Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The stronghold's plan was to be made public, but of course, it was still confidential. Everyone in the hall was stunned. None of them had expected the Prime Minister to propose such a strange proposal.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Hexin was the first to speak, "I understand, the Prime Minister wants to use the Qing Dynasty to seek death, to force the people's hearts back? Let our district be a safe fortress, let the people who seek refuge, the people who take the risk, come in on their own accord … "

"It's indeed feasible. They took the initiative to send themselves at our doorstep to plead with us to promote these two concepts. One is that they took the initiative to integrate into us, and the other is that we took the initiative to request."

Sima Yun nodded his head, "That's right, since ancient times, major achievements are just human, land and wealth. According to the Prime Minister's plan, once the world outside the fort goes into chaos, refugees and capital will continuously flood in, and even if we want to, we won't be able to stop them!"

"Moreover, it is very important that once a refugee wave like this appears, it is also a screening of the quality of the population. Just like what the Prime Minister had said, in order to survive, everyone must put forth 120% of their strength to fight for the opportunity to enter the fort …" This is a screening process for the elites! "

"The best capital and the best talent are indeed very important, but... But the land? Could it be that even with more than ten special zones, the total amount of people here was less than one prefecture? This … "Can this support the Prime Minister's cause?"

Speaking of which, Wang Huaiyuan was also enlightened, "Why not? Have we forgotten the introduction to England and Holland from the Prime Minister's Journey to the West? Dozens of nations in continental Europe are competing with one another. Other than the Russia, which country has a vast territory? "

"These are two completely different ideas of governing a country. We have always wanted more land because we still have not gotten rid of the habits of farming civilization... "In China, all the sources of wealth are on the land, groups of Ant like farmers, using taxes and cortege to support such a huge empire, we have experienced their suffering!"

"That's right. The small farmers' economy is destined for every natural person and family, and they can only provide a limited amount of wealth. Most of the time, the Empire's taxes are like handfuls of millet and handfuls of rice. The grains are still the main source of taxation …"

"In this sort of backward economy, the rulers have to make the base size larger, so they need more land. The wealth created per mu is really too low …"

"But the HKSAR is different. What does the HKSAR rely on to survive? with industrialization, commercialization and technology -- For an ordinary household in the Great Qing Province to reap rewards from cooking for seven to eight mu a year, would it be able to surpass one of the Gun s forged in our factory? "No way!"

"The richest region in Jiangnan, an acre of good paddy field, the profits created each year, are enough to buy a few pieces of glass and a few lanterns. The answer is that there aren't many... "

"We have already found a way to create wealth that is far more efficient than the farming economy of the past, so why are we sticking to the land and not letting it go? Is it because we have a religious worship of food in our bone marrow? "

Xiao Letian laughed, then clapped his hands and said: "Good, good, good, I never thought that you guys would open up to something so fast! "But don't forget about the phrase 'no farmers are unstable'. People still have to eat after all …"

Before he could finish, the large nose Pierre smiled and said, "I only approve half of Prime Minister's words. You have seen the vastness of this world, how can you use such a gaze to look at the problem? Have you forgotten the grain merchants under the command of the Letian Firm? "As far as I know, Nanyang's Three Season Rice Mask has increased by more than threefold in two years. More than seventy percent of the food here has already been purchased by the Ryukyu, so our military rations are enough to last us more than ten years …"

"Based on the current level of procurement, even if we were to encounter millions of refugees in the future, we would not face a food crisis … We can use commercial means to stimulate more Chinese and natives in Nan Yang to till new lands, and we can even sign a purchase contract on North America's granary. With such a large sum of money, can we not afford to raise these special zones? "

"Alright, alright, alright …" Xiao Letian slapped his thigh. "This is the only way to gather all the thoughts, it is much more enjoyable than putting on a death mask and forcing people into a palace …"

"Yes, when our Industrial Zones becomes a fortress, when our enemies are unable to move these iron nail nailed to China, the fort will become a kind of spiritual totem for our countrymen!"

"I've always said that happiness isn't an absolute value, it's just a relative value. I have a hole in my hand, and you only have a bowl of noodle soup, so compared to you, I'm happier …"

"Humans can only experience happiness by competing, the Tanggu District's willow wall already divides the hearts of people into different grades, the villages outside the walls are so envious of the people inside, and the people outside the wall-like walls are envious of the villages near the wall-like walls that can open up the Grass City …"

"Actually, in the eyes of the westerner, whether it is the Chinese in or outside of the Special Zone, there is not much difference. The same goes for the inferior people in their eyes, the barbarians … "These westerner will only compete with their neighbors, for example, the English and French Prussia and the others …"

"Since human nature is so, we must follow it and arrange our strategy! The fortress is richer than the Great Qing; the fortress is safer than the Great Qing; the fortress is fairer than the Great Qing; the fortress is more respectful of human nature than the Great Qing. "

"Well, now I want to ask you, if you are still the people of the Great Qing, what else do you want? Is that enough for you to fall into the arms of the fort? Under a gray sky, there are still a dozen islands in China that are igniting the light of hope. Isn't that enough for them to throw themselves into it? "

"I firmly believe that there are smart people in this world, and their minds were momentarily clouded. As long as they have a few years of time, they will definitely wake up, just like the people of Tanggu three years ago and the citizens of Tanggu District now, are they still the same people? Let's say it's a joke. In three years, even if I were to bring them to rebel, they would probably follow me! "

"This is a game of snowballing. A spark can set the prairie ablaze. One becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight …" Don't underestimate the base that just started with this. But if you continue to calculate for yourself, how many people will we affect in the end? "

Everyone stood up in excitement. "That's right! The spark can set the prairie ablaze. We can't let the initial difficulty blind us. Follow the correct path. The change has actually already happened!"

Xiao Letian smiled with a relaxed expression. He pointed to the wind and rain outside the window and said, "Why would such a huge storm appear in the Pacific Ocean when a butterfly is fluttering its wings in the South America's tropical rain forest? How long will it take for my butterfly to see my storm sweep through China? "

"Brothers, I only want to consider one thing right now, and that is time! Just how many years do we need to incite this storm? "