Du Zhongxiao took a sip of tea, and Su Song said: "Yun Juan, why are you talking about this today?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "In a few days, I will go to Zaoyang to take care of the camp and field affairs, and the affairs of the iron supervisor will be handed over to Zirong." But before leaving, I was always a little uneasy and hesitated. There are two things that don't worry. First, whether it is steel or various machines, the iron supervisor has just begun to get on the right track, and he is afraid that there will be repetition and the previous efforts will be wasted. The second thing is that in the past year, not only you and me, but also Judge Liu's efforts, and the people who work in the iron prison. These people are all heroes who founded the Iron Prison, and they cannot be treated badly. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao sighed: "The first thing is to say, Zirong came to the iron prison with me, and he knows everything, and he won't make the iron prison worse." The hard part is the second thing. I thought about it for a long time, not to mention the glory and wealth of these heroes who founded the Iron Prison, at least they must have no worries about food and clothing, so that their children and grandchildren will not suffer from poverty. But after thinking about it, there is no way to do it. If you can't do what you want to do, complain. ”

These days, Du Zhongxiao has been worrying about this matter. This is the seed of industrialization, and those who work hard with themselves are the heroes who promote industrialization and deserve to be treated accordingly. Moreover, for the industry to move forward smoothly, the income and status of the workers should be more attractive than other industries, forming a virtuous circle. It is better to make this progress gradually, without a huge impact on society, and to move forward step by step towards an industrial society.

I am a Jinshi, and I have been an official for nearly ten years, and my understanding of the ideology, culture, and system of this era is deep enough. He also has the knowledge of his previous life, and has learned a belly of productive forces and production relations, feudalism and capitalism. Being in a high position and spanning thousands of years of knowledge, it shouldn't be difficult for both to do this. But Du Zhongxiao thought about it for a few months, and finally found that this was an impossible task.

The history of later generations cannot be used as a reference. The Industrial Revolution in Europe was established in a state of disorder, and the early development countries, especially Britain and France, did not bring about an improvement in people's lives in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, and even social progress was extremely pitiful. The ruling class fought for the colonies with all its might, and industrialization was only a tool for seizing the colonies and plundering them. A typical example is the textile industry, which seized the colonies on the one hand and planted raw material crops such as cotton, while on the other hand, the industrialized domestic textile industry smashed the colonial and semi-colonial markets with cost and violence to obtain super-profits. These super-profits have neither benefited the people of the country nor have they been transformed into productive capital with great efficiency. Compared with the late-developing industrialized countries, one is that Prussia quickly caught up, and the other is that Tsarist Russia has been second-rate for a long time. Why? Du Zhongxiao can't say clearly, and there is no need to figure it out. It is enough to know that colonies are not necessary for industrialization, and that there are both advantages and disadvantages to the industrialization process. The most important thing is to plunder the colonies while increasing the oppression of their own people, this line is not advisable in China, regardless of the Song dynasty or any dynasty, otherwise it is self-digging. China is so big that if it planted a bomb in its own country, it would inevitably be blown to pieces.

The knowledge of books cannot be trusted. All post-industrialization theories and institutions, including all kinds of ideas, all kinds of isms, all kinds of predictions about the future of human civilization, are all based on the process of the European Industrial Revolution. Wouldn't it be funny to say that Europe itself is a mess and that what it looks like is the future of humanity. Take that set to cut your feet, not to mention being ridiculed by later generations, I'm afraid that this era will not work at all. Du Zhongxiao has no infatuation with white Europeans, and will not be like those rich people, who run to the white royal family with their front feet dressed neatly, thinking that they are rich and noble, and their back feet are on other people's territory, and they have a relationship with their own compatriots unwillingly, and they are made to be disgraced.

As a human being in two lives, how can you fight for a rich life, and you can't do it as a well-dressed beast.

But to deduce the system by himself, Du Zhongxiao doesn't have that ability, and no one in human civilization has that ability. Knowing that he can't do it, not to mention his own success or failure, honor and disgrace, let the country and the nation miss a chance to move forward, Du Zhongxiao can't forgive himself.

It is often said that the economy is to make cakes and share cakes, starting low, make the cake first. Du Zhongxiao also thought so, and even wanted to do so when he established the Iron Prison. But when I was about to let go and treat those ordinary people who had struggled with me for a year as my brothers and sisters, and empathize with them, and when I wanted to plan for their future, I knew that this was another specious sentence.

How much bigger cake can you eat? Regardless of how to divide it, you have to make sure that the cake shop can sell you the same amount of cake for the same pay. Otherwise, your countless struggles, the cake shop will always only sell cakes to those who are hungry and don't share the cakes, how you like to divide them.

This is widespread poverty. The cake can't be rich, so the cake shop deducted the raw materials first. In the past life, housing prices were the hottest topic in society. Many families have worked hard for decades for two or three generations, and all their savings have been smashed on the house at once. If you don't count your savings, you will have to be in debt for one or two decades. Is the house really that expensive? Or is the location that valuable? Or will the savings not depreciate in exchange for a house?

How high is the right price? Du Zhongxiao has heard too many theories and sayings. He thinks a lot of things are reasonable, and he often suffers from gains and losses for a house. What M1, M2, the currency has been released again, what has changed the policy, where the purchase is restricted, where the shantytown has been renovated, the first and second lines will always maintain their value, and the school district housing will never rise or fall, which is dazzling and overwhelming.

Today, Du Zhongxiao has to deal with this kind of problem by himself, only to know that everything is a phantom, people are just blowing bubbles, and your joys, sorrows and sorrows are just the colorful colors of bubbles. How high will house prices be? No theories or policies can be relied upon, and there is always an invisible and untouchable thread there. What is this line? That is, the broadest masses of working people, who have no money left in their hands. Swings high and low, fluctuating around this line. In the process of such fluctuations, it is just a matter of adding something like small investment, so that the working people can adjust the wealth in their hands. You buy stocks, buy wealth management is investment, open a store to do a small business is also an investment, the rise and fall of housing prices and the profit and loss of investment, maintain that line.

Money, from gold and silver to paper, to a number in the computer, is only a sign of a person's position in society.

Whether it is called a slave society or a feudal society, or a different name for capitalism, what remains unchanged is the general poverty of the working people. Part of the hard work of the laborers has given them a better life, and part of them has strengthened the chains on their bodies. This chain will become tighter and tighter, and the income of labor will be taken away more by others, and if it cannot be supported, it will be a crisis, a chaos. The prosperity after the chaos did not eliminate production capacity or expand the market, but only loosened the chains on the laborers.

Workers are generally poor, so who makes money? Money makes money, and capital makes money, regardless of whether this capital is a factory or land. Of course, there is also power to make money, and there are idle and dynamic social organizations to make money. Even small business owners, small shopkeepers, and small Baotou cannot escape universal poverty, but the difference between extreme poverty and food and clothing is just a difference. Only you have not yet gotten rid of the lowly pleasure of labor, whether you are engaged in manual or mental work, you are one of the poor.

There is only such a country in the world, such a nation, and for thousands of years, even if it will fall, even if it will fall for a while, it can always stumble and get up. After getting up, you can lick your wounds, move on, and even create brilliance. The Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were ruled by foreign races for more than 200 years, and then they collided with great changes unseen in 3,000 years and were trampled into dust. The Chinese have a demon in their hearts, if we go back to the past, as long as we invent something before others, as long as we create a system first, as long as we kneel down which class first, or even as long as we occupy a place first, we can avoid historical tragedies. Some people even believe that the tragedy is because of the culture passed down by the ancestors, and even the bloodline passed down by the ancestors. If you go back to the past, you will first root up the culture of your ancestors and replace it with someone else's culture. It's not enough to dig the roots of culture, but you have to change your bloodline.

Du Zhongxiao also has such a demon, and he is thinking hard about how he should find a way. In the end, it turned out that there was no such way at all, at least not now. Even if he is an iron prison, he can't give the most humble fairness to those ordinary people who work hard with him. He can't do it, he really can't do it, and he is a little unwilling.

For Du Zhongxiao, the people around him are his own flesh and blood compatriots, and he cannot create or develop an idea, a system, so that some people will always drink the blood of others. If this is the only way, then whoever loves should do it, and it should not be done by a person who has two lives. are all human beings in two lives, even if they are pitiful, they must leave a little self-esteem.

One iron supervisor, build a few railways, can you conquer the world? The Han Dynasty sealed the wolf Juxu and Yan Ran Legong, and they once thought that they could do it, but in the end, they were all wiped out. Fight invincible all over the world, and die internally.

If there is a way to stand tall, it can only be to always be supported by the people, and always breathe and share the fate with their own people.

But Du Zhongxiao didn't have a way to do this, and neither the past nor the future taught him such a way.

He once thought that he could bring light to the world, but found that darkness was eternal, and that he was only a lamp at best. Instead of complaining about the darkness, carry the lantern and move forward.

Du Zhongxiao has a lot of worries these days, because he is leaving the iron prison. He himself knows that if he leaves this time, unless he enters the government, he may never be here again. This is a seed of industrialization, and he is always afraid that others will make a mess, and he will not be able to take root and sprout, and he will not be able to grow clumsily.

Standing up, Du Zhongxiao said to Su Song: "Zirong, when I leave the iron prison this time, everything depends on you." But I always feel that such an iron prison can't be built for the people who do work in it, a new life, a new destiny, and I am a little unwilling. These days, I often comfort myself that the Iron Prison will get better and better, and their lives will get better and better. But when I think about it, I can't convince myself. ”