Under the bright and sunny sky, the view of the sea from the dock was very good. Wei Kun was about to board the ship. Previously, he had discussed some things with Wang Mingshan. Wei Kun felt as if his heart was blocked by a thousand-kilogram boulder, so he really wanted to ignore Wang Mingshan. However, he couldn't help but want to talk to Wang Mingshan since they were about to part.
"Uncle Wang, you said that geniuses aren't as good as mortals. I can understand that. But mortals are probably more inferior than geniuses. " Wei Kun finally found a topic to discuss. Previously, his and Wang Mingshan's discussion about geniuses and mortals had turned Wei Kun's world upside down. He had thought that geniuses were all wild and unconstrained, but he didn't expect that in Wang Mingshan's opinion, true geniuses had their feet on the ground, while mortals were neither up nor down.
"Only mortals think that others are important. True geniuses have a clear conscience." Wang Mingshan's attitude didn't change at all. What he said was not in line with ordinary people's views.
"A clear conscience?" Wei Kun felt that he had caught on to something. At least, he had a lot of regrets in his life, but in retrospect, there were very few that had a clear conscience.
When Wang Mingshan saw Wei Kun's expression, it was as if he saw his past self. He sighed and said, "If you judge by whether you can get benefits or not, there is nothing in this world that can be done with a clear conscience. Benefits are always insufficient. Today, you feel that you can get ten points of benefit from this matter. Tomorrow, when your horizons are broadened, you will look at that matter again. You feel that at least twenty points of benefit is enough. Geniuses only seek to follow the rules when they do things. They don't take benefits as an absolute standard. They only ask if you have done your best at that moment. Since you have done your best, what is there to feel guilty about? "
"But … I still feel that I haven't done my best," Wei Kun answered in distress.
"As a mortal, you naturally think that you are omnipotent. It's a very, very high requirement to know how many steamed buns you eat and how many bowls of soup you drink. " Wang Mingshan's tone was very relaxed. Back then, he had spent a lot of effort and paid a great price to cross this mental barrier. However, once that line was crossed, life would be completely different.
Wei Kun could understand this in theory, but he realized that he had never considered the problem in this way. Facing Wang Mingshan, who was very close to him, Wei Kun felt as if the two of them were in two different worlds. They could see each other, but they could not touch each other at all. He said in distress, "Then how can I find myself?"
"We materialists believe that matter is primary and consciousness is secondary. We believe that our consciousness is based on the existence of the body. If you have consciousness, it means that your body already exists. It means that you already exist. So don't look for yourself. Instead, acknowledge that you already exist. You have to admit that everything you are now is based on what you already are. Don't treat the person you imagined as the real you, "Wang Mingshan tried his best to explain.
"But the real me … is very ugly!" Wei Kun finally admitted the truth that he didn't want to say. The real him was a person who valued lust, was lazy, incompetent, and liked to escape. If he didn't use the created self to forcibly suppress this actual self, Wei Kun felt that he would endlessly hate himself.
"That's because you're tired. That's because you didn't solve the problem in the right way. We don't want to destroy lust, we want to nurture it. You can look at the party's training materials for this problem. In the end, there are many kinds of lust. Sex and lust are not the same thing. It's written very clearly in the recent training materials, "Wang Mingshan suggested.
"Can it really solve such a fundamental problem?" Wei Kun was very surprised.
"There are two possibilities if reading doesn't work. First, it's not written in the books. Second, it's written but you don't read it. In the end, it's because you haven't read enough books, "Wang Mingshan said with a smile.
Although he didn't believe what Wang Mingshan said, Wei Kun still believed in Wang Mingshan's suggestion. In fact, this trip to Cyprus had already benefited Wei Kun a lot. When they were about to board the ship, Wei Kun asked one last question. "Uncle Wang, why are you telling me these things?"
"Because once your father wants to implement a republic, it will involve a change in policy and direction. At that time, there's a possibility that you and your brother will be the chairman. It's not because you're the commander-in-chief's sons, but to make everyone believe that the commander-in-chief's policy will not change. What will make the ordinary people feel this way is nothing more than the commander-in-chief's children being able to govern. "Wang Mingshan calmly explained the ruthless reason.
Wei Kun felt a chill in his heart. It was really an eye-opener for him to play with hints so openly. What was even more eye-opening for Wei Kun was that Wang Mingshan actually dared to have ideas about Vézé's son.
"If you can recognize yourself and the world clearly, and are willing to devote your efforts to your father's ideals, you'll probably be willing to serve the country. If you're not willing, then forget it. I don't think there's anything in the world that can't be overcome, "Wang Mingshan continued to say calmly.
"… In the end, it still comes down to whether I'm strong enough?" Wei Kun asked.
"Yes. If you're strong enough, you'll become more and more fearless. It's not that you're not afraid of anyone or anything, but that you're not afraid to face any consequences. This is that line. It may seem no different from having to face it and admitting it, but in reality, it's a huge chasm. You actually know all of this, but whether you dare to admit it or not is another matter. The ship is about to depart, take care. "Wang Mingshan finally gave the order to leave.
Wang Mingshan's originally not tall figure became smaller and smaller on the dock. Wei Kun looked at this senior official of the Min dynasty, and his heart was at a loss. These words were not Wang Mingshan's original creation. Wei Kun had seen bits and pieces of it in many places, but when Wang Mingshan said it, it made Wei Kun feel that the world described in these words really existed. But this world was something that Wei Kun could not touch, no matter what.
Two days later, Wei Kun returned to Khartoum. The transfer order to go south to Nanzhan City had been issued, and Wei Kun's successor was already waiting in Khartoum. Wei Kun handed over the work to this man in his thirties, and at the same time, searched for the training content related to this matter that Wang Mingshan had mentioned. Now the Min dynasty implemented the succession model of helping up the horse and sending off the horse. There was a work handover period between the predecessor and the successor. All handovers had rules. The predecessor had to take the successor to familiarize himself with the work, and the successor had to hand over all the work related to money. Once the successor signed to indicate that the handover was completed, anything that happened would be blamed on the successor. The Min dynasty had reported many cases of the predecessor tricking the successor, and the result was that both sides were finished. Now the successor was very careful and refused to fill in the hole for others.
The content that Wang Mingshan recommended was actually not long. Sex and desire were nothing more than a 'hypothesis.' Sex came from the body, and desire came from the acquired life experience. The urge to have sex with a girl was part of human nature, but asking a girl to wear gold-rimmed glasses before having sex was undoubtedly the category of desire. Wei Kun quickly came to this conclusion from his own experience.
But this did not make Wei Kun feel relaxed. The content did not free Wei Kun from his confusion. The training article only explained the 'hypothesis' of sex and desire. As for how to raise the body, it did not mention anything at all. The content that Wang Mingshan talked about was probably made up by his own imagination.
"Secretary Wei, convert the extra food you spent here into East African dollars. Is this in line with the regulations? "The successor asked Wei Kun very politely. These days, this uncle in his thirties who was going to be in his forties worked very seriously.
At the thought that he was about to leave this position, Wei Kun felt a sense of loss. The layout of the three counties in Sudan had just begun to take shape. From agriculture to industry, from railway construction to ordinary road construction, a large amount of work had been assigned. Wei Kun worried a lot about this. For example, the gangsters in the remote areas had no concept of currency and had no need for it, so they could only use food as a substitute. But in Sudan, there was less food and more currency. Wei Kun had no choice but to make a conversion. Otherwise, Wei Kun would have to make a report about the lack of food and explain the remaining currency. A small balancing act could solve the problem immediately. It only needed a report. 'Because of the lack of food, we used money to buy food and send it to the remote areas.'
After listening to Wei Kun's explanation and looking at the contents of the report and approval, the successor did not immediately agree. Instead, he asked about the problem of the remote areas that Wei Kun mentioned.
"This remote area actually doesn't even eat our traditional food. In recent years, they have traded with us, so they began to get used to eating food. " Wei Kun felt a headache when he mentioned the details. If he did not guard against the remote areas, those black uncles would easily be taken advantage of by the Arab missionaries and believe in the Green Sect. As for the black uncles who believed in the Green Sect, the three counties of Sudan could only send troops to capture them and sell them to the Osman Empire. The Arab Empire had rich experience in using black slaves, and now the Osman Empire also had its own solution. Whether it was education or military solutions, there was a problem of not being able to make ends meet. But no matter how high the cost of a country was, everyone had to grit their teeth and endure it.
After talking about work, Wei Kun became more and more uncertain. This uncle also became more and more annoying in his eyes. Wei Kun felt that no one understood his hard work. Although this uncle did not dare to blame him, he could see that this guy was handing over the work as if he was guarding against a thief. He was afraid of taking the slightest responsibility. Even if everyone was doing it for their own benefit, there was no need to make Wei Kun feel like he had done something wrong.
This kind of suffering increased every day. First, there was the bamboo wilt in the upper basin of the Nile River. When Wei Kun brought people to deal with the problem, the rice also had rice planthoppers. In theory, the bamboo wilt was easy to deal with. All the diseased bamboos were cut down and burned to cut off the source of the disease. However, the rice planthopper was a new problem in Africa. This group of technicians was completely helpless.
Facing a group of people who were frowning, the uncle who took over said, "Let's send a telegram to the country and see if they have any solutions."
Wei Kun was very dissatisfied with the agricultural technicians in Sudan. When he heard that they were going to ask the country, he was even more displeased. If the matter was brought to the country, wouldn't it be a joke to the people in the country? Moreover, Wei Kun was actually very worried that the people in the country did not want to help solve the problem at all. It was too difficult to ask them to come all the way here to check the problem. As long as the people in the country were unhappy, they could say anything unpleasant. It was even more common to shirk responsibility.
"Since you have taken over, you send it," Wei Kun said unhappily. This was the result of his forbearance. In fact, Wei Kun was very unhappy in his heart.
The next morning, the uncle who took over the telegram came over. "The country has said that we can raise carp in the rice paddy. There are many natural enemies of the rice planthopper. If we don't have any tasseled wasps or brown-waisted red-eyed wasps here, we can first introduce ladybugs to deal with them. "
"The agricultural school in Khartoum should have research on these insects," Wei Kun replied.
Vézé had always believed that leaders should set an example. This was not absolute equalitarianism, but after the work was assigned, they should also do their part within the scope of their ability. It was the same for the bamboo forest this time. Wei Kun left a cutting area for himself. After the matter was dealt with, he came to work with a small axe.
"After planting, we still have to cut. What the hell is going on? "
"It seems that there is another solution to these problems."
"Waste, it's all a waste."
Whether it was cutting bamboo, dragging bamboo, or burning bamboo. Wherever Wei Kun was, he could hear all kinds of dissatisfied voices. The more Wei Kun worked, the more he felt that he could hardly control his anger. It seemed that these people were deliberately targeting Wei Kun and wanted Wei Kun to hear them. Planting bamboo in the upper basin of the Nile River was Wei Kun's idea, and it was also a result that Wei Kun attached great importance to. Cutting down bamboo and burning it was something that Wei Kun had never thought of. Such a waste of labor undoubtedly made Wei Kun's results greatly reduced.
A few days later, several large areas of the bamboo forest were cut down, and the forestry personnel in charge of the inspection confirmed that there was no disease for the time being. They promised to strictly inspect, and if there were any problems, their comrades would continue to deal with it.
Before he returned to Khartoum, the telegram came to Wei Kun. The Kingdom of Ethiopia had agreed to borrow the mountains from the administrative district of East Africa to raise cattle, and now the Ethiopian royal court strongly requested to meet with Wei Kun.
Wei Kun felt that whether he was in Khartoum or East Africa, he had to deal with the Kingdom of Ethiopia. This country was also an ancient country with thousands of years of history. The title of Emperor of Ethiopia might not be as prestigious as the European royal family because of the country's power, but this title of Emperor was far more ancient than those crowns in Europe.
Ethiopia was very considerate. They were worried that Wei Kun would be tired from the journey, so they negotiated at the border. As a result, after the negotiation, Wei Kun was immediately seething with anger. This meeting was not a symbol of friendship at all. Not long ago, there was a large-scale smallpox outbreak in Ethiopia. Some people in the kingdom claimed that it was because the administrative district of East Africa raised a large number of cattle in the mountains of Ethiopia, which caused the anger of the gods. This was because the cattle farms operated by the administrative district of East Africa did not worship the gods. There were so many cattle, but they did not worship the gods, which caused the anger of the gods. Therefore, the gods sent a plague as a warning.
Wei Kun was furious at such nonsense. He slapped the table and said angrily, "You people of Ethiopia believe in the Assyrian religion of the East. When did the people who believe in Christ believe in the nonsense of the gods?! Moreover, once smallpox was infected by cattle, it would be much milder if it was passed on to humans. The vaccine was first obtained from the cattle that had smallpox. Not only did our cattle not bring you bad luck, but it also helped many of you get rid of the devastation of smallpox. You want to trick me? Don't even think about it! "
It was obvious that this roar made the emissary of Ethiopia feel afraid. Because of the problem of nutrition, Wei Kun's figure was only average among the young people of the Min dynasty, but he was taller than the local people of Ethiopia. When the tall man roared condescendingly, humans naturally felt the pressure.
When the interpreter of Ethiopia translated this from Chinese to the local language of Ethiopia, a cup of tea was pushed in front of Wei Kun. He turned his head and saw that it was the successor who pushed it to Wei Kun. With such emotions, Wei Kun picked up the tea and drank it in one gulp. Then, he sat back in his chair with anger still lingering.
The people of Ethiopia talked for a while, and in the end, they still expressed with some fear that the smallpox epidemic this time was a big matter, and many tribes died and were almost wiped out. Everyone was in a panic, and everyone felt uneasy.
"You!" Wei Kun stood up again and pointed his finger at the representative. "If you want to ask us for help, we can help. By planting the vaccine, we can prevent your royal family, nobles, and those important people from getting smallpox. It's up to you whether you believe me or not. We are very confident about this. But listen to me, if you are not here to ask us for help, but to divert the conflict, I will tell you clearly. Our army has been vaccinated against the smallpox, and we are not afraid of smallpox at all. Our army can go straight to your capital through the smallpox epidemic area. If you talk nonsense again, just wait for us to catch your emperor and hang him up! Think clearly about where you want to go. "
Ethiopia was indeed an ancient country with three thousand years of history. In 975 BC, Monlinik I became king. In the eighth century BC, the Nubian Kingdom was established. Since then, although there were changes of dynasties, this civilization was not interrupted. Even though Wei Kun's words were extremely tough, the royal family of Ethiopia quickly made a decision and asked the Min dynasty to send people to vaccinate Ethiopia with large-scale vaccination.
In a damn place like Africa, infectious diseases were rampant. Although there was no special specialized technology for agricultural infectious diseases, there was sufficient preparation for human infectious diseases, including the production of vaccines. Wei Kun had been vaccinating people who had truly surrendered to the government. In Wei Kun's view, infectious diseases were a tool to clean up East Africa.
After confirming the contact and interaction schedule, Wei Kun led the team back to Khartoum. As the car passed through Khartoum, Wei Kun saw that the city had undergone great changes in the past few years. The proportion of workers rather than urban poor had increased, and the scope of government management had basically expanded to the entire city. So the city had changed. Laziness began to be replaced by labor, and disorder began to be driven out by order. For the people of the Min dynasty, this was just progress in life. Even if the change was huge, it was not beyond imagination. The black people had been forced to live a life that they did not have for thousands of years. Wei Kun knew how hard it was.
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