After hearing Theodora's judgment, Guo Kang felt that it made sense.
"Then do as you say." He nodded: "Anyway, we have to start from scratch now, so we don't have to worry about not enough Slavic slaves for the time being."
"It doesn't matter." Theodora said: "I heard from Tuo Huan that you have also prepared a plan to march from the north, right?"
"Yes." Guo Kang nodded: "I thought at that time that we could go out to the North Sea and land on the British Island. There is no need to rush this matter, but it is still feasible."
He and Tuo Huan had discussed this matter before. The good thing about Rome is that as long as it is militarily feasible, there is no need to think about excuses and propaganda mobilization. The worst case scenario is that we want to restore the province of Britannia. No matter how strong the claims of those barbarians are, can they still be as strong as this?
"Well, I think it's okay." Theodora also admitted the feasibility of this plan: "Even if it's untenable, we can continue to plunder England and capture Anglo slaves like the Norse people did back then. meet the needs of the factory.”
——The Angles are the French name for England.
Among Western European countries, France has a relatively long history and the most developed culture, and it still has deep memories of its early history. Therefore, just as the German country is called "Alemany" in French, England has always been called "Anglo", and these terms have been used until modern times. The Purple Horde has a close relationship with France, so for these relatively "distant" words, their names are often directly borrowed.
"In addition to looting, we can also buy at low prices." Theodora added: "The English, Scots, and Welsh there are all hostile to each other and are still at war with each other. We can intervene between them. War, let them catch their own slaves and sell them to us, which will save costs even more."
"I heard that the leader of Wales, Owain Glendower, was defeated and disappeared two years ago. But if we have spare power in the future, we can give them some more support and let them continue to make trouble. Not to mention the Scottish side, both sides have so far They are attacking each other. I believe they will have many captives who would be happy to sell them as slaves."
"Yes, I never thought of this method..." Guo Kang said unexpectedly.
"Actually, this is a very simple strategy." Theodora said with a smile: "This method also has the advantage that it can further intensify the conflicts among their people. I heard that the King of England has always wanted to annex Scotland and Wales. , so what we have to do is to ensure that there is always a blood feud between them."
"Capturing slaves can exactly meet this point. Moreover, its requirements are not high. For example, although the Scottish army is backward, their tribes are savage and fierce, and are good at fighting in small groups. Let them continue to send small troops to attack the English The total number of slaves that can be obtained in settlements will not be small. Once the English retaliate, they will also attack Scottish towns and massacre the residents. If this continues, the two sides will never be able to achieve reunification."
"Of course, England's military strength is much stronger, so we have to add some materials to them. I think the German pirates and North Sea pirates in the North Sea can join in. Moreover, it is completely possible to let the Hanseatic League ships as before The team also went to help us loot and transport."
"Didn't you say that there are rich mining areas on the northern coast of the Black Sea and the southern part of the Ross region? We can use the water network there to build around the mining areas." Theodora planned: "We can get higher-end ones from the south. The goods pass through the Ross area and are sold to North Sea merchants; slaves are then purchased from the North Sea merchants; the slaves are sent to the mining areas in southern Ross for mining and production, and the raw materials and low-grade products produced are then transported to the more developed south for processing. Finely processed and sold.”
"Look, in this way, we have formed a three-point and one-line trade route with the help of water transportation." She finally concluded: "In this way, raw materials, labor force, and market are all available."
"Moreover, this trade route is completely cyclical. By constantly catching slaves, Beihai merchants have more resources to sell to us, preventing them from running into long-term deficits and ultimately causing the fragile city-state alliance to collapse due to lack of money. ; The Ross area has also been constructed and developed, and we will also get the support of local legal residents; finally, these industries and resources can also provide us with great supplements, making our national strength stronger and our foundation stronger. Facing the future We also have more confidence when it comes to products.”
Guo Kang was amazed after hearing this.
This idea is not only realistic and feasible, but also in line with the common sense recognized by people in the previous life!
The education and various scattered knowledge in his previous life constantly reminded him that the path taken by Britain was the correct way to achieve industrialization first, and those who came after him must learn along this route. People around me are also thinking this way, thinking this is the only reasonable way. Even the senior time travelers have to continue to re-enact this path.
But now, Guo Kang suddenly figured it out!
As discussed with Tuo Huan before, according to the classics of the previous life, the purity is too low to rely solely on learning and reference, and it cannot be regarded as truly adopting the British route.
In addition to occupying the local area, it now seems that there is an easier way, which is to capture Anglo slaves.
For reference, just look at the Javanese dollar.
Jiangnan wealthy businessmen have their hearts set on Dayuan. Although even the Yuan Dynasty clan is gone there, the wealthy merchants have always owned many Mongolian slaves, so they still retain many of the characteristics of the past, and they can still claim to be the orthodox continuation of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
In the same way, as long as these slaves from England are working in the factory, it will of course be an orthodox British factory.
After learning more about it, it is easy to find that many historical common senses will fight with each other - for example, a very traditional idea is that the wealthy people in Seris used all their wealth to annex land, resulting in the inability to accumulate capital and the inability to advance technology. But on the other hand, the 18th and 19th centuries of industrial development were also the time when wealthy British people annexed large amounts of land.
By the mid-19th century, 400 large noble families owned a quarter of the country's land, and 7,000 large landowners had annexed four-fifths of the country's land. This number is indeed different from Seris, because generally speaking, the dynasty will be finished without reaching this level...
Not to mention, there are also theories that it is a good thing for landlords to annex land because they can better promote the promotion of advanced technology. According to this theory, the more mergers and acquisitions can improve efficiency, the more surplus labor can be squeezed out to engage in industry. This adds another theory that is fighting with each other, and who knows which "historical common sense" is correct.
But now, Guo Kang finally understood that these were all false. It's normal for them to fight with each other, because it's just irrelevant nonsense, and none of them touches the real core truth!
On the contrary, capturing Anglo slaves and filling them in factories has the purest British elements, which perfectly meets the requirements of the scriptures!
Guo Kang suddenly realized it again!
He felt that even Rome's national destiny seemed to be increasing rapidly, rapidly, and rapidly! Come in, come in, come in! ! ! !
Rome's industrialization potential at this time was fifty times greater than it had ever been! Incomparably domineering, extremely mad... Such a hateful empire, what barbarians in the world can resist it? Damn it! Is there any barbarian in the world who can resist him?
Guo Kang looked at Theodora and stood up excitedly!
Just like Long Aotian who got the secret of the martial arts, by chance, Rome got a glimpse of the essence of the "Industrial Scripture" and realized the "magic skill of modernization". What a precious opportunity it got! A lot of Long Aotian style exclamation points must be added! Only then can he express his mood at the moment! ! !
"...Why did you suddenly get mad again?"
Theodora's puzzled voice came, but Guo Kang was still thinking about it and didn't react for a while.
"Sit down!" Theodora patted the table.
Only then did Guo Kang recover from his excitement and quickly sat back down.
(End of chapter)
