"Tell you the truth. Whether the Central Plains civilization chooses economic blockade or open free trade, as long as there is no policy to compensate for economically disadvantaged nations, the final result will end with the collapse of the weak economy."

"Under the economic lockdown, the grassland people collapsed faster. After the open free trade, the collapse slowed down a little, but the result was always the same, and it finally collapsed on a large scale."

"Do you really think nomads are born bloodthirsty? Wrong, in fact, ordinary herders are also born by their parents. They also ask their wives to have children, and they also seek comfort and hope to enjoy life!"

"If life can continue and not die of cold and starvation, who would be willing to do a beheading business?"

"You must remember that whenever the grassland is in severe famine, it is the time when they go south to rob the worst, and everything is just for survival!"

"You Xiang Ying can promise them that you will only kill people without touching the Mongolians. I also assume that they will believe your nonsense, but no matter how much you believe, you will not solve this terminal illness in economics in the end!"

"Have you ever considered how the Mongols survived after they escaped the privileges given to them by the Manchus?"

"Haha, you have too many shells in your head, and I'm afraid you haven't thought about how the economy works! The Qing Dynasty and the Mongolians jointly squeezed out the oil and water from the Central Plains. In fact, this is a kind of feeding back to weak economies!"

"The Han and Mongolians have always been in a strong position in the economic and trade activities of the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years... You don't have to refute me, I know what examples you want to give!"

"You would say that the Qing Dynasty had too many levies and taxes, and excessive bullying of the Han caravans, and the law was unfair, and the interests of the Han people were seriously damaged!"

"I can see these clearly than you. Of course I know how the Qing Dynasty oppressed the Han people. I am also very angry! But you forgot to observe another detail!"

"Why are the Han people suffering so many unfair treatments, but they are still continuing to explore trade routes to the grassland? Caravans are endless every year, and the trade between the grassland and the Central Plains has not stopped for more than 200 years. Why is this?"

Speaking of this, Wang Junlan's ears suddenly stood up. He realized that the real dry goods were about to appear, and the pen in his hand began to rustle sketches.

"Why? I'm afraid you will never understand this truth in your life. Let me tell you... No matter how cruel the exploitation of the Qing Dynasty and Mongolian princes and ministers was, as long as the caravan trade activities continue to continue and even the scale is still expanding!"

"This shows that the trade between the Central Plains economy and the grassland economy is still profitable! Although the Han caravans were extorted and some of the interests were taken away, the rest did not lose money, and they could still make money!"

"This is the root cause! If all the Han caravans have no profit, even if the Qing Dynasty and Mongolian princes do not oppress them and bring all the merchants to the sky to offer them, I am afraid that no merchant will set foot on the grassland!"

"Is the reason very simple? Maybe the merchants think that he should have earned 5,000 taels of silver on this trip, but because of the heavy taxes and the deductions of corrupt officials, the profit was only 2,500 taels left..."

"He will complain and scold, but no matter how he complains, he will scold! He will do the business in the end. Even for the profit of 2,500 taels, he will organize more goods to go north next year!"

"Continuously make money. No matter how much you make, the money on the grassland is always flowing towards the Central Plains, and the commodities from the Central Plains will continue to flow into the north!"

"Why did the grassland economy not collapse after two hundred years of such trade exchanges? They actually had money for the Han people to make money for two hundred years?"

"Why didn't the kind of fishing collapse I just mentioned happen? In the final analysis, the answer is political!"

"After all, the Qing Dynasty was in a quasi-alliance state with the Eight Mongolian Banners. The Mongols had served the Manchus as the orthodox masters, and the Qing Dynasty would naturally repay the Mongols with real money and silver!"

"Not only are the preferential treatments in various policies, but also the salary and rewards of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the salaries of the princes and ministers are a considerable amount. In addition, the Qing Dynasty gave Mongolian princes and princes the right to collect taxes, so while the money is outflowing, there is also a water pump to replenish the wealth of the Han people back to the grassland!"

"Do you understand now? Can you understand this economic game?"

"Because money comes and goes in this game, this game can be played for 200 years and has not collapsed yet! The people of the grassland enjoyed various goods from the Han people, and the Han people also earned money and wealth on the grassland..."

"Immediately afterwards, the Qing Dynasty used various means to replenish the wealth of the Han people on the grassland, and it continued forever. In this continuous trade cycle, peace actually appeared!"

"The war confrontation between the Central Plains and the grasslands for thousands of years has actually calmed down for a full two hundred years! This is the power of the economy, and you, Xiang Ying, don't understand this power at all!"

"Well, let's look at the First Opium War! By the same token, Britain needs a lot of Chinese goods, while China needs a little of British goods, which creates a serious trade deficit!"

"The British cannot watch their gold and silver continue to flow into the Chinese people's pockets. If this continues, wouldn't it be the final collapse I just mentioned?"

"If a country, a nation, if the gold, silver and currency in commercial circulation are drained by another nation, then there is only one dead end to await him!"

"It is precisely because of this that the British people thought of the opium, a trade cheater!"

"When Chinese porcelain, silk, tea, bristles, and other commodities are like water pumps to draw gold, silver and treasures from the British economy, the British also started high-power drug pumps to draw gold, silver and gold from China's economic pond..."

"They have to ensure the balance of trade. Let's not talk about whether they make money or not. They have to ensure the stability of the water in their pond! This is related to survival and is an untouchable red line!"

"But when Emperor Daoguang was about to smash the last water pump for him, the British were angry. They knew that once the water pump was destroyed, they would never find any tools to make up for the trade deficit!"

"Since you, the Qing Dynasty, did not let me live, and closed the door to negotiations, there is only one last method, that is war!"

"This is why the first Opium War was found. The root of the war lies in the key point of trade inequality!"

"Imagine if Emperor Daoguang could sit at the negotiating table and negotiate with the British, and after smashing the drug pump, he could help the British start other reasonable trade counter-patch procedures!"

"When the British saw that they could reach a trade balance without war and prevent the deficit from fatality... I think that war would not exist!"

"Xiang Ying! You must always remember this. War is just a concentrated outbreak of various contradictions in human society. In the final analysis, it is because of trade conflicts that trigger economic conflicts, and because of economic conflicts that trigger political confrontation! "

"Political confrontation will naturally activate the country's propaganda machine, thereby creating national hatred! Once national hatred spreads, it will eventually rise to war, this fierce form!"
Chapter completed!