Tian Erdan asked the voices of all the green battalion soldiers present, and even some of the miscellaneous helpers pricked up their ears to listen.

Ye Qiu and Pang Chaoyun were a little speechless, the two of them really hadn't thought about this question, although neither of them was a family of heavy business giants, but as members who could get a share of the maritime trade, the family's financial resources should not be underestimated.

In their eyes, although the canned beef and fruit are delicious, they are far from being fresh and exquisite, and in their hearts, the stewed beef cooked by the chef in the old soup is the best.

"Oops...... Oops...... "Ye Qiu didn't say anything for a long time, and in the end it was Pang Chaoyun who took over the words.

"Of course the prime minister has money, but I can tell you responsibly, the prime minister does not have a cornucopia, and the prime minister's money is also earned little by little, not like what you say about the third prince of the dragon king......"

"I think there is only one reason why you think so, that is, what the prime minister said, the gap between the rich and the poor within the Qing Dynasty is too big......

Whether the Qing Dynasty had money or not, this question Xiao Lotian once discussed at the economic meeting within Lotte Foreign Bank, and Ye Qiu and Pang Chaoyun had elders who had the honor to attend.

Whether the Qing Dynasty had money or not, this question will take on different forms from different angles, and it is difficult to explain it clearly in one sentence, and Xiao Letian's analysis is very to the point 'the gap between the rich and the poor, capital outflow'.

Yes, in the long history of China, no matter how the dynasties change and how the rivers and mountains change, China has always been like a huge magnet constantly absorbing the wealth of the world.

There were indeed alien invasions, and even barbarians came to dominate the world, but this slow gold absorber never stopped working.

The reason is very simple, at that time, the Chinese civilization was the first in the world, even if the northern nomadic war horses rushed into the Central Plains and plundered a large amount of gold and silver treasures, but then in the normal trade, these riches will gradually flow back, and even return more.

Without him, the attraction of a higher civilization is only. Aliens need salt and iron tea from the Central Plains, exquisite handicrafts, silk porcelain, and even cultural products from the Central Plains, such as 'Spring Palace Map' and the like.

The Central Plains Celestial Empire, the land is vast, the net outflow of all kinds of goods, the net inflow of all kinds of gold and silver, thousands of years of accumulation have made China, a country with a very scarce gold and silver veins, become the world's first precious metal storage.

Don't underestimate the shipload of porcelain and silk, let alone the cart of salt and iron tea, can't stand the thousands of years of history in China, accumulate a lot of sand into a tower, and the depth of China's folk wealth is unimaginable.

This situation lasted until the middle of the Qing Dynasty with no end in sight, and this trade deficit finally collapsed the British, who could not bear the precious metals they had gathered from the colonies and from Europe, so that the Qing Dynasty would make them in vain, and finally they could only sacrifice opium.

At that moment, opium was no longer just a drug, but a weapon of financial and economic warfare, a fierce medicine for Britain to fight against the gold-swallowing monster of China, and 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 not only a mountain of gold and silver? But why is it that the poor have no place to stand now, while the rich are extremely poor and luxurious? The unfair distribution of wealth, corrupt officials, and robbers of different races are the reasons for this, and on the other hand, it is also the ...... that China has suppressed business since ancient times."

"That's right, the businessman group in China is a fat meat in the eyes of the right, no matter how capable the big businessman is, he doesn't want to do anything big, because you have to use funds to do things, as long as the silver mountain of white flowers is transferred, it will attract the blood of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and you haven't done it, but the money is gone, and they swallowed it up......"

"None of us is stupid, people will understand the way of the world when they come and go, if they have money, they will hide it, hide it in the cellar, or turn it into thousands of acres of fertile land, and finally give everything they have to a scholar to become an official, this is the helplessness of the Chinese, they can only use this way to adapt to the environment......"

Pang Chaoyun may have said a little too tall, and he was embarrassed by the confused eyes all around, but Ye Qiu also thought about it for a long time, and he took over the conversation and said.

"What Lao Pang said is the prime minister's original words, you should not understand it, in fact, the reason is very clear, you are poor, we are rich, the key core is that Prime Minister Xiao and his subordinates in the East China Sea have a conscience and are honest...... Do you understand this?"

"Understood...... "Now the green battalion soldiers nodded like pounding garlic, "That's it, I've been a soldier for so many years, and it's the first time I've seen a commander who doesn't beat people, scold people, and don't let kowtow...... He is kind, and he doesn't embezzle our ration money, look at this food, the Prime Minister's subordinates are all clean officials..."

is still a very simple peasant thought, the good life is the credit of the Ming monarch and Qing officials, and when the days are hard, they dare not scold the emperor and can only scold the dog officials for being greedy.

Ye Qiu took a sip of hot soup and nodded, "What you understand is only the first point, and there is a second point behind...... Our prime minister respects businessmen, and this is called 'mercantilism', and the Qing demon and those who read books all look down on businessmen, so this is also the main reason why you are poor......"

"Since ancient times, China's commerce has not been developed, and the grain merchants, cloth merchants, and grocery merchants you face on weekdays are actually not pure businessmen, they are just a group of officials and businessmen who rely on corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they rely on monopoly to make money. ”

"For example, when a farmer farms the land, why is it that when the harvest is harvested every autumn, the price of grain is always lowered? And when the harvest is scarce, there are always people who raise the market? You have a good harvest after a hard year, and you are even poorer after a bad harvest, and you have to sell your sons and daughters during the famine year..."

Ye Qiu's words finally reached the hearts of the two eggs, thinking about the hard days of their ancestors, they were extremely emotional in their hearts, and they all secretly wiped their tears.

"So what, it's all fate... When I was a child, I went to rice with my father, and the rice shop shopkeeper had a hook on his mouth, and no one could tell him...... In the harvest year, they united to lower the price, and when the green and yellow were not available, they united to raise the price, they are all a gang, we can't resist the power of others......"

"That's it, whoever opens a grain store in the city, the owners behind it are all big shots, how can we ordinary people fight them......"

Ye Qiu slapped his thigh, "That's right... That's the reason, they are all a group of officials and businessmen, a group of monopoly businessmen, and they are different from the businessmen promoted by our Prime Minister Xiao Cheng...... What we are engaged in here is equal competition, whoever wants to do a good job in trading, must improve the quality of service, and come out with good prices and goods, otherwise it will be a dead ......"

"To tell you the truth, you should still have the impression that at the beginning of spring this year, there was a grain shortage near our Tanggu Zuo, and many businesses joined forces to raise the price of grain, just to make black money when the people had no rice in the rice tank...... The result?"

Before he finished speaking, the green battalion soldiers around the campfires around him also crowded over, "What's wrong? What's wrong with that......

Ye Qiu also picked it up at this time, enjoying the feeling of being watched by everyone, he hung up a cigarette and pointed to the fire with his hand. Without him talking, Ma Hui quickly pulled out a burning wooden stick and respectfully lit the cigarette.

"Those stupid merchants who are short of grain still want to use their old brains to make money, but this matter was reported to the old shopkeeper Fan Yao, and the old shopkeeper smiled, wrote a line on the two-finger-wide strip, and turned his head to hand it over to the cattle shopkeeper of the Four Seas Firm......"

"When the cattle shopkeeper saw it, there were four small words on it, 'East Asian Rice', and the cow shopkeeper understood at that time, and when he turned around, he began to fly pigeons and send messages to the semicolons of the firms in Japan, Korea, Ryukyu and Jiangnan......"

"How fast the pigeon flies, less than three days of Japanese rice, Korean rice and Jiangnan rice began to be loaded, and the mighty will drive to Tanggu ......"

"The first to arrive was the 100 meters of North Korea, and the three major warehouses were unloaded, and the people who picked up rice walked through the city like a long dragon, and the local grain merchants immediately lowered the price when they saw it, and the price was reduced by 20% on the same day......

"Then came Japanese rice, the Japanese businessmen in strange kimonos, not to mention how respectful, gave us rice and they bowed endlessly, saying that they could serve our prime minister that was the convincing of eight lifetimes...... Immediately after that, it was the people who carried the burden and walked around the city......"

"That night, the price of grain in the city plummeted by three percent...... Ye Qiu let out a long smoke ring, "and then the Ryukyu and Jiangnan rice arrived......"

"How?" asked everyone in unison.

"Hehe, those landlords of the grain merchants, close the door immediately, and then go to the street outside the head office of Lotte Foreign Bank, nothing else, just ask the old shopkeeper to raise his noble hand and let him go......"

"Look, this is the real businessman, don't make black money, the layout of the business route can go overseas, buy low and sell high can make money, and can stabilize prices, do you say that in the end, the people are not profitable?"

This time, they understood, "So that's the case? What do you mean is that the price of the same thing is very big in the world, and the merchants buy at a low price and sell it at a high price, so that the price will not be too high in places where there is a shortage of grain, and the price will not be too low in places with more grain, and both sides will benefit..."

Pang Chaoyun sighed and said in his heart that he understood this truth, "Yes, why did our prime minister get rich? It is because he understands this truth and knows how to mobilize the power of businessmen all over the world, so he makes money......

"For example, if they defeated the old Tanggu grain merchant, do you think he has accumulated virtue and done good, but do you know that he has not only accumulated virtue and done good, but he has actually made money......

"Brothers, there is a big gap between the prices of goods in the south and the north, and you think he doesn't make money when Japanese ......and Korean rice is shipped over?

"The most important thing is that they make money and they make a reputation. Originally, the business of the Four Seas Merchant did not involve grain in the past, but this year, such a accumulation of virtue and good deeds has convinced the people of Tanggu, and people now do not eat the rice of the Four Seas Merchants, and all the money is spent on the Four Seas Merchants......

"Let me tell you secretly, now those unconscionable grain merchants have begun to secretly negotiate with Niu Paw to sell the store......"

Pang Chaoyun patted Tian Erdan's shoulder, "Brother, our prime minister does have a cornucopia, this cornucopia has been ignored by our China for thousands of years, and in the end, it has to be Prime Minister Xiao of the East China Sea to let him see the light of day again... Do it well, the days to come will be sweeter than honey..."

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