C952 prairie fire (1/2)
The stronghold's plan was to be made public, but of course, it was still confidential. Everyone in the hall was stunned. None of them had expected the Prime Minister to propose such a strange proposal.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Hexin was the first to speak, ”I understand, the Prime Minister wants to use the Qing Dynasty to seek death, to force the people's hearts back? Let our district be a safe fortress, let the people who seek refuge, the people who take the risk, come in on their own accord … ”
”It's indeed feasible. They took the initiative to send themselves at our doorstep to plead with us to promote these two concepts. One is that they took the initiative to integrate into us, and the other is that we took the initiative to request.”
Sima Yun nodded his head, ”That's right, since ancient times, major achievements are just human, land and wealth. According to the Prime Minister's plan, once the world outside the fort goes into chaos, refugees and capital will continuously flood in, and even if we want to, we won't be able to stop them!”
”Moreover, it is very important that once a refugee wave like this appears, it is also a screening of the quality of the population. Just like what the Prime Minister had said, in order to survive, everyone must put forth 120% of their strength to fight for the opportunity to enter the fort …” This is a screening process for the elites! ”
”The best capital and the best talent are indeed very important, but... But the land? Could it be that even with more than ten special zones, the total amount of people here was less than one prefecture? This … ”Can this support the Prime Minister's cause?”
Speaking of which, Wang Huaiyuan was also enlightened, ”Why not? Have we forgotten the introduction to England and Holland from the Prime Minister's Journey to the West? Dozens of nations in continental Europe are competing with one another. Other than the Russia, which country has a vast territory? ”
”These are two completely different ideas of governing a country. We have always wanted more land because we still have not gotten rid of the habits of farming civilization... ”In China, all the sources of wealth are on the land, groups of Ant like farmers, using taxes and cortege to support such a huge empire, we have experienced their suffering!”
”That's right. The small farmers' economy is destined for every natural person and family, and they can only provide a limited amount of wealth. Most of the time, the Empire's taxes are like handfuls of millet and handfuls of rice. The grains are still the main source of taxation …”
”In this sort of backward economy, the rulers have to make the base size larger, so they need more land. The wealth created per mu is really too low …”
”But the HKSAR is different. What does the HKSAR rely on to survive? with industrialization, commercialization and technology -- For an ordinary household in the Great Qing Province to reap rewards from cooking for seven to eight mu a year, would it be able to surpass one of the Gun s forged in our factory? ”No way!”
”The richest region in Jiangnan, an acre of good paddy field, the profits created each year, are enough to buy a few pieces of glass and a few lanterns. The answer is that there aren't many... ”
”We have already found a way to create wealth that is far more efficient than the farming economy of the past, so why are we sticking to the land and not letting it go? Is it because we have a religious worship of food in our bone marrow? ”
Xiao Letian laughed, then clapped his hands and said: ”Good, good, good, I never thought that you guys would open up to something so fast! ”But don't forget about the phrase 'no farmers are unstable'. People still have to eat after all …”