Send Jiang Fan and Lin Wanqing outside the house together.
Qian Sihai's face showed a relieved smile.
Qian Rushan on the side was a little confused and asked: "Dad, you are in a good mood...?"
"It's very good, Rushan, do you know what is the most important thing for businessmen like us?"
Qian Sihai turned towards the garden of the house and asked at the same time.
Qian Rushan followed Qian Sihai, and after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Protect yourself wisely? Keep a low profile? To avoid being spotted?"
"No, it's useless to keep a low profile when we have money like this. Banks all over the world are open all over the world. No matter how low-key you are, others will still remember you. Once you need money, the first thing that comes to mind is,
It will only be you."
Qian Sihai shook his head and continued: "So for us, money actually doesn't mean much. On the contrary, because there are more and more money, it may eventually become a fatal disaster. The status of businessmen is too low, even if we give away a lot every year
With his money, he finally has some influence in the court, but this influence is still unstable."
"Once something happens and we are involved, it is almost foreseeable that we will be abandoned. After all... what a tempting piece of fat this is. There is enough money, but not enough power.
It’s simply an example of letting others slaughter you.”
Having said this, Qian Sihai sneered and continued: "Just like raising pigs, Da Zhou raises our Qian family and allows our Qian family's business to continue to grow, and even sometimes he will protect us. It's completely
We don’t have to worry about our Qian family amassing wealth to the extent that it will rival the country.”
"Why? Because this pig... Dazhou can kill it at any time if he wants to! The fatter it is, the more meat can be obtained after killing it. With the help of our Qian family, through
The ability of our Qian family to do business has brought together the world's wealth. Once necessary, we will invent some crimes, and these wealth will instantly become the wealth of the imperial court. And the people in this world will only scold our Qian family for being rich and unkind. After all, only the imperial court can
It represents justice."
Qian Rushan shuddered when he heard this, and subconsciously repeated: "Raise... pigs?"
"Yes, raising pigs. So for businessmen at our level, the most important thing is to find a truly useful backer! Different businessmen will be targeted by different people. Small businessmen may only be targeted by the city.
If you are targeted by the governor, big businessmen will be targeted by the county guards. As for businessmen at our level, they will definitely be in the heart of the emperor."
Qian Sihai smiled self-deprecatingly and teased: "Isn't it ridiculous? Jane is in the emperor's heart. How many officials have been asking for it but they can't get it, but they are enjoyed by us low-status businessmen. But... this kind of simplicity is in the emperor's heart.
The heart is almost like a reminder of death."
"Now His Majesty has a cosmic mind and great ambitions. He wishes he could create a prosperous country in his lifetime. Therefore, he has conquered all the barbarians in the east and west without stopping in these years. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty... After all, it was just established less than 40 years ago.
Years and years of accumulation are still small, and this kind of militarism will cause problems sooner or later."
Qian Rushan blinked and said in shock: "Dad, you mean... Dazhou is now in a very dangerous situation?"
"Of course, what is the war fought for? It is about logistics, money and food. Every war will consume a lot of money and food! In these years, His Majesty has emptied the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if he keeps apportioning and increasing taxes,
, it is difficult to continue to support it. On the contrary, due to the increasingly serious apportionment and increase of taxes, the people's lives are very difficult, and if there is any natural or man-made disaster, they may have to face the desperate situation of running out of food."
Having said this, Qian Sihai pointed to the sky, squinted his eyes and continued: "It has been almost four months, and God has not rained even once. Such a severe drought is rare in a century, but it happened at this time.
It’s here. Summer will be over soon, and even if we estimate according to the best-case scenario, there will definitely be no harvest in autumn.”
"Then this winter will be really difficult. God knows how many people will die this winter without enough food. What's more, every time the grassland needs to survive the winter, there is a lack of food. They basically invade south and rob food.
It is bound to happen. Think about it, when even survival becomes a problem, what kind of chaos will this country be like?"
Qian Rushan looked stunned. After being stunned for a while, he finally said, "But Dad, doesn't your Majesty understand this? Even if His Majesty is confused for a moment, there are so many people in the court, and there will be someone who can see clearly.
.”
"Of course your Majesty understands, but so what? The Great Zhou dominates the world. No matter the golden tent of the grasslands in the north or the hundreds of thousands of mountains in the south, they cannot pose a real threat to the Great Zhou. Therefore, in the face of the temptation to expand the territory, we must die.
What do some common people matter?"
Qian Sihai continued with a mocking look on his face: "Our Majesty's intention to conquer the East is known to all the world. The failure of the previous Eastern Expedition was regarded by our Majesty as a great shame and humiliation, almost a demon, so no matter what happens,
There is absolutely nothing that can stop the Eastern Expedition from happening step by step."
"As for the adults above the court...they are basically all nobles left behind by the Four Kingdoms. How could they care about the lives of ordinary people? War requires the mobilization of massive amounts of materials. As long as it happens, they will have the opportunity to take action.
.And war means military merit, which is what the generals like most, so from top to bottom, no one will try their best to prevent famine from coming."
Qian Rushan thought for a while and said hesitantly: "So what you are saying is that once the situation worsens, in order to ensure that the Eastern Expedition is not affected and at the same time stabilize the domestic situation, His Majesty is likely to take action on us?"
"It's not a possibility, it's a certainty! Our Qian family is the richest in the world. When the time comes, if we don't kill our fat pig, who can be killed? As long as we are killed, the depleted treasury will be filled again, and many problems will arise.
, it will no longer be a problem, if it were me, I would kill it too!"
Qian Sihai said with a smile.
"Dad, your so-called gambling brother Jiang..."
"Do you still remember what you told me before, that everyone in Lin's village is a martial artist?"
"Remember, what happened?"
"Nothing, it just gave me some associations. Under the premise of these associations, I am willing to take a gamble. Anyway, if you don't gamble, you will die. The difference is only sooner or later. But if you gamble... you can at least have a chance of survival!"
Qian Sihai narrowed his eyes again, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes!