C950 Security inside the fort (1/2)

Speaking to this point, no one cared about food and drinks. Luo Huo had forgotten the Prime Minister's order, so he threw the crab to the side. His eyes lit up, ”Fortress plan! Fortress plan? I seem to understand, but I'm still a little bit confused... ”If we don't rely on offense and defense alone, can we really achieve great things?”

With a pa sound, Xiao Letian slapped another crab in front of him. This time, it was the more difficult crab to peel, ”Who allowed you to speak? In order to punish you, you should let me eat this too! ”

”Ah?” ”You don't have to bully people like this …” Luo Huo picked up the crabs feeling aggrieved, looking at the crabs that were not even the size of his own palm, he really did not know how to peel this thing.

Xiao Letian took a few deep breaths and lit a cigar for himself. ”Before I tell you about the stronghold's plan, I need to tell you two places. One is Shanghai, and the other is Hong Kong!”

”Shanghai and Hong Kong are colonies that the British have occupied with their cannons, and Hong Kong is considered a ceded colony. The Qing Government has completely lost all power over Hong Kong, and even people cannot freely circulate … If Shanghai is slightly better and it belongs to the leasing world, the Qing Government can at least guarantee their sovereign independence on account of face! ”

”It is undeniable that Hong Kong and Shanghai are already China's most attractive places of wealth. Relying on the huge profits from the maritime trade, Hong Kong's small fishing village has gradually become a good deep water trading port, and Shanghai has also become the most important port city in East Asia. After all, this place is connected to the Yangtze River Basin …”

”But is geographical location really the only reason for the prosperity of these two regions? No, it is definitely not, the prosperity of Hong Kong and Shanghai cannot be separated from the war, it is the war between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! ”

Xiao Letian stood up and looked at the rain curtain in the distance, as though he was talking to himself, ”Capital naturally has two kinds of instincts, one is to earn money, and the other is to avoid danger! And most people only see the instinct to make money, but do not know that the instinct to avoid danger is even more urgent! ”

”The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom swept across half of China's borders. How many wealthy merchants of Jiangnan lost their families? In order to survive, they had to bring along their wealth and choose a relatively safe place to take shelter. What was the safest place in the current Qing Dynasty? ”Of course it's the strong and profitable foreigners!”

”Countless Jiangnan capital flows to Shanghai and Hong Kong. Wealth depends on the cannons of the foreigners, and a huge amount of capital is bound to bring prosperity to the business world... Land prices have risen, the construction industry is thriving and the entertainment service industry is swelling abnormally … ”

”Of course, there are also businesses. There are plenty of people who want to do business, all they want is a relatively safe environment …” Shanghai and Hong Kong have only started to prosper a little! ”

Saying that, Xiao Letian suddenly became silent, his mind suddenly went back to his previous life, the historical memories caused him to tremble.

Ever since Hong Kong and Shanghai opened their ports, every time a Chinese war broke out, a huge amount of wealth would be forced out of the war.

In the early years of the Republic of China, the military had been cut off, and the frequency of war had surpassed that of the late Qing. Countless gentry and landlords, one after another, brought their property to a place to rent. Although they knew where the foreigners' territory was, at least there was a sense of order there.

This was how Hong Kong and Shanghai rose to power. War forced capital to take risks, resulting in a deformed prosperity.

In fact, Shanghai had always been the first haven for money, because it was located between the North and the South of China and relied on the Yangtze River water system to influence the inland business circles. That was why it was considered the number one city in East Asia at that time, and even the cities of Japan at that time were difficult to stand shoulder to shoulder with.