Chapter 6155: Weights and Measures

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10,000 Fengshen coins?

What is this? The heads of state trembled inexplicably, and had the urge to throw away the VIP cards in their hands.

They felt that this VIP card was hot!

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to say that this VIP card is called the 'Fengshen Card'." Lin Feng pointed at the card and said with a smile, "All mankind, a total of 13! You and us have nine, and I will give four as appropriate! In other words, my friends may not all be able to get it! There is no way, things are precious because they are rare. If something is not precious enough, then it is not valuable!"

Everyone is willing to listen to Lin Feng's words. Things are precious because they are rare! It's like, air is indispensable to everyone, but who thinks air is precious? Because even if we humans are indispensable, but it is available everywhere, it is not precious.

This is like water resources. In the Yangtze River Basin, water is not precious, but when you go to the Sahara Desert, do you say that water is not precious!

Lin Feng's card is the same truth. There are 13 cards in total, which makes the heads of state feel very satisfied. Because it is a symbol of status. They are naturally old, and it is estimated that they may not be able to wait for the advent of the human universe era and the interstellar colonization era. But their descendants can keep this card. This will be the most precious wealth of their family.

However, what is this 10,000 Fengshen coins? Is this a bribe?

Among the heads of state, the heads of the four EU countries are the most timid. Which four countries? Naturally, they are Britain, France, Spain and Germany. Lin Feng's money is not easy to take. And this is against the rules.

10,000 Fengshen coins, this sounds wrong. It seems to be worth a lot of money.

"Why, are you afraid that I will bribe you? Actually, the money is really not much, very little. As for why we don't use US dollars, RMB, or pounds, it's mainly because once the galaxy era begins in the future, everyone will still use the currencies of various countries. If people see us, we will be laughed at! Think about it, if we meet other races in the future, they will see that we use this currency and that currency, how embarrassing it will be. So, I think we should unify the currency. Just like the ancient emperor of our country, Qin Shihuang, unified the weights and measures!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

Among the emperors of my country throughout the ages, the one Lin Feng admires the most is Qin Shihuang. Because of one thing, he made the writing and the wheels the same, and unified the weights and measures of the six countries at that time, which really made China a unified and powerful country.

Why Europe has not been able to unify is because there is no first emperor. If there is a figure like the first emperor, Europe would have been unified long ago,

It is impossible for there to be so many countries like now.

As for whether this is good or bad, it depends on personal opinion. If there are advantages, there are naturally disadvantages! But from the perspective of a strong national regime, the emergence of the First Emperor made China always at the top of the world's nations for the next two thousand years. Unlike Europe, which suffered repeated disasters, it was not until the modern industrial revolution that it brought about earth-shaking changes.

Of course, this is also related to China itself. The Manchu Tartars, a barbarian outside the Great Wall, unified China by various coincidences. Naturally, they had no foresight and no far-sighted and outstanding insights. Otherwise, if the Han people were still in power, they might have absorbed advanced Western knowledge and there would not have been this catastrophe.

You know, the matchlock guns of the Ming Dynasty were very advanced firearms at the time. If there was another figure like the First Emperor, it would be completely different. Of course, by the way, some people may have a special admiration for China and actually believe some rumors that the firearms sealed in the arsenal of the Ming Dynasty at that time were more advanced than the firearms that the Eight-Nation Alliance brought to China at that time, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not use them, otherwise the Eight-Nation Alliance would have been driven out of China long ago.

This is absolutely a rumor. At that time, China had no lathes at all, only matchlock guns, which was the limitation of productivity in the Ming Dynasty. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces came to China, what kind of guns did they have? Breech-loading rifles, which was a revolutionary change in technology. The combat effectiveness of the two sides was very different.

"So, after we leave the earth, we must also unify our weights and measures, currency, and language!" Lin Feng said with a smile, "Of course, in terms of language, I don't insist on speaking Chinese. After all, English has many conveniences, and English can be used as the main language. But in terms of currency, I have taken an advantage, so I will use my 'Fengshen Coin'!"

Over the years, Lin Feng has also grown, and many of his ideas have also been improved. For example, Lin Feng originally insisted on using Chinese for everything, but later his experience over the years made Lin Feng discover a truth: Chinese is very great, but it is not omnipotent.

For example, there is a saying in Britain: You say that you love rain, but you open your rumbrella when it trains... You say that you love the sun, but you find a shadow spot when the sun shines... You say that you love the wind, But you close your windows when the wind blows... This is why I am a fool; You say that you love metoo...

This is a simple translation. You said you like rain, but when it rains, you open your umbrella; you said you like sunshine, but when the sunshine is shining, you hide in the shade; you said you like wind, but when the breeze blows, you close the window. I am afraid that you love me so much.

But Chinese is magical and great!

Artistic version: You said that the mist and rain are faint, and the Lanting Pavilion is far away; later, you gently embrace the dancing, and cover the colorful clothes. You said that the spring is blooming, and the green sleeves and red fragrance; later, you close the west building and stand quietly beside you. You said that the soft wind blows lightly, and you lie drunk and think; later, you close the doors and windows tightly, and the curtains become sad. You said that the love is tender, how can you forget each other; but I turn my eyes slightly, and I turn into frost.

But is that the end? No! How profound is Chinese!

The Book of Songs version: Ziyan admires rain, and opens the umbrella to avoid it.

Ziyan likes the sun, and seeks shade to refuse it.

Ziyan likes the wind, and closes the door to leave it.

Ziyan grows old together, which I fear.

Is that the end? There is more!

Li Sao version: You like rain and open the umbrella, you like daytime and the forest covers the sun, you like wind and the fence is up, you like me and my heart is broken.

Is it over? No! There is still more!

Five-character poem version: I like rain but I open the umbrella, I like the sun but I keep it cool.

The wind comes and closes the window, Ye Gong frightens the Dragon King.

The words are short, and the longing is long.

My lover said he loves me, I dare not think about it carefully.

There are five-character poems, so there are seven-character poems.

Seven-character quatrain version: The umbrella moves lightly in the misty rain, and the sun comes to rest under the tree.

Let the wind blow and close the window tightly, and I always hesitate to give you my heart.

Then, I can write another seven-character quatrain.

The rain in March in Jiangnan is light, and the Luo umbrella is lightly held up and fragrant.

The sun sends me a little tipsy like a dream, and my body is in the shade of the thick green.

Suddenly I heard the sound of the wind coming from the red pavilion, and I frowned and locked the green window.

You can't understand my longing, and I am afraid that the mandarin ducks will be scattered in the brocade pond.

Look, this is Chinese, this is the greatness of Chinese! Can English compare to this? No! But it is precisely because of this greatness, this incomparability, that the popularization of Chinese in many places is not as simple as English. Because English has only 26 letters and four or five thousand words, while Chinese has only four or five thousand characters, and there are more than three thousand commonly used ones.

You know, these are characters, characters! This is equivalent to more than three thousand letters in English. If this is the case, then English will definitely become the most difficult to learn in the world. But English has only 26 letters and four or five thousand words. But Chinese, it is countless times more. And each character has a completely different meaning when combined.

Therefore, it is too difficult for Chinese to be fully popularized, especially in many aspects, to simplify it. For example, with so many buttons on a car, it is easy to understand with English abbreviations. But Chinese is too beautiful and gorgeous, and the meaning is too varied, so abbreviations are fatal!

For example, the English word 'ESP' is translated into Chinese as 'electronic stability system'. How do you abbreviate it? Especially to abbreviate it to such a small button? This is obviously not as convenient as English.

Also, English letters are relatively simple, not as rich in connotation as Chinese characters. A, how simple to write, a combination of several letters, is a long string of meanings. Chinese, however, is too beautiful and gorgeous, but it is not as good as English in terms of simplification.

These are also Lin Feng's feelings over the years. Don't blindly pursue the popularization of Chinese. Of course, Lin Feng hopes to promote Chinese, the most beautiful language, to the world. But it does not mean that everything must be in Chinese.

This is just like Arabic numerals are always easier to use than Chinese characters. It's the same all over the world. Everyone is using Arabic numerals, and they won't use the numerals of their own nation because they are too cumbersome.

This is to adapt to local conditions! Of course, Lin Feng spared no effort in promoting Han culture. This promotion is not only about Han culture, but also the historical precipitation of the Han nationality for 5,000 years, and the spiritual treasure of 5,000 years.

The heads of state looked at each other. Language is not required, but currency is required, which is a bit fatal. After all, no matter how unified the language is, it is impossible to exterminate the mother tongue. But the unification of currency is really fatal.

Once Lin Feng unifies the currency, he will have the right to set the currency in the future, and all countries will be controlled by Lin Feng. Who said this guy has a low political IQ? Damn, this guy is totally an old fox! This guy is too smart!

"Everyone, do you want to know how many US dollars are equivalent to these 10,000 Fengshen coins?" Lin Feng smiled again.

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