As the old saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you get the fish, you will lose the bear's paw, and if you get the bear's paw, you will lose the fish. This principle is applicable everywhere.
If you work hard to make money, you will inevitably damage your body. If you want to take care of your body, it will be difficult to have great achievements in your career. Especially in a competitive society, there are hundreds of thousands of people competing for every good job. If you slack off a little, you will be caught up by others. Therefore, in order to keep your job and status, you must work hard wholeheartedly. In this case, it is impossible not to hurt your body.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything. In this world, there are still powerful people. Their ability is far beyond ordinary people. For example, some people's efficiency in an hour is several times that of others. In this way, they only need to work for a few hours to produce results that are far beyond ordinary people. Naturally, they can maintain a better state and keep themselves healthy.
There are also some people who have a strong family background. Their ancestors have provided them with enough wealth. In this way, they only need to use this money to live a good life. Even if they do nothing, they are richer and live more freely than those who work hard.
However, these are the situations that only a very small number of people can have. Most people are ordinary people from ordinary backgrounds. They need to sacrifice their bodies to work hard in order to get the most basic results. Otherwise, they will be at the bottom of society. Even eating is a problem.
Society was so cruel. Only those who were talented and had accumulated a lot of wealth from their ancestors could live a carefree life. Ordinary people would have a hard time. After all, if you wanted to be good, others would want to be good too. Opportunities were limited, so the competition was naturally very cruel. If one person went up, it meant that the other person would fall.
Therefore, in order to become a person who can climb up in the end, you must work very hard. It doesn't matter if you are stupid. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will definitely have achievements. Sacrificing your body as the price is inevitable.
Since ancient times, there had been a saying in Huaxia that people would hang their hair on the beam and put a sharp iron under their chin. In this way, people would naturally not feel sleepy and could read more books, allowing them to have more profound knowledge.
However, this method was very harmful to the body. According to modern medicine, the liver would begin to detoxify after 11 PM. If one did not sleep well at this time, it would be very harmful to the body. If one stayed up all night, the detoxification function of all the organs in the body would be disrupted. Over time, one would definitely fall sick.
Moreover, it was very dangerous to put a sharp iron under the chin. If he accidentally poked himself, it might bring great harm to himself. It was also not good to have his hair hanging high. If the pulling force was too strong and his hair was pulled out, the consequences would be very serious. It would also induce folliculitis.
In addition, staying up late would also lower a person's physique, making them very weak. They would be blown away by the wind, just like Sister Lin, weak and frail.
Chiseling the wall to borrow light was also an ancient Chinese story. It was said that a diligent person would choose to dig a hole in the wall after dark because he couldn't see the words on the books and his family was relatively poor. This way, the neighbor's candlelight would be able to pass through and he would be able to read at night.
First of all, it was very bad behavior to dig a hole in the wall and destroy the neighbor's wall. Secondly, the light passing through the small hole must be very weak. Reading in this weak light was very bad for the eyes. It was very easy to induce myopia, which was very harmful to the person's body.
Of course, there were more stories of struggle, such as three points into the wood, reading under the moon, and so on. These stories were all stories of struggle, and all of the struggles were at the expense of one's health. Can you say that reading all night is not harmful to one's health? Can you say that the weak light of a hole in the wall is not harmful to the eyes?
Obviously, these inspirational classics were all harmful to one's health. They were all at the expense of one's health in exchange for one's knowledge and achievements.
The new Hua Xia Empire was stained with the blood of martyrs. Similarly, everyone's achievements were mostly exchanged with the loss of health and sweat.
Heaven was very fair. It was impossible to let one person get too much. Since it gave you a fish, it was impossible to give you a bear's paw. Since you had to protect your body and worry about the damage to your body, then in a competitive society, you would be surpassed by those who did not care about their lives. You would be very ordinary.
And once a person was ordinary, in order to survive, he had to engage in the lowest level of life, which was the most difficult and tiring work with the lowest salary. This kind of work would still damage one's health and make one feel like dying.
When studying, pay attention to health. If one did not work hard enough, it would be easy to be surpassed by others. It would lead to working in a difficult and low-paid job in the future. And these jobs would inevitably burn one's health, causing one's health to be damaged even more seriously. Thus, it would make one's heart regret. If one had worked a little harder in the beginning, it would not be so hard now.
Therefore, no matter when, one must work hard, even at the expense of one's health. Otherwise, it would be more painful in the future. This was the so-called, if one did not work hard when one was young, one would be sad when one was old.
This was true for both individuals and countries. If a country wanted to be strong, it could not care too much about polluting the environment. Otherwise, it would not be able to develop normally.
The Hua Xia Empire of the future was like this. While the small countries far away in Western Europe were working hard to develop science and technology and wantonly destroying the environment, the Hua Xia Empire was leisurely plowing and weaving, living a carefree life like a hermit.
But not long after, the small countries in Western Europe that destroyed the environment all became powerful countries, while the beautiful Hua Xia became a large backward country. Soon, it was brazenly invaded by the powerful small countries. The mountains and rivers fell, and the people were miserable.
Even under such circumstances, many short-sighted people in the Hua Xia Empire were still trying to give up the train, so as not to destroy the beautiful environment of the Hua Xia Empire. It was pitiful and even more ridiculous.
The country that took the lead in destroying the environment became stronger and stronger, while the beautiful Hua Xia Empire was backward and was beaten everywhere. The people were like livestock, sold all over the world, and even wantonly slaughtered.
After being beaten for many years, the people of Hua Xia Empire finally woke up and realized the importance of industrialization. They no longer considered environmental problems and began to gradually develop the industry, and achieved many results step by step. Especially after the establishment of the new Hua Xia Empire, a large number of industries were built and fruitful results were achieved.
After becoming strong, the environment was greatly damaged, but after all, it was already strong, so it was all worth it. If the environment had not been destroyed in the beginning, the new Hua Xia Empire would not be as strong as it was now. Then, it might be bullied every day. What was the use of having a good environment? If it was bullied every day, and the people were humiliated, it was better to destroy some of the environment. After becoming strong, it was also feasible to gradually start to protect the environment.
In other words, people would only be in the mood to pursue other things after eating. If they were very hungry, no one would be in the mood to pursue some other beautiful things.
The small countries along the way were all very backward and poor. The lives of the people were very poor. If not for this, they would not take the risk to become pirates. Therefore, as long as they could live a good life, it was acceptable to destroy a little of the environment.
The tropical rainforest climate was a very rich place. There were a large number of trees and a large number of products. The scale and variety of these products far exceeded the temperate and cold zones. It was the treasure trove of the entire planet.
Now, the projects that Li An already knew of that could be developed included logging furniture, planting specialty fruits, extracting oil, mining, basic processing, and many others.
Among these industries, the ones that caused the most damage to the environment should be logging and mining. Logging would directly consume the forest, causing the forest cover in these areas to decrease. However, the current mining speed of the Tang Dynasty was still relatively slow. Plants could be planted and grown, but the mining speed might not keep up with the growth speed of the trees.
For mining, a large area of the earth's surface would be destroyed, and a lot of raw materials would be piled up. The pollution was relatively large, but it was also the one that could produce the most economic benefits.
The industrialization of the Tang Empire lacked all kinds of metal materials the most. For example, the laying of railroad tracks required a large number of iron raw materials. Therefore, although the mining volume was very large, the price of iron had always been maintained at a relatively high level. Mining iron in the small countries of Nanyang could use the cheap labor here to mine iron at a lower cost. In this way, more money could be earned than mining in China, and the enthusiasm of businessmen would be higher.
As for how many minerals the Nanyang countries had, it was likely that even they themselves did not know. After all, the Nanyang countries were relatively backward, and many valuable minerals were buried underground. With the detection equipment of these small countries, it was impossible to find the resources hidden underground no matter what.
The Tang Dynasty now had a lot of exploration equipment, so it was most appropriate to let the Tang Empire send craftsmen to explore the resources. Moreover, the relevant units had arrived in Malacca and were preparing to spread to various countries to explore the resources contained in the countries along the way and prepare for the development and utilization of the resources in the countries along the way.
Using the primitive method, some resources had been found in the countries along the way, such as open-air stone mines, coal mines, and some iron and gold and silver mines.
Such discovered minerals were naturally already mined by the locals, so it was not feasible to sell them to the Tang Dynasty businessmen. However, it was completely possible to use the joint venture method. The Tang Dynasty businessmen could provide funds and machinery to improve the mining progress and then get a share of the profits.
As for the newly discovered mineral resources, as long as they were found by the exploration team of the Tang Dynasty, they would all be handed over to the Tang Dynasty businessmen for mining, but they would have to pay a certain amount to the royal family of the country where they were located. The amount had to be handed over every year, but the amount would not be very large. In this way, the royal family of each country and the Tang Dynasty businessmen would be very satisfied.
Naturally, the rewards for the exploration team would not be small. As long as they could find valuable mineral resources, the businessmen in charge of mining would give them a large reward.
Now, the businessmen had begun to explore the various countries to find business opportunities. The exploration team had also arrived in Malacca and stayed for a few days, ready to explore the resources in the various countries at any time.
"Big Brother, the exploration team is here. They will spread out to explore the various countries in the morning after tomorrow. Do you have any instructions?"
Li Feiyu gathered the hundreds of exploration team members and prepared to let Ang Lee give them a lecture.
Ang Lee looked at the more than 300 exploration team members and the large amount of exploration equipment behind them. He nodded with satisfaction and said loudly, "Everyone, you are all the elite talents of the Tang Dynasty. You are very important. Only if you explore a large amount of mineral resources in the various countries in Nanyang can the businessmen be able to mine here. Only then can the Tang Dynasty have inexhaustible resources. In the past, you were all exploring in the Tang Dynasty, but now, I have only one purpose for you to come here, and that is to try your best to mine the resources of other countries first and use the resources of these small countries to support the industrial development of the Tang Dynasty. You must do your best to overcome the difficulties and strive to explore more valuable mineral veins. I will be waiting for your good news."
After listening to Ang Lee's encouragement, the technical talents of the exploration team were very happy. Their hearts were filled with passion and they were all motivated to find valuable mineral veins as soon as possible so that they would not disappoint Ang Lee's expectations of them.
"If you have any requests, feel free to tell me. As long as I can do it, I will try my best to satisfy you."
Ang Lee said loudly and asked the exploration team what requests they had.
"Assistant Minister Li, can we flirt with the girls here?"
One of the exploration team members asked.
"Hahahaha!"
As soon as the question was asked, everyone burst into laughter.
Ang Lee also laughed. After a pause, he said, "Of course you can. This is your business, and I can't be bothered to interfere. However, you can't forget what you are here for. Also, you can't force the girls. Otherwise, even I can't protect you."
For these exploration team members who were out all year round, their physical needs were a big problem. After all, exploration work was very tiring, and it was not realistic to bring their families along. However, if they did not bring their families along, they could not solve this problem normally. The only feasible strategy was to look for local girls.
When they had money, they could go to brothels to have fun and satisfy their physical and psychological needs. When they had no money, they could also spend time to trick the girls and make them willingly roll around in the grass with them. This way, they could have fun without spending money. It was a good choice.
Ang Lee would not interfere too much with the private lives of these people. There was no need for him to interfere. As long as these people did not cause any big trouble, it was fine. It was very reasonable for them to find some fun when they were lonely.
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