"You understand that industrial power will be the mainstream of the human world in the future, and no one can violate it, so you want to reform, and you want to carry out the Industrial Revolution of the Qing Dynasty..."
"There is nothing wrong with this. This is called the correct grand strategy...but your tactics are really not beautiful!"
"Even if you are a grand strategic opponent, you still have to pursue, block, attack from left to right, and dodge and move around tactically! How can you waste all your strength on internal fighting?"
"I finally have some strength, but are I using it to fight against traditional forces?"
"You have to use the knife when it's time to use the knife, and you have to use inducements when it's time to induce! You can't be too childish. You can't always act like a child playing games, shouting that you all must listen to me. This is not okay!"
Xiao Letian let out a long wine burp, patted his apprentice on the shoulder and said, "I won't be spending the Spring Festival in the capital this year. We, master and apprentice, won't be able to see each other for a long time. I won't give you a few words." I’m really worried!”
"Master..." Zai Chun, who was in the big wine vat, had red eyes and drank too much. A wisp of cold wind came through the gap in the blue cotton door curtain, making him shiver.
Where is the big wine tank? They were all taverns that poor people in the capital were willing to patronize. The characteristic of these stores was that there were large wine vats half-buried in the ground in front of the door, filled with cheap shochu!
There is a banner hanging at the door of the store with the words "South Road Shaoguo" or "West Road Shaoguo" written on it!
The colder the weather, the better the business in this kind of large wine vat. People who are freezing will come in and heat up half a catty of soju, while the rich will heat up a pot of rice wine and some peanuts, old broad beans, etc. If they are more particular, Cut the lamb head meat into thin slices. Don’t want any condiments to mess up the taste. Just sprinkle some monosodium glutamate and salt!
This taste is simply the gourmand’s favorite!
The place Xiao Letian chose is a well-known large wine vat in Nancheng. The price is fair and the wine tastes good. On weekdays, people gradually fill up before noon. But today, after noon, there are only These two masters and apprentices.
Who dares to come in? The whole street is blocked. All accessible alleys three hundred meters away from the store door are blocked by the Jingshi Police Department. No one can get close!
At a closer distance, there are various hidden sentries, imperial guards, imperial guards, and new imperial guardsmen walking among them. There are also hidden martial arts masters lying on the roof!
The owner of the big wine tank had no idea who these two guests were, but he couldn't deceive anyone with the hundred shiny dragon-patterned silver coins in his pocket!
After taking the former boss, he was restrained in the back kitchen. Two plainclothes veterans laughed and joked with the boss. When the head of state and the emperor asked for some dishes, the boss and his wife quickly prepared them. Naturally, the orderlies would bring them in. !
"Boss! Cut another half a pound of beef into half fat, half lean and ribbed...it depends on your knife skills, the thinner the better!"
The master and the apprentice had really drunk too much. Zai Chun's eyes were blurred to the point of slits, and he muttered, "Master... I dare not refute what you said! But do you know why people in this world are so stubborn?" "
"The Qing Dynasty was defeated twice by the Europeans. Why can't they wake up these people? It's not that I don't have incentives, I have a plan..."
"Once the steel plant is put into operation, it will definitely be a profitable business. Not to mention the rail construction business, how much steel will be used?"
"This market is so big that it's not enough even if we use up the output of the iron factory in your special area in Tanggu. This order is enough for us, the master and the apprentice, to share it!"
"When I make money, won't I give it to the workers? Don't I give it to the nobles of the Eight Banners? How many industries can grow out of a large iron factory? Isn't that an opportunity to make money?"
"Coking, cement, transportation... including providing meals for tens of thousands of workers, then a special company must be set up to operate them!"
"Woo hoo... As long as they listen to me, as long as they are obedient, no matter whether they are factory slaves or nobles of the Eight Banners, they will be able to make money, and it will be much more than the pay of the banner!"
"Why don't you believe me?"
"Hey... that's right! If you don't believe it, you are right..." Xiao Letian raised the cup, "You do it, master will teach you to be good!"
"Ah... this wine is strong! Brat, have you learned all this from me in vain? Why do you think people's hearts are stubborn and refuse to change? In fact, the answer can be found from the principles of capital!"
"Money is capital, so what are the two important characteristics of capital? Silly boy, the first one is profit-seeking, everyone in the world knows this!"
"What's the second one? It's risk aversion! To avoid risks, this desire even exceeds the pursuit of profit!"
"Follow you? Your profit-seeking goal is just a possibility, but does the risk exist? Humans are naturally alert to danger. People hate risks, so they hate change!"
"Do you know what boiling frogs in warm water means? Do you know what a comfort zone is? These Eight Banners aristocrats, these Han landlords, they have been enjoying the comfort zone of warm water for so many years. You want to change it?"
"Farming civilization has been comfortable for thousands of years, and all the supporting facilities are designed to make the landlord class comfortable. You said they would do it with you just for the sake of profit? Will they take risks with you?"
"I'll take you abroad to take a look. Those people don't have this opportunity! Even if they have the opportunity, so what? They must think that the happiness of European nobles is better than their own?"
"Look at this sheep head meat, this spiced beef, these old broad beans and peanuts, and half a pound of hot pot... Isn't it better than the bloody half-cooked steak that Europeans eat?"
"Is living in a courtyard really worse than living in a castle?"
"Silly boy, your good intentions may not be recognized by others! You have to think about people's hearts at this moment!"
Zai Chun was stunned, the beef on his chopsticks slipped onto the plate. "Then...then what other good solution is there?"
Xiao Letian sneered, "Yes...I'm going to teach you a good way...it's called getting rich first, leading to getting rich later!"
Zai Chun frowned, "You mean, let me use this industrialization to bring out a group of rich people, and then let these rich people bring other people to get rich together?"
"In the end, no one will resist industrial change? Is that what you mean?"
Xiao Letian nodded, then shook his head, "That's right, that's right! The truth behind this is very profound! Listen to me and tell you slowly!"
Xiao Letian held the cup, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his thoughts seemed to drift to a long time ago!
In the previous life from which he traveled, there was a time when this slogan was so loud that it was an earth-shaking change, and it was a very important beginning period for overtaking in the curve of the National Games of China!
