Through the ancient dark horse strategy

When the words "borrowing flowers to present Buddha" were mentioned, the four chief executives were very interested.Seeing Ye Xiaoyi's cunning and clever look, Qi Mo was amused, squeezed his hand under his sleeve, and asked, "What's the plan?"

Ye Xiaoyi made a fool of himself first: "Xiao Lang, you are in charge of sea merchants, do you know that there is a machine called a steam engine that can replace manpower?"

When Qi Xiaolang was called "Xiao Lang" by his aunt who was much younger than him, he felt so relieved.Qi Xiaolang looked at his squinting uncle, and replied very solemnly: "I know, this machine has become popular in recent years. With it, foreigners can spin yarn much faster. In the past, foreign cloth could only be transported by two ships a year. , now it can transport forty boats, and the selling price is cheaper than homemade cloth.

The Southern Weaving Workshop over Qianyuan has troubled my merchants all day because they think they are transporting too much foreign cloth to Jiangnan. "

Ye Xiaoyi nodded, it seems that the age of steam has begun.In another hundred years, the arrival of the electrical age will be even more terrible.

The domestic handicraft industry will be directly killed by mechanical production, and foreign goods are produced quickly and sold cheaply.The traditional hand-weaving and hand-polishing techniques will also withdraw from the stage of history if they are not lost.

The imperial court closed the country, and the Guangzhou Thirteen Banks imposed heavy taxes on maritime merchants. I am afraid it is also anti-dumping, resisting excessive foreign goods, and protecting national handicrafts.

The imperial court is also very smart, although the European industrial revolution.The wind of fate did not blow this way, but the imperial court still took advantage of this gust of wind.

Our sages never liked the history of natural science very much, but regarded the history of politics (government) as the only science in the world.Because you have the whole world, which technology is not your own?

Are foreigners skilled?How much money do foreigners make by dumping?As long as the imperial court blocks the way at the customs, it doesn't matter how much you earn, and the imperial court has the final say on how much you want to share into my pocket.

Blocking people and slaughtering people is the strong point of the imperial court. No number of pirate countries can compare.

The British guy, the pirate leader, has been holding back for a hundred years and wants to develop a big one.Cannon, blasting open the gate of the Qing court, probably also felt aggrieved.We pirates are not as tyrannical as you, and we don’t have any skills. Blocking the road and robbing can create a "prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong".

Orientals are cunning and clever?I take a gun.No matter how smart you are, it's useless to shoot you on the head.

Therefore, the gringo found that just improving the production method was useless, and he still had to go to the super martial arts.Only by studying on the machine can we stand up.

Ye Xiaoyi's meddling is destined to revolutionize the entire industry.The fruits of life and technology are used to make wedding dresses for others.

Ye Xiaoyi smiled and said: "I'm afraid that the merchants and court officials in the whole south are all coveting this kind of machine that can replace human beings, right?

I have a way to make foreigners offer this kind of automatic production machine for nothing, and let foreigners give us money. "

Qi Qianyuan wondered: "Foreigners made that thing out to suppress weaving in the south. This machine is kept very secret, how can they give it with both hands and pay for it?

I tried to buy it with a lot of money. I wanted to buy a steam engine sample and produce it accordingly.The machine had already been transported on the road, but it was intercepted by foreigners when it was at sea.

If it weren't for the fact that this machine was too difficult to steal and kept too secret, we wouldn't be so helpless. "

Ye Xiaoyi smiled, of course the technical secrecy is great.

So far, our domestic chips have not been half-true "foreign chips", which is very shameful and unpopular.No matter whether it is a computer or a mobile phone, there is almost no "National Chip". Our mobile phone factory is not a manufacturer, but a party that buys "foreign chips" and assembles them.You know how well foreigners keep their technology secret.

The power of this is not how powerful the "anti-copycat" and "anti-piracy" technologies are, but that the people above them are very strict, and if they are leaked, they will be blocked immediately.

Ye Xiaoyi used to be a gangster.When he was in the gang, he dealt with secret service organizations.Their tasks are eight out of ten.Ninth is the theft of confidential information, to put it bluntly, it is confidential technology.

Anyway, this world is so realistic. Leaders of various countries shake hands on the stage and make friends, but steal technology from each other in private.By focusing on both research and development and harvesting ready-made results, technical problems can definitely be solved.

Now, Ye Xiaoyi wants to force people to hand over their technology openly.This trick is called inviting you into the urn, right?Don't foreigners want to colonize, treaty ports, and concessions?Ye Xiaoyi fulfilled them.

Ye Xiaoyi drew another circle next to the Thirteenth Bank in Guangzhou, and smiled sinisterly: "Raise the tariffs on the Thirteenth Bank, set aside a few concessions in Guangzhou, and rent them out to foreigners to open factories. Then they will have to use the Have the machines been shipped over? They will also pay rent to the imperial court.”

The so-called tariff means that foreign goods shipped from overseas have to pay a roadblock fee before they can be sold to the country.If it is produced in the country, of course there is no need to pay customs duties.

Comparing the hatchback, foreigners must choose to move the factory here.

Setting up the factory near the port not only saves the freight from Europe, but also avoids the danger of being robbed by pirates.Produce as much as you can sell, adjust production at any time, do not overstock, and greatly reduce business risks.

Foreigners keep the technology secret just to make money, and they will definitely pay for such a beneficial thing.

After thinking through this joint, Qi Qianyuan's eyes lit up: "At that time, both people and machines will come to my site, and no matter how powerful the technology is, it will be dug out by my people."

When the foreigners set up factories in the Guangzhou area in order to avoid taxes, the imperial court fattened up these foreign factories, and they could be slaughtered again.

The policy of the imperial court can be changed at any time. When the time comes, these foreign factories will be taxed heavily, and if they can't bear it, they will withdraw.If you quit, you will make room for southern businessmen.If you don't withdraw, you will continue to contribute money to the court.

This is a very rogue and domineering method.As long as the order is not changed overnight, the next cheating policy will be implemented every few decades, and foreigners may not find that the Qing Dynasty is playing hooligans.

Qi Mo said with a smile: "It means you can think of such a bad move."

By saying this, Qi Mo agreed to adopt Ye Xiaoyi's bad move.

Because Qi Fangtian went to run in person, he drank tea with a few admirals, reminded them a little bit, and the next month the scriptures were played in front of the emperor.

The voice of asking the imperial court to raise tariffs and charge more tolls is very pleasant no matter what.As soon as the emperor saw this memorial, he made a batch of ink pens, and it was ready.

Why are these merchants so conscious?I just wanted to build a garden, and you sent me money.

The emperor looked at the next point, and set up a few concessions to rent to foreigners to set up factories, turning a few wastelands into golden eggs that make money.The emperor is very happy, when did my admiral become so smart?This is also correct.

Well, although I have raised a group of foreigners for nothing to compete with my people in the mainland, but everyone pays taxes, so I will bear it.

When my son comes to power, and then kill these foreign factories, then I can't blame it, can I?After all, I have returned to the west, and once the emperor and the regime reform, you can't rely on me as a rogue, can you?

When the foreigners have new technologies, my grandson will invite the foreigners back to open a factory.At the same time, criticize his father for doing something wrong. In the future, those foreign devils will come to set up factories in a foolish way, right?

The emperor is also very cunning, the so-called unified.Governance means not doing production, but focusing on how to control the fruits of other people's labor.In a company, the human resources department is also the most cunning, and the thick black knowledge of the human resources department must not be seen by anyone.

The Qing court really had the demeanor of a big country, and it was not petty to set up a concession.There are too many places where we don't shit. If we can exchange money, we can exchange them all at once.Save yourself too much time, and the opportunity to make money will go away.

The concession planned by the emperor himself was very generous, and the concession of the eight countries was marked down.Because at this time, the maritime merchants jumping around are the most in the eight Wangba (王八) countries.

Because the concession is subject to double taxation, land rent, and ordinary taxes such as factory tax and business tax (of course, these taxes are not as high as customs duties).The emperor also kindly allocated [-]% of the land rent to run a very large foreign school to appease the foreigners.

The purpose of this foreign school is to learn foreign technology. As long as foreigners have ideas in their minds, they are allowed to be high-ranking officials and generous salaries, so that they can concentrate on research and development of new technologies and serve the Qing court.

Ye Xiaoyi was dumbfounded as soon as the news of the imperial court's free school and rewarding high-ranking officials with rich salary came out.

The emperor stole his business!He originally wanted to set up a new technology research and development center with favorable conditions and a new technology reward center to collect all new technologies.

In this way, the center of the industrial revolution will shift from Europe to this side. Under the all-round reward system and training system, foreigners will definitely run here.

There are a lot of rich people here, and without rewards, foreign inventors have made so many things after a hundred years of work.If there is a very good reward, maybe 50 years will be able to produce results.

Ye Xiaoyi's abacus was so loud that he thought he was the winner in life.As a result, the Qing emperor was so prescient that he saw the usefulness of inventors and cut them off.

History books like to write the defeated bandits as if their IQ is not online, and write how tall the king is.It seems that it's just because the world favors winners and loves to scold losers. This emperor of the Qing Dynasty has a very high IQ.

Qi Mo was amused seeing Ye Xiaoyi's sullen look: "You already have enough money, why are you competing with that little money?"

Ye Xiaoyi sighed: "You don't understand the feeling of making wedding clothes for others, this is my retribution. I just planned how to obtain other people's technology, but was cut off by the Qing emperor, this is retribution. "

Qi Mo took his hand and said with a smile: "Come, come with me, it's not too late, the money for the imperial court to build schools comes from the land rent, and they don't have the money for rewarding new inventions.

Right now we are waiting for donations from wealthy businessmen, let's go to Baoyuan. "

Ye Xiaoyi slapped his head, yes!The imperial court is stingy, and it has always been empty-handed.To use the money received here to win people's hearts on the other side, their usual practice is to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, or directly kill a few fat merchants.

Ye Xiaoyi and Qi Mo went to the new yamen established by the emperor: the Foreigners' Invention Department, and with a wave of pride, they contracted out all the bonuses for inventions, big and small.

These invention topics are awesome, and they are all technologies that the imperial court has not yet obtained, or technologies that have not been researched.What steam engine, immortality, flying, rocket, automatic production, automatic transportation, automatic combustion...

The officials of the imperial court and the emperor are whimsical, and they will list any artifacts they think of. As long as foreigners can research it, they will be rewarded with a lot of money, and they will be allowed to be high-ranking officials and generous salary for the rest of their lives, and bestow on his whole family.In fact, it is to control him in a disguised form and prevent him from returning to the West.

The officials of the Foreigners' Invention Department have a headache. You, the emperor, are generous, and the rewards are very generous. The question is, where will the rewards come from?

At this moment, Qi Dashan came to the door, and the officials of the new yamen welcomed him very much. With all sincerity, Qi Mo asked all the merchants to come to donate.

The Patriarch of the Qi family's teeth are more precious than gold, once he opened his mouth, all businessmen in the world donated.

Ye Xiaoyi set up an "Invention Fund" after taking all the invention bonuses to the Qi family.40% of the money in the fund pool is used for rewards, and 60% of the money is used for investment. Half of the dividends obtained from investment are returned to the fund pool, and half are used to give back to shareholders.

After the client specialized in managing the fund investment, Ye Xiaoyi began to issue fund shares, raising funds at 1000 taels per share.

After the adults of the Foreigners' Invention Department figured out how to operate the "Invention Fund", they slapped their thighs and sealed the deal.

The general idea is that this new technology will definitely be government-run in the future, and government-run businesses need money to invest anyway, so how about leaving 60% of the money in the fund pool to invest in the production and application of new technologies?

The emperor was so happy when he saw the excerpt, my officials are really getting smarter.Not only do they borrow chickens to lay eggs, the hens belong to other people, and now they don’t even have to pay for feed and chicks themselves.

After the Emperor Zhubi approved that the "Invention Fund" could invest in new inventions operated by the government, he quietly spent 10 taels of silver to buy 100 shares of the "Invention Fund".

All officials of the imperial court followed suit and asked relatives, in-laws, and clan members to quietly buy multiple shares of the "invention fund".Even the eunuchs and concubines quietly held the fund shares in their hands.

Now this "invention fund" is a sweet potato, did you make a lot of money without seeing that foreigners have a steam engine?

Now invest 1000 taels of silver, wait until the new technology is available, and then put it into production, 1000 taels of silver will become 1 taels or 100 million taels.

After this policy was announced, Ye Xiaoyi found that his fund pool had sold [-] shares of stocks and raised [-] million taels of silver.

Ye Xiaoyi's eyes widened. Be a good boy, these royal children, eunuchs, concubines, relatives and in-laws are really rich.We businessmen have not yet started raising funds, and you have contributed [-] million taels.

By the time the Qi family made a noise, merchants from all walks of life, such as salt merchants, tea merchants, silk merchants, and maritime merchants, started to move, and Ye Xiaoyi's fund pool was about to overflow.

Many small businessmen also came to join in the fun. They couldn't afford 1000 taels of stock, so ten or twenty people jointly bought one share.Each person paid 50 taels of silver, signed a deed as a certificate, and hired a master as a middleman as a guarantee.People's money also frantically poured into this invention fund pool.

A total of 800 million shares and 80 billion taels of silver can be piled up into a mountain.The officials of the Foreigner Invention Department instantly felt that their position had become a favorite, and immediately got up diligently, ordered people to build a treasury, and asked the Ouchi guards to protect the gold.

The emperor of the Qing Dynasty was very greedy looking at the 80 billion taels of silver, but he also knew that it was not the time yet.

等到新技术到手，再投入生产，这80亿两白银就会翻成800亿、8000亿。到时朝廷再刮它个400亿、4000亿那才是人生赢家。

So the emperor held back, and very cooperatively demanded policy for policy, people for people, power for power, imperial decree for imperial decree, and devoted himself to promoting the realization of this dream.

The speed of the court has never been so fast, so many people's money is waiting to flow back.After only two months of preparation, [-] court ships carried silver across the ocean and went to Europe and America to buy people.

The imperial court brought interviewers, translators, and a group of foreign businessmen to Europe to pick people, but all foreigners with a little brain, no matter the elderly or children, were bought back for 3 taels to 10 taels of silver.

When the workers on the European production line heard that there was a reward of 80 billion taels of silver, they all went crazy and rushed forward to say that they knew what the machine looked like.

Officials from the Department of Foreign Inventions saw that there were ready-made workers.With a wave of his hand, all these people were shipped back to China at the price of 2 taels of silver for an ordinary worker and 20 taels of silver for a technical master.

Inventors and technical masters squeezed by European capitalists still think that the 20 taels of silver are a huge fortune.In the hearts of officials from the Foreign Invention Department, the money was only enough to buy an ordinary horse for the family.

Shocked by the generosity of the court officials, many factory technicians escaped overnight and boarded the ship.

Court officials also had the foresight to allow their family members, daughters-in-law, and friends to board the ship.It's just that these family members didn't give money for selling themselves, but the court promised them that as long as they have achievements, they will be rewarded with countless silver dollars.

The 20 ships of the imperial court stopped at various ports in Europe for a few days before returning with a full load.

By the time the European factories reacted, the court's sea-going ships equipped with soldiers, horses and weapons had already returned.

The court's sea ships will not come again, and European officials will not allow them to come to pick people again.However, more and more workers smuggled to the Qing Dynasty with the caravan, and came to the Qing Dynasty to pan for gold with the dream of inventors.

With the implementation of the imperial court's closed-door policy, all the gates have been closed, leaving only the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou, which collects heavy taxes.Foreigners also gradually moved factories to the concession.

In just half a year, foreigners' factories, workers, and technical masters all came to their own sites.The imperial court focused on research with one hand and stole ready-made technology with the other. Within two months, the technology of the steam engine was in hand.

The officials of the Foreign Invention Department are so happy that the first government-run new technology business can be put into production.

The "Invention Fund" has started to lay eggs, and the whole world is crazy with joy.

Ye Xiaoyi held [-] shares of fund stocks in his hands, and this money alone would be enough for him to spend ten lifetimes.Of course, the Qi family and various businessmen also hold a lot of fund stocks.

At this time, the Qi family has slowly disappeared.Qi Mo's position as patriarch was also passed on to Qi Qianyuan, the general manager of the southern businessman.

The one-year agreement between Ye Xiaoyi and Qi Mo also expired, Ye Xiaoyi and Qi Mo looked at each other with a smile: "Now that we are husband and wife, is our bet still countable?"

Qi Mo smiled: "Now that I have nothing to do, how about wandering the world with you?"

Ye Xiaoyi and Qi Mo went out in that invincible, invulnerable iron birch carriage.

As soon as the two left Jining City, Qi Mo was stopped by several elders of the Qi family.

Qi Mo patted Ye Xiaoyi's head and said, "Wait for me here, I'll go talk to them and come back."

Ye Xiaoyi continued to sleep on the soft berth of the carriage.

The old man of the Qi family said earnestly:

"Qi Mo, you are a good boy. We have pampered you for a year. If you are tired of playing, you can stop. Don't leave the Qi family easily for a man."

Qi Mo said gently: "Uncle, you know that I never like anything easily. Once I like it, I won't let it go.

Although I have left the Qi family, Qian Yuan and the four of them can still find me if there is anything wrong with the Qi family.You don't have to worry that the four of them can't preside over the overall situation. "

The uncle of the Qi family sighed: "Forget it, if you want to leave, I won't stop you. But the two keys of the Qi family must be kept."

Qi Mo smiled: "Qian Yuan has just taken over, I'm afraid he won't be able to control everyone in the Qi family, so I'll keep these two keys first.

When the Abyss and them become popular, I will naturally grant the key.This is the case for the inheritance of the previous heads of the Qi family. Uncle wants to break the rules? "

Just kidding, if the keys are given to the four chief managers now, it would be strange if these old guys didn't usurp power immediately and seize the keys.

With Qi Mo backing up Qian Yuan and the others, these old fellows did not dare to act rashly.

Qi Mo would not hand over the key no matter what, if they dared to grab it openly, Qi Mo would have been prepared.

The elders of the Qi family didn't dare to do anything openly, they just used the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain and said: "Can you sit in the teahouse next to it? It's just half a cup of tea. There is something wrong with the accounts you handed over. I think you should explain it. one time."

Qi Mo saw that the teahouse was next door, so he went with them.

Qi Mo entered the private room of the teahouse, and quickly settled with them: "What's the problem? Please tell me."

The elders of the Qi family clan were counting the accounts, saying what was wrong.

Qi Mo squinted his eyes and said: "The Qi family has never kept accounts like this, the money that businessmen from all walks of life pays tribute to each other, and the money paid to the Qi family are very clearly divided.

How could my personal account be recorded in Qi's account? Are you just looking for trouble? "

At the other end, a little boy came to report to Black Eagle who was guarding outside the carriage: "Young Master asked Madam to go to the front Tianshui Hall to rest and wait for him, and he will be back after lunch."

After hearing the letter, Hei Ying drove without thinking.

Ye Xiaoyi noticed that the carriage started to run, and stretched out his head to ask Hei Ying: "Where's Qi Mo?"

Hei Ying said responsibly: "You continue to sleep, the young master told you to go to the Tianshui Hall ahead to rest, and he will come back after lunch."

Ye Xiaoyi just asked casually: "Qi Mo said it personally, or was it a letter from Yinlong to you?"

Qi Mo told Ye Xiaoyi that whatever he wanted to say to Ye Xiaoyi, he would pass it on in person, or let Yinlong go there in person.

Hei Ying immediately reined in the horse, patted his head and said, "That's right, it's a kid I don't know."

Ye Xiaoyi immediately said: "Go back! There is fraud ahead!"

Hei Ying immediately wanted to drive the carriage to turn around, but it was already too late.

I don't know what's going on around, but suddenly there are many green dramas gathered.Venomous snake.The snakes entangled the horse's legs, and the horse ran wildly in shock.

Even the guards arranged by Qi Mo couldn't catch up to the frightened horse. Ye Xiaoyi put his hands on the carriage and shouted to Black Eagle: "Drive well! Don't let the carriage fall off the cliff! I'll take care of the poisonous snake!"

On the other end, Qi Mo saw that these old guys were looking for trouble, and immediately realized that they were stalling for time, and said "I will not accompany you!" and rushed out.

Qi Mo returned to the original place, but he didn't see Ye Xiaoyi's carriage, and immediately knew that something had happened.

At this time, a guard came to report: "My lord, there are a lot of poisonous snakes ahead, you can't go!"

Qi Moli ignored him, got on the horse and galloped over.Because the horse was frightened by the snake, it ran very fast, but no poisonous snake could entangle it.

As for Ye Xiaoyi, because the carriage stopped for a while, he was entangled by a poisonous snake.On the wall of the carriage, in the carriage, and on the horses, there are vipers of Bicui spitting out letters.

Ye Xiaoyi only told the black eagle not to look back, and then transformed into a big white peacock, eating the poison.He had seen how Mo Yue ate snake gall raw, and now he swallowed snake gall with his bird's beak.

Perhaps it was because of the fear of natural enemies, these highly poisonous things trembled when Ye Xiaoyi turned into a white peacock.

Ye Xiaoyi ate the snake gall with his beak, and took all the snakes around the black eagle's back.Black Eagle felt something pecking at his back, but he had no time to look back, because the horse was about to crash into the river.

When Qi Mo caught up, he saw such a thrilling scene.

Qi Mo immediately drove his horse out of the fork, bumped into Ye Xiaoyi's horse, and made it turn a corner.But Qi Mo's own horse rushed straight into the river...

When Ye Xiaoyi saw this scene in the carriage, his heart was about to hang.