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"Singapore is not a place where dragons are born. There is no real dragon in Singapore. There is nothing good about the dragon throne here. However..."

Xian Yaowen dragged out the words, keeping the audience in suspense.

Li Yue urged, "But what? Tell me."

Xian Yaowen chuckled, "However, precisely because the dragon throne here is not so noble, it can be fought for with words, without the need for bloodshed and without much danger. This is a blessing for those who come to fight for hegemony and the common people."

Li Yueru was puzzled and said, "Xinzhou may be a small place, but the dragon throne is the dragon throne, how can it not be noble?"

"Singapore is too small, with few people and few resources, and no strategic depth. Even if we mobilize our troops at full strength, it will be useless. Any force with a little strength can crush it to the ground.

Singapore's geographical location is very good. It is located at the southern entrance of the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest straits in the world and a golden waterway. The Strait of Malacca is the shortest waterway connecting the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It is also the crossroads of Asia and Oceania and the only way to connect the West and the East.

Merchant ships from Europe, West Asia and East Asia, as well as cargo ships transporting goods, resources and energy, will choose to pass through here in order to save transportation costs, which provides great convenience for transportation and saves time. "

Xian Yaowen tapped the table and said, “This is a golden land. If it was not a British colony but a Dutch, Spanish or Portuguese colony, or if it was lucky enough not to become a colony, it would become a paradise for ambitious people.

Or they may fight each other to the death, fight for the throne of the warlord who controls a certain area, and the people will suffer. Without guns and cannons, they will live like pigs and dogs.

Or Singapore Island could become a pirate island, where pirates would use it as a base to rob merchant ships at sea. Due to the dirty relationship between the major powers, this place would become a problem that cannot be solved in a short time. "

"Do you mean to say that it is a blessing for Singapore to be a British colony?" Li Yueru placed one of the bowls of shrimp noodles that the stall owner had placed on the table in front of Xian Yaowen.

Xian Yaowen took two pairs of chopsticks from the chopstick holder, wiped the tips of the chopsticks with a handkerchief, and handed a pair to Li Yueru. "At this stage, the Governor's Office can tolerate demonstrations, protests, and strikes. The British have done a good job. Of course, this is because the changes in the world situation have forced the British to make changes."

Xian Yaowen took a mouthful of noodles and pointed at his mouth. "If the Chinese in Singapore want to fight for more rights, they should use their mouths and brains instead of using guns to launch a so-called revolution. Now is not a good time for a revolution, especially a Soviet-style revolution."

"why?"

"The Soviet Union is a vast country with rich resources. It controls Ukraine, the granary of Europe. As long as they don't mess around, even if there is a dog sitting on the throne, the Soviet people will not starve.

But in fact, the Soviets had not had an easy time in the past few decades. If it had not been for the mess in the 1930s, Germany would not have dared to attack the Soviet Union, but would have actively tried to win over the Soviet Union into its camp.

As for the Soviet Union, it will most likely act as a troublemaker, take advantage of the situation, create a buffer zone around Eurasia, and strive to become like the United States in terms of geographical location. "

Xian Yaowen omitted some words that were inappropriate for a complete statement and continued: "Singapore or Malaya does not have the favorable conditions of the Soviet Union. I mean the combination of geographical resources and international environment. Not to mention whether the revolution will succeed, even if it succeeds, the future is very bleak.

Objectively speaking, the world has always been diverse. A normal world has white, black, and gray in between.

The world has always been a pyramid structure, with more people at the bottom and fewer people as you go up. A minority of people make rules in the name of the majority and let the majority abide by them. To put it bluntly, no matter what the rules are, they are ultimately the law of resource allocation.

There may be selfless people in this world, without selfish desires. If your own son eats meat, you will not let your neighbor's son drink the broth. If your own son gets first place in the exam, you will let your neighbor's son tie for first place. If your own son has a wife, you will not let your neighbor's son be single. "

Xian Yaowen nodded solemnly, “I believe such people exist, but they are only a minority. The vast majority of people are selfish, and taking without doing anything or taking more by doing less is what everyone pursues.

Those who have the power of distribution will definitely allocate more resources to themselves. Lao Tzu said, "The way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency, but the way of man is not so. It is to reduce the deficiency in order to serve the surplus."

It is written in Matthew 13:12, For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Translated into Chinese, this sentence means: 'For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.'

Some time ago, it happened to snow in Paris. It was the first time I saw snow and it was very novel. Although the weather was a bit cold, I walked around outside.

On a street in a residential area, I met a few children playing snowball fights and making snowmen. They took some snow and made snowballs, then pushed the snowballs and rolled them on the snow. The snowballs were wrapped with new snowflakes and became bigger and bigger, from the size of a fist to this size.

Xian Yaowen made a big gesture with his hands, "The more the children pushed forward, the bigger the snowball became, until they couldn't push it anymore. I became interested and went to help the children push it. I was strong, so I pushed the snowball to the size of a small car. Then, I couldn't push it anymore, so I asked my bodyguards to help push it, and the snowball became as big as a truck."

Xian Yaowen stretched out his hands and made a bigger gesture.

His funny look made Li Yueru giggle.

“As long as you invest enough people and output enough effort, you can keep pushing the snowball forward and make it continue to grow. I learned a lesson from this, which I call the snowball effect.

When we haven’t eaten for a few days, we will be satisfied with just a little food, but when we have enough food and clothing, it is not a problem. ”

Xian Yaowen picked up a bowl of noodles with chopsticks, "We are not satisfied with plain food, we want to eat a bowl of shrimp noodles to change our appetite, and when we get tired of shrimp noodles, we will think about changing to something else. In fact, I have always been curious about the taste of stir-fried phoenix tongue. I have an idea to enclose a piece of land somewhere and raise a group of Java sparrows. When I have enough, I will secretly cook it and taste it."

"How big are Java sparrows? How many would it take to make a dish using their tongues?"

Xian Yaowen laughed and said, "I'm fine. I don't have a big appetite. A few hundred are enough. If I change them to edible ones, thousands of them would only be enough to fill my teeth."

"I haven't eaten it, so I don't know if it tastes good. But if you want to eat it, you don't have to raise it yourself. You can just go to the countryside and collect it."

"That's not good. There aren't many Java sparrows in the first place. If word gets out that its tongue is delicious, it will bring disaster to the Java sparrows.

I said, this world is diverse. An animal exists for a reason. Before you understand its importance to its living environment, it is best not to drive it to extinction just for the sake of satisfying your appetite.

The same is true for rats and cockroaches. Everyone wants to kill them when they see them, but if they really become extinct, no one can predict what the consequences will be. It may be better, but it is more likely to be worse. "

Li Yueru looked disgusted. "What use are mice and cockroaches? Are they to be used as food for other animals?"

"I'm not sure." Xian Yaowen shook his head. "Perhaps the purpose of their existence is to prevent humans from living too comfortably. If it is true that all living things are equal, then humans are all sinners. They have all participated in the crazy killing of other animals and deserve to die."

“Can humans and animals be the same?”

Xian Yaowen smiled faintly and said, "So, you think humans are superior to animals?"

"Is there any doubt about this?" Li Yueru said as a matter of course.

"Given your attitude, it shouldn't be necessary." Xian Yaowen said calmly: "Since you can accept that humans and animals are superior and inferior, you naturally also accept that there are superior and inferior people among people. The so-called equality does not exist for you.

You will enjoy the service of servants with peace of mind, but when you are treated unfairly by the powerful, you hope that they will treat you fairly based on the principle of equality for all.

In ancient times, there was an official title called Zhou Mu. The word "Mu" alone showed the court's attitude towards its people. Later, the name of the official title was no longer so explicit, and the way of governance also changed, but the essence remained unchanged.

Treating the people like cattle and horses and managing them as cattle and horses is the best way to manage. Whether the management is good or not does not depend on kindness, but on persistence. Adhere to the established reasonable resource allocation rules, do not mess around, and do not let the people starve. Then the people will naturally behave themselves and play the role of taxpayers well. "

Li Yueru asked thoughtfully: "What do resources include?"

"Food, dignity, upward mobility, the right to equality before the law, is a righteous statement. It is only when individuals cannot do it that they cannot lack the opportunity to do it."

Li Yueru pondered for a moment and said, "Yao Wen, I roughly understand what you said, but I don't understand the purpose of your saying this."

"Everyone has selfish desires. If you are in a snowball, it will get bigger and bigger. If you are outside, you will either be hit to death or be swept away at any time. If a hotel wants to continue to operate, it is enough to just realize social value, but if you want a smooth road, there must be rules, that is, there must be regulations to follow.

Since there are rules to follow, we can follow this path, and so can others. It is also possible to change two people to run the hotel.”

Xian Yaowen chuckled, "Maybe twenty or thirty years from now, we will each sit cross-legged in an iron window, looking up at the outside world, or walk to the gallows, with sandbags tied to our legs, unable to kick even if we want to, and our mouths open with tongues sticking out, long and creaking, and this life will be over."

Li Yueru shuddered, "You want..."

"No need to say it." Xian Yaowen interrupted Li Yueru, "Sister Chaoqiong, you are right. In Singapore, the status of a lawyer is very noble for ordinary people, and the upper limit is also very high. I don't know all the lawyers in Singapore, but I have seen their photos. He is definitely not in the list. I guess he is just a student who passed the bar exam in the UK and is not even a trainee lawyer.

Did you hear what that woman said just now?"

Li Yueru nodded.

"It's not easy to get two kinds of pigs from the same trough. The sister is like this, and the brother is probably about the same. He is just a product of the British education system. He is more likely to accept British values ​​and is inclined to the parliamentary system."

"Do you think he will become an official?"

"Nine times out of ten."

"so?"

Xian Yaowen glanced at Zhou Yingli and said, "Let's test the quality first and then decide what to do."

Li Yueru also glanced at Zhou Yingli, "If there was no such woman, would this not have happened?"

"There will be the same thing, but the first target may not be him."

"Ah."

Li Yueru nodded, picked up the chopsticks to pick up the noodles, but her eyes were secretly looking at Zhou Yingli.

What's more, the man who blocked the road was not talking empty words. When they had eaten half of the shrimp noodles, the man who blocked the road came back and brought back more hooligans.

The leader had a crew cut and wore a white sweatshirt with a shirt on top. The front was open and his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows. He had his hands in his pockets, with arrogance written all over his face. He had no idea what an opponent was.

When he saw him, Xian Yaowen smiled knowingly and memories came flooding back.

When he was playing in an ice rink in the mainland, he met similar gangsters. They had no sense of justice and released their male hormones in front of him for a girl, saying that they were the boss of the skating rink.

"He was a little red-blooded guy who was poisoned by Young and Dangerous. I wonder what poisoned this guy in front of me?"

Obviously, this group of people who came here did not look like formal members of the gang, but rather like small gangsters who were either hanging out on their own or attached to the gang. They had not yet realized that the true meaning of being a gangster is to make money. They walked with a swagger and still wanted to be impressive. "Being killed in the street" or "I really regret joining the gang" mainly came from this group of people. (End of this chapter)