"Mr. Paul, I don't think you may know that Japan's food self-sufficiency rate is only about 40 percent, and it is extremely dependent on imports. If we don't engage in whaling, the pressure on the Japanese mainland will be greatly increased......"

"So for Japan, it is impossible for the whaling industry to be banned. ”

Paul snorted: "Isn't Japan one of the richest countries in the world, and is it difficult to buy enough food? ”

"Canada's food self-sufficiency rate is 160 percent, while the United States is 170 percent...... Of course, you can't understand the sense of crisis that the 40 percent food self-sufficiency rate has brought to the Japanese people. ”

When translating this sentence, Lin Han's heart was quite touched.

Due to the mechanized mode of production and the low population density, the grain self-sufficiency rate of many developed countries in Europe and the United States is often 1,200 percent, or even more than 300 percent.

Not only can they waste food wantonly, but they can also influence some countries with low self-sufficiency rates to a certain extent through food exports.

Because of the restrictions on the food problem, although China is not as serious as Japan, it cannot be ignored.

After all, although China's self-sufficiency rate has reached 95%, the international environment is very harsh, and there is no relatively credible and grain-rich country to rely on.

As a result, Huaxia has always had a lingering sense of crisis, and has always regarded the grain problem as a top priority, importing and storing grain in large quantities.

It is obviously not unreasonable for the general secretary to personally speak for the "CD-ROM operation."

When Paul heard this, he was very unimpressed: "What sense of crisis can there be? There are more than 100 million people in Japan, and if there is a food crisis, which country will sit idly by?"

Tanakagoro sneered twice: "At the end of World War II, the Japanese people suffered from a food crisis for a period of time, and there was an extreme shortage of food. ”

"It is true that the U.S. government, which is eager to control Japan, has not sat idly by. But the first measure the United States took in response to this was to encourage the whaling industry of the Japanese people. He said slowly.

"Japan's whaling industry is so prosperous today thanks to the support of the United States. ”

Paul's face flushed: "That's just what dirty politicians do...... It doesn't represent the United States, it doesn't represent Canada, it doesn't represent the whole free Western world!"

"The free Western world?" Tanakagoro disagreed, "Ship-crashing attacks are what you call freedom?"

"We pay for our own food and economy with the lives of whales, and you call us cold-blooded and cruel. So, when you are ready to pay for your 'justice' with our lives, how should you judge it morally?"

"If we don't go whaling, are we going to have to import more food from Canada, from the United States, and then send you more money?"

"The end result of violently attacking our whaling efforts is that the farms in North America are making more money from the Japanese! What is the difference between this and robbers!" said Kogoro Tanaka, aggressively.

"President Paul Watson, I'm curious to know if your Sea Shepherd Society is accepting donations from certain agricultural companies in North America?"

When Lin Han translated this paragraph, although he had tried to calm his tone as much as possible, the aggressive momentum of Kogoro Tanakaro himself still made Paul speechless for a while.

Paul's face was blue and white, and he held back for a long time before he said, "At least we won't hurt our savior!" The blue whale saved you, but you aimed the whaling cannon at it!"

Kogoro Tanakaro raised his eyebrows: "Why do you think so?"

"From a common sense point of view, I think it was just a very accidental coincidence, not that the blue whale had a kind heart for you. ”

"At the end of the day, whales are just big marine animals, and it's instinct, not mind, that dictates their actions. He shook his head, "It's you who artificially give it too much meaning and make it feel like it has emotions." ”

Tanakagoro's tongue skills were a bit unexpected by Lin Han, and he didn't long argue Paul speechless, making the old man show signs of anger again for a while.

Lin Han immediately coughed twice, signaled to be calm, and then said to Paul in English: "Mr. Paul, now you know a little better. First of all, Japan could not afford to lose its whaling industry, and secondly, the employees of the whaling company did not want to lose their jobs. ”

"This is a fact that you can't change no matter what, even if you burn down the whaling company and the prime minister's residence. ”

Paul clenched his fists: "But is it right that they hunt whales like this? Even if I have no power to change, I can't condone sin because I can't change!"

Lin Han asked, "President Paul, why don't you consider a more effective way to practice your environmental philosophy?"

Paul frowned, "Another way?"

"Compared to Japan, the frequency of whaling in North America can be said to be very low, and the two are very different...... You know, the genetic similarity between humans is about 99.8%, and it can't be because Japanese people are inherently more evil, right?"

After a pause, Lin Han continued: "What do you think is the main and fundamental reason why the Japanese whaling industry can prosper?"

Paul was silent for a while, and then said, "Grain?"

Lin Han smiled: "Not bad." If the food problem is so clear and practical, what is the point of talking about moral right and wrong without addressing the problem?"

The intractable diseases of the country and society can be traced back to the source, and the problems often come from the material level, such as the economy, the environment, and the geographical ......

This is true not only of the Japanese whaling industry, but of many things.

For example, Japan's extremely fast pace of changing prime ministers, and the chaotic and complicated relationship between political parties......

Of course, this cannot be because Japanese politicians are more stupid, but because Japan's inherent geographical and environmental disadvantages and the fact that it is economically manipulated by the United States make it difficult for Japan to achieve true independence.

Another example is South Korea, which is not far from Japan, after World War II, the domestic political situation is extremely chaotic, and almost no president can die well.

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than that South Korea's geopolitical and environmental conditions are worse than those of Japan, and it is more completely controlled by the United States, and its independence is almost none.

Korea is not so much half a country as half a colony. And what happened to the colonies was always unfortunate.

The three factors of economy, environment, and geography are more basic than the other, and the effect of solving problems from these three perspectives is often more thorough than the other.

For example, on the issue of Treasure Island, arguments or accusations are always meaningless, and it is impossible for Cai Yingying and others to return to the mainland because they have been sprayed a few words.

Young people who grew up on the Treasure Island are unlikely to have any admiration for the mainland they have never met.

Therefore, China's attention has always been focused on the economy, while strengthening its own economic strength, while looking for loopholes in the United States and Japan.

If you want to recover the treasure island, it is impossible not to trade with the United States and Japan, the key is how to find a suitable opportunity to "buy" the treasure island at the lowest price.

In Lin Han's view, the best way to completely solve the treasure island problem is neither by force nor by economic means, but by geopolitical means.

To put it simply, it is to reconstruct the land in a sea area between the treasure island and the mainland, and by connecting the two sides of the strait, the treasure island will truly become a southeast coastal province in China.

At that time, the situation will be reversed, and in the face of China's unrivaled land power, the United States, which is far away from the ocean, can only watch the return of the treasure island.

Of course, the ability to construct a continent requires complete terrestrial authority to support it. It's still early.

Although such an unprecedented geopolitical means cannot be realized by Lin Han now. But he can still crack down on the whaling industry by alleviating the food shortage in Japan.