In 1871, Japan sent people to Paris to learn silk making technology.

With this group of people as the center, they began to savor why they would think that "foreign businessmen are unreasonable".

Through the investigation of the U.S. market by consuls abroad, the Japanese finally figured out how important it is for the modern textile industry to stabilize the quality of raw silk. After that, they began to establish sericulture schools to train the talents needed for the promotion of technology, and at the same time equipped with a financial support system for production and trade. In the era when there was a shortage of businessmen with foreign trade experience, the government even lent money to foreign businessmen in order to obtain stable income. Speaking in detail, there are many twists and turns, but Japan's goal is clear: to export more raw silk and earn money for enriching the country and strengthening the army and acquiring modern means of production. ”

"This is the difference between Japan and the Qing Dynasty!" Qiao Guoqiang said: "Japanese people are more pragmatic, they are more able to think, they are willing to participate in the game and abide by the rules of the game, and then wait for themselves to become strong and make the rules." ”

"Although there are capable people in the Qing Dynasty, they can't stand more stupid people!"

"It's the 20th century, and there is still a kind of garbage called Yanguan Qingliu in the court, who dares to point fingers at the government without even looking at the world map. Crooked on arms procurement... All the fucking damn it! ”

After the rambling was over, he looked at Li Yutang, who was frowning, and said:

"If you want to surpass Japan in the silk weaving industry, you need long-term investment, but you can also make a profit in the short term. Now in the upper class society of the United States and the West, women are popular to wear stockings, and the price of a pair of stockings can often reach more than a dozen oceans... As long as you have a machine, you will definitely make a profit! ”

"Matches are a must, how many people are there in the Celestial Empire? Forty thousand! Qiao Guoqiang snapped his fingers and said, "Cook, smoke, light candles." These all need to use matches, one a day, ten boxes a year, that is an ocean, what a vast market is this? ”

"As for soap, it's even simpler!" Qiao Guoqiang pulled his chair closer and said to Li Yutang, "Actually, what I want you to do the most is this soap!" ”

"Soap?" Li Yutang asked, "Why soap?" ”

"Because it's so simple!" Qiao Guoqiang said lightly: "What soap needs is alkali and oil. The saponification reaction between the two will become a solid state, which has the function of washing and purifying. ”

"Most of the soaps on the market are mutton fat and butter. The other is whale oil. Qiao Guoqiang came up with an idea: "You buy a steamboat, the bow is equipped with a javelin projected with springs, and the winch of the machine on the hull is the pulley grunt. Go to the sea to catch whales, hoist them on the boat, and have people break them down on the boat. ”

"When the whale's fat is boiled out, it reacts with caustic soda to become soap, and with some different spices, it becomes soap. The fat of a whale is enough for you to produce hundreds of thousands of bars of soap, and the whale wax in the whale's brain, which can be used as a raw material for a good candle! ”

"Then you can sell whale meat for money, the price is not too high, just like pork, someone will definitely buy it!"

"The only thing that's a bit of a hassle is the weather." Qiao Guoqiang said, "The meat of this whale is easy to spoil, and it is best to fry or marinate the whale meat in oil on the boat." You can also make ice from saltpeter and freeze it. ”

"You can start this soap business first, save some capital, and then start sitting in the match factory and the silk reeling factory!" Qiao Guoqiang said.

"Oh, yes!" He said, "When you hunt for whaling, you can also sit on candles." ”

"Good!" Li Yutang said, "Then I'll sit in this soap and candle business first." With that, he hurriedly poured Qiao Guoqiang a glass of wine, and then did it first.

Qiao Guoqiang said that he was thirsty for a long time, so he picked up the teacup and drank a cup, and then ate the vegetables.

Hurriedly having a full stomach, Li Yutang asked again and again about buying a boat.

Qiao Guoqiang suggested that he buy German ships, because the quality of German merchant ships was very good at this time.

"Between this foreigner and the foreigner, isn't it ironclad?"

"It's not! Qiao Guoqiang said: "They don't like each other. ”

As he spoke, he dropped a bomb. "In less than ten years, Europe will be fighting!"

"Fight?!" Li Yutang was surprised: "Why? ”

Qiao Guoqiang picked up a piece of flying fish meat with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it twice, and then took a sip of shark fin soup.

"The spoils are unevenly divided!"

Then, he gave Li Yutang a detailed account of the grievances and interests of various European countries.

Finally, he said, "In less than ten years, they will fight." After the fight, the cannon rang out, and the gold was ten thousand taels. The young and middle-aged people in their country will go to the front line to fight, and as cannon fodder, there will be no one to work in the factory. The country has become a battlefield, and the raw materials in the farmland cannot be supplied, and then it will be the time for Boss Li to make a fortune! ”

"If nothing else, how many bandages do you have to use just to bandage the wounds of the wounded soldiers? How much does it cost to set up a tent? How much gunpowder did the cannonball shake the ground? Do you want to eat if you are a soldier? This firewood, rice, oil, salt, meat, vegetables, miso soup, but it's all money! ”

"At that time, your whale meat will no longer have to be sold to the citizens of Hong Kong, it will be canned and bought in Europe for those who serve as soldiers. Whale skins can be used to make shoes, belts, and if you build a match factory in the past two years, you can make explosives and sell them at that time. Definitely a fortune! ”

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years!" Li Yutang picked up his wine glass and said sincerely, "Mr. Qiao, please also be sure to join me Jin Liyuan, I, Li Yutang, am willing to use Sancheng dry shares as a dowry!" ”

"Don't use dry stocks!" Qiao Guoqiang refused, "These things are considered free for you!" This includes how to make soap, the recipe for match-lit gunpowder, even the drawings of the silk reeling machine, and I can tell you the location of a small island with treasures! ”

"Aren't you at a loss?"

"Hahaha! Qiao Guoqiang shook his head, waved his hand and said, "These are all ownerless things, your boss Li supports the revolution, and you don't even want children, my surname Qiao is a person who is greedy for money?" ”

He said so much, one is that he wants to complain out of boredom. Another one is to try to see if Li Yutang can be cultivated into a capitalist like the Rong family.

"I can find gold mines in the mountains, find medicinal herbs, and have a body of kung fu and marksmanship, it's too easy to make money!"

"That's not going to work!" Li Yutang said: "I can't ask you for so many benefits for nothing!" ”

"It's not for nothing!" Qiao Guoqiang said: "I can also use your place!" ”

"Sir, please!" Li Yutang said, "As long as I, Li Yutang, can do it, there is no ambiguity!" ”

"Help me find an island!" Qiao Guoqiang thought for a while and said, "You build a camp according to my design, and I want to train those revolutionary parties well, including your son." The camp doesn't need to be too big, it can accommodate 30 to 100 people! ”

"Good! No problem! ”

In the next half month, Qiao Guoqiang would take time out every day to train the backbone of the Xingzhong Association at the newspaper, mainly talking about the revolutionary envoys of the West, the history of economic development, the history of scientific and technological development, and some macroeconomic things, as well as some physics and chemistry

Knowledge.

When he lectures, he will criticize those old literati who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains and grains, especially Qingliu.

"This kind of person, except for spraying people, has no fart skills."

"In the future revolution, if you encounter nothing to do, you will be troubled, and you will be helpless in the event of trouble, but you will be shot directly if you want to pick bones in the waste of those who do practical things! Or send them to teach in remote areas! ”

"Didn't they preach and educate the people? Then go to the remote areas and educate those barbarians! ”