Chapter 746 Da Zhou's Last Enemy
Ye Hua had a stern face. Although Chai Shouli was old and the emperor, you called me the master back then. The teacher must point out the mistakes of the students.
"You must praise those people's conscience for the country, unparalleled ideological masters, soul sculptors, great critics, theorists, educators, and pioneers of the world with their eyes open... You must also make the Japanese believe that their backwardness comes from seclusion, from locking up the country, and from the bad nature of the nation... For example, blind obedience, dirty, cowardly, despicable, lying, no noble morality, no firm belief, no innovative ability, a mess of sand, sloppy work..."
Chai Shouli grinned, "I said to Master, let's take the banknotes and snatch all their money, which makes them unable to survive, and it's their fault. Even if the Japanese are crazy or mentally retarded, they will not think so. I think you treat them as stupid pigs and stupid donkeys. Your methods will not be effective!"
Ye Hua snorted, and he could only say that Chai Shouli is still too unsavory. You are not stupid in the world? You are wrong, not only there are, but also many!
"Well, just pay for the money. I'll let Li Si go... We provide some free admission quotas in Japan every year, and then go to Japan to set up some temples, open charities, provide food to the poor, and give them job opportunities."
"Slap it and give me a sweet date!" Chai Shouli summarized very accurately: "Master, your level is getting worse and worse now. The King of Mountains knows that rabbits do not eat grass beside their nests. They plunder outside will give some benefits to the people around them and seal their mouths. When the court comes to clear the enemy, the people will inform them... Your move is to put the Great Zhou in the position of King of Mountains!"
"Hahaha!"
Ye Hua laughed loudly, "You are really right. This world is the prey of the weak. Believe it or not, if my Great Zhou declines, will Japan use ten thousand times more cruel methods to deal with it? Don't talk about them, even cats and dogs, they will run to the Great Zhou to eat meat in pieces!"
Chai Shouli suddenly took a breath, but he had not experienced a hundred years of shame... But Mr. Hua of the Five Barbarians had heard of it, and Anshizhi** still knew it. Tubo once invaded Chang'an, burned, killed and looted.
After going in, the Khitan poisoned the Central Plains several times, and the Shatuo people openly ascended the throne and became emperor. In short, good days have not passed for a few years! Especially at his age, he felt a deep pain!
"Oh, Master has taught me another lesson! As long as I can make the Great Zhou strong forever, what can I do if I become the mountain king?"
Chai Shouli said generously: "A few years ago, I was devoted to making money. Now I use this money to train lackeys... Uh no, it's a master! Hahaha!"
As expected, Chai Shouli took out 100,000 taels of gold and established a private charity organization... providing students with study abroad bonuses and distributing food and supplies to the poor from time to time.
When Chai Shouli heard that the elderly in Japan would take the initiative to enter the mountains after a certain age, let the beasts eat them and save food for their families. The old lady tutor was furious and immediately took out some money to adopt the elderly, so that they could eat and drink enough, spend their old age safely, and be buried with a decent amount.
The elderly may not have the strength to continue working, but they have devoted their lives and have valuable experience. If they do not respect the elderly, do not respect the elderly, and are unfilial to the elderly, a nation will have no future.
Chai Shouli specially invited scholars to introduce the "Book of Filial Piety" to Japan and also drew twenty-four filial piety pictures for them, allowing the Japanese to reflect on their attitude towards their parents.
When I heard that Tianzhu prefers boys over girls, he may even drown his baby girl... Taifu Chai felt compassion again. There is yin and yang in the sky, and people can distinguish between men and women. How can they kill him with their own hands just because he is a daughter? The tiger does not eat his son. The father who drowned a baby girl is worse than a beast.
Taifu Chai specially set up a nursery school, adopted girls, taught them to study, raised them, and even set up textile factories, recruited female workers, and gave them the opportunity to work, and supported themselves.
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In short, Chai Shouli completely changed, became noble, and became a saint. His reputation overseas was even far greater than that of the Great Zhou.
When Chai Shouli passed away, countless people cried bitterly, with different skin colors, different languages, different ethnic groups... Those who had received or had not received Chai Shouli's help respectfully called him a "loving father".
Chai Shouli's lifelong wealth, as a "Shouli" fund, selects filial sons and daughters from all over the world every year, and selects people who touch the world.
Give generous rewards, every selected foreigner will immediately become a person more noble than the king after returning... Every word they say and do will deeply affect a country.
The Great Zhou became a well-deserved moral beacon, enjoying the respect of all nations, and demonstrating the soft power of a great country!
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Ye Hua did not expect Chai Shouli to play so much. Besides, the fundamental part of the Great Zhou lies in his hard power.
The banknotes were issued and the military expenditure was settled, and the use of military forces against the Khitan was put on the agenda.
This time Ye Hua will not lead the troops. Although he is still under the title of Champion Hou, he often plays the role of the Sanfu of the Great Zhou.
Wang Pu is responsible for personnel, finance and military affairs, Li Si is responsible for education and diplomacy, Ye Hua is in charge of industry, and he has the lightest task, and the rest of his time is to be responsible for wherever he has something to do, a typical Wanjinyou Pavilion Master.
Just to prepare for the troops, Ye Hua went to Hedong first... Currently, Hedong is the largest coal production area in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the number of slaves used in each coal mine alone exceeds 300,000.
Almost all coal mines will encounter water seepage problems during production.
When water seeps in the mine, whether it is manpower or animal power, it takes countless time to clean it. It even catches the rainy season or digs the water veins and cannot produce for several months.
Now the friend of miners has appeared... The steam engine drives the water pump and can easily pump out the water from the mine. The work that has not been completed in the past half a month has now been done in two hours!
All that is consumed is coal. Do you still care about coal when you are in a coal mine?
Ye Hua and Guo Xingge ran around Hedong, and the order for steam engines exceeded 200.
"It's developed, it's developed!"
Brother Guo Xing's eyes turned into copper coins, and the light emitted was filled with a strong smell of copper.
"Brother, a steam engine can earn at least 700 guan... and the subsequent maintenance, parts, and technical guidance... more than 1,000 guan!"
Brother Guo Xing, who is already in his twenties, is as happy as a child.
"With these profits, I can continue to make the steam engine smaller and have greater power... It won't take long for the iron armored ship to appear, and by then we can send more people to explore overseas. I'm going to build a zoo and put all the weird animals in it."
Ye Hua squinted him, "What a great idea, who said that science and engineering men don't understand romance? You are not very awesome!"
Brother Guo Xing jumped up in fear, "Brother, what are you talking about? What kind of romance? Where is it?"
He strongly denied it, but his face turned red. Ye Hua couldn't help but say, "Okay, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to deal with the three wives before? With your skills, it's okay to add three more!"
"Don't!"
Brother Guo Xing waved his hand quickly, his face discolored in fear.
Not long ago, he finally married the two princesses of Khotan and Li Guangrui's daughter to the Shang Palace.
There were three more wives at once, and the royal family instantly became a poultry market. They were noisy all day long, and Brother Guo Xing went crazy!
He simply hid in the workshop and didn't come out, but this wouldn't work. Chen Shi told him seriously that if a woman doesn't take good care of her, something will happen. If you don't care about cuckolds, just be at will!
How dare Brother Guo Xing not care?
If something happened, the dead father would crawl out of the coffin and pinch him to death.
There is no way. Brother Guo Xing thought about it and thought of something that was not a solution. He found something for the women at home, and at least he would not bother him every day.
"Brother, I really don't have enough skills. Ye Xi is a master!" Brother Guo Xing smiled and said, "Sometimes ago, I found that he made a lot of molds, engraved Wang Yatou's name, and then boiled syrup and poured it in. After it solidified, he also wrapped it in colorful paper... I heard that Wang Yatou was so moved that he couldn't bear to eat it!"
Ye Hua's head suddenly became big. It's true that his little bastard is smart, but it's obvious that he didn't use his intelligence on the right path.
"Look, after returning to Beijing, I will stuff him into the workshop. You should discipline me well. If a bastard dares not do his job, I will strangle him to death!"
Ye Hua was murderous, but after he returned to Beijing, he was so busy that he was dizzy. The first batch of twenty steam engines were put into Hedong, and coal production began to increase. Not only did the price not fall, but it went up all the way, soaring by 50%!
Ye Hua could see clearly that what influences coal prices is not supply and demand, but expectations!
Steam engines have emerged, and the demand for coal will only increase in the future, and there is no possibility of a decrease in the futures market... In the futures market, coal prices have been rising, even more than doubled!
Ye Hua had to convene all military-industrial enterprises to join forces to negotiate with the coal mine.
After ten days of discussion, the two parties finally reached a supply agreement.
As soon as the coal price was stabilized, steel over there also rose.
Continue the negotiations!
In addition, Ye Hua also wrote a letter to Chai Rong, suggesting that the imperial court set up several powerful coal and iron factories to ensure the stability of prices... Ye Hua was like a hardworking bee, blocking holes everywhere, constantly adding bricks and tiles, assisting the giant ship named "Big Zhou", sailing towards the goal of industrialization and moving forward!
Ye Hua's efforts soon achieved results. A large number of military supplies were transported to Youzhou, enough food and wage weapons for 100,000 people, as well as thousands of cannons that symbolize the dignity of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and black muzzles aimed at the enemies in the desert.
"I was in my forty years of confusion and went to the Western Regions. I am forty-five years old this year. I will send troops again to wipe out the Khitan! From then on, the world will be united, and the prosperous era of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not far away!"
"Long live! Long live! Long live!"
Amid the fanatical cheers, Chai Rong promoted his troops and set out to conquer the last enemy of the Khitan Zhou!—
Chapter completed!