Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 325: Gold and Silver Bay Beach

Zhang Kaiwu said with a teasing smile:

"What are you afraid of? I will then say that I am your friend of Great Britain and ask them to be careful."

He looked at her unhappy expression as if she was joking with him.

Zhang Kaiwu explained with a smile:

"Perhaps you haven't noticed, but there is only one routine in the United States, and it's all outdated."

“It’s the same in Eastern Europe, it’s a routine, and people have a lot of fun, even thinking that others don’t know!”

"In fact, their tactics are not that sophisticated and can be easily avoided."

Elizabeth looked at him curiously, urging him to speak faster with her eyes.

Zhang Kaiwu organized his words and said:
"The people of America are very old-fashioned. They have been working hard to maintain liberalism. They want every larger country to be divided into countless small countries according to ethnicity, and then divide their functions among them."

"There is nothing new here. This is how it is done in Great Britain, and it is the same in other countries. But they may have forgotten that the United States is also a multi-ethnic country."

"In fact, it is a means of control, coupled with the promises of conditions in economic development and the formation of alliances in business."

"Things are even simpler in Eastern Europe. I am the big brother, and you just follow me and enjoy the good life. But if you really count on them, you will find that you have been fooled. They are indeed generous and harmonious to the outside world, but they are repressive to the inside world."

Lin Jingli gently cut the steak on the plate and said admiringly:
"Dear Zhang! You know so much. Are they really that overbearing!?"

Elizabeth was also surprised and said:

"You are right, America. You think they are not fighting for the country. But I feel that the goal of Eastern Europe is actually for the land."

"They've been eating away at Europe!"

Zhang Kaiwu explained:

"You may have overthought it. This land issue is related to the economic situation. The land area of ​​Great Britain is small, so you may think that what others want is land."

"In fact, these two countries do not lack land at all. They are both for their own economic development and have no need for territory. The United States has a developed military manufacturing industry for the commodity circulation market. Eastern Europe is for its own energy export channels and food imports. Their urgent need to open a port city is their main purpose."

"For example, I know that both of them are now flirting with India, hoping to lend money to Indians. What they want in Eastern Europe is the grain production there, and what America wants is to deny Eastern Europe grain production and control its currency."

"As for Egypt, the two companies are also trying desperately to help. In fact, they both want to control the navigation rights of the Suez Canal."

"But! These things are just superficial manifestations of economic development. What the two companies really want to do is to have allies to do their basic downstream industries."

"For example: India can just focus on growing food and supply it to Eastern Europe. Great Britain can just focus on cars and finance, and let America handle the rest. The best thing for the Middle East is to split into 100 countries and just produce oil."

"They all have their own needs. If you understand their needs, you can see through their methods."

He looked at Elizabeth, took a sip of milk, and said with a smile:

"Mexico and Canada, which are next to America, have actually long been controlled by the people of America. But have they asked for income?!"

"You have to know that once you have the copyright, you have to give those people money, benefits, and treatment. You will be a family from now on."

"When something happens, it will all fall on my head. It will cost too much to build it. It is better to control it secretly so that I don't have to bear the financial responsibility."

After looking at her expression, Zhang Kaiwu tried to be fair and just and said:
"Actually! This is also a new method of economic colonization, through the import of goods, through the import of culture and the offensive of money. This is the reason why Great Britain failed. The territory was too large, the cost was too much, the colonial technology could not be updated, and it was dragged down by the economy."

"You, Great Britain, colonized India with elite methods. India contributed 40% of its economy to you. When you left India, you also supported Mahatma Gandhi, and let him fight against Bose's national revolution through the non-resistance movement. It seemed to be a very successful case. But you thought too little and underestimated the power of the temple. So in the end, you failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice!"

"If you had supported Bose's democratic revolution and killed all the Aryans who had cooperated with you before, you might have succeeded a long time ago and got more."

Elizabeth looked at Zhang Kaiwu in surprise. History is really like what you say!
Zhang Kaiwu said calmly:

"Under the suppression of the United States, even if you have high-tech technology in the future, they will suppress it with various reasons. National security, environmental pollution, or other reasons."

"They are afraid that you will make a comeback. That's why they are instigating you to seek independence. If you pay attention to the situation in various places, you will find that as soon as they succeed in instigating you, they will run away immediately."

"For example: Australia, New Zealand, Ireland... Do you think they will accept people from those places!? Just for the land? Wrong! It's impossible. The beautiful country does not need those burdens."

"Once these dominions become independent, you Great Britain won't be able to interfere at all. The United States has achieved its goal, right?!"

"Even when Borneo became independent, they would rush to celebrate, help with construction, or instigate the division of Borneo into several small countries!"

What he said was very thorough. She thought for a long time before asking doubtfully:

"Then you dare to accept their help for infrastructure construction!? If you lend money to them, aren't you afraid that they will destroy your house?"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"It's okay! The resources in the Republic of Borneo are not rich, there are no particularly high-profit industries, and transportation is not convenient. It is not their economic focus. I just deliberately provoked them, and in order to stabilize the relationship between everyone, they will ignore me."

"Because fighting a war is not cost-effective. Now everyone's slogan is about democracy and freedom. The loan can't be repaid. I can let Sister Jin Ling change herself for democracy, overthrow the cruel Princess Ning Ping, and start a revolution for the sake of justice."

"Aid and loans are all illegal, and I won't recognize any of those loans! I can even let Sister Jinling continue to take out loans, and then let Sister Yinling overthrow her later."

"Or we can do something even more extreme, let Princess Lin Jingli take out another loan, and finally start a revolution to unify the country and let Princess Ning Ping overthrow her brutal rule."

"Or maybe the wise and brave Princess Lin Jingli worked hard to overthrow the brutal rule of Sister Jin Ling and achieve the unification of the entire Borneo."

Hearing Zhang Kaiwu's ambition and his determination to carry out various revolutions, the women were stunned!
You are really shameless, you want to concentrate on defrauding loans and don't care about anything else for money! ?
Lin Jingli was stunned. She didn't know whether his idea was right or not, but it was simply unimaginable!
The beautiful mother-in-law also stared at him angrily. The Republic of Borneo has just been established, and you are already thinking about rebelling! ?

Elizabeth thought for a long time and looked at him with suspicion. Could it be that Zhang Kaiwu wanted to default on the huge loan from Great Britain?

By that time, if the Kaiwu Company in the Republic of Borneo goes bankrupt, we can create a new Wukai Company to start a comeback! ?
Zhang Kaiwu saw her worry and quickly comforted her:

"Dear Princess Elizabeth! Don't worry! I will definitely pay back the loan from Great Britain. This is a business that my company took the initiative to do. It's not from the Republic of Borneo. I won't ruin its reputation!"

"If I really do that, who will dare to lend money to my company in the future!?"

Everyone looked at him suspiciously. Are you really going to take out a loan?

Zhang Kaiwu glanced at them with a smile. It was right for them not to understand.

The whole world is now on the gold standard, and the banknotes issued by everyone are limited in quantity. Taking out a loan is always a losing business no matter how you look at it.

The problem is that your thinking is rigid. If you have never seen something, you will never be able to imagine what it looks like.

As long as you can get a loan, it’s not a loss in the fifties!

Because what you get with the loan is real gold and silver, and gold and silver are freely traded.

The gold exchange in London is specifically responsible for this task.

In order to get rid of the economic blockade of the United States, maintain the global liquidity of the ruble, and increase the treasury's gold and foreign exchange reserves, Eastern Europe will even set up foreign exchange stores in a few years to sell prohibited items such as alcohol and cigarettes.

Things like food that have quotas can be bought and sold if you have foreign exchange.

The people in Eastern Europe do not lack money, but they have money but cannot spend it. Everything must be purchased according to quotas!
Residents cannot exchange the rubles in their hands for other currencies, so these rubles are equivalent to waste paper.

Their heavy machinery is so awesome, but they can’t be sold and can’t be exchanged for food products and light industrial products.

There is no shortage of food in Borneo, with three harvests a year. What is lacking now is heavy industrial products.

Zhang Kaiwu already had an idea, he wanted to do private trade with both sides and get a huge loan from both sides. Development is the hard truth, as for how to repay the loan in the future, just learn from India's advanced experience.

India loaned 14 billion rubles to Eastern Europe and more than 4 billion US dollars to the United States, but in the end, didn’t it default on the loans as well? ?
In order not to offend either side, the 14 billion rubles they borrowed were worth tens of billions of US dollars, and they would wait until the ruble collapsed to pay it back. According to the economic value, they only had to pay back 3 million US dollars.

The US company loaned over 4 billion US dollars and kept dragging the creditors to death. Isn’t it the same that they didn’t pay back the money! ?

With such advanced experience, why not learn from it! ?
As long as you dare to lend money, I dare to lend money!
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The sun was already high in the sky, the tide of the Indian Ocean had receded a lot, and the beach on the ground was dry.

Several dukes also got up, complained to Zhang Kaiwu about the loud noise of the waves at night, and joined the breakfast group.

The Duke of Devonshire said sadly:

"Guys! Did you have a good rest yesterday? When the tide was high, I felt like I was almost carried away by the waves!"

"The younger ladies and noble gentlemen in the team probably didn't sleep well. They are still sleeping and haven't woken up yet."

Elizabeth politely covered her mouth, yawned, and said:

"Mr. Devon! The sound of the waves was indeed a bit noisy yesterday! I also want to catch up on some sleep, so feel free to do as you please!"

The beautiful mother-in-law also said a few polite words and prepared to run away with Princess Lin Jingli.

Mr. Duke of Argyll asked:
"Wait! What are we going to do this afternoon? Are we going to the next attraction?"

When several princesses heard this, they looked at Zhang Kaiwu with resentment. He immediately understood that they all wanted to play for a few more days.

He smiled and said:

"Gentlemen! How about we stay here for a few more days? I think sleeping in the sea is quite romantic. If you really can't sleep, I can get you a fishing rod and go fishing, which is also very interesting!?"

The princesses breathed a sigh of relief and left!
Only the Duke of York secretly kicked Argyll, and the few people ate breakfast together in silence.

Devon also responded that it was not that this place was ugly and the scenery was not unromantic. Everyone liked the beautiful sea view rooms here.

I'm getting old!
My grandson Chris didn’t come back last night. He slowly crawled back in the early morning. He was afraid of being scolded, so he didn’t go into the room. Now he is sleeping on the observation deck to recover.

There are benefits too!

The environment here is suitable for having children. If I stay for a few more days, I might even have a great-grandchild.

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Watching them finish their breakfast and smoke cigars, Zhang Kaiwu didn't need to get enough sleep and asked someone to get some fishing tools with local characteristics.

Just a drum with line wrapped around it and a fish hook tied to it. If you think it doesn't stick to the mud fast enough, you can tie a stone to it.

He got a few people to help him catch a bucket of small crabs on the beach and personally gave them to the three old men.

Four men rowed two small boats and took them to go fishing far away.

The sea here is gentle and the water is clear. The old men wearing life jackets quickly found happiness.

Under the sea water several meters deep, you can see all the fish clearly and fish for any fish you like.

After hooking the small crab, he lifted the fishing line and sent the hook towards the big fish's mouth.

The Duke of York said excitedly:
"Oh my goodness! Even though I don't have a fishing rod, this is more interesting than fishing in the Thames in London. I'm going to catch a twenty-pound grouper today."

The Duke of Argyll said excitedly:

"Stop talking nonsense! Row the boat forward a little. Don't fight with me. I want to catch that red grouper. I bet it's worth thirty pounds!"

Devon smiled and said:

"Is it enough for you to say it's yours? Whoever catches it first gets it. I often fish by the channel, you guys are watching me, get up now!"

There are just too many small fish, and the little crab is often robbed by the small fish when it enters the water.

Sometimes they are robbed by other big fish. There are also many kinds of pomfret and sea bass here, but they don’t eat these pomfret.

Although sea bass is edible, with so many large groupers, it would be better not to have sea bass.

Take it down and throw it away, and focus on grouper!
It’s okay to catch small fish!
Then they hung up the small fish they caught and used it to catch the big red grouper. The three old men helped each other and pulled the line desperately to catch the fish.

The three old men were holding fishing lines, all wanting to cast a scoop net for the big red grouper.

After catching the big red grouper, a few old men took a fancy to another big grouper and were eager to row over to it.

This resource is so abundant that you probably don’t need to fish for it yourself.

Zhang Kaiwu looked at the big abalones as big as small basins under the water, and the chef's soul fire tortured himself.

He took out a dagger, pretended to pick up a net bag, and jumped down to pry the abalone.

The Chinese abalone culture has not yet spread, and now no one eats this thing, but abalone is everywhere.

The locals here in Borneo will not eat seafood without scales because it violates the Koran.

The light at the shallow bottom of the sea was very bright, and all kinds of lobsters and crabs were running around everywhere. Only the silly abalone was clinging to the rocks and would not move for a single moment in its entire life.

In an undamaged ecological environment, resources such as abalone are truly abundant.

Zhang Kaiwu used a dagger to pry open more than a hundred large abalones in a short time. Each of them weighed seven or eight kilograms, or even more than ten kilograms.

After being steamed and dried nine times, it can at least be considered an abalone.

He left a few for cooking at noon and poured them into the boat. The rest of the abalone were collected by Zhang Kaiwu in the storage space. From now on, the abalone could be free.

We also got a few big crabs and some groupers, but they didn't like eating crabs, so they didn't take them out.

The Duke of Devonshire looked at the abalone and said humorously:
"Dear Earl Zhang! This thing is not tasty. The shell is too hard!"

When Zhang Kaiwu climbed onto the boat, several old men pointed at the lobster whiskers under a large hidden reef nearby.

There was a colorful scene inside, with about forty or fifty large lobsters weighing one or two pounds crowded in there.

The Duke of York smiled and said:

"Dear Zhang! Catching lobsters is a technical job, but unfortunately there is no lobster cage, otherwise I would show you one!"

This is a favorite food of Europeans, but it is too difficult to catch.

Although there are lobster whiskers everywhere under the reef, it is too difficult to catch them with your hands. They will shrink into the crevices of the reef if you stretch your hands out, so you can only use shrimp cages to catch them.

Originally they were prepared to watch a joke, but when Zhang Kaiwu heard this, he picked up the net bag and immediately dived underwater.

I saw the big lobsters under the crevice of the reef going crazy, jumping out one by one as if they were being thrown into Zhang Wu's open hand.

(End of this chapter)