Tian Erdan asked about the thoughts of all the Green Camp soldiers present, and even some of the helpers who helped the game pricked up their ears and listened.

Ye Qiu and Pang Chaoyun were a little speechless. The second generation of businessmen had never thought about this. Although neither of them was a family of business tycoons, as members who could get a share of the maritime trade, the family's financial resources should not be underestimated.

They really haven't lived back to their poor life. Of course, they also realized how sweet the days that were not present were. In their eyes, beef and canned fruits were delicious, but they were far from fresh and exquisite. In their hearts, the braised beef cooked by the chef at home with that pot of old soup is the best.

"Oh...Oh..." Ye Qiu oh for a long time and didn't say anything. In the end, Pang Chaoyun took over the words.

"Of course the Prime Minister has money, but I can tell you responsibly that the Prime Minister has no treasure pot, and the Prime Minister's money is also earned little by little, not as you have said, the Third Prince of the Dragon King..."

"I think there is only one reason why you think so, which is what the Prime Minister said. The gap between the rich and the poor within the Qing Dynasty was too big..."

Xiao Letian once talked about whether there was money in the Qing Dynasty. At the economic conference within the Lotte Foreign Company, and the elders of the Ye Qiu and Pang Chaoyun families were lucky enough to listen.

The Qing Dynasty had money or not, and this problem would appear in different forms from different perspectives, and it is difficult to say clearly in one sentence. Xiao Letian's analysis was very sharp and "the gap between the rich and the poor, capital outflow."

Yes, in the long history of China, no matter how dynasties change or how the country changes colors, China is always like a huge magnet, constantly absorbing the wealth of the whole world.

There were indeed foreign invasions, and even barbarians won the world, but this slow gold-gathering device never stopped working.

The reason is very simple. At that time, Chinese civilization was the best in the world. Even if the war horses of the northern nomads rushed into the Central Plains to plunder a large amount of gold, silver and treasures, then in normal trade, these wealth would gradually flow back, or even more.

It’s nothing more, it’s just the attraction of higher civilizations. The aliens need salt and iron tea from the Central Plains, exquisite crafts, silk porcelain, and even cultural products from the Central Plains, such as the “Spring Palace Map”, which can create foreign exchange?

The Central Plains, the land is vast and the materials are abundant, and various goods are inflowing net outflows and various gold and silver are inflowing net inflows. Thousands of years of accumulation have allowed China, a country that was originally very scarce in gold and silver veins, to be the world's number one precious metal storage.

Don’t underestimate the porcelain and silk of those ships, and don’t underestimate the carts of salt and iron tea. It can’t stand the long history of China for thousands of years. It accumulates a lot of sand to form a tower. The depth of wealth accumulation among Chinese people is simply unimaginable.

This situation continued until the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and there was no sign of ending. This trade deficit eventually collapsed the British. They could not bear the precious metals they gathered from the colonies and Europe, and they made the Qing Dynasty profit away for nothing, and in the end they could only exert the murderous aura of opium.

At that moment, opium was no longer just a drug, but a weapon of financial and economic warfare. It was a fierce medicine for Britain to fight against the Chinese gold-swalking monster. The final side effect of this fierce medicine was war.

"The Prime Minister once said that China is not short of money, and the wealth accumulated by the people is more than just a mountain of gold and silver? But why are the poor now without a place to stand, while the rich are extravagant? The unfair distribution of wealth, the rampant behavior of corrupt officials and foreign robbers is one reason, and on the other hand, our China has suppressed business since ancient times..."

"That's right, the business group is a fatty meat in the eyes of power in China. No matter how capable the businessman is, he can't do anything big, because you have to use funds to do things. As soon as you mobilize the white silver mountains, they will attract bloody mouths from corrupt officials. You haven't done your business yet, but the money is gone and they swallowed it..."

"No one is stupid. After a while, people will understand the world. If you have money, you have to hide it. You can secretly hide it in the cellar, or turn it into a thousand hectares of fertile land. Finally, you can give it to a scholar to become an official. This is the helplessness of the Chinese. They can only use this method to adapt to the environment..."

Pang Chaoyun might have said it a bit too tall, and his confused eyes made him embarrassed. However, Ye Qiu thought for a long time and took the conversation and said.

"Old Pang is talking about the Prime Minister's words. You should not understand it. In fact, the truth is very clear. You are poor and we are rich. The key core is that Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai and his men are both consciences and honest... Can you understand this?"

"I understand..." The soldiers of the green camp nodded one by one, "That's right, I have been in the army for so many years, and it's the first time I have seen a commander who doesn't beat, scold or kowtow... I'm kind and don't embezzle our food. Look at the food, the Prime Minister is all honest officials..."

It is still a very simple peasant thought. Life is a good result of the wise and honest officials. Life is hard, but they dare not scold the emperor but can only scold the dog officials for being greedy. Only when they are forced to have no way to survive will they think of the rebellion of the emperor.

Ye Qiu took a sip of hot soup and nodded, "What you understand is the first point, and there is a second point behind it... Our prime minister respects merchants, and this is called "mercantilism". Qing Yao and those scholars all look down on merchants, so this is also the main reason why you are poor..."

"China has been underdeveloped since ancient times. The grain merchants, cloth merchants, and grocery merchants you usually face are actually not pure merchants. They are just a group of officials and businessmen who rely on corrupt officials, and they rely on monopoly to make money."

"For example, farmers farm, why do people always lower the price of grain when the harvest is bumper every autumn? And when the weather is not enough, there are always people increasing the market? You have worked hard for a year and have a poor harvest, and you have to sell your children and daughters when the harvest is bad.

Ye Qiu finally said this to Erdan and the others. Thinking about the hard days of their ancestors for generations, they were extremely moved and secretly wiped their tears.

"So what, that's all fate... When I was a child, I went to buy rice with my father. The rice shopkeeper's mouth was simply hooked, and no one could tell him... They joined forces to reduce the price in the long run, and when the green and yellow people didn't meet, they joined forces to raise the price. They were all from a group, and we couldn't resist them with great power..."

"That's right, everyone who opens a grain store in the city has big names. How can we ordinary people beat them..."

Ye Qiu slapped his thighs, "Yes... That's the reason. They are all a group of officials and businessmen, a group of monopoly merchants. They are different from the merchants promoted by our Prime Minister Xiao... What we are engaged in is equal competition here. Whoever wants to do a good business must improve the quality of service. Then, the good price and goods will be released, otherwise it will be a dead..."

"To be honest, you should still have the impression that at the beginning of spring this year, there was a shortage of grain in our Tanggu area. Many businesses joined forces to raise the price of grain, and wanted to make money when the people had no rice in the rice jar... What was the result?"

Before he finished speaking, several green camp soldiers around the bonfires also squeezed over, "What's wrong? What's wrong later..."

Ye Qiu also picked it up at this time and enjoyed the feeling of being watched by everyone. He hung up a cigarette and pointed it at the fire with his hand. Without him speaking, he quickly pulled out a burning wooden strip and lit the cigarette respectfully.

"Those stupid and short-sized grain merchants want to use their old brains to make money. As a result, this matter was reported to the shopkeeper Fan Jian. As a result, the shopkeeper smiled and wrote a line of words on the note with a wide finger. He turned around and asked someone to hand it over to the shopkeeper Niu of the Sihai Business..."

"After seeing it, there were four small characters on it, 'East Asian Rice Digging', Niu understood it at that time, and turned around and started sending messages to the semicolons of the merchants located in Japan, North Korea, Ryukyu and Jiangnan..."

"How fast did the pigeon fly? In less than three days, Japanese rice, Korean rice and Jiangnan rice started loading the ship, and it was soaring to Tanggu..."

"The first one to arrive was North Korea's 100 meters. Three large warehouses were removed. The villagers who carried rice walked through the city like a long dragon. When the local grain merchant saw that the price was immediately reduced, the price was 20% lowered on the same day..."

"The one that came after that was Japanese rice. The Japanese businessman in a weird kimono was so respectful. He gave us rice and bowed endlessly, saying that he could serve our prime minister for eight lifetimes and was convinced... Then the civilians carried the burden around the city..."

"That night, the price of grain in the city plummeted by 30%..." Ye Qiu vomited a smoke ring long. "Later, after the rice from Ryukyu and Jiangnan arrived..."

"How is it?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Haha, the owners of the local buns and grain merchants closed the door immediately, and then they all went to the street outside the Lotte Foreign Company General Office. Nothing else, they just asked the old shopkeeper to give up his hands and let a way out..."

"Look, this is the real businessman. If you don't make bad money, you can go overseas with a business layout. You can make money by buying low and selling high and stabilize prices. Do you think the people will make profits in the end?"

This time Erdanma replied, "So that's how it is? What you mean is that the price of the same thing is very different in the world. Merchants purchase goods at low prices and sell them at high prices. In this way, the price of places with shortage of food will not be too high, and places with a lot of food will not be too low, and both sides will benefit..."

Pang Chaoyun gave a sigh and said that he could understand this truth. "Yes, why did our prime minister get rich? He understood this truth and knew how to mobilize the power of merchants all over the world, so he made money..."

"For example, Sihai Business Bureau, they defeated the old Tanggu grain merchants. Do you think he has accumulated virtue and done good deeds? But do you know that he has not only accumulated virtue and done good deeds, but he has actually made money..."

"Brothers, the price difference between goods is very big. Do you think it is not profitable when transporting Japanese and Korean rice, and it is even more profitable when transporting Jiangnan rice..."

"The most important thing is that they made money and made a reputation. Originally, Sihai Business did not involve food in the past, but this year's accumulation of virtue and good deeds made the people of Tanggu convinced. Now people don't eat rice that is not Sihai Business Business, and they spend money on Sihai Business Business..."

"I'll tell you secretly. Now those unscrupulous grain merchants have started to secretly talk with Niu Zhangan to sell stores..."

Pang Chaoyun patted Tian Erdan on the shoulder, "Brother, our prime minister does have a treasure pot. We China has ignored this treasure pot for thousands of years. In the end, Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai can only let him see the light of day again... Do it well, the life in the future will be sweeter than honey..."

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