Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 873, The importance of being at the top of the food chain

Before Liu Jin traveled, it was already the 21st century. At that time, the land of China had undergone decades of reform and opening up, and after hard work, he finally lived a well-off life.

Liu Jin still remembers very clearly that whenever it's New Year's Eve, when everyone gets together, the topics they talk about are highly similar to the topics I've heard now.

What everyone discussed was how much money they made a year, whether they had a house in the city, which industries were the most profitable, what kind of life the rich lived, and so on.

One is the Great Ming Dynasty, and the other is the world before I traveled, they are so similar.

This made Liu Jin also fall into deep thought.

The land of Huaxia in later generations was able to rise again, relying on hard work, hard work, and cheap labor to earn a little hard money in the international market. Start living a life of abundance.

Because of the century-old history of bloodshed and humiliation, under the colonial and semi-colonial state, amidst the century-long internal and external turmoil, China at that time was poor and weak.

The foundation is very weak, and a large amount of wealth has been plundered by the great powers through a series of unequal treaties. The poor and the white have nothing.

More importantly, the level of science and technology at that time was far behind the world, and it was difficult to compete with other countries in the world in all aspects, so there was no way but to rely on hard work, earn a little hard money, and slowly accumulate. Going from strength to strength.

After decades of world development, it slowly developed.

But even so, the China before the later generations traveled by themselves was still a developing country, not a developed country, and there was still a big gap from the world's strongest bald eagle.

At the same time, the Chinese people at that time were the most industrious people in the world. They worked the most hours throughout the year, but they got the least remuneration.

In other countries in the world, those developed countries, in many countries, half of the time in a year is on vacation, and in the remaining half of the time, they only work about six hours a day.

However, people in these developed countries have very high incomes, and all kinds of things are very cheap, their lives are rich, and all kinds of benefits are so good.

Such a huge difference has also aroused the thinking of countless people.

Can hard work make you rich?
The Chinese people before time travel were very diligent and hardworking, but why couldn't they get rich?

There is a big gap with developed countries, not to mention compared with developed countries, even compared with many developing countries, it seems that there is a big gap.

what is this?
Liu Jin thought about it carefully, and then looked at the people in front of him. These Ming people in front of him are also very hardworking and smart, and they are in the same line as the Chinese people before crossing. There is no difference between them, they are also hardworking and smart.

But because of Liu Jin, a time traveler, Daming gradually embarked on the development path of colonialism and capitalism.

It has only been a few years, and it has only been six years since the ninth year of Hongzhi to the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, which can be said to be a very short time.

But in this short period of six years, great changes have taken place in Daming.

Among other things, it can be seen just from the lives of these ordinary people.

Compared with the common people of the later generations of China, the living standard of the people of Ming Dynasty is far higher than that of the common people of later generations, regardless of technology and some things of the times.

More importantly, these Ming people in front of them are confident and proud. They are full of confidence in Daming, and they are full of pride in their blood and identity. This kind of self-confidence is definitely not possessed by future generations.

There are still six years to go, and the speed of development of Ming Dynasty feels faster and more effective than the decades of reform and opening up in later generations.

Later generations have struggled for decades, but they will not be able to become the Ming Dynasty that has undergone tremendous changes for six years.

Because the current Ming Dynasty is definitely the most powerful country on this planet, with the largest population, the strongest economy, the most advanced technology, the strongest military, and the most intelligent and hardworking people.

Although it was only six years, the development of Ming Dynasty was enough to compare with the decades of struggle of later generations.

"Why is the difference so big?"

"Except for the advancement of technology, the current Ming Dynasty is far from what the later generations of Huaxia can compare to. Why is this?"

Liu Jin frowned and thought carefully.

"There is a huge difference in this, that is, Daming has not experienced the history of ceding land for compensation, losing power and humiliating the country, so Daming itself is full of vitality and has a solid foundation."

"If Daming is allowed to pay hundreds of millions or hundreds of millions of taels of silver to the outside world, plus the ruler's blood-sucking or something, it is estimated that Daming will also suffer from internal and external aggression, and will become skinny and have no vitality. Opportunities, I am afraid it will be difficult to develop and grow."

"Moreover, the current Daming not only does not need to pay foreign compensation, but also can continuously plunder massive wealth from all over the world. The huge wealth is continuously imported into Daming, nourishing Daming, and giving Daming ample and incomparable vitality."

Soon, Liu Jin thought of a huge difference.

That is the problem of one's own background and vitality.

The Huaxia of the later generations has experienced a history of humiliation for a hundred years. During the century-long turmoil, internal and external troubles, Huaxia's vitality has been injured, and its foundation is too weak. It is too difficult to recover.

The current Daming is different, full of vitality, the key is that it can also plunder vitality from all over the world to nourish itself. In this way, even if there is a famine inside, Daming can easily solve it.

This is like a person, the Huaxia of the later generations is equivalent to experiencing a serious illness, poor and weak, skinny, severely injured, and it is very uncomfortable to catch a cold or something.

But now Da Ming is different. He is physically strong and full of vitality. The key is that he can also plunder other people's vitality to supplement himself. Even if there is something wrong, Da Ming can easily get over it.

This is a huge difference, a fundamental gap.

"The six years of the Ming Dynasty can almost reach the decades of the last and later generations, and even far exceed it. This is basically different."

"Of course the most important thing is that the current Ming Dynasty is at the top of the food chain, but the Huaxia of later generations has always been at the end of the food chain."

"Being at the top of the food chain, so Da Ming can plunder externally, and the things produced by Da Ming can also maximize their value, unlike later generations, who are at the end of the food chain and are subject to deprivation from above. Just making a little hard-earned money."

"This is the most fundamental difference!"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have figured out one thing all at once.

The developed countries in Europe and the United States in the later generations obviously didn't work hard or diligently, but their lives were very easy. The Chinese people worked very hard, but they lived very hard.

The difference is that they are at the top of the food chain, and we are at the end of the food chain.

Of course, they occupy the most resources on the earth, and a large amount of land is occupied by them. Land means resources and living space.

So they don't need to work hard to live well, but we have a large population, less land, and less space, so no matter how hard we try, we will actually live far worse than them.

This is like Henan and other places in Daming, where there are many people and few lands, so what if you try harder?

On average, each person only has a little land. Even if they are exhausted, the land cannot produce much food, and life is still very difficult.

But after the Ming Dynasty had overseas colonies, large-scale immigrants went to the colonies, overseas, and Liaodong. In these places, the land was sparsely populated, and there was plenty of land and living space.

Even without much effort, you can easily live a rich life.

This is the importance of occupying resources and living space.

In the later generations of China, more than one billion people are confined to a small land. The bald eagle is similar to us, but the population is only [-] million. From this aspect alone, their life will be better than ours.

This point can be seen from the later generations of Nan Bangzi.

Although Nanbangzi is a developed country, although the per capita GDP is relatively high, compared with developed countries in Europe and America, the living standard of Nanbangzi is too far behind. There is not enough land and living space, even in developed countries. Very cautious, eating spicy cabbage has to think twice, far inferior to people in Europe and the United States, beef, beef, or beef.

Now Daming is finally on the right track.

The development of colonialism gave Ming a vast land and vast living space, and it could also plunder other countries to supplement itself.

Such a Daming, even if he is a little lazy, can still lead a prosperous life.

What's more, Daming people are not lazy, they are very diligent and very smart, so in just six years, Daming has developed to such a point.

After thinking about this clearly, a smile appeared on Liu Jin's face.

"It's good to be at the top of the food chain. You can plunder the countries and regions below. This steady stream of wealth will come in, and the life of Ming people will be much better in the future."

"This large living space has many advantages. Occupying more than half of Asia, all of Australia and the Americas, and in the future, Africa will be occupied. In the future, this living space will be large. Let alone a billion people, even billions of people will be fine. Live a small life of abundance, with enough land and resources to support them.”

The more Liu Jin thinks about it, the better he will feel. It is worthwhile for him to travel over here. The land he snatched is enough for the people of Daming to live a prosperous life in the future.

　Do you think it makes sense?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)