From Chief to Ball

Chapter 44 Death in the Capital

Crops suitable for crop rotation such as alfalfa, turnip, black beans, and corn entered the north on a large scale, the planting manual written by Chen Jian was published on a large scale, some crop rotation experiences in Europe were exchanged, and new lineages of cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock suitable for breeding ...

Low-priced and cheap wine from potatoes and sweet potatoes; large-scale land cultivation, crop rotation and beet sugar extraction; raw material wool for northern woolen textiles traded overseas; changes in the cotton textile industry in the south have led to increased profits in cotton fields; The sale of the pulling machine to Qiguo in the East China Sea and the opening of the sea ban and the use of cotton gins brought about the preparation of large-scale cotton planting several years in advance and the continuation of the development of the cotton spinning industry in the South in the following years...

This or that method of making profits has suddenly accelerated the acquisition of land near the capital, and also made some discerning capitalists who have accumulated part of their wealth through commerce begin to invest in agriculture.

Those who grow grain are getting poorer and poorer, it is becoming more and more difficult to manage small pieces of land, the motivation to merge land is profitable, and the inability to improve and build water conservancy due to insufficient capital...

For various reasons, some people who originally owned large tracts of land bought nearby small plots of land in a semi-forced manner. Anyway, if the price of food is not high, a little trick will make the small farmers go bankrupt; , broke the original tenancy system, turned those tenants into hired workers, and also caused many people to wander to the capital, becoming unstable factors and groups that the big families urgently needed to eliminate.

If science and technology cannot be developed rapidly and mass immigration cannot relieve the pressure, a peasant uprising will break out in the Republic in less than 100 years, because the industrial base and external market seem to be unable to accommodate so many cheap labor forces.

At that time, there may be no other way to go other than smashing the division, involving small plots of land, conservatism and stabilization, and religious spiritual oppression to maintain stability.

The elites and people of insight in the old era have already started to get nervous, and they are trying to find a solution. Looking at the introductions of geography, customs and general systems of various countries sent back by Chen Jian, they seem to have found a mirror.

Those books about geography, customs, history and general system were written by Chen Jian. He has a huge advantage, that is, he has learned a certain kind of historical view in history textbooks, so the content written is not based on what happened in history as the main line, but It is based on the relationship between productive forces and production.

After these books were sent back to the capital, they caused a violent commotion, and those people of insight who seemed to have found a mirror also saw the horror of the turbulent wind and clouds under the land annexation.

From a certain point of view, their thinking is "reactionary".

But if they are based on reality instead of knowing the strength of science, industry and trade, their method is the most effective, the longest, the most stable, and it can even be said to be the optimal solution based on the old era.

Some families are also secretly preparing to move, trying to be the trendsetters of the times, borrowing conservative or even reactionary ideas, and becoming the spokespersons of the "lower class", so as to realize a transformation from an aristocratic republic to a hereditary absolute power dictatorship - such as proposing a perfect, conservative Reactionary social conception, and full of temptation to some lower classes.

Some families felt that the new forces might win, and they also tried to be the trendsetters of the times, borrowing relatively more advanced ideas, and becoming the spokesperson and pillar of the "emerging forces", so as to realize a noble republic to hide wealth and The transformation of the republic of political hereditary family capital—such as secretly contacting the emerging capitalists in the south, separating the heirs of the family to bet on both sides, trying to integrate with the emerging forces to fight against the old forces.

There are also some families who are just conservative and not reactionary. They only want to maintain the traditions of the Republic, and they don't want to go back or go forward. This kind of contradiction only needs to be repaired on the basis of tradition, and this boat will not capsize.

Other families are muddle-headed, conservative and at the same time, dreaming of life and death.They don't want to be trendy, and they don't want to think about this problem. They just live their lives step by step and according to hundreds of years of habits.Today's riots are not much different from those in the past.

The struggle between families; the personal changes felt by Chinese people; the glory of discovering the New World composed of Chinese ethnic groups; activists who want to ask Chen Jian with many questions; the huge temptation of rent-seeking for overseas interests and rights; Confused and restless and unable to see a way out...

All these have created this grand welcome ceremony.

In terms of battle, within a hundred years it will be worse than the triumphant ceremony after the Unification War. Of course, apart from this incident, there is nothing worthy of such celebration.

When the Lanfang arrived at the port, there were crowds of people and flags flying from a distance.

The ships in the port voluntarily moved out of the way, the warships fired salutes, and the white cashmere blanket was laid out from the pier for a long time, and the soldiers stood on both sides to maintain order.

Without prior rehearsal or advance notice, Chen Jian and the people on board were not intimidated by such a situation. After all, they have seen big scenes, storms, the cruelest sea, and countless times. million immigrants.

The people on board had already changed into the most traditional costumes, some special gowns were carefully taken out of the boxes, their hair was arranged, and the wrinkles on the clothes were carefully smoothed out.

After docking, thousands of people cheered spontaneously or arranged in advance, which made the few people behind Chen Jian a little bit elated.

Chen Jian was calm. He didn't live in vain in his previous life, so he didn't panic in such a scene.

Many people threw tomatoes, tobacco, corn kernels, potato fruits, sugar cubes, sunflower seeds, peanuts and other crops on the wool blanket in front of Chen Jian and his group. This is the simplest way to express joy .

The official carriage was waiting in front, and such a road was deliberately left out, which was regarded as a vanity gift to Chen Jian. Many people felt that he was qualified to bear such cheers.

But not everyone in the crowd thought this way. One person held a handful of corn kernels in his hand and cheered with the crowd. He pushed through the crowd and came to the soldiers maintaining order. He quietly touched the pocket hidden inside. .

Inside was a flint blunderbuss, charged with buckshot.

No one ordered, no one manipulated, only for personal purposes.

The order maintained by the soldiers made the distance between the crowd and Chen Jian about forty steps, and the surrounding people were crowded, and there was only one chance.

This man knew that as long as he took out his gun, he would be knocked down by the angry crowd in the next moment. Seeing Chen Jian walking slowly, he became more and more nervous, thinking that it would be better if he got closer.

The crowd around him made his arms very tired. Seeing that Chen Jian was about to walk over, the man gritted his teeth and pulled out a short gun. He shot at Chen Jian in the distance. Hit, and shouted: "You are the one who messed up everything! Eliminate harm for the people of the country!"

After the gunshot, the faces of the officials in charge of welcoming Chen Jian and the officers in charge of security turned pale, and the surrounding crowd also became chaotic.

Fortunately, the lead bullet flew over Chen Jian's head, but only scattered a strand of hair, and his life was hanging by a thread.After Chen Jian reacted, he was surrounded by several people.

He wasn't very scared, and he said that he had experienced countless bloody storms in his previous life. He raised his hand to stroke the scattered hair, and shook his head with a smile.

After waiting for about ten seconds, he found that no bombs had been thrown in. Chen Jian finally felt relieved that this was not a planned assassination.

The most popular thing these days is that a country can be defeated within ten steps, and such things are emerging in various countries.After a while the situation was brought under control, the lonely assassin was also brought under control, and the reason was quickly found out, was it because of the various changes brought about by the appearance of Chen Jian, which separated many people's lives from the traditional life of the past? Come out, some people live a good life, and naturally some people live a bad life.

The soldiers surrounded Chen Jian, fearing that such a thing would happen again, Chen Jian waited for a long time before the bomb arrived, and after hearing the reason given by the assassin, he let go of his heart, and just seized the opportunity to prepare for his trip to the capital. Make a fuss.

At the request, the soldiers surrounded Chen Jian. Chen Jian stepped into the carriage and greeted everyone with his usual expression.This calmness drew another round of cheers from the crowd.

Under the protection of the soldiers, under the watchful eyes of the officials, and under the listening of those big family forces, Chen Jian spoke amazingly.

"People of the Republic, I was almost killed just now. As for the reason, you already know."

"But, folks of the republic, these corns, beets, potatoes, new machines for the fields, new machines for spinning, will indeed make us better off than ever before."

"It is said that a hydraulic spinning machine can drive more than a hundred spindles, and a few people can see it; it is said that a loom can weave twice the original cloth; it is said that the planting of potatoes and corn can make everyone who used to eat steamed buns Eat meat once a month, so that those who are not full can at least be full."

"I was right to think that, and the math was right, but it didn't turn out that way, so I almost got shot."

"People of the country, what went wrong? Is it the fault of these new things? Or something else? Who will tell me?"

"People of the country, I have found a solution to the pain of those who lost their land. You know the existence of the Great Deserted City, but immigrants need money, shipbuilding, and cattle for farming... There are stretches of land worth reclaiming, but But I can only watch these lands being empty and unable to grow food. What is the value of the land without labor? But there are a large number of landless people in China who want to work but cannot, and suffer. Is this reasonable? What kind of imprisonment labor? What impedes the development of the total wealth of the Chinese people?"

Those officials and military officers who came to welcome Chen Jian, as well as some people from the big family forces, when they heard this, their faces were several times paler than when Chen Jian was assassinated just now, but seeing that these people have been incited by Chen Jian Get up, someone has already shouted that it is unreasonable, someone has already asked why... At this time, it is impossible to stop it.

Many people wiped their sweat secretly, worried that Chen Jian would yell something scary again, and said in their hearts that they were really convinced, and they started tossing as soon as they came back.Who'd have thought a welcome party could pull this off?You said that you climbed up and shouted the victory of the Republic, pointed to those new crops and said that this is the bright future of the Republic, how good is that?Everyone was laughing and excited, why did such a big thing come out before entering the city?

He didn't dare to kill, and he didn't have the guts to stop him. With his reputation at stake, he could only wait for an autumn thunder to strike Chen Jian to death, which would be perfect.

However, Chen Jian suppressed his hands, silenced the voices around him, and shouted in a tone as if he was pleading for the people: "People of the country, as a representative of the National People's Assembly, I will propose a proposal: levy progressive taxes, Collect excessive land taxes, count landless people across the country, and immigrate them to the Great Deserted City and the Southern Continent in batches. Since some families are the pillars of the Republic and the guardians of the people, isn’t it time for them to use another method that is not Is it time to protect the people of the country with guns and horses?"

He bowed to the excited crowd with malicious intentions, got off the carriage amid waves of cheers, and looked at the pale-faced people in the distance, with a serious face but couldn't hold back a smile in his heart.

Let those people take their own lives?Idiots talk about dreams.

But if they don't change their lives, the sanctity of the tradition of the National People's Congress will be self-destructed by a vetoed proposal.

Coupled with a lot of propaganda by the country and the people of the country, this incident of making a lot of trouble out of nothing will soon become known to the world.

Chen Jian has never relied on the charity of the immortal emperor, but some people have fantasies, so we have to help those people break their fantasies - it's not that we never thought of relying on charity and conscience, but the facts have proved that this is invalid.

Taking the opportunity to create such a big news, and drew a big cake that was bound to be broken, Chen Jian calmly got into the carriage and headed towards the capital, feeling at ease with a ruddy complexion.

Chapter 45 India Company Formation

Even from the point of view of productivity theory and labor leading to an increase in the total national wealth, Chen Jian's cry of death at the welcoming ceremony is correct.