"I have a piece of advice, Duncan. www.biquge.info Qin Lang smiled and said, "Since our competitors are creating nationalist sentiments in China, then you should go along with this trend." ”

"Uh......" Duncan looked at Qin Lang, then turned his head to look at O'Connor—who shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly—and finally turned back, "What do you mean, Qin?" ”

"We can think of nationalism as a trump card in a game, but unlike a real hand, it can still be used by any player who participates in the game, even in the same gambling hand." Qin Lang meant, "Our enemies are exploiting nationalism, and we can do the same." ”

"What do you mean......" Duncan hesitated, "...... Do you want me to preach nationalism to the Chinese people and encourage them to boycott Western products, especially American products? ”

"There is no doubt that it is."

Duncan felt that Qin Lang's mind seemed to be in chaos because he was about to get married...... No, his mind must have become confused, otherwise there would never have been any alcoholic beverages in his house; He went so far as to ask an American company to promote nationalism to the Chinese people and encourage them to boycott Western products...... What could be crazier than that? According to the Chinese, this act is called self-digging grave!

He shook his head sadly. "Maybe you should seriously consider your suggestion, Qin."

Qin Lang responded with a smile and did not speak, but O'Connor ended the silence again. "Perhaps, that person should be seriously considered is you, man."

He was on Qin Lang's side...... He was actually on Qin Lang's side. Duncan found O'Connor's choice incredible: he must have seen how stupid and crazy it was for an American company to stir up nationalist sentiment and promote a boycott of Western goods in China, but why would he support Qin Lang?

That person should be seriously considered is you. Duncan couldn't believe that he would say such a thing.

"Can you explain, Sean?" There was a hint of annoyance in his tone, but more of a puzzle, "Could it be that I'm the only one who doesn't see how subtle Qin's plan is?" ”

"I'm afraid we'll have to admit it." O'Connor maintained a calm, nonchalant tone - Duncan suddenly felt that he was imitating Qin Lang...... No, maybe this O'Connor is actually Qin Lang in disguise, so the "Qin Lang" sitting on the other side is O'Connor......

Duncan felt a knot in his brain, and shook his head vigorously to shove the thoughts out. However, he also missed most of O'Connor's speech, hearing only the last line: "...... You know, Qin doesn't usually make his plans public all at once, and what we know is always only a part of it. ”

He thought it was a bit of a complaint — but O'Connor did. Qin Lang's pretending to be mysterious, covering up, making his plan like an iceberg, and only letting others see the part that came out of the water had made O'Connor unbearable.

O'Connor always wondered -- but never brought it up because of personality issues -- when would his partner ever be able to be open and honest about it.

Qin Lang understood what he meant, shrugged his shoulders secretly, and spread his hands. "It's not that I'm trying to keep it mysterious, it's just that Duncan interrupted me before I could make the whole plan public."

Simply taking advantage of the fact that he pushed O'Connor's complaints aside, he continued: "Promoting nationalism and encouraging the populace to boycott Western products is only one step in the plan, and at the same time, you are to secretly set up some new textile factories, but not in the name of United Textile Technologies, and not in the name of the United Textile Technology Company, and not for Westerners to come forward." You have to hide behind the scenes, let the Chinese stand in the foreground, declare to the outside world that those factories are the industry of the Chinese, the national industry, and encourage the people to support them with practical actions. ”

"To be precise, it is to set up factories that we have invested in, but which claim to be China's national industry, and to take advantage of the growing nationalist sentiment to induce Chinese to buy their products through deceptive propaganda...... And it's a very enthusiastic ......."

As if worried that Duncan would not be able to understand Qin Lang's plan yet, O'Connor made a supplement, but before he could finish speaking, he was already starting to laugh. "Interesting, very interesting!" O'Connor slapped the table hard, gasping for breath, out of breath, "China's national industry, which is fully controlled by American capital...... Qin, I can't imagine at all what the expressions of those fooled Chinese will be after your plan is debunked. ”

"That's not my concern." Qin Lang replied.

"Oh yes, that's Mr. Sandy's problem." O'Connor turned to look at Duncan, "What do you think, man?" ”

"I'm not sure...... Duncan struggled to recover from his embarrassment and surprise while looking for some reason to help him get out of his embarrassment, "I want to know, where those mills should get their cotton from." ”

Qin Lang began to smile again. "United Textile Technologies, of course." Then he put on a solemn and sad expression, "I believe that the people who love the country should be able to understand how helpless national entrepreneurs in difficult situations can be when they decide to buy American cotton -- of course, I don't expect this predicament to motivate farmers to actively grow cotton instead of continuing to grow a cash crop." ”

"But I think it's inconceivable that an American capitalist would sell raw material to his competitors – it's easy to see the flaws."

"If you have a backlog of cotton in stock, you'll sell it to a competitor." Qin Lang said, "Of course, you can also use some marketing methods that our opponents can see, such as doubling the selling price of cotton, and then selling it to textile factories at a 20% discount." ”

"Perhaps...... I think it's a little more cumbersome. "Continue to resist, but there is no point.

"Troublesome, but effective." Qin Lang's fingers began to habitually tap on the table, "And you have to understand that doing so can hit our competitors." Unless they can find cheap suppliers of raw materials, the real national enterprises will be weak and short of capital, and their end will be reached when you announce an increase in the selling price of cotton. ”

"Maybe they can find suppliers of raw materials at low prices." The last resistance, although Duncan was well aware that it was futile, "the British ......"

Qin Lang interrupted him. "Don't worry about the British, they're already on their own."

"I don't understand."

"Transvaal." O'Connor spoke again. This time, however, his nonchalance vanished entirely, replaced by the palpable excitement and fanaticism. "The war is about to begin."

War? Duncan wasn't surprised. A few years earlier, he had traveled with Qin Lang to the Transvaal to sell weapons - but failed - and by that time he had known that a war would break out between Britain and the Transvaal, and that the Transvaal would eventually become part of history and the empire on which the sun never sets.

Duncan believed in this outcome, and was convinced that on the one hand, it was Qin Lang's prophecy, and on the other hand, through the history he knew, he himself could deduce this outcome.

In 1884, mining experts discovered a gold mine in a remote pasture between the city of Pretoria and the Vaal River – later named the Witwatersrand Gold Mine – and the profits and taxes generated by the gold mine led to the rapid economic development of the Transvaal Republic, but at the same time it became more and more at odds with Great Britain and gradually slipped to the brink of armed conflict.

Unfortunately, the Transvaal government seems to have been completely unaware of this, and in 1890 it went so far as to enact a law requiring foreign nationals, mainly British, to pay full taxes, but to prohibit them from standing in presidential and legislative elections, to hold government office, and to deny their children access to government-funded schools......

At that time, war was already an inevitable consequence.

And it already had a rehearsal: in 1895, the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony and the mining magnate Cecil Brown. Sir Rhodes's friend, the hapless South African Mining Company senior staff member Dr. Jensen, organized an unsuccessful expedition to try to unite with the Aliens Reform Commission in Johannesburg to overthrow the Transvaal President by force. Kruger, who had killed one hundred and thirty-four soldiers and sent himself to prison - but anyone who thought that the British attempt at the Transvaal would end there, was very wrong.

The expedition was just the beginning, and the war ......

Wait a minute! Duncan suddenly felt like a fool: why could Qin Lang and O'Connor see the contradictions between the Transvaal and Britain...... The war will put the British in a situation where they will not be able to take care of themselves, and he will not see anything?

No. Duncan believed that their predictions were completely wrong and simply could not possibly happen: that the world's most powerful empire on which the sun never sets was cornered by the weak Transvaal? Is God a Transvaal?

"It's none of God's business, Duncan." As if seeing his thoughts, Qin Lang spoke, "God will remain neutral, but the German Emperor will not." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )