At this point, the fortress plan has been officially disclosed to high-level officials. Of course, the confidentiality level is still top secret. Everyone in the flower hall was shocked. None of them expected that the Prime Minister would propose such a strange plan.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Hexin was the first to speak, "I understand, what the Prime Minister wants to use is to commit suicide by the Manchus themselves and force people's hearts back? Let's turn our special zones into safe fortresses so that people who take refuge can Risk capital takes the initiative to invest in it.”
"It is indeed feasible. They take the initiative to send them to our doorsteps and we can beg and promote them. There are two concepts. One is that they take the initiative to integrate into us, and the other is that we take the initiative to request and make a decisive decision!"
Sima Yun nodded, "That's right. Since ancient times, great things have been nothing more than the three elements of people, land, and wealth. According to the Prime Minister's plan, as long as there is chaos in the world outside the fortress, refugees and capital will continue to flow to us. We want to I can’t even stop it!”
"And a very important point is that once such a refugee wave occurs, it will also be a screening of the quality of the population. Just like the natural selection mentioned by the Prime Minister, in order to survive, everyone must exert their full efforts to fight for entry. The opportunity in the fortress is a screening process for the elite!"
"The best capital and the best talents are indeed very important, but what about the land? Could it be that with more than a dozen special zones, which together are less than the land of a state, can this support the Prime Minister's career? ?”
At this point, Wang Huaiyuan also had an epiphany, "Why not? Have we forgotten the introduction to Britain, the Netherlands and other countries in the Prime Minister's Journey to the West? Dozens of countries in the European continent compete with each other. Except for Russia, that country has a vast territory. ?”
"These are two completely different concepts of governing the country. We have always wanted more and more land. That is because we have not gotten rid of the habits of the past farming civilization. In China, the source of all wealth lies in the land. In the world, groups of ant-like farmers used taxes and corvee to support such a huge empire. We have all experienced their sufferings!"
"Yes, the small-scale peasant economy is doomed to provide every natural person and family with only the most limited wealth. In many cases, the empire's tax revenue is handfuls of millet and handfuls of rice, and food is still the main subject of taxation."
"This kind of backward economy forces the rulers to expand the base, so they need more and more land, because the wealth created per unit of land is too low."
"The special zone is different. What does the special zone rely on to survive? It depends on industrialization, commercialization and technology. An ordinary farmer in Qing Dynasty can produce a harvest of seven or eight acres of land in a year, which can exceed the one produced in our factory. A foreign gun? No!"
"In the richest area of Jiangnan, one acre of good paddy fields can generate enough profit in one year to buy a few pieces of glass and a few lanterns? The answer is not much."
"We have found a far more efficient way to create wealth than the agricultural economy of the past. Why are we still clinging to the land? Just because we have a religious worship of food in our bones?"
Xiao Letian smiled, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I didn't expect you to wake up so quickly! But don't forget the saying that there is no stability without farmers. People still have to eat."
Before he could finish speaking, Pierre with the big nose smiled, "I only agree with half of what Mr. Xiang said. You have seen the hugeness of this world. How can you look at the problem from this perspective? Have you forgotten the people under Lotte Yanghang?" Are you a grain merchant? As far as I know, the three-crop rice cultivation in Nanyang has more than tripled in two years. More than 70% of the grain has been purchased by Ryukyu. The military rations we have stored are enough to last ten years. more than"
"If we follow the current procurement intensity, even if we encounter a million-level refugee flow in the future, we will not have a food crisis. We can even use commercial means to stimulate more Chinese and indigenous people in Southeast Asia to reclaim new land. Opening purchase contracts to the big granaries of North America, such a big deal, can’t we afford to support these special zones?”
"Okay, okay," Xiao Letian slapped his thigh, "This is the way to brainstorm ideas, and it makes people feel much happier than just forcing me to the palace with a dead face."
"Yes, when our industrial zones turn into fortresses, and when our enemies are unable to shake the iron nails nailed to China, the fortresses will become a spiritual totem for the Chinese people!"
"I have always said that happiness is not an absolute value, but only a relative value. If I have a steamed bun in my hand and you only have a bowl of stick noodle porridge, then in comparison, I will be happier than you."
"Human beings can only experience happiness through comparison. Just a willow wall in the Tanggu Special Administrative Region has divided people's hearts into three, six or nine levels. The villages outside the willow wall are so envious of the people inside the willow wall, and those farther away The people will envy the villages that are close to Liuqiang and can open a grass market."
"In fact, in the eyes of Westerners, there is no difference between the Chinese in the SAR and outside the SAR. In their eyes, they are all inferior nations and barbarians. Westerners will only compare themselves with their neighboring countries, such as Britain, France, Prussia, etc.”
"Since human nature is like this, then we must arrange our strategies according to human nature! Fortress is richer than the Qing Dynasty; Fortress is safer than the Qing Dynasty; Fortress is fairer than the Qing Dynasty; Fortress is respected by the Qing Dynasty more for human nature."
"Okay, now I want to ask you, if you are still the people of the Qing Dynasty, what else do you want? Is this enough for you to throw yourself into the embrace of the fortress? Under the gray sky, there are still many places on the land of China So a dozen isolated islands that light up the light of hope, isn’t that enough for them to join in?”
"I firmly believe that there are still smart people in this world. Their minds have been blinded for a while. As long as they are given a few years, they will eventually wake up, just like the people of Tanggu three years ago and the citizens of Tanggu Special Zone now. , is it still a spiritual outlook? Just kidding, even if I lead them to raise the flag to rebel in three years, I'm afraid they will follow me!"
"This is a snowballing game. A single spark can start a prairie fire. One becomes two, two becomes four, and four becomes eight. Don't look at the starting base of this point is very small, but you square it and do the math. In the end we will How many people will it affect?”
Everyone stood up excitedly, "Yes, a single spark can start a prairie fire. We can't let the difficulties at the beginning blind us. If we continue on the right path, change has already happened!"
Xiao Letian smiled easily. He pointed to the wind and rain outside the window and said, "A butterfly fluttered its wings in the tropical rainforest of South America. Why did it set off such a huge storm in the Pacific? How long will it take for my butterfly to recover?" What about seeing my storm sweeping across China?"
"Brothers, I only want to think about one issue now, and that is time! How many years will it take for us to instigate this storm!"
