511 Macao Declaration
At this moment, Duchess Margaret and Miss Zeji Liya were also sitting far away in a corner of the venue, they elegantly covered half of their faces with fans, listened quietly to Sun Lao's speech, and occasionally covered their mouths and noses, probably unable to stand the smell of alcohol in the conference hall.
The Duchess and Miss Henk, however, did not leave, and they watched the speaker intently, and they listened attentively, with occasional thoughtful expressions......
“...... So...... To sum up, ladies and gentlemen, are we going to build an economic system that only allows a few people or a few classes to make huge profits? Or is it necessary to create an economic system that allows the majority of people to find opportunities for development, their place in society and their personal dignity?
It is clear that the latter is a fairer system! And a fair economic system will have strong vitality and vitality, and will bring sustainable prosperity and happiness to the world!
And those rotten and rigid and self-serving regulatory thinking is very dangerous, because it will lead to an irreversible violent revolution in a commercial society that is pregnant with freedom and life at all times and everywhere - Yin Jian is not far away, everyone!
The recent upheavals in England have taught us that those who aspire to freedom and free trade can abandon their kings for the sake of those freedoms!
Ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen, I have to say here that the world is about to change dramatically! Those rulers who fail to see this will lose their power and even guillotine themselves!
You should remember the revolution that took place in the lowlands of the Netherlands decades ago?
In essence, it was the result of the long period of rigid rule of the old Spanish power in the Netherlands, while the free trade of the Dutch provinces created an economic miracle in the Netherlands! The rise of the Dutch has a profound meaning behind it, the Dutch people, freed from the shackles of the aristocracy, have allowed this small swampy lowland country to create economic miracles, and in the final analysis, it is the citizens of this country who have gained the freedom to do business!
Freely! Or freedom! In a word, above freedom, there is no value!
Ladies and gentlemen, in the face of these ready-made examples, what reason do we have to continue to adhere to the stereotypes of national mercantilism!?
Australians advocate freedom, so they also advocate free trade, of course, the so-called freedom is not arbitrary, the great philosophers of ancient China have made a precise exposition as early as 2,000 years ago, that is:
"Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
The meaning behind this sentence is: freedom is not to do what you want, but to do it when you don't want to! No one forced me to do something I didn't want to do, and I had no moral reason to deprive others of their freedom.
This is the true meaning and essence of freedom!
But what are we, the younger generations of 2,000 years from now, doing? Judging by the current situation, it seems that we have forgotten the teachings of our forefathers!
At that time, the people of the Iberian Peninsula were fed up with the discrimination and humiliation of the infidels, but a few years later the Spaniards discriminated against and bullied the Dutch as infidels!
The English, who had painfully recalled the trade discrimination they had encountered in overseas ports, have now passed laws such as the Navigation Regulations to discriminate against merchants from other countries.
Here I have to point out that this is also the root of the current naval war between the Netherlands and England!
In a word, the shackles of mercantilism have shackled people's minds and torn the world apart!
A divided, hostile world will lead to the disappearance of wars, businesses and prosperity, and eventually, people will live in a miserable world!
Ladies and gentlemen, I would also like to point out here that the world of today is not what it used to be, since your great Prince Enrique sent expeditions through Bohador in West Africa, since Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope, since Christopher Columbus arrived in the West Indies with three carraks, since da Gama's fleet reached India, since Magellan's circumnavigation became a reality!
Since then, the planet has been, and has been, intimately connected!
And from that time on, human beings should be able to communicate with each other without hindrance, regardless of race or class, let alone regional and identity discrimination!
The cliché of so-called "mercantilism" should have been swept into the dustbin of history long ago! Because it does not correspond to the development trend of the world......
It is precisely for this reason that we Australians will be committed to promoting the spread of the idea of freedom and the establishment of a free trade legal system in this world!
Australians have never been bothered to hide from the world that the Commonwealth of Australia encourages and supports all those who aspire to freedom and free trade to break down all the old barriers of the old world and abolish all discriminatory tariff and non-tariff barriers! Advocate open doors, equal opportunities!
I want you to note that this is not just a great change in the economic sphere, it will also be a great social revolution, a social revolution that will be unprecedented and that will change the whole world!
In the course of this revolution, for those who pursue freedom and noble happiness, only the shackles will be lost, and the whole world will be gained! ”
Loud applause resounded throughout the City Council, and the French version of the speech was carefully recorded by the clerks of the City Council and kept in the filing cabinets of the City Hall, becoming a valuable historical document of the New World.
This was the first public political manifesto made at the end of 1657, when this group of travelers officially entered the historical stage of the New World.
Historical name: "Macao Declaration of 1657".
A few years later, the Macao Declaration was translated into many languages and circulated in Europe and the New World, becoming a popular political document.
Later historians recorded in the history books that this was the first time that Australians made a voice to the world, which was very shocking and sudden.
Until then, Australians had been obscure, and the whole "civilized world" did not even know that there was such a place called Australia and the people who lived in it, and since the appearance of Australians in this Portuguese port in the Far East, the world will change for it......
At the same time, however, the atmosphere in the city council hall is completely different from that of a place called Harry's Bar.
Under the guidance of the citizens, the sightseeing group led by Li Junming Xiaoshan finally found this bar, which is a two-story building with a mix of Chinese and Western styles, brick and stone structure, with a Portuguese-style foyer and an oriental roof and courtyard, the bar is located in an atrium, and a courtyard is connected to the backyard, which is obviously a place for a front shop and a back home.
According to the citizens, the owner of this bar is the eldest son of the Qiao family, a Chinese businessman in Macau.
Seeing that it was not early, the vendors on the street gradually disappeared, Li Dai and the others originally planned to let everyone return to the Pride number, in this era, there is almost no such occasion as a night market, everyone usually works at sunrise and rests at sunset, and the vendors are like this.
However, Macau does not have the night curfew that is usually found in inland cities, and people can also go at night, such as green houses or bars.
Obviously, as the "leading teacher", the two will definitely not take these teenagers to the Qinglou, I heard from the public, Harry's Bar is a very famous place in Macau, so at the strong request of everyone, the two had to ask all the way over, after all, this group of orphans in the old world, almost no life experience in drinking and enjoying in the bar, this time it is an eye-opener for everyone.