"Why does a country start a war? What is the purpose of the war? You must think about this question carefully and remember that war is never for venting anger or plundering!"
"The ancients said that when the emperor is angry, his corpse will float thousands of miles away. So why should the emperor be angry? Why does the Art of War say that you cannot raise an army out of anger?"
"This has already pointed out the essence of war! In the final analysis, war is for profit, not a battle of grudges! If there is no benefit at all from fighting this war, then even if people all over the earth call me Xiao Letian's ancestor for eight generations, I will also laugh and ignore it, and I will never send troops out of anger!"
"Interests, interests, interests! War must bring benefits rather than lose benefits. This must be kept in mind. Never be swayed by populism..."
"You can't let people's minds be influenced by the heckling of idle people chatting without taking it too seriously!"
"But then again, what are the benefits? Now it seems that you Mi Fu and Lao Niu have not understood the three flavors of this!"
"What are you thinking about, the compensation of 1.2 billion gold francs in my hand? Are you thinking about the land ceded by France and Spain?"
"Aren't you just trying to get an extra share of the spoils by making so many little conspiracies?"
"Childish! The standard is too low!" Xiao Letian scolded them, making both of them roll their eyes.
"The essence of war is to establish a new order, order, order, order! You should carefully study the meaning of the word order!"
"Don't just focus on the spoils, but see the new post-war order! You Chinese businessmen support the Chinese war not just to share the spoils with the soldiers!"
"You merchant capitalists want the benefits brought by the new post-war order!"
"Damn it! Without war, how could your ships go out to sea and do business? Before there were Chinese people, didn't you all sit at home and wait for foreign ships to come and scan the goods?"
"Without war, can our shipping routes expand to the Indian Ocean? After winning the Far East War and Ryukyu's defensive war against France, the British opened the Strait of Malacca to us. Only then can our Chinese merchant ships freely enter the Lion Kingdom to buy goods. Gems, how dare you think about it before?"
"Now that the Franco-Prussian War is over, the Treaty of Frankfurt has been signed, and European countries led by the United Kingdom have recognized our Chinese nation's national status, we are now an independent country..."
"If all nations agree, it means that we can trade directly with European people. Our ships can enter the Mediterranean and North Sea and participate in global trade!"
"Of course you will encounter competition, and it will definitely be difficult at the beginning, but have you ever thought about whether this start, this right to go out and do business...does it have to be maintained by war?"
"Not to mention, the Frankfurt Treaty and a series of treaties between us and other European countries have allowed the world to recognize our sovereignty claims over Annan, Borneo, and Luzon. This is already our territory..."
"Is this a new order? At this moment, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and other countries, have recognized the South China Sea as the inland sea of our Chinese people..."
"What does this new order bring? It's a new business model... How can you merchants not find ways to make money from here, but always want to share the spoils?"
"You provided billions of silver dollars in financial support for the Franco-Prussian War... Then your reward should be the long-term profits brought by the new post-war business model!"
"The dividends you enjoy should be tens of billions of silver dollars in profits from your future business! This is a cornucopia that is endless and can last for hundreds of years!"
"You two idiots...get out of here!"
Xiao Letian pretended to be angry and cursed, then turned around and said to Xiang Ying, "Don't let them play in vain... Didn't we grab twenty-five new lathes from Lorraine, France, and more than forty others?" Are there any punching machines, boring machines, drilling machines and a few steam engines?”
"Let the Ministry of Industry calculate the price and sell it to these two fools at a preferential price...allow them to settle with government notes..."
"Go away, I will reward you for this deal!"
Mi Fu and Niu Jinfu had turned pale after being scolded just now, but they didn't expect that in the end, the head of state unexpectedly gave them a big fat piece of meat!
At the end of the 19th century, mechanical processing was completely the top high-tech industry, and the added value of profits was astonishingly high!
Europe has always imposed a technological blockade on other countries. You can buy industrial products, but if you want to buy equipment to produce industrial products, including training engineers and technicians, then don't even think about it.
But the war broke the blockade, and Xiao Letian also searched in France. New equipment robbed many people, young and old, and these were not included in the 1.2 billion compensation account.
These are all extra war bonuses!
Today is a bargain for these two guys!
Without another word, Mi Fu and Niu Jinfu knelt on the ground. Before Xiao Letian could react, there were three loud bangs, and then they turned around and left without another word.
"Don't worry, head of state, as long as we appease the businessmen in Nanyang, we will never capsize!"
Xiao Le even laughed, but he knew clearly that if this gift package couldn't make these businessmen excited, then there would be nothing to offer.
This is like a Chinese businessman suddenly getting access to the most advanced chip manufacturing technology in the hands of the United States in the 21st century.
The most cutting-edge technology brings not only high profits, but also the absolute advantage brought by monopoly!
In the 19th century, heavy industry, especially the military industry, was the top pearl among all industries, and its status was no less than that of the chip industry, biomedicine, system software, aerospace technology, etc. in the 21st century.
This shows how precious the gift package Xiao Letian sent out was!
Xiao Letian, who had dealt with these businessmen's forced labor, took a deep breath and rubbed his stomach, "You have to worry about eating, which affects your digestion... Make me some hawthorn tea!"
Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room who were all the core direct descendants, Xiao Letian's face gradually turned cold, "I feel something is wrong when I return to China this time!"
"When I first arrived in the Lion City, I encountered two threats? Is it just a coincidence?"
Hyōtaro was stunned, "Nani? Two threats? Isn't it just this time that these businessmen asked for money? Where did the two threats come from?"
Xiang Ying glanced at him, "Also, the people on the pier are kneeling down and worshiping. This is actually an attempt to force the head of state into the palace, and it can also be regarded as a show of power!"
Xiao Letian nodded and said coldly, "Is there anyone who can't bear the loneliness? They want to roast me on the fire! It's okay for businessmen to force me for money..."
"Now it seems that someone is going to reverse the course of history... So many people are calling me long live, they are trying to put me on a high building!"
