“...... Is it good or bad that the price of metal has decreased?" Binglian leaned on Jiao Ming's arms, resting her head on her shoulder socket, holding Jiao Ming's arm and hugging her chest, her voice revealing confusion and uneasiness. "Originally, I just read the information sent by Evan, and I didn't think much of it, but what I saw and heard today really made me think about this problem. If our crocodile leads to follow the shipment, it will accelerate the decline in metal prices. I'm afraid I don't know how to deal with more and more of this. ”

The information sent by Evan was almost daily, still a dozen pages thick, and it was full of various events in the kingdom that had fallen in the price of metals in the most prominent kingdoms of the kingdom. Jiao Ming watched it with relish, and although Binglian was not interested, he thought that this was a rare opportunity to understand the forces of all parties, and he read it patiently.

"Do you think that the people who pushed the price of metals down have an unshirkable responsibility for these incidents?" Jiao Ming asked rhetorically after a moment's consideration.

Binglian thought about it and nodded in confirmation, her hair rubbing Jiao Ming's jaw, itchy. Jiao Ming lowered his head and kissed the top of the girl's head gently, and said after a moment of silence: "This is a rather complicated question, there may be many warm and affectionate or righteous and awe-inspiring explanations, but I am personally more convinced of an objective theory, which is to quantify everything." ”

"Quantitative?" The rising tone proves that the ice lotus is rising.

Jiao Ming nodded and said, "My uncle told me about it." Let's start with two small examples. I still remember that there was a plague in the ironworks last spring, and many fire and gas magicians died of illness. ”

"Of course, thank you for the hygienic rules you wrote, and after the implementation of the rules, there was no plague all winter. Binglian replied, mentioning the development of the crocodile collar, and the improved mood diluted the initial confusion.

"One of the pieces is that the fruit should be rinsed with water if eaten raw, and the other is not allowed to drink raw water. Isn't that strange to think about?"

"That's right!" Binglian slapped Jiao Ming's thigh, looking like she had suddenly discovered a blind spot.

"Shoot yourself, shoot me, what are you doing?"

Bing Lianjiao laughed twice, just urging Jiao Ming to continue.

"You can't just leave it at that!"

Binglian raised her head and kissed lightly as compensation.

"It's not enough, let me touch it. ”

After a moment, Binglian sneered: "Say it quickly!"

"Raw water cannot be drunk directly, but the fruit washed with it can be eaten, which seems paradoxical at first glance, but in fact, it ignores the issue of 'quantity'. Too little water remains on the skin of the fruit, and the bacteria or other dirt contained are within the safety line and are not enough to cause illness. ”

"Sounds reasonable. ”

And it's the same with other things that are common in life. For example, electricity has a 37-volt safety line. If the snake venom scorpion poison toad crisp is in moderation, it can also cure diseases and save people. And even the safest and most harmless water, if you drink too much, you can be physiologically poisoned. ”

"How can this be?" Binglian questioned.

"When my uncle said it, I didn't believe it, and I went to Baidu on purpose. It is said that there is a limit to how efficiently the kidneys, which are responsible for urination, and if this limit is exceeded, the body's cells will have problems in a watery environment. ”

"What is Baidu?"

"It's a knowledge base, specifically everyone can access it for free. In my uncle's eyes, it was destined to replace traditional education. ”

"Sounds so much more magical than magic. ”

"Thank you for the compliment. So let's talk about the second story. Jiao Ming tightened his arms to make the two of them stick tighter, and at the same time continued in a solemn tone: "Remember the car you saw in the dream space, right?"

"I'll never forget that cityscape. ”

"Suppose you are a car driver, and you suddenly notice that there are several people walking on the road in front of you, and you can't slow down, so you can only turn onto the sidewalk, but you see only one person on the sidewalk, how do you choose?"

"No other options?"

"Of course, there are many options in reality, but this is just an abstract metaphorical thought experiment, which seems to be concrete but is actually illusory, and there is only one or the other. ”

After a short silence, Bing Lian did not answer directly, but asked, "What is the relationship between this and quantification, it won't be just a simple comparison of the number of people." ”

"It's really a simple comparison of the number of people, but there is an implicit problem of scope. Jiao Ming's voice became slow, and his mind seemed to return to the time when he was unstable by this question, "Changing lanes represents changing the conventional order, that is, although a few fewer people died in this decision, after changing the entire order, more people may die in a larger range." ”

After a short silence, Jiao Ming added in a relaxed tone: "Of course, there are many solutions to this paragraph, you don't have to drill the horns, solving the problem in front of you is the key." ”

"Then what you mean is that, in the context of the unity of kingdoms as a whole, it is advantageous to reduce the price of metal, although it will cost some lives. ”

"That's pretty much it. The scope of quantification is horizontal and the whole kingdom is united vertically in the next few decades, and the criterion for quantification is population. Not to mention, in agriculture alone, when the price of metal is reduced to the point that farmers can use it at will, it will inevitably bring about an increase in grain production, and the ensuing population growth will be several times and dozens of times according to the experience of my hometown, so let alone hundreds of deaths and thousands of people, halving the population is also profitable. ”

"You have a point. Binglian said slowly, her body arching into Jiao Ming's arms, as if looking for a warm kitten, "But I still think they are too pitiful." ”

"People always have to die, and it's a leader's job to make these inevitable deaths meaningful. ”

"Another famous quote from Earth?"

"Maybe, I can't remember where I heard it. ”

The room fell silent for a long time again.

"I don't like this explanation, is there anything else?"

Jiao Ming smiled and teased: "I don't remember that you are such a willful person. But since it's my fiancée, I'll say one more. However, it is stated in advance that the conclusion is the same. After sorting out his thoughts a little, he began with a question: "What do you think of the concept of science?"

"It's a fixed cause and effect. Binglian immediately replied, from mathematics to chemistry, to some basic physics knowledge, such a long time of study, obviously have been thinking about this for a long time. "Taking a series of conditions as a cause inevitably produces a series of fixed consequences as effects. For example, if the oxide of iron is reduced by carbon, a fixed amount, a fixed temperature and pressure, will definitely produce a fixed result. Without the interference of the fire magic medium, it would be the same for whoever did it, whether it was a king or a coolie. ”

"If I hadn't been holding you, I'd have applauded. ”

"Thank you, but I still want to know your original answer. ”

"It's not an 'answer', because until I crossed over, there was no accepted definition of the concept, I would just say that there is a higher level of agreement, and that is 'falsifiability'. To put it simply, whether something is scientific or not depends on whether it is 'falsifiable'. ”

A novel noun and concept. Binglian smacked twice, but still shook her head and said, "It's probably a translation problem, it doesn't sound like it makes sense at all." ”

"I only know a little bit about it, but when I apply it to the theory just now, I can find a contradiction. Is the connection between the reduction of the price of metal and the increase in the total population sufficiently necessary? That is to say, the increase in the total population must and can only be caused by the reduction of the price of metal? Yes or no, but there is no falsifiable relationship, because there is only one world, and there is no way to form a comparative experiment. For example, while reducing the price of metal, it will remain unchanged, and wait for more than ten years to count the population. ”

"If there is a possibility that the price of metals will remain the same and the total population will still grow, these people will really die in vain. And this possibility cannot be proven to be non-existent. This time, Binglian quickly grasped the point, and then asked, "Then why did you just say that the conclusions are unanimous? This theory is no longer tenable." ”

"When I first started the labor division system in Changteng Town, I said that the essence of wealth is human labor, but compared to the real world, there are many people who get something for nothing but are superior to others, why do you think this is?"

Binglian thought for a moment and replied: "Generating wealth and acquiring wealth are two separate processes, and those who generate wealth through labor may not be able to directly own wealth. For example, the division of labor system we implement, if you think about it carefully, it quietly absorbs a lot of the fruits of labor, and I am exactly what you call the guy who 'gets for nothing but is superior'. ”

Jiao Ming faked coughing twice, quickly interrupted Binglian's self-analysis, and said: "You call it 'serving the people', whether it is too complicated to count labor as labor, let's go back to the topic just now." Suppose that the price of metal stops falling, and then rebounds and rises, if you can buy first and then sell between this fall and rise, of course, you can make a lot of money, but what do you think is the difference between this way of making money and labor to make goods?"

"Obviously, one is relaxed and the other is tired, and those who have brains want to use the first method. Binglian smiled.

"That's one of the differences, but there's also the difference in whether it can be rolled out to everyone. Everyone buys low and sells high, it will only make society idle and then burn out the power supply like a short-circuited circuit. And if everyone is immersed in labor, there will be various problems at this stage of productivity, and although it will not collapse society, it will make it inefficient. ”

"Listen to you, it's more inclined to the latter case. ”

"My inclination is not important, the important thing is that according to this theory, people will be divided into two kinds, one is to earn money with money, the other is to earn money with labor, the two sides are incompatible and contradictory, but they have to cooperate with each other, which is comparable to loving and killing each other, until the ideal society in the theory comes. ”

"I think you're too far off topic. Binglian reminded.

"Well, in short, we have to stand firmly on the side of the group of 'earning money through labor', as for the 'earning money with money' who are looking for death in this metal price drop turmoil, it is better for them to die. ”

"Although you seem to be very reasonable, and you seem to answer my question, I am actually more confused. After a pause, Binglian took off her arms and continued: "Then I will ask a simple question one last time, the drop in metal prices should be a good thing for those workshops, but it doesn't seem to be the case. ”

"For example, if there are 10 rice cake shops in a small town, imagine what will happen next when the price of sorghum rice is falling and there is no communication between the shops. ”

After a while, Binglian nodded and said, "I understand, it must be an unlimited drop in the price of rice cakes." ”

"Why?" Jiao Ming asked with a smile, as if testing the student's teacher.

"Stores with poor business performance will inevitably take the lead in choosing a price reduction strategy, and stores with better conditions have no choice but to follow up. In addition, the price of raw materials continues to fall, and the finished product has a slight backlog of unsalable, which is a huge loss. ”

"What about the end?"

"All of them lost money to do business, until nine stores lost all their money and went bankrupt, and only one was left. However, if the shopkeepers can communicate with each other, they will be able to stabilize prices when there are only two or three stores left. ”

Jiao Ming applauded, adding: "Unfortunately, the territory of the United Kingdom is full of small workshops, which is not only expensive for communication, but also more difficult for mutual trust, so a new balance will be reached when the practitioners reach the bottom line of survival." ”

......

The next morning, the crowd said goodbye to Hillaman's parents and hurried to the ruins, only to see a busy scene of reconstruction. Meet the landlord of the house where the teleportation circle is located and identify himself, complete the repair work of the room where the teleportation circle is located under his confused gaze, and then leave.

Hurried to the academy, each went to the class separately, Jiao Ming just sat down and noticed that the atmosphere in the classroom was not right, and he pricked up his ears and heard an unexpected good news, Vice President Sasu decided to personally send ten gray-robed students who had been baptized by fire back to fight a few battles with those noble children who were not good at studying, and urged slightly.

Jiao Ming's heart was dark, squinting his eyes to admire the panicked appearance of these people. However, after thinking about it, it was obviously all the credit of the lobbying of Binglian and other student union members, after all, after the low-cost teleportation array was toppled and redone several times, there was no result at this time. And Vice President Sassou is a busy man, and it is impossible for him to help on a regular basis.

The progress of the research must be accelerated, Jiao Ming thought so, and fell asleep in the chatter of the head teacher, Ms. Kexi.

After class at noon, Luo Hua, who was waiting outside the door, was pulled to the student union, and sure enough, it was a joyful and celebratory atmosphere, everyone sat around, eating and listening to the bragging of a few gray-robed students who were teleported back.

Jiao Ming listened to a few words on the periphery of the crowd, and found that they were all things that were not new, so he lost interest, found Binglian and took the lunch box, and asked for more specific information about the competition.

"Classes will be closed tomorrow and the wheel battle will start in the morning. ”

"Gone?" Jiao Ming, who had waited for a short time to no avail, asked in surprise.

Binglian nodded.

"A few fights, a few wins and a few losses or something, there should always be. ”

Binglian shook her head.

"How much does this mean, Sasu?" Jiao Ming muttered.

"I think Sassou is confident that the Grey Robe can win a day in a row. ”

"Are you serious?"

"I can feel that they are completely different from dozens of days ago. Bing Lian looked at the few people in the center of the crowd, her eyes were complicated, and she continued: "I even thought about whether I should also go to the front line to experience this baptism. ”