C2252 boiling of matter (1/2)
The papers circulated in the editor's hand, the pens rustled in the notebooks, and the precise figures were admirable. The Carnegie family's report was detailed enough, and trustworthy enough, that the English gentlemen could not refute it.
The Chinese people have shown practical evidence to prove that their strategy is not aggressive, and that Chinese immigration to the South is not a traditional form of colonial aggression.
Barrenlands that the natives and European colonists did not want, barren and dangerous, these displaced Chinese went into the woods, cleared farms from crocodiles and pythons, and built seaports from the most perilous beaches.
They did not rob anyone of their wealth, nor did they affect anyone's interests. Of course, you could say that they took the lands of the natives, but many of the natives did not even have basic government structures and did not call themselves a country.
The so-called ownership of land is actually very vague. The kings can say that this place has been our territory since the ancient times, and the western colonists can also say that this place has long since been placed on the map by us.
Anyone would have said that the Kentons belonged to them, but if you looked at the history, the land they owned was not built at all.
Other than a few Expedition s who occasionally passed by, they did not build a road, a house, or a bridge. Since the beginning of the The Age of Great Navigation and the European colonists' arrival, nothing had changed for hundreds of years.
Until the Chinese came, these Chinese people who were famous for their hard work came here, and used their blood and sweat to exchange for chunks of reclamation area.
But these farms became a thorn in the side for the natives and the colonists. Maybe it was not only a threat, but also a piece of fat. This was the reason for the local war that engulfed the northern part of Borneo.
The Kentun District of the Chinese people produced grain and rice that was completely beneath the notice of the Europeans. It was a small business with the least profits. Why would they do that?
It wasn't that they didn't know how to do business. They also knew that rubber, spices, and mineral deposits were more profitable. They also knew that building a factory for further processing would only increase their profits.
However, in the end, they still followed Xiao Letian's orders. Using their most traditional agricultural economy, they began to expand, and slowly nibble away at the lands of Southeast Asia.
The reason for this strategy was unclear to the Europeans, but the internal management of the Chinese people were clear. Xiao Letian had explained it very clearly earlier.
First of all, this was the nature of Chinese people. Chinese people were born with a sense of crisis towards hunger, and there was not too much food. Hunger had already become a brand in Chinese genes, and they had to ensure food security at all times, this was their bottom line. ”Huu.”
The Chinese could give up on high profits, but they could not abandon their sense of security. Therefore, even though the reclamation area of Nan Yang did not want to do business with higher profits, they still followed the Führer's orders and chose agriculture.
He was very clear that there would definitely be more wars in the Qing Province in the future, and with the appearance of natural disasters, the quality of life for all would only gradually decline without any obvious improvements.
Just look at the factions and contradictions within the Qing Dynasty. Zai Chun's ambition and those conservative powers had irreconcilable enmity between them, so a civil war was unavoidable.
At a critical moment, money is not good, but food is the strategic ingredient that stabilizes people's hearts.
Xiao Letian controlled the big granary in Nan Yang, and then indirectly controlled the hearts and minds of the people of China. No matter how strong the force of tradition was, it could not compare to eating.