C1882 Knock Xiang Ying down (1/2)

A brief berth on a journey leads to a question, and a different answer to the lack. These last few disciples, whom Xiao Letian valued, gave completely different answers.

Simple questions were often the most revealing of all. Xiao Letian could already see what his own disciple was truly thinking with a single glance.

Shang Tai had completely given up on his past self, the title of Emperor was just a burden to him, he was truly willing to integrate with the Chinese race, his current interest was just exploring.

In the rain forest, only Shang Tai was the most active. He took many photos, recorded many data, and collected countless of animal and plant specimens. In the gem mining area, he was the first one to jump down from the elephant to observe the entire mining operation.

As for Xiao Letian's question, he would also analyze it entirely from the perspective of merchants and explorer. He would talk to you about where the global precious stone mining area was located, how many European companies had monopolized it, and how many were all living in that country.

Based on all of this, he could deduce the future direction of the jewelry industry! This was really an incredible skill, because the industry pattern that Shang Tai had guessed was actually the true appearance of the global jewelry industry that Xiao Letian had existed in his previous life.

In fact, jewelry itself was nothing more than the result of the movement of the earth's crust and the movement of volcanoes. These brightly colored stones had a great amount of reserves in the earth's crust. Moreover, humans would be able to create them after the development of science and technology in the future.

It was not something that was worth a lot in the first place, but humans had been chasing after it for thousands of years. In Xiao Letian's previous world, that girl did not dream of possessing a diamond ring the size of a pigeon's egg.

Why were items with a lot of storage space so expensive? Actually, it was related to the secret of the jewelry industry, which was a monopoly.

The major consortia monopolized 90% of the world's jewelry mining areas, determining how much water was poured upstream. Every year, they calculated how much jewelry was put on the market, so it wouldn't be dumped on a large scale.

After causing hunger and thirst in the market, they would advertise and promote the jewellery culture, especially to open up the openings for female consumers. This way, money would come to their pockets in an unending stream, and the entire industry would be completely under their control, so there was no need to worry about their resources being exhausted.

Seeing Shang Tai thinking that, Xiao Letian was relieved. He could let Shang Tai fly peacefully and fulfill his dream of becoming an adventurer king.

However, Zai Chun's reply made them a little worried. This brat actually had the thought of using a real man as a substitute, as an island like a gem would be enough to arouse the greed in his heart.

At this moment, the invasive gene from the Xiluo's family that Zai Chun inherited from the bones started to completely churn, greed occupying his heart.

The Qing Dynasty was going to rise to prominence? You still want to industrialize? Why did he want to? All he wanted was to establish a great military and follow the old path of war.

Fully learning the ways of the European colonists, invading the weaker peoples, using the blood of the weaker ones to replenish the weaker ones, to give blood to the dying regime.

In the gem mine, Xiao Letian didn't see any trace of pity in Zai Chun's eyes. It was as if those miners who were destined to not live past forty years old didn't exist.

Zai Chun could only see jewels that had human blood on them, and did not care about those who were bleeding at all.

It seemed like the genes inheriting from the soul through generations were not something that Xiao Letian, his master, could erase with a few words.

Shang Tai's and Zai Chun's answer were more or less within Xiao Letian's calculations, but he did not expect that another Xiang Ying would actually jump out in the end.