Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"Cough cough cough"

Dao Yan coughed twice in excitement, but after thinking for a while, he keenly discovered the crux of the problem, so he covered his mouth and asked in a muffled voice.

"If the collapse of just one industry due to time spread does not seem to bring a time crisis to the entire world?"

Jiang Xinghuo answered in the affirmative: "That is indeed the case, but don't forget that in the world of "Time Planning Bureau", there are two important principles, the self-nature of time and the identity of time."

"Based on these two principles, two laws are also derived."

Jiang Xinghuo said slowly: "The first rule is that since time has its own nature, for the continuation of one's own life, there is actually an [invisible hand] that is close to 'Tao' in the interaction of time, that is to say , this world believes that people’s attitude towards time is egoistic, and this egoism will manifest itself as self-interest most of the time.”

Dao Yan heard the rules explained by Jiang Xinghuo, thought about it a little, and understood it.

Time is life. In order to prolong their lives, as long as people still have a basic desire to survive, they will choose to work hard to obtain time. In other words, people's ego is approximately equal to self-interest. People go to any time market for the same purpose. Exchange to gain more time.

This is equivalent to the fact that there is an [invisible hand] that matches everyone who enters the time market, allowing them to make transactions based on the principle of voluntariness as much as possible without compromising their own self-interest. Negotiate, give and take, and ultimately make a deal.

Every moment, every minute, every second, there are countless businesses that are concluded with the help of this [invisible hand].

This is undoubtedly a rule that makes people feel quite magical.

From a certain perspective, it can even be called "almost Tao".

Of course, it is only close. It is still a little different from the real Tao.

But just this difference will make this [invisible hand] change from a divine palm filled with holy light to a devil's claw dripping with blood.

"The second rule is that since time is the same, no one's time is more valuable than others, so everyone knows that directly holding a large amount of time beyond the life-sustaining time is a huge waste of time itself."

"Only by investing the excess time in the time market, obtaining profit margins, and growing, will it not cause 'waste'." Jiang Xinghuo said, looking at Dao Yan on the sickbed.

Dao Yan rolled his triangular eyes, but with a hint of confusion: "It stands to reason that if the second law is the truth in the world of "Time Planning Bureau", then a time-rich person like Li Si would have The time will definitely be used to reinvest in manufacturing, or purchased and consumed, and I will not save much, except for necessary life support, but judging from Zhang San’s situation, this is not the case? "

Jiang Xinghuo understood what Dao Yan meant. If the second law holds true, the time market should always maintain equilibrium under theoretical conditions.

In other words, Li Si invested his spare time in remanufacturing and personal purchases, and remanufacturing will create Zhang San’s wage time, and the total amount of the time market is balanced.

But in the story of "Time Planning Bureau", whether it is Zhang San, who is short of time, or the "eternal man" who stands at the top, the amount of time he possesses shows extremely extreme sides.

This means that there must be something wrong somewhere.

Otherwise, it would not lead to a situation where John Doe remanufactured more and more items, and John Doe had less and less time. In addition to the time to maintain life, the time spent on purchasing daily items would become increasingly difficult.

The time market has been accumulating imbalances.

And this imbalance is probably the root cause of the "time crisis".

But although Dao Yan could see this, he couldn't figure out which link was the problem.

Because according to the theory deduced, under the control of the [invisible hand], everything should reach a state of perfect balance.

Jiang Xinghuo revealed the answer to Dao Yan's question.

"The problem lies in that [invisible hand] that is almost Tao."

"After all." Jiang Xinghuo paused and then said, "It's not the real Tao yet."

Precisely because it is not the true Tao, it will make mistakes, and for the huge time market, any tiny mistake may ultimately lead to extremely serious consequences.

Because a little variable, multiplied by the endless number of transactions every moment, will make things slide towards the irreversible abyss.

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and said, "Let me give you a simple example."

"For example, Li Si recruited Zhang San and others to produce 1,000 pieces of food in one day. The price of each piece of food was 10 time units. Li Si took the time to sell and first paid for the manufactured food purchased from farmers. The necessary raw materials and 2,000 time units were spent, and then 5,000 time units were paid to Zhang San and others, and the remaining 3,000 time units were Li Si's own interest rate."

"If the [invisible hand] has a perfect effect, then Li Si will take these 3,000 units to continue remanufacturing, and squander the rest to buy finished products from other time-rich people."

"But the reality is."

Jiang Xinghuo changed the topic.

"Farmers who make food raw materials, as well as Zhang San and others, have a consumption capacity of 7,000 time units, so they can consume 700 servings of food, but Li Sikong has a consumption capacity of 3,000 time units. His expenditure, But it cannot be consumed at an equal cost.”

Why can't we consume equal amounts?

Dao Yan immediately realized that the next problem might be the root cause of the imbalance in the time market.

"It's because there is another rule in this world that is secretly fighting against the [invisible hand]."

Jiang Xinghuo revealed what is missing from the "Invisible Hand" to become the real "Tao".

Speaking of which, this is actually a rather strange thing.

It's as if two people are playing with the pen fairy. The force should be balanced, but there is one more thing that breaks the balance.

And the extra thing is the most important effect in economics.

"This rule is called - diminishing edge effect."

"It's not something difficult to understand. To put it bluntly, when you are hungry, I bring you a plate of ten buns. When you eat them, the first, second and even fourth ones are very delicious, but I was full by the fifth and didn't want to eat the remaining buns." Jiang Xinghuo explained to Dao Yan clearly what the diminishing edge effect was.

Dao Yan pointedly said: "In other words, in the world and time market in the story, even if time-rich people like Li Si are provided with other luxury channels to consume time, the time in Li Si's hands , or it can’t be consumed, so there will be overproduction?”

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said affirmatively: "That's right. This is a problem that the [Invisible Hand] cannot solve. It is not only the fundamental reason for the outbreak of the time crisis, but also the fundamental conflict that exists in the Prison of Destiny."

At this point, Dao Yan completely understood.

He has enlightenment.

The fundamental reason for moving from the prison of certainty to the prison of freedom is that the evil dragon will not only expand and disintegrate itself, but this irreversible self-destruction will also give birth to new power in crisis after crisis.

The more time crises occur, the stronger the new powers become.

In the example just now, the farmer and Zhang San who make food raw materials want to buy as many manufactured products as possible to fill their stomachs. They are time-poor people who cannot eat the "fifth bun", and their purchasing desire is greater than their purchasing ability. But the time they have is too little, and they have to maintain their own lives, so they cannot achieve the diminishing edge effect.

And Li Si's dilemma is that he is better than the inferior. Although Li Si cannot become an "immortal person", he does not have the same worries as Zhang San. He can afford to eat any number of buns, and he can even collect golden buns and put them away. in the cupboard.

But due to the autonomy of time, or self-interest, even if Li Si threw away all the buns in his hand and poured them into the smelly ditch, he would not give any to Zhang San.

This kind of time self-interest is not only the reason for the emergence of the "Invisible Hand", but also the reason for the imbalance of the "Invisible Hand".

It can be said that success is Xiao He, and failure is Xiao He.

Therefore, the fundamental conflict between too many manufactured goods and insufficient purchasing power always exists.

"It's like a curse that breaks out periodically."

Daoyan couldn't help but sigh.

But then, another question emerged from Dao Yan's extremely clever mind.

"But if time crises break out regularly, the world managed by the Time Planning Bureau will probably collapse soon, right? Is it that simple to slay dragons in that world?"

"Slaying a dragon is of course not that simple."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head gently: "Evil dragons can also use magic."

"Appreciate further details!"

Daoyan's eyes lit up.

Although he already knew clearly what the evil dragon was made of, and what was the reason why the evil dragon periodically expanded, disintegrated, and went to destruction, the evil dragon was so powerful that it certainly could not be defeated easily.

In other words, the evil dragon, like the giant blood-sucking insect, will not sit back and watch its own demise.

The giant blood-sucking insect releases paralyzing toxins, and the evil dragon may have similar spells.

Thinking of this, Dao Yan's eyes were like a sick tiger that chooses something to devour. He looked at the beams of the Zen room. There was a non-existent, weak evil dragon hovering there. Its weakness was exposed, He was showing off his teeth at Dao Yan.

And next, Evil Dragon's final trump card will be revealed to him by Jiang Sheng.

This shows that although slaying a dragon is difficult, it is by no means impossible.

Dao Yan narrowed his triangular eyes and said silently in his heart.

"I have realized the truth. You, the evil dragon, are no longer the inner demon."

The evil dragon in Daoyan's mind that does not exist in reality is looking at the young man in a green shirt in the meditation room with fearful eyes.

He is a dragon slayer and a dragon master.

Before he was born, he already knew himself better than himself.

The magic he was so proud of was just a trick to make people laugh in front of this young man.