Zhu Beiguo's speech ended, although the applause was a little sparse, but the reason was obviously not that this speech was not recognized by everyone, on the contrary, many people nodded frequently and thoughtfully, but everyone's hands and mouths were not idle.

Of course, there were also those who applauded warmly, especially some older people, who had a deeper feeling and were more sensitive to the content of Zhu Beiguo's speech, and they knew that Zhu Beiguo's speech was obviously targeted, and these people knew that Zhu Beiguo's real proposition was actually "building a country through peaceful trade." These people are very different from the ideas that many people claim to use fire and blood to create a piece of heaven and earth.

First of all, Lao Zhu sighed:

"Yes! It's a good one to think big and start small! It seems that this statement of the northern kingdom has put some thought into it. ”

So Mr. Zhao also followed Lao Zhu's words and said:

"According to my understanding, Xiao Zhu is talking about trade throughout the article, can it be understood that we will take trade as the basic national policy for a long time in the future?

If this is the case, then I will make a statement here, I fully agree with the suggestions of the northern country for the initial development steps after our crossing, please rest assured, I and my colleagues in the chemical industry are confident to provide qualified chemical products for the glass and sugar industry!"

After Mr. Zhao finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the other young people in the chemical engineering group, and saw that they were also nodding frequently, and there was a hint of relaxation on their faces.

Although he knew that Qiao Xiaomu and Gui Xianning from the chemical engineering group were usually very "iron-blooded" young people, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved to see that they also agreed with his statement.

"Our metallurgical group also thinks that it is unrealistic to go to the steel mill rolling production line immediately after crossing, because raw materials and labor are big problems, so we should slow down the pace a little, accumulate more process conditions and materials, and wait for the conditions to be met. Of course, if you really have metallurgical needs, we can also experiment with some projects, for example, if you can exchange glass and sugar for pig iron or concentrate sand, we can make iron and steel for you, after all, Anna gave you a miniature small blast furnace, which is relatively easy to operate.

Also, in terms of non-ferrous metallurgy, we are sure to launch some bio-refining projects, which are not big problems from the perspective of resources and labor, of course, the premise is that you have this demand. ”

Following Mr. Zhao's speech, Holley communicated with Quan Zhenhai and An Hengtong and began to express his position.

"The mechanical team fully supports Zhu Beiguo's proposal, so that we will be under much less pressure."

Wang Xue, on behalf of the mechanical group, also made a statement, and then added:

"We really need to hurry up and get glassware, mirrors and sugar for trade, and the key is that through these trades, we should be able to exchange a lot of materials and raw materials, and it is estimated that there will be immigrants and labor."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Definitely!"

"Well, I hope I can really change back to labor!"

"Why did I think of a woman to be my daughter-in-law? Have you thought of it? ”

"Of course I did! It's just that we didn't say it, and the skin is not as thick as yours! ”

"Why don't we open up routes...... How about Nicole and Pride going straight to Japan? When the time comes, change back to ......"

"Hey! Who do you want? Is Serizawa a new yarn in the 17th century? ”

"How do you know I like Seriike?"

"When you visited the library on the fifth floor, you kept holding your sister's photo album, and the photo album has flowed out!"

"So what, you can't think about it?"

Everyone: "......"

Seeing that Wang Xue's words about exchanging trade for immigrants and labor triggered a big discussion among the single dogs on the scene, and the content behind it was likely to be even more embarrassing, so Sun Lao quickly stood up and spoke:

"If you want me to say, this strategic step of ours in the early stage of the crossing should be everyone's consensus, right? To be honest, I thought Nicole's suggestion was a bit conservative, because I was not in the industrial field, and I thought that with so much industrial equipment, I could build a strong force, and then rely on armed invasion to establish a foothold and solve the bottlenecks we encountered in development.

Now it seems that it is indeed a little unrealistic, especially after listening to your introduction to the aid project, I have some understanding of the complexity of industrial development, plus Xiao Zhu's further elaboration just now, I personally express my position here, and firmly support Nicole's suggestion and Xiao Zhu's speech.

Indeed, we should give priority to the development of the glass industry and the sugar industry, and use these trade goods to open the door to a new world and lay a solid foundation for our future development. ”

There was another round of applause on the beach.

At this time, Zhu Beiguo finally finished eating the lobster in his hand, he got up from the beach chair, looked around at the shrimp eating crowd around him, raised his greasy hands and waved to attract everyone's attention to his side, and said loudly after swallowing the shrimp meat in his mouth:

"Everyone! Listen to me, everybody! Since Elder Sun has said this, I have a major issue that I would like to think about with you, and of course I am just here to propose a topic for discussion to all of you.

That is, in the era we are about to cross, mercantilism began to prevail in the European countries, and its power had already taken root in the South Seas, and the East India Company of the European countries was the main body of it.

The economic development of the South Seas region is very uneven, and those thousands of islands are full of large and small kingdoms and indigenous tribes in a state of barbarism or semi-barbarism.

When we go out, it is this Nanyang region that will bear the brunt of this, so at least in the Nanyang area, we will face two major forces: Europeans and local indigenous regimes. So then we will certainly face the question of some diplomatic choices, and obviously this is a big issue at the strategic level.

There is no doubt that the Europeans should be our main trading partners, because the local natives are really poor and evil, and many tribes are still in the primitive hunting age, and it is difficult to find them out of the jungle, let alone do business with such natives.

And some relatively developed civilizations, because of the monopoly of religion and royal interests, it is not easy for us to enter the trade field of others peacefully.

From this point of view, as an external force, Europeans and us are actually facing the same problem of market development, which also means that Europeans and we have common interests in this region!

However, the current state-led mercantilist trade of Europeans is also very exclusive, and in the South Seas, the competition between Europeans is also fierce.

Because in essence, this is a manifestation of unilateralism.

So, what do we do?

During this time, I thought about it and thought that after we go out, we should clearly put forward our trade proposition to that new world - free trade!

We should hold high the banner of free trade and call on our allies, such as reducing artificial barriers to trade, advocating equal opportunities and open doors, etc.

Ladies and gentlemen, do not underestimate this flag, which will give us the moral high ground at once, because it is very much in line with the basic needs of people to pursue the interests of trade, and it is more in line with the human nature of the pursuit of freedom.

In a word, if we want to be the boss in Nanyang, we must have a reason for others to believe in us and follow us, and we need a flag and concept that can make people respond heartily, and free trade is a well-deserved banner with great appeal!

In this way, in the early days of our business, at least we will split some of the forces from the Europeans and become our trading partners, and eventually the Europeans will become our allies.

And with this moral high ground, we can suppress the strong and help the weak in the South Seas, I admit, an idea inspired by Britain's policy of "continental balance of power."

However, only in this way can we unite the majority, strike at the minority, and eventually become the protector of the region, the stabilizing force for regional peace, and the dominant geopolitical player.

At the same time, we also need to pay attention to uniting the growing number of Chinese who are bent on escaping from the Qing Dynasty and going into exile, and clearly support this group and become the protectors of this group.

Well, in short, on the one hand, we should use "free trade", a value that has been proven by history to be extremely appealing and vital, to break the national mercantilism of Europeans and the autocratic monarchy that closed off the country to our trade restrictions!

On the other hand, we must appear as the true and powerful protector of the Nanyang Chinese community, and if we can adhere to these two basic principles unwaveringly, then the whole of Nanyang will eventually become our sphere of influence, and the population, resources, and markets there will ensure our prosperity for 500 years! ”