The British thought they had obtained Xu Qing's handle, but in fact, Xu Qing deliberately made them mistakenly think that they had obtained Xu Qing's handle, so that they could use the counter-trick in the future! In fact, Xu Qing still has a lot to know about the thinking of those guys in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if he makes the queen's belly bigger, so what, the Manchu Qing will not only not blame Xu Qing, but will think that it is a long face! This is the inevitable result of the relatively backward diplomatic thinking of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so Xu Qing is actually not worried at all. www.biquge.info The British don't know much about China, so they mistakenly thought that they had caught Xu Qing's handle under Xu Qing's deliberate lure.

However, they all gave Xu Qing a chance to use counter-plots. Xu Qing was more assured that the British would inevitably suffer a big loss if necessary.

"Zhao Qiu, how is this time going?" Xu Qing took the initiative to ask a girl.

The girl named Zhao Qiu was one of the first batch of female international students and was the leader of the group in charge of business. According to Xu Qing's arrangement, in addition to studying business in college, these girls also have to be responsible for "internships". Their internship method is actually to serve as a supervisor of the board of supervisors or a director of the board of directors in various joint-stock enterprises under Xu Qing's Yinghua Bank, learn how to deal with corporate management, and even serve as some corporate managers for actual management.

This Zhao Qiu is currently appointed by Xu Qing as a supervisor of the board of supervisors of Yinghua Bank, and is Xu Qing's representative of the supervision of Yinghua Bank, but at present, Xu Qing has called her.

"Lord Xu, this Anglo-Chinese Bank is still good, and it is still developing very rapidly. Through venture capital, many entrepreneurs have been supported, so that many entrepreneurs have industries, and their business has expanded to the European continent. Basically, you can get 100,000 pounds a month, which is a huge wealth. Lord Xu's Yinghua Bank can bring millions of taels of silver every year, which is almost one-tenth of our imperial court. ”

Zhao Qiu felt that this was too rich, and it was not an exaggeration for Xu Qingke to be really rich. You must know that the current annual financial income of the Manchu Qing court is only tens of millions of taels of silver, and Xu Qing's annual income is several million taels of silver, which is simply making people red. If the domestic bigwigs know, I'm afraid they will think about coming to fight the autumn breeze!

However, Xu Qing will not be stupid to tell the domestic bigwigs that he is rich, but he has to pretend to be poor! Of course, there are not many people who know how much wealth Xu Qing has, and the vast majority of international students don't know. And what this can only know is that Zhao Qiu knows better, and other girls only know part of it, but they don't know all of it.

"Zhao Qiu, now I have something I want you to help me do. I'm going to take a lump sum of money and form a separate holding company that will be responsible for controlling the various companies that are really holding. These companies will be our real core business, the really important business. I'm going to let you take care of it for me! Xu Qing said.

Zhao Qiu asked a little strangely, "Lord Xu, why don't you let foreigners take care of it?" I'm also a beginner, and I'm not very proficient yet. There are a lot of foreigners here who are very proficient, why don't you go to those foreigners? ”

Xu Qing suddenly said coldly: "I can't trust any of those foreign devils!" ”

Zhao Qiu's heart suddenly trembled, this Xu Qing was very close to those foreigners' high-ranking officials and even many foreigners' business executives on weekdays, and even looked like a close partner. It seems that wearing a pair of pants is too fat, but when it comes to the back, I can't believe anything. Such a ghost behind the people in front of him made Zhao Qiudu feel that those foreigners might not know at all that Xu Qing had not completely trusted them behind his back.

"Zhao Qiu, if you are not from my race, your heart will be different, this is for sure. Do you think they can trust me? I know that in fact, they are also hypocritical with me, and the friendship between us is the so-called 'villain friendship', which is purely for the sake of profit. Once there is a conflict of interest, once betrayed, the interests are greater, so they will inevitably betray immediately. ”

"So what I can trust is actually Chinese of the same culture, do you understand?" So I still hope that you will help me take care of these core industries, although these industries may not be very profitable, but in my eyes, they are worth as much as the so-called Anglo-Chinese Bank. Because these industries are the hope of our future, and even the hope of our China's future! ”

Xu Qing's next step is to carry out the real industrial divestment, to gradually strip out all those industries that are really valuable and significant, although these industries may not be profitable, but they are of great use for future plans. These industries must not be handed over to foreigners to take care of, because foreigners can't trust them.

"Thank you for your trust, since we were sold from China to England, we all know to listen to your words, since your lordship trusts us, we will also handle things for your lordship!" Zhao Qiu said.

Xu Qing quickly took out a check, then handed it to Zhao Qiu, and said, "Miss Zhao Qiu, this is a check worth 100,000 pounds, you can get 100,000 pounds from Yinghua Bank." For this 100,000 pounds, you can consider recruiting some Chinese from our country who know foreign languages. I think you are from Guangdong, you should know that there are many translators in Guangdong who know foreign languages, and you can recruit these people. Then you form a translation company and take care of translating these books. ”

"The rest of the money, you go and buy all kinds of books, all of them. Try to buy all the books for me and take them to translate step by step. In short, I had to translate all those books as soon as possible, and then stock them up. However, don't translate in the UK, you can ask someone to go to a house in Guangdong and specialize in translating these books slowly. ”

Xu Qing's first thing was not to buy any industrial machinery, nor to buy any weapons and equipment, but to buy books! This made Zhao Qiu a little strange.

"My lord, didn't you say that you don't want these foreigners to land on us in China again? It stands to reason that the army should be strengthened, and it should be the purchase of ordnance! Zhao Qiu asked.

Xu Qing asked instead: "Do you think that our backwardness in China is based on ordnance?" Do you think that our China is only backward in military weapons and equipment? ”

Zhao Qiu nodded and said, "Yes!" I believe that if our court can have the same weapons and equipment, then we will definitely be able to defeat them! ”

Xu Qing laughed and said, "Zhao Qiu, do you still think that with the same weapons and equipment, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy?" No, in fact, the backward weaponry of our imperial court is just a façade. Our so-called backwardness in weapons is actually just a symptom. Do you know? If we want to have the same weapons, we must have a complete weapon-making capacity. Otherwise, even if we have more weapons, it will be rootless water, and sooner or later we will run out of bullets and shells! ”

"But the manufacture of this weapon also requires a lot of costs. It involves the processing industry, manufacturing, materials, metallurgy, and even a range of industrial disciplines. In China, metallurgy is backward, materials are backward, and behind this is the backwardness and shortage of scientific and technological talents. And then further, it is the backwardness of our education system. The backwardness of the education system is actually a manifestation of the backwardness of a social system, and the real root cause is actually that China is backward in the most basic social system. ”

"If the foundations of a house are not strong, then how strong can you expect the things on top of it to be? Therefore, in fact, the so-called backwardness of weapons is just a symptom of the backwardness of China's most basic social system. Since it is only an appearance, when you try to solve this appearance, there will also be countless problems exposed. When the time comes, do you still have to solve it step by step, like a fly without a head? ”

Xu Qing does not think that China's industrial backwardness is actually just a simple industry, and more is the backwardness of China's social system. China's social system is still under the control of the landlord class, under the control of the landlord class, the development of science and technology is slow, and even suppresses the development of science and technology, and maintains the exploitative power of the landlords.

The Han landlords are the foundation of the current Manchu Qing Dynasty, and on the surface, it seems that the Manchus are the main ones in the officialdom, but in fact Xu Qing understands very well that the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the Han landlords. They gained the support of the Han landlords, and only then did they establish a stable regime. It can be said that since the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in fact, the real ruling foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still the Han landlords, not the so-called banner people.

If it was the banner people, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, and the Qing court, which still looked very strong, actually collapsed within a few months? In fact, this is actually the Han landlord who chose to give up the Manchu Qing Dynasty and chose to give up the Manchu court. Without the support of the Han landlords, the so-called Manchu banner people were nothing more than a joke.

Therefore, if you want to overthrow the Manchu Qing, it is still not possible. If the landlord class is not dug up, then the whole society will still be changing the soup but not the medicine, and the industry will still not be able to develop, and the landlords, in order to safeguard their own interests, will inevitably oppose industry and science and technology, and everything will be in vain.

But if the ruling class is replaced by the power of capital, they will desperately develop technology, because the development of technology can bring profits.

"Zhao Qiu, maybe you don't understand it yet, so you need to read more. Really understand the difference, that's the fundamental. Therefore, these books are the foundation of China's future rejuvenation. The so-called weapons, the so-called industry, the so-called some of those things, are all false. Because these industrial machines are actually created by humans. How did human beings create these machines, and what did they rely on to create them, and they couldn't have been made out of thin air, right? ”

"Why is it here that the speed of production of a worker is ten times faster than the speed of production of a craftsman in China? It's all about technology, and science and technology are developing, so that they can get the foundation for rapid development. ”

"But how did technology develop, how did it come about? It is accumulated step by step, through various kinds of knowledge. ”

"And all of this is knowledge. Knowledge is the core that determines productivity, and it determines that they can produce not only more but also better quality products, which is what we need to do. If we blindly pursue those strong ships and cannons, but make up for how these strong ships and cannons came about, then in the end it is just a flower in the moon mirror in the water. ”

Zhao Qiu hurriedly said: "My lord, I understand, we not only have to think about these strong ships and cannons. We also need to know why we were able to get these guns and how they came to be. Otherwise, the simple pursuit of this strong ship and sharp cannon is just the pursuit of this castle in the air, and in the end there is nothing. Only when we know what is at the bottom of this strong ship and cannon, and know the bottom, can we gradually build a building, so that our own strong ships and cannons can really be manufactured, this is the fundamental! ”

Xu Qing praised and said: "Very good, very good, if you can understand this, then I am very satisfied." The 100,000 pounds you use to start a translation company, and then buy books and send them back home for translation in secret. Don't let people know, because this copyright is not easy to solve. Then send them back to China to stock up on these books, which may not be needed for a while, but they will certainly be of great use in the next few years. I don't buy those weapons and equipment, because I know that these are just a castle in the air, and we can only build a building in the future if we lay a good foundation. ”

Xu Qing knows very well that the most valuable thing in the world is knowledge, and the reserve of knowledge determines the development potential of a person, a country or even a nation. Perhaps the pursuit of so-called technology and industry is actually the opposite of the opposite. Because technology and industry are only a "manifestation" of knowledge, not the essence.

Knowledge, whether in the liberal arts or in science and engineering, is indispensable. Even some knowledge that seems to be liberal arts can completely affect the development of science and engineering. As a diplomat, Xu Qing has a very complex amount of knowledge to learn, spanning many liberal arts and sciences. He knows that there is no absolutely independent discipline in this world, and the development of science and engineering is inseparable from the construction of a social system.

Science and engineering, which is detached from the social system, is also a castle in the sky. Therefore, Xu Qing does not simply pursue science and engineering, but includes all disciplines. The social system is the soil for scientific development, so the first thing Xu Qing had to do was to rebuild China's social system before going back to think about the development of industry. With the right social system, industrial development is rocket-like.

"Knowledge is the primary productive force, science is just the embodiment of knowledge, and only after learning the knowledge of all walks of life can this thing be 'embodied'. Otherwise, developing science for the sake of developing science is nothing more than a headache and a pain in the foot. Xu Qing thought.