Entering the territory of Tema Country, the landscape has not changed much. It is still a vast prairie, with undulating hills and patches of woods. Various wild animals can be found among them. In the afternoon, you can occasionally see them.
There are traces of local activities, such as wheel marks on the bare sand. Whenever someone might approach, Hua Zhenxing would detect it early and avoid it.
Passing under a big tree, the two of them both slowed down and walked over. They saw a blood-stained noose hanging on the canopy of the tree. There was also a dark blood stain on the ground, with animal internal organs and hooves scattered in pieces.
, small pieces of fur and other debris attract a lot of flies.
Rothchild: "What kind of animal is this?"
Hua Zhenxing frowned and said: "It's a giraffe. In the mountains and forests in the southern part of the country, many people poach giraffes and just chop off the heads. Because people here believe that the brains of giraffes can cure AIDS, and a deer head can cure AIDS."
The giraffe was sold at a high price. But this giraffe was cut very clean, and the fur, venison and even bones were all transported away. It should have been taken back to eat or sold in the market."
He saw people selling giraffe meat at the market in Fiso Port. The price was very cheap, only equivalent to one-third to one-quarter of beef. Sometimes you could also see dried venison. But the most valuable thing about giraffes is
Part of it is the head. A complete deer head is much more expensive than the rest of the body combined. It is only traded on the local black market.
Rothchild held his breath and lowered his head to look carefully: "I have also heard such rumors. Some pharmaceutical groups have specially conducted experiments, and the results are not very clear. Anyway, there is no definite conclusion so far. But this group of poachers
Not only was the deer head and meat taken away, but the other internal organs were still there, but only the liver was taken away, probably for the purpose of making poison."
Hua Zhenxing said in surprise: "Making poison?"
Rozchild sighed and said: "Yes, the liver of giraffes contains some kind of psychedelic compound, which can be used as a drug. Most of the indigenous people here don't know the processing and extraction methods. They usually just dry the liver and grind it into powder.
, roll it into a cigarette and smoke it.”
This was some trivial knowledge that Hua Zhenxing didn’t understand. He was dumbfounded and said: “There is such a thing!”
Rothchild glanced at him: "You are still young and don't understand the world, or even the place where you grew up. Not only do some people use giraffe livers as drugs, there are also many people who smoke scorpions."
Hua Zhenxing: "How to draw a scorpion?"
Rothchild: "Take off the last section of the scorpion's tail, which is the section with the poisonous hook and venom glands. The easiest way is to dry it, grind it into powder, roll it into a cigarette and smoke it, or simply get a piece of it."
Dried leaves are sprinkled on top and rolled up to be smoked. Some people are even more addicted and sting themselves directly with live poisonous scorpions.
Do you know what it feels like for a normal person to be stung by a poisonous scorpion? Regardless of the intensity of the poison, the severe pain may cause a person to go into shock on the spot, just like a nail driven into the bone marrow. But according to those people, when the pain passes,
Or maybe you’ve gotten used to it, and you’ll feel like you’re dreaming for a long time.
There are many varieties of scorpions, and the toxicity among individuals is also different. If you are not careful, you can easily die. Many people die from this every year. I work in a hospital, and sometimes I encounter situations where the anesthesia is not effective during surgery.
Those people either smoke scorpions or giraffe livers, and there are even some other weird things that you can’t even imagine!”
Hua Zhenxing: "I know that many people in Feso Port smoke leaves, chew grass, and get some white powder when they are rich. Almost all gangsters do this kind of business in their territory. I have never heard of the things you are talking about.
.”
Rozchild shook his head and said: "If you come from other places in the world, you will feel that Port Feso is the most chaotic and backward place. But in the eyes of the indigenous people in this wilderness, Port Feso is the most prosperous place in the world.
Big city.
The indigenous people in those villages don't have a penny in their pockets. They usually make a living by collecting, and occasionally get some things to exchange for daily necessities or receive some international donations. Where can they buy leaves and grass? They can only enjoy these things.
Hua Zhenxing's frown deepened: "Can't you live a good life? Do you have to kill yourself with a scorpion?"
Rothchild glanced at Hua Zhenxing again, and said with infinite emotion: "For them, this is the best enjoyment in life. It's not that they don't want to live well, but they can't see hope at all, and they don't even know what it means.
Hope, life day after day is just the simplest repetition.
If there are particularly smart people who realize what ideals are or come into contact with the real civilized world, they will only feel pain or even despair. They have no chance to receive education or engage in any modern jobs, even if they want to change their situation
, and there are no conditions for change.
In this world, it is meaningful to have wisdom, capital, opportunities and hard work. Don't tell me that digging one more cassava every day will make a qualitative difference in the situation. Even if you dig up all the cassava in the wilderness, nothing will change.
, can only make it impossible to dig cassava in the coming days.
Using giraffe liver to make narcotics was first used by tribal witch doctors to treat diseases. Now it has become a way for many people to anesthetize themselves, or it is their only enjoyment. A very small number of people are smart, courageous, and ambitious.
, will leave the village to find hope, so where can they go? It is a place like Fiso Port.
But what can they do when they arrive at Fiso Port? They steal, rob, beg, or do odd jobs, working as a labor force at the bottom of society. Many people also join gangs and learn to smoke leaves, chew grass, and occasionally
You can also get some white powder for fun. You killed several people like this two days ago.
If they come from the wilderness, they are actually the elites of the village. It's funny and absurd, but this is reality! If they can become someone like Jin Datou, it is already their ultimate dream for this world.
The structure of the world is such that there is no hope for either the Kingdom of Kilili or the Kingdom of Tema. And within the Kingdom of Gilly or the Kingdom of Tema, there is even less hope for the villages in the wilderness.
Hua, actually you are very lucky, very lucky. I have heard your story. You still have the opportunity to work hard and constantly improve yourself. But many people have not had the opportunity to turn over since they were born, and the world will not give them this kind of opportunity.
Chance.
You are from Dongguo. If you were really born in Dongguo, even to the most ordinary Dongguo family, you will have the opportunity to get a very good basic education. At least you will have the ability to understand the world and learn new things, and you will have the opportunity to integrate into this world.
Modern world. If you work hard enough, you still have the opportunity to improve your situation, not only your own situation, but also the situation of future generations.
Some people think that everything they have comes from their own efforts, but in fact they are lucky enough. Look at the people here, all they can choose is scorpions or leaves."
Hua Zhenxing interrupted: "Doctor Luo, have you been to Dongguo?"
Rothchild: "I've been there twice, both times for medical exchanges and seminars. I was surprised to see that there were so many Dongguo colleagues who were about the same age as me, and many of them were born in very ordinary families, even from remote villages.
In the past two years, I came to the country of Kilili and saw another completely different situation. I once participated in charity activities organized by international organizations, delivering medicines, clothes, and water purification tablets to remote villages.
Later, for other reasons, I passed by one of the villages and was stopped by the villagers and asked me for something. I told them that I was not participating in a charity event this time and did not bring those supplies. What do you think the result was?"
Hua Zhenxing: "You were beaten in the end?"
Rozchild looked a little painful: "Yes, they didn't believe it, and then they started to snatch my belongings. That was the first time I was attacked by locals. Fortunately, there were guards in the convoy, and they shot and drove away the villagers.
.”
Hua Zhenxing said in a sincere tone: "Dr. Luo, thank you very much for telling me so much."
Rothchild: "You don't need to thank me, I should thank you. You saved me this time. I have also had the experience of not seeing hope no matter how hard I struggle, so I can understand why those people smoke scorpions, but they themselves may
Not aware of it.
Do you know what is the biggest difference between them and a normal American or Dongguo person? It is not that the monthly income difference is hundreds of thousands of meters, but that they have missed hundreds of thousands of years. This is
How I feel when I get here.
The simplest truths in a civilized society are the consensus that people have gained through continuous exploration for thousands of years. They are not common sense that everyone is born with. Without these accumulations, people would not have that common sense. Even if you tell them, they will not know it.
It won’t be approved.”
Hua Zhenxing: "For example, I shouldn't beat you up."
Rozchild nodded: "You understand this, but they don't think like you do. That's the difference. So I say you are lucky, and I am even luckier."
The two old men following behind looked at each other, and Mo Shangtong nodded slightly and said: "Xiaohua's trip was not in vain. He taught Dr. Luo the art of nourishing energy, and Dr. Luo also taught him a lesson."
Yang Tehong: "Dr. Luo's lesson will have a lot of content in the future, and Xiaohua will learn a lot of it slowly."
Mo Shangtong: "At least in Port Feso, Dr. Luo is a good person."
Yang Tehong: "That's why you asked Xiaohua to save him. Not only did he save his life, but he also had to be escorted out of danger. This is his blessing. If he were replaced by someone like Jin Datou, then
Don’t even think about it.”
Mo Shangtong: "What he said to Xiaohua just now is very insightful. Many Americans cannot say it."
Yang Tehong sighed: "He is considered an elite and has experienced a lot. Now he has regained his sense of superiority. At this time, it is inevitable for anyone to feel compassion for others. In fact, there are not many fools among real elites.
Regardless of the facts, the key is what kind of facts they want and what are their lowest values?
How long have you, me, and Mr. Ke been arguing? But after so much experience, we seem to have changed. We have become able to sit at the same table, drink and quarrel, and then teach Xiaohua a lesson together. Why is this?
, no matter how many differences we had back then, the underlying values we learned were the same, which were all for the harmony of the world and the happiness of all people.
At that time, we all thought that our ideas were right, and that we could achieve our goals as long as we did that. In fact, we all had rights and wrongs, but our lowest values have always been in common. So later people can learn at the same time
We do not affect their most fundamental understanding.
Xiaohua can watch us quarrel without struggling in his heart because he knows the purpose of our quarrel and will have his own opinions. Do you still remember that time we argued about 'killing, stealing, not killing'? Although
There was a lot of quarrel, but no one thought that 'stealing' was right.
As for Rothchild, a foreign devil, his future is hard to say. He may return to his own society and climb to the top, or even become a great philanthropist, but he can't really change anything. Dr. Luo just said that the elites in the village will go to Port Fiso.
What about the elites of Port Fiso?
The elites of Port Fiso want to leave this world and go to the world that Dr. Luo will return to. The world in front of them is a zoo and breeding farm. It is best to provide leisure and entertainment for the people of that world forever, and harvest again and again when it is valuable.
Dr. Luo has also participated in activities of charity organizations, but what have those organizations been preaching these years? To protect the original ecological traditions here! This is not to give them hope, but to prevent them from changing the status quo. In fact, people here not only need real
To educate, we need someone to set a real example."
Mo Shangtong: "Lao Yang, you talk a bit too much today!"
Hua Zhenxing, who had already left the big tree and was on his way, also said at the same time: "Doctor Luo, you were very excited just now!"
Rozchild smiled: "I have many memories before bidding farewell. I just spoke from my thoughts."
Hua Zhenxing "looked" at the task issued by the "system" - "Find out the inside story of Jin Datou's plan to kill Luo Childe". At this moment, it was still at more than 90% completion progress, and he couldn't help but ask again: "
Doctor Luo, what do you plan to do with the collected information?"
Rothchild: "Actually, I am also very conflicted. If all these materials are made public, international hospitals will be greatly affected. Those research projects carried out in the name of donations will be exposed, and many donations will probably be lost. In any case, many
All drugs have side effects, the key is to see if they can cure the disease.
If there were no Fisoport International Hospital and those donation projects, many people would not be able to get treatment. Even if they try the medicine on their own, it would be better than having no treatment at all... What should be done specifically, I still have to spend a lot of money on.
Take some time to think about it carefully. Fortunately, there is a lot of information. Let’s think of different ways to deal with different information.”
Mo Shangtong in the distance sighed: "There is a problem with the Fesoport International Hospital, but after thinking about it, I can only choose the lesser of two evils. I just didn't expect that Dr. Luo could dig up so much conclusive evidence, which is a bit shocking.
He is indeed very extraordinary."
Yang Tehong suddenly said: "This Doctor Luo is going to make a fortune."
Mo Shangtong: "Do you already know what he will do?"
Yang Tehong said lightly: "After so many years, I have been to so many places and seen so many people and things. I can tell it with my heels."
Mo Shangtong: "We have also read the information he brought with him. Do you want to make a fortune too?"
Yang Tehong: "I'm not interested. Do you want to take this opportunity to make a fortune?"
Mo Shangtong shook his head and said: "I don't want to make a fortune myself, this sum is just for Xiaohua. If Xiaohua hadn't been involved in this matter, we wouldn't have known that Dr. Luo was doing this work, let alone seen it.