Englishman Thomas? Joseph? In his book "The Unions and Strikes", Denning writes:

Capital escapes turmoil and strife, and it is timid by nature. This is true, but not the whole truth. Capital is afraid of no profit or too little profit, just as nature is afraid of a vacuum. As soon as there is a proper profit, capital is emboldened. If there is a 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With a 20% profit, it becomes active; With a 50% profit, it takes risks; For the sake of 100% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging its head. If unrest and strife are profitable, it encourages them and strife. The smuggling and slave trade is proof of this.

The Great Song Dynasty is a civilized country, a country with laws, and sailing south to the country of Langya is also a peaceful journey. There is no illegal activity involved. Even so, the group of people who were preparing to go south were already very excited when they heard that the price of silk, porcelain, and iron pots to be transported to the Wolf Tooth Xiu Kingdom was 5 times that of the Great Song Dynasty. As soon as the news that the price of spices was one-third or even one-quarter of the price of spices in the Great Song Dynasty came out, the flames of greed burned in everyone's eyes.

Because the price of silk has increased fivefold, the profit of spices at a quarter of the price is six times that of this trip. In the Great Song Dynasty, silk porcelain was not a commodity that was difficult to obtain.

Seeing many people loosening their necklines as if they were lacking oxygen, Zhao Jiaren was happy in his heart, but said with a straight face: "This trip is very difficult. I want to tell you that I really want you to live to earn this money. If you want to live to earn this money, you have to obey orders and listen to commands. Do you understand? ”

It can be seen that the huge profits have temporarily taken the IQ of these people offline. Anyway, they don't seem to understand that now.

However, as soon as Zhao Jiaren had this idea, he saw an old man stand up tremblingly, "Zhao Zhizhou, I know that your boat is powerful." This time, my net worth and life are in the hands of Zhao Zhizhou! I will do whatever Zhizhou asks me to do! ”

"We and others have all handed over their wealth to Zhizhou. If the ship sinks, it's bad luck. Please know what to do if the state orders us to wait. He also said before that he wanted to pull people in and the middle-aged people would never mention the matter of pulling people again, and he expressed his attitude a little incoherently.

Sima Kao couldn't help frowning, he never expected things to develop in such a direction. Looking at Zhao Jiaren again, Sima Kao saw a satisfied expression on Zhao Jiaren's face. This made Sima Kao feel that he understood something, but he still didn't understand.

After the meeting, Sima Kao waited for Zhao Jiaren to finish. As a result, from morning to evening, Zhao Jiaren showed no signs of returning home. Sima Kao, who was already dizzy when reading the book, stood up and went directly to Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren asked Sima Kao to come in, and he continued to preach to several people in charge: "You must get the matter of the water tank right. The inside should be inlaid with silver sheets, not iron nails. The inside of the outlet pipe should also be lined with silver pipes. As long as the tube is thin and the silver sheet is thin, it won't be used much. ”

"Yes!" Several people in charge took small notebooks and wrote them down.

"You guys go get busy first." Zhao Jiaren waved his hand to let a few people retreat.

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Sima Kao immediately asked, "Brother Zhao, why do you want those people to bow their heads so much?" Let them not care for their lives. ”

"If you don't have this preparation, what are you talking about going to the sea?" Zhao Jiaren replied a little tiredly.

"But they want to make money. Will do anything to make money. Sima Kao continued to ask.

Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but smile when he saw Sima Kao being so serious: "Brother Sima, as I said before, the sinking of the ship is the main cause of the ship and the person who drives it. There is such a main reason, when the wind and waves come, when the ship sinks. Do you think you can accept that? ”

"This ...... Isn't this fate? Sima Kao replied hesitantly.

"Do you think that because you can't control the wind, the wind is the main cause?" Zhao Jiaren's tone became more relaxed. It can actually be very easy to talk to a cultured person like Sima Kao, "If you think so, then it's the same as thinking that Daji and Yang Yuhuan are in trouble for the country." Not to mention whether it is true that two women are harming the country, if King Zhou and Li Longji can break the army of King Zhou and An Lushan, and capture them to show the public, the situation will be very different. At least there won't be any talk of Daji and Yang Yuhuan causing trouble to the country. So who is the main cause? ”

This truth is easy to understand, but Sima Kao frowned. Zhao Jiaren didn't speak, just stretched his waist, and then stood up and moved his body. This time the preparation was very heavy and he felt very tired. After doing a set of radio gymnastics, Zhao Jiaren heard Sima Kao speak, "But how can there be anything omniscient and omnipotent in the world, if you only consider the main cause, your troubles will be troubled to death." ”

Zhao Jiaren said with a smile: "If you only think about success or failure, of course you will be troubled." If you can focus on what you have to do, it probably won't be like this. There are so many things to worry about, where is there still the spirit to think about other people's things. ”

“…… You're saying that no matter what we think, the storm will always rise. Is that someone else's business? Sima Kao seemed to understand.

"That's right. To do things, you must first figure out what is your own business and what is someone else's business. By figuring this out, we will not be on the wrong side. Zhao Jiaren replied with satisfaction.

"But nothing can be unrelated to anyone else." Sima Kao was not satisfied.

"So what's our common thing, what's our common cause. These are the criteria that distinguish our position. It's like being an official in the court, and they all look the same. But in fact, everyone's position and interests are different. The so-called political enemies, aren't they people in the same court? It should be that they are all people in the court, so they are political enemies. I have made them obey me this time, and I want to lead the fleet forward. Only when we are on the same page can we work together. If you go halfway and there are people with bad intentions who make trouble, it is better to tell them from the beginning that they are not allowed to make trouble. If they make trouble, I'm going to clean them up as I said at the beginning! Zhao Jiaren explained easily.

Looking at Sima Kao's thoughtful appearance, Zhao Jiaren also felt much more relaxed in his heart. Many times, even if people know that the fear of loneliness is a sign of weakness, they can't make themselves stronger, strong enough to completely ignore others and move forward on their own.

Someone can chat, talk. In particular, if you have the same level, it's actually very fun. Sima Kao is the chatter who can make Zhao Jiaren feel happy.

"Naja seems to be in control of the situation now, and get rid of people he doesn't like. Is it the same idea? Sima Kao asked a question that made him unhappy at all.