The end of the song

Yelena elegantly took Li Fushou's arm and walked out of the dance floor, her breasts rose and fell slightly, her face was a faint light pink, and the rotation of Fang Cai made her a little dizzy.

It's not that Li Fushou's charm is too great, but that the damn fishbone jacket is too tight, almost making Yelena breathless.

Her waist is full of arms, which contrasts sharply with her plump and fair breasts, and is enhanced by the graceful French court lady's dress.

The price was that poor Elena was almost suffocating.

At this celebrity-packed ball

Another focus of attention is Fiona, the daughter of Queensland's largest gold miner, dressed in an expensive suit.

Sir Dennis did not attend the carnival, but his wife and daughter came to send a clear message of reconciliation.

In fact, it is almost impossible for Sir Dennis in Queensland to deal with the Red River Valley these days.

The thriving valley town has a population of nearly 100,000, and if you add the scattered rotational grazing towns, reclamation towns, and other factories, villages and towns hidden in the mountains, the devil knows how many Chinese people are on the boundaries of the Red River Valley.

It's safe to say that Brisbane has surpassed Brisbane in terms of population and prosperity.

Today, the Australian continent presents a situation of four new cities, Melbourne and Sydney, Brisbane and the Red River Valley.

Sydney, as the earliest British colony in Australia, attracted more and more immigrants to settle here, and after experiencing conflicts with Aborigines and criminal riots, Sydney's population gradually grew in size.

In 1851, the discovery of gold increased Sydney's population to 200,000 in two decades, and wool, port trade and education were the city's mainstay industries.

Melbourne is the largest city in Australia and the capital of Victoria, located more than 1,000 kilometers southwest of Sydney, and the Victorian gold mining area discovered in 1851 is located near Melbourne, attracting a large number of gold prospectors from Europe and East Asia.

The gold rush, which lasted for more than 20 years, led to a rapid expansion of the city with a population of nearly 400,000 and is known for its wool and gold mines.

Needless to say, Brisbane and the Red River Valley are both emerging cities with populations of more than 100,000 and are growing rapidly.

Looking at this development momentum, over time, it is very much more than the trend of the two important cities in the south, which is also where Queensland's confidence lies.

Gorgeous ball hall

Li Fushou, the most authoritative city owner in the Red River Valley, is laughing and laughing with a group of upper-class people, and his female companion has become an eyesore.

"Miss Elena, you are really glorious today, I would like to take the liberty of asking, can you hand Mr. Li back to us, gentlemen have some topics to discuss that are not of interest to the lady and miss, please allow me to apologize again."

"Oh, my Excellency Lord Morgan, I am feeling tired too, and allow me to retire for the time being."

"Thank you, Miss Elena, and once again I sincerely compliment you for your beauty."

"I hope you have a good chat."

Yelena held a lace-edged embroidered handkerchief in her hand, covered her mouth and chuckled, and left gracefully.

Li Fushou was immediately surrounded by gentlemen, and Sir Morgan McLowrie, of course, did not let him take the lead in asking questions;

"Okay, we can finally talk about some gentlemen's topics, Mr. Lee, is it true that your property is said to be open to white investors?"

"Exactly, Your Excellency."

"You are the future viscount who is about to accept the queen's title, please remove the honorifics and let us talk openly and honestly."

"As you wish, Sir Sir."

"What is your purpose for opening up your investment in the industry? You know, they're all very profitable factories. ”

"Friends, gentlemen, I know that there is now a ridiculous argument against the colour and talents of my complexion, which is in fact a cowardly act without grace, and a great despicable." Li Fushou's words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

He paused slightly, and continued with his helpless hands spread out;

"It's not hard for a person to succeed, as long as you have God's favor, you can easily see business opportunities, provided you have enough manpower to turn these into reality.

The woolen mill industry, for example, is the most striking example.

We all know that Australia is the largest source of wool in the UK, and it is also the largest importer in France and Germany, and many farmers sell their wool to middlemen for a negligible profit.

In Australia, two pounds of wool are worth only one copper penny.

But when it comes to Europe, it's worth six times as much, and a pound of wool is worth three copper pennies.

In that case, why don't we ship our hard-earned wool to Australia ourselves?

Is it a lack of tens of thousands of pounds to buy ocean-going vessels, or a lack of talent for international trade?

Or is it simply too lazy to think bigger?

We cleaned and sorted the wool in Australia, and finally spun it into pure wool thread and shipped it to Europe for sale, reducing the volume by 4 times, but increasing the value by more than 10 times.

In the port of Lyon, France

A pound of high-quality pure wool yarn is worth 1 shilling 2 pence, and if it is dyed wool, the price will increase by 30%, have you ever wondered how much profit there is?

For most of this year alone, the Red River Valley has made 13 voyages to Europe, including wool, milk powder, Australian ham, sausages, canned goods and milk candy, as well as a large number of leather goods.

The woolen mill alone has grown from more than 3,000 employees to more than 6,700 today, and the scale of production has more than tripled.

What does this mean?

It shows that we have abundant resources, and we must also have abundant manual processing and production, and sell these good things overseas.

Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and the money cannot be earned by one person.

I want to try to unite more people to join the circle, we can go and make the money of the Americans, we can also go and make the money of the British, the French and the Ottomans, trade is not about politics, we are dealing with customers, we can provide whatever they need.

Looking back now

The restrictions introduced in Victoria and South Wales are ridiculous and stupid. ”

This gushing speech really touched all those present, who were not talking about the Restriction Act now, because it would really offend the future Viscount.

The mayor of Melbourne, Victoria, Jeff Bridges, a middle-aged white man with a slight figure, hesitated and said; "It's really a wise explanation, and it's a big sight, Mr. Lee, I admire your business talent very much, but Australia's demographic imbalance is always a big problem."

"Wrong, not being able to develop is the big problem." Li Fushou flatly denied it.

"Oh, I want to hear it." Jeff Bridges behaved with great grace.

"So let's take the woollen mill as an example to illustrate the extreme importance of population to development." Li Fushou looked at it calmly, and saw that everyone was looking at him with attention, and said calmly;

"Now that the amount of wool we produce has increased dramatically as our herd has expanded, the scale of our woollen mill production is in dire need of expansion.

So here's the problem.

Today's woollen mills need to double the production scale, then they need no less than 130,000 employees, and everything is empty without manpower.

Limiting oneself is the most ridiculous stupid thing.

Seeing that you can't make money, you can only sell it at a low price, isn't this a disease in your head?

Downing Street does not stipulate the proportional structure of the population of mainland Australia, you have to tie your legs yourself, dare not move forward, do not want to make more money, who has the leisure time to play with such idiots?

It's good to be your farmer, it's good to sell your wool.

We in Queensland need to let go of all unnecessary restrictions and encourage people to move and settle, which is the right way to develop the economy.

Isn't it true that only when there is more meat on the plate and the share is larger can we get more out of it?

The economic development of Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements has been moving forward smoothly, which is a perfect commentary on my words.

Demographics is not the problem, the biggest problem is the stereotypes in your heads, and you would rather tie your hands and feet in the process of moving forward, and Queensland is definitely not willing to stop and wait for you. ”

The harsh remarks made a group of high society people from South Wales and Victoria look bad, but they could not refute it.

Because that's what it is.

Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements developed very well, the entrepot trade and the rubber plantation economy required a large number of people, and it was unrealistic and impossible to completely count on white immigrants, and the economic development was still very stable in the case of a large Chinese population, and there was no imbalance.

Think about it too;

A 5,000-tonne shipment of wool in Australia, worth just £250,000, has tripled to £150,000 in Manchester, England.

Excluding the freight of 23~240,000 pounds, there is a huge profit of nearly 130,000 pounds.

If it is spun into yarn, it will be doubled, and 5,000 tons of yarn is worth nearly 600,000 pounds.

The gap is too great to come and go, and the key is to need a large number of workers, and it is unrealistic to expect whites to fill this gap entirely.

Woolen mills need female workers, Australia itself is a wild continent with an extreme shortage of women, where do so many female workers enter the factory?

The Victorian goldfields, which have been in development for 27 years, are a prime example of this, with Melbourne's population at its peak at over 570,000 falling to nearly 400,000, of which less than a quarter are women.

In addition to the large number of Chinese gold diggers who returned to their hometowns, there were also many white gold prospectors who made money and left without hesitation, plunging the city of Melbourne into continued economic stagnation.

Now that more stringent policies have been introduced, the number of Chinese is rapidly declining, and there is no population and consumption, which has dealt a huge blow to Melbourne's economy.

It's time to rethink this policy.

What's more, when Lord Viscount returns with honor, Queensland will inevitably let go of all restrictions, otherwise it will be an offense to Lord Viscount's noble glory.

Compare the heart to the heart

You look down on me in all kinds of tricks, should I beat you?

Once Queensland was fully liberalized, the strict restrictions imposed by other states became a joke.

Who sees a big hole in a bag and still hold water, who sees a big hole in a fence and still keep a wolf out?

Belch...... The analogy doesn't seem quite right!

See this scenario

Li Fushou increased the temptation again and said; "Do you know how much money my woollen mill has made in more than a year?"

"I'm sorry Mr. Li, can this be revealed?"

"Yes, excluding the cost of materials, labour and equipment, shipping to Europe and selling at a price below 10% of the market, my woollen mill can earn more than £500,000 a year, and almost every employee earns me £80, and if I double the scale of production, I can make more than a million pounds a year, because it's almost idiotic to give up because of lack of manpower, isn't it worth pondering?"

"Ah...... Oh my God, there are so many ......"

The crowd was surprised that duck eggs could be stuffed into their mouths, and their expressions were uncontrollable.

It won't be long

White upper-class people have to look up to him, so Li Fushou now speaks with different weight, and the gentlemen have to pay attention to the opinions of the future viscount, listen attentively, and even amend the relevant bills for this purpose.

As a person who has experienced it firsthand, Li Fushou really feels the huge improvement in his voice and status, which is simply different from before.

At that time, no one in the upper class wanted to listen to what Li Fushou said? And don't care what he thinks? I only know that he is a lucky Chinese boy with a wealth like a sea of gold and silver, nothing more.

All of this is exactly what he wants to see change now.

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