Agreed on the details with Chu Shiyuan, and the two immediately returned to the main hall. After taking her seat, Chichka asked curiously:

"Why is Si Nong so mysterious?"

"Oh, some private matters, private matters that are inconvenient to say."

"Yes, the envoy just had something to ask Lord Si Nong, I don't know when the sea shipping to our people will be opened."

"At present, there are still a large number of axillary ships wandering in the open sea, and there are ironclad canning ships accompanied, and it is very risky to go to sea rashly, and I am afraid that shipping will not be opened in the first half of this year. However, it is okay to send one or two empty ships to and from Lingjing Island and the Central Plains Continent to transport one or two hundred students from your state. ”

After the Jiangdong naval battle last year, although there were no naval losses, the armpit fleet did not go far after it was withdrawn, and a detachment of 20 to 30 ships was a detachment of two to three ironclad ships in each team, and about three detachment fleets were wandering in the open sea, and the sea transportation to Lingjing Island could not be maintained and was interrupted for more than 14 months.

At the moment, naval warships are not yet capable of fighting ironclads, and torpedo boats have a limited range and are not numerous enough to gain a tactical advantage.

To attack a ship, it is necessary to fire at least three or more torpedoes at the same time, one in the bow, one in the middle of the hull, and one in the stern.

Two torpedo boats are needed to deal with one warship, sixty are needed for thirty, and even if the main force of the navy intervenes in the battle, two or three ironclads are still a huge threat. If you happen to encounter two detachment fleets, you are bound to suffer.

In addition, the torpedo boat is the smallest combat unit with the weakest firepower among the navy's strong forces, but the requirements are not low, the captain and deputy director must have at least a high school education, and the crew must be at least junior high school students.

Since the torpedo boat launcher did not have a fire control radar or a mechanical calculation table, it was impossible to have one, and the torpedo boat and the enemy ship were always in a two-by-two motion, so the torpedo had to be fired before the enemy ship arrived at the meeting point.

Therefore, both torpedo boats and enemy ships have a motion preposition, and if there is a fire control radar, these ballistic calculations are done by computers, and now they can only be done quickly by the human brain.

By judging the distance between the enemy and us, the speed of the torpedo, and the relative speed of our side, we substitute it into the formula, and launch the torpedo in advance, so that it can hit the intersection of the torpedo route and the enemy ship.

Therefore, unlike the current sail warships of the Xian Army, torpedo boats are high-tech arms in the true sense.

A boat needs to consume two high school students, and a large number of torpedo boats need more high school students.

At present, although the scale of education is very large, the students at the high school level are still unable to meet the needs of further education and industrial talent training.

Therefore, high-tech equipment is not only about equipment, but also about human resources. [Note 1]

And in the absence of a fleet to accompany the navigation and support, the torpedo boats alone are not enough to fight in the open ocean, and they are undoubtedly going to die.

While chatting with Chichka, the servants outside the hall came to report:

"Master Qiqi, Lord Yan, the head of the Inner Mansion, has arrived in the front yard and wants to find Lord Si Nong."

Chu Shiyuan looked at Bai Liyan and said:

"Yongxing Hou, Yan Cong is here to find Your Excellency."

"It must be the king who has a call, so I will leave first."

"Alright, Your Excellency, please take care of yourself."

After resigning from Chu Shiyuan, Bai Liyan came to the front yard to see Yan Cong:

"General Yan, but the king has a call."

"Exactly, please Si Nong and return to the palace with the general."

"Alright, let's go."

After Yan Cong took over the Inner Mansion, he was in charge of the secret agents, and he could basically grasp Bailiyan's whereabouts in the city, but it was not absolute. King Xian has a secret agent to do eyeliner, and he Bailiyan also has a royal guest available, and the efficiency of the royal guest is much higher than that of the Xianwang secret agent.

At this time, King Xian moved to Bailing Garden, spread out utensils on the spot and set up a barbecue stall, grilling all kinds of meat skewers, burning hot pot, the air was full of aroma, filled with the wonderful taste of spices and fresh meat.

Baili Yan came belatedly, and seeing that King Xian was so interested, it was probably not a bad thing to summon him into the palace. When he got closer, Baili Yan bowed and saluted:

"Chen Baili Yan see the king."

"Well, Yongxing Hou is exempt, come and dine with the widow."

"King Xie."

After Baili Yan sat down, King Xian said while eating through the heat of the hot pot:

"How did Yongxing Hou and Chu Ye talk about, and what are the conditions of King Wei."

Bai Liyan took out Chu Ye's conditions from his bosom and transferred them to King Xian, and then said:

"The conditions for defending the country have been slightly adjusted, and the minister thinks it is acceptable."

"Oh!"

Jiang Yu was surprised, and hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, took the letter and read it carefully, and said after a while:

"That's all the Patriotic Nation asks for?"

"Yes, my lord, that's all. However, some need to be adjusted, and it is not possible to fully agree to them. ”

"Then Lord Sinon, can you know why King Wei asked for such a low price."

"The minister thinks that there are three reasons, one of them, the war of the war, the country was scared by our country, with the current national strength of the two countries, the Xianguo is only in the day, this is also the reason why the minister advocated attacking and defending back then, if there is no such war, the country will not be so obedient.

Second, the defenders are brave and savage, if there is a considerable economic and national strength of the country, the country is definitely not the opponent of the country, and once the brave and martial people are conquered, they have great respect for the strong. What's more, when the former king was alive, he attached equal importance to the grace and prestige of the country, and although the defense of the country was damaged by the war, it has also gained a lot of benefits and benefits from China's economic operation over the years.

Third, the benefits obtained by the defense of the country will eventually fall into the hands of the powerful and the king, since there are benefits, the elite class is naturally willing, and the people are just grass in their eyes.

Therefore, if they could exchange human lives for benefits, they would definitely do it. And this time is to protect the family and defend the country, and kill some grass mustard with the hands of foreign people, not only will it not cause public resentment, but on the contrary, it can also be called for the common people in the world, this kind of best of both worlds, I am afraid there is only one time, and the country will seize the opportunity to seek more economic benefits.

The Jin State and the Zhi State are different, the Jin State and the Zhi State system are a generation ahead of the Wei Guo, and the economy is closely connected with the Xian State, and has developed to the key node of the agricultural economy, no matter how it develops, the total economic growth rate is limited, and it is linked to the population, and the population increases, and the economy will increase significantly. Therefore, if industry and commerce are not developed, the Zhiguo and Jin kingdoms will never have the possibility of catching up with the Xianguo.

However, the country has not yet got rid of the old slavery system and liberated the people's power, so industry and commerce cannot develop. ”

"The widow understands that the Zhiguo and Jin kingdoms ask for all kinds of benefits, just to strengthen the national strength, so that they can catch up during the great damage of the Xianguo vitality in the future."

"Exactly. If the Central Plains won in the end, according to their calculations, the manpower and economy of the Xianguo would inevitably be greatly damaged, and they could only focus on restoring their national strength after the war, so they had more than ten or even twenty years to develop domestic industry, but the ministers would definitely not go along with their wishes. ”

"Why can't the princes develop industry to improve themselves?"

"I can't." Bai Liyan affirmed, and then continued: "The foundation of industry comes from education, and if education does not flourish, industry cannot be talked about. In the 30 years of the Xianguo reform, the minister first changed the land, and at the same time promoted education, so far there have been 30 plantings, so that the initial education can be basically promoted in the country, and the key towns and towns have opened middle education, and only the eastern county of the capital county has superior learning.

If the princes want to develop industry, they must first develop education, not to mention that it will take ten or even twenty years, whether they can recruit talents who are proficient in advanced knowledge is still unknown, if the ministers strictly prohibit the outflow of talents from the Xianguo, if the princes set up their own education, it can only be said that it is a fool's dream.

In addition, land, magnates, merchants, household registration, agriculture, and the hierarchy of people all restrict the development of education and industry. [Note 2]

"In this way, according to Si Nong's words, the princes cannot build industry to strengthen themselves."

"Exactly, no. In addition, the minister has just returned from Yuncang, and he has something to report to the king. ”

"What's the report?"

"The minister thinks that the conditions proposed by the princes at the moment can be rejected, and some can be cut off, but there is really no way to refuse, so they can only suffer some losses openly, and secretly have to get them back, so as to ensure the greatest unity, solve the axillary crisis, and then go back to clean up the princes."

"Then how do you get it back from the shadows?"

"The minister plans to use the name of the Yuncang faction to pay the money from my Xianguo and make it secretly lend money to the vassal states."

"What!" King Xian was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Although the finances are abundant at present, how can you lend money to the princes like this, and how much money will be needed to feed them." ”

Jiang Zhen was really frightened enough by Bailiyan's proposal, because in the past four years, Xianguo has successively lent more than 10 million yuan to his eldest grandson, and he has not paid back a penny so far.

But at this time, Bailiyan said:

"If the king thinks that it is just a simple loan, then he is wrong."

"Isn't lending money to others a loan?"

"Don't look at the millions of dollars lent today, the report you will get in the future will be ten times or even a hundred times, and it is only a financial gain, and the political gain will be endless."

"What do you mean?"

"The minister dared to ask the king why the rich merchants of the world finally chose to flee to our country, instead of fleeing to Weiguo, Zhiguo, Xu, Zhao, and even Qianyue Mountain, which is said to be far from the coast and safer, but they want to enter our country."

"Naturally, the Xianguo country is safer, and it can protect their property and family."

"Yes, but only one of them. The rich value of their wealth and family is a treasure, but security is not only the whole story, the rich need more medical care, education, opportunities to make money, developed business, stable politics, and a sound legal system, and these are only available in the Xian country.

The reason why the ministers have lowered their taxes in the past few years, and even reduced some taxes on all industries, is actually to attract those wealthy people who have fled to the Xianguo and invest their money in the industry and commerce of the Xianguo. At the same time, the ministers allowed the opening up of some small industries in Ruitian, Yongxing, and Lincheng, and used their money to develop China's physical small industries.

Now, a few years later, these large and small workshops and owners have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and even if the tax rate is not restored, the income tax at the end of last year is much higher than it was four years ago. In this reciprocating cycle, the light industry in Xianguo has developed rapidly under the impetus of external capital, with a speed and high efficiency that has not been seen in the past 30 years.

But after all, the rich people in the world are a minority, and the more they go on, the fewer and fewer rich people will flow into the Xian country, on the one hand, the princes restrict the rich from transferring money, on the other hand, the situation tends to be stable, those rich people in their hometowns after all, they have connections and land, and there are risks on the way to escape, so there will be fewer and fewer businessmen who finally flow into the Xian country. ”

"Then what does this have to do with our country's secret borrowing and princes?"

"Did the king think about what the wealthy foreign businessmen who had entered the Xian country would do when they returned to China after the war?"

"This ...... The widow never thought about it. ”

Then the minister carefully explained the benefits and disadvantages to the king. Some of these businessmen who have entered Xianguo will still choose to stay in Xianguo, because Xianguo is more developed and has better medical care, education, government decrees, and legal systems, which can protect their rights and interests and future.

Some of them will return to China, and there are no more than three kinds of these people, one is dependent on the powerful and wealthy businessmen and crony of the home country, and most of them are born involuntarily. The second type is patriots, thinking that they have learned some fur and seen some technology in Xianguo, so they want to return to China with the backbone and industry to develop their home country. The third type is speculators, who think they have acquired some technology and want to return to their home countries to use it, and the local market will make a fortune. ”

"Well, it makes sense, how is Sinong going to deal with it, and can it be regulated by legislation."

"No, you can't. Money is like flowing water, and it is good at pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and it can only be guided, not obstructed, otherwise the prestige and legal system on which the Xian State depends for its livelihood will have no credibility at all.

Businessmen attach great importance to credibility and political stability, and pay more attention to the free coming and going of their money. Therefore we should not force them to be retained, but should guide them. If they don't, the government should buy up their property at their expense, so as to prevent some of the technology from being taken away.

Now the minister will talk about why he wants to secretly lend money to the princes, now the war is no longer a sword fight, all is money, it is human life, the waste is like a bottomless pit, the war does not end one day, it will consume the treasury one day.

The reason why the princes asked for a sky-high price was, on the one hand, that the Xianguo was indeed rich and industrial. On the one hand, although the price of industrial products is not high, but the quantity is large, the consumption is large, the total amount is quite amazing, the vassal states can not come up with such money, or even if they can get it, it will be a great loss of vitality, after the war if our country's strength is still acceptable, then the princes are bound to suffer.

Therefore, if the princes were to enter the war and they were to compromise, the only way to do so was to give them some money in private, so that they could buy the military goods and industrial products of the Xian State. In the end, the money will still fall into the pockets of Xianguo, and be sent as orders to factories and private workshops in various places, which can not only return the money, but also allow the workshops set up in various places to work and eat.

In this way, after the private workshops made a profit, after several years of development, the small workshops became medium workshops, the medium workshops became large workshops, and the large workshops became factories, and by the end of the war, the industrial output value of the Xian country would increase even more.

At the same time, after the money returned to Xianguo, the princes all owed a lot of debts to Xianguo, although nominally it was a money lender from the Yuncang faction, but it was provided by the connections of the Yuncang faction, such as big merchants, local magnates, etc., so the vassal states would either repay it or not. If you don't pay it back, the matter can be spread widely and the princes lose their trust in the world. ”

"But there will still be money that cannot be recovered, and since the money is lent to the princes to buy our goods, why not simply use it for our own purchase, wouldn't it be more convenient."

In this way, although the fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, if the government and the imperial court interfere too much in private production, it will not be conducive to the independent development of private production and commerce. The market should have the rules and principles of the market, and this legal system can only be properly guided and supervised by the imperial court, and regulated by reasonable government decrees, so as not to cause it to undermine the national economy and the people's livelihood.

If private production and commerce rely on procurement from the imperial court for a long time, although the cost will be low and it will be conducive to wartime supply, the long-term dependence will make them unable to move forward and be comfortable.

Moreover, after all, the territory of the Xian country is limited, and the population is not large, and the goods produced by the large number of established workshops will sooner or later exceed the needs of the Xian country itself. At that time, when the war is over, the imperial court will not continue to buy in large quantities, which will cut off their livelihoods, cause a large number of hired workers to lose their jobs, and even hurt the civilian light industry.

But if these purchases came from abroad, from farther away, these goods needed to be traded, and they broadened the foreign market, occupied market share, and made the princes more dependent on Xianguo goods.

Even after the end of the war, the purchase volume decreased, but these workshops were able to produce the supplies needed by the common people, and continued to use the previous commercial networks and channels to export to the princes' countries. In this way, as long as there is demand, there must be production, and production can maintain the operation of the workshop, and with profits, it can continue to develop.

Therefore, although it will lose some money, it will still benefit the salty country on the whole, and it will be a great gain.

In addition, if the vassal states did not repay their loans, it would inevitably be due to the lack of money due to the war, and the failure to repay the loans would be light, and at worst, they would even confiscate the property of some rich merchants, so that those rich merchants who wanted to return to China would have to weigh the weight.

Now the king still thinks that the money he is spending now is a loss? ”

"This ......" Jiang Yu thought deeply, he found that all this today seemed to be planned by Bai Li Yan a long time before the war, but he didn't believe that Bai Li Yan could plan so deeply in advance.

[Note 1] Although the torpedo boat has a simple structure and weak firepower, it seems that it has little combat effectiveness, but before the sixties of the last century, before the popularization of fire control radar and settlement computer, the torpedo boat had high requirements for people, because ship-to-ship operations at sea were all fired in motion, and torpedo boats were not yet naval guns.

If the ship's guns miss a shot, they can still reload, launch, and continue to correct, but the torpedoes do not have so many chances, and the boat has two launchers on the left and right sides, and there are no ammunition reserves, and the larger ones have four or six launch tubes, carrying six rounds, but there are no ammunition reserves, and they are gone after the battle.

Moreover, torpedo boats are high-speed boats, with high speed, fast shortening of distances, and can only be fired outside local small- and medium-caliber rapid-fire guns, so before the advent of fire control radars and settlement computers, torpedo boats have very high requirements, especially mathematics must be good and their brains must be active.

[Note 2] Travelers can divide and multiply like cells, replicating themselves. Instilling their own cognition, ideas, knowledge, and technology into the post-co-existing world through systematic education to achieve essential changes.

Education is the foundation of national rejuvenation and the cornerstone of industrialization.

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