Chapter 917

On the Xijiang River, the breeze is gentle, and the steam driven water fire wheel is moving forward rapidly on the river. The bow of the ship arouses countless white and crystal waves. Yan Liqiang, the six state assassin and the master of the Zhong family are on the cabin deck of the water fire wheel, putting the wine in the wind and pointing out the rivers and mountains. It's not pleasant

Today is the third day for the six state assassins to come to Qiyun county. After reading what should be seen, Yan Liqiang took the six assassins to the boat at the wharf of Qinghe County today, and then let the boat go directly to Pingxi city. There is a farewell dinner in Pingxi city tonight, and the six assassins should return to their respective state cities tomorrow.

As for Zhong Hongyan, the master of the Zhong family, after receiving Yan Liqiang's greeting, he has been waiting in Qiyun County for several days in order to return to Pingxi city by boat with six assassins today.

The steamship they are now riding on is the second batch of steamships built by the manufacturing Bureau. The second batch of steamships has been greatly improved compared with the first batch, because a large number of top craftsmen have joined the manufacturing Bureau. Many of those craftsmen have built large ships before, Therefore, compared with the first batch, the manufacture of the second batch of water and fire wheels has been greatly improved. At the same time, the steam engine and rudder installed on the ship have also undergone some changes. Now the performance of the second batch of water and fire wheels is more stable, running faster on the water surface, adapting to the new and stronger, and making less noise. Basically, they can be fully put into use.

The "No. 1 water fire wheel" specially made by the manufacturing Bureau for Yan Liqiang is even more gorgeous and unique. The double deck and many wood of the building ship are made of the new paint baking process used on the four-wheel carriage, and the ship is also made of soft collapse and stool like a sofa with springs. The engine room that originally made noise is made of double-layer sound insulation with maple and cotton, which is less noisy, The ship is beautifully carved and painted. Where there are chimneys, the whistle made by the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau is installed for the first time. Once the whistle rings, the leisurely sound reverberates on the river like the sound of a horn. It's really very windy. When the ship arrives along the way, it sees the flag of Pingxi palace hanging on the ship, and the ships on the river quickly pull aside, Many sailors on board cheered at the ship from a distance.

After arriving on the ship, the six assassins once again felt that they had opened their eyes. They also sat on such a ship for the first time. The comfort and speed of the water freighter refreshed their understanding of taking a ship again.

"The general trend of the world is like the river in front of us. It is vast and surging endlessly. Because the general trend of the terrain in Ganzhou and Northwest China is high in the West and low in the East, the river in front of us flows from west to East. All this seems simple, but it contains the truth. What is the truth? In a word, the development and changes of everything, It always evolves in the direction of the least resistance. This is the Tao. The so-called Tao is the path from high to low, that is, the path with the least resistance. This truth is between regions, between countries, and even between races and races in the whole silver continent... "Yan Liqiang stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery on both sides of the river and the bank, High spirited, "if water wants to become a potential, it must come from high and go from high to low. In this way, it can drop water through the stone. The water is natural. Mulberry fields can be the sea, and the country wants to become a potential. The same is true. If the Han Empire wants to become a potential, it wants to threaten the world and sweep Liuhe. You know where it wants to be high?"

Hearing Yan Liqiang's question, some of the assassins in the bow frowned and some looked at each other. After a little meditation, Gu Tongan opened his mouth first.

Gu Tongan looked at Yan Liqiang humbly and humbly, and then said in a pun, "as long as there are wise and virtuous officials, the Great Han Empire will regain its glory and face the world, just around the corner!"

Yan Liqiang shook his head, "if there is a Ming monarch, there is a confused monarch, and if there is a virtuous minister, there is a treacherous minister. The Ming monarch may not meet the virtuous minister, and the virtuous minister may not meet the Ming monarch. Therefore, throughout history, there are only a few things that the Ming monarch and virtuous minister can happen to meet together. Occasionally, it is a flash in the pan. A court can last for 400 years, and when the Ming monarch and virtuous minister can meet together, it is less than 100 years, Those who are high in the country will never be here! "

"The emperor and virtuous officials of the Ming Dynasty just pointed out the rivers and mountains on the court hall. If the Han Empire wanted to dominate the world, it depended on the large number of soldiers and generals below. For example, the Manchus could pull out a million troops. If we could pull out three million troops, how could he dare to invade the territory of our Han Empire again and again? At the beginning, Ganzhou had a million strong troops, How can the seven Shatu tribes be arrogant in Gulang grassland for so long? The so-called prestige still depends on knives and guns... "Leisi said rudely.

"In the previous dynasty, there were tens of thousands of people with armor and tens of thousands of tiger generals. There was no match in the world, but they died for three generations because of excessive collection. What's the prestige of the world?" Yan Liqiang asked Lei Sitong with a smile.

"This..." Reese was speechless at the same time.

"If a country wants to be strong, it must have a full national treasury and rich money and food. Therefore, the higher the country is, it is in the word money and food!" Zhong Hongyan said.

Yan Li shook his head with a strong smile. "In the eyes of the robbers, the rich people who like to save money and grain are all fat sheep to be slaughtered. The country's dependence is high. If it's only the money and grain stored in the official Treasury, what's the difference between such a country and those misers? Once there is a change, the prosperity of all generations can be turned into scorched earth in an instant!"

"Then I don't know in your Highness's eyes where the Great Han Empire should be high in order to face the world?" Lin Zitong asked cautiously.

Yan Li forced to smile, but he didn't say it directly, but pointed to the river under the boat board. "If today when we left the wharf in Qinghe County, two people were on the same road with us, one of them had no money to take a boat, so he jumped into the river and wanted to swim to Pingxi city. Another person just took an ordinary boat. We were sitting on a water fire boat, Who do you think can get to Pingxi city first? If the man in the boat and swimming clashes with us, who will win in the end? "“ Er... "Everyone on the deck fell into meditation one by one after listening to Yan Liqiang's words“ For example, in the past, the embroidery mother of an ordinary family in Qinghe County could only barely let her family have clothes and clothes and earn a little money and food. Now, she is also an embroidery mother of an ordinary family in Qinghe County. If she enters the world's first factory and works a year, she can not only feed and feed her family and make them warm, There will be more money saved every year, enough for the family to live a good life. Xiuniang is the same person and does the same thing in the same place. Why can the latter live a better life than the former? The first factory in the world is not recruiting embroidered women to do good deeds. That embroidered woman made more money and created more wealth in the first factory in the world. The first factory in the world can hire more guards and people with the money. Where do you think the money came from? "“ For example, the archers of the Dragon tooth army, why are there people and horses in the seven departments of Shatu, but there are no archers? " The so-called concept of productivity is too strange to these people in front of us, and it is difficult to explain it. Therefore, Yan Liqiang simply used a few things to explain it. Looking at the people's thoughtful look, Yan Liqiang smiled, "you can think about this problem slowly, but there is another thing in front of you, You still need your strong support when you go back... "Oh, your highness, what can I do for you?" Borui asked“ Seriously speaking, it is not support, but a profitable thing for you, me and everyone! " Yan Liqiang glanced at Zhong Hongyan, the owner of the Zhong family, "I'm going to cooperate with the Zhong family to start a bank in the Northwest..." ah, bank, what business is this? " Asked Reese with a puzzled look on his face“ Cough, this bank is a bit like a bank. In fact, it is similar to a bank... "Zhong Hongyan, the master of the Zhong family, stepped forward and looked at the assassins with a smile." in order to thank you for your support, your highness told me that if you deposit your gold and silver in our Chase Bank, no matter how much you deposit, Our chase bank doesn't charge several adults' withdrawal and safekeeping fees for gold and silver deposit and withdrawal, and I hope you will give more support... "What, you don't have to pay withdrawal and safekeeping fees to deposit money in chase bank. Is there such a good thing in the world? Several assassins suddenly felt that his highness King Pingxi took care of himself too much. He was more flexible. He immediately thought that if he deposited all the official silver or other people's silver in this Datong bank, he could save the storage and withdrawal expenses of the official silver and other people's silver in other banks, This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation