From Chief to Ball

Although it is a petty bourgeois revolution to be prepared, the princes and princes with feudal privileges will inevitably be killed. I hope that no one will hold the bourgeois private property until they are full. Violation burns incense and weeps for these feudal princes.

Revolutionaries cannot create revolutions, they can only wait for the time to come and erupt naturally.Calculating that there are still more than ten years left, what needs to be done is to improve the program and enrich the thinking within these ten years, and turn a dynasty change into a revolution, a revolution with its own program and organization, otherwise a dynasty change will lead to a revolution. What came was only an awakening that was easier than foreign rule after more than a hundred years, and the price was too high.

Specific policies still need to be fully discussed, and it may take more than ten years to ponder, but it is affordable.

Within five years, don't be impatient and live a good life.This is what Chen Jian said is the most important content and the continuation of the policy in the next few years.

After talking about the ambitious goals that are not scary, Chen Jian talked about the development plan for the last few years.

"Now it is very certain that the profits of maritime trade will gradually increase, and even after monopolizing the trade with Japan and Manila, the return on investment will be higher. But since we are not the first purpose of profit, we must invest Go to some places where the rate of return is not very high, and it may take three to two years to bear fruit, or even longer."

"I'm not talking about huge future plans, that's something in another system. I'm just talking about people's livelihood, workshops, mines and other issues."

"Along more than 100 miles up the Danshui River, there are volcanic groups. We have opened the way to get there. At least the big village community dare not be a direct enemy of us, and it can already achieve economic control and slow changes in the era of cattle farming."

"Everyone here knows, and I have heard, that there is gold on it. People from the prospecting team have found it, but this matter still needs to be kept secret for the time being. Don't rush to mine. But there are a lot of sulfur mines, coal mines and gold mines in the volcanic area. Limestone is ready to be mined."

"Sun salt, sulfur, coal, lime, and quartz sand. These raw materials, together with several sets of large workshop equipment for acid-alkali glass brought by the previous fleet, need to complete production as soon as possible. The tariffs imported into the Ming Empire are very low, and we normally With tax evasion, glass and caustic soda can still obtain high profits, and at the same time, they can be imported to other regions.”

"Hydraulic spinning mills and handicraft workshops for wide-width plain weave should also be established as soon as possible. We don't grow cotton, and use the fleet to transport it from India. This is also a major goal of the trading company in the future, which is India."

"Wangbeicheng should not become a smuggling distribution center, but a trade center from India to Japan. In the short term, our only enemy is Portugal. Avoid unnecessary conflicts as much as possible, but if they do anything excessive, they must not Be soft."

"That is to say, it is not counted as a workshop industry, but just a trading company. As a major shareholder and controlling shareholder, we must rely on Japan and Manila routes to ensure the dependence of Fujian Maritime Group, but we cannot put all our energy on Japan and Manila. Manila."

"Once our group of people leaves and the exchange of information is inconvenient, the people you leave behind will be considered as the general managers of the entire Asian region. Part of your energy will be put in Thailand, and the Thais will control Myanmar and Portugal and keep the rice there. trading."

"Allocate part of your energy to go to India, and start trading there under the name of the Ming Empire 200 years ago, Sanbao Gong - no one will expose you, the Ming Empire can't send a fleet there, you just say you are the Ming Dynasty. Fleet of the Empire, no one knows whether you are real or not. This name is more effective in India than the British, Dutch or Portuguese. This is our chance."

"We want to build Wangbei City into a cotton cloth production place, glass production place, alkali production place and sulfur export place, as well as the most famous cane sugar production place and sugar cane wine production place in Asia. Relying on the developed workshop industry to ensure the prosperity of Wangbei City, so that to be sustainable.”

"In this way, our manpower is still not enough. After the food can be self-sufficient, with the disintegration of the primitive economy of those villages and the use of new farm tools, they will soon join this commodity economic exchange system. They can provide A part of the surplus rice is exchanged for various handicraft products they need, which can guarantee a part of food."

"Don't take profit as the first goal, and import rice from Vietnam and Thailand. This must also be guaranteed. In addition, it is to continue to recruit hired workers and refugees in coastal areas. Although the famine has passed, the land annexation and fishing grounds left behind The mergers are still going on, and there is still a steady stream of refugees."

"In the case of ensuring self-sufficiency in food, people must be transported every year. This is an established goal, which must be strictly implemented, and a large part of the budget must be devoted to recruiting refugees to cultivate here."

"I know that if the money is invested in maritime trade, it will be more profitable, but I reiterate that profit is only a means to our end, and this issue must be discussed every year, every now and then. Comrades on the committee need to meet frequently Internal discussions to correct some possible mistakes."

"Remember, even from a profit point of view, it's a much more efficient investment in the long run. Without enough people, we can't keep this place safe, and we can't mine that gold. Let alone the rest of the mines or the rest of the thing."

"Any questions about this matter?"

One stood up and said, "After the first batch of hired workers expires, some people will choose to stay and continue to work as hired workers, and some will choose to start small businesses. What should we do in this situation?"

Chen Jian thought for a while and said: "Let's analyze the specific situation. For example, um, let's say spinning and weaving. With the existence of hydraulic spinning mills and combined weaving women's workshops, they would not choose weaving. But if you have other crafts, such as brewing, carpentry, masonry, restaurants and other small businesses, of course you have to support them. Not only do you not object, but you also need to use part of the funds as small loans to support them. Do. Cities, they are indispensable."

The man thought for a while and said, "If this is the case, the life in terms of agricultural planting will be more comfortable. If we don't control the purchase price very low. Then, how can we ensure the number of workers and seamen in the workshop? If we If we want to maintain absolute control over the fleet and trading company, it is not enough to rely solely on the share capital. We must also ensure that most of the captains, trainees and combat sailors are our people. Also, since our goal is to After leaving the north, do we need to start preparing for the army now?"

Chen Jian said with a smile: "I totally agree with the latter point about the control of sailors. This place is far away from the homeland, so there is no need to hide some names. The naval academy and the trainee system must be maintained. From the point of view of propaganda, let them join the fleet as trainees." In terms of remuneration, let them join the fleet and trainees as their first choice. Study well in terms of remuneration, this is your business, I will leave soon, let’s take a look at yours together. This is An island, without a powerful navy, all the good life we ​​have built may be destroyed by potential enemies."

"Military preparations. As the first batch of troops who went to sea with me left one after another, there are also a group of people hired by domestic organizations to fill in the vacancies. After that, a standing army of about 500 people will be established. The rest will be supplemented by the general leisure drill system and the small drill system in schools. Although the flintlock has appeared, some people’s minds are still stuck in the age of arquebus and spear array-I say you guys , The age of the flintlock brought not only a change in tactics, but also a change in strategy. If you start teaching courses such as formation, turning, counting, and running from the Kaimeng Academy, you can pull out them in three months if something really happens. A new batch of infantry. The most important thing to compete now is the number of people."

"A standing army of 500 people has no cavalry. There is no problem with artillery. There is no problem with the indigenous skirmishers or grenadiers of about 300 people for self-defense. Within ten years, the Dutch or the Portuguese will There is no fortress that cannot be defeated by 500 men, superior artillery, and digging and blasting tactics. After ten years, the decision will be made depending on who the enemy is."

"In the final analysis, it is still a matter of construction. Artillery and officer schools enroll students normally, and train grassroots officers with a number exceeding the quota of the army. Normal school construction should also be stepped up, so that children can learn what fusiliers should have in the Kaimeng education. training. Continue to accumulate food, build Wangbei City, and accumulate money by relying on maritime trade and technological monopoly advantages.”

"Ten years from now, if the world really changes, I will be able to pull out one-third of the number of boys that can be trained in ten years of school to become qualified flintlock soldiers in one year. And always maintain a large number of excess Grassroots officers are the guarantee of combat effectiveness at that time. Usually there are not too many enemies, and a standing army of 500 people is enough to deter nearby enemies. For ten years or even longer, we don’t need to maintain such a large number of troops. It’s just a matter of recruiting every new generation of citizens educated from childhood who wants to protect their good life when the fighting breaks out.”

"I roughly calculated that when we rescued the victims, we also focused on helping some orphans aged between six and ten years old. These children have suffered hardships, seen disasters, and have lived from hardships to now. Don't worry about it. The days of starvation. Ten years later, they are 16 to 20 years old, which is the most golden age. They learned in school what everyone should know about freedom, rights, citizenship, protection, guardianship, and duty.”

"Now, we use labor, technology, and schools to protect these children. Ten years later, when we are old and older, these children will use what we have paid and their courage and strength to protect us and protect them themselves, and liberate their brothers and sisters from what they see as a shared tragic fate."

"In the final analysis, education and construction. Eternal, prosperous, good life is the guarantee of future victory."

Chapter 1 Seventeen Arrangements Before Leaving (End)

"It needs money, but we have money. The sea ban system of the Ming Dynasty guaranteed the possibility of our successful trade monopoly and extremely high profits; low tariffs ensured the sale of cotton cloth, glass, alkali and other products. We are in the Domestically controlled steel ingots, machinery and firearms workshops can guarantee the supply of guns at cost prices; the cooperation of small-caliber field guns, artillery technology and mathematics level ensure that our flintlock tactics must be ahead of the times; pit digging tactics And the use of glycerin explosives can ensure that most of the fortresses of the Asian enemies are not as strong as imagined."

"The concentration of sugar, the reclamation of swathes of plains, and the food security of new high-yielding crops could make the majority of settlers live a better life than before—as long as there is no major war in the world trading system, The price of sugar will be very stable."

"As for officers, the excess officers we train are not just spending money. Ryukyu needs to be hired, Thailand needs to be hired, and even officers can be used as a high-income occupation outside."

After talking about the army, Chen Jian said again: "So now we don't lack money, technology, or even the future of various products that represent national wealth. What we lack are people, a large number of people, and a large number of labor forces , and it is cheap, unorganized labor force that was dismantled before coming here. That is how the comrade asked just now how to retain the labor force.”

"For us, we have a relatively scarce labor force and sufficient land resources, which leads to an increase in labor costs when the number of people remains unchanged. Even if Wangbei City has built a sewer system, simple cement red brick buildings, entertainment theaters, etc. These things, these attractions are only worth part of the collective village community that will live a good life. Therefore, on the one hand, we must uphold the export of technological advantages to let the employees live a relatively good, Ten hours of work every day, ten days of rest for one and a half days; on the other hand, we must continue to provide relief to the victims, transporting them here from the absolutely overpopulated north.”

"Is it just Fujian? It's more than that. Fujian is a remote area, and there are not many vassal kings in the Ming Empire. But further north, the number of vassal kings gradually increased. The inland areas can't go, but the coastal areas can use it." Our relationship and reputation can do many things. Where there are more vassals, there will be more disaster victims, more refugees, and more poor people."

"So the same sentence, don't make short-term profit as the first goal, set aside enough budget every year to become a full-time 'human trafficker'. Similarly, areas with more vassal kings will also start after big problems in the future. Where things are easiest, we need a lot of locals."

"We want to do it. From Laizhou to Dengzhou to Quanzhou, wherever there is a large-scale famine in the coastal areas, our ships will appear. Be good people, do relief work, and then ship people in batches to Wangbei City."

"What order of magnitude will it reach? After more than two years, the first batch of Wangbei City residents who are familiar with the laws and life here will leave the farms and plantations they have opened up. The vacated labor positions can support 3 people every year." Even more will come. After more than two years, food can be guaranteed, trade monopoly has been achieved, cattle and horse breeding has taken shape, and struvite mining has formed a scale, and mines and workshops can also increase manpower.”

"In the past few years, the disaster-stricken areas in northern Fujian have sold children and daughters. We want as many children as there are from six to ten years old. We have a good reputation in Fujian, and this is our key area."

He said "profit is not an end but a means" several times in a row, which made many people present feel that Chen Jian was making a fuss over a molehill. The purpose of a political party, but looking at an interest group.

However, Chen Jian took the trouble to report it over and over again, until he said this sentence again, and there was a roar of laughter from below.

Someone shouted: "Isn't it just for us to control the flow of capital instead of allowing capital to flow spontaneously for profit? Our purpose is to let people live a better life, not to allow capital to increase value aimlessly for profit." In other words, those in China who are involved in the "March for Dignity" also have the same idea. They are also worried about the general poverty and the ultimate collapse of the system brought about by the purposeless and unplanned value-added, but the solution they give is to go backwards. Cut off this possibility. You can speak more clearly."

Chen Jian shrugged and smiled, and the atmosphere below gradually heated up.Lin Zigui and several local participants heard Chen Jian's words very clearly before, but when these people yelled these words, they couldn't understand them a little bit, thinking that they still had to learn when they went back.

After the laughter gradually subsided, Chen Jian said: "Some things should be viewed from the side of Yin and Yang. What is wrong in China may not be wrong here, because the degree of development is different. The large land in China There is a large part of it in the way of operation. The investment in new technology and hydraulic facilities for horse farming and cattle farming has already been like this, and then it is broken down into small pieces, which is a step backward. Moreover, it is too close to the Great Deserted City, and the climate is also suitable. The domestic handicraft industry continues to develop. , and the huge market, we shall see with pity and joy the bankruptcy of groups of small craftsmen and peasants."

"You can't say that one thing is wrong here, and it must be wrong elsewhere. In short, our goals and plans must be consistently implemented. It is not the first time that we have violated the profit-seeking nature of capital. Done it, otherwise there is no need to reclaim the Great Deserted City. All fools know that investing money in sea trade, workshops, and even slave trade will make more profits. Investing in sea trade, workshops, or slave trade, I can get [-]% return. The rate of return invested in the reclamation and immigration of the Great Desolate City is negative in the short term... No way, who made us take a road of no return in the eyes of others?"

"But if we look at it from another perspective, the purpose of our investment is to make more people live better, then it can be said that we have received the returns we deserve. So, from a certain perspective, the key is to look at the pursuit of What is the purpose. Fortunately, many of you are sought-after talents in the Nanyang Company's slave trade or maritime trade, but you didn't go there, and you also walked on this road of no return like me. Then keep going Let’s go on, others can support slaves is not the reason for us to support slaves, let alone our values, even our thinking logic is not valid.”

"Looking at it now, we have a long way to go. But look at the future world, which kind of values ​​and way of thinking will become the mainstream? We are full of confidence, and we are sure that those good values ​​will replace the current dirty ones. Dirty values."

"The meaning of compassion is the condescending feeling after the unreasonable becomes reasonable. It is our goal to turn the things that need mercy into normal and unpraiseable things. For example, a strong man snatches a pie from others. It is of course the right thing, the merciful person will sympathize with the poor man. What we are after is that the emotion after the event of taking the bread is not pity, but accusation of the strong man."

"It's like a disaster that happened here. People who only know compassion will pity the victims and pray to the emperor or others for help. But in our opinion, it is obvious that we can kill those vassals and collect taxes from those tax-free classes. Relief, or that you have the right to pay the obligation, why should you turn a normal thing into a pity worthy of praise?"

"What we have to do is to eliminate the sympathy caused by the unreasonable system. After the system is reasonable, the poverty and disasters will be overcome with both hands and reduced by scientific progress. Even if it is superficial , Equality in the name of everyone who is not unequal based on blood relationship is a huge progress. It is not impossible to have 400 million acres of land, but the premise is that you have paid something, not because of your surname or your father's name. Who, or you became an official."

"As for the injustice hidden under this nominal equality, that's something we have to solve domestically, and it's not our turn to solve it here. There are priorities, and the road is taken step by step."

Everyone clapped their hands in agreement, but then they said humanely: "Chen Jian, in the current situation in the north, the places where large-scale uprisings are most likely to occur in the future are those places where there are many vassal kings. The inequality and privileges are also the most severe there. But it is also the place where our influence is most difficult to penetrate. As for Fujian, the industry and commerce are developing, and we continue to take away refugees. I am afraid the problem is not too serious. It can only be a long-term, slow, 20-[-] It is a place where people gradually accept new ideas. But in the north, it is difficult for us to penetrate deeply, and it is also close to the capital of the empire, and it is the place where their influence is the strongest."

Chen Jian said with a smile: "Don't forget, when I was negotiating with the Ming Empire, I had a good behavior: we will organize a group of agronomy people to go to some areas in the north to help promote corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other high-yielding, crops to prepare for famine. By the way, we can help some poor children there, open schools, and investigate local agriculture, land, taxation, poverty, terrain, etc. Those children will learn from the people we send for a year or two, and send Go to Wangbei City to learn something useful, and put it back in an organized way when a catastrophe suddenly strikes and wars are everywhere, that is a big powder keg that can disturb several counties."

"Don't worry, take your time. We didn't create the troubled times, but we turned the troubled times into a revolution when the troubled times came. How can we create the troubled times? Hiding in Wangbei City to farm, sail and build workshops Can it cause chaos in the empire? We are doing things while taking advantage of the chaos, not to disrupt the world, don't think of us as demons."

"Okay, I've pretty much said what I have to say. The rest is up to the people you left behind. As for me, I'm going to find the legendary Southern Continent. If we fail in the future, at least we can organize Some coastal refugees and victims went to live on wider land and build new homes."