The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 605 The ancestor said: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom should help Australia liberate its productivity!

"Your Highness, I understand your idea of ​​turning the entire Southeast Asia into a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom colony," Moore looked at the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ruler in front of him who had a very "strange" way of doing things, "but I disagree with your statement that the lack of productivity in Southeast Asia is because there are too few Chinese. There is no essential difference between the local workers in Southeast Asia and the workers in China, India, and Europe. As long as they are liberated, receive a good education, and have the right to work in pursuit of a happy life, they will become very good workers!"

Friedrich nodded. "Yes, you think that the Chinese have higher labor efficiency than the local natives in Southeast Asia because there are differences in labor tools, labor skills and education levels between the Chinese and the natives. This difference is caused by many factors such as the natural conditions, resource endowments and foreign colonists in Southeast Asia."

After hearing what the two ancestors said, Luo Yaoguo could only smile bitterly - of course the sutra can be read like this, but in practice, it will go astray.
"You two, this is not the place to talk." Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "I have set up a banquet in the reception building of Xuzhou Steel Plant. Let's eat and talk at the table. The truth will always become clearer as we argue." He then clasped his fists towards Wen Xian, "Sir Wen, you have come from afar, you must have come to investigate the industry and commerce of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After dinner, I will take you to visit the Xuzhou Steel Plant!"

Wen Xian and Luo Yaoguo were also old acquaintances. They smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you very much, Your Highness, Prince Wu. I also brought you a handwritten letter and a gift from the Queen."

"Oh? I have one too!" Luo Yaoguo laughed, "Sir Wen, Master Karl, Master Friedrich, please come in."

The reception building of Xuzhou Steel Plant is a Western-style building built specifically for foreign experts. It is three stories high and the lobby is extremely grand. A cast iron chandelier hangs under the five-meter-high dome, and the light from the whale oil lamp fills the entire hall.

When Maria was holding Jingdezhen's new product - a blue and white bone porcelain teapot, pouring tea for everyone, the steel cross pendant on her chest happened to knock on Sir Bonham's sterling silver fork, making a pleasant tinkling sound.

"This is a cross made from the first batch of molten steel from the Xuzhou Steel Plant," Luo Yaoguo knocked on Maria's cross with ivory chopsticks and said to Wen Xian, "Tens of thousands of them were made in total, and each one has amazing power! Sir Wen, please take two back to England to give to Victoria and Albert."

As he spoke, Luo Yaoguo pinched the cross of Mary with his hands and turned it upside down. On the back of the "crossbar" of the cross, the formula "E=mc" appeared.

Moore glanced at the cross in Luo Yaoguo's hand. As a staunch atheist, he did not think that the cross in Luo Yaoguo's hand contained any mysterious power.

"The 'amazing power' that His Royal Highness King Wu mentioned should refer to using the steel produced by the Xuzhou Steel Plant to develop the rich Nanyang, right?" Bai Siwen picked up a very exquisite blue and white bone porcelain tea bowl and said as he looked at it, "I wonder if the Xuzhou steel will be made into an iron plow or a rifle?"

Hong Rengan glared at the remnant of the Qing Dynasty and said: "We need both the iron plow and the rifle. If we only have the plow but no rifle, we will probably repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty."

At this time, the messenger from the reception building brought a large plate of fragrant roasted suckling pig.

"And the natives of Southeast Asia can neither make iron plows nor muskets!" Luo Yaoguo suddenly lowered his voice and pointed at the suckling pig, "So not only can they not develop the rainforest, but they are also served on the table!" He took a knife from the waiter and cut the suckling pig's puff pastry, "It wasn't us, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who put them on the table, but we are going to serve them now! However, we are a country of etiquette and pay attention to the way we eat. The natives of Southeast Asia, Western investors, and the British Empire can all profit from us being served. Because in Southeast Asia, our people are actually productivity. The more Chinese there are, the more production there is, and the higher the profit!"

When he mentioned the word "profit", his eyes turned to Sir Bonham: "Sir, I hope you can tell the Queen and Prince Albert that the fertile land of Southeast Asia can only generate considerable profits in the hands of the Chinese. There are still too few Chinese there now!" He then said to Moore: "Teacher Carl, the liberation of productivity in Southeast Asia is also very beneficial to the local natives."

Moore did not respond to Luo Yaoguo's words, but frowned, as if thinking about some truth? Perhaps thinking about the differences between people?

Friedrich used a fork to pick at the shrimp dumplings in front of him: "But after the Chinese developed the productivity of the west coast of North America, they didn't do anything for the local Indians!"

Luo Yaoguo laughed and said, "The Indians in North America are almost being killed by white people like you! There are almost no more of them, and the most important thing for us immigrants in North America to consider is not to follow in the footsteps of the Indians!"

"Although what you did in Southeast Asia was more civilized than what the European colonists did in North America," Moore used a fork to pick up a piece of crispy suckling pig skin, "fair competition will still quickly destroy the economy of the local indigenous people. After the indigenous princes fall into poverty, they will provoke conflicts between the middle and lower-class indigenous people and the Chinese, and then they will run into the Chinese rifles in waves! King Wu, do you really think that is fair?"

"That's fair!" Luo Yaoguo said firmly. He turned his head again and said, "Sir Wen, are you willing to employ natives in your tin mine in Malaya?"

Wen Xian, who was drinking soup, choked and coughed a few times. The British envoy said in a deep voice: "If we can use Chinese workers, we will certainly not use Malays. But if the power of the Chinese is too expanded..."

"when!"

Luo Yaoguo dropped the silver spoon on the floor tiles, making a crisp sound, interrupting Wen Xian's words: "Sir Wen, please be careful with your words!" Yellow Peril!

Wen Xian cursed in his heart but still put on a smile.

Friedrich broke the awkwardness: “Have you ever thought about the black soil in the Northeast? The population density there is less than one-tenth of that in Jiangnan.”

Moore also said: "The Northeast is extremely vast. If all of it is reclaimed, it will definitely greatly alleviate China's food supply shortage. Moreover, the Northeast belongs to China!"

Bonham cast a grateful look at More and Frederick - these two were truly loyal ministers of Great Britain! And More was probably the reincarnation of John the Baptist. When he returned to England, he recommended them to Viscount Palmerston and Prince Albert.

"It's not easy to go to Guandong. The winter there is freezing cold!" Luo Yaoguo said calmly, "Mr. Moore and Mr. Friedrich went to Liaoning in the south, where transportation is relatively convenient. If they go further north, not only is it cold, but there are also no waterways. If they really want to develop it on a large scale, they have to build railways. This investment is huge."

At this time, the waiter brought the clay pot rice with preserved meat. The aroma of the burnt rice at the bottom of the clay pot mixed with the aroma of the preserved meat made people's appetites grow. Luo Yaoguo pointed at the clay pot rice and said, "Look at these rice grains, they are big and long. They are rice produced in Siam, grown by Chinese farmers who immigrated to Siam. And Siam, like Burma, Luzon, Borneo, Vietnam, and Chenla, has always been a vassal of China! It takes 30 years to develop the Northeast, but as long as Chinese people go to Nanyang, production can increase immediately.

Nanyang is rich in rice, sugar, palm oil, tin, wood, spices, etc., which can not only save countless people from hunger, but also free up some land in Zhili and Shandong to grow cotton, and promote the textile industry in the Kingdom of Heaven. It can be said that without the liberation of Nanyang's productivity, the industrialization of the Kingdom of Heaven will be ten times more difficult! Moreover, the land of Nanyang is now extremely empty, with a population of only 30 to 40 million on a land half the size of Europe. "

At this time, Bai Siwen suddenly interrupted in a sarcastic tone: "If you want to talk about empty and uninhabited places, it has to be Australia! I heard that there are more kangaroos there than natives, and there is no need to build fences at the gold outcrops." He deliberately glanced at Wen Xian, whose face had become gloomy.

The banquet hall suddenly fell silent.

"There are big gold mines in Australia!" Luo Yaoguo suddenly turned his head and said to Wen Xian with a smile, "There is more gold there than on the west coast of the United States!"

Wen Xian's spoon suddenly fell to the ground. He already knew that gold was discovered in Australia, but he didn't know how big the gold mines were. Now Luo Yaoguo said that there were more gold mines there than on the West Coast. His prediction was very accurate!

It’s over, now the Yellow Peril is coming to Australia like a tide, and Australia’s population is too small!
"If your country is willing to open up to immigration," Luo Yaoguo picked up a piece of honey-glazed roast pork belly and put it on the plate, smiling and suggesting, "We can share Australia's gold!"

Bonham's silver spoon trembled on the edge of the bowl: "Your Highness, King Wu, Australia is British territory."

"Not entirely." Moore suddenly interrupted Wen Xian, "British settlements in Australia are only 20,000 square miles, and most of Australia's land is unowned." He suddenly turned to Luo Yaoguo, "Your Highness, King Wu, liberating Australia's productivity is the real liberation!"

Friedrich also nodded in agreement: "That's right, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom should help Australia liberate its productivity. Australia currently has a population of only 100 million, which is too small. Millions of square miles of land cannot be developed by 100 million people. If 3000 million Chinese can immigrate to Australia, the productivity there will surely develop rapidly!"

When Wenxian heard what these two people said, he almost broke down. Fortunately, he did not recommend these two guys to Prince Albert and Viscount Palmerston. When he looked back at Luo Yaoguo, he found that the latter seemed to be seriously thinking about helping Australia liberate its productivity.

Australia's productivity is indeed a bit too backward! Luo Yaoguo is indeed thinking about helping Australia develop its productivity.

Even the founder said so - liberating Australia's productivity is the real liberation.

This statement will definitely be included in the "Complete Works" in the future, and it must make sense. We must liberate Australia in the future!

(End of this chapter)