From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian frowned and said, "This... I'm afraid it won't work."

"Sir, are you worried about money and capital? You don't have to worry about it. The bank is complete and you can borrow money. Or you can cooperate with businessmen from the Qi State to reduce or exempt taxes within five years, and each will share. Or sell the patent and build your own workshop here. In this way, without the risk of shipping, you can benefit from it, so why not do it?"

Chen Jian said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's not good? I'm on the other side of the river, earning Qi's money. Isn't Qi Hou afraid of opposition?"

Qi Hou laughed loudly and said: "Mr. You are joking. You build a workshop here and use the artificial raw materials of Qi State. The money is just a circle of money from you, but in the end Qi State got glass steel ingots and the like. Although Mr. Money, but there are too many things in Qi State. It is obviously a matter of mutual benefit, but I am afraid that you know it in your heart, but you are confused in your mouth."

"During the time of disaster, there were a lot of relatives and precious gold and silver, but there was no goods for gold and silver. What's the use of having gold and silver? China's homeland has a large population, and the risk of coastal transportation is small. It's nothing more than sending your glass and steel ingots to the ocean. For profit, building the workshop here is also for profit. There is no need to worry about patent leakage, and the husband's cargo ship can also transfer some other goods, making money as well."

Chen Jian never expected to have such an idea. It has to be counted that this is indeed a good thing that benefits both parties. Of course, the two parties are Chen Jian himself and Qi Guo.

Regardless of the difference in labor costs, there is no shortage of raw materials here. What is lacking is technology and factory management.Precious metal currencies are abundant, but the total production of society is not too high. It is time to introduce some new technologies in large quantities.

Putting down his wine glass, Chen Jian was noncommittal about this matter, but instead asked: "Does Marquis Qi have the idea of ​​opening up the sea for business?"

Qi Hou smiled without saying a word, and asked instead: "Why do you guess, sir?"

"What I have seen and heard. The nobles are rich but not noble, and the fiefs exist in name only. It is very different from when I was in my homeland. I don't need to imprison people's hearts in order to be safe. At that time, they relied on enfeoffing relatives and imprisoning serfs on the land to prevent people's hearts. Thinking about change, patriarchal clan ranks are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the legal system is derived from the sacred blood. But now... the centralization of power and the hands of the Marquis of Qi, people have no rank, stability and wealth, and the legal system comes from the supremacy of the monarchy rather than the sacred blood. Communication. The Qihous of decades ago were born with the blood of Qihous; today's Qihous are the arbitrators of all classes as the monarch. If you give orders to the sky, you are afraid of people, but if you give orders to people, you are not afraid of the sky."

Qihou was a little startled, but when he thought about what he had heard, he was not too surprised, and only praised secretly in his heart.The bottom line is that the ruling foundation has changed. The industrial and commercial class and the self-cultivating peasant class have grown up in this place where the original aristocrats have become outsiders, and the old forces have been swept away from the stage.

Chen Jian stood up and bowed, and asked, "I don't understand something, and I ask Marquis Qi to enlighten me."

"Sir, please speak."

"What about a hundred years from now?"

"A few decades ago, how many people thought that they could die forever?"

Chen Jian bowed again, and after a while, Marquis Qi sighed and said: "Sir, I want to open up seas for business, but in fact, no one in China thinks so? It is a good thing to exchange goods, businessmen benefit, and workshops expand. It's just that Just like the glass fiber reinforced plastic ingots of your husband are fine, what if the other cheap goods flood in and the workshop can’t support it?”

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "Although it is separated by the sea, there must be a lot of man-made work in the homeland of China. If you want to come to Qihou, you will know the prices of goods and goods from various places after they are sold by sea. It is not something that can be settled in just a few words. , if Marquis Qi had this intention long ago, I’m afraid he would have been prepared for it long ago. If he didn’t have this intention, how can I be moved by these few words, and how could he think of the closure of the workshop?”

Qi Hou laughed and said: "What you said is straightforward, but you don't know it. Hundreds of years ago, when the alliance was sworn to establish the country, there was a law that the goods were transshipped and no tariffs were imposed. As the monarch of the East China Sea, I always think If it is followed, how can some industries be cheaper than the products from China’s homeland? Besides, opening up the sea for business is not a one-sided thing. I do have such thoughts, but it is difficult to do.”

Chen Jian also understood that this also involves a political system and the interests of some people on the other side.

Qihou paused for a moment and said: "Someone suggested to me. It said, 'Although the oath of the year is still there, does Qihou really think that he can return to his homeland and establish a country? If not, if he really wants to do business and benefit the people, Then you can submit the oath of alliance, recognize the unification of China, and don't mention the restoration of the country, and go to the position of Qihou. Now this oath of alliance is useless. Qihou is now the Qihou of China and the monarch of the East China Sea. Qihou needs to abide by it The monarchs of the East China Sea islands did not need the oath of the oath back then. Presenting the oath of the oath is considered a feat to the people of China, and it can be remembered forever. I think it is a sincerity, and those people will object ?'"

After the words were out of his mouth, Chen Jian took a sip of wine in a disrespectful manner, thinking whose advice was this?

From the perspective of future generations, this Nima is clearly a traitorous act, which can be regarded as breaking the legal relationship between the two parties.

Even if this is not a traitor, this is still an incident of colonial independence - before, no matter how hard it was, the matter with Qi was handled by the Ministry of Rites in name, but if it really happened, it would be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs instead of the Ministry of Rites.

The question is, even if it is an incident of colonial independence, will the independence of the colonies be considered treason in the future?Now that the legitimacy has been inadvertently severed, what then?

Chen Jian hurriedly toasted to hide his slight panic, Qi Hou glanced at Chen Jian secretly, and smiled inwardly—you are not a real businessman after all.

Now the old aristocrats on the island have long given up the idea of ​​returning, and they have become big ranchers, businessmen or workshop owners in a mixed way, and those who cling to the blood concept in their hearts are half dead.

However, until now, everyone understands that such things as restoration of the country are absolutely impossible.On the other side, although the high-level internal conflicts, there are still tens of millions of people in the country, no one wants to be inferior to others, the sacred blood is smashed by guns, scientific concepts, particle theory, blood transfusion therapy, and primitive humanistic thinking have all made these things invincible. foundation and living soil.

The entrusted oath signed hundreds of years ago is now a piece of waste paper. It can only be enshrined to recall how rich it was back then, but no one will take it seriously.

This thing seems useless, but it is an extremely important symbol.Especially for those on the other side, the symbolism means a lot.

Qi Hou looked at Chen Jian who was covering up his embarrassment, listened to his deliberately faked coughing, and waited until the surroundings quieted down before asking: "Mr. What do you think about this?"

Chen Jian smiled wryly and said: "What can I think? Qihou's legal system, as early as when Qihou was elected as the adjudicator by the islands in the East China Sea, has treated you like a villain. I just want to ask Qihou one thing."

"Please say."

"If there is a day in the future when a foreign country invades and becomes difficult, then...are you the Marquis of Qi? Or the monarch of the Eastern Sea Islands?"

Chapter 139

"A foreign country? Where did the foreign country come from?"

"if."

Qi Hou raised his head and laughed loudly, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke.

It took a long time to suppress the seemingly restrained laughter, and said: "Mr.'s assumption is interesting. It seems that Mr. is very sure that there are other ethnic groups in this huge world."

Since what Chen Jian said was a hypothesis, Qi Hou also made an answer based on this hypothesis.

"To the east is the vast sea, and to the west of the homeland of China is the desert and high mountains and jungles. The north is cold and freezing, and the south is full of miasma. Even if there are foreign countries, they are nothing but things."

"If you come from the west, the homeland of China will be in front, and we will be behind. If you can really conquer tens of millions of people, then this foreign country will be extremely powerful. Is it possible that I will be stupid enough to form an alliance with a powerful foreign country that can destroy China? Isn't that right? Seeking skin from a tiger? Occupying the homeland of China, is it possible that this little country of Qi will be spared?"

"You have to know that Qi's best opportunity was decades ago when wars broke out in China's homeland. If we had already made an internal decision at that time, we would definitely find a way to divide China into seven or eight pieces, and even the weak beat the strong. , supporting the weak and suppressing the strong, after hundreds of years of chaos, enough blood has been shed between each other, no one will agree with the statement that China is one, and at that time, as long as the navy is undefeated, Qi will be the most powerful country."

"But the north has settled down, and the chance is gone."

"The foreign country you mentioned does not exist. When the bloodline is sacred, the death of the country is nothing more than changing the surname to the king. The bloodline is no longer sacred, how can the country perish?

"If the foreign country you mentioned exists, and the ships are strong and the guns come from the east, and the homeland and this side are hard to resist, then all the people of China will die at that time. Cut off my history and forbid my words. At that time, Qi State Can I survive again?"

"Unless it is the same, the foreign countries you are talking about are all moral gentlemen. When they come here, they will not kill or rob, nor will they buy or sell by force. Instead, they will send new science for nothing, and even help the poor and help the weak, and will not do any bad things... If so , it is really hard to resist. It's just...does such a foreign country really exist? Since it doesn't exist, I really don't know what there is to worry about, sir."

After Qihou finished speaking, he shook his head and said: "Onlookers are clear, authorities are confused. Sir, when he used to be an onlooker to talk about the reform of our country, he was very clear. When he talked about the homeland of China, he was confused and ignorant again. The centipede is dead but not stiff , If you really want to kill it from the outside, you can’t kill it. What you have to worry about is not the external enemy, but the internal one.”

"As long as the interior is stable, what can you do with the size of Qi?"

"If the internal situation is unstable, and there are repeated civil wars, and I say that the Qi Nationality will not watch the soldiers, will you believe it? Even if the oath is signed, will you believe it? As long as the internal instability and civil wars continue, I will definitely find a way to make this The internal strife will always be in chaos, and then the world will be divided, and the situation will be disrupted by hanging overseas."

Chen Jian bowed his head and remained silent when he heard the words, but Qihou had no lies, simple facts that couldn't be simpler, and he just asked these words out of his head, maybe he really meant that he cared so much that he would confuse the authorities.

Qi Hou looked at Chen Jian who was silent, and finally sighed: "Last year, I heard people talk about what Mr. did in the academy, and I also heard about those weird machines that are said to be able to change many things."

"Since I was young, I have read so many ancient books that I thought were useless, and I finally figured out one thing. I am afraid that after a hundred years, the strong will become stronger and the weak will become weaker."

"Just like Mr.'s workshop, the purpose is to make money; the big landowners who manage the land are also to make money. The world is all about profit. This is a very simple thing, but some people can't see through it."

"A hundred years from now, if the country is strong, the workshop owners, the big landowners, and the big businessmen like Mr. will always be of one mind with the country. They need to sell things, and the more people they buy, the better; they need land and more Cheap hired labor, the more land the better, the cheaper the hired labor, the better."

"The stronger you are, the stronger you are. Wealth is accumulated. The weaker you are, the weaker you are. Wealth is lost. As things go on like this, the gap is getting bigger and bigger. Even if you can turn around, you don't know how much you will suffer."

"After I saw what Mr. did in the academy... after the steam turned, ore fertilizer, and the telescope, flint gun, glass, and steel ingots brought by Mr., I knew that it was no longer a long time ago, and I can never go back gone."

"In the past, as long as there was land, 20 years of students gathered for 20 years of military training, the restoration of the country was just around the corner... and what the husband wants to do is really going to be done. One mu can be worth three mu, and one person can be ten or a hundred people... Even if it is more than the population However, if 30 people plow the fields to supply one soldier, and five people plow the fields to supply one soldier, how much difference is there in terms of population alone?"

"After I heard about the things that happened in the academy, I really broke out in a cold sweat. According to ancient books, Jixia domesticated cattle and horses, cultivated ridges, smelted copper and iron in the old summer city... and my ancestors were at that time. Even with slash-and-burn farming, the number of tribes is almost the same, but the difference in soldiers is several times, so we know that the world will eventually belong to Xiacheng, so we return our hearts."

"When I read this in the past, I felt that it was nothing, or the benefits of copper and iron. Now I think about it, but I am shocked. I read those old books about conflicts between yin and yang, analysis of interests, who benefits and who loses, etc., I finally wake up... the history of the past is just repeating itself in the present."

The last words made Chen Jian dumbfounded. He sighed and recalled the simple and happy days of catching animals and birds. He looked at the Qihou who looked completely different from his ancestors hundreds of years ago. Finally he let out a long sigh.