Chapter 375: The Power of Fire and Water
Wu Guangliang felt that there was no solution to this matter, and the dead knots one after another in the operation of this society were twisted into a mess.
Wei Minsheng took a sip of tea and said, "Actually, if you want to solve these problems, there are still some ways.
But that's not something we can influence and consider, and we can't talk about it!
Our first problem now is to gain a foothold on this small island, and this is what we need.
What is the greatest need in this disappearing country? It is land that can be safely inhabited.
And I'm the only one in the nearby waters who can meet their needs.
Our current relationship is like the relationship between fire and water. ”
"Fire and water?" Wu Guangliang looked confused, didn't he just say that they had mutual needs? Why is it suddenly incompatible.
"If we only understand that we are incompatible or incompatible, it will be too superficial.
The relationship between the two trigrams in the acquired gossip has been explained very clearly.
Fire is destruction, and in the process of destruction, everything is consumed.
Water is creation, but the source of the power to create all things comes from fire.
The Five Elements Shengke talks about the interrelationship of the origin, and the difference between the strength and weakness of the origin can also affect the result.
The story of a drop in the bucket is a typical example, water is inherently fireless, but the difference in its strength is too great to help.
This kind of situation is called "anti-multiplication" in the Five Elements Theory, which is a bit of a big bully.
On the surface, water and fire are incompatible, but in fact, in our lives, we can see the existence of water and fire everywhere.
In the trivial things of cooking rice and boiling water, the model of how water and fire can be combined has been clearly demonstrated.
As long as they are separated by any one of the other five elements, the purpose of water and fire can be achieved. ”
Wu Guangliang wrenched his fingers and said while thinking: "There is no problem with gold separation, because the pots are all made of metal.
It's fair to use clay pottery to separate them, but I don't think I've heard of such a thing as a wooden pot, right? ”
"Did you do an experiment when you were a kid?"
"What experiment?"
"An experiment with boiling water in a paper cup."
Wu Guangliang said in surprise: "Paper cups can also boil water?" ”
"As long as there is water in the paper cup that the flame touches, the paper cup will not burn.
And the paper cup is made of wood pulp, does it mean that the use of wood elements can also reconcile the power of water and fire? ”
"Is that okay?"
"Although the two elements of metal, earth, and wood can reconcile the primordial forces between water and fire, there are some differences in the process of their realization.
If it is reconciled with gold, because the fire overcomes gold, the fire must not only divide its strength to restrain gold, but also deal with the suppression of its origin by water.
In this case, the combined force formed by gold and water is fundamentally irresistible to fire, and whether to coexist or extinguish the fire is all on the water side.
If it is mixed with earth, the earth is watery, and fire can give birth to earth.
In this mode, the side of fire is stronger, the water is lonely, and the follow-up is powerless and controlled everywhere.
And if you use wood to reconcile, the aquatic wood, the living, the discharge, the water potential will weaken.
Wood makes a fire again, and the fire is even bigger.
So, in this mode, once the water weakens and stops supporting the wood, the fire will multiply.
These three models are the ones we are able to choose from when dealing with Tuvalu. ”
"So who is the water and who is the fire, us or Tuvalu?"
"We are fire, Tuvalu is water."
"Why?"
"Because Tuvalu is so strong that it has shaken the foundations of their country.
If we hadn't intervened, there would be no more of this country.
And we are fire, because we have the ability to fill in the island, and fire can give birth to earth. ”
"Water and fire are determined, so what do the so-called gold, earth, and wood represent?"
"Gold is their population, earth is their land, and wood is their power."
Wu Guangliang said blankly: "Population? Homeland and power? ”
"According to the analysis method of the Five Elements Theory, we should choose the method that is most beneficial to us.
Among the above three modes, we can obtain the greatest benefits by using wood to reconcile. ”
"Start with power?"
"Yes, Tuvalu's land is the key to our relationship and the basis of our bargaining with them.
So, before we get what we need, we can give them hope and know that we have what it takes to solve the problem.
But we can't do too much, otherwise it will become a pattern of using soil to transfer money.
At the same time, the larger their population, the less likely it is to decentralize power.
So, if we decide to use wood for the economy, we must weaken the power of gold.
I used this small island with the least number of people as a breakthrough because it is here that Jin's power is the weakest.
Judging from the progress so far, it is relatively smooth.
Although there has been no policy breakthrough, Long Hao has successfully obtained three places that can be replaced.
And we, through some chain of interests, have tied all the people on this small island to one boat.
The inhabitants of Nui Atoll are also a little tempted by the benefits of the inhabitants here, thus forming an invisible pressure.
I asked Long Hao to teach them how to develop the next level of market, and the purpose was also to attract more people to our ship.
When the time is right, we can elect a few people who recognize our existence to become Tuvalu's parliamentarians.
There are only 15 seats in total, of which eight are in power and seven are in opposition.
I would like to work hard to secure at least two seats on the Legislature and thus expand our influence to a few other smaller islands.
And our initial goal is to get some immigration places. ”
"But as far as I know, this Tuvalu does not accept immigrants from our country!"
"So I need to give them a choice, a choice between the disappearance of the country and the acceptance of our immigration conditions.
People's needs are the upper limit of wealth, and the services that people can provide are the lower limit of wealth.
When people are able to provide services that do not exceed their needs, as long as they provide services, they are equivalent to creating wealth.
It is only in the process of taking what each needs that the value of wealth is revealed.
Priceless is nothing more than paper wealth, just wishful thinking on the part of the resource owner.
Now that we need to get their national treatment, they have the ability to provide services that meet our needs.
We are in great demand and represent a wealth with a high ceiling.
It depends on how much service they can provide and how much they can meet our needs. ”
"How many immigration places are you going to get in your plan?"
"At least more than half of Tuvalu's total population."
"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult.
I heard Long Hao say that there are still 6 or 7,000 people left in Tuvalu.
If you want to reach your goal, you actually need to immigrate at least 7,000 people.
If your shared space can send people from other worlds over, that's no problem at all.
But your space doesn't have that ability.
Under such circumstances, even Tuvalu would not be able to agree to such a number of immigrants without going to find these 7,000 immigrants. ”