C922 colonial economy

The colonial economy that emerged from the idea of colonialism was the most efficient national economic situation in the 19th century, cruel but effective.

Taking over someone else's chicken farm, eating their eggs, or even killing their chickens was of course amazing. Furthermore, the colonists only needed to spend enough money to earn a hundred years' worth of profit.

This and the world of the feudal system, monarchical system, political and religious integration and other systems are completely different.

For example, when the Qing started a border war and annexed a piece of land, the first thing the Qing wanted to do was not to plunder, but to quickly set up government offices and construct an effective system of government.

Household records, land records, resources and even culture had to be carefully checked. These statistics eventually became the basic data for the government.

Do you think you can collect the dividends of your new territory? Absolutely wrong! If you want a lasting peace, you'll have to invest a lot of resources in economic reconstruction and cultural output after the military operation.

Confucius temple and study palace, you have to build it, right? He had to enlighten the people!

The Buddhist temple and training hall still have to be prepared, right? Religion had to go along with culture and education!

You want to collect taxes? What kind of joke was this? Restoring the economy would require ten years of tax exemption for the citizens to rest! Even in the event of natural and man-made disasters, the central Government would have to mobilize resources for disaster relief and support the survival of the people of the newly occupied territories.

This was not just the Qing Dynasty's style, this was the way it was in all the wars between countries in the Middle Ages. The first goal was to annex the territory, and the ruler's goal was not to make a profit for the time being, but to establish a lasting peace after ten or even twenty years.

It was easy to imagine. How could such efficiency be good? The colonial economy, on the other hand, was different. From the very beginning, the Matriarch knew very well that she was not a builder, but a predator.

The strong powers of Europe did not have the responsibility or obligation to popularize education, increase Infrastructure construction, and do any kind of duty-free protection policies. Their hearts only had one goal, and that was to rob.

The mines under the ground, the specialties on the land, the cash crops in the fields, everything that was valuable was delivered to Europe, even the population was a resource in their eyes. The slave trade had been going on for more than 400 years, which showed the ruthlessness of Europe's colonial rule.

If the colonists had not built it at all, it was not true. They were interested in the building of churches, both large and small, in order to provide religious services to the Europeans and to suppress the weak culture of the colonies.

Furthermore, for cities where Europeans gather, the construction of the Infrastructure is still in place. After all, that is where the European masters live. As for the vast lands outside the city, no one paid any attention to them.

Thus, the colonial economy was a little exhausted, while the assimilation rule of the Chinese era belonged to the eco-cyclical economy. One was to make a quick profit, while the other was to seek long-term benefits that would last for a hundred or even a thousand years.

If one were to look down on human civilization from a historical vantage point, this mode of domination, which was a pursuit of centuries and millenniums, would undoubtedly be successful. This was because all the major powers of the world now benefited from this mode of domination.

However, looking at the explosive power in a short period of time, colonialism is undoubtedly a stimulant to the rapid rise of the weaker races. Using the flesh and blood of other countries to feed one's own economy and stepping on the bones of billions of non-humankind as one's stepping stone, it is still much more satisfying than saving up one's family's wealth with one copper coin after another.

Qiu Wei sighed because he completely understood the cruelty of colonialism. No matter how many documents you read or how many lessons you listen to from the Prime Minister, they were all not as thorough as what you saw today.

If a Senegalese region could amass so much wealth within a year, then what about all of Black Africa? What about America and the Indian subcontinent? There was also the French colonial income in Asia, and the sum of that wealth was unimaginably large.

The name of the world's second strongest country was not exaggerated. Although Russia always believed itself to be the second strongest country under Britain, but after seeing the wealth of the Dakar region today, Qiu Wei realized that Russia was still far from being able to catch up with France.

"Quick, quick, quick..." "Don't drop a single gold coin. I'll give you guys ten more minutes. After ten minutes, the entire city will catch fire. I don't believe that I won't be able to force those fellows hiding in the mouse hole …"

Qiu Wei looked at his pocket watch. It was already a quarter to four. The sun would appear an hour earlier in the summer, then the advantages of the night assault would no longer exist.

Even though half of the Marines had annihilated the enemy, the other half of the French army still held an absolute advantage in terms of total numbers.

When the sun returned to the earth, the French would definitely wake up. When that time came, they would regroup and launch a counterattack with an advantageous number of people. At that time, no matter how powerful the Marine Corps was, it would not be able to make up for their lack of manpower.

More importantly, when the sky brightened up, the Zhiyuan Warship would be known to the world, and there would be no need to save any witnesses or evidence. With thirty thousand people in the army of Dakar as witnesses, the officials of Paris would have no choice but to believe that this legendary warship existed.

At that time, Xiao Letian's strategy of deceiving would be completely ruined. Even if the Zhiyuan Warship managed to return to the Ryukyu, the global naval arms race that the Prime Minister was most worried about would definitely erupt in advance.

"There's no time to lose, send a signal to Liu Anchen, Si Diwen and the others, and we won't be able to find Molière within twenty minutes … "Then let's set the entire city on fire and force them out …"

The last bundle of ivory and gold coins was also taken out by the black slaves. Very soon, smoke started to emit from the treasury as well, and General Governor's Mansion quickly sank into a sea of fire.

Liu Anchen and the others who received the orders knew that there was not much time left, and quickly ordered the entire city to set ablaze. Right now, it was the west wind, the strong wind from the Atlantic Ocean was enough to cover the entire Dakar.

"Do it, burn this city …" Even if our brothers can't be saved, we can't let them go to Paris to be humiliated! "Fire …"

Almost at the same time, flames shot up from every corner of the city. The artificial arson was extremely efficient, the soldiers could accurately find the air vent, find all sorts of materials to help the flames burn, and then quickly form a line with the fire dragons.

The who had pledged his allegiance seemed to have already fallen for this game of positioning the cannon. The amount of gold coins in his wife and children's arms was already increasing, and every time they successfully fired a signal bomb, they would be rewarded with a large amount of gold coins.

black uncle had never run so fast in his life, he even treated himself as a member of the Marine Corps. He even organized a group of relatives and friends to serve this terrifying group of water ghost.

"Dear Sir, are you looking for something? We know this city too well... As long as you have gold coins, we can dig out all the secrets for you … "