The Grand Duke set up a sumptuous table of Chinese cuisine for the children, all of whom were from Asia, all of whom could use chopsticks, and the big table was round, and the knights of the small round table watched with excited and expectant eyes as the most exquisite Chinese chef in the UK put on the table. If the British Empire was to find the best place to eat Chinese food, it would undoubtedly be the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, which was well established by the upper classes of London. One of the great gains of the Grand Duke after returning from China was to bring back a number of chefs from the Qing Dynasty and Japan, and Japanese cuisine is regarded as a part of Chinese cuisine, so there is also Japanese cuisine in today's gluttonous feast.

As the table gradually fills the table with sumptuous Kakiemon porcelain, the meal is accompanied by a golden home-brewed beer from the Duchess of Bavaria. Bavaria is the birthplace of beer, and Munich is also known as the beer capital, and the dignified Bavarian duke's family is such a prominent nobleman, and it is natural that the Duke's brewery is led by a brewmaster at the level of a royal brewer, and the Grand Duke likes to drink beer, and every time he entertains guests, he proudly offers a good wine from his daughter-in-law's family, although it seems strange to combine it with Chinese cuisine or Lombard cuisine in northern Italy.

Downing never believed in any kind of social system that could make a country quickly become rich and powerful, only the progress of science and technology and the opening of people's wisdom were king, so he was sincerely happy to see these children in his eyes, they were the future of Asia, and they were also the greatest hope for him Archduke of Luxembourg to sow the seeds of the seer in the vast Asia. He opened the evening with this toast: "Cheers to the civilization of Asia catching up with Europe as soon as possible!" ”

The excited faces of the teenagers and girls, who did not know the taste of sorrow, were filled with light and hope, and they raised their glasses with confidence.

The Grand Duke said, "Children, tell me about your dreams?" I love hearing poetic dreams. ”

The captain who played well just now seemed to be more extroverted, and he first said: "I hope we can have a football league in Asia like England!" ”

This dream was quite peculiar, and Downing couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why?" ”

Captain: "Because I think that only after the country is rich can there be time to play football, so, in fact, playing football well is a symbol of money and civilization!" ”

Downing smiled, he didn't think this was the truth, the football in Brazil and Argentina in later generations was great, but it was not rich. But this kid also has some sense, what is the pursuit of a rich life? Isn't it just about finding a soccer entertainment? Instead of making a country an industrial powerhouse, it is better to become a happy football powerhouse. In this way, he, as the president of FIFA, is a messenger of joy and should make it his responsibility to bring football and joy to every country. He now feels a little thankful that the chicken thieves have elected him president of FIFA.

He asked the squad leader what his name was, and the answer he got was: Li Yi. He also gave him an English name: Henry. "Henry? Lee, I hope you will improve your skills and reach a professional level in the future! ”

A Japanese child said, "I hope we can dig a big gold mine in Alaska!" ”

Tang Ning laughed: "What a real dream, a golden dream." You must be a doer in the future. ”

Linfield said: "Jinshishan's dream is not a doer, what Japan lacks is iron ore, and a doer should hope that the Alaska mining company will dig iron ore as soon as possible!" ”

Tang Ning was surprised: "Phil, how old are you this year?" I've been paying attention to this kind of thing! ”

Linfell's elf-shaped little pointed face already had the rudiments of all kinds of amorous styles, and said, "It's almost twelve, and I read the newspaper every day!" ”

Tang Ning teased: "Ah, life flies so fast, if you are twelve years old, you can marry Luo!" I've already guessed your dream, it's to find a Prince Charming! ”

Linfil talked about his dream in advance: "Wrong! Do you think I'm an ordinary girl? Hmph, women don't even have property rights, this situation doesn't change, I won't marry for the rest of my life! ”

Downing was amazed that a little feminist was born alive in front of him.

Henry? Li quickly supported the dream of the little queen: "Yes, I also support women to have property rights, and go further, have the right to vote and be elected!" ”

The kid named Mishima Kiricho, who had a golden dream, said, "But Hayashi-chan, you haven't talked about your dreams yet. ”

There was a child from the Great Qing Kingdom who said: "Let's write down our dreams, and in the next ten years, let's take out this dream and see whose dream has come true, isn't it interesting?" ”

Hey? That's a good idea. Tang Ning told the servant to get a pen and paper, but the boy shouted, "Please take a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!" ”

Well, it seems that this is a child who is quite interested in the culture of his homeland. Downing was also interested in calligraphy, otherwise how could he have met a reclusive calligrapher in Singapore?

Most of the children here will use a brush to write a few words, because the current East Asian countries are still using the brush as the main writing tool, although Tang Ning invited the Chinese culture teacher has no class time, but successfully fooled most of the children to learn calligraphy, Tang Ning does not object to or support this, love to learn to learn, and it is not a big deal.

The child who wrote down his dream is really his own calligraphy is very level, and the small block is written, like a little calligrapher, his dream is "the road of the road, the world for the public, the selection of talents and ability, the letter and harmony." ”

What a dream, when other children were amazed, the real dream of this world-famous dreamer, no, the dream lover Xiaolin-chan laughed: "Wen Fei, have you learned the theory of evolution in vain?" All species and individuals are selfish, and only by being selfish can the world survive, but you have learned the things that the teacher of Chinese studies uses to deceive people. ”

When the child named Wenfei heard Xiaolin-chan say this, he blushed and looked at the Grand Duke aggrievedly, hoping that the Grand Duke would give him a fair evaluation, because Xiao Wenfei had an introverted personality and the other party was the goddess he had a crush on, so he didn't dare to debate with him at all.

The golden dreamer Mishima defended Wen Fei: "There is not only selfishness in the theory of evolution, but also selflessness, right? Isn't ant an example? All worker ants and soldier ants work and fight for the queen. Didn't we, the Grand Duke, also do a lot of things for the sake of others? It is said that the Grand Duke of Windsor is the greatest philanthropist in history. ”

For other children, everyone was in awe when they mentioned the Grand Duke, but for Kobayashi Sauce, who has quite a queen ant style, there was no such effect at all, she did not hide her incomprehension, and asked: "Grand Duke, I am very curious, why do you do so much charity, in fact, I think that Luxembourg is at war with Prussia, and it is more in your interests to control such things as the East India Company!" ”

Downing: "You're all right, or rather, you're wrong. It is not the individual of the organism that is selfish, but the genetic material in the body of the organism, which has a special name - genes. All individuals are born and die, and the longest-lived creatures are giant plants, such as the nearly 90-meter-tall American sequoia, which is 2,000 years old. But genes are eternal. Before an individual loses its life, most of the genes reproduce themselves and continue to exist in the offspring of the organism. Forever Survival zài? Of course. But not the immortality of a living being, but the immortality of genes.

Marx liked to say that there is life and death, but he couldn't figure out what the mechanism of individual death was. Why do living beings live and die? There is only one truth of the matter - because the death of an individual brings about the immortality of genes, and the continuous death and rebirth of individuals is more beneficial to the survival of genes, so this situation will occur.

We all know that when an individual creature reaches adulthood, its basic traits are determined, height, strength, skin, horns, claws, disease resistance, and eating style. Immortal individuals do not have a survival advantage, for example, suppose there is an immortal animal, the bison. It was so burly and fierce that even a lion could not help it.

But one day, the climate is changing, don't ask why it's changing, if you have to ask, I can say this - the earth revolves around the sun, and the sun revolves around the Milky Way, in short, everything is changing, and of course the climate will change. Let's assume that the whole sun and the earth break into a place full of cosmic dust, at this time the energy that sunlight can reach the surface of the earth becomes less, the whole earth becomes cold, and a large number of bison live on grass are frozen to death, and food is extremely scarce. What happens at this time? This immortal bison is finished! Because they are big and strong, and they need the most food, they are the first to feel the existential crisis of deprivation.

Immortal bison possess the genes for which the average human can only dream of life, which poses a problem: all of their individuals do not die when they reach adulthood, leaving no chance for newborn calves. Can you imagine that a newborn calf might be able to outcompete an adult cow in a competition for survival? No way. Survival resources are limited, so adult cattle dominate the immortal bison herd, and there are almost no newborn baby cows. As a result, the genes of the immortal bison herd were all fixed in the adult individuals, and they were wiped out in an era of food scarcity. It is a great irony that the genes of immortality lead to their own extinction.

Animal groups that use individuals that are constantly dying and renewing do not have such hidden dangers. Because of the existence of sexual reproduction, each generation of individuals is diverse, generation after generation, and new species with extremely colorful traits have evolved, so that genes have adaptability, and it doesn't matter if food is scarce, they have a slender individual who can withstand hunger. It doesn't matter if they lack water, they have thirst-tolerant offspring. It doesn't matter if they lack sunlight, they have offspring suitable for nocturnal walking. And so on and so forth.

What do I mean by that? What I would like to tell you is that the survival and reproduction of human beings is not the product of selfishness or selflessness, but the product of individual diversity. There are selfish people and selfless people in a group, and such a group has the strongest ability to survive. As Adam? As Smith said, we cannot get a free dinner by appealing to the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, but we must appeal to their own interests. The way we fill our bellies is not to appeal to their philanthropy, but to their selfishness. （http：/／.)。 We don't appeal to them about our situation, we appeal to their profits. Selfishness is the driving force behind the development of social wealth. However, only those who are willing to sacrifice for society have the warriors who defend the country, and without such people, the country composed of pure selfish citizens will be conquered and destroyed, no matter how rich it is.

Therefore, the accepted conclusion should be something like this: one can be selfish, but one must also respect the selfishness of others, and one should praise and encourage not to be selfish, at least not too selfish, because too selfish people cannot respect the interests of others. What am I doing charity for? Because the world has given me so much more than I have given to others. Xiaolin, it is not right to laugh at being kind to others and to laughing at the world for the public. ”

Xiaolin-chan thought that she had been criticized, her little face was a little red, and her expression was a little embarrassed, although she relied on her image of a young and invincible beautiful girl to win the love and favor of everyone, including the Grand Duke, but when the Grand Duke really wanted to criticize her, she was the most uncomfortable.

Unexpectedly, the Grand Duke's final closing remarks said: "Xiaolin's point of view is very useful to the Qing Dynasty, and Guoxue always desperately praises the world for the public, which is putting the cart before the horse." At the beginning of human beings, nature is good, which is wrong, naïve, and useless. You are growing up, and you are slowly seeing that human nature is not good. Everyone is running for their own interests, and more than 90% of people, after witnessing all kinds of misdeeds, will come to conclusions contrary to the basic ethics of Chinese studies. This is a kind of theoretical sorrow, Confucianism, a towering tree that has been piled up with thousands of years of authority, will only make children feel like falling from the top of the American sequoia when they grow up, and all the truth and justice will be shattered. It's better to talk less about morality. ”