Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1240 The Empire Expansion Club ([-]rd update, please subscribe)
A black BMW drove along the Autobahn, Autobahn—the Empire's newest invention.In fact, as early as 15 years ago, an experimental expressway was built between Nanhua and Nanyuan—a two-lane asphalt road.

Later, this kind of hard paved road became the standard road of the empire, but from the perspective of later generations, it is only a provincial road level.

In the tenth year of the empire, Emperor Zhu began to propose a specific expressway construction plan: according to his vision, the plan was to build a car-only highway from Zhongdu to Yingtian, which was a thousand-kilometer expressway. The "Imperial Highway Construction Project" became the most prominent part of the Imperial Arterial Highway Network.

It was also from then on that the Imperial Highway began to appear in front of the world.In the past few years, many people have enjoyed the convenience brought by the highway.Of course, he is also driving the development of the empire's automobile industry.

"Three million people."

When the car was driving fast, he stared at Zuo Zongtang outside the car window and spit out a number.

"what?"

Guan Chengdong said in surprise, he is Mr. Zuo's private secretary. What is a private secretary? It is a secretary hired by Mr. Zuo personally. His salary, three insurances and one housing fund are paid by Zuo Zongtang.

"30 people are working on the construction site of the empire's highway network."

Zuo Zongtang, who is over 70 years old, has long been used to everything in the empire. If he was still in China, he might say "based on agriculture", but after working in the position of prime minister of the empire for so many years, he deeply Knowing the importance of industry, of course, also know the importance of jobs.

"The number of jobs is related to the stability of the empire. Highways, railways, and construction sites are the basic positions for the empire to absorb the lower-level labor force. If there is an economic crisis, you can consider increasing investment in highways..."

Will the economic crisis still happen?
Zuo Zongtang is not clear, but through talking with His Majesty, one conclusion can be drawn - the inevitability of the economic crisis - every ten years or so, an economic crisis will break out, and the responsibility of the government is to introduce appropriate policies during the economic crisis Get out of the economic crisis.

"The highway is good, but there are too few cars now."

Guan Chengdong looked at the empty highway outside the car and said, making Zuo Zongtang laugh.

"In the future, there will only be more and more cars. In another ten years, maybe every family will have a car. By then, we will need to build more expressways, and the related industries can also provide More jobs...”

The car was driving at a speed of more than [-] kilometers on the empty highway. After a few hours, the black BMW drove into an exclusive club on the coast of Huizhou.

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"In order to save the millions of subjects of the Empire from civil war, our statesmen should occupy new territories to accommodate the surplus population, and to find new sales areas for the goods produced in the factories and mines. I have often said that . . . if you do not If you want a civil war, you should be an imperialist."

In the meeting room of the club, Zuo Zongtang listened to the speech quietly. He looked at the sequence of speeches, and it was Zhu Jiekun, vice president of the Imperial Bank, who was speaking.

"... What is expansion? It is the way of survival, and it is the future of the empire's hundreds of millions of subjects..."

I don’t know since when, the conquest is no longer an official act, and there are also many supporters among the people, and among them, the "American Club" is the most active, and of course the most covert.

Even the outside world knows nothing about this club, and the outside world doesn't even know the existence of the club except for the members, but what is certain is that the members of the club are often at the top of society—both people like Zuo Zong There are high-ranking government officials like Tang, and there are also low-key imperial nobles who almost never attract attention. Of course, there are also high-level elites in the imperial business circles like Zhu Jiekun, and there are also some university professors.

For example, Hu Wenju, who is sitting next to Zuo Zongtang, is a professor of Yingtian University. He is also a typical expansionist. Was "sold" to Nanhua.

However, unlike the others, he did not continue to stay in the officialdom, but became a teacher in the university after Chu Yang returned from studying abroad.

"Old Prime Minister, I have actually said it a hundred times. Expansion means two directions. Either we move north to occupy all the areas south of Mexico and realize the unification of the South American continent, or we strive for overseas colonies. However, in this way , is bound to have a direct conflict with the United Kingdom, as far as practical interests are concerned, this is not the first choice of the empire!"

As a veteran imperialist—in fact, Hu Wenju’s ability to become an imperialist is entirely due to the good teacher in the UK. During his study in the UK, he has witnessed the strength of the UK time and time again, and witnessed the British colonialism. Crushing, and it was the experiences in England that made him an imperialist.

After all, no one can ignore the benefits of imperialism!
Even as early as more than ten years ago, he declared in the university that "the reason why people hate imperialism and colonialism is not imperialism and colonialism themselves, but their own inability to implement imperialist colonial rule!"

Ok!

This is the same reason why people hate privilege because they cannot enjoy it.

In essence, everyone likes to bully others in their bones.

"So, Changting thinks we should expand to the north?"

Zuo Zongtang looked at his old friend with a smile and asked.

"My lord, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Central American countries at that time are weak in national strength and insufficiently trained in the army. I heard that a large group of mercenaries in Guatemala—that is, "black warriors" Repel tens of thousands of Honduras troops, now that Guatemala is rebuilding the federation, shouldn't we defeat them before they rebuild the federation and expand their national power, and then accept their land as a province?"

"exactly,"

Zuo Zongtang nodded nonchalantly, and then said.

"But the only problem is that they had a federation in the past, but why can't their national power expand and develop? Just like the South American countries, they have been independent until now, and the people in the country have no livelihood. The Cordeiros control the social wealth. Can such a country develop?"

The answer is that it will definitely not develop... The weakness of the South American countries... That is the same as before, and it will not change in any way due to the appearance of Ming Dynasty, nor will it change due to changes in time.

"This……"

The old prime minister's words made Hu Wenju's brows wrinkle into a ball.

"So, we still have to compete with Britain overseas for colonies?"

"Who knows?"

Zuo Zongtang laughed.

"When the time is right, the empire will naturally raise its sabers again. As for expansion...the expansion of the empire has never stopped, but sometimes the sabers are not necessarily needed!"

When his words fell, the voice on the stage still echoed there.

"The existence of imperialists is for the well-being and future of hundreds of millions of subjects of the empire, and expansion is the mission and responsibility of all of us..."

(End of this chapter)