"Monk, are you full?"
"Disciple, you are full." Monk Qiu Yuan clasped his hands together and said gratefully.
"Isn't the first thing you have to do before you're full?"
This sentence was a bit convoluted, but Qiu Yuan understood it and bowed slightly: "It seems so."
"Keep walking around. Since you think that there is no way forward in the world of mountains and seas, then I will show you the so-called way forward. This is a world where most people can have enough to eat. This is a big city, and there are also small cities and
You can go and see the countryside."
Monk Qiu Yuan couldn't help but feel ashamed of the hostility at the beginning. Yes, how could there be no way forward in this world?
Look at this prosperous world.
Even if this world has flaws in the eyes of Buddha, no matter what, it is ten times and a hundred times better than the world of mountains and seas.
"Disciple, I want to take a look at the tall house in front. There seem to be many people there."
When Wang Hao took a look, the words "Carrefour Supermarket" came into view.
"Go ahead."
Supermarkets can be found everywhere, whether in cities or towns.
However, the origin of "supermarket" is not ordinary.
It is a cultural phenomenon invented in the United States. Starting in the 1940s, various supermarkets began to appear in the United States, representing the country's prosperous economy and culture. The United States uses supermarkets as "cultural weapons of the free market" to show the world
, only their commodities and distribution methods can give mankind the most prosperous future.
We have to admit that this iconic cultural phenomenon has spread throughout Blue Star.
People have long been accustomed to it.
Sure enough, when Monk Qiuyuan entered the supermarket, he was stunned. There was a dazzling array of products, including rice, fresh food, clothes, some strange bottles and cans, suspected to be wine, and a large number of unknown items. He even had his
Breathing is also frozen.
Even though there were enough things in this world that shocked him, so many items, endless merchandise, and bustling customers gave him an unimaginable impact.
Wang Hao sighed in his heart, today's human beings are not surprised by the existence of "supermarkets".
However, the widespread spread of supermarkets has led to many historical events, and even contributed to the outcome of the Cold War in the 20th century to a certain extent.
At the 1959 U.S. National Exhibition, the exhibition hall carefully prepared by the Americans was a huge "supermarket."
At that time, the government concentrated on transporting 3,000 tons of goods, ranging from books, magazines, movies, records, canned food, to washing machines, televisions, refrigerators, cars, boats, tractors and other mechanical equipment, and put them all in
in the supermarket to show the huge commodity economy and prosperity under the free market economic system.
The then Soviet leader Khrushchev attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition and launched a debate with Vice President Nixon on "Eastern and Western ideologies and nuclear war."
At that time, the Soviet Union adopted a planned economy and was suffering from famine.
No one knows how Khrushchev felt when faced with the impact of supermarket culture, the dense crowds and the dazzling array of products.
After this, the "Corn Movement" was launched to vigorously promote corn across the country. However, this movement obviously failed, and Khrushchev was nicknamed "Her Corn".
Of course, Khrushchev was not completely knocked down by "supermarket culture".
The one who was knocked down was Ye Qinli, who also visited the "supermarket".
In his autobiography, Yechinli wrote sadly: After seeing the hundreds of products on the shelves of American supermarkets, he felt a despairing pain for the Soviet people for the first time. A country with such potential as the Soviet Union
A huge, supposedly extremely wealthy country has been reduced to poverty.
Nowadays, Monk Qiuyuan, who comes from the Shanhai world, which is even poorer than the third world, sees the prosperous scene in the supermarket.
His spirit was completely knocked down.
After shopping in the supermarket for several hours to confirm that these products really existed, the monk recovered from his confusion.
"Buddha, tell me the final answer. Why are the two worlds as different as the other side and hell?"
"The productivity is not enough." Wang Hao said.
"What is...productivity?"
This question is not easy to explain.
The scene changed, and Monk Qiuyuan went to the electric vehicle factory again. He saw the so-called "productivity".
Countless robots are working automatically, producing an "indescribable thing" at an unimaginable speed. This "indescribable thing" is a hundred times and a thousand times more complex than any device he has seen!
In the Shanhai Realm, it may take a day or two for a blacksmith to forge an ordinary kitchen knife.
Wang Hao took him to the Great Plains again. There were seeders sowing wheat. The monk was stunned for a moment when he saw these strange machines.
But he finally understood: what productivity is.
"Why...the productivity of the mountain and sea world is not enough? Where do these creations come from?"
"Because Shanhai Realm has no scientific world view, no knowledge, and incomplete social systems. It only relies on people's hands to work, but does not rely on brains to accumulate. How can productivity be enough?"
Monk Qiuyuan came to the school.
A professor was explaining advanced mathematics: "Before applying L'Obitat's rule, two tasks must be completed first: first, whether the limits of the numerator and denominator are both equal to zero; second, whether the numerator and denominator are differentiable respectively within a limited area. If this
If both conditions are met, then derive the derivation and determine whether the limit after derivation exists: if it exists, the answer will be obtained directly."
The monk felt that his IQ was pressed to the ground and rubbed. The Buddha gave him the ability to understand the words of this world. But he could not read or understand any words.
But his strong sixth sense told him that this knowledge might be the source of productivity.
Immediately afterwards, he went to the hospital, to the library, to small cities, to remote mountainous areas, and even to exotic India, the birthplace of Buddhism.
Finally, head to Africa, the poorest country.
Even in poor Africa, there is no such thing as cannibalism.
The level of development of productivity determines the scene seen.
If the African savannah could go back thousands of years, it would probably be similar to the world between mountains and seas.
Monk Qiu Yuan, who is not young at all, looks like a baby who has just opened his eyes to see the world when facing the vast world on earth.
It turns out he knows nothing about the world!
He only remembered this sentence: "Insufficient productivity."
"Vigorously develop productivity!"
What he heard was false and what he saw was true. He was completely convinced, and his anger had long since disappeared.
The emergence of this path simply illuminated his mind and became a new belief.
He finally plucked up the courage and asked with some admiration: "May I ask Buddha, if productivity is enough... will it be the other side?"
"No, even if the productivity is sufficient, there are still problems with the distribution method."
"There will be a gap between the rich and the poor, and there will also be a gap between people's abilities. As a result, justice and procedural justice can often only be found one or the other. Fairness and efficiency are often contradictory to each other. Contradictions are natural. If there is no contradiction, there will be
There is no way forward. The world is just struggling to find a way forward."
Wang Hao looked at the dazed monk and said: "Look at the terminally ill patients lying in the hospital quietly waiting to die, the social animals struggling with mortgages in the subway, the poor students walking on the mountain roads, the African savannah
Starving people...for them, this world is hell."
What is the real "other shore"? It is the blue star world, the "paradise" on the moon, a world where everyone is like a dragon. But the "paradise" always decays, and the so-called "other shore" has completely collapsed.
The monk was slightly startled.
Yes, this is hell for people who are about to die of birth, old age, illness and death.
However, for more complicated issues, we should wait until food and clothing are solved first before considering them.
"Do you want to stay here, or go back to the Mountain and Sea Realm?"
The monk said: "Go back... go back there again. After all, that is my hometown. Disciple... thank you Buddha for clarifying my doubts."
"Then I'll take you back."
Having said this, Wang Hao waved his hand, and Monk Qiuyuan disappeared from sight.
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Chapter completed!