Three Kingdoms: I Am Not an Ant Thief Chapter 703, Foreign Students
Zhuge Liang frowned and thought for a while and said: "We only know this little information, it is difficult to find a solution!"
Pang Tong also nodded and said: "In the Han Dynasty, this is nothing at all! No one has paid attention to it, so naturally no one has thought about how to solve it!"
Prices have less than doubled, can this be considered an economic problem? Even if 1,800 people starved to death, it would still be a matter worthy of a memorial.
Xu Shu thought for a while and said: "Logically speaking, Daqian does not lack food and cloth. If food and clothing are guaranteed, it is just steel, coal, cement, wood and other materials that have little relevance to the people. If Daqian stops all these projects, If the demand stops, prices will naturally drop!"
Zhuge Liang said: "This is a project worth hundreds of billions. How can we stop it? If it really stops, the debt alone will be enough to bankrupt the Daqian court! We should still find ways to open up sources. If we can get enough steel , the prices of things like cement, coal, and wood will not come down.”
"Bankruptcy, a new word coined by Lei Gong, should have the same meaning as King Zhou's high debt. After living for so long, this is the first time I know that the court can still go bankrupt!" Pang Tong said with a smile: "I really want to see the big picture. What does it look like to bankrupt the imperial court!"
Pang Tong's words made Pang Degong glare at Pang Tong sternly. If such words were spread, he would be in trouble!
The three of them were stared at by Mr. Pang De, and they immediately did not dare to speak any more.
The other great scholars discussed it for a long time but couldn't think of any good solution. After all, they didn't have the right expertise.
This situation made Zhao Qidu disappointed and said: "No wonder Lei Gong doesn't like my Confucianism. We have already thrown away all the physical objects and can't solve the problem. We can only talk and retreat. No wonder Lei Gong looks down on our Confucianism."
Xu Shao said: "Master Zhao, I will look up the books after I go back and maybe I will find some results. The Daqian Kingdom has been passed down for thousands of years, and there will always be similar histories. We can also learn from the wisdom of our ancestors!"
There were also some books that recorded economics in this era, such as "The Biography of Huo Zhi" and "Pingzhun Shu" written by Sima Qian, as well as the official histories of all dynasties such as "Shi Huo Zhi" and "Guan Zi". Therefore, after these great scholars returned home, they began to Find these books,
And after these great scholars searched for books, they actually wrote suggestions in newspapers to build more steel and cement plants to solve this problem!
Otherwise, punish profiteers severely so that they don't dare to ask for debts. For these great scholars, it is a bit excessive to massacre merchants with complaints like Dong Zhuo. But merchants want interest and even dare to collect debts. This is a bit overreaching. I really think Today's Daqian is still in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. If you owe debts, you have to build a high platform to hide!
In short, we still haven’t escaped from the old confines of feudal thinking.
Xu Wei also read these newspapers, but they didn't have much meaning. They were still used to using power to solve economic problems. Xu Wei was also extremely disappointed with their performance. This was not what he wanted to see.
To be honest, Xu Wei kept them because he knew that ideas must collide to create sparks. The industrial era is not only the advancement of science and technology, but also a period of great openness of ideas. The wisdom of various thinkers exploded in this era. This is The most brilliant period of human civilization broke out. It can be said that this period is the most golden age of human civilization.
The reason why there is such an explosion of ideas is because the ideas, morals, and ethics of the industrial era are completely different from those of the feudal era. When a society has entered an industrialized society, the etiquette of the feudal era cannot adapt to the society, causing various problems.
We must find ways to resolve these contradictions in our lives. If we cannot resolve these contradictions, the country will perish.
So when machines entered these countries, contradictions that were not suitable for the feudal system also entered these countries. The separation of powers and natural human rights appeared in the fierce collision of various ideas. These ideas ignited the entire civilization, and then in the wake of these ideas
Under the guidance, a set of ideological morals, ethics and civilization suitable for the industrial era will be formed.
"These people's ideas are too old, and their three views are already ancient. It seems that I have to wait for the next group of students to grow up!" Xu Wei said helplessly.
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After putting down the information about the great scholars like Zhao Qi, Xu Wei took a look at the new patent report from the Patent Office.
Driven by Xu Wei and inspired by the example of Cai Qiao, many people also want to get rich overnight through inventions, so there are many private inventors in Daqian and they have applied for many patents!
And there are indeed some people who have come up with a lot of good things. For example, some blacksmith families have come up with alloy formulas or forging technologies that have been researched by their families for decades or hundreds of years. This is very beneficial to improving the mechanical level of Daqian. What other printing and dyeing technologies are there?
, breeding technology, planting technology.
Although the Han Dynasty is conservative, it has followed the traditions of ancient times. The same is true for a family to delve into a technical classics. The study from generation to generation has become a family study. This kind of technology passed down from generation to generation is not even inferior to modern times, but they are very poor.
He was rarely made public, and eventually disappeared without a trace along with the family's collapse during the war.
Now these technologies, which have been studied for hundreds of years, are protected by the patent office and can be used to expand production and earn more profits. Naturally, many people use their ancestral technologies for money.
But most of them are the kind of people who deceive the world and steal their reputation. They want to build an eight-legged stool, a six-wheeled carriage, etc.! They want to come to the patent office to show off! Because their patent is recognized, they can get 100,000 yuan.
Loans are used to build factories. Of course, such scammers will not be able to open any factories after receiving the money. Instead, they will spend it all themselves and then find ways to get new patents to continue to cheat money.
So Xu Wei took over the right to review patents. He would review every registered patent, not only to prevent scammers from appearing, but also to discover useful patents.
Xu Wei originally thought that he would look at a bunch of weird drawings today, but he didn't expect that after looking at a few patents, he would actually see something good!
"Someone actually made a sewing machine!" Xu Wei was surprised. These are three big items, and the technical content is not low. Then Xu Wei suddenly had an idea and said, I thought of a way to consume part of the people's wealth.
The main reason for this kind of inflation is because of overheated investment. The secondary reason is that a large number of projects have put money in the hands of the people. They buy daily necessities or build new houses, which raises prices. Because of Xu Wei’s agricultural loans, the rural areas of Daqian are now There is no shortage of agricultural tools, so the money in the hands of the people is mainly to improve their lives. Their demand has expanded too fast, and farm production has not been able to keep up, which has caused the prices of their agricultural and sideline products to rise.
But if you buy some large agricultural items like sewing machines, cattle, and horses and send them to the countryside yourself, this should consume a lot of money, and these things can also help farmers improve their lives!
Xu Wei did it as he said. He ordered people to contact the officials in the desert and asked them to spend the winter early this year, prepare 1 million cattle and 1 million horses, and find a way to sell them to the vast villages in the Central Plains. At the same time, he ordered people to find Huang Yueying. Their sewing machine factory needs a loan of 10 million to allow them to expand production, preferably to a production scale of 100,000 yuan per month. In addition, other industrial products will be sent to the vast villages in the Central Plains, absorbing tens of billions of funds, and the inflation of agricultural and sideline products will The pressure naturally dropped.
So Zhuge Liang and the others were overjoyed. They had just sold a few sewing machines, and before they even got a name for themselves, they were hit by this gift package. They had 10 million yuan to expand production, and there were still orders for 100,000 units every month. The workshop instantly became one of the largest factories in Daqian!
At the end of August, Youzhou has completely entered the third period of summer!
A transport ship from Crab Island docked at Quanzhou Pier, and then boarded a train from Quanzhou to Jidu.
"Sir, is this the train you are talking about?" Cao Ang looked at the speeding train in shock. The young people who followed him in fear were also shocked. They immediately said that Dahan was only a few years old. How come the current Daqian Kingdom has become Let them not know each other.
Guo Jia sighed: "It is because Daqian is changing so fast that I proposed to my lord that you come to Daqian to study abroad. Otherwise, our Crab Island may really become a country of savages! Only by studying abroad in Daqian can we keep up. For the development of Daqian, apply Daqian’s technology to our Crab Island!”
Guo Jia was deeply impressed by what he saw in Jidu. He knew that if they continued to settle on Crab Island, they would be so shaken by Da Gan that they would not even be able to see their tails. By then, they would really become savages. This is something that Guo Jia cannot accept.
So he found Cao Cao, told him what he had seen in Jidu, and suggested that each family send their direct descendants to study abroad in Daqian and learn how to make machinery, because Guo Jia believed that Daqian's limited inventions relied on machinery.
After Cao Cao learned about the development of Daqian, he agreed with Guo Jia's idea. He summoned all the family heads on the island and talked about studying abroad. These family heads also agreed to study abroad.
So there was a group of foreign students like Cao Ang. Most of them were in their teens to 20s and were direct descendants of various families. A total of more than 100 people came to Jidu Mechanical College to study abroad.
At this time, the train suddenly stopped. Soon the train arrived here and explained to them: "There are a large group of cattle and horses passing by on the road. The train will stop on the rails and will not run until these cattle and horses have passed." "
"Road? Herds of cattle and horses?" They found that they knew these words individually, but together they found it difficult to understand.
This is not a grassland. How can there be horses? A road? A road specially prepared for horses?
The train conductor smiled and said: "This road is a road prepared for horses. Every winter in the grassland, a large number of cattle and horses enter the inland. In order to prevent them from destroying the farm, and also to prevent them from getting lost, the government specially prepared a closed road.
A large number of railings were used to surround both sides of the road, so that after the horses entered the road, they would not go elsewhere, and a large amount of feed was prepared on both sides of the road. Of course, carriages and people could also walk.
But because it’s for horses, it’s called a road.”
It was really like this, everyone was surprised!
"Boom, boom, boom!" The dull thunder began to come slowly, and Guo Jia knew it was the sound of thousands of horses galloping, and then the sound became louder and louder.
A large herd of cattle and horses covered the sky and crossed the road in front of them. From time to time, herdsmen would drive back the horses that wanted to escape!
They waited for a whole stick of incense before the herd of cattle and horses left completely.
Cao Ang and others were shocked by this scene and were speechless for a long time. They dispatched workers and opened up the sulfur and timber markets. Crab Island's financial revenue increased by more than 10 times. After having money, they purchased a large amount of money in Daqian.
The horses, cattle and iron tools were used for land reclamation and transportation.
But at this time, the total number of cattle and horses on Crab Island is only tens of thousands. The cattle and horses I just passed in front of them numbered tens of thousands. You don't have many on Crab Island. How can they not be surprised?
"Why did the people of Daqian take the horses to the Central Plains?" Cao Ang asked in confusion.
Guo Jia replied: "These cattle and horses are to be sold to the ordinary people of Daqian. Every year, millions of large animals enter the Central Plains and become the help for the people of Daqian to open up wasteland. It is because of the large number that they need to be specially built for large sums of money."
The road is here for these cows and horses to walk! Daqian has developed so fast and occupying the grassland can be said to be an important reason. It is these cows that pull the Daqian forward at a rapid speed, and now Lei Gong has changed the driving force of progress into a train!"
At this time, Cao Ang and the others finally paid attention to Guo Jia and asked them to study abroad. From the number of cattle and horses, it can be seen that the gap between the two sides is really too big.
Then Cao Ang said: "There are too few changes in our Crab Island. Except for some more fields, it can be said that there is no change. It is slowly becoming like another big man. But no real big man can compare with Da Gan, let alone
We are fake goods."
Kong Cheng, another young student, also said: "We must have train and ship technology! Only with trains and ships can our goods be transported to Daqian for sale!"
Of course, there are still some students who are worried: "Although Daqian is powerful, it is too harsh on us. We can only learn their techniques, but we cannot learn from theirs for national policies."
"But Da Gan is able to achieve what he is today, is it probably because of Juntian?" A young student said hesitantly.
When it comes to the topic of Juntian, we can't talk anymore today. The first thing is that they were driven to Crab Island in this way. This is the biggest scar in their hearts. This group of people are not young, and they are still young. I have never forgotten my life in Dahan.
The second is that Crab Island naturally does not have private land, but it is not state-owned, but is owned by clans. All the land is controlled by these families. Even Cao Cao cannot seize it from them. Then these clans will control it. The land in one's hands was distributed to some branches or military personnel, which was a bit of a return to the enfeoffment system of the Spring and Autumn Period.
After being silent for a while, Cao Ang said: "We came to Daqian to learn technology, there is no need for us to consider other things."