Chapter 107, Mayor Wang Meiling's sigh (II)

“…… Although some people often say how powerful our Chinese ability to integrate is, many other ethnic groups in history have been absorbed and assimilated by us. For example, the Qiang people, the Dangxiang people, the Huns, the Khitans, etc., have all disappeared in the long river of history, and even the Manchu people are now only an academic name to a large extent. But in fact, according to the analysis of domestic think tanks, from the macro perspective of big history, our Chinese civilization is actually a civilization with relatively poor communication ability and assimilation and integration ability. In other words, it is a living fossil of civilization like a panda. ”

Mayor Wang Meiling said so eloquently, "...... Of course, this is not to say how backward the Chinese civilization is, but to say that since a long time ago, our enthusiasm and initiative in spreading civilization have not been very strong, and we have not been ready to become a world civilization in terms of software or hardware, nor have we made much effort in this regard. As a result, before entering the modern era, European missionaries braved hardships and dangers with enthusiasm, carried the cross and traveled all over the world, spreading the glory of God to every corner of the world, including China.

Isis (anti-harmony) Lanjiao is even more dependent on a scripture, properly only entering and not leaving, and the assimilation ability is so strong that it is evil. Even in the case of its own serious decay and backwardness, it has simply withstood the wave of modernization, expanded against the trend, and directly entered the core hinterland of the developed countries in Europe and the United States.

As for us Chinese, relying on the vast land, the large population and the huge size of civilization, we have handed in a failing answer sheet. Confucianism only had some influence in Korea, Japan and Vietnam, and Taoism could not even set foot in the country. On the contrary, some Buddhist monks and some Christian missionaries traveled all over the world to spread the faith, but in modern times, they were also defeated and retreated, and they no longer had the strong vitality of the early eastward crossing to spread the Dharma. With such an ugly street fight, is it because ancient China was not strong enough? Of course not, the title of the so-called 'Central Empire' at that time was not a fact that we Chinese boasted of putting gold on our faces, but was unanimously recognized by the Eastern world. But the problem is that because Chinese civilization has flourished in the East for too long, we have a kind of central empire mentality since ancient times, and we rarely do the Spanish missionaries who spread the Gospel of Christ at the stake, the American human rights organizations that use missiles to force democracy, and the Arabs who do not hesitate to go to the ocean to forcibly sell their own religion and culture to others. On the contrary, in history, it was basically other nationalities who sent people to China to take the initiative to study, just like the Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty, who brought Chinese culture out. The so-called vocation of 'educating barbarians' has long been thrown away by Confucian scholars.

Moreover, as the carrier of Chinese civilization, our Chinese language itself is too old and has the problem of difficulty in spreading. Americans once conducted a survey of outstanding college students at Ivy League colleges and universities, and found that if they learn French or German, they generally only need 500 to 600 class hours. Even if you learn Japanese or Russian, which are culturally different, you only need more than 1,200 lessons. However, it takes at least 2,000 class hours to learn Chinese, and even after learning 2,000 class hours, I can't always understand Chinese martial arts TV series, and I need to find a Chinese translator.

Of course, this is mainly because the Chinese language is too old and belongs to hieroglyphs. The rest of the world's major languages are alphabets, even in Korea and Japan, which are heavily influenced by Chinese culture. Therefore, it will be very difficult for foreigners to learn Chinese. But it also shows that even if our national power surpasses that of the United States, it will be much more difficult for other people around the world to communicate in Chinese than it is for Americans to promote English to the world......

Such a series of congenital deficiencies make our Chinese civilization more resilient and flexible, but its influence on the outside world is really insufficient. In the past few years, although the state has invested heavily in the establishment of many Confucius Institutes overseas in an attempt to promote traditional Chinese culture to the world, the result has been to achieve half the result with half the effort and achieve little success. The understanding and acceptance of Chinese culture by the people of those third world countries is much worse than that of Christianity and American-style democracy! However, the translation of the past fantasy and Xianxia, as well as the adapted film and television dramas and animations, are still selling well......

Ahem, to get back to the point, it is conceivable that even in the future population explosion crisis, our government will be under pressure to spend huge sums of money to save hundreds of millions of Africans, South Asians and Middle Easterners, it will be difficult for them to accept our culture and values and integrate into our social system......"

(Even the legendary and mysterious Mayan script is actually the same type of alphabet script as the English language, but the Mayan civilization has always been full of countries, and there has never been a unified standard for the writing of letters, for example, a certain letter only stipulates that it is represented by animal heads, and as a result, different Mayans may write fish heads, bird heads, tiger heads, and dog heads, but they have the same pronunciation, and at first glance they thought it was hieroglyphs.) ）

Speaking of this, Mayor Wang Meiling spread her hands and concluded, "...... Since China can't integrate them, and it won't get much benefit from it, and it is even difficult to exert cultural infiltration on them, and it is likely that the finances will not be able to hold on, and they will have to face the hostility and sabotage of European and American countries, then the most correct choice is naturally to hang up on their own affairs After all, this is their own life, how can they not work hard to save themselves, and still want to rely on our reason? ”

In the final analysis, things in this world have always been about doctrine in the mouth and business in the heart. No one will have good intentions for no reason: European and American missionaries engage in charity to "expand God's flock"; international human rights organizations engage in charity to promote American-style democracy; Chinese go abroad to do business. Or use the Analects to "educate the barbarians"?

Since there is not even a little decent benefit, it is just a matter of throwing a few small dollars to send the beggar, if you really want to take out the coffin book, who will do it?

Therefore, in the face of the imminent outbreak of the demographic crisis, China has both objective difficulties and a lack of subjective motivation. More importantly, even if these people of different races and civilizations are saved, it will be difficult for them to "naturalize" and thus move towards the "right path" of industrialization and secularization. And if they are saved, then the bomb of the demographic crisis will continue to expand until an even more tragic explosion.

And even China, which has obtained the faster-than-light space folding navigation method from the alien spacecraft Macross, obtained cold nuclear fusion technology from the other world, has endless energy, and is rushing to the sea of stars, will not save these rapidly expanding Third World population. Then the attitude of other countries is even more conceivable...... As a result, Comrade Levi, who had been accustomed to famine and plague, war and massacre in another world, and was tired of death and destruction, found that after returning to the modern earth, it was really possible for him to witness such a cruel scene again in his lifetime.

Alas, I feel so tired...... The outside world is really terrible, I better go home with peace of mind to accompany my wife and children!

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When Li Wei sighed and left gloomily, Ma Tong, who was appointed by Wang Meiling as the mayor's assistant, ran over in a lady's suit and held a tablet computer and asked Wang Meiling for instructions, "...... Aunt Wang, the invitations sent to the monarchs and nobles of the surrounding countries for this birthday banquet, except for the Elbe Domain, which is still in the midst of a civil war and is really inconvenient to invite, the rest have been sent at present. Most of the monarchs and nobles gladly accepted, but Empress Pinna said that she was too busy with state affairs to send her prime minister to congratulate her with gifts......"

“…… Don't want to come to the banquet in person? Gee! This little girl's shelf is quite big...... Anyway, who made the family already an empress? ”

Mayor Wang Meiling pursed her lips disapprerovingly, "...... Anything else? ”

“…… Well, you've had some trouble asking all businesses in the city to give a 20% discount for six days before and after the birthday party in order to show the city's celebration. Our own shops are quite face-saving, but the indigenous shops outside the city are generally reluctant......"

After several years of prosperity and development, as the only trading post connecting the two worlds, the city of Arnoos can be described as a continuous flow of caravans, and all kinds of trade are extremely prosperous. In addition to the various modern earth-style shops built by the traversers, there are also many shops and bazaars built by indigenous merchants in various villages and towns outside the city walls. There are also some indigenous shops that do not sell goods directly, but dance halls, brothels, massage parlors and other service industries for tourists from all over the world, and finally under the walls outside the city gates, quite prosperous commercial streets have appeared.

Due to the backwardness and low productivity of the fantasy world, some daily necessities that are common to modern earthlings, such as cheap color printed textiles, colored glasses, etc., were originally luxury goods that could only be enjoyed by the ruling group. As a result, indigenous merchants flock to the cheap ceramics, glass, plastics and metal products on the earth, as long as they are shipped out, they change hands at sky-high prices, although after a long time of dumping like this, profits will inevitably fall, but now the otherworldly market is far from saturated, and indigenous merchants naturally have little incentive to reduce prices and promotions.

On the other hand, for tourists from the earth, many ordinary and common gadgets on the Falmatt continent are also nowhere to be found, so spending money to buy souvenirs can be called a lavish and expensive earthlings who can afford to participate in otherworldly tours, basically none of them will be poor, at least middle-class. Even some of them, who seem to have little money, receive large allowances from their country's intelligence services, and are tasked with taking advantage of legitimate opportunities to gather information and samples in the other world as much as possible, all of which are paid for by big financiers......

As a result, many indigenous businessmen who were engaged in the business of tourist souvenirs made a fortune in the city of Arnoos very easily. Some of the homeless sub-human homeless people can make a good living just by taking pictures with tourists just because they are from rare races, such as giants.

Because it is so easy to make money doing business in Arnoos, and the marketing thinking of other countries is relatively backward, most indigenous businessmen do not understand the city-wide price reduction promotion that Mayor Wang Meiling forcibly arranged during her 50th birthday celebration. According to their thinking logic, since there will inevitably be a large flow of people during the celebration, they are already very kind if they don't take the opportunity to raise the price and rip off customers, so why should they reduce the price?

However, for Mayor Wang Meiling, who is bent on only seeking liveliness, grandeur and grandeur, such a perfunctory attitude is intolerable!

She is estimated to have such a chance to hold a birthday banquet in her life, so she is bent on perfection, and she can't tolerate half a sand in her eyes.

“…… Those unenlightened misers! Since I ordered all stores in the city to give a 20% discount, they must be discounted, and this matter is not negotiable! Really, I just want to have a good time! Why don't you let me spend this birthday happily and everyone get together and disperse? ”

Mayor Wang Meiling waved her hand unhappily and said categorically, "...... You go and tell them that if anyone dares to make me unhappy on my birthday, well, I can't make him unhappy for the rest of my life, but if I want to make him unhappy for a year, it's absolutely fine......"

“…… Okay, I'll pass on your words as they are, and I'm sure they'll weigh it up......"

All in all, under the full supervision of Mayor Wang Meiling and the tacit approval of the relevant departments, as a commemoration of a middle-aged woman who once represented the party and the country in the other world, a joyful celebration full of noise and excitement slowly kicked off in the Arnoos hills.

As the news spread, travelers from different countries and races also gathered towards this city that rose in an instant......

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PS: The finale is getting closer and closer, and the next chapter is the appearance of the sensual wild female dark elves that readers are asking for. In addition, it is rumored that Master Huang Yi died suddenly of a heart attack after staying up late to play the "Fallout" game for ten hours in a row? I don't know if it's true or not?