[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

"It is indeed the book that told me the answer," she finally raised the corners of her lips and replied with a smile, "It is "Das Kapital", sir."

Mary wasn't lying at all.

The extent of the First World War and the depth of its harm were unimaginable to Mary in a peaceful age.But just the cold statistics in the history books and the hidden dangers laid for the more terrible World War II are enough to make people chill.

Such a large-scale war is naturally caused by various complex reasons. Political, economic, cultural, and other social factors are integrated in one place, and finally detonated the long-suppressed realistic contradictions, thus spreading the spark of hatred and death to the entire world. worldwide.

But among many factors, the root cause lies in the nature of capitalism itself.

Those with foresight have sensed the crisis that is coming under the hustle and bustle early on.Not only James Moriarty, Engels also accurately predicted the occurrence of future wars.

However, when capitalist industrial production continues and continues, the "war" caused by the problem of overcapacity will be more tragic and terrifying than Engels expected.

——The industrial revolution is flourishing, tens of thousands of peasants who lost their land turned into workers and entered factories, machines appeared, science and technology developed, production efficiency became faster and faster, and the market demand in the UK was fixed, so the surplus products should be Where are they sold?

foreign.

But the UK is not the only one that needs overseas markets.

The world is so big, but the ambitions of capitalist countries that want to colonize are more terrifying than all the continents combined.The rising Germany was not willing to lose all its overseas markets to other countries. In order to compete for resources and markets, the war started.

So Mary paused, and seeing that Holmes was still waiting for her explanation, she said, "Do you know the theory of surplus value, sir?"

"I know," replied Holmes, "that I have read more or less in order to deal with workmen."

"..."

It turned out to be just to deal with workers!

When Mary heard this, she couldn't use admiration to describe her mood anymore—the things in the textbooks made her want to grab the ground with her head when she was in class, but Mr. Holmes said "read" lightly, just Is it to gain the approval of the workers?

Sure enough, he is a pragmatist.Mary was a little dumbfounded, but at the same time was also slightly moved.

London's slums are crowded with extraordinary people like Miss Mary Morstan and many ghosts and monsters.There are many ways to please them, but Holmes chooses the most difficult and sincere one, which is to understand them.

No wonder those Irish workers immediately changed their attitude when they heard Holmes' name. The detective respected the poor, respected their dignity as human beings, and solemnly promised to give them justice.

So, who wouldn't place him in a rather high position?

"That's easy to explain." Mary's expression was unconsciously gentle, "that Professor Moriarty controlled most of the overseas cotton raw material market—I'm afraid it was still in an illegal way, which caused a market monopoly .After the formation of an illegal market monopoly, whoever he wants to die must die."

Holmes: "..."

"Not only that," Mary took a deep breath, "I think she might be trying to ease the conflict by destroying domestic excess production capacity, sir."

Since one of the important reasons for the war is excess production capacity, it is enough to destroy this part of production capacity.

Not long after World War II ended half a century later, Western capitalist society entered a state-monopoly capitalist society.Under the control and manipulation of a high degree of monopoly, social conflicts are to some extent within the apparently "controllable" range.

What Professor James Moriarty has done is to use the model of manipulating the market in the future and use it now.

A trace of surprise flashed in his light-colored eyes, but that surprise soon turned into a sudden surprise, and then Mr. Holmes fell into deep thought.

But the thinking didn't last long.

Compared with Mary, who just learned superficiality and has the golden finger of the time traveler, Holmes possesses wisdom that surpasses ordinary people. More importantly, he walks among all walks of life in London, meets factory owners, and The great nobles have also seen all kinds of poor people in the slums.

He had personally experienced it and seen it with his own eyes, so even though his theoretical knowledge was not as good as Mary's, he quickly understood what she meant.

It's just that all the detective's thoughts were on solving the case, and he didn't connect all the clues for a while.When Mary reminded him, he immediately reacted.

Holmes frowned deeply: "The domestic market is not enough to dump goods, so in the future there will inevitably be a world war due to competition for the market. James Moriarty destroys the economy in this way, reduces production capacity, and delays society. development to hold back the pace of war.”

As he spoke, he lowered his head, his expression becoming more serious.Holmes raised his hand subconsciously, his index finger resting on his lips.

——It’s his iconic thinking posture!Seeing him posing in a classic pose, Mary immediately regained her spirits, because Holmes is bound to give some useful clues.

"No, it's not just domestic industry," he said, "I'm afraid the whole of Europe has what he calls 'agents'—how arrogant is it to want to resist the war alone!"

At the end, the usually cold and calm detective showed a bit of disgust.

More than just arrogance?This piece is crazy!

Even if James Moriarty wiped out the cotton industry all over the world, would war have been prevented?Without cotton cloth for sale, there would be countless other products.And how should workers who lost their jobs due to factory closures in China do? A large number of workers are unemployed and cannot survive. The domestic social turmoil caused will not intensify conflicts in advance, cause chaos earlier, and trigger wars?

Taking a step back, even if his plan succeeds, it will still put countless poor people to death.

Mary thought about it carefully, and felt that things would not be that simple. If the professor's thinking was so direct, it would be too substandard.

This act, as if standing at the top of a pyramid and looking down on all living beings and treating the poor as worthless, obviously touched the bottom line of Sherlock Holmes. He took a breath, turned around immediately, and paced up and down in the reception room: "So arrogant, so arrogant Big, how dare he?!"

"He won't succeed."

"Of course he won't, we have to stop him."

"No, sir," said Mary heavily, "even if we can't stop him, his plan won't be realized. Unless James Moriarty can completely destroy the bourgeoisie and capitalist relations of production, war will surely break out .”

Holmes stopped in his tracks.

His eyes fell on Mary again, and the detective watched her silently for half a minute.

Such staring made Mary feel inexplicably guilty: "Sir?"

Holmes: "You appreciate Marx's theory."

Mary: "..."

The detective's tone was calm. Seeing his burning gaze, Mary's heart still beat a few beats faster.

An unmarried lady born in a southern country, who had never left the county, let alone a big city, especially an industrial city, to see the world.Before coming to London, Mary had never seen a factory or any worker, but she spoke eloquently about the guiding theory of the working class.

Anyone else would be surprised.

"Yes."

But Mary admitted it anyway.

Fortunately, Mary was not a fool who only knew how to show off, nor did she not think of it.

"My father brought Rousseau and Montesquieu home from London, and I read them when I had nothing to do," she said, but she was telling the truth, "But Rousseau and Montesquieu were not Can't answer my question."

"What doubt?"

"Why is the society we live in the way it is now? Why is there a glorious revolution, why is the king sent to the guillotine, why are there more factories in the north than farmland, and why is London becoming more prosperous and dirtier?"

Mary didn't even think about it, she just said what she thought in her mind: "They can't, Max can."

However, Holmes does not seem to accept Mary's statement.

Even the words of a single aristocratic woman living in London are somewhat reasonable.But Mary's living conditions are far away from the city and industry, and the conflicts in the south of England are much smaller than those in the big cities. There should be no theorists in her life-she doesn't need it.

But even if Sherlock Holmes was suspicious, he did not despise Mary for it.

Perhaps the detective disdains social etiquette and is arrogant because of his extraordinary intelligence to doubt everything, but he will never deny a person's talent.

"I'm impressed by what you said, ma'am," the detective praised bluntly. "Not all women, even men who match your status, may have such insight. And all this comes only from yours." Personal thoughts."

"..."

Not really!

After several contacts, Mary also figured out what kind of specific character a real detective is.He has no regard for etiquette, and has no tolerance for low-level mistakes such as being late, or behaviors such as recklessness, but when others do what he agrees with, Holmes will not be stingy in expressing emotional support.

Mary is almost used to being praised by the detective several times in a row!

And Mary has attended school and taken courses in this area.

But she couldn't confess the matter to the detective, so she could only bite the bullet and continue to praise: "Thank you for your approval, sir. However, my thinking is still at the level of reasons, and I can't imagine how to stop Professor Moriarty."

She had no leads, no data, and that was of secondary importance, for neither had Mr. Holmes.The important thing is that all of Mary's knowledge stays at the theoretical level. It's okay to talk about it on paper, but it's at a loss when it comes to practice.

For example, now, knowing that James Moriarty controls a large number of cotton raw material merchants, Mary really doesn't know where to start, so go and stop him.

"It's not easy," Mr. Detective nodded. "This case is more important than I imagined, and it involves a lot. I need to think about it."

As he spoke, a cheerful smile appeared on his stern face.

"what!"

The gentleman who is cold and indifferent on weekdays, after returning to reality from thinking, laughed like a child.

"Although economic cases are not my forte," he said, "it's becoming more and more worth looking forward to."

Well, as bad as it was, there was Sherlock Holmes here.

Seeing the detective happily accepting the challenge, Mary was inexplicably relieved.She couldn't help but hook her lips: "Then what should I do next, sir?"

"I need investigations, lots of investigations."

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

In fact, Mary felt that there was very little she could do at this stage——again, her status as an unmarried lady hindered her.But she still refused to give up and asked, maybe there is a surprise?

And Holmes never disappointed Mary.

"I have to go to the slums," the detective nodded. "You can come with me if you like."

"Really?!" Mary's eyes lit up.

"Naturally," he said in a natural tone, "after this incident, I think Hamp should also compensate Henry Deckard, and you are a part of the credit."

Sherlock Holmes went straight to the coat rack: "I will ask Miss Morstan to inform you."

"and many more."

Mary suddenly remembered the handkerchief handed over yesterday: "Your handkerchief, sir! I'll give it to you right now."

Holmes put on his hat. "We'll talk about it some other day."

After finishing speaking, the detective seemed to be arriving in a hurry, and did not intend to say hello to the hostess, Mrs. Gardner, and prepared to leave.

Mary said a few more words of farewell to the detective, and saw him out herself.As soon as Holmes' carriage left, Mr. Gardner, who had left early, walked in beamingly.

Seeing Mary standing in front of the door, he didn't even ask.The wise and open-minded uncle praised the printed materials in his hand to Mary, and said with great satisfaction: "Congratulations, Mary, the sample of the new issue of "Beach Magazine" has been published, and the editor-in-chief Hall sent the magazine to my office. "

what!

Mary's spirit was shaken: her serial was finally published!