The collapse of the colonial system dominated by Britain and France, or the tide of national independence, took place in the fifties and sixties of the twentieth century.

In other words, it will be another thirty or forty years before the national consciousness will generally awaken and the colonial system will collapse.

Prior to this, Britain, France, or all the countries with colonies in the world, pursued a single economic model in the colonies, and all the power to distribute materials was in the hands of the suzerain, and the colonies did not have the ability to be self-sufficient, and then became more dependent on the suzerain.

For example, in Borneo, the Dutch are implementing the plantation model, because Borneo does not produce food, so the food must rely on the Dutch to import, which makes Borneo more dependent on the Dutch distribution, without the Dutch, the local aborigines can not even eat.

The British did the same with Australia, whose economy is now based on wheat and wool, and the mining industry, although initially developing, is still far from being a "country sitting on a minecart". Australia has no domestic industrial production capacity, daily necessities need to be supplied by the British, and even the Australians do not even have merchant ships, and their wheat and wool have to be transshipped by the British to be transported to Europe.

The strict control of Australia by the British is evident.

In fact, the main reason for the large-scale emergence of national independence is that Britain and France do not fully realize the value of the colonies, for example, Kuwait, a small country with an area of just over 10,000 square kilometers, concentrates one-tenth of the world's oil reserves, if the British realize this, will they let Kuwait become independent?

No, they will engage in a "westward expansion campaign" to turn Kuwait into a no-man's land.

Don't think that the British can't do this kind of thing, when the Americans carried out the "westward movement", the United States did not exist, and where was the British colony.

However, this single economic model does not work for the Chinese, who have become accustomed to the economic model of self-sufficient small-scale farmers, who grow their own food, sew their own clothes, build their own houses, and make their own furniture, and they can live well without any external intervention.

That's why the British will launch the Opium War and break the closure of the Qing Dynasty with strong ships and cannons, to put it bluntly, to break the small-scale peasant economic model.

For Qin Zhiyuan, he wanted to create a super-large-scale "small peasant economic model" in the Grand Duchy of Lanfang, striving for self-sufficiency in everything, and at the same time exporting surplus production capacity in exchange for greater surplus value.

Then we must be careful with Australia's iron ore, otherwise once the British realize the value of Australia, the British will definitely not hesitate to break the contract and firmly control Australia in their hands.

To deal with the British, in fact, it still depends on the French, as long as they act according to normal rules, Qin Zhiyuan is sure to make the British suffer a big loss, because if it rises to the national level, even if Britain seems to be a little stronger than the French, the French will not give up the benefits they deserve.

When the time comes, Britain and France will fight with each other, I don't know who will win?

I don't know if I can do it?

Qin Zhiyuan is looking forward to it.

So one day in mid-February, Qin Zhiyuan found the old Renault to discuss investment in Australia.

"Buying land? Where birds don't poop, why buy them? Old Renault disagreed.

In fact, some time ago, I believed the rumors spread by Clemenceau, and those who rushed to buy Moroccan land lost miserably, and those people bought Moroccan land and went to Morocco with great interest to find the legendary oil fields.

The reality is so cruel, the gang has been busy in Morocco for nearly three months, digging a lot of wells, and not finding a single oil field. Many of the oil companies that have sprung up overnight have broken their capital chains and have no choice but to sell the land they have bought in the hope of recovering some of their costs.

But it's easy to buy, but it's hard to sell.

Morocco is now synonymous with "pit goods", and no one dares to eat those so-called "oil fields" at such a time, and throw their own money into those bottomless pits.

As a result, many people have lost their families and lost all their money.

But who is to blame?

Qin Zhiyuan's reminder in front of the Prime Minister's Office that "entering the market is risky, and investment needs to be cautious" is still in his ears, and now Qin Zhiyuan can't be blamed for digging a pit for you to jump, but people have reminded him.

But in the midst of all the excitement at the time, who could tell which was the trap and which was the heaven.

Blame yourself for being too greedy.

"The last time I wanted to buy the New Baku area, you said the same thing." Qin Zhiyuan showed no mercy.

"Ahaha, it's a nice day!" Old Renault's face does not change, it is thicker than his face, and old Renault does not lose to anyone.

"How? To buy or not to buy? We can't come out and find an Englishman to buy it, anyway, where is mountainous, there is no value now, it is estimated that the governor does not even know where the Pilbara is, and it will not cost a few dollars, but the potential benefits are huge. Qin Zhiyuan didn't hide anything from Old Renault, and directly said the destination.

"Pilbara...... There is also oil there? "Old Renault's eyes lit up when he talked about oil.

More than half of the oil pipeline from Djerba to the oil fields in New Baku has been laid, and the Prince of Basel has mobilized more than 200,000 workers to lay the pipelines in order to be able to find the oil fields in Tunis as soon as possible.

Don't look at the Prince of Basel's repeated talk about the interests of the aborigines, when it comes to his own interests, Basel treats the aborigines much more harshly than the French. You must know that the old Renault paid the salaries of these 200,000 people, but none of these workers were left behind, and all of them were filled by Basel.

"There is no oil, there is iron ore, an unbeatable super-large-scale iron ore! From now on, it will not be used up until the next century, and it may be used until the next century. "Qin Zhiyuan's bait under the foot.

"Really...... It's true? "It was obvious that old Renault's Adam's apple was swallowing.

Louis Renault had his own steel plant, but now it was semi-suspended, because the Germans now occupied the mines in France, and the steel plant had to stop working without raw materials.

But it was for this reason that the old Renault was able to buy a steel mill.

It is said that the guy who sold the steel mill to the old Renault took the money paid by the old Renault to invest in Moroccan oil, and it was all lost, and now the unlucky guy is probably considering whether to jump off the building.

The elder Renault is now gradually transforming into a "mining tycoon" and has a deep understanding of the role of steel.

It is said that Louis Renault's automobile factory was originally a large consumer of steel, and the old Renault's demand for iron ore is really stronger than Qin Zhiyuan.

"Yes, iron ore, inexhaustible." Qin Zhiyuan is sure.

Old Renault's face showed a look of struggle, and he gritted his teeth a little before he half a sound: "It's not easy to do, it's the territory of the British, if there are really so many iron mines, the British won't let us control it." ”

At this moment, the old Renault really envied the resources of the British, who had the most extensive colonies in the world and the largest living space.

"So the two of us can't get ahead, find an Englishman to take the lead, let him go and buy the Pilbara, and then organize the company to develop, the employees in the company can be French and Chinese, the British government can't control it." Qin Zhiyuan planned carefully.

This plan is also harboring evil intentions, and finding the British will not cause the British government to resent it, nor will it attract the opposition of the Australian colonial government, at least it can smoothly get the Pilbara region in its hands.

After getting it, the direction of the matter will not be controlled by the British government or the Australian government, don't these countries claim to respect public opinion, Qin Zhiyuan, who is used to hiding in the dark, is the best at coercing public opinion.

"It's not easy to find a suitable British, it's not easy to control the powerful, and it's impossible to hide the source of funds if you don't have power, so you can't make a monopoly directly." Old Renault is not worried.

"Who says you can't? With the resources we have now, is it troublesome to create a rich man? Qin Zhiyuan smiled weirdly.

"Made? How to build? Old Renault was confused.

"Go to Liabi, find a local farmer and buy his farm." Qin Zhiyuan directly.

"In what name? You can't just find someone and give him a lot of money, in this way, everyone knows that there is something wrong with it. "Old Renault doesn't know what's going on.

"Go in the name of the United Oil Company, go to the junction of Liabi and Tusni, I will provide a few coordinates, just buy one." Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to expose his true purpose too early.

Speaking of which, Liabi has much more oil reserves than Algeria, but Liabi's oil fields are more scattered and not as concentrated as in the New Baku area, plus Liabi is now under the control of the British, Qin Zhiyuan is not easy to operate.

Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan's ambition is not so big now, as long as he can find a suitable target and give him a large amount of money, so that he can have the ability to buy the Pilbara region of Australia, as for the oil in Liabi, he will mine it if he has the opportunity, and even if he has no chance, anyway, the oil in the New Baku area will not be exhausted in decades, Qin Zhiyuan is not in a hurry.

"Where are the oil fields?" Old Renault is still relatively sharp.

"Yes!" Qin Zhiyuan is sure.

"Then we don't need to let United Oil take the lead and form another oil company to develop Liabie's oil." Old Renault had ambitions.

"It's not impossible to form another company, but there is a question you have to consider, Liabi is in the British-controlled area, what if there are enough oil reserves where the British can be ashamed of it?" Qin Zhiyuan was not without worries.

"Shameless, shameless! Who's afraid of whom? As long as we buy it openly, what can the British say? If the British dare to forcibly take away our oil fields, Raymond and George will not sit idly by. "Old Renault is confident.

"That's good......" Qin Zhiyuan was satisfied.

What we want is for the French government to come forward, so that the balance can be used to fight in the ring!

(To be continued.) )