Chapter 2918 Don’t Bully the Poor Youngsters

Why do we need to trust each other? Trust is not something that comes naturally. The Dark Forest Law and the chain of suspicion are the basic existence. In ancient times, the princes and wealthy families established trust relationships through hometown, marriage, family, and clan, which can be regarded as a very advanced trust system. The relationship between fellow villagers, marriage, family friends, and clans is used to build iron chains to connect the boats, and then the relatives and strangers are arranged through the Confucian altar, so that it is stable.

Therefore, in troubled times, it is often the case that the army is full of fellow villagers. An army may be a hometown association. Not only do they have the same customs and habits, but their combat effectiveness is often very strong.

How to trust others, how can the strong group trust the weak, and how can the weak group trust the strong? If this problem is not solved, then even if the interests gather, they will disperse when the interests are gone, and they will not be able to share weal and woe. Whether it is the East or the West, they must face this problem, that is, how to trust each other.

Because of the relationship of the chain of suspicion, suspicion between people is a normal phenomenon, and mutual trust is acquired. And as the scope of trust becomes larger and larger, the theory of trust must continue to evolve.

How to let people outside of hometown, marriage, family, and clan join the trust system is very difficult.

Duran said that the city created by Shentong broke the balance of the normal relationship between the four major forces. In the past, the four major forces had a stable trust network in their hometowns, but now everyone gathered in a city, and they didn't know each other. The reason they gathered was entirely because of Shentong and interests.

Shentong ensures that everyone can get their own benefits, and at the same time ensures that more benefits can be gathered in the city. In this way, when Shentong is there, the city is still very stable. But if you only rely on Shentong, it is not a long-term solution.

So after An died, the new Shentong just walked away and went to the spirit world to play, too lazy to waste time in the city.

"Shentong broke the traditional trust culture of 'village, marriage, family, and clan', but could not establish a new culture, so there will be turmoil in the city, and the original four major forces will still compete with each other, because Shentong did not break the barriers, did not twist the four major forces into a rope, and could not make them trust each other."

"The requirements for being a Shentong are really high." Jie said that he didn't fully understand it. Just listening to the problem of suspicion chain was enough to give him a headache. I really don't know what Shentong can do to solve it. Anyway, he can't think of it.

In fact, Shentong couldn't think of it either. The chain of suspicion is impossible to disappear. At most, a culture can be established to weaken the chain of suspicion as much as possible. But even so, the chain of suspicion will not disappear, but will be relatively weakened.

An is only a teenager now and has no ability to create any culture. Just building a city has made him as tired as his grandson.

Even so, Sokka is still not satisfied. He thinks An should help rebuild the Antarctic Water Tribe first. Because of the war, the territory of the Antarctic Water Tribe has been reduced to ruins. Now that the war is over, their people have to return to their hometown to rebuild their homes. They lack all resources.

Lack of ships, lack of means of production, seeing that funds are pouring into the city, Sokka thinks Shentong should support Antarctica.

As soon as Sokka opened his mouth, other areas that had been attacked by the war also said that they also needed reconstruction funds. He also said that he hoped the Fire Nation would pay compensation and asked the Fire Nation to give money and materials.

The Fire Nation said that it was not okay to pay compensation, but it was okay to provide some resources to help with construction. Anyway, the Fire Nation now has a large number of firebenders who have nowhere to go. These soldiers can be directly converted into construction workers, and some Fire Nation machinery can be exported. It is still good for the development of the Fire Nation.

Without the burden of military expenses, Zuko, who ascended the throne, is eager to try. He will vigorously promote military-to-civilian transformation and export technology. Dismantle the weapons of the warships and transform them all into cargo ships. At this time, all places need resource transportation. Because these cargo ships are now privately owned, the price is negotiated by themselves. Anyway, the Fire Nation is only responsible for collecting taxes.

The economy of the Fire Nation is stable and improving, and the reconstruction areas have received stable equipment from the Fire Nation. The Arctic has also actively joined the transportation system and has also achieved development.

Except for some minor conflicts caused by resource allocation, the current situation is very good, but Duran also said that the development can be maintained for about 30 years, and then it will enter a period of conflict outbreak.

After observing for a while, Jay found that the problems Duran mentioned did not appear. There were indeed some minor conflicts, but the overall feeling was good. Everyone had a job and could develop steadily.

The Hundred Years War ended, and the gods did not make trouble. Everyone was full of expectations for the future. New control techniques, new technologies, new patterns, new opportunities, and a brand new era is in front of everyone.

To be precise, we have not entered the new era yet, but are just at the tail end of the old era. Entering the new era must be a breakthrough of class and the establishment of a culture, but now all of this has not appeared, and everything is controlled by the old forces.

Shentong An fulfilled his duties and devoted himself to his work, and his friends also developed.

Sokka became the representative of Antarctica, while Katara joined the White Lotus Sect, and Toph devoted herself to practicing and looking for a higher realm of Shentong.

Because Shentong did not solve the contradictions between the four major forces, the city finally established a parliament, and the four major forces sent members to jointly manage it, instead of Shentong's arbitrary decision. This will also increase the contradiction.

However, the parliament is originally a product of compromise. It is because there is no way to unify the local tyrants and evil gentry in various places that they are made members of parliament. If there is a way to unify, it will be a county system directly.

The Avatar obviously won't unify the world, so it's natural to choose a parliamentary system. The local legislators will certainly continue to fight for their own interests.

The basic base of hometown, marriage, family, and clan will slowly corrode the new city, and the Avatar can't do anything. He will basically be a mess in the future. If you want to move, without a new culture, it's useless, so the Avatar is also difficult.

What's more difficult is that it has been nearly 10,000 years since the first generation of the Avatar, and it's time for light and darkness to fight again. The darkness is ready to move. An has to spend more energy to maintain this situation. No wonder he died of exhaustion in his sixties.

Duran came to the prison and met Azula. At this time, she was very decadent and sat in the prison with her hair disheveled.

"You look like a loser now." Duran said: "You have to be strong. Victory and defeat are common in the military. How can you give up easily?"

"I don't have any control skills now, what are you talking about?" Seeing Duran, the abandoned princess was furious.

"Bending skills are not important, stories are important. Your story is not over yet. Soon your brother will come to take you to find your mother. I will pick you up then. You are still young now, and you can do a lot even without bending skills. Don't bully a young man who is poor." Azula is only a teenager, and there is plenty of time.

Azula couldn't help but look at Duran, obviously wondering what this guy wanted to do. He had lost miserably, but he still pretended to be a teacher. What the hell is this?

Of course, he was optimistic about Azula's execution ability, and Duran was ready to give her another chance: "Accumulate strength, you still have a chance in the future."

Azula would naturally not give up. As long as she had the opportunity to get out of prison, she would definitely fight with her stupid brother again. Anyway, she was not convinced.