There is no greater sorrow than the death of the heart, but what is more terrifying than the death of the heart is the collapse of one's entire belief!
Raoul Rigaud is like this at the moment. His entire three-view value system has completely collapsed, and what he used to regard as iron laws has been smashed into rubbish.
His inner world was completely shattered into yellow sand, and he could no longer piece together a complete and independent personality. The contradictions and conflicts plunged him into an extremely twisted and struggling situation.
yes! Who was wrong? Capitalists say their business can no longer continue. Usury interest, competition in the international market, and increasing labor and land rent costs are all the straw that breaks the camel's back.
If it is true as what Eugene and Andrew said, let alone a ten franc monthly salary increase, I am afraid that the steel factory will go bankrupt if the salary is raised by two or three francs.
But the workers’ demands are not wrong either! A life of misery is not made up, and beggars on the street are not phantoms in the desert.
How many minor children are buried in Lachaise Cemetery? There are countless patients who have no money for medical treatment and are dying of pain on the hospital bed.
Life is so miserable that they can't even eat potato soup or brown bread. Is it wrong for the poor to have enough to eat?
What exactly is going on? Who was wrong? Can anyone give me this answer?
At the moment, only Xiao Letian can answer Raoul Rigao's doubts, because there is only one Xiao Letian in this world, who once led a backward China to rise rapidly in the face of adversity.
Only such people have the ability to see everything. If Xiao Letian cannot answer this question, then Raoul Rigault may not be able to rest in peace until his death.
Xiao Letian took a few steps forward and approached Raoul Rigao, but the vigilant Dragon Guard quickly crossed over and blocked the head of state's path with his body.
Xiao Letian smiled wryly and shrugged, "I have the answer, but I have to remind you that even if I tell you the answer, you still won't be able to solve it..."
"I'm afraid your heart will feel even colder after you get the real answer... Do you still want to listen to it?"
Li Gao raised his head and looked into the eyes of the head of state, "Listen! My heart is already cold, I don't care about another bucket of ice water..."
"Raoul Rigault, in fact, all the chaos in France right now is not just caused by the war, nor is it just caused by the gap between the rich and the poor..."
"What you see is just the surface of the problem or the most intuitive answer. This is only the first level. In fact, you have not understood the deeper problems at all..."
"On the surface, the current tragedy is because you lost the Franco-Prussian War, and it is because the gap between the rich and the poor is too large, causing social unrest and triggering civil war..."
"But why did you lose the war? Why did you have a gap between rich and poor that made it difficult for the people to survive? Why didn't Britain and Prussia have a civil war?"
"Don't they have a gap between rich and poor? In fact, there is the same..."
"I will discuss the issue of winning or losing the war later. Let me first tell you what the gap between rich and poor is..."
"The gap between rich and poor is an unavoidable fact in the world. It is unavoidable in any country and in any era..."
"But there are two situations in the gap between rich and poor. One is tolerable. For example, if I have one franc more than you, then I will be richer than you and you will be poorer than me..."
"But the difference of one franc is completely negligible, because there is not much difference in life between you and me!"
"The other kind of gap between the rich and the poor is very pessimistic. It is unbearable, just like what you are encountering now... The bones of the rich are frozen to death on the road of wine and meat!"
"Rich people can spend two thousand francs a month, but poor people can't even eat enough bread... This intolerable gap between rich and poor has caused extremely serious social confrontation. This is the most basic reason for the spread of your ideas. Soil!"
"The gap between rich and poor in the UK is actually wider than in France, but there has not been such a serious conflict or civil war. In the final analysis, it is because British workers can at least eat sausages and bread, and the gap is tolerable!"
"Why has France become like this now, with an intolerable gap between rich and poor? Do we really want to put all the blame on the emperor, aristocrats, and capitalists?"
Xiao Letian shook his head, "It's because you fell into this kind of illusion that you made things so bad!"
"Actually, you have made a directional mistake, that is, you have naturally defined emperors, nobles, and capitalists as vampires, the most evil existences. You have poured all the dirty water on them..."
"But are these people really all bastards? Don't they have any mercy? Do they really not want you to have enough to eat?"
"Actually, no... Of course, there must be the kind of bastards you mentioned, but you can never say that all aristocratic capitalists are devils who drink human blood!"
"They also have their own difficulties, just like what Eugene and Andrew just said... They can no longer operate! If they raise more wages, they will go bankrupt. How do you ask them to raise their wages?"
"Then what should we do? What went wrong..." Eugene wiped his nose with his sleeves and asked with tears in his eyes.
Xiao Letian turned to look at Eugene and Andrew, "Actually, you have already given the answer just now! Don't you yourself know?"
"You just said that before the war, you and Prussian businessmen competed for a rail steel business in the Ottoman Empire. You lowered the price three times in a row, and others followed up and quoted a lower price than you..."
"It wasn't until you couldn't keep up with the price reduction that you sadly lost this business... Why don't you dare to lower the price anymore? That's because you will lose money if you lower the price again..."
"Why do Prussian businessmen dare to continue to lower prices? That's because they still make profits after lowering prices!"
"Do you understand? You have serious problems with the French economy, but you don't consider solving the root problems, but just cling to the symptoms and not let go!"
"Why can Prussia steal your French business? After all, I have a message for you..."
"Technology is the primary productive force! France has lagged behind Prussia in all aspects. Don't you know it?"
"Although science and technology seem to be soft power, once this soft power is combined with the real economy, it will explode into extremely strong market competitiveness, do you understand?"
The words awakened the dreamer. Eugene, Andrew, Raoul Rigault, including the Chinese senior officials around Xiao Letian, were all stunned.
The Franco-Prussian War, the Civil War in Paris...the most ferocious beasts beneath the surface of chaos finally surfaced!
