terms of hard power. You can also destroy your opponents through deception and cheating.
Drag others back, or even kill your opponent, to win." Ace said.
"There are indeed such people, but even if someone wins with despicable means, if he wants to maintain his victory, he must follow the methods of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, otherwise he will be overthrown by the same means. Benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust are the principles of thieves.
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Ace said: "Don't you care about those despicable methods?"
"No matter what, increase the cost of underhanded methods, that's what we can do. But if you want to eliminate underhanded methods, forget it, because underhanded methods are a way of defeating the weak with the weak, and many people choose to be underhanded because they are not strong enough.
Means are the means used by the weak in the game and cannot be eliminated. If the weak want to get ahead, they have to use despicable means and sneak attacks." Wang Lufei is a soldier, and what he considers is to obtain the greatest victory at the least cost.
Ace is silent, if the weak have no despicable means to protect themselves, then why should the strong respect the weak?
If the weak's self-improvement is on the same track as the strong, they will definitely not be able to compete with each other, so they must find another way. The strong will follow the track of justice, and the weak will naturally follow the track of despicable means.
But when the weak win, they must rely on benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust to maintain their victory, and they must launch their own ideas with care and dedication. Instead of always relying on despicable means, because many despicable means take advantage of the information gap. Once used, the information will be lost.
If the difference disappears, it will be targeted.
"Despicable means will not disappear. It seems that the Utopia will not appear." Ace sighed and said: "Many people have written to me, saying that they want to build a country where there is no buying or selling and no killing. Unfortunately, games will not disappear. Only in theory
There are no games in the Utopia in China. Many people hate games and don’t want to play. They hope to have an Utopia without games. Unfortunately, there is no such place."
"Definitely not, because as long as there are two people, it can be a game, whether it is a husband and wife, a father and a son, a brother... Two people can be a game, and there is no place where there is no game. But neither individuals, nor power, nor capital like it.
Game, so what the emperor likes most is control, that is, he hopes that one person can control all the power, while businessmen like monopoly, and one person can monopolize all the business. Unfortunately, no one can really do it yet, even if one person is very strong, the same is true for the weak
Will resist and find ways to make things worse." Wang Lufei said that this is reality and there is endless fun in fighting with others.
"So we can only do our best, build credibility, and increase the costs for others to cause trouble. But even if there is an opportunity for the benefits to outweigh the costs, they will still make trouble if they should." Ace said: "I suddenly felt that One Piece didn't do it.
No matter what, it’s too troublesome.”
"I'm afraid it won't work if you don't do it at this time. You have offended so many people. If you become king, everyone will protect you. Once the group breaks up, the navy will not let you go, and neither will everyone. If you want to wear the crown,
We must bear the weight." Wang Lufei thought that it was too late to back down now.
Ace just said that he would not really escape, and said: "I just think that now that there is an enemy, we can all fight against the navy together. When the navy disappears, everyone will be the boss. It's really scary, just thinking about it
Think, I'm already carrying it like a light."
"Otherwise, how can we be called a loner?" Wang Lufei said: "There are still people on the sea who say that the Pirate King is the freest person. It is really a joke. They don't even look at the fate of the Pirate King and his family. Roger lives and dies, and his wife wants to prevent others.
Doubt, delay childbearing, and ultimately overdraw your life. What kind of freedom is this?"
Ace sighed: "Yes, my parents are burdened by the reputation of One Piece. As long as two people can play games, who has freedom? Even if he becomes the Pirate King, the orders issued by the time will need to be carried out by his subordinates.
It is impossible to do whatever you want. As long as there are two people, there is no freedom."
"Even if one person is not free, food, clothing, housing, transportation, illness and injuries cannot be solved by one person."
The conclusion of the dialogue between the two was that freedom does not exist, and at the same time they determined a trade policy based on respect. They respected that every small island has the idea of being the boss, and promoted education and construction of infrastructure to help the small island develop its own strength and seize the boss.
status path.
If a small island really becomes the boss, whether it is through hard power or despicable means, if he becomes the boss, he must also ensure that other younger brothers have this opportunity. Otherwise, his status as the boss will not be stable.
Ace gave a speech, telling the world that he has only one purpose as the boss: "I have only one goal, and that is to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to become the Pirate King. So I maintain trade relations with every island based on respect. I hope everyone will
Be proactive and use your strength to win respect. Even if you are an opponent, as long as you win my respect, you can still cooperate and trade. We have only one enemy, and that is those guys who are not enterprising and unworthy of respect."
Ace's "Respect Speech" has been very influential, and it has determined one's own boundaries. This boundary is not dead, but alive. Whether one can win respect depends on everyone's performance, and performance can be achieved through hard work. And
He also said that even the navy can work together as long as they are positive.
The nobles can also accept it, because the noble elites are very positive. Although there are a few nobles who are just waiting to die, these scum are also despised by the nobles.
We must know that in the era of illiteracy, words such as Tian Xingjian's gentleman's constant self-improvement, chiseling walls to steal light, firefly sacs reflecting snow, hearing chickens dancing, sleeping on firewood and tasting courage, etc., inspired the nobles. In the era when nobles monopolize knowledge, nobles also hope that their people can
Wear the stars and the moon and work hard to make progress.
Therefore, the expression theory of nobles is positive. Who can defeat the nobles? In the eyes of the nobles, Ace is showing his kindness to the nobles.