The colonial economy, born out of the idea of colonialism, was one of the most efficient national economic situations of the 19th century, and although it was brutal but very effective.

Occupying other people's chicken farms, eating other people's eggs, and even killing other people's chickens to eat, of course, feels very cool, and the colonists only need enough military expenditure as a cost, and then they can eat the dividends of a hundred years of aggression.

This is completely different from the feudal system, the centralized monarchy, the integration of politics and religion and so on in the Chinese world.

For example, when the Qing Dynasty launched a border war and annexed a territory, the first thing the Qing Dynasty did was not to plunder, but to quickly form an official government and structure an effective ruling system.

Household registration checks, land checks, resource checks, and even culture checks must be carefully checked, and these statistics eventually become the basic data of government governance.

At this time, you think that you will be able to reap the dividends of the newly occupied territory? If you want long-term peace and stability, you have to invest a lot of resources in economic reconstruction and cultural export after military operations.

You have to build a Confucian temple and a school palace, right?

Buddhist temples and Taoist halls also have to be prepared, right? Religion also has to be accompanied by culture and education!

What are you kidding, how can we give the people a 10-year tax exemption to rest in order to restore the economy? Even in the event of a natural or man-made disaster, the central government will have to mobilize resources to provide disaster relief and support the survival of the people in the newly occupied territories.

This is not just the routine of the Qing Dynasty, in the Middle Ages, the conquest between countries was like this, with the annexation of territory and complete integration as the first purpose, the ruler pursued not a temporary profit, but a long-term peace and stability after ten or even twenty years, and wanted a ruling dividend without resistance.

This is not the case with the colonial economy, where the overlords understood from the outset that they were not builders, but only plunderers.

The European powers have no responsibility or obligation to popularize education, improve infrastructure construction, and do not carry out any tax-free protection policies, they have only one purpose in mind, and that is to plunder.

The minerals under the land, the treasures and specialties on the land, and the cash crops in the farmland, whatever is valuable will be sent to Europe, and even the population is a resource in their eyes, and the black slave trade has continued for more than 400 years, which shows the cruelty of European colonial rule.

If the colonizers did not build at all, it is not true, they were still very interested in building churches, and every colonial city had large and small churches, on the one hand, to provide religious services for Europeans, and on the other hand, it was also a kind of suppression of the weak culture of the colony.

In addition, for cities where Europeans gather, infrastructure construction is still in place, after all, it is the residence of European masters, and it is not comfortable to live by yourself if you don't build a beautiful place. As for the vast expanse of land outside the city, no one cares about it at all.

It can be seen that the colonial economy is a bit exhausted, while the assimilation rule of the Chinese era belongs to the ecological circular economy. One wants to make quick money, while the other wants to pursue long-term benefits for a hundred years or even a thousand years.

If we stand on the high point of history and look down on human civilization, this mode of ruling in pursuit of a hundred years and a thousand years is undoubtedly successful, because all the territorial powers in the world now benefit from this mode of rule.

But if you look at the explosive power in a short period of time, colonialism is undoubtedly a stimulant for the rapid rise of weak nations, using the flesh and blood of other countries to feed their own economies, and stepping on the bones of hundreds of millions of aliens as their own stepping stones, it is much happier than saving money one copper plate after another.

Qiu Wei's sigh is precisely because he has thoroughly seen through the cruelty of colonialism, no matter how many documents you read before, how many small lectures you listened to, you did not see and understand it as thoroughly as you see and understand it with your own eyes today.

Senegal alone can amass so much wealth in a single year, but what about the whole of Black Africa, the Americas, the Indian subcontinent, and the income of the French colonies in Asia, all of which add up to an unimaginable amount of wealth.

Although Russia has always thought that it is the second most powerful country in the world under Britain, but after seeing the wealth of only one Dakar region today, Qiu Wei deeply realized that Russia is still far from catching up with France.

"Hurry, hurry...... Don't pull down a single gold coin, I'll give you another ten minutes, and after ten minutes the whole city will set fire, and I won't believe that you can't force those guys hiding in the rat holes......"

Qiu Wei looked at his pocket watch, it was almost four o'clock now, and it would take at most an hour for the summer to brighten, and the sun would show up, and all the advantages of the night attack would no longer exist.

The French army is now stunned, it is not that it has no strength to counterattack, even if the marines destroy half of the enemy, the remaining half of the total number of French troops has an absolute advantage.

When the sun returns to the earth, the French will surely come to their senses, and when the time comes, they will reorganize and launch a counterattack with superior numbers, and even if the combat effectiveness of the marines is strong, the weakness of insufficient troops will not be able to make up for it.

What's more, after the sky is bright, the Zhiyuan will be revealed to the world, and there will be no need to save any human and physical evidence at that time, and the 30,000 Dakar military and civilians will testify in unison, and the bureaucrats in Paris, no matter how stupid they are, must believe that this legendary warship exists.

At that time, Xiao Letian's deception strategy will be completely lost, and even if the Zhiyuan can return to the Ryukyus, then the global naval arms race that worries the prime minister the most will definitely break out in advance.

"There's no time to delay, send a signal to Liu Anchen and Steven, and Molière won't be found in twenty minutes...... Then set fire to the whole city and force them out......"

The last bundle of tusks and gold coins in the vault were also taken out by the black slaves, and soon smoke began to rise from the underground vault, and the governor's palace was quickly in flames.

Liu Anchen, who received the order of the herald, knew that time was running out, and quickly ordered the whole city to set fire, and now it was the west wind, and the strong wind blowing in the Atlantic Ocean was enough to cover the entire Dakar.

"Do it, burn the city...... Even if our brothers can't be saved, we can't let them go to Paris and be humiliated......!

Almost at the same time, the flames rushed up from all corners of the city, and the artificial arson was highly efficient, and the soldiers could accurately find the upwind outlet, find various materials to support combustion, and then quickly connect the fire dragon into a line.

The shelling of the Zhiyuan still did not stop, and the black uncle who came over seemed to have liked this game of positioning the artillery, and the gold coins in the arms of his wife and children had been increasing, and every time he successfully fired a signal flare, he could get a large reward of gold coins.

Uncle Black had never run so fast in his life, and he even considered himself a part of the Marine Corps now, and he even organized a group of relatives and friends to serve this group of terrible water ghosts.

"Dear sir, are you looking for something? We are all too familiar with this city...... As long as you have gold, we can dig up all the secrets for you......"